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Osinbajo highlights ERGP contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth

Ï Bill Gates, Adeosun seek local production of vaccines Motolani Oseni, Lagos and Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Ï Ï Ï Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has highlighted successes recorded by the social investment programmes, which are clear indications that the current admin-

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istration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) is making progress.

The Vice President stated this during a special session of the National Economic Council (NEC) focused on Human Capital Continued on page 6

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Finally, MPC meets as Senate okays CBN Deputy Govs, 3 others Ï Rejects one nominee for unsatisfactory answers to questions Ï Saraki wants new deputy govs to work with Emefiele

Olufemi Samuel, Tunde Opalana Abuja and Motolani Oseni, Lagos

Finally, Nigeria will now holds its first economy decisions meeting in April 2018 following the confirmation Continued on page 5

Last Dapchi schoolgirl won’t be abandoned, Buhari assures 6 Tony Elumelu Foundation selects 1,000 entrepreneurs for 2018 project 7 Revealed: 57.3 million people worldwide suffer annually from 7 malaria President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and President of Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, during a breakfast meeting in Abuja... on Thursday

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Transportation policy for Nigeria long overdue- FG ...As Senate promises speedy passage of bill Idu Jude Abuja

ÏÏÏThe need for urgent

provision of transportation system has again been highlighted as this will form a policy to transform the Nigerian economy through modernized and accident free Nation.

This call was made Thursday in Abuja by the Honourable Minister of transportation Rt. Honourable Chibuike Amaechi, while delivering a speech at the maiden meeting of Nigerian Commissioners of Transportation.

Amaechi who was represented at the forum by the permanent secretary Minister of Transportation Saliu Zakari, said that the ministry building on the earlier stakeholders’ conference held in Sokoto state last year is doing everything possible to collate contributions from critical stakeholders in policy formulation and to build a unified transportation IP n policy in Nigeria.

He said that government before now has placed transportation on concurrent list of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 1999, which translates that states must take steps to develop their transportation system in line with the best practices. “ with this I can tell you that the seamless transportation IP n system is long overdue. With this we can say that the forma-

tion of this forum at this particular time is long laudable and commendable because it will help to achieve consensus in key areas of the development of the road transport subsector which the nation has locked hitherto” The minister however informed the gathering of the commissioners that there has been international collaboration on the type of transportation morsel at the Federal level and states. “what I am saying I’m earnest, is that that the Senate is there to

perform its constitutional duties at all times because that is why they are there to make laws.

On the quick passenger of the bill, he said that what delays that quick passage of bills is usually due to grey areas that might infringe on the constitutional rights of other Nigerians.

“I do not think that Issues of National importance of this nature would not attract the accent of the presidency.

Here we are talking of the policies that will put

to rest some National irregularities such as bad transportation policy or non-existence of it. I think that such bill if followed like the practice in other countries will waste no time here”.

Speaking earlier also, the Chairman of state commissioners of transportation forum, Mr. Orman Eating, stated that the maiden meeting in Abuja, gave birth to the inaugural meeting of the forum held on Akwa Ibom State early this year.

He said that the forum

is to usher in harmonized policies that will ensure a coordinated and standard system operation at the Federal level as well as the state level.

He said that some of the policies, is to ensure that multi taxation and illegal taxation, is eradicated. “we want to ensure that vehicles as well as commercial motor cycles are registered with numbers of operation operations so as to put to rest the multi taxation being experienced by commercial motorists”.

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UBTH, PRESCO donate medical equipment to Edo State sickle cell board Titus Akhigbe,Benin

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CO Plc and the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Sickle Cell Awareness Golf Tournament Fund Management Committee, Thursday, donated medical equipment worth millions of naira to the Edo State Sickle Cell Board as part of effort to alleviate the suffering of Sickle Cell challenged persons in the State.

The medical equipment was received on behalf of the State Government by Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. David Osifo,

who commended the management of PRESCO and UBTH Sickle Cell Awareness Golf Tournament Fund Management Committee for complimenting the efforts of the State Government in providing succor for the Sickle Cell challenged persons in the State.

He appreciated the Board Chairman, Prof. Mrs. Omoti for her foresight in improving the State of the Centre from what he described as “a shamble” until she took over on the 30th, July, 2015.

Osifo, while commissioning the medical equipment at the centre, said the State Government has

earmarked the sum of N35 million to revamp the Edo State Sickle Cell Centre with a view to improving infrastructure and boost the state of facility at the centre.

Osifo added that despite the limited resources, “the sickle cell board has been able to move the centre forward in trying to alleviate the suffering of the sickle cell challenged persons in the State. Very soon the sickle centre will be a centre of excellence. When we came here earlier, the centre was in shambles but since the board under the leadership of Prof. (Mrs.)

Caroline Omoti, we can see the improvement in terms of facilities in the centre and there is peace. In an atmosphere of rancor there cannot be development, Edo State urge you to keep the pace of development and improvement at the centre”, Osifo said.

Chairman Edo State Sickle Cell Board, Prof.

(Mrs.) Omoti sued for more support from well-meaning Nigerians, cooperate organizations, stakeholders to intervene at the Sickle Cell Centre as it is faced with several challenges such as lack of functional pharmacy and medical unit.

Omoti listed some of the achievements of the centre to include purchase of twenty (20) 3 seater chairs for patients conformability through financial donations, purchase of fifty (50) plastic chairs for the Centre’s Conference Hall through financial donations, purchase of basic equipment to help good service delivery, standard weighing scale, complete diagnostic set and purchase of Micro Haematocrit Centrifuge and Microscope with ability to take photomicrographs for the laboratory unit to hasten medical attention to patients.

2 arraigned over burglary of NAN Umuahia office Sunday Nwakanma - Umuahia

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burglary suspects Thursday, appeared in an Umuahia Chief Magistrate’s Grade 1 court on a three-count charge of allegedly breaking into the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Umuahia office complex recently.

The accused persons: Uzoma Onyeaghara and Ihechiluru Godfrey, were accused of breaking into the agency’s office located at Government New Station Layout, Umuahia on two occasions and removed property belonging to the agency.

They, however, pleaded not guilty, when the charges were read to them.

The defense counsel, Mr. Tony Uzosike, applied for bail for the accused, stating that it was within the discretion of the court to grant them bail, while the Prosecuting Police Officer, Mr. Godwin Inyang, however, opposed the bail application, saying that the accused persons were habitual criminals.

Inyang who said that such criminal acts were becoming rampant in Umuahia metropolis, expressed his fears that the accused might jump bail and return to the life of criminality.

While Onyeaghara claimed to be an auto mechanic apprentice, Ihechiluru claimed to be a mason assistant, adding that he came froma broken home.

In his remarks during the session, Chief Magistrate, Mr. Idika Kalu, also expressed his worry by the level of decadence in society, arising from the unwillingness of some youths to engage themselves in useful ventures, and however, granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 with a surety in like sum each.

He said that the sureties must be resident in Umuahia and must be tax payers, who should provide two passports each and adjourned the case to April 20, 2018 for further hearing.

NAN staff disclosed that Onyeaghara was apprehended on March 10, while escaping from the NAN office, after removing electric wires from the ceiling of the office complex.

During police investigation, he gave the names of three of his accomplices, including the second accused, Ihechiluru, who was later arrested by the police while others are still at large.

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Finally, MPC meets as Senate confirms CBN Deputy Govs, 3 others Continued from page 1 of the long awaited two Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and three members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN by the Senate on Thursday.

The upper chamber on Thursday confirmed Mrs. Aishah Ahmad and Mr. Edward Lametek Adamu,

as Deputy Governors of the apex bank.

But the Senate only confirmed three of four nominees named as members of the MPC, including Adeola Adenikinju, Aliyu Sanusi and Robert Asogwa.

It however rejected Asheikh Maidugu, as senators who screened him said they were dissatisfied with his responses to their questions.

Speaking after the confirmation of the nominees, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said: “I would like to thank the Committee on Banking and Finance and all our colleagues for this action today.

“We promised the country last week that within a week we would carry out this confirmation and we have done this. I thank

L-R: Special Adviser to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) on Political & Legislative Matters, Hon. Muftaudeen Egberongbe; member LAHA, Hon. Bisi Yusuf; Speaker LAHA, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; celebrant/member LAHA, Hon. Lanre Ogunyemi; his wife, Oluwayemisi; and his daughter, Dr. Bukola, cutting the cake during Ogunyemi’s 55th Birthday lecture at the Marquee Radio Lagos/Eko FM, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. Photo: Lagos Speaker Media Team

you all for your cooperation. I thank the Executive for their continued cooperation. At this point, let me congratulate the two nominees, particularly Mr. Edward Lamatek Adamu whose upliftment to a Deputy Governor will be great encouragement to the staff of the CBN who will see one of their own in this position.

“I am sure it will boost the morale within the institution. I want to congratulate the management and Mr. President, and all those who have been involved in this entire process.

“Let me also commend and congratulate Mrs. Aishah Ahmad for her nomination to this very competitive role. The two new Deputy Governors of the CBN are coming at a time when the economy is a major issue.

“We have just come out of a recession and we need to continue with our economic growth and see the sustainability of the foreign exchange and other related challenges.

“We hope that the two new Deputy Governors

will work with the Governor to move the country and our economy in the right direction. We hope also that you all will continue to work closely with the National Assembly to update us on the progress that is achieved by the Central Bank”.

Reading out screening report of four nominees named as members of the MPC, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Adebayo, described the three confirmed nominees as “very resourceful, diligent, articulate, competent and will add the needed value in the operations of the MPC.” The Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, thereafter moved that the MPC provide a replacement for the rejected nominee and this resolution was adopted by the Senate.

Explaining the committee’s reason for rejecting Mr. Maidugu as a member of the MPC, he said “the nominee was interviewed by the committee and he responded to the questions

Ogun govt lauds ‘Harness Your Dream’ ÏÏÏThe Ogun State Gov-

ernment has commended Promasidor Nigeria Limited for initiating a career guidance workshop for secondary school students, describing it as a laudable effort towards the development of education and youth empowerment in the country.

Speaking at the second edition of Promasidor Harness Your Dream, organised by the makers of Cowbell, Milk, Loya Milk, Onga, Top Tea and other quality brands,

but the committee was dissatisfied with his response and concerned that he may not be independent and reach crucial decisions of the MPC that affects directly the whole economy.”

The Senate had, last week, resolved to make a concession to carry out the confirmation process for the two Deputy Governors of the Central Bank and other members of the Monetary Policy Committee, after earlier resolving not to consider all such nominees until Ibrahim Magu is removed as acting chairman of the Economi and Financial Cimes Commission (EFCC).

The resolution was sequel to a deliberation of a point of order raised

by Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara South), urging members of the Senate to confirm the nominees for the sake of the economy of the nation.

The Daily Times recalls that Saraki last Wednesday said the Red Chamber will this week consider a report into nominations for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujota called on other corporate organisations to emulate Promasidor since education and youth development are collective responsibilities of the government and the populace in line with public and private partnership policy.

The Commissioner, who was represented at the event, held at African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta, by the Ministry’s Director of Educa-

tion Support Services, Mr. Martins Akinsolu, remarked that most adolescents are ignorant of career choices. “It would not be an overstatement to state that the most bugging problem facing the adolescents of this country is the problem of unemployment and the major cause of this problem is wrong choice of career,” she lamented.

In a separate interview, Akinsolu described Promasidor Harness Your Dream as “the first of its kind in Ogun State”,

adding that the Ministry would seek further support from the company to enable the over 450 secondary schools in the state benefit from the initiative.

The Principal of African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta, Mr. Akinjide Johnson was particularly delighted that Promasidor Nigeria Limited had chosen to support the future of Nigerian youths rather than devote resources to sponsor programmes he described as “promoting frivolities.”

In his opening remarks, the Managing Director, Priomasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson admonished the students to take full advantage of the workshop in order to achieve their dream goals. Einarsson, who was represented by the company’s Head of Legal/PR, Mr. Andrew Enahoro, described success as not just what is hoped and prayed for.

He then explained: “You choose to be successful and work hard towards achieving it. That you

are here today means you have chosen to be successful in your future endeavours. What remains is for you to continue to study and work hard to achieve the desired results. Paying attention to the presentations that will be made this afternoon, for me, is what you must do if you are really determined to be successful. Beyond today, however, I implore you to embrace learning as a lifelong process. This is one decision you will never regret taking.”

ducted from their school on February 19, 2018, were rescued.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said his administration will not relent in its efforts to bring Leah Sharibu safely back home to her parents as it has done for the other girls after she was held back

by the terrorists over her decision, as reported, not to convert from Christianity to Islam.

The statement reads in part, “President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko

Haram terrorists.

“The Buhari administration will not relent in efforts to bring Leah Sharibu safely back home to her parents as it has done for the other girls after she was held back by the terrorists over her decision, as reported, not to convert from Christianity to Islam.

“President Buhari is fully conscious of his duty under the constitution to protect all Nigerians, irrespective of faith, ethnic background or geopolitical location and will not shirk in this responsibility.

“The President is equally mindful of the fact that true followers of Islam all over the

world respect the injunction that there is no compulsion in religion.”

The President, therefore, appealed to other parents who have to watch others rejoice while their own daughter is still missing, saying his administration will continue to do all they can to ensure their release.

Last Dapchi schoolgirl won’t be abandoned, Buhari assures Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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Muhammadu Buhari has promised to rescue the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, who is still in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.

Buhari spoke less than 24 hours after over 104 of the girls who were ab-

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Osinbajo highlights ERGP contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth Continued from page 1 Development, which held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The NEC is composed of all state governors and the CBN Governor under the chairmanship of the Vice President.

Osinbajo also noted that the social investment programmes, which are a key component of the administration’s ERGP, have made significant strides nation-

wide because of the administration’s political will and vision to make the needed investments, for today and the future.

He said: “Let me reiterate that not only are we painfully aware of the issues, we are prepared to take the challenges you have outlined head-on. Nigeria has strong economic growth and development ambitions, encapsulated in our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, which we launched in 2017.

“All of those lofty ambitions can only be achieved through the determined application of human skill and effort. And for that effort to be meaningful and productive, it has to come from people who are healthy, educated, and who are and feel empowered.

“It is this realisation that has helped ensure that one of the primary planks of the ERGP is ‘Investing in our people’. And it is for this reason that we are expanding the reach and quality

of our healthcare, through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); and working to guarantee basic education for all persons, whilst also upgrading and modernising the quality of secondary and post-secondary education.

“In 2016, we launched a Social Investment Programme – comprising a jobs scheme for unemployed graduates, a feeding programme for public primary school pupils, a micro-credit scheme for

Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (left) interacting with one of the Artisans, Mr. Fidelis Gonsum(right) during the Hon. Minister’s inspection of the ongoing construction of Storey Building, 2-Bedroom and 3-Bedroom Semi -Detached Bungalows under the National Housing Programme in Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja.... on Thursday.

...Adeosun, Bill Gates seek local production of vaccines Mathew Dadiya,

Abuja

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Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the President of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates have strategised on the need for vaccines used in preventing various diseases responsible for high infant mortality rate in the country be produced locally.

This call was made on Thursday in Abuja when Gates led a delegation from the Foundation to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

In her remarks, the Minister thanked the phi-

lanthropist for his numerous support in various sections of the nation’s economy.

Adeosun also appreciated Gates for urging the Nigerian government to increase its ratio to GDP ratio as it was currently about the lowest in the world.

She said the country was challenged in the area of financial inclusion to meet the myriads of needs in the country; adding that , “It’s an innovative financial thinking. We’re making transition and increasing revenue and also ensuring Nigerians get value for money.”

The minister said that

the federal government was committed to plugging revenue leakages so as to have more funds to tackle healthcare challenges and other issues.

“Primary healthcare in local Councils needs to improve. We need to have those who can deliver these needs. Our population growth is also an issue. It’s not that we’re not spending enough, no but not spending well, not asking for value of spending”, she noted.

On his part, Bill Gates said his foundation has invested about $1 billion in the country, adding that it was currently partnering with about 10 States

mainly on health related issues, disclosing that the foundation was in talks with the Health Ministry on vaccines.

Gates added, “We’ll speak when the CBN Governor on financial inclusion. To see how to involve banks and private sector.

We’re optimistic that we’ll make tremendous success.

We have a few more years to totally eradicate polio.

“We worked with the Sokoto government and the northern region. Only a quarter of Nigerian infants are immunized. If we get that to like 80 percent, we’ll have much less infant mortality figures in Nigeria.”

small businesses, and a cash transfer scheme for our poorest and most vulnerable households.

“This Social Investment Programme, a key component of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, and the most ambitious in Nigeria’s history, aims to ensure that no one is left behind; that Nigeria’s wealth is more equitably distributed to its vulnerable populations: young and old, male and female, regardless of where in the country they live or what language they speak”.

Further highlighting the successes recorded, Osinbajo said: “The school feeding programme currently serves over 7 million school children, across 22 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and continues to grow as more states sign up for it.

“Apart from the health outcomes – children free from malnutrition and stunting – there are also important educational and economic benefits as well. By guaranteeing one hot meal a day to these children, the scheme has pushed school enrolment rates upwards in many of the communities in which it is being implemented.

“Our cash transfer programme, which we’re delivering with the support of the World Bank, makes it imperative for beneficiaries to fulfil certain conditions relating to health or education, before they can receive their monthly stipends. These conditions range from mandatory ante-natal care for pregnant women, to mandatory immunisations for nursing mothers, to minimum school attendance rates for parents of school-age children.

“N-Power, as the jobsfor-graduates component of the Social Investment Programme is known, deploys young Nigerians to work as health and teaching assistants, bringing healthcare and education to more people across the country. We have 200,000 young Nigerians already engaged, and this year we intend to scale that up to 500,000. But the more importantly we are leveraging on the creativity and innovation of our young people.”

The special session, which included officials of federal and state governments, was also attended

by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Foundation, and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Founda-

tion.

While describing Gates and Dangote as committed and valued philanthropic and development partners, the Vice President thanked them for “uniquely deploying huge resources and innovation through social enterprise to solving some of the most challenging issues of human development that we face today.”

In his speech, Bill Gates praised the efforts of the Buhari administration through its economic recovery and growth plan and praised Nigerians for having “big dreams and big ambitions”.

Noting that Nigeria was now the ‘biggest economy on the continent, Gates said the country was now “rapidly approaching upper middle-income status, like Brazil, China, and Mexico.

Adding that Nigeria has unmatched economic potential, Gates said the Buhari administration’s has taken important steps to fill in gaps in areas of the economy like agriculture, with “both more investment and a series of smart policies to encourage private sector investment.”

“These reforms lay the foundation for a booming agricultural sector that feeds the country, helps end chronic malnutrition, and lifts tens of millions of smallholder farmers. I urge you to build on this,” he said, adding that the FG should increase its investments in health, education, and opportunities that will lay the foundation for sustained prosperity.

“The agricultural sector is a pillar of the Nigerian economy. It accounts for a large proportion of your GDP, and during the oil price collapse and recession, it helped cushion the economy. But it still has a lot of potential to grow,” Gates said.

Also speaking at the event, Alhaji Aliko Dangote noted that human capital was a critical component of Nigeria’s future economic growth.

He said the country has largely achieved growth by extracting natural resources and building on that through physical infrastructure.

He said: “For Nigeria to truly compete globally, we must prioritise investments in the health, education and opportunity of our people alongside other critical areas like infrastructure. Together, these are the inputs that will make Nigeria richer”. xxx

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Revealed: 57.3 million people worldwide suffer annually from malaria Doosuur Iwambe - Abuja

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that Malaria remains the leading killer disease around the world with a total of 57.3 million people being infested annually with the mosquitoborne infectious disease.

A representative of the WHO Dr. Rex Mpazanje, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a two-day conference on capacity building for health reporters. The event was organised by WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

Mpazanje disclosed that over 7.3 million Nigerians were at risk of being infected with malaria.

He said that 23% of death all over the world is caused by malaria while 45% die in West Africa annually from the disease.

While lamenting that HIV has remained a major problem in Nigeria, Mpazanje added that the country has the highest record of transmission of mother to child in the world.

He said, “Nigeria is second to South Africa to HIV burden in Africa. We need to do something so that our prevalence rate will come down. While Bayelsa State has the lowest Anti Retroviral drug coverage of 7%, Enugu has the highest of 90%.

“The WHO will continue to be at the forefront

to support and give guidelines on how to control and prevent the spread of HIV, Tuberculosis and malaria in line with international guidelines. “ Our aim is to have 90% of those living with HIV know their status, 90% know their status on ART and 90% on ART to be virally suppressed by year 2020”.

On his part, Sisay

Tegegne from WHO, also presented a paper titled ‘Protecting Children from Vaccine Preventable Diseases,VPD, and challenged stakeholders in the health sector to ensure they sustain immunization programs in order to eradicate both communicable and noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria.

According to him, 1 out

of 200 cases of polio lead to irreversible paralysis, out of which 5% to 10% die.

While stressing that over 200,000 new cases of polio have been reported globally in the last 10 years, he added that as long as a single child remains infected, children all over the world are at risk of contracting the disease.

He said, “ In 2015 alone, over 4.3 million children were left un-immunised.

Lagos is the only State out of the 36 states that has achieved 80% immunisation coverage, the remaining 35 states including Federal Capital Territory achieved only 33% coverage”, he said.

He added that it was imperative to differentiate between Acute Flac-

L-R: Minister of Transportation, Hon.Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, receiving an award from Vice Chancellor UNIZIK, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, at the 12th convocation lecture of University held in Awka, Anambra State.

Insecurity: Plateau procures 51 patrol Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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al of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, Thursday, inaugurated 51 security patrol vehicles acquired

by Plateau Government for distribution to security agencies in the 17 Local Government Areas of the state.

The IGP said the procurement of the security patrol vehicles is an obvious indication that Governor Simon Lalong is determined to tackle insecurity in the State.

Mr. Idris stated this

cid Paralysis (AFP), from polio, because over 16,000 cases of AFP were reported as polio.

Also, Dr. Andrew Mbewe in his paper presentation titled,” Reducing Maternal/Mortality” identified High blood pressure, obstruction, Ante/post-Partum Hemorrhage as some of the common causes of death in pregnant women.

at the Ground Breaking for the establishment of the 66 Nigeria Police Mobile Squadron in Shendam and the formal presentation of security vehicles to the 17 LGAs in Plateau State.

He said that the establishment of squadron would increase and improve the existing security infrastructure in the state for purpose of providing adequate security.

“The establishment of PMF 66 Squadron in Shemdam is therefore one of my strategies to

ensure that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is at all times within reach, to respond to the challenges of crime being faced by the people.

“The establishment of PMF 66 in Shendam is not by accident but deliberate attempt to fight crime.

“Shendam town is densely populated and shares boundary with three states namely Bauchi, Nasarawa and Taraba.

“This feature makes the town prone to criminal activities like herd-

ers/farmers clashes, armed robberies and other criminal activities,” he stated.

The IGP said that PMF was established as a strike force of the NPF and always deployed to troubled spots across the country.

He said that he would ensure the establishment of the PMF in other parts of the country but ensure that adequate and befitting barracks are provided.

Idris called on state governments to doante lands for the establish-

ment and creation of more PMF squadrons and construction of PMF barracks.

The IGP appreciated Gov. Simon Lalong for donating 51 security patrol vehicles to the 17 local governments.

He said that Lalong was one out of many governors that was passionate about securing his state.

Gov Lalong in his remarks stated the establishment of squadron was a dream come true for his people.

The governor appreci-

ated the IG and the President Muhammadu Buhari for granting them their wish.

He said that the 51 patrol vehicles were donated by the state government in collaboration with the local governments.

Lalong regretted the recent attacks in Bassa and Bokkos LGs where countless people were killed, said that it bestowed on them more responsibilities in protecting the people.

He enjoined traditional rulers to work closely

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Dapchi girls: Fayose berates FG Idu Jude, Abuja

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nor of Ekiti state, says the manner in which the Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted and returned is a clear demonstration that the federal government is fooling itself.

In a statement on Thursday, the governor said the whole process was shrouded in secrecy, raising more questions than answers.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians in the area of security which was one of the three cardinal points in the campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“One wonders the basis for the party to applaud President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim of bringing back home those innocent Dapchi girls that ought not to have been abducted in the first place if not for the government’s laxity,” he said.

“Most importantly, that the abduction and return of the girls took place without resistance is a sign that the

APC-led federal government has lost the war against insurgency, the basis for which it came to power. It is also a clear indication that Nigerians can no longer depend on the clueless government for their safety.

“The removal of military checkpoints in Dapchi ahead of the abduction, as confirmed by Ibrahim Geidam, governor of Yobe state, clearly shows the complicity of the federal government and some individuals profiting from the whole saga.

“Despite security alerts by the locals, the military looked the other way, which necessitated the damning report by the Amnesty International. To the amazement of Nigerians, 24 hours after, the abductors brought back the girls. I believe the true story of this Dapchi abduction will be told one day.”

The governor, however, rejoiced with the families of the returned Dapchi girls and sympathised with those of the deceased.

“It is obvious that this

present APC operates by propaganda. I urge Nigerians not to lose hope as help is on the way,” he said.

Meanwhile, a muslim rigfht movment under the aegis of The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked the federal government to return to the negotiation table in order to secure the release of the only Christian among the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls.

On Wednesday, 104 of the girls were returned to Dapchi by some Boko Haram members.

While five of the girls were said to have died in captivity, Liya Sharibu, the only Christian among them, was detained for allegedly refusing to convert to Islam or wear the hijab.

In a statement on Thursday, Ishaq Akintola, director of the group, said the basis for holding Sharibu back is “faulty and unIslamic”.

Akintola said the decision of the sect to keep Sharibu captive was a move to divide Nigeria along religious lines.

“We reject Boko Haram as an Islamic group. We urge the leadership and members of the group to re-examine its ideological base,” the statement read.

“Leah Sherubu must be set free because the basis for holding her after setting her schoolmates free is faulty and unIslamic. We charge (FG) to go back to the negotiation table in order to secure the release of the only Christian girl among the Dapchi girls who is being held back by the insurgents.

“FG should note that Boko Haram is not as daft as many people think. By withholding the Christian girl, they seek to divide Nigerians once again along religious lines.”

The group commended Sharibu’s courage for refusing to bow to pressure in violation of her fundamental human right.

“Our hearts are heavy with grief over her plight. We salute her courage. Shame on Boko Haram for oppressing a lone, vulnerable and helpless girl. Shame on all those who

Chairman House Committee on Information and Strategy for the state House Assembly, Hon Olatunbosun Oyintiloye in handshake with the member, House of Representatives, Prof. Rt. Hon. Mojeed Alabi who is the Guest Lecturer of the Memorial Lecture of Natheniel Abimbola tagged “Current Challenges of the Nigerian Political System” at the middle is the President, Customary Court of Appeal,Hon. Justice Gloria Oladoke as a Special Guest which holds at the NUJ Press Centre,Iwo road, Osogbo, osun state...on Thursday

PMAN veritable tool for peace, unity –Okowa Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that the music industry was a veritable tool to ensure peace and security in the state.

Speaking during a courtesy call by the Executive Council members of the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria, (PMAN)

Delta State Chapter led by its Chairman Evangelist Tebite Quincy in Asaba, Senator Okowa said insecurity has reduced because of the peace promoted among the youths through music According to him” We must thank you for the effort You have been making to bring peace in the state through your music, this has helped in improving de-

velopment in the state.”

He noted that the unity experienced in the association has made PMAN stronger in the state and hope that the unity would be sustained among members to make the group functional.

The governor commended the association for the idea of advocating for a state musical fiesta annually stressing that “ asking to

contribute your quota to the development of our youths and the state through this fiesta is a good idea which my government will encourage.”

Earlier, Evang. Tebite Quincy, commended Gov. Okowa for his developmental stride in the state and assured him of the association’s continuous support.

‘Synergy Among Security Agencies Has Positively Imparted on our Peace, Resources’ Says Gov Okowa Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has explained that the synergy existing among security agencies in the state has greatly improved the peace and resources of the state.

Senator Okowa stated this when the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Musa Yusuf, paid him a courtesy call in Asaba.

The Governor noted that the Army in the state have been very professional in the discharge of their duties stressing that “ this synergy has helped us to achieve a lot of peace in the state” Explaining further, he ob-

served that when all security agencies work together there is a lot of result to be achieved, “we must appreciate them, we will continue to provide you with the necessary support to function adequately.”

Senator Okowa assured them that the request they made will be looked into especially in providing a good location for the establishment of 63 Division in Asaba.

Earlier, the GOC, 6 Division, Major General Yusuf, informed the governor that he was on a familiarization visit of the Divisions under his command (Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers State) and assured him of his troop maximum performance to sustain peace and security in the state.

Group kicks against rock blasting in residential areas

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non-governmental, non-profit organization Urban-Rural Environmental Defenders (U-RED) has raised the alarm over “continued indiscriminate and unsafe blasting of rocks at residential areas across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and environs.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop organized for village heads, community leaders and other stakeholders on Thursday at Bwari, Abuja, the Director U-RED, Gods’power Martins lamented that deposit of hills/ rocks in the communities are supposed to be a blessing in various ways to the communities.

But he regretted that rocks were being blasted everyday few meters to the communities thereby exposing the communities to all manner of socio-health risks, death and environmental degradation.

Martins described the situation as worrisome, warning on the “dire consequences of this unwholesome blasting of rocks and quarry activities with crude technologies.”

This, U-RED cautioned could lead to deafening sounds, vibrations leading to cracks and collapse of buildings as well as death from flying rocks and pollution of the environment among others.

“While we are not against exploitation of natural resources, destroying the environment and host communities should not be the cost of doing so.

“The questions before of us today are: What do we think will happen to the communities and its environment if this harmful blasting of rocks and unsafe quarry activities continue unabated? When the hazardous blasting of rocks and unhealthy quarrying activities stop, who restores or remedies the environment, the craters, security pits, cracks and compacted soil.

“Should we allow the environmental hazards to continue or join hands to legitimately correct the worrisome activity? These are the questions begging for answers,” he said.

The sensitization programme was organized on the premise that local communities and individuals have the right to a clean and healthy environment, to livelihood, right of nature, right to participate in decision making on all matters that affect the community and environment in line with “Environmental Considerations and Rights of Host Communities” of The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007, Chapter 4.

Similarly, he called on government to ensure quarries are approved at least 50 kilometers away from residents, use of clean energy, formulate stringent mining laws and slam heavy fine on defaulters.

The Community chiefs and leaders greatly appreciated U-RED and agreed that the right thing should be done, that a cleaner way of blasting should be employed.

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Why Obasa deserves to return as Speaker of Lagos Assembly - Abiola Not a few people were surprised, when young Hon. Gbenga Abiola was appointed as the Sole Administrator of Agege Local Government in 2016 by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, based on the recommendations of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa. Having served his time out and left office in 2017 after the local government elections in the state, Abiola is back as the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG) in the council. In this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE, the young politician speaks on his achievements as sole administrator, why Obasa should serve as Speaker for a second term amongst other issues.

You were the youngest Sole Administrator of a local government in the state till 2017. How were you able to cope, were you ever intimidated?

Intimidation has never been part of me or my life. Most times, I tried to turn intimidation to challenge. I was not intimidated, but it was a big challenge to me. I had to work it out and made sure that I delivered. If I was representing the Youth League of Nigeria, I felt that how would I convince the people that if any Nigerian youth was given such an opportunity he would perform. So, I made sure I did my best.

Can you recall some of those things you did that made you happy as the Sole Administrator of Agege Local Government then?

I was able to outline three major agenda that I was going to focus on, one of which was healthcare. To that end, I made sure that I renovated all the health centres in the council area at least to a reasonable extent, although we were short of funds.

We were also able to get a little more hands into the primary healthcare centres of the council so that people could have access to quality healthcare. Also, the environment, you would remember that Agege was very clean at that time. We were able to de-silt waste on a weekly basis, which was an expensive programme. In conjunction with the Rotary Club, we were able to distribute 5,000 insecticide nets to our people to prevent malaria in Agege.

We called a stakeholders meeting to sensitise the people. Once they get to the centres, they were treated for malaria free of charge and got insecticide nets.

On youth empowerment, I was able to overhaul and renovate to a certain extent, the vocational centres in the area. Agege has the best vocational centres in the country.

A lot of machines were down and a lot of tools were down, so we repaired them. I also noticed that in a vocational centre with a capacity of 400 to 450, they hardly had about 100 students and there are youths out there who had nothing doing.

I found out that people didn’t have access to forms, so what we did was to make the forms relatively free. So we distributed the forms to the Community Development Areas (CDAs), artisans, market women, the youths and at the end of the day, we graduated almost 400 students.

During the graduation ceremony,

we gave awards and equipment to the best three students in each class.

Apart from that, I donated my December salary to the overall best three students at that time for them to start businesses.

We also did orientation for all applicants before they started the training so that they would understand the depth of what they were doing.

I spoke to them myself and the CDA Chairman and the facilitators were there. We spoke to them on the need to understand what they wanted to do. So, they were already going into the programme with a mindset that this is what I am going to become at the end of the programme.

Still on youth, I found that the youth organisations were not functioning, so I brought all the youth organisations together and they did a congress and we appointed a coordinator to oversee all the youth organisations in the council area and it is still functioning till now. The last time I called a meeting before I left office, we had about 20 youth organisations in attendance.

Also, we constructed a shoes/bags making and furniture making workshop for the youths. I found out that we had so many training for them in many areas, but we felt that we needed something more handy. We decided to start with shoes and bag making as well as furniture making and the structure is still within the council premises till now, I am sure the current administration would take it up.

On education, we provided over 3,000 uniforms for primary schools pupils in the area free of charge.

We covered the 26 primary schools in the council area. We gave them to pupils of primaries one and two.

It was supposed to be a continuous programme before election came.

We really tried our best, we fenced all the markets on the roads, especially Ashade Market. All what I am

OTUNBA GBENGA DANIEL saying were done within one year despite shortage of funds.

Now, you are the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), how are you coping with your new office, which is more of administration?

I think it is more of rest to me because as Sole Administrator, I was the secretary, the councillor, the chairman, and the vice chairman altogether. Right now, I am resting, but SLG is also the trust of the council whether you like it or not. He is more into administration.

Having served as the head of a local government, how do you think the government can make local governments more effective?

People are clamouring for local government autonomy. I would just say that the best way is for both par-

ties to sit down. This current system was formulated by the government and the council. So they should sit down and look at the challenges and how to solve them.

Even without local government autonomy, some council chairmen are reckless, they would not pay salary. Some of them are behaving well now because they know that the state House of Assembly is there to caution them and the state Ministry of Local Government is there to regulate their activities.

We have local governments that would not pay salaries of workers if there is autonomy, they both have advantages and disadvantages.

When the current policies were formulated, some people were in government, but they are no longer there now. Now, the challenges have

Obasa has been a tool for the greatest development Agege ever had. The major tool by God that has led to the greatest development Agege has ever experienced. We are not saying let him return, he would certainly return to the Assembly there is no doubt about that. We are saying that, when he returns to the Assembly, he must speak again. The former Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji spoke for 10 years, while his predecessor, Rt. Hon. Jokotola Pelumi spoke for two years. That is 12 years altogether from Epe region alone.

come up, but they are not there to see the challenges.

2019 is coming, what do we expect from you?

I would work hard to ensure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) wins at both the state and federal levels.

Don’t you have any political ambition?

Yes, everybody has an ambition.

My ambition is not tagged to time, if I tell you I don’t have an ambition for 2019, something might come up tomorrow to change that and if I say I have ambition, something else can still change it. My ambition is to serve the people really.

You are very close to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, what is the secret?

I would talk about what attracted me to him. I see a man who looks beyond the present, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa is a very rare leader. Apart from him, another person that has such a trait is the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A man, who looks beyond today.

Rt. Hon. Obasa recommended me as the Sole Administrator of Agege Local Government at age 28, which made me the youngest man that has ever headed a local government. So, you wonder what was going through his mind then. It is like saying let’s give opportunity to those who don’t have it. If you look at the cabinet of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 1999 as governor of Lagos State, all the socalled leaders that we have now were very young. Even, Speaker Obasa was very young in 2003, when he got to the state House of Assembly.

So, take out the year from his age, you would see that he was barely 30 years old then. The man that supported him then saw that vision and he has imbibed that. But a lot of people do not think along that line.

I wonder why those who are talking about ‘Not Too Young To Run,’ have not gone to Speaker Obasa on how to operate the idea. He is the only one that I know that got me appointed as Sole Administrator apart from the fact that the governor had to approve the nomination. I want to learn from Speaker Obasa and know how he came about it because he is a man that sees beyond the immediate. He is very focused, he is a man with vision and he is very disciplined. I don’t call him my political godfather, I call him my political guardian.

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2019: Dankwambo’s ex-campaign DG backs Atiku presidential bid Senator Saidu Umar Kumo, A member of the Fourth Senate who represented Gombe Central on the platform of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP) has explained why he wants former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

Kumo was Director General of 2015 campaign organisation of Gombe governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo.

The former Special Adviser to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua said “Atiku is long overdue in the PDP to become its presidential candidate and be elected as president.

“Nigeria of today needs someone like Atiku; there are many challenges that we require someone like him to step into

the leadership to bring about an all inclusive administration with focus.

“He is going to be the right choice for Nigerians. But first, we want him to be the choice of the PDP, when the PDP choose him to become its presidential candidate, then we can sell him to Nigerians.”

On the rumoured presidential ambition of Dankwambo, Kumo said he was not aware of the governor‘s intention.

“I really don’t know that Dankwambo is angling for the presidential ticket. Because he never discussed the issue with me, he never discussed with someone that came to discuss with me, he never sent someone to inform me.

“My party leadership never called me to say Gombe governor is angling for the PDP

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presidential ticket. Nobody told me until this moment.

I’m not the one to push him and say, ‘come out and contest for this position.’

2019: APC ‘uncovers’ secret moves to rig elections in Abia The Peoples Democratic Party PDP,;and the United Progressives Party, UPP have commiserated with the former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress Asiwawu Bola Tinubu over the death of x Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday said it has uncovered an ongoing secret exercise where eligible Abia electorates are being deceived to present their permanent voter cards’ serial numbers so as to be offered employment opportunities.

The party described the exercise as fraud being carried out secretly by some political elements to rig the 2019 elections in the state.

The Publicity Secretary of the APC in the state, Comrade Benedict Godson, disclosed this at a press conference in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, where he advised the public against

disclosing the serial numbers of their Permanent Voter Card, alleging that, “It is part of the evil machination by enemies of democracy to hijack electoral process in Abia come 2019.”

“From our investigation, that is going on here in Abia State, taking people’s PVC in the name of giving employment to them while they are copying the PVC serial numbers to rig 2019 election in Abia. It is wrong. We condemn it in totality.”

Godson also condemned the destruction and removal of billboards and posters of opposition parties in the state, warning perpetrators to desist from the act.

“We are in democracy, not autocracy. We have freedom of association, expression. Not because we are in one party or the other.

You can imagine a situation where billboards and posters of opposition parties in the state are being destroyed and burnt down.

“That is undemocratic. I want to use this opportunity to warn whoever or which of the political party in the state that is doing this to desist from it,” he said.

Reacting, the Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Media, Ugochukwu Emezue described the allegation by APC as untrue, saying that the main opposition party in the state was only seeking attention.

He said, “It is not true as far as PDP-led government in the state is concerned. They are making baseless allegations. And I know that they are seeking attention.

You know PDP is the ruling party in Abia State. So, anybody that wants to create relevance around himself, all he need to do is pour allegation.

“We are not distracted by such allegation. We are focused on delivering democracy dividends to the people of Abia State, not responding to baseless allegations,” he added.

The governorship ambition of the Chief of Staff to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Chief Uche Nwosu, who has been endorsed by the governor to succeed him in 2019, might have received a boost as some of his co-aspirants are planning to step down for him.

According to a top member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, who confided in another newspaper, who do not want his name mentioned, the aspirants have resolved to support Nwosu following his endorse-

ment by APC executive members from 24 local government areas of the state.

The source further said that Nwosu’s endorsement by the incumbent governor who is also the leader of the party in the state was also put into consideration by the aspirants.

It would also be recalled that 20 state’s Assembly lawmakers of the 27 in the Assembly, including the Speaker, Acho Ihim, recently endorsed Nwosu to fly the party’s ticket for the governorship election in 2019.

However, some aspirants have vehemently denied consenting to such step down arrangement.

One of the aspirants, Peter Gbujie, said that the purported step down speculation was false. He maintained that it was another gimmick by some aspirants to kill the zeal of others.

Gbujie, who spoke through his Director of campaign, Mr. Prince Ohaekelam said, “APC is not for one person alone. Gbujie will never step down for anybody. We are in the race to win and not to back out.”

Imo APC guber aspirants to step down for Nwosu

“If he is nursing such ambition, maybe he told those that matter. Maybe they are aware, maybe he didn’t come to our level. But already there is another person that saw us and

considers us important in this project and we are for him.

“That doesn’t mean he cannot gun for the ticket, he must work for it. But for me, I have made my position clear; everybody knows I’m for Atiku in the North- East and Nigeria,” he said.

Reminded that the PDP only controls Gombe and Taraba States, Kumo replied: “Is there anywhere in the North except the North-East where you find PDP government?”

“That’s more reason the PDP should reward us for standing strong when other states in the North were swept away in 2015.

“We should be considered because there is no PDP government in North West and North Central. For that, we should be considered.”

Ambode charges Civil Servants on time, stress management for optimal performance Benjamin Omoike The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said there is need for civil servants in the state to ensure optimal management of time and stress, in order to be able to deliver quality service to the public in the course of discharging their duties.

The governor made this assertion on Thursday, in his keynote address delivered at a two-day training session tagged ‘Time and Stress Workshop’, organised for civil servants, by the Ministry Establishments, Training and Pensions and facilitated

by Messrs. Human Capital Management and Solutions Ltd., at Dover Hotel, Ikeja, he was represented by the Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke. According to him, the ultimate objective of the workshop was to ensure that, in addition to trainings aimed at increasing knowledge and on-the-job skills, civil servants in Lagos were equipped with the practical tools to live well-rounded lives

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and cope with a number of factors that were often over-looked in the quest for organisational efficiency and personal fulfillment.

He reiterated that two of such factors were time management and stress management.

“Holly Mosier made the following profound observations on the subject: ‘Our culture encourages us to plan every moment and fill our schedules with one activity and obligation after the next, with no time to just be.

But the human body and mind require downtime to rejuvenate.

I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peace with me out into the world’.

“Indeed, in today’s 24-hour, round-the-clock work engagement culture, the Lagos State Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions, has discovered that there is a critical need to help officers of the Lagos State Civil Service learn the mechanisms for coping with the demands on the management of time and the consequential stress. This is because effectiveness in the Lagos State Civil Service goes far beyond the acquisition of knowledge and jobrelated skills,” he said.

Governor Ambode said it was important to recognise the common causes of stress at work so that one could take steps to reduce stress levels where possible. He said workplace stress could be caused by a number of factors from heavy workloads and over-promotion to bullying and blame culture.

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Editorial FIIRO’s readiness to create 5m jobs annually

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gainst the backdrop of the high unemployment level in the country, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, stunned the nation recently when it claimed that it has developed a workable blueprint that could effectively curb the menace of unemployment by providing well over five million job opportunities annually in the country.

The Director General of FIIRO, Prof. (Mrs.) Gloria Elemo told members of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology who were on an oversight visit to FIIRO that the package was designed to stimulate economic activities through processing and value addition to raw materials of relative advantage in each of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country.

The institute said it has carried out a comprehensive survey on raw materials of relative abundance in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country and has identified FIIRO technologies that are suitable for processing the raw materials in these LGAs for the establishment of micro, small, medium and large enterprises.

It also claimed that it has developed over 250 technologies in its many years of existence and these technologies could be deployed in the 774 LGAs in the country for massive job creation and economic stimulation through processing and value addition to raw materials of relative advantage in each local government area.

It is sad that FIIRO has developed such an avalanche of technologies over the years which it has not turned into massive use across the country.

However, thanks to the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology for embarking on an oversight visit to FIIRO and in the process, the country became aware of how the institute can positively contribute to creating five million jobs

annually through its technologies.

Coming at a time when governments at both the federal and state levels are desperately looking at how to tackle the high unemployment problem in the country, particularly among the youth, it appears that FIIRO has got a major and somewhat right answer to the nation’s unemployment problem. It should therefore take the blueprint which it has developed on how the technologies can create about 5 million jobs annually through direct and multiplier effect to the federal government and the states for speedy study and implementation.

In convincing the government that it can perform the feat as claimed, on its part, FIIRO must be ready to provide evidence of enterprises that have used its acclaimed 250 technologies over the years and the successes recorded with the usage of the technologies.

Funding of the enterprises could be a problem. But, if governments at both the federal and state levels are convinced that the blueprint could indeed create five million jobs or so annually, both the Bank of Industry (BoI) and the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) would be brought in by the government to fund the projects.

It is a good thing that FIIRO has over the years been collaborating with relevant stakeholders in the country such as the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Fabricators Association of Nigeria (AMEFAN), National Association of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (NASME), National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), among others.

With the extensive collaboration with these reputable bodies which FIIRO has had over the years, effective technology diffusion across the country should not be a problem if the government accepts its blueprint for implementation.

L-R European Union Deputy Head of Delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Young; Head of Delegation, Amb. Ketil Karlsen and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, during a courtesy visit of a delegation of the EU to Atiku in Abuja on Thursday.

L-R:Members , Board of Trustees, Women in Management, Business and Public Service, Ibukun Awosika; Yewande Zaccheaus; Chairperson, Executive Council, WIMBIZ, Bunmi Aboderin -Talabi; former president/ guest lecturer, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Chairman, BoT, WimBiz, Funmi Roberts; and other members of BoT, Bola Adesola and Ifeoma Idigbe, during the 14th Annual Lecture of WimBiz, in Lagos... on Thursday

The Federal Government Delegation meets the freed 104 Dapchi girls, one other girl and a boy at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Maiguduri...on Wednesday.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd right); member, House of Representatives, Japan and Chairman, Japan-AU Friendship League, Mr. Ichiro Aisawa (middle); member, House of Representatives of Japan and Deputy President, Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship League, Mr. Asahiko Mihara (2nd left); the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke (left) and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Japan, Mallam Mohammed Gana Yisa (right) during the Governor’s meeting with the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship Committee in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday,

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Investing in people is one of our priorities - Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said that investing in people is one of the key plan of their administration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP).

Osinbajo said this on Thursday at the Expanded National Economic Council on Investment in Human Capital in Abuja while responding to calls by other speakers asking the Federal Government to resolve challenges surrounding human capital development.

He noted that the government was aware that people are critical to driving the economy which is why the administration is currently doing everything possible to

improve the basic infrastructural elements that enhance proper human life.

According to him, Nigeria has strong economic growth and development ambitions encapsulated in our economic Recovery and growth plan which we launched in 2017.

“All of those lofty ambitions can only be achieved through the determined application of human skill and effort and for that effort to be meaningful and productive, it has to come from people who are healthy, educated and who empowered.

“It is this realisation that has helped us to ensure that one of the primary planks of our economic recovery and growth plan is ‘investing in people’; and it is for this reason that we are expanding the reach

and quality of our health care through the National Health Insurance Scheme and working to guarantee basic education for all persons whilst also upgrading and modernising the quality of secondary and post-secondary education,” the Vice President said.

Osinbajo said that the Buhari administration was engaged fully as a government in particular and as governments in the various states “to ensure that we are able to address some of these concerns.

“Let me reiterate that not only are we aware of the issues that you’ve outlined and many that have already been spoken of, but we are prepared to take on those challenges head-on and indeed we have no choice because the prob-

lem literally grows every day.

“Our population happens to be the largest in Africa and one of the largest in the world and in the next two decades, some say we will be the 3rd or 4th.”

Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, in his address, highlighted the importance of the human factor in national development and advised the government to take more practical steps in that regard.

Gates pointed out that “The Nigerian government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan identifies investing in our people as one of three strategic executives but the execution priorities don’t fully reflect people’s needs – prioritising physical capital over human capital.”

Oyo State Commissioner of Police.Abiodun Odude Showing Suspected Kidnappers Gang from Zamfara State during the Press Briefing held at Police Headquarter Eleyele Ibadan ...on Thursday

$2.1bn ONSA Fraud: Court adjourns Dasuki, others trial to May 2 Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

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Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has adjourned hearing in a case of criminal diversion of $2.1billion involving former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) to May 2, 2018.

Dasuki is facing a 19-count charge of abuse of office and fraud alongside Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto State; his son, Sagir Bafarawa; a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda as well as Sagir’s firm, Dalhatu Investment.

The defendants were alleged to have conspired to divert the said money which was part of funds earmarked for purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.The former NSA and his co-accused are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Other defendants had sought to be separately tried to ensure speedy determination of their cases.

But, counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), objected to the application noting that, Bafarawa, his son and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Limited, were properly joined with Dasuki, Bashiru Yuguda and Shuaibu Salisu for their roles in the diversion of $2.1billion

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arms funds. He added that Dalhatu Investment owned by Bafarawa and his son was the receiver of the alleged stolen funds.

Justice Baba-Yusuf refused the application of the applicants/defendants in his ruling on October 19, 2017, prompting an appeal to the Court of Appeal and up to the Supreme Court, which on March 2, 2018 affirmed the decision of the lower court and ordered accelerated hearing.

While the appeal lasted, further proceedings were put on hold at the trial court.

At the resumed sitting on Thursday, March 22, 2018 counsel to the EFCC, Jacobs, (SAN), told the court that following the decision of the Supreme Court which refused the application of the defendants for separate trials and ordered accelerated hearing of the suit, “We are ready to go on”.

On the other hand, counsel to the 2nd defendant, Adeola Adedipe (SAN), argued that the business of the day should be to brief the court on the outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision and thereafter pick a date for hearing.

He therefore prayed the court for an adjournment.

IPOB trial: prosecution finally calls 1st witness Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÏÏÏMr. Shuaibu Labaran ,

the prosecution counsel in the ongoing trial of four persons in the alleged attempt by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to secede South East Zone from Nigeria as a Republic of Biafra on Thursday called its first witness.

At the resumed trial, Justice Binta Nyako, announced that the trial is not going to be secret. She also said that the identity of witnesses would be protected from the public.

In compliance with the or-

der the court room was demarcated with shield cutting off the court audience from seeing the witness. The real name of the witness was not disclosed. The defendants: Bright Chimeze, Benjamin Madubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and David Nwawuisi were on Tuesday re-arraigned on three counts treasonable felony charge. The witness who was identified as ‘Mr.A’ was led in evidence in chief by the prosecution counsel,Mr. Labaran, said that although he can identify only Bright Chimezie (1st defendant) and Chidiebere Onwudiwe(2nd defendant), he has nothing to say about the 2nd defendant.

PW1 who have worked with the DSS for over six years, said that in the cause of their investigation, it was discovered that the Bright Chimezie (1st defendant) is a member of IPOB. He said that investigations showed that Chimezie was the person that took the delivery of the container that contains the transmitter belonging to the group on the instructions of Nnamdi Kanu from Lagos to Benjamin Madubugwu(3rd defendant) compound in Ubuluisiuzo Ihiala local government. He further stated that the 1st defendant was the welfare officer of IPOB who had severally collected money from the group sponsors based

in the abroad, for the welfare of the widows of the slained IPOB members. Under cross examination by the counsel to the 1st defendant, Chukwudi Igwe, the witness said he had no idea that the defendant made statement at one DSS office in Uyo Akwa Ibom state, when he was arrested.

He further stated that he didn’t visit Uyo for further investigation after his statement at the Headquarters, adding that he didn’t extend investigation to the wharf in Lagos.

He said” I did not extend my investigation to the Wharf where the container he took delivery of landed, so, I wouldn’t know whether the

container was cleared in the wharf or smuggled in.

“I didn’t investigate whether the 1st defendant’s name was in the Bill of lading.

Igwe sought the leave of court to allow the witness read the statement in court and Justice Nyako granted him.

According to the statement, the defendant was arrested on 14 September, 2016, where he went to take up a job in Uyo. The statement read that the defendant didn’t know the contents of the container until Nnamdi Kanu came back and the container opened.

Also, the Defendant stated that he received N1.5million from the sponsors from the

Sky Bank at Apapa area Lagos between July to August 2016 which he disbursed to the beneficiaries.

Still under cross examination, by the counsel to the 2nd defendant, Ejiofor P.A.N, the witness who described himself as a well-trained investigator for over four years said, “I did not counter sign the statement of the defendant,” adding that he was not aware that he was granted bail by a federal high court in Uyo, who declared his detention illegal.

In a short ruling, Justice Nyako adjourned to March 28 for hearing of bail application of the first defendant and May 21 for continuation of trial.

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Dapchi: Dangerous example of how not to help Boko Haram

Conversation

with AZU ISHIEKWENE

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But there’s a lot that the government needs to account for. We can’t say Shekau and the ascendant outlaw, Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnaw, are wanted men and yet continue to deal with them like the fellows next door.The only way for Dapchi not to happen again, for this whole thing not to become another criminal enterprise, is for the government to tell us exactly what happened and to adopt a different approach to this problem, instead of feeding the monsters

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t’s like a tale from fishwifery told by moonlight: how Boko Haram entered a Nigerian town as villains, kidnapped dozens of schoolgirls, and 32 days later returned them to the same town as heroes with flags waving and crowds cheering and not a single Nigerian soldier in sight.

Amend the last part. The soldiers who were in sight were present to stop journalists but to ensure the safe passage of Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi’s men.

If it were a movie, it would have been titled: “From Shekau to AlBarnawi: The Making Of Another Monster”. Are these fellows still wanted? I’m bereft.

One month ago, we woke up to the news that Boko Haram had kidnapped 110 girls from their dormitory in the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi.

From all accounts, the incident happened under very bizarre circumstances. Even though the region remains the epicenter of Boko Haram activities, the army was withdrawn from the town and two weeks later, the terrorists struck.

To say they struck, is to dramatise the incident. They came in Nigerian Army uniforms as if they had come to their playground.

They came in nine trucks over miles of open, largely flat ground, released a few random shots in the air and within an hour rounded up 110 girls, while a few managed to escape.

The cries for help fell on deaf ears. The police station in Dapchi was conveniently empty and multiple sources reported that the phone numbers of the Divisional Police Officer were switched off.

God knows we’re glad to have the girls back, and we should do all we can to help them recover from the trauma. We’re deeply saddened about any of them who may have been lost or left behind, and we remember again the remaining Chibok girls.

But there’s a lot that the government needs to account for. We can’t say Shekau and the ascendant outlaw, Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnaw, are wanted men and yet continue to deal with them like the fellows

Some of the released students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State ... on Wednesday next door.

The only way for Dapchi not to happen again, for this whole thing not to become another criminal enterprise, is for the government to tell us exactly what happened and to adopt a different approach to this problem, instead of feeding the monsters.

I have a sickening feeling that we might be heading down a slippery slope with the lives of innocent children and sending a dangerous signal that parts of Nigeria are safer under the control of terrorists.

When are we going to be able to tell the terrorists that our children’s lives will not be toyed with?

My children grew up staying mostly with me. They did not go to boarding school; and even when they went away on holiday, I cannot recall them spending two or three weeks away at a stretch.

At about 18 when the eldest moved into the hostel after her admission to the University in Lagos, there was hardly any weekend when I did not find an excuse to visit, often under the pretext of taking some needed provision to her.

I’ve found out that I’m not alone.

If we can help it, we, parents, want our children to be near, until it becomes inevitable to free them from the nest.

After the kidnap of the Dapchi girls, I’ve been thinking about that day when I left my daughter all by herself in her new school outside the country. For the first time in both of our lives, she was going to be on her own, not knowing what was going to happen to her after my departure.

If I could be so deeply confused and saddened by the prospects

of her safety in a largely secure place, then I wonder how the parents of the Dapchi 110 must have felt losing the apples of their eyes to murderous strangers with no idea where they were or what was happening to them.

And I can imagine what joy it must be to have them back.

Buhari came close to this experience in a public way, lately.

In December, his son, Yusuf – his only son – was involved in a bike accident that nearly claimed his life.

The country rallied round him and the First Family – which is as it should be. I still remember those pictures from the early days of the accident, when the poor chap’s life was hanging by a thread at Cedacrest Hospitals, Abuja.

Buhari and his wife, Aisha, visited the hospital a couple of times.

On no occasion was the red carpet laid out for them like it happened during the President’s visit to Dapchi.

When I saw photographs from that Dapchi visit that was the first thing that struck me – the red carpet and Buhari’s light blue threepiece agbada and a matching cap.

I’m not saying his heart was not heavy with grief or that he should have faked his concern by appearing in rags. But for God’s sake, it was a somber visit, in some way reminiscent of his visits to Yusuf after the chap’s bike accident.

It was a visit to a crime scene strewn with the broken emotions of a community that is half-dead, as one resident described it. If it didn’t occur to Buhari’s chaperons not spread the red carpet and deck the place like a set for the Oscars, didn’t the President himself think that his appearance was insensitive?

It may seem an irrelevant point now, after the girls were rescued on Wednesday. Yet symbols, especially genuine and moderate symbols, can help any community going through difficult and distressing times.

It didn’t help matters that Buhari was comparing his response with that of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Chibok. He ought to know that no two miseries are ever alike; yet each demands our fullest empathy and nothing less.

Is Dapchi the emerging template for dealing with Boko Haram? It worked for the release of over 101 Chibok girls, but even in that case, we did not see the terrorists in a triumphant procession on the streets of Chibok.

Something has changed. AlBarnawi and his men have become emboldened to the frighteningly alarming point where they can march confidently down the streets of Dapchi with crowds waving the same Boko Haram flags that gallant soldiers laid down lives to remove in many parts of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa in the last three years.

This dangerous sign can only be viewed with pleasure by Al-Barnawi, other Boko Haram franchises and their accomplices for whom we’re opening yet another door.

It’s true that Buhari said almost three years ago, that he was willing to negotiate to free the Chibok girls. But now, the handshake has reached the elbow and Dapchi may have signaled the end of our sovereignty.

Ishiekwene is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview and member of the board of the Global Editors Network

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FG behind abduction of Dapchi girls-Ohanaeze Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

ÏÏÏThe apex Igbo social organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo , Thursday, described the alleged staging of the abduction and release of the over 100 Dapchi girls by agents of the federal government as the height of serial, inglorious pathological deceit and hoax the country has ever witnessed in a short period of time.

In a statement issued in Abakaliki, the National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, noted that the incident was a “good plan” marred by poor execution asked to know “Which paradise on earth were the girls kept so neat for three unfriendly weeks?”

The statement read: “The latest drama of the Dapchi

School girls release is the height of serial and inglorious pathological deceit and hoax. In their bid to make unfounded and unthinkable comparisms (with the regime of Gooduck Jonathan) President Buhari and his hegemonic Fulani cabal become antithetic as they are contradictory. “Apparently, in a hurried orchestra to display their high dexterity of quick response to the manipulated abduction (as against the snail speed approach of the then Jonathan’s regime) the “good plan” was marred by poor execution. Over one hundred girls appearing in new and neat dresses with their big bags of different makes. “{The thought provoking question are “Did all the girls dress for a religious or social outing shortly before their abduction? Were they allowed to bring their new

clothes on abduction or were they taken to a boutique for their fine “uniforms” before they were brought back?

“For the first time in history, instead of dropping them in an undisclosed point, the abductors brought back their captives amid cheers and jubilation from observers and even security operatives who were said to have been on their trail for three weeks now.

“Which paradise on earth were the girls kept so neat for three unfriendly weeks?

So the Government know the abductors and negotiated with them even as they are still killing Nigerians in tens and hundreds? Nigerians were also informed that no ransom was paid against Lai Mohammed’s assertion that they did it “the other way”.

A complete antithetic statement from the same Government. All these are begging

the question.

“This Dapchi episode is one Nigerians are watching with undistracted interest and unalloyed scepticism.

We keep watching and note that each time the Government try to prove an improvable point it ends up contradicting itself and exposing her own shortcomings. The Government is still hobnobbing and negotiating with the terrorist boko Haram it alleged to have been defeated years ago.

“Few days ago the Vice President said the present Government is not as corrupt as that of Goodluck Jonathan. Meaning that it is still corrupt but the only difference is the magnitude. However, in Jonathan’s regime only human beings were corrupt. Now, even snakes and monkeys have joined the train of thieves. Since 2015, Nigerians are yet to know the

details or the whereabouts of looted but recovered funds with an indicted Magu who could not pass Senate screening still heading the EFCC un -submisively.”

Also, a political analyst and social critics, Chief Abia Onyike alleged that the whole ploy was designed to applaud the President Buhari-led administration’s effort in the area of security without the actors realizing that Nigerians had lost faith and confidence in the operations of the present federal government.

“I don’t believe in the Dapchi episode. It was a wellrehearsed drama to toy with the lives of school girls. The essence of the whole drama is to eulogise President Muhammadu Buhari for his dexterity in security matters.

“But five students were killed in the process. One dangerous reality associated

with the PMB presidency is the lack of respect for the sanctity of human lives.

People are butchered with impunity and PMB and his supporters are not worried.

“If it not Chibok girls, then it is Dapchi girls or the Fulani militia otherwise known as Fulani herdsmen. That is the danger and evil of religious extremism. Buhari’s quest for power has perpetuated a culture of bloodbath in Nigeria. Recall that the emergence of a Christian President in 1999 (Obasanjo) gave rise to the introduction of Sharia law in twelve Northern states.

When Yar’Adua died in 2010, Goodluck Jonathan ascended the Presidency. And then Boko Haram was set up as an Islamic resistance movement against his government. Since then, Nigeria has been engulfed in bloodbath.”

Those calling for Boroh’s reinstatement are enemies of Niger Delta….group Akam James, Yenagoa

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Niger Delta group under the guise of the leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force Western Zone, Yesterday issued warning on individuals or group of persons calling for the reinstatement of General Paul Boroh, describing such persons as enemies of the Niger Delta region and his cronies who were awarded contracts but failed to execute.

The group also called the sacked Amnesty Boss, General Paul Boroh an enemy of Niger Delta who never wished the region any good but was there for his selfish reason.

The group made their position known through its Coordinator, Prince Layefa Toikumo, while speaking with journalists in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state Capital.

Toikumo said the glory that previous Amnesty coordinators brought to Niger Delta has been killed

by Boroh, noting that every good intention by the federal government to see that the Amnesty programme succeeds was been frustrated by some deperate people in the region.

He averred that “If Boroh goes back to that office, we will start operation no mercy, my message to Niger Delta freedom fighters and any other persons in collaboration to say Boroh must come back is day dreaming.

He faulted the call by a group known as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers in

conjunction with nine other militant groups in Niger Delta that gave President Muhammadu Buhari a fourweek ultimatum to reinstate the sacked Coordinator of Amnesty programme, General Paul Boro, which he complied with He said “The underground pipeline wielding, the Education contracts were killed by Boroh, adding that the amnesty education projects has been zoned to the Northerners to fill the chances”.

“Boroh stopped 4000 person’s salary including my own which has ran for thirty months, which monies I believe that he has been pocketing until now that he left office”.

He disclosed that he was one of the people that protested for the removal of Boroh, adding that the people calling for his reinstatement are cronies he gave contracts to and they never executed them.

“If Boroh pushes us back to the river, there will be operations no mercy to the oil companies. The boys shouting that Boroh must stay should come out so that we know their faces. If they are Militant leaders let them write their names and come out” Toikumo however congratulated Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo for his new appointment and called on him to reinstate some credible persons who were active but Boro sacked because they were against his poor leadership.

L-R: Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah Retd, Leader of Delegation from the Cardiology Department, UNIPORT/University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Prof. Osaretin Odia, members of the team; Dr. Jesuorobo Daniel, and Mrs Fola Akinrinlola, during a courtesy call, at the Government House, Yenagoa.

Anti-Copy right commission arrests two offenders, seizes N36.1m broadcast materials in Delta Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

ÏÏÏThe Nigerian Anti-Copy

Right Commission (NCC) has arrested two offenders who specialize in pirating medical Materials, while it confiscated broadcast materials worth N36.1million in Delta State.

Mr. Augustine Amodu, the Director of Enforcement NCC, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects to journalists in Asaba, disclosed that two suspects were apprehended

by the collaborative efforts of NDLEA operatives in Warri last Wednesday. He said that the operation was carried out between March 18 and 21, 2018 in Ughelli and Warri towns, disclosing that items seized included several decorders, splitters, senders, boasters and two trucks loaded with tyres that were also destroyed during the operation. According to him, “we conducted Anti-piracy exercise in Ughelli/Warri between March 21, 2018, and we made a seizure of broadcast

contrivance worth N36.1 million, following the zeal of our man, we got complaints from the multi choice DSTV, and we raided three based stations in Ughelli/Warri/Ozoro” explaining the need to sustain the Anti-piracy operations particularly on broadcast items in the Niger-Delta region because the perpetrators quickly come back to resuscitate them as soon as the enforcement team had left.

He said that under the leadership of the DG, Mr. Ezekude,

the enforcement of copyright law has come to its height, adding that at present, the commission had recorded 58 convictions and over 150 cases at the Federal High Courts.

Mr. Amodu warned perpetrators who indulged in the illegalities to desist from it, and sought for a better means of livelihood before the law catches up with them, saying that privacy had remained cankerworm that had eaten deeply into the fabric of the society.

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FG urged, grant operational license to indigenous firm in Niger Delta Tom Okpe, Abuja

Mr Isiaq Ajibola pioneer staff of Trust MD (left) receiving his award of excellence from Chief Ajibola Ogunshola, Chairman Emeritus of PUNCH)

National health workers to embark on strike April 17th

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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The National President, Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHE), Comrade Obinna Ogbonna, has warned President Muhammadu Buahri and the Federal Ministry of Health that there is a looming national strike in the sector if their demands are not met on or before April 17, 2018.

Ogbonna who spoke Thursday at the permanent site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) on the ongoing sensitization of his members about the impending industrial action, told the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof Edmund Banwat, to as a representative of President Buhari, tell the Federal Government that after 30 working days of grace given to resolve the discrepancies and discriminations existing in the sector, they are going to withdraw their services.

According to him, that April 17 ultimatum is a good enough time for a government that is sensitive to the plight of its people to address their issues to avert the looming catastrophe.

“But if the government fails in its responsibility and pushes us to the wall, then we shall use our last weapon which is withdrawal of our services and if we do, the issue of implementing ‘no work no pay’ will not hold water this time around because, look at the educational centres, ASUU

will go on strike, NASU will go on strike, they will still collect their salaries.

“But when it comes to the health sector, because you want to be wicked to the people, you beat a child and you said the child should not cry; is that correct? we went to court, the court would pass judgement and for you to implement, you will be dodging court judgement; where do you want us to find justice if you are using your offices to victimize us, suppress us, intimidate us? we say no to that: we are in a democratic setting and we want to go about it democratically and we want the poor Nigerians to bear us witness.” Ogbonna, who was expressing his emotion, added that through the sensitization of the citizens of Nigeria, they want them to hear it so that they would not blame the health workers as they have conscience. He explained that if anybody dies during the process of withdrawing their services, “their blood will not be on our head, it will be on the head of the government”.

“Whoever is representing the government or whoever is the apparatus of the government, the blood will be on their head because they have failed the Nigerian nation.

“I want to tell you Mr. CMD that if I start to speak, sometimes emotion swerves in: looking at the duration of time and how we are wasting lives in this nation which is supposed not to be, we must be managers of the resources and human resources as well.

“So, I want to tell you sir (CMD) in conclusion, that if the federal government fails to meet our needs or our demands, come 17th April, we shall be forced against our will to withdraw our services and this one will be total.

“As we are doing it in the federal, the states will join immediately and the local governments also join immediately, and we don’t want services to be paralysed in this nation.

“It is not our wish but if we are pushed to the wall, we shall bring out our last weapon and we shall use it judiciously and effectively,” Ogbonna contended. Ogbonna, who is also the National Vice Chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) had earlier explained the genesis of their struggle, saying that they embarked on strike before the coming on board of the present administration, that they were prevailed upon to suspend it and give the administration time to settle, stressing that after five weeks, the government described as a listening one would thrash out their grievances which he said they agreed to, by suspending the strike. He lamented that after that, nothing was done, adding that those of them working in health centres see their patients as their principals because it is because of them they are in the hospitals, because without those patients, their presence would not be needed.

“We consider the plight of those patients if we continue

to withhold services from them, because they are poor Nigerians who may not have the wherewithal, they may not have the financial muzzle to go and treat themselves outside country.

“We reasoned that we should not allow poor Nigerians to suffer: we reasoned with government’s logic that we should maintain federal health institutions and the agreement was signed that within five weeks it would be implemented.

“As I speak now, the issues have not been attended to fully.” He cited the issue of promotion of their members and many other thorny cases of animosity. Responding, Banwat asserted that unionism in the health sector is a very peculiar one because the health sector is a peculiar sector which is why unionism in the health sector should not be equated with the unionism in other sectors because life is involved.

The CMD also appealed that continuous engagement is a way of life while confrontation should be the last resort, adding that they have a listening President whose integrity and approach to issues would convince and dwarf other inimical thinking.

He believed that the union had not exhausted all avenues and consultations to warrant the impending hard stance, urging it to give the sensitization the human face because the health sector deals with lives.

ÏÏÏThe Federal Government has been urged to grant operational licenses to indigenous firm considered to be capable of executing good project, especially in the region.

A group under the aegis of Niger Delta Coalition Project made the call in an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.

The letter signed by its coordinator, Ambassador Young Piero revealed that indigenous firms were more friendly to host communities than foreign firms pointing that the supreme council of traditional rulers of Ogoni and Ogoni youths took a wise decision by endorsing Robo Michael Nigeria Limited, a firm they considered reliable, capable to create jobs, provide employment and execute development projects in Ogoni land.

“We urge the federal government to encourage indigenous firms by issuing them operatorship licenses

of oilfields as this will build confidence and boost economic activities in the Niger Delta region.

“We have confidence in Robo Michael Nigeria limited, being an indigenous firm owned by a Niger Deltan will employ Ogonis, award contracts and developmental projects to indigenes of Ogoni land.

“We appeal to the federal government to respect and implement the collective decision of Ogoni people which is the endorsement of Robo Michael Nigeria Limited as their preferred indigenous firm to operate OML11, in Ogoni land”.

The group, while commending President Buhari’s administration for its developmental efforts, said the region had suffered marginalization over the years.

“Let us use this opportunity to thank you and the APC-led administration for enforcing the Local Content Act which allowed an indigenous firm, Robo Michael Nigeria Limited owned by a Niger Deltan to operate OML11.

Christian Schools threaten to boycott future WAEC examinations

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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Schools in Nigeria under the aegis of Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSN), have threatened to withdraw from participating in future West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations if the council carries out its recent decision to disqualify Christian schools from participating in the supervision of the forthcoming WAEC examinations on grounds of malpractices. President of the association, Dr. Ekaete Ettang, who disclosed this Thursday in Jos at a press conference, expressed shock that WAEC will take such a decision to stigmatize teachers from Christian schools as cheats in spite of the credibility the teachers have maintained over time.

While demanding for an apology from WAEC, and indeed the reversal of the decision, Ettang said, “Following the recent decision by the West African Examination Council to disqualify Christian schools teachers from participating in the supervision of the forthcoming WAEC examinations on grounds

of malpractices, while still using some of our schools as custodian centres, we the members of the Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria met on the 21st of March, 2018 at St Johns College, Jos, Plateau State, and we call on WAEC and Ministries of Education to provide statistics to show the trends in the examination malpractices across the schools which forms the basis for their decision.

“The Christian schools demand that laws and legislations that prohibit teachers from Christian schools from supervising WAEC examinations be made available as they have been participating in this process over the years based on written communications that are on records.”

She threatened that, “As a group, we say the stigmatization of teachers from Christian schools as cheats is most unfortunate and unacceptable to us and we therefore demand that WAEC reverses this decision forthwith and tenders a public apology to the Christian schools for this misrepresentation. If WAEC does not reverse this decision and planned implementation, all Christian schools would boycott future WAEC examinations.”

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Dapchi; Group commends FG, demand those behind kidnap be brought to book

By Yakubu Salisu, Kano

ÏÏÏA group Nigeria Youth

Awareness and Development Initiative (NYADI) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led administration and Nigerian security agencies for the timely release of the abducted Dapchi school girls.

According to the group, the prompt action on the part of the Federal Government is one of its primary responsibility that is, securing the lives and property of its citizens.

The group under the leadership of Abdulkadir Abubakar Yusuf called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that those responsible for the abduction of Dapchi girls and others in captivity are

brought to justice, as this will send a clear warning to others and avoid further occurrence.

“At a time when insecurity is gathering momentum, the government should put more effort in reducing the menace of other security challenges facing the country” “We want to further reiterates our earlier call on Government to employ all its available modern security initiatives to confront the security challenges facing the country” Furthermore, that the government should always act promptly on any security threat especially on schools.

And government should take measures to see that the Dapchi case does not affect the girls’ education campaign in Northern Nigeria.

L-R: Group Head, Investor Services & Financial Institutions, Transactional Products & Services (TPS), Standard Bank, Charl Bruyns; Chief Executive, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Oscar Onyema; Head, Transactional Products, Standard Bank, Hassan Khan; Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Nominees Ltd, Akeem Oyewale; Executive Director, Stanbic IBTC Nominees Ltd, Babatunde Majiyagbe; and Head, TPS, Stanbic IBTC, Inwang Akpan; during the closing bell ringing ceremony at the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos

Ugwuanyi a trusted leader, says Bishop Onaga

By Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. (Dr.) Calistus Onaga, has commended the developmental projects launched across Enugu State by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi since his inauguration, describing him as “a good man and a man to be reckoned with”.

Bishop Onaga, who made the remark during the inauguration of the main entrance dual carriageway to St. Patrick’s College, Emene, Enugu, rehabilitated by the school authorities, said that the college has benefited immensely from the governor’s “kind gesture”.

The cleric noted that prior to the intervention, the college’s roads were riddled with potholes and other infrastructural deficits, appreciating Gov. Ugwuanyi for his giant

development strides across the state, including the Airport-Orie Emene-Obinagu road that leads to the school.

“Gov. Ugwuanyi is a good man and a man to be reckoned with. We are proud of him because he is not a sectional leader. We are praying that God will continue to protect him to enable him to complete the myriads of projects he is embarking upon in Enugu State.

“The governor has asphalted many roads including the one leading to the school from the airport. He also handed over schools to missionaries thereby providing us the opportunity to support the government in giving succour to our schools. He has also been assisting us financially and morally and this school is not the only beneficiary of such gesture. C.I.C., Enugu, St. Theresa’s, Abor, among others

are now wearing a new look”, Bishop Onaga said.

Also speaking, a prominent old boy of the school and former minister of power, Prof.

Barth Nnaji, described the governor as a gentleman that has proved his mettle in all areas of governance since his accession to office. Prof. Nnaji stated that road construction was the bedrock of all developments, adding that the governor is “doing marvelously well in this area despite the lean resources of the state,” and has provided security, pays salaries, among others.

According to Governor Ugwuanyi who was represented by the commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engr. Greg Nnaji, the current infrastructural development in the state is consistent with his administration’s resolve to create more urban centres and decongest the capital city.

Child abuse: Mother presents 4 years old daughter as collateral for N100 debt in Ebonyi Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki

ÏÏÏA four years old girl in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state Uloma Igwe, has been presented as collateral for a N100 debt incurred by her mother Veronica Igwe, Daily Times can authoritatively report.

Igwe, it was gathered incurred the debt when she bought N100 rice from Josephine Nwali, a widow at the Abakaliki Rice Mill.

The woman insisted that she must be paid the debt and Veronica Igwe decided to present one of her children, as collateral pending when she would offset the debt.

Nwali then took Uloma to her house at CAS campus, Eb-

onyi state University, Abakaliki , where she has been for nine months. An official in charge of child maltreatment Ministry of social Welfare, Mrs. Elom Cecilia confirmed the incident.

“It is child abuse and exploitation because the poor girl did not transact any business with her. This is a serious child abuse.

“We received a call that a woman called Nwali Josephine was maltreating children. We hastened up immediately and went to the scene and saw the children. One of the children is four years. Her biological mother, Veronica Igwe told us that she doesn’t even know the woman should sold her child to.

“She told us that she met the woman at Rice mill Abakaliki and bought something on credit from the woman. She said she could not pay the woman N100 balance and suggested to the woman to take her child if she cannot endure for her to pay her the money and the woman accepted to take the child.

“We invited the Mrs. Veronica to our office and she honoured our invitation. After interviewing her, we handed her over to the police for further investigation. The child has not been united with her parents because he is sick.

We are taking her to hospital for treatment because her condition is very bad.

Anti-Open Grazing Law: Absence of judge stalls Miyati Allah suit Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

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absent of Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court Abuja in Court on Thursday, stalled the hearing of the law suit challenging the promulgation of Benue State Open grazing law.

The incorporated Trustees of Miyati Allah Kautal Hore Socio Cultural Association

had brought the suit against the National Assembly, Benue State Government, Inspector General of Police, Attorney General of the Federation, Attorney General Benue State and Commissioner of Police Benue State Command challenging the promulgation of the Anti- open grazing law in Benue state.

Justice Quadri absence in Court forced the plaintiff

counsel Abdulhamud Mohammed Ahmed Abass , three of the defense counsel and the court clerk to agree to a new date , May 23, 2018 for hearing.

The clerk said the court was not sitting because the judge was attending a refresher course organised by the National Judicial Institute (NJI) for judges.

Meanwhile, hundreds of members of the Miyati Allah

Kautal Hore Socio Cultural Association who trooped to the Federal High Court, Abuja, were disappointed that the matter was not heard.

Addressing hundreds of them outside the court premises on Thursday, the Chairman of the association, Bello Abdullahi Badejo, recalled that the suit was filed last year, even months before the killings early this year between

the herdsmen and Benue indigenes erupted.

He said that the association is vehemently opposed to anti -open grazing law that curtail their movements. He appealed to the federal government to implement its cattle colony policy and stop farmers from killing herdsmen’s cattle.

He also urged the Federal Government, National Assembly (NASS) and International

community to intervene in the Anti-Open Grazing Law operating in Benue.

Badejo said that over 40,000 cattle were missing in the Benue valley following the January crises while a number of herdsmen were killed.

He said that the accusation that Miyati Allah encouraged Fulani herdsmen from neighboring countries to infiltrate the country to cause crisis.

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Delta proud of Tony Elumelu at 55 –Gov Okowa

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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L-R: Deputy Chairman House Committee on Health Hon. Mohammed Usman; Chairman House Committee on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, Hon. Davematics Ombugadu and representative of the speaker Hon. Sam Onigbo during the launching of Nigerian Parliamentary Tuberculosis Caucus at the National Assembly in Abuja yesterday.

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Group kicks against rock blasting in residential areas Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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non-governmental, non-profit organization Urban-Rural Environmental Defenders (U-RED) has raised the alarm over “continued indiscriminate and unsafe blasting of rocks at residential areas across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and environs.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop organized for village heads, community leaders and other stakeholders on Thursday at Bwari, Abuja, the Director U-RED, Gods’power Martins lamented that deposit of hills/rocks in the communities are supposed to be a blessing in various ways to the communities.

But he regretted that rocks were being blasted everyday

few meters to the communities thereby exposing the communities to all manner of socio-health risks, death and environmental degradation.

Martins described the situation as worrisome, warning on the “dire consequences of this unwholesome blasting of rocks and quarry activities with crude technologies.”

This, U-RED cautioned could lead to deafening sounds, vibrations leading to cracks and collapse of buildings as well as death from flying rocks and pollution of the environment among others.

“While we are not against exploitation of natural resources, destroying the environment and host communities should not be the cost of doing so.

“The questions before of us today are: What do we think will happen to the communities and its environment if this harmful blasting of rocks and unsafe quarry activities continue unabated? When the hazardous blasting of rocks and unhealthy quarrying activities stop, who restores or remedies the environment, the craters, security pits, cracks and compacted soil.

“Should we allow the environmental hazards to continue or join hands to legitimately correct the worrisome activity? These are the questions begging for answers,” he said.

The sensitization programme was organized on the premise that local communities and individuals have the

right to a clean and healthy environment, to livelihood, right of nature, right to participate in decision making on all matters that affect the community and environment in line with “Environmental Considerations and Rights of Host Communities” of The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007, Chapter 4.

Similarly, he called on government to ensure quarries are approved at least 50 kilometers away from residents, use of clean energy, formulate stringent mining laws and slam heavy fine on defaulters.

The Community chiefs and leaders greatly appreciated URED and agreed that the right thing should be done, that a cleaner way of blasting should be employed.

Police smash visa racketeering gang in Lagos Joy Anyim

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operated by a 26-year-old cybercriminal cum fraud kingpin, Samuel Gboyega has been dismantled by the Lagos State Police Command.

The fraudster who had been parading himself as an employee of the Greece Embassy had operated from a hideout at No. 48, Allen Avenue in Ikeja.

He claimed he had the mandate to make visa procurement easy for applicants.

It was gathered that the arrest of the suspect

followed a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal by one Antonio Kaplanis of the Greece Embassy, Abuja, alleging that the suspect had fraudulently obtained huge sums of money from unsuspecting Nigerians seeking visa to travel to Europe.

Sequel to the above, the CP Lagos deployed crack detectives from the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) to fish out the culprit and his partners in crime.

According to a Statement by the Commissioner of Police issued by the

Lagos Police Spokesperson, SP Chike Oti, “The detectives swung into action immediately the order was given. They located the suspect’s hideout and carried out a sting operation on him. “ During the operation, some Nigerian passports, laptops and other visa related documents were recovered from the criminal’s operating theatre.

“Further scrutiny of the laptop confirmed that there were documents in the notepad that had different embassy visas and their respective price tags. It was also seen that

the said Samuel Gboyega made false presentations through publications on his website: www.kukutravels.com, attaching the name of Embassy of Greece to it.”

Lamenting the negative effect of such act, the CP noted with sadness that the activities of the young man had dented the image of the nation and greatly embarrassed the Embassy of Greece in Nigeria.

He warned people behind this kind of crime to have a rethink or have the law to contend with.

Meanwhile, Gboyega has been charged to court for prosecution.

Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state on Thursday congratulated Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, as he turned 55 years on March, 22.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in a statement made available to journalists in Asaba, said Delta State is proud to have Tony Elumelu as an illustrious son.

Aniagwu said the Governor joined the Heirs Holdings, Transcorp Plc, the Tony Elumelu Foundation, the Elumelu family and all his business associates to rejoice with him as he turns 55 years.

Governor Okowa lauded Elumelu’s contributions to the development of the Nigerian banking industry as well as his pace-setting contributions to Africapitalism and Creating Shared Values.

“Tony Elumelu has continued to inspire both the young and old through his entrepreneruship programme for Africans which

has continued to create more Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs in Africa.

Describing Tony Elumelu as an illustrious son of the State, he noted that the entrepreneur has contributed immensely to the economic development of the country, adding: “Mr Elumelu is an illustrious son of Delta State in whom we are all proud of. His astute contributions to the development of the banking industry in Nigeria is laudable and we thank him for his efforts in reengineering and rejuvenating UBA Plc to become one of the leading banks in Africa today”.

“As a distinguished Deltan, Mr Elumelu has had a remarkable and enviable career in banking as a former Managing Director of UBA Plc before emerging as the Chairman of the Bank. We are proud of his achievements in managing the Bank to become one of the largest banks in Africa”.

“On behalf of the government and people of Delta State, I congratulate Mr Tony Elumelu, CON as he turns 55 years today.

Court quashes EFCC’s ‘directive declaring AITEO’s Boss “ wanted” Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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ritory (FCT) High Court in Bwari, on Thursday set aside the directive of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that declared a businessman and Managing Director of Aiteo Group, Mr. Benedict Peters a wanted person.

EFCC, in March last year declared Peters wanted in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, diversion of funds and money laundering.

But in a bench ruling Thursday on a fundamental rights suit, filed by Peters, trial court Judge, Justice Oathman Musa held that the action of the antigraft agency infringed on the fundamental rights of the applicant.

Justice Musa in his ruling noted that while the EFCC is statutory empowered to investigate, arrest and prosecute any person in relation to its mandate, it must do so within the ambit of the law.

The judge held that though the commission has the powers to declare any person wanted, but doing so without a valid court order was wrong.

“The act of declaring the applicant as a wanted person without the leave of the court is unconstitutional and infringes on the personal rights of the applicant, and it is hereby set aside”, he ruled.

On claims by the 1st respondent, that it obtained a warrant from a Lagos Magistrate Court before declaring the applicant wanted, the court said it could not find anywhere in the document where the Magistrate Court authorized the respondent to declare the applicant wanted.

He added that the discrepancy between the date the warrant was signed by the court and when it was received by the 1st respondent gives room for suspension.

In setting aside the declaration, the judge also dismissed the argument of the EFCC that the applicant failed to appear before the commission to explain his role in the $115m (N23bn) bribe given to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani AlisonMadueke, during the build-up to the 2015 election.

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Leave Ekweremadu, PDP members alone; face corruption war, PDP tells FG

By Idu Jude Abuja

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Tony Uwajeh, Head of Administration Presco Plc and Chairman PRESCO/UBTH Sickle Awareness Golf Tournament Fund Management Committee, Dr. Dominic Oseghae made the donation of haematology analyser for full blood count while the Edo State Government purchased Reflon Chemistry Analyser and Trinocular Microscope with a Computer dsplay for cellular and other blood fluid visualisation.

Join politics, it doesn’t make you woman of easy virtues, Obasanjo tells women Patrick Okohue

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President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on women to take the bold initiative and step out into politics, assuring them that going into politics does not make them women of easy virtue.

Speaking Thursday while delivering a lecture at the 14th Annual Lecture of Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organisation for women, in Lagos, Obasanjo advised the women folks to be bold and know that they have the capacity to change their own fortunes.

Obasanjo who advocated special provision for women in politics to give them opportunity to contribute to nation building, added that, “Some people say when a woman goes into politics, she becomes a women of easy virtue, doing politics does not make you a woman of easy virtues. We have to do something about this perception.”

The WIMBIZ Annual Lecture series, which is a public forum that attracts over 500 women was designed to discuss topical issues that affect women, their role in nation building and their personal business or organisational development.

The former President, who spoke on “Press for Progress: Women, Politics and Nation Building” said that women were not doing enough for themselves.

According to him there is a need to discriminate positively in favour of women in politics to contribute their quotas in nation building.

“Human beings are the same, men and women. We need fair treatment of women.

Gender inequality has cost Africa so much.

“Negotiate as 2019 election is coming but the table is turned against you. In 2019 election, women must have a place of honour.

“You should all say enough is enough. Women, as the majority, must be reckoned with in the overiding interest of the general good of our people.

“The society must correct the impression that it is only women who have nothing to do or have been failing other endeavours that go into politics.

“A way to do this is to ensure that successful women who occupy top cadres in the society should join politics so as to give stiffer competition to the male counterpart. We must discriminate positively in favour of women and women themselves must know how to use other women for their good in politics.

“The reason for the positive discrimination is not because women are Inferior but while they have what it takes to succeed in politics, the men folk have continue to hold them back and so, the positive discrimination will solve such problem,” he said.

The ex-President encour-

aged women who desired to go into politics to be strong because politics is dangerous and risky. Obasanjo emphasised that Nigeria had intelligent women that could transform the nation, noting that such women actually existed in the country, but they must be sought and encouraged to get involved.

He said that until the nation had such women in mass number, women cannot make a significant impact in nation building.

Obasanjo, who urged women not to be scared of the risk in politics, said that people including women get involved in driving though dangerous.

Insisting that the perception that women in politics were of easy virtue was wrong, he said, “You must realise that it will not come on the platter of gold. You have to struggle for it. Don’t let anyone build your world for you; build your world for yourself.

“Women need encouragement and empowerment to push them to the nation building process. Women of course have all the virtues to lead.

“We have to make special provision for women until they can compete on the same level with their male counterpart. There must be a special provision.

“In a male chauvinistic society, we feel women would be able to perform, but we still see that women most often perform better than men.

“We must do something to

get rid of that feeling. They have to be given opportunity if they are not given opportunity they can’t make impact.

“It is our responsibility as older ones to create opportunity for youths and women,” he said.

The former President expressed his readiness to be a patron for any women for women movement so far such movement is not a political party. On the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), Obasanjo, who noted that the movement was one of the things he was paying attention to, reiterated that he would cease to be member the moment the movement metamorphosed into a political party.

“I am giving them encouragement; I have registered and I believe that as at today we have registered more than 3 million people.

“My belief is that we need a grassroots movement that can bring the change that this country needs. We need the platform and we need the system,” he said.

In her remarks, Mrs. Olubunmi Talabi, the Executive Council Chairperson of WIMBIZ said that the government must implement the affirmative action on women inclusion in nation building.

Talabi, who noted the Nigerian women were intelligent, said Nigeria will be better with a minimum of 30 per cent of women inclusion in both elective and appointive positions.

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Federal Government to fight corruption and stop hounding members of the opposition parties in the name of fighting corruption, stressing that the real corrupt people are within the circle of APC government.

The party frowned at the Motion Experte filed by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property seeking the forfeiture of assets allegedly not declared by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, alleging plots to silence the opposition.

In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, on Thursday, the party said that while the PDP was in full support of any genuine anti-graft war, the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led administration’s obsession with Ekweremadu was another clear indication that it was not ready to fight corruption, but rather out to scandalize, persecute, and bring down its perceived opponents.

It said: “The PDP recalls that this government rushed to arraign Senator Ekweremadu and the Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki in 2016 on trumped up charges of forgery of Senate Standing Rule, even when there was not even

a mention of their names in the contentious police report or Proof of Evidence. It eventually withdrew the charges for lack of merit.

“The police raided and ransacked Senator Ekweremadu’s official guest house in Abuja in May 2017 and blamed it on false whistleblowers, whom they charged to court.

Nothing has been heard about the trial of the alleged false whistleblowers again.

“In the current matter, apart from relying on an obsolete law to dabble into the roles of the Code of Conduct Bureau, we are not surprised that the Panel could not carry out a thorough and independent investigation on the purported property of the senator, but relied on a petition by the former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Innocent Umezulike, who is standing corruption trial in several courts, after his removal from office by the National Judicial Council (NJC) in 2017. “We recall that the senator accused Umezulike and some politicians of stealing and doctoring his will, inserting non-existent properties or properties that had nothing to do with him.

“It is also instructive that this calculated smear campaign is in the guise of forfeiture of phantom assets came on the heels of Senator Ekweremadu’s alarm and scathing criticism of the APC-led administration.

APC non NWC NEC Forum reaffirms tenure elongation

Tom Okpe, Abuja

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The forum of nonNational Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reaffirmed the position of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to extend the tenure of the Party’s executives at all levels.

Rising from a closed door meeting in Abuja Wednesday night, members of the forum who are also NEC members urged the Party to take disciplinary action against party members who have taken the party to court without exhausting internal party mechanism in line with the party constitution.

The resolutions are contained in a communiqué issued by the forum members comprising a founding member of the APC, Alh. Nasiru Danu and 17 others after the meeting.

The Communiqué reads: “The Non-NWC members forum of the ruling Party-APC at her meeting today the 21st March, 2018 passed the follow-

ing resolutions: Re-affirmed position taken

by NEC at the last NEC meeting of February 27, 2018 principally on the tenure extension to its Party Officers at all levels.

“Urge the NWC to take necessary disciplinary action in consonance with the Party constitution in respect of those who sued the Party without exhausting the Party internal mechanism in respect of their complaints or grievances as contained in our Party constitution”.

Also, “Recall that at the end of the 5th meeting of the APC NEC meeting, it was generally agreed by members to extend the tenure of all elected and appointed officers of the Party in the 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the national level”.

The current tenure of the party leadership terminates in June 30, 2018.

The forum advised that by this decision, all affected officers will continue in acting capacity for another period of 12 months after the expiration of their current term.

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NOAH OLUWAKEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JINODU KEMI TOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKPALA CHIOMA ANGELA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBAMALU CHIOMA ANGELA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANDE OLUWATOMI OLAYINKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FADOJU OLUWATOMI OLAYINKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NDUKWE SAMPSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORIE NDUKWE SAMPSON, CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 16TH APRIL 1963. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADENIYI ADERONKE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGUNJOBI ADERONKE OLUWASEUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENIYI ADERONKE OLUWASEUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS INWEREGBU ANGELA OBIAGELI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS INWERE ANGELA. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH, 1ST JANUARY 1975. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IFEYINWA MARYANN

LAWAL TITILAYO

AMOO ODINICHI

OSHODI GLOVER I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOWOLE MOBOLAJI MOTUNRAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSHODI-GLOVER MOBOLAJI MOTUNRAYO . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FASASI AMINAT

ANAMALI FREDRICK I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FRED ANAMALI TOBI AND FRED TOBI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANAMALI FREDRICK TOBI . I WAS BORN ON 19/02/1985 NOT 19/02/1986. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

DADA OLAYINKA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADELE AMINAT ADEPEJU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FASASI AMINAT ADEPEJU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DADA YINKA JOHNSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DADA OLAYINKA ABIODUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CATHERINE OLAWUNMI

NNEJI GODSPOWER

NNAMANI NNEKA

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNEJI ELIJAH SAMUEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNEJI GOD’SPOWER ELISHA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANWUSHI VIVIAN ODINICHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMOO ODINICHI VIVIAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNAMANI ABIGEAL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNAMANI NNEKA ABIGAIL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UKACHUKWU HAPPINESS

AFFIDAVIT OF FACTS

OJEKA OWOLABI

JUBRIL MUNIRAT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMUEL REGINA HAPPINESS. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKACHUKWU HAPPINESS REGINA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE NOTE.

THAT I, MR. CHIZOBA AGBO, CHAIRMAN EZIOKWUBUNDU STAR CLUB , AND MEMBERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING THE CLUB WITH CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (C A C) IN NIGERIA WITH PURPOSE OF HELPING ONE ANOTHER AND ALSO HELPING THE LESS PRIVILEGED. THAT THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OWOLABI MOTUNRAYO NAFISAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJEKA OWOLABI MOTUNRAYO NAFISAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YUSUFF MUNIRAT YETUNDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JUBRIL MUNIRAT YETUNDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADEMULEGUN JOSEPHINE

CORRECTION OF NAME

ADEREMI ADESHOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AS MRS ALOWONLE JOSEPHINE BOLATILO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS MISS ADEMULEGUN JOSEPHINE BOLATILO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I WISH TO CORRECT MY NAME THAT WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OJO SUNDAY FRANCIS, I NOW WISH TO CORRECT AND TO BE ADDRESSED AS OJOGBEJE SUNDAY FRANCIS. WITH MY DATE OF BIRTH OF 23 OF MARCH 1959.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AS IFEYINWA MARYANN UDEDIKE NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESSED AS IFEYINWA MARYANN AYEMIEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBAZELUWA TITILAYO OMOTOLANI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAWAL TITILAYO OMOTOLANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS HELEN NDIDI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HELEN EBITE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS HELEN NDIDI OVEVURE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

SODIQ MUJIDAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO-LAWAL MUJIDAT JUMOKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SODIQ MUJIDAT JUMOKE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOROKINNI AMINAT ADESHOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ADEREMI ADESHOLA AMINAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OGUNDARE ABOLAJI FORMERLY KNOWN AS OLUWADARE ABOLAJI OMOWUMI NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESSED AS OGUNDARE ABOLAJI OMOWUMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLUSEMIRE OLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AS OGUNSEMIRE OLA NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESSED AS OLUSEMIRE OLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLADAPO MARY

ADENEYE KAFAYAT

OLADIMEJI OMOTAYO

EZIEKE DORATHY

TIAMIYU TAIWO

MRS OGBONNA UMEKA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAYO MARY FUNMILAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OLADAPO MARY FUNMILAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY FATAI KAFAYAT AJOKE NOW ADENEYE KAFAYAT AJOKE. FORMER DOCUMENT REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BUSAYO OLADIMEJI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADIMEJI OMOTAYO SHERIFAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NKIRU OKO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZIEKE DORATHY NKIRUKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL AL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TIAMIYU OWOADE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TIAMIYU TAIWO OWOADE. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ITODO UMEKA PRISCILLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGBONNA UMEKA PRISCILLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

IMUESI OSHOSKIE

MADU EMEKA

KEHINDE IBUKUNTOLUWA

MRS VIOLET CHIDINMA

ADERONKE OLUBUSOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMUESI ENDURANCE HEROBODU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMUESI OSHOSKIE HERO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OZOEMENA EMEKA GODWIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MADU EMEKA GODWIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KEHINDE IBUKUNTOLUWA AJAYITHORPE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KEHINDE IBUKUNTOLUWA ADEOYE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS VIOLET CHIDINMA EZIRIKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS VIOLET CHIDINMA ASHINZE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADERONKE OLUBUSOLA OSHIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADERONKE OLUBUSOLA NWADIKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS ALLEN KOEMI

OGUNGBADERO TEMITAYO

OLA GABRIEL

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUBIYI TEMITAYO ELIZABETH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNGBADERO TEMITAYO ELIZABETH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALUGBIN ABIOLA MERCY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLA GABRIEL ABIOLA MERCY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OGUNJIRIN TAIWO

SANYAOLU KEHINDE

AKINTOYE UMELO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MUMBOH KOEMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ALLEN KOEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

UGO GLORY

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UZOHO GLORY CHINWENDU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGO GLORY CHINWENDU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADUNNI TAIWO KAFILAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNJIRIN TAIWO KAFILAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADUNNI KEHINDE FASILAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SANYAOLU KEHINDE FASILAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHIKWENDU ONYEKWERE

OKONKWO COMFORT

MRS MADU CHIAMAKA

ASHAOLU WISDOM

ODUSOWO ESTHER

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHINWENDU ONYEKWERE EME & CHINWENDU EME NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIKWENDU ONYEKWERE EME. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 18\02\1976. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKONKWO COMFORT KANAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKONKWO COMFORT KANAYOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKEKE CHIAMAKA JANEFRANCES NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MADU CHIAMAKA JANEFRANCES. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JIMOH WISDOM SEUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ASHAOLU WISDOM OLUWASEUN. THAT MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 01 JANUARY 1988. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALAO ESTHER OLUBUKOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODUSOWO ESTHER OLUBUKOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS BALOGUN OLUWABUSOLA BRIDGET, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS LAWANSON OLUWABUSOLA BRIDGET. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ANIETIMFON EMMANUEL

AJEGBEMI TAIWO

BAMIDELE PETER

OLUWOLE OLUSOLA

OKUMA CHIOMA

MRS HASSAN MONSURAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANIETIMFON EMMANUEL AKPAN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ANIETIMFON EMMANUEL AKPANAKWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAIWO ADEYINKA MATHEW NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS AJEGBEMITAIWO ADEYINKA MATHEW. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOGBE PETER ROBITO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS BAMIDELE PETER TAIWO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS REMI BAKARE SOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWOLE OLUSOLA CAROLINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JIBIRI CHIOMA URSULLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKUMA CHIOMA URSULLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS KASUMU MONSURAT AYEDUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS HASSAN MONSURAT AY EDUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOYE ABIMBOLA AMOKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOYE –UMELO ABIMBOLA AMOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS LAWANSON

SEUN

ANYI

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BALOGUN OLUWASEUN

CALLED AS N . NOW CALLED ALOGUN FORMER VALID. SE TAKE

I FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ODUNBANJO OLUWASEUN . NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS BALOGUN OLUWASEUN SARAH . FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS KOGULUyouth CELESTINA burn MRSMEME OKORO NKECHI Angry church, MRS IFEANYI BALOGUN OLUWASEUN police station in Kaduna

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EZEMA CELESTINA CHIZOBAM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. KOGULU CELESTINA CHIZOBAM. ALL Some youth in REMAIN the NaFORMER DOCUMENTS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC rayi area of Chikun local PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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government Area of Kaduna state have set ablaze a police station and a parish of Celestial Church of Christ in the community.

Trouble started after the death of a boy working in the church. Babatunde Shittu, the pastor, was accused of being responsible.

The boy was said to have been carrying out a task assigned to him by Shittu but fell into a river and died in the process.

The pastor reportedly ran to the nearby police outpost to report the incident.

But the youth mobilised one another burn down the church and a car belonging to a church member parked within the church premises.

The police outpost was burnt down when the youth insisted that the pastor who

FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWN AND AND I, I, I FORMERLY FORMERLY CALLED ADDRESSED AS MISS MISS NWOKE ODOZOR AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS NKECHI BLESSING, NOWWISH WISH TO ODUNBANJO OLUWASEUN . NOW IFEANYI JANETH, NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AND ADDRESSED ASBLESSING. BALOGUN MRS. OKORO MRS. MEME IFEANYI ALL was taken toNKECHI theJANETH. Barnawa OLUWASEUN SARAH . FORMER ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. Divisional Police station for REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC VALID. NYSCPUBLIC AND PLEASE GENERAL GENERAL TAKE PLEASE TAKE NOTE. protective custody must be PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. NOTE.

produced.

Mukhtar Aliyu, spokesMRS MEME IFEANYI man of the state police comI, FORMERLY KNOWN AND mand, confirmed the NWOKE inciADDRESSED AS MISS IFEANYI JANETH, WISH TO dent, saying fiveNOW suspects BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS had been arrested.

MRS. MEME IFEANYI JANETH. ALL “The were angry FORMERyouth DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL over the NYSC deathAND of a boy, PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. who was working as a mason with the pastor of the church,” he said.

“When the incident was reported, we prevailed on the youths, and adopted civil and proactive measures to calm them,” he said, adding that the police rescued the pastor and took him to the police outpost and later to Barnawa Divisional police station.

“Later the youth came around 4:00 am and set the church and part of the police outpost ablaze, “ he said.

MRS EZINNE FAITH BALOGUN OLUWASEUN MRS KOGULU CELESTINA

MRS. OSAFANMEN MRSMAYA OKORO NKECHI

FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWNCALLED AND FORMERLY I,I, I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED ASMISS MISS JAJA AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS EZEMA ODUNBANJO OLUWASEUN . NOW EZINNE FAITH, NOW WISH TO CELESTINA CHIZOBAM, NOW WISH TO BE BE KNOWN KNOWN CALLED WISH TO AND BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANDEZINNE ADDRESSED AS BALOGUN ADDRESSED AS MRS. KOGULU MRS. FAITH UZOMA. ALL OLUWASEUNCHIZOBAM. SARAH . FORMER CELESTINA ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. NOTE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KNOWN CALLED AND I,I FORMERLY FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OBASEKI ADDRESSED ODOZOR OSAFANMEN AS MISS DEBORAH.NOW NKECHI NOW WISH TO WISH BLESSING, TO BE KNOWN CALLED BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. MAYA MRS. OKORO NKECHI BLESSING. OSAFANMEN DEBORAH. FORMER DOCUMENTS VALID. ALL FORMER REMAIN DOCUMENTS GENERALVALID. PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE REMAIN GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE. TAKE NOTE. PLEASE

MRS MEMECELESTINA IFEANYI MRS KOGULU

MRS KOGULU MRS OKOROCELESTINA NKECHI

I, FORMERLY FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWN AND AND ADDRESSED AS AS MISS ADDRESSED MISS EZEMA NWOKE CELESTINA CHIZOBAM, NOW IFEANYI JANETH, NOW WISH TO WISH TO AND BE KNOWN AND BE KNOWN ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS MRS. KOGULU MRS. MEME IFEANYI JANETH. ALL CELESTINA CHIZOBAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AND GENERAL VALID. NYSC GENERAL PUBLIC PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. PLEASEPLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, I, FORMERLY FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWN AND AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MISS ODOZOR EZEMA ADDRESSED AS CELESTINA CHIZOBAM, NOW NKECHI BLESSING, NOW WISH TO WISH TO BE KNOWN AND BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS MRS. KOGULU MRS. OKORO NKECHI BLESSING. CELESTINA CHIZOBAM. ALL ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL REMAIN VALID. GENERALPUBLIC PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CEREAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION EKET AKWA IBOM THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. KINGSLEY OGBONNAYA LINUS. 2. OKECHUKWU ORIE ALEZE. 3. BRIGHT CHIMEZIRI KELECHI. 4. EMEKA UZODIKE OFULUCHI. 5. MARCEL CHINEDU OJEOGU. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO BRING US TOGETHER FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED; SECRETARY.

GREATER JOY INTERNATIONAL CHURCH

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) OKONKWO EMMANUEL - CHAIRMAN , (2) OKONKWO NNEKA JOY- SECRETARY, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST , (2) TO BRING DELIVERANCE TO MANKIND, Any objection to thisregistration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY,

CHRIST WAY SPIRITUAL CHURCH ALADURA WORLDWIDE 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 TRUSTEE: (1). REV DR. PROPHETESS FLORENCE A DADA (2). PROPHET OLUWATOYIN BALOGUN (3). MOST SNR APOSTLE AMOS ADEBAYO (4). DEACON ENGR OLADAPO MOSES DADA AIM 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THISREGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED :- SECRETARY

ILE AWIDERE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION OFFA 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. PRINCE BIODUN IBIKUNLE 2. IBRAHIM SALAWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE UNITY AND PROGRESS OF ILE AWIDERE Any objection to thisregistration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED :SECRETARY

PEACE ESTATE PHASE-2 LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION 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) NWOBU FRANCIS AZUKA 2) NNOLI FRANK IKECHUKWU 3) OMOILU DANIEL 4) EZEOKAFOR FERDINARD O. 5) UBABUIKE TOBIAS IKECHUKWU 6) CHINEDUM ERNEST MADUABUCHUKWU AIMS & OBJ: 1)TO HELP CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOTHERS IN THE SOCIETY. 2) TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILE ANY OBJECTION TO THISREGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED TRUSTEES

HIGH OCTANE BASIC HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE 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 1999 THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. OKOLONKWO KINGSLEY CHIKA. 2. OBUTE OYOTOR JOEL. 3. ASIEGBU YUGO LOIS. 4. OKOLONKWO JEREMIAH CHIBUEZE. 5. AHEMOKHAE NATHANIEL ODIANOSE.

MRS ETIONSA JOY MRS EZINNE FAITH

I,I FORMERLY FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWN CALLED AND AND ADDRESSED AS JAJA MISS. ADDRESSED AS MISS OMORUYI IZIENGBE. NOW WISH EZINNE FAITH, NOW WISH TO TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS MRS. ETIONSA MRS. FAITH UZOMA. ALL JOY. EZINNE FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE PLEASE TAKE NOTE. TAKE NOTE.

MRSEZINNE OKORO NKECHI MRS FAITH

FORMERLY KNOWN KNOWN AND AND I,I, FORMERLY ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS MISS MISSODOZOR JAJA NKECHI BLESSING, NOW WISHTO TO EZINNE FAITH, NOW WISH BE KNOWN KNOWN AND ANDADDRESSED ADDRESSEDAS AS BE MRS. EZINNE OKOROFAITH NKECHI BLESSING. MRS. UZOMA. ALL ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE PLEASE TAKE NOTE. TAKE NOTE.

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ADENIYI BIMBO

MRS. MAYA OSAFANMEN

I formerly known and I FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND addressed FADIORA ADDRESSED asAS MISS OBASEKI BIMBO MARY nowDEBORAH.NOW wish to OSAFANMEN WISH TO and BE addressed KNOWN CALLED be known as AND ADDRESSED MAYA ADENIYI BIMBO.AS All MRS. former OSAFANMEN DEBORAH. FORMER documents remain valid.

DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. General should please GENERALpublic PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. take note

MRS EZINNE FAITH MRS. MAYA OSAFANMEN

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NWAKANWA FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

ODIONYENMA CHIKA AUGUSTINE 2. ODIONYENMA ESTHER UGOCHI

CHAIRMAN

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE 2. TO EMPOWER THE YOUTH ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI, STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

COMPANY OF BELIEVER’S INT’L MINISTRY 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. AMBROSE BERNARD EGWU: (PRESIDENT) 2. OGBE HARRISON EDAFE: (VICE PRESIDENT) 3. OZOEMENA NGOZI JESSICA: ( SECRETARY’S GENERAL) 4. OZOEMENA CHARLES CHIKEZIE: ( MULTIMEDIA&IT DIRECTOR) 5. JUDE CHUKWU NWABU: (DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS) AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING TO ALL UNPRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. TO CHAMPION THE COURSE FOR A BETTER (GOLDEN) LIFE TO ALL THAT ARE IN DISTRESS AND DISCOMFORTED IN THE SOCIETY. OBJECTIVE: 1.USE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE AND SUPPORT NEW STRATEGIES THROUGH CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND THROUGH INNOVATION AND QUALITY IN ALL AREAS. 2.TO USE INITIATIVE’S TRAINING TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, SKILLS ACQUISITIONS, SPECIFIC BUSINESS SKILLS, MENTORSHIP, MEASURE LEARNING LEVELS AND BUILD LIFELONG LEARNING CAPACITY. 3.PROMOTE SOCIAL WORKS VALUES, HUMANITY WELFARE AND CULTURE, ENABLE NETWORKING AND BONDING IN PARTNERSHIP. ANY OBJECTION TO THISREGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED :SECRETARY

ENGRACED LIFESTYLE FOUNDATION

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.

1. Awoleye Grace Opeyemi chairman 2 .Ojediran Omolara Temitope - secretary 3. Osamor Jude Chukwunwike 4. Olaleye comfort Anuoluwapo 5. LAWAL Abdulraheem Onimisi 6. Awoleye Abigail Jolaoluwa 7. Adekunle Adeniyi Adetunji 8. Ajayi Adebola Olaoluwa Aims and objectives are as follows : -To encourage and spur hope in every individual -To create self awareness for the boy and girl child -To re-orientate and empower the ex-convicts -To empower the Youth and Women in Slum communities -To give Scholarships to incapable youths through the higher institution.

Any objection to thisregistration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication Signed :Secretary

RITA ODICHIMMA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 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 Trustees are: (1)Barr mrs Rita odichi orji (Chairman) (2)Charles Orji Cherechi (secretary) (3)Chimara Eric Uchenna

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE BASIC HEALTH CARE TO RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA. 2. TO COLLABORATE WITH GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF BASIC PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY

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

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

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

MRS

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CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH

UZOIGWE JACINTA

EMECHEBE IRENE

ROSEMARY ZEMAYE

OLOHUNGBOGBO FUNKE

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OKPARA AMAOBI

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OLASSENI GANIYAT

OGUNMODEDE OLUWADAMILOLA

OLAOSEBIKAN OLADIMEJI

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OLADELE RHODA

NWAGBO UJUNWA

ITAH PEACH

NWEZE OBINNA

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SALAMI ABOSEDE

ADEKOYA ADESOLA

LAMIDI DAMILARE

BABATUNDE HANNAH

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

EGWEN NWABUEZE

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BUDDY KELVIN

ABEDEEN WAHAB

OYEWOLE OMOTOYOSI

AJAKAIYE RASIDAT

IORTYER BENARD

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BODE ABIGAIL

NSIKAT SUNDAY

OLADIPUPO CELESTINA

GRACE IKECHUKWU

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OBUEZUE CHUKWUKA

NWACHUKWU NNENNA

OKAFOR LILIAN

OGUEGBU UKAMAKA

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ONYIA AMARA

NZEKWE LOVETH

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EZENTA ESTHER

ANENYE CHIDIMMA

UDE JOY

ANYIGOR UCHENNA

ONYEKACHI WILLIAM

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MRS ADINDE CHIAMAKA

MRS NNAMANI PROMISE

MRS UCHE CHINYERE

CORRECTION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

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THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE NDUBUISI, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD INNOCENT TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE NDUBUISI INNOCENT.. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTES.

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News 25

FGs Committee conducts surgery on 38 patients in Taraba Tom Garba, Yola

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Oyo State Commissioner of Police.Abiodun Odude parading suspected Fraudsters Gang during the Press Briefing held at Police Headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan..on Thursday

Dapchi girls release: PDP plumbs the depth of infamy – FG Tom Okpe, Abuja

ÏÏÏ Reacting to the accu-

sation that the abduction and release of the Dapchi school girls was stage managed, the Federal Government has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plumbing the depths of infamy.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday from the office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said such postulation portrays the PDP as an inhuman, insensitive, unpatriotic and unworthy party.

He also said since the release of the Dapchi girls was negotiated by friendly countries and reputable international organizations, it would have taken a con-

spiracy of global proportion to have stage-managed the adoption and release of the girls.

Alhaji Mohammed further said that the reaction of the PDP amounts to an expression of sour grapes, especially that the party failed woefully when it was in power to quickly resolve an abduction of the same vain. ‘’As we have said many times since the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls, no government is exempted from its own share of tragedies. What makes the difference is the way such tragedies are managed. Whereas it took the PDP all of 18 days to even acknowledge the abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014, the APC Federal Government acted promptly and responsively when

the Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted 19 Feb. 2018, hence their quick release”, he said.

The Minister said it is unfortunate that the PDP that failed as a ruling party has also failed grievously as an opposition party, going by its insensitive and crude response to the release of the Dapchi schoolgirls, a development that calls for non-partisan celebration. ‘’In its 16 years in power, the PDP redefined governance as carelessness, massive looting of the public treasury and crude exhibition of power. In it’s over three years in opposition; the PDP has again shown it does not understand the role of the opposition in a democracy. How then can the PDP convince Nigerians that it has learnt its

lessons and that it is ready to rule the country again?

Nigerians must say ‘never again’ to this primitive and soulless party”.

Alhaji Mohammed said the Federal Government has not been responding to the amateurish and jejune statements from the PDP precisely because the party has failed to learn the ropes of being an opposition party saying, “even when we have advised them to take a crash course on the role of the opposition in a democracy. ‘’We broke our own rules this time because the PDP over-reached itself and scored an own goal at a time it could simply have congratulated the government and people of Nigeria on the release of the girls or just keep quiet”, Alhaji Mohammed stated.

Presidential Committee on North -East Initiatives (PCNI) has so far conducted surgeries on 38 out of the 2000 patients it treated in Takum, Taraba, under its one week free medical outreach scheme.

The scheme is in collaboration with Pro-Health International and the West African Association of Surgeons.

Dr. Gabriel Toma, Head of Surgeons, who disclosed this to newsmen in Takum, said the surgeries included appendectomy, hernia surgery, Myomectomy, caesarian section, among others.

He said the scheme, which began on Tuesday, may not be able to reach its 170 target surgeries, given the limitation of personnel and the curfew imposed on the area.

He however said the team would try its best to conduct qualitative surgeries within the available time.

Also speaking, PCNI’s Head of Humanitarian, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Dr. Sidi Mohammed, said the free medical outreach initiative was aimed at reaching out to the less privileged, especially those who fled insurgency in the north -east.

“At the height of the insurgency, most people, including health workers, were displaced and could not afford to pay medical bills. So the programme is designed to reach out to

such categories of people.

“We have another medical programme, specifically for those in IDPs camps, but only 10 percent of the displaced people are in the camps. So that’s why we are here in General Hospital Takum to reach out to as a many as possible.

“During our one- week outreach programme here, we will be treating people of various ailments and conducting minor and major surgeries, and attending to other health needs of the people, “ he said.

He said the PCNI had conducted free medical outreach in Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba under the first phase of the scheme, adding that the second phase, commencing on April 8, would have two weeks duration to enhance greater accessibility.

On her part, Mrs. Juliet Hananiya, Programme Manager, Free Health Care, Pro-Health International, said the partnership, since it began in 2017, had helped a lot of patients suffering from hypertension, ulcer, diabetes, malaria, among others.

She added that they also carried out free health promotion, laboratory services, dental services, eye treatment services and issuance of drugs.

A beneficiary of the programme, Mr. Richard Sak, who battled with hernia for six years, commended the federal government and its partners for the assistance.

APC berates Fayose Ooer alleged misconduct to Ekiti monarch ÏÏÏThe

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has berated Governor Ayodele Fayose over alleged humiliation and disrespectful conduct to the Ewi of AdoEkiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe Aladesanmi, over the monarch’s complaint on house demolition that has rendered hundreds of people homeless in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Fayose had ordered demolition of several houses to give way to road construction and New Oja Oba Market in the state capital with many

residents losing their homes and personal effects to demolition without notice and compensation.

The victims stormed the palace complaining about their plights without prior notice and compensation talk with the governor, which forced the monarch to seek audience with the governor during which Fayose talked to the monarch in disrespectful manner.

In a statement in AdoEkiti, APC Publicity, Taiwo Olatunbosun, berated Fayose for his alleged “uncouth

language” in addressing the frontline monarch, noting that this was not the first time that the governor would treat traditional rulers in manner that does not befit their office.

Listing instances where the governor publicly assaulted monarchs, Olatunbosun said: “Fayose had during his first term assaulted this same Ewi of Ado-Ekiti publicly when he asked the monarch to hang his crown to mount soapbox to campaign for Ekiti governorship

election simply because the monarch did not support his anti-people policies and his reckless attacks on eminent Ekiti indigenes, He added that the governor’s disrespectful conduct to Ekiti monarchs contributed to the fall of his administration in 2006.

Faulting Fayose for demolishing the homes of AdoEkiti residents without prior notice while paying pittance to victims of demolition, Olatunbosun said the governor was insincere in his assertion that house demolition

had become imperative to make Ado-Ekiti a befitting state capital.

He explained: “All the grandstanding and rhetoric that the demolition is necessary to give Ado-Ekiti a facelift as the state capital is a fluke.

“The truth is that house demolition is a viable business opportunity for the governor after facts have emerged that those that Fayose had so far paid for losing their homes got a small fraction of the figures that the governor quoted for compen-

sation from the Federal Government as refund on flyover project.

“For instance, reports have indicated that Fayose allegedly put the compensation responsibility on the contractors of flyover project who are his friends from Ibadan to pay the victims for losing their homes, whereas the money received by victims is just a small fraction of what was allegedly computed by the contractors to the Federal Government for reinbursement.

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Lawyer tasks journalists on maladministration Theresa Tekena

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from left, Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, President of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, during a breakfast meeting in Abuja…on Thursday.

Ambode visits Japan, woos investors on transport, urban development Benjamin Omoike

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state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday held a meeting with the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship committee in Tokyo, an influential group in the Japanese parliament.

Governor Ambode said the meeting, which was attended by members of Japan House of Representatives - Hon. Ichiro Aisawa

and Hon. Asahiko Mihara - was in furtherance of his quest to woo Japanese investors, especially with regards to finding a comprehensive solution to the challenge of transportation in the state.

He said his presence in Japan was pursuant to his determination to achieve infrastructural renewal for Lagos state.

“As a government, the renewal of infrastructure of Lagos state is of paramount interest to us. We

cannot afford to miss the train of regeneration going around the world. We must continue to seek comprehensive and holistic solution to the various challenges confronting us.

“Lagos and Tokyo share many similarities including huge populations which require a comprehensive transportation and urban management strategy to deal with. Japan is also a city Lagos should aspire to be in terms of vertical develop-

ment, land space optimisation, and efficiency,” the governor said.

The meeting was also attended by the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke and the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Mallam Mohammed Gana Yisa.

During the week, the governor also visited the headquarters of Yurikamome Incorporated, a light rail transportation facility which connects the down town Tokyo with To-

kyo Waterfront City.

The light rail has and is patronised by all those who live, work and visit the facility since it opened in November 1995. It operates in just 14.5km and has 16 stations.

The light rail carries more than 45 million people yearly. It was further gathered that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government built the infrastructure, while Yurikamome Incorporated provided other necessary equipment.

Debt management: World Bank to partner FCTA Idu Jude

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team of experts from the World Bank is currently in Abuja to work with relevant Federal Capital Territory Administration officials on strengthening the framework for debt management in the Administration.

Welcoming the World Bank Assessment team to Abuja on Monday, March 19, 2018, the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, expressed appreciation for the series of assistance that the country has received from the Bank.

According to the Permanent Secretary, the World Bank has helped Nigerian government to forestall debt unsustainability in the aftermath of the exit from the Paris and London Clubs debt burden in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

The Permanent Secretary conveyed the preparedness of the FCT Administration to leverage the revised World Bank Subnational Debt Management Performance Assessment tool (DeMPA).

Mr. Ohaa also noted that the FCT Administration has been able to key into the outcome of the

Debt Management Office (DMO’s) 5-year strategic plan which was designed in 2007 to help the 36 State governments and the FCT to develop debt management institutions and capabilities.

He said the FCTA, following advice from the World Bank’s Debt Management Office, also set up a Debt Management Unit made up of 10 staff, drawn from a cross section of key departments to assist with debt management policies.

In his words, “It was against this backdrop that the Debt Management Office (DMO) in collaboration

with the FCTA, conducted a debt data reconstruction exercise from the 19th – 30th November, 2012. This was in furtherance of the DMO’s strategic objectives of building capacity for effective debt management and the establishment of the FCT-Debt Management Unit.”

The Permanent Secretary in the same vein also appreciated the World Bank for its support, cooperation and guidance towards achieving the mandate of building a befitting FCT that would be the pride of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora,

as well as the entire black race.

Responding, leader of the World Bank Assessment Team, Mr. Jaime Garron Bozo, said they were in Abuja to provide technical assistance to enable the FCTA assess debt management functions and operations using the DeMPA tools.

It would be recalled that the World Bank in collaboration with its international partners in 2007/2008, developed a program, to assist developing countries to improve debt management by strengthening capacity and institutions.

legal icon, Abioye Akerele, has called on members of the Fourth Estate, to work with the legal luminaries to combat maladministration and political deviltry in the country.

Akerele made this charge Thursday at an academic Conference held at the National Broadcast Academy, Lagos.

The event organized by the management of the Academy with the Theme; “The Fourth Republic” reflected in the roles of the media professionals in the current political dispensation of Nigeria.

Akerele said, “The judiciary and journalists are partners in progress, we have the calling from divinity to extricate the masses from the shackles of political leviathans which has become albatross to us.

“We are the eyes, the voice, and the hope of the common man, therefore; it is saddled on us to right the wrongs, it is incumbent on us to disenchant and disabuse the minds of the publics from wrong political teachings” he said.

Akerele, also stated that the socio economic, religious and cultural progress of any Nation is a function of its political stance.

In a speech, he said “people have diverse notions about the government, some has given up on the leaders due to the reckless management and administration of public resources in the country, thus; orientation and reorientation as well disenchanting the people remains our core responsibilities, ‘remember, no media, no government, no democracy, no matter how they try to muzzle us, we must not be daunted, we must keep them on their toes and hold them accountable, because the resources they are mismanaging belongs to all of us. Nobody has right to call you minority”. He said.

Reacting to questions, Akerele maintained that the Nigerian constitution is laid on a faulty foundation by the military, and as a result, Nigeria is under the guise of democratic government while indeed, we are in the military party of Nigeria. They know the truth but have chosen to do otherwise.

“There is no democracy in practice here, we have not less than 68 political parties, yet, nothing is working well.

The constitution spelt out our rights but they have jettisoned it, but we must allow them achieve their nefarious interests, even the hate speech bill will not see the light of the day” he said.

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Wike swears-in four new commissioners, to reshuffle cabinet Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Thursday swore-in four new commissioners.

The governor also swore-in Chief Boma Dappa as the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Degema Local Government Area.

Performing the swearing-in ceremony at the Government House Port Harcourt, Governor

Wike said the exercise was aimed at further strengthening the machinery of government.

He said there would also be a minor cabinet reshuffle in the state soon.

He charged the new commissioners to see their appointments as a privilege to serve the people of the state and not an opportunity for selfenrichment.

The governor urged the commissioners to estab-

lish themselves as persons who were known for the development of the state.

He said: “These appointments are not opportunities for appointees to enrich themselves.

If you attempt to enrich yourselves, there will be consequences.

“Anyone who attempts to derail our vision, we will not notify the person before he is shown the way out. We are determined to move the state

to the next level,” he said.

He called on all the new commissioners to show loyalty to the administration as they worked towards a New Rivers State.

“I demand total loyalty.

If you divide your loyalty, you will not be in my cabinet. This administration is determined to actualise her vision for the state,” he said.

The Commissioners sworn in by the Rivers State Governor included: Mrs Nancy Nwankwo,

Mr. Chinyere Igwe, Mr Michael West, and Dr. Reason Onya.

He directed the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Degema Local Government Area to pay salaries and work with security agencies to maintain security in the area.

He urged the Degema Council Chairman to ensure the regular payment of salaries, saying that salary payment should not be compromised.

The freed 104 Dapchi girls, one other girl and a boy assembled at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Maiduguri...on Wednesday

Call APC to order over Metuh, PDP tells Buhari

…Urges CJN to protect the Judiciary from APC intrusion Idu Jude, Abuja

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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and some of his appointees to order over their manifest interest and continued interference in the trial of its former National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh The also party urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to protect the institution of the judiciary and the courts from the established direct interferences of the APC and officials of the Federal Government in the conduct of cases involving its

members and particularly, the former National Publicity Secretary.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Thursday, said the connection between the timing of happenings in the court case and the intrusions of the APC in the entire matter has assumed a worrisome dimension.

The party also said its members have specifically expressed fear about Chief Metuh’s fate before Justice Okon Abang, a judge, it said had in the past delivered judgments against the PDP, which were eventually upturned, after much damage had been done.

The PDP finds it curi-

ous that interferences are manifesting in Metuh’s case even after the court had adjourned indefinitely on his application to be allowed to travel to the UK for surgery.

“This court had twice rejected Chief Metuh’s applications for medical leave at the initial stage of his ailment, but the condition of the former PDP spokesman has now degenerated.

It is on record that people facing similar charges at the Federal High Court are granted leave to travel for ordinary medical check-ups and other sundry reasons, but Metuh has had his application for medical treatment deferred indefinitely and had to be brought to court for trial even on a hospital

stretcher.

The fact remains that if the court cannot grant Chief Metuh leave for medical treatment, moreso, with the manifest interference of the APC, then there is absolutely no guarantee that he can get justice from the same court at the end of the day and we want the CJN to take copious note of this”.

The PDP further noted that no other application for medical leave has ever been subjected to a greater burden of proof, ridicule and undue delay than the case of our former spokesperson.

“We strongly hold that the APC is now manipulating issues around this case as a reference point to threaten opposition in the country.

The APC, in their bid to sway the case, even attempted to discredit Chief Metuh’s referral to Wellington hospital, London, by writing to twist facts about a world renowned surgeon, just to prepare grounds for the court to reject his application.

We therefore urge the CJN to rise up in defence of the judiciary before it is ruined by the APC. The CJN should take a closer look at the conduct of Chief Metuh’s case and take appropriate action to ensure that justice is not only done at the end of the day but indeed, should be seen to have been done, but definitely, not under these circumstances of obvious persecution by the APC”.

2019 actions: Adamawa NUJ inaugurates committee for political round table Tom Garba, Yola

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general election draws nearer, the Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Adamawa state council, Mallam Salisu Abubakar, has inaugurated a five- man committee on political round table.

While inaugurating the committee Salisu charged them to be prudent as the forth realm of the estate to enlighten the general public on the political aspirants to make the right choices.

According to him it’s enshrined in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended that the press is saddled with the responsibility of enlightening the general public on who to choose as their leaders. ‘’The aim is to bring together aspirants vying for various political offices to advertise themselves and prove to the world they have leadership qualities to represents them ahead 2019 general elections. “ We consider you worthy of this constitution job and I will not hesitate to remove anyone of you that is not meeting or derailing from the purpose of why this committee is formed,’’ Salisu said.

The committee will be headed by Alhaji Shekarau Yerima as the Chairman while Tom Garba, Maria Albert Zira, Yunusa Abdullahi and Ishaka Dedan, will serve as members, expecting them to Work from now till 2019.

On his own comment, the National trustee in- charge of zone E of the NUJ, Mohammad Saidu enjoined them to do a proper Work of educating the public on who to vote or not to vote.

Saidu called on all aspirants to seize the opportunity to come and advertise themselves.

The NAWOJ National secretary, Mrs. Ladi Bala enjoined the committee to have an inclusive gender equality meeting to all aspirants in the State without being biased to Women.

The inaugurated Chairman, Alhaji Shekarau Yerima, told the leadership of NUJ that his committee will do all it takes to have a successful meeting with all the political aspirants, assuring that the committee will be fair to all aspirants.

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16 burnt to ashes, as bus plunges into valley in Enugu Ï Md # RƇƇƈƅƈ Ƌ Ƈƈ ƆƏƆƗ Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

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struck Thursday in Enugu metropolis, as a commercial bus convening with 16 passengers on board plunged into a valley killing all the people on the spot.

The incident occurred at the Miliking Hill, Ngwo Old Road, as operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were after the driver for a yet to be identified offence.

Sources within the vicinity hinted that the NSCDC personnel, who were chasing the driver, shot at the vehicle, forcing it to slide away from the road. The bus caught fire in the process burning all the occupants.

It was gathered that only a female passenger, who was thrown off the vehicle, survived the accident.

She is however, receiving treatment in an unknown hospital.

The incident gave rise to a tensed atmosphere as residents and commercial bus drivers mobilized in protest of the deaths.

Their attempt to take their protest to the NSCDC office located at the New Market Axis, few kilometres to the scene of the accident, was resisted by operatives of the corps.

They fired several shots to scare the protesters away. In the process, one of the bus drivers told journalists that the windscreen of his bus was shat-

tered with bullets.

“We are still talking about the lives they snuffed out of several people few minutes ago and they are still baying for blood”, he said pointing at his shattered windscreen.

“Are they not supposed to be shooting in the air, or even use rubber bullets?

But see what they have just done”, he said.

Our correspondent reports that the charged atmosphere was calmed as of the time of this report by the Enugug State Police Commissioner, Mohammed DanMallam.

The CP’s arrival saved the situation as commuters, including journalists, were all trapped as angry residents barricaded the Ngwo Road.

Speaking to journalists, the Police Commissioner described the incident as unfortunate, stressing that they would not allow anyone jeopardize the peace in Enugu State.

He said, “What happened is very unfortunate, especially with the peace we are enjoying. This kind of thing should not be allowed. That’s the reason why I am here. I have

appealed to them; they should leave everything to us.

“Investigation has started, we asked them, people who witnessed what happened, they should come forward and give us discreet statement, which will help in our investigation. We are assuring them that whoever is involved is going to be brought to book.

“As far as I am concerned, these people you are seeing, they are the major stakeholders, if they are not here, I have no business being here; that’s

why I left my office to come and appeal to them.

The peace we are enjoying should be sustained.

“The incident that happened is unfortunate, but they should allow us to investigate; whoever is found culpable will be brought to book.”

On the female survivor, he said, “she is in our hospital, she is being treated in the hospital, life is first.

I understood she is in stable condition. So, when she has fully recovered, she will tell us what she knows about the incident.”

Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (middle), Team Leader, Abuja National Housing Programme , Arc. (Mrs) Iyabode Fashoranti (left) and others during his inspection of the ongoing construction of Storey Building, 2-Bedroom and 3-Bedroom Semi -Detached Bungalows under the National Housing Programme in Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja on Thursday 22nd, March 2018.

Alleged kidnapping: Court dismisses Evans application to quash charge Peter Fowoyo

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the charge of kidnapping brought against the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, otherwise known as Evans, was on Thursday dismissed by a Lagos High Court, Igbosere.

Justice Adedayo Akintoye, Thursday said that the charge presently constituted against Evans “are not defective and not an abuse of court processes”.

The Judge made this pronouncement while ruling on the application brought by the kingpin asking the court to quash the two separate charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government.

The Lagos State Government had brought a fresh five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and at-

tempted murder against Evans and three others.

Evans is charged alongside Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.

In the second charge, Evans is being tried alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba.

When the natter came up yesterday, Justice Akintoye said that based on the proof of evidence before the court, issue for determination was whether a prima facie case has been established against the defendants.

She, however, said that a prima facie case is established where the court finds that there are grounds for proceedings, adding that the proof of evidence must sufficiently link the defendant to the offence allegedly committed.

“Looking closely to the proof of evidence attached to the information in this case, a prima facie case has clearly been disclosed against the defendant/applicant,” Akintoye said.

The judge said that the victim in the instant case, Uche Okereafor’s wife was the person who paid the ransom, adding that the statement of the first defendant (Evans) itself alleged that the first defendant was the master mind and gang leader of the group.

“Other defendants participated in several kidnappings and shared the ransom collected from their victims.

“The third defendant (Ugochukwu Nwachukwu) in his own statement and proof of evidence showed that he is a member of the gang and shared in the ran-

som collected from victims.

“I hold therefore that the proof of evidence disclosed a prima facie case against the first and third defendant,” she said.

Justice Akintoye also said that the charge filed against the defendants were not defective based on the provisions of Section 152 and 153 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) of Lagos State,2015.

“It is my view that the prosecution has complied with provisions of this section in view that every offence shall be charged separately.

“I also hold that the charge is not an abuse of court process, an abuse of court process means that the process of the court has not been properly and voluntarily followed.

Dogara’s free medical outreachDoctors performs 77 surgeries in Bauchi Samuel Luka, Bauchi ÏÏÏAbout 77 persons suffering from various ailments in Bauchi state have undergone surgeries free of charge during the third phase of the free medical services sponsored by the Speaker of the federal house of representatives, rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara for less privileged peo ple of the state held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital [ATBUTH] Bauchi.

The third round of the free medical outreach which targeted 10, 000 beneficiaries was being carried out by ‘Doctors on the Move Africa’ and would last for a period of one week.

The team leader of the Doctors on the move Africa, Dr. Joseph Kigbu while speaking with journalists at the Abubakar Tafawabalewa Teaching Hospital ATBUTH, the venue of the exercise stated that, “out of the 77 surgeries carried out, 28 were cataract operations, four patients with goitre [swelling of the neck] and six women with uterus cancers were also successfully operated on”.

Dr. Kigbu explained that, the NGO had provided enough specialists doctors and surgeons including gynaecologists, urologists and opthamologists among others to attend to patients during the medical outreach.

Kigbu who lauded the speaker for the gesture opined that it would go a long way in complementing government’s efforts in the health care delivery ‘as the National Health Insurance Scheme [NHIS] has not been able to capture all Nigerians’.

He added that, “people, especially those in the rural areas are left at the mercy of quack doctors, hence the effort of the speaker to invite specialists to give quality health care delivery to them.

Last month the second round of the free medical outreach was conducted in Bauchi and Azare towns respectively. It is worthy to note that during the last exercise, we successfully separated a conjoined twins through surgery here in Bauchi.’’

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he 16 teams participating in the 2017/18 Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) have complied with the league body dia rective to pay for their team’s registration fee duly on Monday, March 19, 2018. The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) had set Monday, March 19, 2018 as deadline for the payment of registration fee for clubs interested in taking part in the top-flight.

The NWFL equally set as time-

NWPL teams meet registration deadline line the collection of licences to end on or before Friday, March 30.

The NWPL season is scheduled to kick-off on Saturday, April 07,

2018 with the star match to hold in Lafia, Nasarawa state between champions, Nasarawa Amazons and FC Robo Queens at the La-

fia Township Stadium. The NWFL Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ayo Abdulrahman confirmed joyfully on Wednesday that all the 16 teams

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in the top-flight met the deadline of Monday, March 19 for the payment of registration fee for their respective clubs. “Yes, the 16 teams

Friday, March 23 2018

No fear playing Djoliba in CafCC – Bashiru

Bala wants win against Kano Pillars

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ountain of Fire Miracles Ministries (MFM) FC centre back, Monsuru Bashiru has welcomed wholeheartedly the opposition of the Malian side, Djoliba FC in the Caf Confederation Cup play-off round.

The Caf draws for its club competitions, Champions League and Confederation Cup on Wednesday at their headquarters in Cairo, Egypt pitched the Church-owned side with the West African side, Djoliba in the Africa’s second tier club competition. The Olukoya Boys ditched a Malian side, AS Real Bamako in the preliminary round of the Caf Champions League before they were stopped by the Algerian side, Mouloudia Club d’Alger on 2-7 aggregate in the first round of the competition.

Bashiru said his side after their ouster from the Caf Champions League are now experienced and matured to confront successfully any side in the continent.

“I was shocked to learn that we have been paired with another Malian side, Djoliba FC in the Caf Confederation Cup play-off round after we saw off the challenge of AS Real Bamako of Mali in the preliminary of Caf Champions League.

“I’m sure the Malian side, Djoliba must have merited their spot in the Confederation Cup play-off after two, three matches previously.

“We welcome their opposition even though we quite understand that the

MFM in action at Agege stadium challenge will not be an easy one.

“I think we have learnt something helpful playing a Malian side, AS Real Bamako in both legs of the Caf Champions League.

“Right now we fear no foes including the North African sides as we are now experienced and matured, too.

“Any other challenge in the course of the competition will not be like the one we had against the Algerian side, MC Alger.

“Experience in the Caf Champions League will help us greatly to face the Malian side, Djoliba,” said the MFM FC strongman to frontpixs.com.

Bashiru said his side would have preferred to kick-off the Confederation Cup play-off away instead of home front.“I like playing away first then home later it helps to understand your opponents better.

“However, nothing matters to us any

Al-Makura plans big for NWPL opener

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he government of Nasarawa state under the able leadership of His Excellency, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has promised the league body the very best ever Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) season’s opening star match fiesta.

The capital city, Lafia is the host of the 2017/18 NWPL season’s star match between the Nigerian champions, Nasarawa Amazons and their counterparts from Lagos, FC Robo Queens.

The epic encounter is due for the Lafia Township Stadium on Saturday, April 07, 2018.

Last season’s star match was hosted by the Ondo state government between the home side, Sunshine Queens and Ibom Angels at the Akure Sports Complex.

have paid their registration fees as at Monday, March 19 which the league body set as deadline.

“Right now they are turning in their registration forms to enable us move fast to commence and complete documentation.

“Of course, we do not have the luxury of time any more as the league season is billed to kick-off on Saturday, April 07, 2018 with the star match holding between champions, Nasarawa Amazons and FC Robo Queens in Lafia.

The home side triumphed 2-1 over the Uyo landladies in an encounter that witnessed the crème de la crème of sports personnel across the country, women football stakeholders, board members of the league body, First Lady of the state, Mrs Betty Akeredolu and other state functionaries.

Chairman of Nasarawa Amazons, Nuhu Audu said everything is been put in place to ensure the season’s opening ceremony goes well as schedule without any hitches.

“We are already concluding registration of the team as well as documentation for the new league season.

“That’s crucial as every other things we are doing for the opening ceremony is built around the

team’s success.

“I can tell you that preparations for the season’s opening ceremony will kick-start fully by next week.

“Underground work has been going on seamlessly since the draw was made known in Lagos.

“We are positive to receive approval from the government within a matter of days on the requests of the league body.

“Once that is received we will move fast to detail all the personnel to their respective duty post to commence work instantly.

“The executive governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura and deputy, Silas Ali Agara and other functionaries are quite enthusiastic about the programme.

“They have assured that no stone will be left unturned to en-

more than to prepare well and win convincingly to make the reverse fixture a mere formality.

“Now we are playing at home first we must strive to win well so that the return leg in Mali will be a lot easy,” said Bashiru.

MFM FC will kick start the two-legged Caf Confederation Cup play-off round clash against Mali’s Djoliba first on the home ground.

Caf Confederation Cup pairing for Nigerian clubs:

sure it becomes a huge success.

“They are privy to what happened last year in Akure when the state government bankrolled the league body’s opening match programme.

“The governor wants to surpass the mark achieved by his opposite the executive governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredodu.

“Nasarawa Amazons are the reigning league champions and everyone is on same page to ensure the team start the season brilliantly and take up to end the season successfully,” said Audu.

The NWPL star match between hosts, Nasarawa Amazons and FC Robo Queens is the only match slated for Saturday, April 07 as other matchday 1 fixtures will hold on Wednesday, April 11.

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ewly appointed Kwara United manager, Abubakar Bala has said he wants to start on a winning note his first top-flight assignment at the llorin side.

The Harmony Boys are hosts of fourtime Nigerian champions, Kano Pillars in Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matchday 14 clash at the Kwara State Stadium in llorin.

The Flying Eagles assistant coach replaces former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles manager, John Obuh at the llorin outfit.

Bala admitted that he will be making his debut in charge of the Afonja Warriors against traditional tough opponents, Pillars.

“You will agree with me that I’m starting my first assignment at Kwara United with really tough opponents, Kano Pillars.

“Pillars are no mean side though I still want to leave a mark by starting on a good note. “Of course, a convincing victory is on my mind against the Kano side.

“Victory in the clash against Pillars will help shape the mentality and psyche of the players going forward to other matches on the calendar.

“The key right now is to strive to give the players a winning mentality.

“The task right before me is daunting but not insurmountable, I believe together we can change the side fortune for the best,” said the former Niger Tornadoes coach to frontpixs.com.

The top-flight newcomers are at the bottom of the 20-team elite league log on paltry 11 points 12 behind leaders, Lobi Stars though with a match to spare at reigning champions, Plateau United.

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German Wold Cup team

Neuer mut play now to be among Germany’s World Cup squad – Low

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anuel Neuer will struggle to get into Germany’s World Cup squad if he is not playing, but Joachim Low is optimistic about his condition.

Joachim Low has told injured Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer he will need to be playing to make it into Germany’s World Cup

squad, though he has been assured of a return before the season’s conclusion.

Neuer has endured a difficult 12 months, having broken his foot three times and managed just three Bundesliga displays this term.

Bayern have been particularly careful managing Neuer’s come-

Bale becomes Wales’ record goalscorer with China hat-trick

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eal Madrid star Gareth Bale fired a hattrick against an abject China on Thursday to unseat Ian Rush as Wales’ all-time top scorer.

Gareth Bale has replaced Ian Rush as Wales’ record goalscorer thanks to a superb hat-trick against China.

Taking to the field from

Gareth Bale

kick-off in Ryan Giggs’ first game as boss of the national team, Bale made an swift impact at Nanning’s Guangxi Sports Center Stadium by crafting an excellent second-minute solo goal.

Some generous defending from the hosts midway through the first half of the China Cup match allowed the Real Madrid man to pull level with Liverpool great Rush on 28 goals in Wales colours.

A brace from Burnley striker Sam Vokes either side of a stylish finish from Hull City’s on-loan Liverpool youngster Harry Wilson piled further misery on China and Bale slotted home to make it 6-0 – claiming the matchball and usurping Rush at the top of his country’s all-time standings.

back, as they seek to avoid another recurrence of the injury.

He is in the final stages of his rehabilitation ahead of a potential April return, but any setbacks might prove costly for him as Low says he needs to be playing if he is to be involved in the World Cup. “If a player plays no role in the preparation, it is difficult to nominate him,” Low told reporters on Thursday ahead of Friday’s friendly

with Spain.

“When Manuel came to us on Tuesday, together with Andy Kopke [coach] and Dr. [HansWilhelm] Muller-Wohlfahrt [we] had a long conversation with him.

Manuel is absolutely on schedule.

It is planned that he will still play at Bayern this season.

“The doctor has assured me that the condition of his scar and the growing together of the bones are

absolutely fine and look very good.

“However, at the current stage he is not allowed to [train] at maximum, he is currently training at 90 per cent and wants to increase to 100 per cent this week so that he is fully resilient.

“Then he can still get the necessary security in the training sessions. I assume and am very optimistic that Manuel will be present at the World Cup.” Even if Neuer does suffer a setback and has to miss the tournament, Germany will be in good hands between the posts, as Barcelona’s Marc Andre ter Stegen will be waiting to take his place.

And Low was full of praise for Ter Stegen, who he believes has

Reading sacks Jaap Stam

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eading one of the European second-tier football club yesterday sack their coach, Jaap Stam.

Reading parted way with her coach according to a statement issue on the club’s website because of Jaap Stam’s poor performance in the club.

Last Wednesday, Jaap Stam disappointed the club with a result that left the club languishing in 20th place in the 24-team Championship, three points above the relegation zone.

Jaap who was the former Manchester United and Netherlands defender took charge of Reading last season, leading the team to a third-placed finish, but missed out on promotion to the Premier League after losing to Huddersfield Town

in the playoff final.

Stam’s fate was sealed after a dismal run of one win in his last 18 league games, culminating in a 3-2 defeat at Norwich City on Saturday. Their next game is not until March 30 at home to Queens Park Rangers.

The statement also addted that majority of the shareholders Yongge Dai and Xiu Li Dai had deemed the change necessary after “careful consideration”.

“We would like to thank Jaap for his hard work and commitment to the club, in particular noting what he achieved in a memorable first season in club management, and we wish him the very best of luck,” the club said in a statement.

Jaap Stam.

matured in LaLiga.

“He has developed very, very well,” Low added. “His first games in the national team were a bit mixed. But in the last few years he was very, very good. He played a major role in the Confederations Cup. “He has grown up in Barcelona, he plays well. As a goalkeeper he is very, very calm, relaxed and focused.

“You can feel his charisma. He has gone through a maturing process at Barcelona. He has become a personality who has a very good standing with us in the team.

“One senses with him that he puts a very strong emphasis on the performance and that also shows continuously.”

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Group wants FG to grant operational license to indigenous firm in Niger Delta

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Ambode in Japan, seeks investors in transport, urban Development Benjamin Omoike

The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, (middle) and the Chairman of the Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN (1st right), during the signing of agreement in Abuja on the E-learning Project between the Commission and Digital Learning Network, Microsoft and Deloitte for primary and secondary schools in the Niger Delta Region. First left is Mr. Thomas Larmena, the President/CEO of Digital Learning Network, USA, while second right is the NDDC Director Legal Services, Mr Kaltungo Moljengo.

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More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.

Yesterday, the Foundation announced the African entrepreneurs with the most innovative, high-potential business ideas.

The 2018 cohort includes an additional 250 entrepreneurs to the standard selection of 1,000 - thanks to: a $1,000,000 partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to support 200 entrepreneurs in conflict and fragile zones of Nigeria (the North East where the Boko Haram scourge

is felt and the Niger Delta region which suffers environmental degradation from oil spillage) a $200,000 agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support 40 pan-African entrepreneurs; and a $50,000 partnership with Indorama to support 10 Nigerians.

“The number and quality of applicants, 151,000 in total, was outstanding – it illustrates the strength and depth of entrepreneurial promise and commitment on our continent.

“Selection is never easy, and we profoundly regret that we cannot help all.

Our partnerships with the Red Cross, UNDP and Indorama, alongside ongoing discussions with other in-

ternational organizations, reflect the growing global recognition of what we have known all along - that entrepreneurship is the most effective path to sustainable development on our continent and our Programme is the model to follow.”

There was a near 50-50 split between male and female applications, reflecting the entrepreneurial ambition of Africa’s Agriculture was the leading sector among selected entrepreneurs at 30.5%, followed by technology (10.5% and education&training (9%).

TEF CEO, Parminder Vir OBE, said: “Over the next nine months, the entrepreneurs will receive online

training and mentoring, and will use the skills acquired to develop business plans prior to receiving $5,000* in seed capital.

“This will bring TEF’s total programme investment so far to $15m in direct funding to entrepreneurs and $5.8m in programme & technology development and operations.

“Our beneficiaries have created more than 55,000 jobs and counting, and will convene from across all of Africa’s 54 countries to Lagos this October for the TEF Forum – the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs in the world”.

For a list of the selected 2018 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs and information on our applicants.

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday held a meeting with the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship committee in Tokyo, an influential group in the Japanese parliament.

Governor Ambode said the meeting, which was attended by members of Japan House of Representatives - Hon. Ichiro Aisawa and Hon. Asahiko Mihara - was in furtherance of his quest to woo Japanese investors, especially with regards to finding a comprehensive solution to the challenge of transportation in the state.

He said his presence in Japan was pursuant to his determination to achieve infrastructural renewal for Lagos state.

“As a government, the renewal of infrastructure of Lagos state is of paramount interest to us. We cannot afford to miss the train of regeneration going around the world. We must continue to seek comprehensive and holistic solution to the various challenges confronting us.

“Lagos and Tokyo share many similarities including huge populations which require a comprehensive transportation and urban management strategy to deal with. Japan is also a city Lagos should aspire to be in terms of vertical development, land space optimisation, and efficiency,” the governor said.

The meeting was also attended by the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke and the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Mallam Mohammed Gana Yisa.

During the week, the governor also visited the headquarters of Yurikamome Incorporated, a light rail transportation facility which connects the down town Tokyo with Tokyo Waterfront City.

The light rail has and is patronised by all those who live, work and visit the facility since it opened in November 1995. It operates in just 14.5km and has 16 stations.

The light rail carries more than 45 million people yearly. It was further gathered that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government built the infrastructure, while Yurikamome Incorporated provided other necessary equipment.

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Amaechi pledges capacity support for tunneling development in Nigeria

Nigeria is ripe for embracing the technology of tunnelling and underground space utilization, the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi said yesterday.

In fact, he also expressed his support for the inclusion of tunneling engineering in the academic curriculum of the Nigerian Institute for Transport Technology, Zaria.

The minister’s endorsement was conveyed by the director of road and mass transport, Dr. Anthonia Ekpa at the closing of the three-day the 2nd Annual International Conference on Tunnelling and Underground Space, or-

ganized by the Tunnelling Association of Nigeria, TAN, in Abuja.

He expressed the readiness of the ministry to partner with the organization in realizing its objectives.

“In order for the country to engage with the tunneling technology, the Ministry of Transportation will encourage the nation’s foremost transport institution, the Nigerian Institute for Transport Technology to consider researching into tunneling with a view to making this engineering option of the subjects in its curriculum.

“Similarly, I charge TAN along with the international

body (ITA) to promote capacity building programmes in tunnel engineering and use of underground space for railways and other forms of transportation in line with international best practices since this is a new mode of transportation, there is need to deploy appropriate communication channels to enlighten Nigerians and gain support for tunneling”, he explained.

President of TAN, Mr. Abidemi Agwor said Nigeria stands to experience a faster development of its urban infrastructure if tunneling with underground space is adopted as a national policy.

At the conference themed: Exploring the socioeconomic benefits of developing tunneling and underground space infrastructure in Nigeria; Agwor disclosed that the organization has made laudable feats by its adoption as the 74th Member Nation of the International Tunnelling Association after its maiden conference in 2017.

Agwor noted that use of tunnels would assist Nigeria, especially densely populated cities like Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano in addressing transport, water, sewage, telecommunication, power and other socioeconomic sectors of the nation. “The Tunnel-

ling Association of Nigeria, through its three pillars of awareness creation, education and capacity development seeks to engage the government, private sector and the academia through conferences, symposia, workshops and other means”, Agwor said.

He urged support of stakeholders for the adoption of tunneling as a major development policy towards Nigeria’s infusion of the new engineering concept into its development.

Agwor said tunneling is not just an engineering but an all-inclusive discipline requiring the input of almost every sector involved in urban devel-

opment; especially law, engineering, urban and regional planning and many more.

He called on interested members and stakeholders to enlist to become parts of the tunneling initiative as members.

Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Chairman, Senate Committee on Road Transport, applauded the organizers of the summit, describing the gathering as timely in view of projections that Nigeria may become third most populous nation by 2050.

Ashafa, who was represented by his aide, Mr. Temitope Atiba, promised legislative support to remove hurdles and create enabling environment for the ease of operations in the tunneling sector

States must develop their transport system - FG Idu Jude

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The Federal Government has emphasised on the urgent need for states government across the country to complement its revolution in the transport sector of the economy by developing their transportation system so as to transform the nation’s economy with modernised system and make it an accident free.

Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi said that the ministry expects the states to key into the existing programmes and projects especially as they relate to the implementation of the international treaties and protocols on transportation system to achieve an accelerated development.

Amaechi made the call on Thursday while addressing the maiden meeting of Nigerian Commissioners of Transportation in Abuja.

The Minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Saliu Zakari, said that they were working on formulating a policy based on the earlier stakeholders conference held in Sokoto state last year. He added that it was doing everything possible to collate contributions from critical stakeholders in policy formulation to build a unified transportation policy in the country.

He said that government before now has placed transportation on concurrent list of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 1999, “which translates that states must take steps to develop their transportation system in line with the best practices.

“With this I can tell you that the seamless transportation system is long overdue. We can say that the formation of this forum at this particular time is long laudable and commendable because it will help to achieve consensus in key areas of the development of the road transport subsector which the nation has locked hitherto.”

From left: Representative of the Minister of Transport, Dr. Anthonia Ekah; Director, Development Control, Federal Ministry of Housing, Mr. Olasunkanmi Dumoye; Director Strategy and Director Tunneling, Stone Consult Group respectively, Mr. Ole Pederson and Mr. Soren Nortoft at the 2nd Annual International Tunneling and Underground Space Conference in Abuja…yesterday

No plan to sell Edo Broadcasting Service, Observer to individual – Obaseki’s Aide There is no plan to sell the state-owned radio and television station, Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) and the Nigerian Observer Newspaper to an individual.

The falsehood being peddled by the Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a figment of their imagination.

Understandably, the depleted Edo PDP is idle and has all the time in the world to imagine the unimaginable. There is no

plan, whether now or in the future to sell government enterprises to any individual.

Recall that Governor Obaseki paid unscheduled visits to the two media houses last year and was appalled by what he saw at the media houses; outdated equipment and a disenchanted workforce.

The stories of the visits were widely reported in the media and the governor has vowed to reposition the media houses for

optimal performance and to play a major role in the educational sector.

For emphasis, the Edo State government led by Godwin Obaseki, is too sophisticated to indulge in acts that the Edo PDP members either went to jail for or are still visiting the offices of the anti-economic and financial crimes agencies, for!

He will not sell assets owned by the good and loving people of Edo State to any individual.

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L-R: Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Guest Lecturer, Professor Kingsley Moghalu; Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye; Chairman, Board of Directors, Fidelity Bank Plc, Ernest Ebi; Managing Partner, Purple Capital Partners Limited, Obinna Onunkwo; Director General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), Professor Akpan Hogan Bassey; President, Bank Customers Association of Nigeria (BCAN), Dr. Uju Ogubunka; at the Bullion Lecture 2018 themed: “The Wealth of Nations and the Imperative of Economic Transformation”, organised by the Centre

Group wants FG to grant operational license to indigenous firm in Niger Delta

Tom Okpe, Abuja

The federal government has been urged to grant operational licenses to indigenous firm considered to be capable of executing good project, especially in the region.

A group under the aegis of Niger Delta Coalition Project made the call in an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.

The letter signed by its coordinator, Ambassador Young Piero revealed that indigenous firms were more friendly to host communities than foreign firms pointing that the supreme council of traditional rulers of Ogoni and Ogoni youths took a wise decision by endorsing Robo Michael Nigeria Limited, a firm they considered reliable, capable to create jobs, provide employment and execute development projects in Ogoni land.

The group said, “We urge the federal government to encourage indigenous firms by issuing them operatorship licenses of oilfields as this will build confidence and boost economic activities in the Niger Delta region.

“We have confidence in Robo Michael Nigeria limited, being an indigenous firm owned by a Niger Deltan will employ Ogonis, award contracts and developmental projects to indigenes of Ogoni land.

“We appeal to the federal government to respect and implement the collective decision of Ogoni people which is the endorsement of Robo Michael Nigeria Limited as their preferred indigenous firm to operate OML11, in Ogoni land”.

FG’s national housing programme, other infrastructure projects stimulating economic growth - Fashola The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Thursday undertook an inspection tour of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) National Housing Programme site declaring that the Buhari administration’s infrastructure renewal policy was achieving the envisaged purpose of boosting socio-economic development for which it was formulated.

Fielding questions from newsmen after the inspection, Fashola said the proof of the impact of the policy on the populace was no longer a matter of conjecture but could be seen and experienced by the people working at the various project sites, be they Power, Works (Roads) or Housing, across the country as well as those selling food, clothing, household items and other human needs in the markets, who were also experiencing the boost in trade and commerce.

The Minister, who cited as example some workers he interacted with during the course of the inspection, declared that the actual beneficiaries of the much touted huge budgets allocated to the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, were the workers carrying out various tasks at the project sites, suppliers of construction materials, food vendors and others, who, according to him, would then take the money to the markets where the traders would also take their shares.

He declared, “It is no longer what I say that matters; the truth is that the Buhari administration’s infrastructure renewal policy is really getting to where it should be getting; in the hands of the real workers; Fidelis

and Ibrahim (the workers he interacted with at the site) the two carpenters I have talked to, represent those people, the foreman that I also spoke to, the 30 labourers who are mixing concrete, ordinary people who may never get to see the President but who the President is impacting by his policies and programmes. That really is the story”.

“Again, let me repeat; when you hear that the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has the largest budget, this is what happens to the budget. We are just a conduit for moving it on to the people of Nigeria through contracts that are awarded, works that are done, payment that are made, concrete that is mixed, woodwork that is done by carpenters, iron rods that are bound together by labourers; so that is what happens to that budget. This is the destination of the budget”, he said.

Fashola further explained that from the workers, the money would get to the markets where they would go to buy food, household and other needs thereby passing the money to market traders and business men who would also use the money to meet their diverse needs both at home and in their other commitments. “That is the economy”, he said.

On how the programme could be sustained in order to ensure continuous jobs and employment for artisans and other skilled and unskilled workers as well as business men, the Minister said, “There is no going back on this. This is proof of concept. You would have seen in Oyo, Osun and Kwara last week where all our Direc-

tors went, the same thing is happening. We also have this thing going on in Kano and Kaduna where I was last week. In the last year, we stopped at sites in Gombe, Taraba and this is all over the country. But we need to prove that this concept works”.

“When we finish, what we want to establish now is to ensure that people accept this 24 apartment design in this part of the country and that they can pay for it. Then you will see more of this. You will, probably see ten, twenty going on at the same time. So that is when the Housing Economy really takes full bloom”, he said.

Fashola advised business men and women to be ready to supply the market with household accessories such as curtains, carpets, bedding and household furniture pointing out that when people buy houses they would need those items to equip the houses. “The tailors and foam makers must get ready as well because the new house owners will need bed sheets and mattresses”, the Minister said.

Reiterating that the programme is currently on-going in 33 states of the country, Fashola declared, “So this is the full ecosystem of the national economy that we are beginning to get back to”. He urged journalists to propagate the news of the Housing programme to Nigerians, who, according to him, are the ultimate beneficiaries adding that they should report what they have observed.

Interacting with the project supervisor earlier, the Minister was told that there are 30 labourers currently working at the site, made up of carri-

ers and masons; there are also 10 carpenters and 10 iron benders as well as five plumbers and six electricians, he said adding that many other people come daily at the site to do businesses like supply of food and other needs of the workers.

One of the workers at the site, Ibrahim Haruna, told the Minister during an interaction with them that he joined the site last month because he wanted to gain more experience and also because the pay for the work was good. Ibrahim, who said he joined the company from doing carpentry work on his own, added; “Now I have more experience on the work and the pay is very good and very attractive”.

Another Contractor, who also interacted with the Minister at the site, told him that he has about 95 workers doing different jobs at the site adding that with government paying them regularly, they have no challenges hindering their work.

Located at Dukpai area of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, the National Housing Project, which covers an area of about four hectares, consists of two components one of which is made up of buildings of 3 condominiums of three floors each with each condominium having four one-bedroom flats, 16 2-bedroom flats and four 3-bedroom flats totaling 24 flats and 72 flats for the three condominiums. The second component, according to a project brief signed by the Project Team Leader, Arch.

Fashoranti Toyin, consists of infrastructure such as roads, electricity and motorized borehole.

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Naira strenthens at NAFEX, steadies at ither forex segments The Naira, at the close of Thursday trading activities strenthened against the US Dollar to close at an appreciable rate of N360.12, compared to N360.29 exchanged on Wednesday at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange ( NAFEX ) window.

The local currency, had began yesterday trading high at N360.01 per dollar, against N360.45 before trading high at N361, however, ended stronger at N360.12 as against N36.29 recorded the previous day.

The naira at NAFEX, otherwise known as Investors and Exporters ( I&E ) FX window declared a depreciated total of $155.96, which was weaker than $348.64 million was transacted on Wednesday.

The Nigerian currency, also, stood steadied against the major foreign currencies at the official Spot market and other segment of the foreign exchange market.

In fact, the Naira, for the third consequtive day, sustained gains at N305.70 per dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spot market, better than N305.75 sold on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Debt Management Office ( DMO ) raised N64.06 billion naira ($210 million) at Wednesday’s auction of government bonds , less than it originally planned but at lower yields, traders said.

The government has been working to cut its borrowing costs, particularly as inflation slows. It sold Eurobonds last month to help repay some treasury bills rather than rolling them over as it has done in the past.

The nation’a debt manager initially aimed to raise 70 billion naira. However, it sold 10.05 billion naira in five-year bonds at 13.40 percent and 45.10 billion naira in 10-year debt at 13.60 percent. It introduced a new seven-year paper at 13.53 to raise 8.91 billion naira.

It drew subscriptions of 142.81 billion naira, more than half skewed towards the 10-year bond.

Investors bid as high as 14 percent for the bonds at the auction.

L-R: Vice Chancellor, Redeemer’s University, Prof. Z Debo Adeyewa, Unity Bank’s Regional Manager for South-West, Mrs. Adenike Abimbola, Dean College of Humanities, Redeemer’s University, Prof. (Mrs.) Adeola. O. Adebileje and Unity Bank’s Branch Manager of Ede, Jelili O. Ayuba during the Public Lecture on ‘Issues of Human Rights in Nigeria’s Development’ held recently at the Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State.

Financial Literacy: Wema Bank promotes saving culture amongs young Nigerians As part of its effort to build a healthy savings culture amongst young Nigerians, Wema Bank visited several public schools across the country to educate students on the benefits of growing their financial knowledge and nurturing healthy investment habits which will serve them well in the future. 5r, Ademola Adebise and the Executive Director, South Bank, Wole Akinleye.

The initiative was part of the Bank’s activities to celebrate the

2018 Financial Literacy Day which seeks to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Nigerians how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits.

During his visit, the Deputy Managing Director lectured the students on the important of imbibing a healthy savings culture at an early age, which he said makes it easier to achieve set life goals and puts them on the right path to attaining financial freedom. Adebise also advised young people to learn the art of bud-

geting, noting that it helps in distinguishing between wants and needs.

“This way you can set your priorities right, regardless of how little you have” he said.

Most of the students present at the interactive session admitted to having learned some useful saving tips and were keen to test their knowledge once they open a savings account. In a bid to help them kickstart their savings programme, Mr. Adebise agreed to fund the first 50 students who open an instant Wema Bank Savings Ac-

count during the session.

In addition, the Bank’s Executive Director Mr. Akinleye said students should imbibe the culture of going on excursions to financial institutions and engaging in internships during the holidays to further grow their financial knowledge and money management skills.

Wema Bank offers a range of savings products focused on helping customers to reach their financial goals. The bank also has two products tailor-made for young people.

Curve Communications launches FirstInfo Distribution Service for SMEs Curve Communications, a Lagos based public relations agency recently launched an information distribution service called FirstInfo. It is specially designed for small and medium scale enterprises, seeking bespoke and affordable service to improve publicity and deliver on communication needs.

FirstInfo is constantly growing its database of reporters, bloggers, social influencers

and on-air personalities, millions of consumers and access to international media coverage. The service also provides customized and pocket friendly packages which are suited for different business types.

Speaking about the new service, Adeola Odunowo, Managing Director of Curve Communications opined that the lack of viable publicity, is one of the major reasons - small businesses fail in Nigeria. He stressed “the way your busi-

ness is perceived by stakeholders is very important, as stories and b can be narrated to attract potential prospects and investment for growth.”

Odunowo said though the social media has helped to simplify message dissemination, it’s been discovered that most businesses, especially SMEs still package and distribute information the wrong way. The lack of a good marketing strategy leads to low results and a downward trend for many

small businesses.

FirstInfo distribution service provides three different packages namely Basic News, Classic Buzz and the Premium Pro. The service offers a free round-the-clock online advisory in addition to stories, pictures, video syndication and brand monitoring across different online and offline channels.

Mrs. Anu Martins, a business owner who resides in Lagos praised the support

for SMEs. In her words “this publicity package will create more awareness, tell our stories and journeys doing business in Nigeria. The biggest challenge for any start-up is driving sales and making your customers know what you do.”

Most small business want to tell the world different tales of success and failure, but above all, the resilience and strategy they used to stay afloat in the market place.

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Delta fish farmers receive N1.2b loan Stories by Simon Ugwu

CBN revises guidelines for agric scheme The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it has revised the guidelines for Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme, CACS, to include Non-Interest Financial Institutions, NIFIs. CBN stated this in a circular dated February 16, posted on its website on Wednesday.

The circular said that the review was part of efforts to deepen access to finance and reduce exclusion rate.

It added that the CBN would look at the possibilities of revising guidelines for other intervention funds to the interest of the public.

“It is expected that the review of the guidelines for other intervention funds will follow in due course.

“Please note that the CBN will continue to review the guidelines for other intervention funds currently managed by the bank to factor

the needs of the non-interest banking public.”

Reports say that the scheme is aimed at fast tracking the development of the agricultural sector by providing credit facilities to large scale enterprises with a minimum asset size of N50 million at a single digit interest rate of 9 per cent. The scheme is also targeted at enhancing national food security by increasing food supply in the country.

Oxfam highlights roles of Right to Food campaign An international non-governmental organisation, Oxfam has highlighted the critical role of Right to Food campaign and access of land in solving inequality in Nigeria.

The organisation, which launched and implemented its strategic partnership programme in 25 countries in 2015, has three basic theories for change: Right to food, conflict and fragility and financing for development.

Coordinator, Private and Public sector

A fish farm

Transparency and Accountability for Oxfam, Celestine Odo, who expressed worries over the widening gap between the poor and the rich, stressed that poverty and inequality in Nigeria can be connected to the pressure on limited resources.

He spoke in Lagos shortly after a two-day workshop, held in collaboration with BudgIT Information Technology Network Lagos, According to him, misallocation and misap-

propriation of limited resources has made the problem bigger, hence the need for such strategic campaigns like Right to Food and Financing for Development, which is aimed at bridging the inequality gap.

Odo therefore called for concerted efforts to tackle the clashes between farmers and herders and review of the land use act to allow for easier access to land in order to guarantee food security, since majority of the Nigeria population are farmers. He noted that the programme has led to a change to budget process in Nigeria.

Speaking on the Right To Food (R2F) Bill, a representative of Farm and Infrastructure Foundation (FIF) Mrs. Abiola Bayode said: “It is a human right bill, which protects people from hunger.”

She further said: “The challenge is that the government sees food as a need and not a human right. We want to see that the right to food is explicitly stated in chapter four of the Nigerian constitution; this will make the government more accountable on food security in Nigeria.

“It is therefore not about distributing food free of charge to all Nigerians, but a necessity to protect the vulnerable people by creating an enabling environment.”

Oxfam local partners in the programme, include; ActionAid Abuja, Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDBUMOG), BudgIT Information Technology Network Lagos, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), KEBETKACHE Women Development and Resources Centre, HEDA Lagos, Farm and Infrastructure Foundation (FIF) and Nigeria Association of Nigeria Traders (NANTS).

Fish farmers in Delta State have received N1.2 billion loan under the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Anchor Borrowers Programme, ABP. The Loan Officer, Bank of Agriculture, BOA, Asaba, Ambrose Nwabuzor, disclosed this in Asaba on Sunday.

Mr. Nwabuzor said that the BOA secured the release of N1.2 billion to the fish farmers under the private window of the ABP. He said that the beneficiaries provided enough securities to guarantee the drawdown of the loan from the CBN. “Under the private window, we have secured the release of N1.2 billion to eight anchors that came together to form a fish farm.

“Each of the anchors gave us an irrevocable post-dated cheque (security) and they profiled their farmers,” he said.

He also said that the BOA was working to secure the release of another tranche of loan for the anchor off-taker in fisheries.

The BOA loan officer said that the off-taker had also provided security for the loans and profiled his farmers under the scheme.

According to him, the programme is compact in nature and should bring all the major stakeholders together in form of a chain.

“An anchor off-taker is the most important person in this chain for without him the programme cannot succeed.

“He must have the financial strength to pay input suppliers, profile and pay his farmers, mop all the farm produce, store, process, preserve and market them at convenient.

“Here in Delta the ABP has both the private and the state windows,” he said.

Mr. Nwabuzor said that the Delta Government keyed into the state window to produce oil palm, rice cassava and fish.

He said that because the oil palm had long maturity period it was not part of the programme. “So, we have only three items in the programme, but unfortunately the state has not been able to secure an anchor off-taker for cassava and rice. “So, no money has been released to BOA for payment of input suppliers and farmers in the state,” Mr. Nwabuzor said.

He, however, advised the state government to assume the position of an anchor off-taker under the scheme by providing BOA with an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order.

He said that the document that would ensure that the loans were recovered from the farmers.

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Oil sector: FG should not sack workers - NUPENG Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has hinted the Federal Government of its planned protest and shutdown of the oil sector if the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) sacks its members.

NUPENG gave the hint recently via a statement, urging the government to act within a 14-day ultimatum to settle the N650 billion debts allegedly owed its members.

Prior to the reaction from NUPENG, DAPPMAN issued a statement through its Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole, warning that if the government failed to meet the deadline, it would direct its members to shut all the depots the NNPC uses to store imported products as well as disengage over 10,000 workers.

However, NUPENG President, Igwe Achese, who addressed newsmen after a NUPENG Elders Stakeholders Meeting in Lagos, said the union would protect its members from the threats.

Achese noted that there was an urgent need to call for dialogue with the marketers, adding that if the issues were not promptly addressed, NUPENG would be at the receiving end.

“The problem will not only affect workers but also tanker drivers. Hence, if it happens, we will react to protect our members. If workers are sacked, the union will react accordingly,” he said.

The NUPENG chief advised the government to ‘wake up’ to the reality that NNPC alone could not sustain petroleum supply in the country.

“We have always said it that, for fuel crisis to end, our refineries must come back on stream.

If we are importing, that should only be a stop-gap,” he said.

The union, he said, would give the Federal Government maximum support to ensure that all the refineries got back to their full working capacity, but that the government must ignore those that were calling for privatisation of the refineries. Instead, it should look for a way to upgrade the facilities.

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ALTON chairman debunk members’ claim on sanction by NCC Chairman, Association of Telecommunications of Nigeria (ALTON), Mr. Gbenga Adebayo has debunked the rumour that some of its members have been sanctioned by Nigerian Commission Communications (NCC) over call masking.

Adebayo, who rose to the defence of the association members, stated that they were all responsible corporate citizens who

operate according to the laws.

“We are delighted that in the report issued by NCC, there is no current registered member of our association that was involved.

“And what it also goes to show is that our members are responsible corporate people who operate according to the laws.“They work according to the terms of their licenses, so the assurance we will continue to give is that, as

a responsible association we will continue to comply with the rules of operations,’’ he said.

Adebayo said ALTON members would not risk their investments in the country by carrying out illegal activities that the laws guiding their operations frown at.

He further assured subscribers that operators would continue to provide best services.

“As an industry that provides

infrastructure for many other sub-sector of the economy, we will continue to do our best to contribute to the national economic development NCC recently imposed a range of sanctions on operators implicated in call masking and barred over 750,000 numbers assigned to several Private Network Links (PNL) and Local Exchange Operator (LEO) licensees.

Workers on strike, demanding for their salaries

States assembly on track with LG autonomy - NULGE The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has reacted to claims that the local government autonomy has been rejected by state houses of assembly in the on-going constitutional amendment process, intimating that such information is false.

President of NULGE, Ibrahim Khaleel, revealed that the bill was still under consideration by 26 houses of assembly across the country, as only 10 had so far considered the bill and passed it to the Chairman of Conference of Speakers of state Houses of Assembly for transmission to the

National Assembly.

Khaleel stated that the National Assembly had sent 15 different bills to the states houses, of which Local Government Autonomy Bill was one of them.

“Among the 36 states, however, only 10 states have considered the Bill on Local Government Autonomy and forwarded it to the Chairman of Conference of Speakers, which was part of what was transmitted to the National Assembly.

“Among the 10 states that have considered it, eight states: Kwara, Benue, Niger, Plateau, Bauchi, Cross River, Bayelsa and Ogun states voted for local government

autonomy while only two states: Edo and Imo, rejected it by voting against it.”

Khaleel further commented that Rivers and Lagos states have not attempted to work on the Bill, but noted that the remaining 24, who joined the other 10 states to transmit it to the National Assembly, said they stepped the bill down for further consultation.

“So, 24 states houses of assembly are still working on it, many of them are already holding a public hearing on it.

That is what is going on. For example, Sokoto State just conducted a public hearing on the bill. Gombe has just called for a

memorandum from its citizens on Local Government Autonomy Bill. Others also differ it to hold a public hearing and for further discussions before they vote and forward it to Chairman, Conference of Speakers.

“It is just that only eight so far have voted for it among 10 states who have fully considered it. It is possible that we will still get 16 states, out of the remaining states that have not voted on Local Government Autonomy Bill.

We can see that it has not been rejected. So, we can’t say local government autonomy has been rejected. It is still work in progress,” he said.

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Death of cinema gradually becoming thing of the past –Saka After his fame went viral following his humorous advert campaigns with largest popularly called Saka, has become a household name in the country. From his distinct roles in movies, drama series and sitcoms, to his humorous advert campaigns for telecommunications companies, Saka is fast proving himself as

Can you introduce yourself?

Tell us about the production of the movie titled MAZE?

Talking about that stage name “Saka,” how did you come about it?

country?

How do you handle that situation when you are trying to make a point and people think you are joking?

As a popular actor in the Nollywood, how are you using the entertainment industry?

Did you ever believe you will be this famous in life?

Contrary to your perception of yourself, people see you as a super star?

How has Lagos State government been supporting the College in its thrive towards making its impact in the entertainment industry?

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What should we be expecting from Saka in the nearest future?

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Classical society weddings One will but agree that a lot of weddings took place last marriages have taken place. But one will also concur with the fact that there are weddings and there are weddings.

While the ceremonies have the same meaning in times of words and spellings but there is a gulf gap on how and who and who that seven letters words attracted to the back the clock to the present and rolls out the names of our favourite celebrities who walked down the aisle with their heartthrobs last year and this year.

Idris Abiola Abimbola and Fatima Ganduje The wedding says it all or what do you say of a wedding that has President Buhari in attendance? That is the -

2018.

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the who is who in Nigeria for the still talk of town wedding.

Ayomide Amosun and Dipo Dabiri dent Buhari led strong personalities to Abeokuta to attend Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.

2017 has all classy of how a wedding society and could be.

Stephanie Coker and Olumide Aderinokun The media personality got us all in a lovely-dovey mood -

stating the obvious.

Agbani Darego and Ishaya Danjuma -

need rolling out the names of celebrities who graced the wedding as the list is endless. and so many other dignitaries.

Yomi Casual and Grace Onuoha

Director: Foluke Daramola Salako Year of release: January 2017 Running time: 3hrs.

The movie cobweb is a true life story of a young boy Sam (Uti Nwachukwu) who has the desire to be a musician in future but his father Akiga ( Funsho Adeolu) was not in support of did not want him to end up (uneducated) like him. He never Halima and Hubby

list of celebrities that graced the wedding was nothing but impressive.

Halimat Saraki and Adetiba Olatunde Olukanni

that went with the wedding is still the talk of town as it was well attended by the pals and colleagues of the couple who were happy seeing such important personalities grace the wedding.

Adetiba Olatunde Olukanni took place at the world-class - was a beautiful celebration of culture. Toyosi rocked an ding which was strictly by invitation was graced by the olive green and champagne coloured Aso-Oke by Bisbod Ventures for her traditional engagement and her makeup

by Iamdodos was refreshingly beautiful.

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OAP Dare Best Alabi celebrates birthday in style

Dare Best

Without doubt he is one of the best on ground when the issue is on anchoring a programme either in social circle or on radio and television programmes. Simply put, Dare Best Alabi is a genius.

So it was not a surprise some days ago, precisely on Wednesday, March 13, 2018, when the one popular called White Lion (Kiniun Funfun), Olori oko, Opalatira, added another year to his glorious years with a lot of celebrities on ground to celebrate with him.

Known for his programme on Faaji F/M every Monday night (Oju Abe) and Faaji Plus on Lagos Television every Sunday, Dare Best is known to have discovered many talents in Nigeria movies industry and he can be tagged “ Talent Discovery” as many of actors he discovered are now making waves in Nigeria movie industry.

Writing on his face book wall on the day of his birthday before the main celebration, Dare Best wrote: “There is nothing I can say but just to praise you my God, My All in All, My Father and the reason for my existence in life so

You granted me another grace to witness Birthday”.

Will Femi Otedola follow his father’s path?

Call him a chip of the old block. You might be right to a large extent even though he appears decent when it comes to partisan politics.

But for billionaire Femi Otedola, he seems ready to follow his late dad and former governor of Lagos State, Sir politician. The affable money bag stunned not a few last week when he decided to release a statement throwing his weight behind the reelection of Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, charging him to “please carry go” because he has done overwhelmingly well.

To the unfamiliar that is typical of Otedola. However to those close to the Odorangushin, Epe born oil tycoon, he might just been whetting his rumoured ambition to join those mounting soap box.

The Daily Times learnt that the chairman of Forte Oil might likely be targeting 2023 as a result of the agelong tremendous pressure mounted on him by some the seat of governor while some might be bothered that Otedola is from Lagos East, same as Ambode and the

Oba Ibafo in celebration mood For His Royal Majesty, Oba Kasimawo Kazzem Joseph Alabi Alayande (Magbagbeojo 2) of Ibafo Land, there is a reason for him to be in celebration mood.

Though it will be 2 years later this year since when he was crowned Oba of Ibafo but Kabiyesi could not hold back his joy when The Daily Times paid him a courtesy visit while he was receiving the children and staff of Tenny International Children School Ebute Road, Ibafo Ogun State.

“I can just explain how I felt today. But all I can say is I am happy, why because before I became a king of this town, nothing like a electricity and as you all can see it now we are having electrictime in many years. Also, the issue of security has been taken care of. All these were achieved when I became a we intend to achieve more before we will do our second year anniversary later this year,” the monarch said.

Oba Kasimawo Kazzem

When Niteshift Guv’nor, Ken Caleb Olumese made U- turn

Femi Otedola

idea might be dead on arrival. Sources said as Otedola has always been a voter in the Lagos central. The billionaire has lived in almost all parts of Lagos as he spent his formative years in Surulere, moved to Ikeja GRA and when he joined the billionaire class, the 55-year-old mogul relocated to Ikoyi.

But the question on many peoples lips now

is: would Otedola tow his father steps who against the odd won the election as Lagos State governor in 1993 on the platform of National Republic Convection (NRC) beating the more favoured candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in an election that will go down in Lagos history as most shocking going by the way he was voted into power.

Ken Caleb Olumese

If there is one thing Ken Caleb- etly chewed many of their requests and the man fondly called the godfaNiteshift Coliseum knows how to do ther by many has changed his mind best it is entertainment. Many of his about retirement as he is about to friends and admirers were dissatis- stage a comeback.

However, unlike before when he ran ment from the scene about three the number one celebrity hangout, years. While he was away, many called on him not to abandon the turf The Coliseum, The Daily Times gathered that Olumese is coming back than 30 years. The Ekpoma, Edo now with what has been described as State born entertainment mogul qui- the biggest upscale lounge in Nigeria.

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Cloud9 Records unveils new artiste

Bimbo Adekanmbi soaring higher

man who will be 44 in April 2018 possesses some attributes that are fast making him the darling of ernor, Senator Ajibola Ajimobi. He shares his prin-

experience which he has dedicated as his contribuThe hardworking man has to his name the re-

one of which is the chance to learn from the mistakes of

which he won due to his contribution in building the state.

Teni Zaccheaus hits limestone within the Lagos social establishment who commands the respect of

collaborate with great talents in the future.

artistic expression from our artistes, we will be treating the

come seeing as that allows for some integration between

sectors, Teni Zaccheaus

Patoranking unveils record label, ‘Amari Musiq’

business man, with broad global exposure and has successful business experience at top managecircles.

His Ilupeju Lagos-based ited is a worldclass one stop print shop is also turing and bulk supplies

talents of the label.

Teni

Talented musician and No Kissing crooner, Patorank-

Sharing his excitement on his Instagram page, Pa-

his music label named Amari Musiq which hopes to make lots of impact in the

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large. This announcement is coming right after the announcement of his deal with the global music publishing

be happier to extend the

far! Get

promotional kilometers across the state. The deal estimated - at close to N2 billion has porate success not a few been described as a mawere thrilled when recent- jor milestone and a posicorporate goods.

inked a new deal with the

the state.

addition to expanding his career with the launch of his record label - Amari Musiq.

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more music and new talent.� morrow 16 March, 2018 will

Tanzania.

from the record label.

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Rapper CDQ apologises to BBN ex-housemate, Ifu Ennada

CDQ and Ifu

CDQ has apologised for calling Ifu Ennada a one-night stand, saying

#BBNnaija.

His apology comes after Ifu Ennada recently responded to an attack on her by CDQ, who had called her a “He called me a one night stand.

Adeolu Adefarasin and Beverly Naya

Romantic movie, ‘The Eve’ set to be released this month tions comes a romantic Nollywood ed to hit cinemas across the country

treated to various musical numbers as the movie has been compared

ing up to a supposed “happy cou-

first Nollywood movie of the modern era to tackle homophobia as part of its subplot.

she said In his apology letter, CDQ wrote via ful ladies out there, I understand how hurtful my clap back to Ifu Ennada of Big Brother was. I was just shocked

by the fabricated stories she was telling the world while she was on the Big Brother show.

Mam, God knows we only met once, you did not even know my house neither do u know yours or stand where your drama is coming artiste with any opportunity you have by fabricating lies because you want to get We human too and we got feelings.

Ennada Mabinu, mama saymama.

Simi out with ‘Complete Me’ visual

Disney classics.

cast and is directed by rapper turned

shockingly varying personalities, and are set to get married in a few days. his three childhood friends set out to treat the groom to one blissful getquickly go south and the events and revelations that unfold ultimately raise more questions than answers for the couple.

Beverly Naya, Meg Otanwa, Ronke Oshodi & Hauwa Allahbura. longing, and heartbreak are familiar themes to viewers all around the

Simi

friendship, dating, cheating, celi-

ing woman, has just released the visu-

in a refreshing, comical and thrilling themes & genres through its runtime hours and the audience is set to be

off her sophomore album SIMISOLA. In this music video, she confesses her undying love to her spouse who

completes her in every way.

She never knew she would love him so much that without him by her side life would be meaningless.

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Book review

STELLA: Her Journey & Her Legacy Author: Antoinette-Rita Publisher: Books with a Vision Pages: 176 Reviewer: Yinka S. Kareem

and a compiler of the comments and the tributes of others on toinette-Rita discovers with the keen eyes of a good biographer.

her philanthropic works. her creativity by incorporating poetry into the anthological biogra-

songs at the age of 9. She has received among other international -

stanzanic structure like the odes of Abraham Cowley. With simple -

in 2004. anthological biography (including poetry and photographs) of the -

Federal Republic of Nigeria. Sixteen key personalities and other 32 individuals give anthological accounts and tributes about the defect inherent in anthological biography. is therefore not a commissioned biography or imprimatur of Stella

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ment towards the proclamation of the legacy of a fellow woman is noble. ganises her materials well and also uses them effectively. With

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would have been more convincing if she has included the tributes

by Stella against female genital mutilation. Tributes from disabled

photographs included in the book testify to the external beauty of t the inclusion of photographs with Stella in the midst of disabled children or in the midst of women she uplifted would also have pictorially shown her inner beauty and her caring for others.

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the testimonies of those who did not have any intimate relation-

Director: Foluke Daramola Salako Year of release: January 2017 Running time: 3hrs.

The movie cobweb is a true life story of a young boy Sam (Uti Nwachukwu) who has the desire to be a musician in future but his father Akiga ( Funsho Adeolu) was not in support of did not want him to end up (uneducated) like him. He never

those who were close to Stella during her lifetime. The inclusion of the testimonies of the group of 32 in the anthological biography of Stella also shows that Antoinette-Rita has not presented a whitewash biography. nette-Rita is also not a cosmetic or face-saving biography of

to make reference to the lines in the poem. The numbering of the lines would go a long way in enhancing the appreciation of the

of the qualities of a good biographer. According to the account

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Yelling at your teen may be more harmful than you think

For many parent yelling at their adolescent child is a normal event. Although most parent who yell at their teen would not dream of physically harming their teen-shouting or cursing or using insult may be detrimental to the long term wellbeing of the adolescence. Researchers found out that adolescents who had experienced harsh verbal discipline suffered from increased levels of depressive symptoms, and were more likely to demonstrate behavioral problems such as vandalism or antisocial and aggressive behavior.

“Parental warmth”—i.e., the degree of love, emotional support, and affection between parents and adolescents— did not lessen the effects of the verbal discipline. The sense that parents are yelling at the child “out of love,” or “for their does the strength of the parent-child bond .Even lapsing only occasionally into the use of harsh verbal discipline, can still be harmful.

When parents aggressively yell at their teenagers, the teens feel rejected and that their parents dislike them.

When parents act hostilely towards their children, the teens tend to become angrier, more irritable and more belligerent.

Rather than feeling nurtured, the teen frequently becomes suspicious of his or her angry parents and feels the need to defend him- or herself. This often leads to bad behavior. means better communication.

When parents practice healthy self-regulation, it helps kids learn how to selfregulate themselves.

Kids feel safer: The best style of parenting features “a and teens may act like they want control, what really makes

Upping the ante, losing the message: Yelling often fails to get the point across because emotions can overcome the message. They will also likely escalate the situation and

Heard it all before: If parents yell all the time, “kids may feel that if they are wrong all you do is yell at them, it makes them even worse.

Hard on self-esteem: We know that yelling and harsh parenting are associated with lower self-esteem for kids, and can affect their performance in school. Kids who are the object of verbal aggression are at risk for aggressive or disruptive behavior, when parents yell too much the child and can only criticize.

When yelling is the chronic mode of communication, both children and parents are missing out on the chance to form positive, affectionate bonds. And for kids predisposed to anxiety and depression, internalizing these negative interactions may be the tipping point.

Meanwhile, blowouts can leave parents feeling guilty, frustrated and demoralized. Adults who express anger in negative ways increase their chronic stress, which contributes to health problems.

Addressing inappropriate behavior calmly enables about his behavior, and following through with effective consequences.

calmer, you can help your children learn to regulate better.

Below are tips parents can use: Pinpoint the recurring problems that frequently set you and your kids off. If getting out the door for school in the morning is a chronic issue, solutions might include laying out their clothes and showering the night before, or everyone waking up a bit earlier. Try to break it down into steps you can tackle calmly.

All the parents interviewed for this article had one key piece of advice: Take a break and breathe. control so you can step away from the situation.

Actively ignoring problem behaviors is another strategy that helps stop parents from yelling. If you disengage from the situation until you regain your be done when a child is being aggressive or destructive.)

Instead, by responding positively to only desire behavior, want. Plus, by allowing kids to practice “slowing their engines down” on their own, without parental prompts,

Along with ignoring comes learning to loosen up. “If the snack ends

With younger kids, it helps to create a set routine with simple, one-step directions that could include visual aids, not to mention plenty of labeled praise and rewards.

Do what you have to do to make it easier on yourself.

Being aware of the context of the behavior allows for calmer responses. If we recognize when a child is cranky because he missed his snack or is overtired, it can be easier to temper our own frayed feelings.

down and need to call in reinforcements. Blogs, support groups, other parents and clinicians can all help by

since this can help them become more patient. You can become calmer, she says, when you “accept kids as they are, love them as they are, and recognize that half the problem is how you react.”

Trying to do too much causes stress. Parents trying to multi-task increases the risk of kids

Long adds that it also helps to have a safety net of friends and relatives for those extremely

Depending on the age and developmental level of the child, parents may, after things have calmed down, model for their kids how to

And then we have a brief conversation about the situation.”