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15% profit drop looms in banks - Report

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ÏÏÏ As Treasury-bill rates continue to fall, while asset yields are trending south, making it almost impossible to re-price liabilities to match, banks operating in Nigeria have been warned to either find other sources of income or face an average of 15 per cent drop in their Profits Before Tax (PAT) expectation for 2018.

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It is worthy of note that most of the banks operating in the country have had an easy time, earning good income on risk-free government-backed, Naira-denominated securities in the last two years.

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L-R: GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr Kennedy Uzoka; His wife, Lotanna; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu and his wife, Awele, at the 2018 UBA CEO Awards where deserving staff of the bank were honoured at Eko Hotel, Lagos... on Saturday

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Heritage Bank partners CeLD Innovations to launch Cashtoken

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Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service Provider has partnered with CeLD Innovations to launch CashToken, a consumer electronic reward system into the Nigerian economy.

The product was launched at the Hyper Consumer Centricity conference held at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos with top 500 Nigerian CEOs in attendance.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Mr. Jude Monye, Executive Director of Heritage Bank said CeLD is a very innovative organisation that is committed to bringing new innovation to the Nigeria’s economy to enable discerning companies to reward their customers.

“We are at Heritage Bank believe in it, because we believe in trail blazing, which is our forte and our forte is innovation,” Monye said.

The CashToken is an electronic reward and celebratory gift commodity, which costs only N30.00 and it, is aimed at making every patronage or celebratory gift a life-changing cash op-

portunity.

The chairman of the occasion, Mr. Leo Stanley Ekeh, said innovation in the third world comes with pain before pleasure, adding that “we are in an innovation century that the poorest man in the world will become the richest because of the power of digitization.”

Founder & CEO of CeLD Innovations, Mr Lai Labode, said the company is the world’s first cash reward as a service company which has established a robust technology and business model that herald a new era of hyper consumer centricity.

He said they are pioneering a performance based system designed to optimise consumer loyalty investments for businesses, celebratory gift value optimization and public emotional equity for government.

Labode said about N20billion would be offered in the next three years of full operation of the fund; which is managed by Vetiva Capital Management, Nigerian Stockbrokers Limited and First Ally Capital.

The platform runs on a ground breaking prod-

uct called, the Cash Token which connects every patronage or reward in the nation’s economy to an opportunity for life-changing cash rewards every Friday night at the National CashToken draws monitored by Alexander Forbes and audited by Deloitte.

Each cash token offers a cash win opportunity of up to N100 million and guaranteed cash contribution for general and health insurance for the beneficiaries.

The objective of the company is to revolutionise the customer reward space by delivering the most consequential customer loyalty and celebration product.

Also speaking, Mr. Wale Olokodana, Enterprise Commercial Lead, Microsoft Nigeria appreciated Leo Stanley Ekeh for helping to introduce Microsoft to the Nigerian economy, adding that this cash innovation will help to social problems in the insurance and health sectors.

He listed the barriers to innovation as power, skills as well as compliant and regulatory challenges; remarking that in order to overcome the challenges of power, cloud computing was introduced.

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L-R: Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof. Bolaji Owasamoye; Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement, Mamman Ahmadu; Chairman, PACAC, Prof. Itsa Sagay; and Members Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof. Femi Odekunle, during the PACAC visit to BPP in Abuja.... on Friday. Photo Temitope Balogun

Miracle Ikechukwu(left)and Cynthia Nwadiora(right) after Miracle emrged winner of the second edition of reality TV showBig Brother Naija...on Sunday night.

Miracle emerges Big Brother winner, gets N45m prize Mutiat Alli

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Twenty-four years old Miracle Ikechukwu on Sunday night emerged as the winner of the third edition of the Big Brother Naija show, clinching the N25million cash, an SUV, paid vacation, an electronic system totaling N45million.

The Daily Times recalls that the competition, tagged Double Wahala, started off with about 20 housemates.

The event, which opened with an outstanding performance by popular artiste, Davido at the live show in South Africa while the Lagos viewing center enjoyed electrifying performance

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Present at the live show in Lagos includes ex housemates Khloe, Deeone, Lolu, Anto, Kbrule, Princess, Bitto, Bambam, Teddy A, Gifty, Marvis amongst others As part of the first twist, Nina became the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother Naija house.

Legbegbe crooner, Mr Real, brought the roof down with his national anthem theme song. Evicted Nina disclosed that her relationship with fellow housemate, Miracle, is not ending anytime soon Guinness Record holder, Kaffy and her Imagineto dance group tore up the dance floor with exceptional performances to the

delight of the crowd Alex became the second housemate to be evicted leaving it to the trio of Tobi, Miracle and Cee-C for the final showdown As the tension increased, Tobi Bakre, became the third housemate to be evicted and this was greeted with much disappointment from the Lagos viewing centre.

Miracle also emerged winner of the Payporte Friday Arena show, walking home with N1million cash prize.

According to the organizers, the final week of the show recorded a total of 30million votes while the entire season recorded a total of 170million votes.

INEC registers 125,481 more eligible voters in Edo Mutiat Alli

ÏÏÏ The Independent National Electoral Commission said it had registered 125,481 more eligible voters at the end of the third quarter of the 2017 and first quarter of 2018 Continuous Voter Registrationin Edo. Obo Effanga, the outgoing Edo Resident Electoral Commissioner, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of

Nigeria in Benin on Sunday.

Effanga explained that the commission registered 40,785 eligible voters in the first and second quarters of 2017, 30,655 and 9,853 voters in the third quarter.

He said the commission also registered 44, 188 eligible voters in the first quarter of 2018, which ended in March.

Effanga further disclosed that Ikpoba-Okha Local government Area had the high-

est performance with 23,611 new registered voters.

He said Egor had 18, 246, Oredo had 17,605, while Etsako West council area Local had 14,065 among others.

The commissioner also told NAN that about 450,000 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs were yet to be collected in Edo. He called on eligible voters to take advantage of the ongoing voters’ registration to collect their PVCs.

Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (right) and Professor of Urban Studies and Chair of the event, Prof. Ricky Burdett(left) during the Public Lecture delivered by the Hon. Minister on the theme, “ Transforming Nigeria’s Urban Agenda” hosted by the London School of Economic’s Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa and LSE Cities at the Hong Kong Theatre, LSE , London.

Representative of Lagos State Governor and Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule (sixth left); wife of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat (fifth left); Human Right Activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin (fourth left); Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde (third left); Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mrs. Aramide Giwanson (second left); Barr. Femi Falana (6th right); Convener, Center for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran (fifth right); former Chairman, Amuwo Odofin LG, Mr. Adewale Ayodele (fourth right) and others during the unveiling of Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s new statue in commemoration of his 80th Posthumous Birthday at the Ojota Park, Lagos... on Sunday

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Newbreed v. Old Brigade: Who faces Buhari in 2019 Continued from page 1 ago at the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

His declaration has indeed set a pace and direction for other parties, most especially the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The party ostensibly lost power in 2015 partly because Nigerians were tired of its mismanaging the nation’s economy and largely to the emergence of Buhari who was massively voted for with the hope of revamping the nation that was then on the brink as a

result of what Nigerians condemned as PDP maladministration.

Barely three years into the Buhari administration, the APC government is under serious criticism for failing to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people, coupled with the frightening spate of insecurity, economic hardship and alleged nepotism.

This has thrown the 2019 race open to political parties to try to ride on the back of these identified issues by fielding a presidential candidate who will be acceptable to Nigerians as President Buhari is the man to beat.

The dilemma of the PDP

is how to latch unto this opportunity by shopping for and fielding a presidential candidate that can bring the party back to power and reclaim Aso Rock.

Before now, many Nigerians have been rooting for a generational shift in the nation’s leadership, calling for younger leaders with fresh ideas capable of transforming the country.

Former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, whose opinions are respected across the land, have at different occasions advised President Buhari not to seek re-election but pave way for a ‘digitalised’ president come 2019.

The question on the lips of every member of the PDP and keen watchers of Nigeria body polity is ‘who will the party present to confront Buhari, a newbreed or an old brigade?

A chieftain and member of the party’s national executive told The Daily Times that only young PDP presidential candidate will reclaim Aso Rock.

To him, the party should not deviate from the yearnings of majority of Nigerians for a youthful president.

The party chieftain, who spoke in confidence, said: “There is no dearth of young, versatile, enterprising, resourceful and educated persons in the PDP that

Tennis Ondo State First Lady, Arabinrin Betty AnyanwuAkeredolu, during her visit to members of Arabinrin Junior Club at Akure Recreation Club, Akure... on Saturday

No provision for mace in 1999 Constitution - Falana Peter Fowoyo, Lagos

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human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that there is no provision for mace in 1999 Constitution, saying that it is not mandatory for either the Senate and the House of Representatives to have a mace before sitting for plenary.

Incidentally, the mace is the symbol of authority of both the Senate and the House.

The mace in the Senate was stolen last week Wednesday by some thugs who invaded the Red Chamber during plenary while spare mace had to be provided before the lawmakers reconvened.

But in a statement made available on Sunday, Falana said there is no part of the 1999 constitution that stipulates that the instrument is a must for legislative sitting in Nigeria.

The senior advocate said, “Since the restoration of democratic rule in Nigeria in May 1999, several houses of assembly have been shut down due to the disappearance of the mace which is believed to be the authority of every legislative house in the country.

“Last Wednesday, the Senate was invaded by five disgruntled young men in a commando-like operation. During the commando raid, the mace on the central table in the Senate was snatched and taken away.

“The business of the day could not continue until a replacement was found by the senators. Even though the stolen mace has since been handed over to the senate leadership, there have been strident calls for the prosecution of the invaders.

“Some have even suggested that the suspects be tried for treason. It is curious to know that the National Assembly has not deemed it fit to enact a law to protect the mace which is so regularly snatched or stolen by legislators.

“However, while the investigation into the embarrassing invasion of the Senate police is in progress it is pertinent to point out that the Mace is not a prerequisite for parliamenta-

ry business in Nigeria. In other words, the proceedings of a legislative house cannot be invalidated because of the absence of a mace.”

According to Falana, by virtue of section 54 of the constitution, either of two houses of the National Assembly is “competent to sit and conduct proceedings” once the quorum of the members is formed.

The quorum is one-third of all the lawmakers in either of the chambers.

Falana said, “No where in the constitution is it expressly or impliedly provided that a mace shall be provided before the Senate or House of Representatives or any other legislative house can sit and conduct legislative business.”

are worthy of being presented as the presidential candidate of our party. In fact, we have many of them, it is only left for the party leadership to look inward and allow the qualified but interested among them contest for the party’s ticket”.

Findings by The Daily Times revealed that the party apparently not unaware of this expectation has been tinkering with names of a few individuals it may likely tussle for the coveted seat.

Prominent among those that are young are the incumbent governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo and Dr. Datti Baba Ahmed, a one- time senator and owner and prochancellor of the Base University, Abuja.

Dankwambo’s preference by some members and certain blocs within the party might be due to his sterling performance as governor and his profound economic and financial management skills that have been brought to bear in Gombe. He was recently adjudged the best performing governor in the northern part of the country.

The Daily Times authoritatively gathered that dragging the Gombe State governor into the race is currently unsettling some people within the party and certain permutations are definitely going to change.

It was learnt that solidly behind Dankwambo are most PDP governors, a very powerful organ of the party.

The PDP governors were said to have started consultations on his behalf and are trying to convince other organs of PDP why the Dankwambo can bring the party back to power come 2019. They believe that the party could not have hoped for a better opportunity and time to return to power than now.

Dankwambo, it is being canvassed, is considered as performers in Gombe State and has the academic ability and above all have age on his side. Some of the party chieftains believe that Dankwambo, a man of proven record of achievements and who has never had any appointment with any of the anti-corruption agencies, can get the votes of Nigerians in any presidential poll.

In tune with the widespread yearnings for younger leaders, Dankwambo who will be 57 next year, is a relatively young man, he is also roundly experienced, exposed and educated. He is educated to the level of PhD and a member of seven professional bodies. His career achievements in the

private and public sectors is another major attribute that cut him out as the ideal presidential candidate for the PDP. A shrewd accountant, he began his career at the Coopers and Lybrand International, now PriceWaterHouseCoopers, as a chartered accountant from 1985 to 1988. It is on record that he became a chartered accountant at a record time of one year after his graduation from the university.

He later joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1988 and worked with the apex bank until 1999 when then Governor Abubakar Habu Hashidu appointed him as the Accountant General of Gombe State.

He was appointed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the Accountant General of the Federation in 2005. During his tenure, he introduced the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Central payment of salaries of staff in all the ministries, departments and agencies using an automated system was also introduced. He was part of the revolution in the public sector that brought e-payment system. He also ensured that the financial statements of the federal government which were in arrears were brought up to date, prepared, audited and published before he left office. Dankwambo completed the Treasury House, the magnificent edifices of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

The solid credentials Dankwambo has earned in the public and private sectors will obviously speak for him in the contest for the PDP presidential ticket.

Another youthful presidential hopeful, Senator Datti Baba Ahmed, is a senior party member from Kaduna State who won an election into the House of Representatives in 2003 where he served a term. But in 2011 he was elected a Senator on the platform of the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC) and defeated a. two-time Kaduna governor and immediate past acting National Chairman of PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

Until his recent defection to the PDP, Datti was prominent and staunch mobiliser in Kaduna State and he command a sizeable number of followers.

Datti Baba Ahmed is set to reap from the fallout of the difficulty likely to be encountered by the party in picking between the old hands jostling for the ticket.

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15% profit drop looms in banks - Report Continued from page 1 to a close as T-bill rates fall.

According to the Head of Research, Guy Czartoryski, for the banks to replace the portion of income threatened by declining yields on securities, they must grow risk-weighted assets. This means a 6-12 per cent rise in customer loans in 2018. ‘’The ability to support risk asset creation in the real sector will differentiate winners from losers in the Nigerian banking industry over the next three years’’, Coronation Researchers

stated.

While the quality of asset in the industry is generally improving, the firm believes the best capitalised banks will move well ahead of their competitors.

The report categorises banks into three tiers; Group ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’. Banks in the first group, being the most well capitalised, have the biggest opportunity to increase consumer lending.

According to the report, Group A includes Zenith Bank, GTBank and Stanbic IBTC, which have the abil-

ity to significantly expand their loan books by 69 per cent, 82 per cent and 182per cent respectively.

Group B, including United Bank for Africa (UBA), Access Bank and Fidelity Bank, have moderate capital levels and some ability to expand loans books but may also pursue tier II capital raise in the form of longterm subordinated debt.

Group C including FBNH, Diamond Bank and Sterling Bank, in the short to medium term, have limited ability to expand their loans books and will most

likely focus on dealing with capital issues and might attempt to raise long term capital from the capital market.

According to the report, “if equity markets are sufficiently strong, some banks might attempt equity capital increases (Tier-I) this year. However, currently we have market valuations so low as to make equity capital dilute the interest of existing shareholders.

So, the preferred capitalraising route is likely to be long-term subordinated debt (Tier-II). We expect

Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele(left) with Minister of Finance / Leader of Nigerian Delegation to the 2018 IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun addressing a joint press briefing at 2018 IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC, US

market share in customer lending to flow from banks in Group C towards those in Group A. With banks in Group Bwe see some, but perhaps not significant, market share gains.”

Leaving capital raising aside, 2018 presents a golden opportunity for the stronger banks to expand loan books and gain market share. Nigerian banks are coming off a low base: lending (when adjusted for currency depreciation) has hardly grown over two years, but the economic conditions look good for renewed loan growth.

Loan growth, over the last two years, has been far from impressive and understandably so, since banks have remained cautious as they have grappled with the effects of oil price volatility and its impacts on their loan books. ‘’Even though we believe the underlying pressure on loan assets is getting lighter, there is still IFRS 9 to contend with. We expect a one-off uptick in impairment charges this year, given that banks will start reporting using IFRS 9 this quarter. ‘’With oil prices largely stable and our optimistic economic outlook for 2018, we view the risk to banks’ oil portfolios as significantly reduced. Also, the stability in the foreign exchange market, coupled with renewed economic growth, significantly mitigates the

risks associated with the trading and manufacturing sectors of the economy’’, the report stated.

Meanwhile, Guaranty Trust Bank in its 2018 first quarter results, declared a profit after tax of N44.7 billion, which represented a 7.7 per cent growth from N41.5 billion recorded in the same period of 2017.

As for Zenith Bank Plc, it announced an increase of 25.5 per cent in profit in first quarter (Q1) of 2018 to N47.8 billion as against N37.5 billion reported in first quarter of 2016.

This growth in interest income translated into an improved Profit before Tax (PBT) growth of 22.2per cent and a Profit after Tax (PAT) increase of 25.5 per cent compared to March 2017, at N54 billion and N47 billion respectively.

Also, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, a member of Standard Bank Group, has announced its three months unaudited results for the period ended March 31, 2018, recording a growth of 44 per cent in post-tax profit.

The bank, recorded a profit after tax increased to N23.1 billion, from the N16.1 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2017. Profit before tax made a similar progression during the quarter, from N18.6 billion to N26.7 billion, an increase of 43 percent recorded in the comparable period of 2017.

Newbreed vs Old Brigade: Who faces Buhari in 2019 Continued from page 5

and seemingly vibrant, maybe suitable for the leadership of the party to settle for.

A well- read individual, Datti holds two masters degrees, and established the Baze University with two other companies, an institution that employs over 600 people from every state of Nigeria.

Now at 48, Sen Datti is a symbolic epitome of modest successful and exemplary life, a living proof that Nigeria can have a better future, as he represents the ideal critical opportunity for availing Nigeria the right leader.

He believes Presidency is a transformative engine to promote good and suppress evil for the economic prosperity, social security, and political stability of Nigeria as he now solemnly

presents himself for 2019 Presidential Election to achieve the desired noble objectives.

He is simply the champion of the new generation to Fix Nigeria. His clear focus are Security, Economy and Education (SEE) He is a politician without corrupt charge hanging on his neck and may perfectly fits into PDP’s quest for a new breed presidential candidate.

The credentials of both Dakwambo and Datti though look okay and may likely boost the electoral fortune of the party as Nigerians want a young and vibrant president.

But there is a second opinion that the party needs experienced candidate to defeat the ruling APC. This school of thought believes that to defeat President Buhari, the party

needs an experienced candidate who has traversed the political terrain of the country with years of experience across political divides.

During last week’s emergency NEC meeting of the party, The Daily Times’ attempt at speaking with one of the presidential hopefuls was not successful but one of his aides offered to speak on condition of anonymity.

The aide, who is also an experienced politician, having served his state in the North West as a deputy speaker, said in politics, there is nothing compared with experience.

He was emphatic in saying that “the PDP should not be freaked by the generation shift syndrome.

According to him, “fielding an inexperienced candidate against President Buhari will be the greatest

mistake for our party. If we are sincere and ready to take back power from the APC, we need someone who has been on the political turf for a while, someone who has electoral value, someone who has base and someone that has political machinery, followers and financial power”.

He said the party is right on course by zoning its presidential position to the North. He, however, stressed that the party did not need just a northerner but a northerner that is well known across the three zones of the north.

He said, “You are a journalist and you should know some facts about Nigerian politics. Tell me which young person we can put forward as our candidate who can be beat the experience of politicians like Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa

Kwakwanso had it been he is still in our party, Ahmed Makarfi or Sule Lamido?

“What is on ground as far as 2019 is concerned is for us as a party to put our act together and let one of these experienced persons that have interest in the presidency emerge in a free and fair primary contest and the others will support whoever emerge”.

Running through the list of the old brigades interested in the race, it is only the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that has made his intention known to party members.

He has not betrayed his intention for returning to the party shortly before last December’s elective national convention. The Turaki Adamawa wants to seek the PDP platform to realise his long term ambition of becoming president.

During his political career, Atiku Abubakar has jumped a lot between different parties. He was a member of the PDP, the ACN and the APC, the latter of which he helped create and now back in the PDP. He ran for presidency in 1992, 2006-2007, 2011, and 2015. In addition to that, Abubakar is planning to run in 2019.

Atiku, by every standard, could be said to be qualified and a preferable candidate during the dark days when impunity and imposition of candidates was the order of the day in the party.

Now, the party’s leadership has resolved to play by the game, to allow fairness, equity and justice in giving every aspirant equal opportunity through impartial primaries.

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Same sex law: Don’t Listen to British PM, CAN tells Buhari ÏÏÏ The Christian Associa-

tion of Nigeria (CAN) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to listen to the counsel of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on same sex marriage, saying that the President should not pay attention to the infamous advice.

In a statement made available in Abuja on Sunday by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant (Media & Communications) to the CAN President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, CAN urged Buhari to ignore the advice of the British Prime Minister on the grounds that it was ungodly and barbaric The Daily Times recalls that May was quoted as saying that “As the UK’s Prime Minister, I deeply regret that those laws were introduce…as a family, we must respect one another’s cultures and traditions, but we must do so in a manner consistent with equality, as it is clearly stated in the Commonwealth charter.

“Nobody should face discrimination or persecution because of who they are or who they love and the UK stands ready to help any Commonwealth member wanting to reform outdated legislation that makes such discrimination possible.”

But CAN noted that the position by Theresa May was satanic, reprehensible, condemnable and should be rejected by all right thinking people globally, espe-

cially in Nigeria.

It added that Nigerians had unanimously resolved to do away with same sex marriage and had affirmed that by legislation to that effect.

According to CAN, Nigeria cannot return to its vomit mainly because of a view canvassed by the British Prime Minister.

CAN also reminded the British authorities that same-sex marriage contradicts the position of the Scripture, saying that any human law that contradicts the Bible cannot stand.

It further stated that God is the author of marriage, adding that God stated it clearly that marriage involves a man and a woman.

CAN further urged the British Prime Minister to note that The Bible clearly endorses the sanctity of marriage between man and woman and not same sex union.

It said, “ A man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24).Jesus our Saviour confirmed that marriage should be “male and female.”—Matthew 19:4.

“The plan of God for marriage is very clear. Men and women are designed to complement each other so they may be capable of satisfying each other’s emotional and sexual needs and

of providing children.

“The Bible condemns homosexuality as an immoral and unnatural sin.

Leviticus 18:22 identifies homosexual sex as an abomination, a detestable sin. Romans 1:26-27 declares homosexual desires and actions to be shameful, unnatural, lustful, and indecent. First Corinthians 6:9 states that homosexuals are unrighteous and will not inherit the kingdom of God. Since both homosexual desires and actions are condemned in the Bible, it is clear that homosexuals “marrying” is not God’s

will, and would be, in fact, sinful.

“This is the position of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and any government that dares to make same sex marriage lawful is not only asking for the wrath of God but that of the Christians and other well meaning Nigerians.

“The fact that British authorities or all countries of the world practise or allow it does not make it right.

Whatever that is ungodly is unacceptable to CAN and to Nigerians. The British Prime Minister should take a lesson from all animals in

the bush.

“As wild as beasts may be, they never contemplate till today indecent sexual relationship of same sex. Same sex marriage is Sodomy and it was one of the major reasons God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. No human right should set aside the commandment of God. Man cannot be God to himself/ herself.

Same sex marriage is not acceptable in Nigeria because it is human madness and CAN is confident that our government will never contemplate introducing it.

“ For the sake of emphasis, CAN stands by the moral situations according to the Holy Book. We contend that on no account should our government bow to pressure by making Nigeria capitulate while embracing strange culture that allows barren amorous relationship between same sex, not in tandem with mother nature.

“The sovereignty of Nigeria allows it to stick fervently to its good law, morals and values and to reject any influence by strange cultures from other climes that is anti-human.”

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State & Founder, Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative (HOFOWEM), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (third right); scholarship awardees, Miss Oladunni Akisanmi (second right); Master Agwu Victory James (third left); and their parents; Mr. & Mrs. Omirigbe Sunday Agwu (left); and Mrs. Agnes Akisanmi, during the presentation of letters to the beneficiaries of the 2017/2018 scholarship awards, at the HOFOWEM Office, Oregun, Ikeja.

Sen Nwaoboshi: Due process followed in N34bn NDDC contract award ÏÏÏ

Following media reports that firms linked to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, violated procurement processes and procedure in securing N3.4 billion contracts for the provision of plastic chairs and desks for schools in the Niger Delta Region, fresh facts have emerged that due process was indeed followed in the matter.

Information made available to The DAILY TIMES also revealed that the contracts were awarded in strict compliance with the NDDC procurement laws and the jobs duly advertised for competitive bidding.

After the initial reports suggesting foul play, multiple sources close to the contract awarding committee at NDDC hinted ‘that the NDDC awarded the contracts in strict compli-

ance with the Procurement Act and that no breach of Public Procurement Act was done in the process of awarding the contract by the Commission’.

Stemming from that, it was also made clear that no money was lost because NDDC had stopped advance payment for any jobs since 2007, according to its own rules and procedures for awarding contracts.

The Commission was said to have been very committed to the award of the jobs ‘because education of youths and the provision of classroom facilities are integral parts of the priority in its mandate, just as primary and secondary education are key for youth development in the Niger Delta Region.’’

Specifically, on the issue

of due process, it was discovered that the NDDC office has a Due Process Unit alongside other units with a view to ensuring compliance with the Public Procurement Act, so that if the companies listed complied with all the processes and were eventually awarded the contracts, the companies would have been deemed to be in good stead.

Part of the accusations that was levelled against Senator Peter Nwaoboshi were on the proprietary or otherwise of his associates and relatives bidding for contracts, but there are suggestions in some quarters that associates of public officers are Nigerians who have right to seek contracts they desire without any form of discrimination or inhibition, in so far as is-

sues of morality and abuse of office and due process are not in contention.

The Senator himself has been variously quoted as saying “I don’t appraise bids for contracts, I don’t award contracts and I don’t pay for contracts executed. So why do people link me with contracts of Nigerians who are struggling to survive. Perhaps because of some false petitions were engineered by my political opponents.

They have failed woefully because my constituency knows am a performer and are solidly behind me”.

In addition, it was claimed that the contracts were budgeted for by NDDC in 2014 before the Nwaoboshi became a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Fresh information made available to The

DAILY TIMES point to the observation of due process.

There were also fresh claims that the brother to the senator has been a long-standing contractor with the NDDC. In specific terms, the senator’s brother was said to have been a contractor to the NDDC at least

Sen Nwaoboshi

five years before the senator took office at the National Assembly in Abuja.

Regarding some of the companies said to have been mentioned in the episode of claims, the senator’s brother is said to have interest in only one of the companies.

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Foundation urges nurses to acquire leadership skills

By Angela Onwuzoo reposition the nursing profession for more impact in the health sector and the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , Leadnurse Africa International Foundation, has advised nurses to improve their skills for higher responsibilities in the sector.

To achieve this, the foundation in collaboration with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH),Ikeja,

development of the health sector and the nurses are the ones that will provide the transformational leadership that the sector has been yearning for” he said.

To further empower nurses in the continent for leadership roles, The Executive Director,

urged government and private sector to support nurses, while reminding African leaders that it was ‘practically impossible’ for healthcare without investing in nurses.

According to him, what was provided is

century nurse to thrive.

He further explained: “Because capacity building is very important for nurses to perform optimally, the conference is geared at raising transformational leaders to play leading role in line with the SDGs

objectives.

“The conference will bring together nurses from hospitals, schools and administrative levels to ensure that right knowledge is impacted.”

Urging nurses working for government and private organisations to

acquire more skills by embracing the conference, Ogbolo said, the gathering will present nurses and other stakeholders in the health sector opportunity to deliberate on the challenges of health care delivery in Nigeria and Africa.

International Nursing Conference.

The conference, which theme: “Transformational Leadership: Developing nurses’ capacity towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa”.

Speaking on the forthcoming conference Lagos, Executive Director, Leadnurse Africa International Foundation, Collins Ogbolo, said the objective of the conference is to build capacity of nurses for a transformational leadership role in the health sector that would bring about change in the narrative of nursing in Nigeria and Africa.

Ogbolo also said that the conference seeks to of the SDGs on good health in Africa countries and beyond.

“We need to build capacity of nurses and reverse the poor health indices in Nigeria and Africa. Nurses should become a lead voice in achieving the SDGs. In the past, the voice of nurses are not heard. But now, things have to change because nurses are beginning to do “African nursing community have the necessary capacity to contribute to the

Six fake soldiers paraded by General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81Division Nigerian Army, Major General Enobong Udoh, at the 174 Battalion, Ikorodu, for impersonating military officers

PDP blames Buhari for ministers absence at US investors’ meeting

By Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that Nigerian ministers and abandoned their scheduled meeting with investors in the United States while it also challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to give account of activities of in the US. The PDP accused the ministers of abandoning the foreign investors and went on shopping spree in highbrow shops of the United States, at the time

Nigerians were looking up to them to negotiate deals and bring in investments into the country.

The party also asked the National Assembly to summon the ministers involved for questioning.

The ministers listed for questioning include; Dr. Audu Ogbeh (Agriculture), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu (Science and Technology), Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Information) Babatunde Fashola (Power), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu (Minister of state for Petroleum Resources), Mrs Kemi Adeosun (Finance) and Kayode Fayemi (Solid minerals).

The PDP claimed that the development is a clear of the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration towards governance, resulting in the biting economic recession and others woes plaguing our nation under President Buhari’s watch.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Sunday said this is the reason why the APC led Federal Government have any

meaningful

Foreign

Direct Investment to the country in the last three years of President Buhari’s administration.

He said, “How can APC abandon their duties and engage in personal leisure abroad? Painfully, they blame everybody but themselves for the choking economic situation of the country in the last three years.

“PDP holds that these temerity to pursue personal interests across the United State because they knew that even if their atrocious

act were brought to the he will claim that he is not aware.

“This is more so as Mr. President himself brought no dividend from the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM), where he demarketed our nation with The party alleged that the APC do not have the interest of our country at heart and Nigerians must forces with the PDP to vote them out and reinstate a purposeful and productive

Senate invasion: Saraki visits injured female sergeant-at-arms Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, visited a female SergeantAt-Arms, Mrs. Sandra Davou who was injured on Wednesday as she and her colleagues struggled to stop thugs who invaded the Senate and stole its Mace.

This was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by the Chief Press Secretary to Saraki, Sanni Onogu.

It added that Mrs. Davou, who lives in Bwari

Area Abuja, is presently recuperating after she was treated and discharged from the hospital.

Accompanied by his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Isa Hamma Misau and Senator Baba Kaka Garbai, Saraki commended Mrs. Davou and her colleagues who had prevent the invaders from gaining access to the Senate Chambers.

He also commended his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu

and all his colleagues who successfully took charge and safeguarded the National Assembly and the nation’s democracy.

He said that the visit was meant to thank and show appreciation to Mrs Davou and her colleagues for their hard work, commitment and courage.

Answering questions from reporters during the visit, Saraki who was away in Washington on time the incident occurred,

said: “I was told that few during the invasion of the Senate last Wednesday, including Mrs. Sandra, hardworking.

“She was taken to the hospital and discharged and we felt that for the beyond the call of duty for our democracy, we have to come and appreciate her.

“I keep on emphasizing

democratic nation is the Parliament and the moment the parliament is not there, democracy does not exist.

“So what she and her us all with gratitude and therefore we have come here to thank her and show that we really appreciate what she and her colleagues did.”

The senate president also described last Wednesday, the day of the invasion, as a “sad day” and “disgrace” for the nation’s democracy

and called for unity and all such undemocratic tendencies.

“My colleagues and I have said that the day of the unfortunate invasion was a sad day for democracy.

It was a disgrace to our country at large and that such things should not be associated with our country.

We must ensure we stand those kind of undemocratic acts that exist in the bud,” he added.

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2019: Buhari will know we are not lazy -YOWICAN President

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The Youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), has said the Nigerian youths come 2019 will use their permanent voters card PVC to vote

President that youths in Nigeria are not lazy.

YOWICAN stated this on Sunday while reacting to the comment credited to President Buhari in London during a panel appearance with world leaders at the Commonwealth Business Forum held last week.

Buhari was quoted to have said “more than 60 percent of the country’s population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been

to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education free”.

However, CAN through its youth President, Daniel David Kadzai, expressed dissatisfaction over Buhari’s comments, saying that the Nigerian youths contributed over 80 percent of the President’s victory at the 2015 general elections.

Kadzai said youths stood under the sun at the 2015 polls to ensure the President’s victory, even though the Federal Government led All Progressives Congress (APC), has reworded the gesture by increasing the number of unemployed youths through it’s harsh

economic policy.

Kadzai said companies drawn to Nigeria by the prospect of a population bigger than Germany and Turkey’s combined are retreating; those staying have publicly criticized the president, a military strongman in the 1980s who came back to power via an election; and foreign investors are pulling their money out.

“The corporate tribulations that began with a slide in oil prices and accelerated after the imposition of capital controls are also entangled in a global emerging-market slump. In propping up the naira in a futile bid to have jacked up pressure on an economy running out of cash, deepening a black

market in currency trading and causing shortages of imported goods from fuel to milk.

“This is what we have become since Buhari took over power and yet he goes about insulting Nigerian youths.

“Our youths are charting new frontiers; creating a huge tech industry on their own. Their entrepreneurial spirit, work ethics and creative abilities are things of pride and should be applauded, encouraged and nurtured.”

Kadzai said when the Chief Executive of Facebook, Nigeria, he voiced out his impression of the country’s young developers and entrepreneurs, saying “The energy here is amazing and I’m excited to learn as much

as I can.”

Also in July 2017 when Google, Sundar Pichai, visited the country, he described the youths as “creative, smart and driven to succeed,” and noted that there was an urgent need to create opportunities for them, Kadzai said.

The YOWICAN President also challenged Buhari to tell Nigerians what he achieved in his life on personal merit, pointing out that Buhari joined military on quota system and become president on zoning formula, not on his merit, adding that “his host will be amazed by such comments from the Nigerian President, because they know the capacity of our youths in education and other disciplines.

9 News Kwara APC hails Baraje’s convention committee membership

By Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara state has expressed its total support for the inclusion of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, as a member of the National Convention Planning The party also declared that it is united under the leadership of its state chairman, Hon. Ishola Balogun Fulani.

The state APC made these known in a statement signed by its state publicity secretary, Sulyman Buhari.

“The party is aware of the opinions expressed by one Abdullahi Samari on behalf of a group that exists only on the pages of newspaper, the Caucus for Progressive Change and Alhaji Alhassan Abubakar Sulaiman, who claimed to be state coordinator of Buhari Campaign Organisation, as regards the inclusion of Alhaji Kawu Baraje as a member of the National our great party.

‘The opinions expressed by the aforementioned individuals are bereft of substance and laced with malice and mischief.

“It is on record that Alhaji Kawu Baraje was the Chairman of the APC on the Election in 2014.

The election he conducted brought in the incumbent leadership of the party at the National level. The election was adjudged to be fair and credible. Therefore, the role Alhaji Kawu Baraje played in the success of the

Special Adviser to the Governor of Edo State on Basic Education and Acting Chairman, SUBEB, Dr Joan Osa-Oviawe with other government officials sorting contractors’ bids for the reconstruction of 230 public schools in the State.

the APC is invaluable and priceless.

“Furthermore, Alhaji Kawu Baraje was the Chairman of the Presidential

We’re for peace, unity among Igbos, host community - Group

that organised the APC presidential primary election in 2014. President

By Tom Garba, Yola An organization known as Igbos in Diaspora (IID) Adamawa state chapter reiterated that the aims of the association is to foster Peace and unity among host communities.

This was made known by the President of the association Chief John Ofoegbunam during the investiture and honour to Alhaji Abubakar Babangida Damare, as patron of Igbos in diaspora assembly Adamawa state chapter.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Igbo’s in diaspora wishe to reiterate that the aims and objectives remains the furtherance of peace and

unity amongst Igbo’s and the Host community. The association is neither a parallel nor opposition to their various town and local government.”

John Said “We are here therefore, to honour to him. This occasion to interact with you in our search for peaceful cohabitation of all people of Adamawa state”, he added The Deputy Chairman North East of the association, Chief Ofo Eze Nwachukwu in his own message of unity, revealed that Adamawa people are Peace loving as history recorded the the land was in 1920 and no history of misunderstanding

between them and the host communities.

According to him some prominent Sons of Adamawa state married daughters of Igbo, a relationship he considered cordial and unending because of peaceful coexistence.

“We found Babangida a worthy son and a peace lover who has a good record of both economy and political impetus in uniting people in the State irrespective of religion or tribal said.

A close associate of the new patron, Gidado Bello appreciated the Igbos fortifying the unity and peace ties existing between the Igbo and the people of the State for entrusting a noble Work to

Babangida.

Gidado saw the gesture as remarkable and one of its kind to the people of not only Adamawa state but the country at large.

While reading the citation of Usman by the IID secretary, Abubakar has a steady growth in both business and political circle of Adamawa state. an icon of social development and humanitarian services honour as patron of Igbos in diaspora assembly Adamawa state chapter.

Damare who is an aide to Jibrilla Bindow appreciates the kindness of Igbo communities

in the State and described the award as a booster to support Governor to continue the good Work he is doing in the state.

“I feel much humble and

free, fair and credible election that Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led

unity between the Igbo and host communities of Adamawa state.

inclusion of Alhaji Kawu Baraje as a member of the National Convention

this gesture with all humility and I assure you of my maximum support.

“Above all I owe it to my principal, the executive governor of Adamawa state, Bindow Umaru Jibrilla whose steps I’m following to be a man

Considering his experiences as an administrator and his rich democratic credentials, Alhaji Kawu Baraje is

who can leverage on my own abilities to go on well in life.

Thank you my Governor.’’

“Therefore,

the

the

membership

Kwara

of

the

“Evidently, a young political party like our dear from great political leaders like Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

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Buhari has not done well - Gani’s son

By Benjamin Omoike M o h a m m e d Fawehinmi, son of the late legal luminary, Gani Fawehinmi, has said president Muhammadu Buhari has failed to meet the aspirations and expectations of many Nigerians since he came into power in May 2015, even as he appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, to drop in totality the amended Land Use Charge, LUC. Fawehinmi lamented Buhari’s style of leadership, his campaign promises to Nigerians.

While commending Governor in transforming Lagos, Fawehinmi said: “What I will beg you for is this Land Use Charge, please scrap it. We have seen what the Governor has done all over

the state. We appreciate the international global standard terminal.

“We were not happy when the Governor shut down Lagos for Buhari. Althougn he (Buhari) was very close to my father, because he used to take advice from Gani. I was 14,15 years of age then.

‘When he was coming into power, he promised to the nation’s economy grown to now? Cows are more important than human lives.

Herdsmen are now killing Nigerians. You sent someone to Benue, three months later, he did not know whether the man obeyed the instruction or not. To show that Baba Buhari is old, the man is still serving as IGP. Baba Buhari has an advantage; anytime he is sick he runs to London so the Minister of Health

to improve on the health situation in the country,” Fawehinmi said.

Regarding the statue of his late father, unveiled by the Lagos state government, he said not only was it commendable, but that it also came to him as a huge surprise.

“In all honesty, he (the governor), is the man I least expected of this. We understood when governor Fashola started it by building a smaller statue; we were all glad as he remembered our mentor, our father and leader in the human rights struggle.

“But now seeing this, I started saying to myself that he has placed the name of Gani Fawehinmi on the global map. I want to laugh as I look at the faces of three past leaders, and unfortunately, one

of them is dead, that’s Olusegun Obaanjo and Ibrahim Babangida. As for Sani Abacha, my father would have beaten the hell our of him in heaven, but to Obasanjo and IBB, I boo them today. The man they wanted to kill his spirit, is the one a governor of this country...one of the most outstanding, has unveiled his statue here. Let me see how they will come here and destroy it. Infact, they are old, we are only waiting to hear of their demise.

“But on a more serious note, I now believe that the idea of a man can be followed by a nation. Lagos state has set the pace by doing this. independence to do such I can tell you this is going into the Guiness Book of Records,” he said.

Army arrests 23 suspected cultists during initiation in Lagos

By Joy Anyim Kazeem Opeyemi, a 24 years old undergraduate student of Ibadan Polytechnic allegedly arrested by personnel of 81 Division, Nigerian Army for cultism, has denied any involvement in the crime.

The suspect who is reportedly a member of the Eiye Confraternity was arrested alongside 22 others during the training cum initiation of over 50 new members at their hideout in Ejinrin Depression area of Ikorodu.

According to the Commanding 81 Division, Major-General Enobong Udoh, who paraded the suspected in Ikorodu on Saturday, the suspects were arrested following an intensive surveillance and intelligence report to uncover their locations and activities.

Udoh who was represented by the Commander 9 Brigade Ikeja, Brigadier-General Moundhey Ali said the suspects had upon noticing the presence of the troops, engaged Giving further details on how the suspects were arrested, Udoh said: “In continuation of the crackdown on criminal elements and cultists in and around Lagos and Ogun states, the troops of 81 Division Nigerian Army on April

Men of the Operation Checkmate of the 81 Division Nigerian Army parading suspected cult members who were arrested during the initiation of new members in Lagos, over the weekend

Man, 29, arrested for defiling 13-year-old girl

By Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

Police in Ogun State have arrested a 29 year-old-man, Soji Ogunrinola, for allegedly (name withheld).

In a statement on Sunday by the Police Public in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect, popularly known as ‘Bulldozer’, and a resident of Okiri Ojule Village in Odeda local government area of the state, was arrested

following a complaint by the victim’s stepfather, Monsuru Badmus, at the Odeda Police Station, that the suspect forcibly had carnal knowledge of his stepdaughter.

The girl was reported to have come to the village to spend her holiday with her parents.

The suspect is alleged to have threatened to kill the girl if she ever told anybody about the incident.

Oyeyemi stated that the mother of the victim became suspicious when

she noticed blood stains on her daughter’s clothes, and that, on questioning her, the victim explained the whole incident to her mother.

He added that the mother, who knew the suspect to be a thug in the village, alerted her husband and the man quickly reported the incident to the police.

“Upon the report, the DPO of Odeda Police Division, CSP Muhammad Baba Suleiman, led detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

On interrogation, he confessed to the crime.

The victim was however taken to the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, for medical examination.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the case to be transferred to and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution of the suspect,” Oyeyemi stated.

suspected cultists. “ They were arrested where over 50 of them from ‘Eiye’ confraternity were conducting physical training for new recruits, initiation and planning of robbery/ kidnap activities.

“Their arrest was preceded by shootout between the troops of and the cultists after suspected cultists were arrested while others escaped. Two of the suspects sustained varying degrees of gunshots wounds, one of the suspected newly recruited cultist died as a on him during the cult initiation. “ However, one of the gallant soldiers cultists

sustained

a

gunshot wound on his left leg during the encounter and was immediately evacuated.

The soldier and the 2 wounded cultists are receiving treatment at Reception Station.”

The GOC revealed that the troops had also recovered 1 locally made double barrel pistol, 5 live cartridges, 5 machetes, 4 Jack locally fabricated axes with nail-like edges, 5 mobile phones, 1 parcel containing substance suspected to be Indian hemp, 2 ATM cards, 8 identity cards, 9 passport photographs, packets of condom, rings and a variety of charms from the suspects.

Contrary to the allegation, Opeyemi in his statement said, “ I don’t know anything about this. I am a student of Ibadan Polytechnic and I come home to raise money to pay my school fees since my exams will be starting next week. “ On that faithful day, I had ran into a senior friend in my area at Odogunyan and told him I needed some money to transport myself to my former boss who will help me with my school fees. He asked me to call him later in the day which I did and he asked me to come collect N1000. “ After collecting the money, I was about going back at about 11 am at Wale Aguda Street in Odogunyan when I heard siren and later gun shots I was just on one side of the road when an Army personnel came to arrest me. I am not a cultist, “ he insisted.

Another suspect, Austin Okiki said he had come from Igbogbo to play football in Ifakale when he was arrested.

Okiki claimed he and his friend were busy washing at about 10 am on the said day when they were arrested. “ We were washing our Jersey when we heard sounds of gunshot and we immediately ran to a shop. It was while at the shop that I was arrested.

Similarly, Obiora Nweke denied being a cultist. He said he had gone to a joint to smoke Indian hemp when he heard gun shots. He said he was arrested while the Army personnel were raiding the area.

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INEC registers 125,481 more eligible voters in Edo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it has registered 125,481 more eligible voters at the end of the third quarter of of 2018 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo. The outgoing Edo Resident Electoral Commissioner this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Sunday. the Commission registered 40,785 eligible voters in the 2017, 30,655 and 9,853 voters in the third quarter.

He said the commission also registered 44, 188 eligible 2018, which ended in March. that Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area had the

highest performance with 23,611 new registered voters.

He said Egor had 18,246, Oredo had 17,605, while Etsako West Local Council Area had 14,065 among others.

The commissioner also told NAN that about 450,000 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs were yet to be collected in Edo. He called on eligible voters to take advantage of the ongoing voters’ registration to collect their PVCs. “The ongoing registration has given every eligible voter, who has registered and yet to collect their cards the opportunity to go and collect them at the nearest designated registration centres.

“The second quarter of the 2018 CVR is ongoing, it started this month of April and will last for about three months,” he said.

He said that the

The Centre for AntiCorruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has the silence of the Federal Government in releasing the comprehensive list of alleged looters it promised earlier.

The Centre in a statement Mr. Debo Adeniran said it was worried over the unstated reasons for the government’s delay in

INEC boss, Yakubu commission approved 10 additional registration centres in the state to be added to accessibility.

has been transferred by INEC resume duty on April 23 in the state.

APC chieftain lauds Masari over Zik Price Award The Zik Prize Award given to Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari is a well deserved award, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmad Kabiru Abdullahi has said.

Abdullahi said Masari’s performance and good governance in Katsina State is outstanding, adding that the transformation in education, health and the transport sectors is laudable.

“The award given to Masari was based on merit people of Katsina State. When he was Speaker, House of Representatives he proved to the world that he is a leader.

Masari is a leader with vision.

His good governance style is outstanding,” Abdullahi said.

“Masari is always in the news because of his achievements. Masari has

Gov Masari

Looters list: CACOL wants FG to release promised comprehensive list

upgraded the government hospitals and equipped them with modern facilities and they are now serving as hospitals where people from the entire North West are trooping into for medical none, general hospitals and primary health care, his huge investment in the educational sector is unprecedented with the overhauling of over 2000 schools across the state which have all been transform.

“Masari has constructed more than 500 km rural and urban roads in Katsina State. He brought companies to invest in the state. On security, Masari knows how to manage the security situation so that people can go about their businesses,” Abdullahi said while urging the people of the state to support the governor for more dividend of democracy.

actions against these alleged economic ravagers as well as the sudden but loud silence on the release of the elaborately advertised and much awaited third looters’ list.

“While the FG revealed that the awaited list promised to be more comprehensive and holistic, containing more names than the two lists previously released, it is yet to carry out any feasible action whatsoever in respect to curtailing the issue of treasury looting with reckless abandon, which sends a vivid message that encourages intending looters to intensify the evil acts.

“As much as we recognise and commend the efforts of the alleged engineers of socio-political rot that has irredeemably handicapped the economy of Nigeria and put posterity in a web of endless debts, CACOL does not subscribe to the apparent showcase of negligence by the Federal Government in taking required steps towards due-diligence, investigating, prosecuting and convicting these alleged deterrent punishments.”

While drew replicable appearance of the former South African President, Jacob Zuma over charges of corruption, Adeniran stated,

“That in just one month from the resignation of the trials have been instituted against him and one can see clearly, by the sheer weight of the charges preferred, that his prosecutors meant serious business. This is a truly committed to fighting corruption hands down.”

The CACOL boss further stated that “Releasing names will not fight corruption, diligent trials and deterrent convictions will.”

The CACOL Chairman also suggested that, “just as NEMA suspended its board of directors on allegations of corruption; all those who are currently serving in public offices and are on the list, be put on suspension pending when they are tried and convicted if found guilty.”

Furthermore, CACOL stated through, “If we are ever going to take more than tottering steps on our desire for holistic anti-corruption struggles then all those who have their names on any of the lists as alleged looters should take required steps in proving that they are not guilty as perceived as this would go a long way in encouraging transparency and efficiency in governance while also improving the trust citizens have for our elected leaders, the justice system, the government, and the country at large.”

In concluding, Mr Adeniran stated that “the Organisation advisedly calls that the Federal Government and all anti-corruption outfits to take a cue from other African countries who are making major conquest against the corruption confrontation and surge past the phase of just listing names as this is beginning to nettle the tenacity of making the list. These crimes are severe and should not be

‘Quality candidates will determine fortunes of PDP’ Continued from page 11 problems. This is the reason why we are where we are today. In Kano right now, we have serious problems. Kano people are today disenchanted because they believe that they don’t understand what the idea believe that since money come from the Federal Government, they deserve good roads, hospitals and other basic people, you must help them to understand why you are taking it from them and whatever

who have the ability to govern.

For me, I believe the PDP can easily win election if it brings You must let them know which road or any of the social amenities put in place with This is the idea of transparency. I pusher, the water vendor, Akara sellers, I feel it is a bit too much to in the future, but not now. When you provide free education for them, free health care services, then you can ask them to pay need to be catered for. We can only do this when we bring those

person that is there. People need to look at the pedigree of the person contesting the election.

It is not about people saying we have been in the party, the party belongs to us and we must bring the candidate. If we do that there is no way we would achieve the desired goal.

What is your future political ambition like especially in your state, Kano?

I have been having consultation with lots of people

particularly at the grassroots. I have had consultation with more than 1000 organisations, they have come to me, spoken to me and have asked me why are you no longer in politics, why are you not participating in politics and I told them that my own politics seem to be

People’s

situation

keeps

are doing it. My own idea of politics is how do you develop the human being, how do you

need somebody who can give them assistance because you can’t be sending people to hospitals and they can’t be treated. I have seen a situation whereby a pregnant woman was brought into Nasarawa Hospital and before they could take her out of the Golf car that brought her, she was dead while trying to give birth. In

to improve their wellbeing and should not make their situation to get worse because this is what I have discovered for a very long time.

to bring such patient from the local government area to the Nasarawa hospital in the Kano metropolis when we have health centers there. Even

as a member of the National Assembly I know I built health centers before. So what is going on in those health centers, why is the government not taking Healthcare Services to the local communities? They need to make the health centers more functional rather than coming to spend huge sum of money to build bigger hospitals in the city centre when the real population is in the rural areas.

So, my own is that yes I have taken the challenge, I have accepted that I am going to throw my hat into the ring to go and provide the services the people of Kano State needs.

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2019: Quality candidates will determine fortunes of PDP – Senator Bello Senator Mohammad Bello, a member of the sixth National Assembly is a leading aspirant in the Kano State governorship race come 2019. In this interview with some correspondents in Abuja, Bello says that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would upstage the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This, he says can be actualised if the right persons are allowed to emerge candidates of the party in all the positions in the states and the federal level. TOM OKPE was there for The Daily Times What is your view on former President’s Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida’s call on President Muhammadu Buhari not to reconnect?

I will always remain the same, because when you talk about political parties, you are not talking about coalition, third force and so on. What the people coming up with the idea of third force means is that they are trying to bring something that is completely new. They are trying to bring in something that is fresh which is very because there has always been players who had remained on the scene for a very long time.

What you do is that you come; you work with them and take over from them. For example, how can you come and say you are going to create a new political party or get into another new political party and then come and take over power from people who have retained power probably for 16 years and then the new entrants who have retained power for 3 years? So how do you do that? If you create a new political party it takes time for the political party to be on ground. You need to have the politicians that would be able to work with the political party.

In everything you are going to do, like if you are going to build a house you need architects and quantity surveyors.

There is no way you just jump into politics bringing in new people. How are they going to weather the storm?

How are they going to know where they are going to put their pillars and to make their building very strong?

You have to work exactly with those who know what politics is all about.

So basically even the leader of the third force or the leader of the coalition, former President Obasanjo has said that the moment it becomes a political party he is going to withdraw. What I think he has in mind is probably a pressure group which is not a political party, it is more of a group that monitors and its campaign promises.

What if the personalities in the third force are new or same old brigades?

Like I said, when they said there was an alignment and that some parties have come together the ACN, CPC, and the ANPP to form what we call

Sen Bello the APC, 40 percent of the people that went into the APC came from the PDP. Most of them today are governors. So basically it is almost the same thing we are having. When somebody loses his primary election from a particular party, he moves to another one to get his ticket. Take the case of Benue State for example, the governor, Samuel Ortom came from the PDP, Nasir ElRufai came from the PDP, virtually most of them. Ganduje from Kano is from the PDP, same applies to the case of Kwara. So it is not that easy for you to come and say with a new movement you are going to change things.

Who are those that want to change the change? You have people like Donald Duke, Oyinlola, these people have been governors before. What did they do before that they would use to change things today? What I have noticed in Nigeria is that people want all the time to remain relevant, they want to remain in control, they want to be the ones controlling the entire steering of the country which cannot be possible, because that is why you have two major political parties. Just like we have in America, the Democrats and Republicans, it depends on which

party is in power and what they were able to deliver to the people. Here in Nigeria, Abubakar Rimi tried it, he was very popular, he joined the NPP at the time but he still lost the election to Sabo Bakin Zuwo. So it is not that easy for you to say you are going to bring in a new political party and also say you are going to bring in a third force with the same kind of people who are familiar to Nigerians.

How will you rate the performance of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration?

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I have seen some changes. Even though some of the promises they made have not been delivered. But this is governance. Everybody has got his own style. For example, you can’t take it away from the APC that they have been able to decimate the Boko Haram insurgents. This concerns me because it came from Borno State which is where I acquired my University education. So it got to a point we couldn’t even go to the mosque. Everybody was afraid, subsequently the problem got to us in Abuja. So this problem was growing out of proportion so much that even the governor of Borno State could not move freely not to talk about the common people. So whoever came to rescue us from this problem deserves to be commended. The only problem I have observed today is that hunger has taken over and the reason is due to the policies in place.

The policy on the dollar, how did it become like that suddenly? The exchange rate has moved from N160 to about N320. What really happened, mess? This was the government that promised us an exchange rate of N40 to a dollar; then the issue of petrol.

They said we were going to buy petrol at N40 per liter, and then today we are buying petrol at N145 per liter. They also promised us that we would buy a bag of 50 Kg rice at N5, 000 and we would stop the importation of rice. I agree, we are almost at the point of stopping the importation of rice, but there is still a problem. The price of the local rice is almost the same thing as the price of the imported rice.

Even the President mentioned this in his last visit to Kano in spite the incentives given to farmers. So there is need for the government to make life easier for Nigerians. The government cannot take an easy way out; it has to be responsible to the people. The downtrodden people are in real trouble today.

Additionally, the President needs to be more sensitive to issues in the country because he is now in charge, he is the Commander in Chief. So he needs to know exactly what is happening in every nook and cranny of the country. Even if it is a single soul that dies, he needs to act almost immediately for us to understand

I believe the PDP can easily win election if it brings somebody that is better than the person that is there.

People need to look at the pedigree of the person contesting the election. It is not about people saying we have been in the party, the party belongs to us and we must bring the candidate. If we do that there is no way we would achieve the desired goal.

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that yes he is concerned about us, yes he cares because believe you me he is a caring person, he is a sensitive person, but something is going wrong somewhere and it is unfortunate that impression of who he is.

What is your take on calls from Buhari should not re-contest in 2019?

That is an opinion you cannot take away from a democrat. There is nowhere in the constitution that says Buhari cannot contest in an election due to non performance or due to age or for any other reasons. It is his right to say he is going to contest or not going to contest. All he needs to do is to put everything on a scale and see where he has done right or wrong and take into consideration his own wellbeing. Will it be okay for him to continue to saddle the problem of 180 million Nigerians on his head? Or is he going to gravitate into a very serious problem when he faces more challenges because I am sure years has taken a toll on him already. principal actor himself.

If I were in his shoes, I would not take his health into consideration. If I were him, I would begin as quickly as possible to nurture people that would be able to take over from me.

They must be people with credibility, integrity, capacity and ability to be able to continue from where he stopped.

Is the PDP capable of wrestling power from the APC come 2019?

The PDP is not trying to improve on what the President has done. The PDP has its own idea, manifesto. The PDP is coming in to make sure that where these problems have been created they deal with them. For example the PDP would have to look at the crash of the dollar, and the fuel crisis. These are some of the things we need to look at to make life easier for Nigerians.

The party can take control not only back home in Kano, but even at the national level. But it depends on the candidate they present during the exposed candidate, somebody that everybody knows that can address the problems of Nigeria, believe me, people would give him the chance. If they do exactly what they like, they bring anybody they feel they like that he is the right choice for us, then there is going to be a problem. They should let the people decide exactly what they want. They should allow people who are popular, people who can deliver the goods to pick the tickets at the primaries. politicians always like to manipulate, redirect, be in charge, and produce their own people, somebody they can be able to control to pick the ticket and this has not been able to solve our

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Editorial Commentary

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OUR POSITION E-payment fraud as major impediment to Nigeria’s economy

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ecent news that Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), lost as much as N2.19 billion to fraudsters through electronic channels, otherwise called e-payments, or e-banking in 2016 fiscal year, is an indication that all is still not well with the security of electronic payment system in the country. Of the amount lost to e-payment fraud, across the counter transactions amounted to N511.07milllion, followed by Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions worth N464.5 million, Internet banking worth N320.66 million, Point- of- Sale (POS) transactions worth N243.32 million and mobile banking transactions worth N235.17 million, among others.

The news, coming from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is an indication that e-payment system in Nigeria needs to be more strengthened so that it will be safer, more secured and enduring in the interest of safe banking. According to the CBN, e-payment is any form of payment that allows for the use of electronics system to initiate, authorize and confirm the transfer of money between two parties. The transaction reason could be for the payment for goods and services, settlement of obligations and gifts, among others.

According to the CBN, e-payment transaction volumes grew at 8 .9% to reach $387.3 billion in 2014, an increase driven by accel-

erated growth in developing markets. Cards have been the fastest growing payment instrument since 2010, while payments using cheques have declined consistently and significantly. In 2014, debit cards accounted for the highest share (45.7%) of global e-payment transactions and were also the fastest growing (12.8%) payment instrument. Thus, it is incumbent on all stakeholders, users, regulatory authorities, particularly the CBN and the federal government to put in place strict legislation and rules that will safeguard the safety of e-payment system in the country.

There is no doubt that there are hard challenges facing the CBN, the banks and the security agencies in enforcing the provisions of the Cybercrime Act of 2015, a situation which has not helped much in nabbing cyber crime perpetrators, thus making a review of the act imperative.

While e-frauds can happen at any time, their frequencies of occurrence increase towards the end of the year because of the festivities around the end of the year and the need for people to hold more money for their expenses. The fact that as much as N2.19 billion was lost to fraudsters last year through electronic fraud is a clear indication that the existing preventive and detective strategies currently in place at the banks are not enough to prevent e-frauds.

It is true that the introduction of e-banking

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into the Nigerian financial system has made the conduct of financial transactions much easier than before, especially in this era of cashless policy. Unfortunately, e-banking has been abused by fraudsters and it has become Nigeria’s biggest economic enemy. The CBN and the banks must therefore embark on enlightenment of the banking public on how to drastically reduce cyber-fraud and e-banking abuses in the country.

At the same time, the National Assembly would need to review the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act of 2015 to make it more difficult for fraudsters to embark on efraud and to increase the penalties for those convicted for e-fraud. In addition, given the very significant importance attached across the world to the protection of information infrastructure in the delivery of financial services, persons who attempt to compromise epayment infrastructure should be visited with heavy sanctions to deter other like- minded criminals from committing such crimes.

There is also a need for the CBN to use the biometric information on the Bank Verification Number of bank customers to identify, verify and authenticate all customers at the point of their e-transactions. By blocking all loopholes that could make e-fraud possible and by enacting an effective anti-cybercrime law, there is no doubt that incidences of efraud would be drastically reduced in the country.

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Lagos honours Gani Fawehinmi, unveils new 44-ft statue in Ojota

By Benjamin Omoike

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday unveiled a new statue of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota, saying that the 44-feet phenomenon

that

the

in his life time.

The unveiling of the of the 80th posthumous birthday of the late his

administration’s

fortune and spirit of Lagos state positively over the years. made by Chief Gani Fawehinmi in leading the human rights and dignity dehumanised many Nigerians, Governor Ambode said the late a hero and role model for many till date.

Chief Gani Fawehinmi in rights

and

dignity,

where he spent the greater part of his life.

“Chief Gani Fawehinmi loomed large in the minds the underprivileged and vulnerable masses for whom he was ready to lay down his life. In of the Law Courts where he fought many of

philanthropy

were

borderless. He remains a hero and role model to many till date,” governor Ambode said.

The governor, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule, also seized administration

towards

that his administration draw inspiration from Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s struggles and ideals in its quest to make life meaningful for Lagosians.

“Although Chief Gani Fawehinmi is no longer in our midst; like all great men, he lives on in our hearts and memories. We his ideals alive and pass it on to the next generation. He will as we forge ahead with the missing of building monument stands as a testimony of his Responding on behalf of the family, the son of the late Fawehinmi, thanked the state government and Governor Ambode, saying that apart from being a

father’s name on the global map.

“I am totally overwhelmed. I want to say a big thank you to Lagos state government and another very big

massive thank you to Governor Ambode. In all honesty, he is the “We understood when former governor Fashola started this with a smaller statue and we were all glad that at least he remembered our mentor, our father, our leader in the human rights struggle and masses. But now seeing this, I now started to say to myself that Governor Ambode has Fawehinmi on a global map,” Mohammed said.

GAmbode as a very and one of the most outstanding governors in Nigeria, Mohammed said the governor history of Nigeria to the statue would enter the Guinness Book of

Oyinlola must apologize to me - Bode George

By Saka Bolaji, Minna

Former Deputy N a t i o n a l Party, (PDP), Chief Olabode George

self and the late Chief S.M. Afolabi, who our former president and my Egbon Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. “ It was through me Almighty that he was

that , “our door is always open for positive

irritable vituperations against him by former governor of Osun State.

Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola and demanded immediate apology.

In a release issued and signed by Chief Bode George on Sunday, he said:” I read today the untidy,

minds”.

irritable vituperations

towards mitigating the

Oyinlola against my good self. I was rather astonished at the level of uninformed,

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (left); the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond and Minister of Finance, Malta, Edward Scicluna, during the 2018 IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC, on Saturday

‘Resurgence of violence amongst youth worrisome’

By Samuel Luka, Bauchi philanthropist, Professor Sani Abubakar Malami, has

less “I am saddened by news

Sara-Suka thugs held sway.

“We need to work to and diseases, as well as provide people with more

privileged

in

the

as a State that pride itself

the situation as taking development in the state the

fears

Sunday,

North East region”.

He appealed to

all

nip the ugly trend in the bud before it degenerates into what the state

that would improve their standard of living”.

He also said that his foundation, the Sani Malami Center for Development is always on the vanguard in the for

youths

and

the

and

through sharing.

also

information

verbiage against me”. was very junior to me in the military. I am very senior to him in age. It was my humble

Osun State. Oyinlola should not dabble into issues he does not know anything about at all.

I have served several Generals with hundred no grudge against our former President. I for him. I greet him wherever we meet born Yoruba man.

“Oyinlola, please don’t start to open any do not know where it will widen and spill over.

“When one is sent a slave’s errand, you should behave like a true, well born”, George said.

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CHOGM trip, colossal waste, PDP tells Buhari The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in United Kingdom, at huge cost to the nation, as a colossal waste and of no economic value to the country.

The PDP, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan yesterday, noted that no serious investor sealed any meaningful investment deal with Nigeria as dividend from the CHOGM trip.

The party said the president’s trip is of no tangible dividend, a development which is the direct consequence of his “negative comments about Nigerians and his presentation of false performance indices to his hosts”.

“While other commonwealth heads of state used the occasion to negotiate businesses and showcase the potentials and opportunities in their countries, our President only succeeded in de-

marketing our dear country and painting our citizens, particularly the youths, in the negative.

“Nigerians may recall that during his meeting with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, President Buhari, in the quest to hide the failures of his administration and push his 2019 re-election bid, Mr. President downplayed the worsened economic and security situation in the country under his watch, but opted for selfpraise and brandishing unsubstantiated record of performance.

“This self-serving stance ultimately blocked all beneficial bilateral engagements that could have helped secure the much needed international interventions in those critical areas.

“Two days after, President Buhari again took the stage at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London and announced to international investors that Nigerian youths, a demography that forms the bulk of

Huawei to launch 5G smartphone

By Ladesope Ladelokun with agency report The race for the 5G technology is all set to start in the next year, with many companies and manufacturers investing debut this new wireless connection as soon as possible.

Huawei is one of those companies, that have invested huge resources to bring the 5G to the masses, the company recently ready smartphone will be released in 2019.

The launch year coincides with the global rollout of 5G in the world, according to the company, the smartphone will have its launch prepared for the third quarter of the next year. However, the company didn’t disclose more details about this upcoming handset. But considering that the support for the 5G networks will something exclusive to much be the 2019 Huawei Mate.

Huawei has already

back in February’s MWC, although it was designed to be included in large devices like self-driving cars. When it comes to smartphones, the company is yet to reveal a much smaller and compact alternative. As it may be expected, the upcoming Huawei’s 5G Modems will not be exclusive to the brand’s smartphones but will make its way to other manufacturers handsets. A great part of 2019 5G capable smartphones will be using the Chinese manufacturer solution for the new network speed.

Currently, it remains a mystery if the company will bring 5G to one of its will be exclusive to a new line of smartphones made exclusively for 5G marketing around the globe. Of course, the new technology will on the next year, but if everything goes as planned, the Chinese manufacturer could the number 1 when it comes to providing the new technology for most of the smartphones and 5G-ready vehicles.

our nation’s workforce, are uneducated and lovers of freebies”, he said.

The party as well knocked the Buhari Presidency for not offering any apology to the nation, particularly the youths, over the public outrage that trailed

Buhari’s denigration of Nigerian youths, stressing that this has further confirmed the disdain which his administration have for the youths.

Preempting the government, the party said “having returned from CHOGM with nothing but wasted

opportunities, the next move by the Buhari Presidency would be to hugely mobilize their spin-doctors with public resources and direct them to inundate the media with claims of imaginary gains Nigerians”.

The PDP

however,

requested the Presidency to immediately make public the cost of this trip noting that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government have irredeemably failed and can no longer represent national interest and aspiration.

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (2nd L), felicitates with the Chairman and Convener of Nigeria Prays, Former Head of State, Gen. Dr. Yakubu Gowon (2nd R), while the wife of the Governor, Dr(Mrs) Rachael Dickson (L), and the Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah Rtd, (R), looks on with delight, during a National Prayer Conference, organized by the Nigeria Prays Organization in collaboration with the Bayelsa State Government, at the State Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene, Yenagoa.

iPhone fears: $60b creamed off Apple’s market capitalization in two days

By Ladesope Ladelokun with agency report Evidence of waning iPhone demand has spooked Apple shareholders, wiping more capitalisation in two days.

Shares in the world’s most valuable company fell by 4.1 per cent to $165.72 on Friday, giving Apple investors their worst day since the company reported an unexpected drop in iPhone unit sales in early February.

The move came on the heels of Thursday’s 2.8 per cent drop, after one of Apple’s key suppliers warned of slowing smartphone sales.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said in an earnings update that it expected its second-quarter revenues to be hit by “weak demand from the mobile sector”.

Wall Street analysts compounded those fears.

In an investment note on Apple on Friday, Morgan Stanley made deep cuts to its forecasts for the three months ending in June. The broker now expects iPhone shipments to fall 17 per cent year on year to 34m and warned that Wall Street’s consensus expectations of 43m units were too high going into Apple’s results on May 1.

“As was the case in the last two June quarters, we expect Apple revenue guidance to come in below current consensus estimates,” Morgan Stanley wrote.

Analysts at Mizuho on Thursday suggested that Apple had cut iPhone X procurement by as much as 30 per cent on “tepid” near-term demand, based on their inquiries with

suppliers.

“Checks continue to suggest iPhone X softness,” Mizuho wrote.

Smartphone sales in China, the world’s biggest market, fell last year for while global sales fell in the fourth quarter of the year Close watchers of Apple have insisted that investors’ longstanding obsession with quarterly iPhone shipments will eventually wane, pointing to the growth of its services business as a source of more stable recurring revenues.

Apple is also likely to set out its plan for returning cash to shareholders after repatriating much of its the stage for what could amount to tens of billions of dollars’ worth of dividends and share buybacks in the

coming years.

“The iPhone mega upgrade cycle of 2018 that so many were calling for is not going to happen,” Apple analyst Neil Cybart wrote at his site Above Avalon this week, before the stock began falling. “Apple has become a capital allocation story.”

Walt Piecyk, analyst at BTIG Research, on Friday decried the “hand-wringing” over near-term iPhone sales.

“We are 20 days into the June quarter and supplydriven data points have already sparked concerns about Apple’s guidance,” he said in a note. “There is certainly evidence to suggest that upgrade rates remain low and operator promotions continue to evaporate, which will provide a headwind to the June quarter. However, it’s unclear if it will be as dramatic as forecast.”

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Army parades 2 ex-personnel, 5 others for impersonation

By Joy Anyim Two dismissed soldiers Saturday paraded by the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army for impersonation, aiding land grabbers and unlawful extortion from members of the public.

The suspects whose identities were given as Taiwo Ayomide, Bello Kasimu, Ale Michael, Adetileyin Segun, Olarewaju Yusuf, Ibrahim Isa, and Ibrahim

Abdullahi were all arrested by troops of Operation Checkmate.

It was gathered that the suspects who were arrested at of responsibility of the Division were in possession of fake military Identity cards, military of recommendation, Nigerian T-Shirts, Daga knife, Royal Ranger ID card, Lieutenant Rank amongst other items.

Commanding

81

Division,

Abia COE academic workers protest 7 months salary arrears

By Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Members of Colleges of Education Academic state College of Education Technical Arochukwu, ASCETA penultimate Friday took to the street to protest seven months’ unpaid salary arrears and non-implementation of the consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Structure in the institution.

However, the Provost of the college, Dr. Philip Nto says, the state government is in control.

Reacting over the issue, Dr. Nto disclosed that the state government had through the college council “set up whole thing”, stating that the towards resolving the issue.

According to him, the the college Council Chairman, Chief Okey Kanu, while the college Registrar is the Secretary. to show the importance of the said.

The Academic Union had lamented that after 24 years of the establishment of the College, successive governments in the state had turned deaf ears to their complains, despite waiting patiently for government to come to their rescue.

The chairman of the Union in the College, Dr. Kanu Izuchukwu who addressed lamented that ASCETA is the only College of Education in Nigeria, where minimum wage is less than N 10, 000. He also added that a Ph.D holder in the College earns a paltry salary of N40, 000 per month.

College to meager sum of N24 million naira subventions given to the College by the state government.

He explained that since 2011, all other Colleges of Education and Polytechnics in Nigeria had commenced the

actual implementation of the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Salary Structure (CONPCASS), but ASCETA was the only College that was found unworthy to enjoy the salary structure.

According to him, “Even Abia state Polytechnic got the CONPCASS and their subvention was raised to Ninety million naira, but we remained with the old and outdated Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS) of 2007.

“Right now the federal Government has worked out modalities for a new minimum wage. This means that Colleges of Education and polytechnics shall soon be expecting a salary structure

Major-General Enobong Udoh who paraded the suspects at on members of the public to be vigilante as criminally minded individuals now wear military out atrocities.

The GOC who was represented by the Commander 9 Brigade Ikeja, BrigadierGeneral Moundhey Ali gave details on how the suspects were arrested.

He said: “Troops of Operation Checkmate had on April 16, 2018 arrested one Taiwo Ayomide at Ademola Hotel beside Yasmin Mosque Sagamu, dressed in Military money from unsuspecting citizens. The suspect is a resident of No. 46 Ojumile Street Sagamu.

“Similarly, on April 17, 2018,

on Operation Checkmate arrested one Bello Kasimu, a dismissed soldier. He was arrested at Flower General area opposite Fish Farm Ikorodu He specializes in escorting trucks to all parts of the country while parading himself as a serving personnel.

“Ale Victor Michael of No 3 Tony Marshall Street, Ajasa Command, Ipaja, was also arrested by troops of Operation Checkmate of 9 Brigade. He was arrested along Iba Road on 14 April 2018, dressed on Military boot impersonating as a soldier.”

On fake military personnel who aid in Land grabbing, Udoh said the six suspects earlier handed over to the police for

investigation and prosecution.

Speaking further, the GOC said, “ the experience of this Division reveals that most of the people in military uniform that were arrested by the crack team of Operation Checkmate while extorting innocent citizens, interfering in land disputes, perpetrating one criminal act or the other actually turned out to be impostors who are unduly and deliberately tarnishing the good image of the Nigerian Army while impersonating military personnel.

“They also create the false and unfortunate impression that such criminal acts were being perpetrated by soldiers.

The general public is please requested to be wary of the fact that the nefarious activities

of land grabbers deliberately working with impostors in military uniform to defraud and dispossess unsuspecting land owners of their lands is now proliferated.

“The public should particularly be wary of the fact that not all the people that they are seeing around them in various military uniforms are he maintained.

Abdullahi who was dismissed in 2015 spoke on how and why he was arrested.

He said, “ I was serving in Damaturu but was dismissed in 2015. I was dismissed because I was given a pass to go and sort my salary issues but I never came back. From there I just went my way because I felt I should not be in that bush without salary for nine months.

while we will still be receiving CONTISS 2007, what a great injustice.

“It is primarily and by inference these issues of gross underpayment that chased us out of the wood. The impoverished, economically deprived and socially degraded.

“We have been demanding and still demanding that our subvention be increased to N50 million Naira, to enable our College management pay us the CONPCASS salary structure”.

Izuchukwu Lamented that the poor condition of service experienced in the Institution extreme wretchedness and a life of penury, destitution and despair; engrossed in fear and uncertainty of their tomorrow. “we are now depending, as though we are beggars on the benevolence of other members of the society to survive, died under the weight of this deprivation”, he said.

He urged the state to stop complaining about the inability of its predecessor from solving their problems adding that there is no need borrow a leave from the bad things its predecessor did in

Some of the motorcycles impounded by men of the Lagos State Special Task Force for violating the rules restricting motorcycles from major roads in Lagos.

Lagos Task Force impounds 98 motorcycles

By Joy Anyim Men of the Lagos State Task Force over the weekend impounded 98 commercial motorcycles plying restricted routes within the Apapa Area of Lagos.

The Chairman of the Agency, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi who stated this in a press statement issued on Sunday said the enforcement operation which led to the impounding of the motorcycle was carried out on the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Imohimi Edgal.

Asserting the importance of the enforcement operations, Egbeyemi noted that several warning had been issued to commercial motorcycle operators to desist from operating on restricted routes particularly on highways and bridges.

SP Egbeyemi said: “The government is not comfortable

by commercial motorcycle operators, coupled with report of crime incidents allegedly perpetrated with the use of ‘Okada’ particularly around Apapa, Mile 2, Festac, 2nd Rainbow, Ijesha and OrileIganmu.

“These commercial motorcycle operators, no doubt have been a sort of menace as their public nuisances and criminal activities at any time of the day is becoming alarming. “ Speaking on the operation at Apapa, the Chairman said, while some of motorcyclist harassed innocent members of the public at various busstop around Coconut, Wharf, Tincan-Island and Apapa GRA, others engaged in all sorts of criminal acts by dispossessing their passengers of valuables and also robbing innocent

congestion on the Apapa road, Egbeyemi hinted that the commencement of repair work at the over 3000 capacity ‘ABAT Truck Terminal’ in Orile-Iganmu and other ongoing roads constructions/ rehabilitations around Apapa axis were part of Governor to permanently address the Advising Leaders of commercial motorcycle Union in the state, the Chairman said members of the unions should be screen and those with criminal intent weed out from amongst them.

He also called for the proper education of their members on the need to strictly adhere to the laws.

Revealing further, Egbeyemi said the exercise was ongoing as the CP has ordered the Agency to focus its operations more within Apapa until this menace is totally eradicated.

He however appealed to residents of Apapa to cooperate with the Taskforce during the exercise and be free to contact him for useful information to rid this menace.

A motorist who simply commended the Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Edgal for his prompt enforcement directive to check illegal activities of these commercial motorcycle operators.

According to him, “those commercial motorcyclists who of smatching side-screen and mirrors of vehicles that are on the right of way even knowing that they are at fault.”

A resident who refused to her name on print said “We appreciate the action of CP and we are ready to cooperate with Taskforce as most of these commercial motorcyclists are illegal Aliens from neighbouring countries. “

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Scenes from the unveiling of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s new statue at Ojota Park, Lagos...on Sunday

L-R: Wife of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat; the son, Mr. Mohammed Fawehinmi; representative of Lagos State Governor and Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule; Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde; Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem; Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi and Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) during the unveiling of the late Fawehinmi’s new statue in commemoration of his 80th posthumous birthday at the Ojota Park, Lagos... on Sunday

Representative of Lagos State Governor and Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule (3rd left); cutting the tape to unveil the statu; wife of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat (2nd left); Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem (left); Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde (left behind); Mr. Femi Falana (4th right); son of the late Fawehinmi, Mohammed (3rd right); Mrs. Joe Okei-Odumakin (2nd right); former Chairman, Amuwo Odofin LG, Mr. Adewale Ayodele (right) and other family members of the late Fawehinmi during the event.

Representative of Lagos State Governor and Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule (2nd right); Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde (right); son of the late Fawehinmi, Mr. Mohammed Fawehinmi (2nd left) and wife of the late legal icon, Ganiyat (left) during the event.

The new statue of the late Fawehinmi’s remodeled by the Lagos State Wife of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat; the son, Mr. Mohammed; representative of Lagos State Governor and Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Ade- Government in commemoration of his 80th posthumous birthday at bule; Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde; Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem; Sen. Tokunbo the Ojota Park, Lagos...on Sunday Afikuyomi and Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) at the event.

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Lagos trains 5,000 women in 12 months

By Benjamin Omoike The Lagos government revealed that female students

state has 5,159 have

vocations training in its various Skill Acquisition Centres across the state in the last one year.

Disclosing this at the ongoing Ministerial Press Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, in commemoration of governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Commissioner

Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Lola Akande, stated that to tackle the unemployment structure of women in the State, the government has organised short and longterm vocational training programmes for women; young female, widows, vulnerable and disabled women across the state.

According to her, in a bid state government to ensure every citizen, irrespective of their social status and the series of intervention programmes and employment opportunities

across the State, the government has continued to upgrade and expand the existing Skills Acquisition Centres.

While reeling out the achievements of the state government on women emancipation, economic progress and empowerment, that the participation of the Ministry at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the status of women at the UN Headquarters in New York the sustainable model to Akande

disclosed

further that 300 women were exposed to digital entrepreneurial training to acquaint them with the modern method of marketing their products and compete with their contemporaries in the business world.

“To support the vision and invest in the future of girls and young women, the Ministry participated in the 2018 Olave BadenPowell Society Conference held at Tokyo in Japan. This served as a forum to explore changes that assist young women to interact and develop their full potentials

as a responsible world citizen who will lead their communities, countries and raise their voice on issues that concern them,” she enthused.

She also revealed that in the past one year, the Ministry has handled 1,313 domestic which 1,055 were amicably resolved while some other cases were disengaged from the Ministry’s services due to family interventions.

The Commissioner added that government is not reneging in investing in women empowerment, skills acquisition programmes,

access to loans and provision of working tools to enable them better their lives and become self-sufficient to contribute to the economic development of the State and the Nation as a whole.

In her remark at the event, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Abiola Liadi, encouraged women to seize the enormous opportunities provided by the state government to empower themselves and become responsible for the progress of the state.

Edo begins reconstruction of 230 public schools Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has commenced review of contract bids for the renovation of 230 public schools across the 18-local government areas in the state.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Basic Education, and Acting Chairperson, Edo SUBEB, Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe, who presided over the process in Benin City, said the renovation work will include various levels of repairs and/or overhaul in the 230 schools.

She said the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration intends to renovate over 1,200 public schools in the state, but

necessary in line the Obaseki’s administration’s insistence on transparency in awarding contracts.”

She said a technical review the process and ensure the biding was transparent and done in line with laid down procedures,

is

expected

to

make

selection of contractors.

She noted that the governor’s drive to improve access to quality basic education is to build a solid base for the revival of the education sector, noting,

“a standard primary school in Edo State should have perimeter fencing; access to electricity powered through renewable solar energy; water supply; play ground; furniture; toilet facilities; and mini-library for each classroom.”

One of the contractors,

who participated in the bidding process, Mr. Austine Aimiuwu, commended the state government for ensuring a transparent bidding for the contracts, adding, “It is remarkable that the bidding followed due process and done in a seamless manner.

“It is interesting that the godfatherism factor that is common with bidding for contracts never reared up.

This ensured that the process was not compromised. I am contractors who meet criteria for the contracts will get the contracts.

schools are captured in the pilot phase of the exercise.

“The schools were selected to represent all wards in the state. Wards with higher population have more schools captured for renovation,” she said.

“The second phase of the exercise will include schools that are in deplorable state, requiring major re-construction work or complete overhaul,” she added.

Oviawe explained that the bidding was carried out openly before contractors so that those bidding for hand details for each bid and exact fund allocated.

“This step became

L-R: Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul Rasheed Akanbi, Chairman, Yoruba Obas Conflicts Resolution Committee and Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Obateru Akinruntan and Asiwaju Adinni of Ibadanland, Alhaji Mutiullah Oladejo, at the turbaning ceremony of Oladejo, as Asiwaju Adinni of Ibadanland in Ibadan, at the weekend

APC chieftain lauds Oshiomhole’s political foresight

By Titus Akhigbe, Benin Immediate past governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has been commended for possessing a rare political and administrative foresight.

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Dr.

Emmanuel Igiebor in an interview with newsmen in Benin city eulogized the immediate past governor and leader of the APC in Edo for possessing a rare political and administrative foresight.

He added that the administration of Adams Oshiomhole was one without

blemish, noting that his government was recognized as one that recorded peace, unity unprecedented development in all facets as well as brought internal democracy into APC in the state.

Igiebor said Oshiomhole

serve in any position that he might be saddled with, either at the national or international level.

He added that his good legacies culminated in the emergence of Governor Godwin Obaseki who has been acknowledged as a blessing to Edo People.

He noted that Comrade Oshiomhole is a leader who recognizes hard work and has a penchant in rewarding his hardworking followers.

According to him, “Edo people should appreciate Comrade Oshiomhole for being able to discover

Governor Godwin Obaseki as his successor.”

“His political doggedness and administrative prowess cannot be swept under the carpet as he revolutionized Edo Politics such as the invention of the slogan, one man, one vote, “Igiebor said.

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L-R: Leader, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, Likeminds Political Group, Alh Dauda Adelani; Zonal Chairman GNI Likeminds, Mr Ismail Nasir; Governorship Aspirant Ogun State, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka;Secretary GNI Likeminds, Mrs. Adesola Badmus; and Disciplinary Chairman, Mr. Rasheed Wasiu, during the inauguration of GNI Likeminds Political Group in Ijagba Ota, Ogun State on Saturday

Better opportunities exist for youth, women in SDP - Publicity Secretary

By Saka Bolaji, Minna A government of the Social Democratic Party opportunities for Nigerian Youths and Women.

The SDP government will to achieve the eradication of youth unemployment set aside a reasonable percentage of the national budget for the creation of jobs for able bodied young men and women and fresh graduates from our country’s institution of higher learning.

Our intention is to make the youth the pillar upon which a greater and more prosperous Nigeria is built through gainful employment and eradication of all forms of youth restiveness This is why we are calling on Nigerian youths and Women to join hands with us to build this party so that together we will record success in all the elections slated for next year.

Nigerian Youths and

Women should heed the wise counsel of former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who recently admonished the youth and women to join the SDP because it is made up of credible people that can also be trusted To emphasize his belief in the potentials of the party to reform Nigeria, IBB had said that if he had been young, “ I would have volunteered to lead the youth vanguard of the SDP” One of the principles of the new invigorated SDP is for experienced elders to mentor and propel the youths and women to participate in critical sectors of governance in Nigeria.

SDP therefore invites Nigerian youths and women individually and as groups to troop out and embrace this party by registering as members in their various wards.

Saraki empowers Kwara APC women leaders with N10.4 m

By Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has disbursed the sum of N10.4 million to 52 women leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara Central.

Each of the 52 women leaders went home with a cash of N200, 000 to assist them boost their trades.

The Kwara central senatorial district which Saraki represents at the Senate comprises four local governments namely: Asa, Ilorin-

South, Ilorin West and Ilorin East.

This was coming few days after the Senate President offset 20 months’ salary areas owed 22O traditional chiefs by three local government areas in Kwara central.

Presenting the largesse to the beneficiaries at the Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s (ABS) Mandate Constituency Office, Ilorin, the ABS Director General, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi said Saraki

doled out the funds to assist the women boost their business and trades.

He said the Senate President held women in high esteem because of their positive contributions to the economy for which he said they deserved to be encouraged.

Abdullahi advised the beneficiaries to use the money for the intended purpose to enhance their standard of living.

Also speaking at the brief ceremony, a chieftain of the party, Hajia Muslimat Ibrahim urged the women leaders to reciprocate the gesture by continue to be loyal to the senate president and the party.

She told the exited beneficiaries to be weary of the antics of some politicians who would only come around during election period to seek their votes.

HOFEWEM offers 2 students scholarship for excellence The duo of Miss Oladunni Akisanmi and Master Agwu Victory James, have been awarded the second edition of the annual university scholarship award of the education endowment fund, of the Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative (HOFOWEM), pet project of Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, wife of the governor of Lagos State.

Presenting the scholarship at the

in the selection process and for their brilliant performances in their

Oregun, Mrs. Ambode commended the students for excelling

be good ambassadors of your families and schools and make us proud too”.

examination and the Joint Admission Matriculation Examination (JAMB).

According to her, “I congratulate you for your brilliant performance at all levels of your examination. I do not want you to lose focus, but This is just the beginning, you need to concentrate on your studies, shun

She noted that the scholarship aside of funding the education of the bright students, would serve to encourage deprived, to pursue their dreams with diligence.

She said: “The scholarship scheme was established to encourage indigent but brilliant underprivileged students in public secondary schools in Lagos State, to pursue degree programmes of their choice in any Nigerian higher institution of learning. It is to encourage serious students that

is not the end of a dream”.

While urging them to continue to pursue their dream and aim at being the best they can be, she hinted that courses supported by the scholarship were those that addressed critical societal issues like engineering, environment, food and security, education and public health among others.

Mrs. Ambode disclosed that the HOFOWEM Education Scholarship Scheme, would continue to fund the tertiary

education of indigent brilliant students in Lagos state, in the spirit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which scholarships for human capital development.

While appreciating the founder and HOFOWEM education team, the duo vain.

They pledged to be great ambassadors, adding that the hope rekindled by the foundation would not diminish neither would they give up on any challenge.

Speaking on behalf of the parents, Mr. Agwu they had given up on how to fund the education of the children despite their brilliance, noting that the intervention of the foundation changed the story.

The HOFOWEM Education Scholarship Endowment Fund, gives annual scholarship to fund tertiary education of brilliant but indigent students in public secondary schools in Lagos State, in any Nigerian higher institution of learning.

News 20 Innovative reforms: Muslim media practitioners commends NAHCON

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Muslim Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MMPAN) has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) over its various innovative reforms which according to them has improved and ease the performance of Hajj in Nigeria.

The Association gave the declaration when the executive members led by the President Mallam Abdulrahman Balogun, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman/ CEO to NAHCON at the commission’s Headquarters.

Balogun who solicited for strategic partnership between the Association and NAHCON to improve Hajj reportage as well as assist in propagating Islam, however prayed for the prosperity of the commission.

Earlier the Commissioner, Policy, Personnel, Management and Finance Alhaji Adebayo Yusuf Ibrahim, who represented the Chairman/CEO Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar, commended the association for its Islam by using media to enlighten the Muslim Umma on Hajj activities. He advised them to imbibe the ethics of the profession by being fair, objective and honest in their reportage as required by the Islamic faith.

Alhaji Adebayo assured the association of the commission’s its pledge while also assuring of its readiness partner with the association in the training and implementation of the media guidelines set to be instituted by the commission on Hajj Reporting.

In the same vein the Commissioner Operation, Alhaji Abdullahi Modibbo Saleh implored the members of the association to assist in the enlightenment of the intending pilgrims and dissemination of positive information.

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30, 000 polling units: Disregard PDP allegations – INEC

By Tom Okpe, Abuja The Independent National Commission (INEC) has denied alleged plans to re-introduce 30,000 new polling units so as to compromise the 2019 general elections urging Nigerians to disregard the allegation.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in a statement, alleged that INEC was planning to create 30,000 illegal polling

units in some remote areas of the country.

In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, on Sunday in Abuja, urged members of the public to disregard the statement saying that it is false, misleading and unfounded.

He said that the commission had received 3,789 requests nationwide for the creation of new polling units thereby directing its Resident Electoral Commissioners

(RECs) to thoroughly assess the requests and provide it with information on new inadequately served by existing polling units adding that: “The commissioners were also to provide information on areas with natural barriers that hinder access to existing polling units as well as areas that were distant from existing polling units.

“The RECs are also to assess and provide information on areas

voting in existing polling units unsafe for voters”, he said.

According to him, these reports are still being awaited from the various states: “It is these reports and the information they contain that will be collated and carefully examined by the commission in order to determine what changes may be necessary in the of the country.

“Therefore, the insinuation that the commission intends

to create 30,000 new polling units to compromise the 2019 General Elections is false, misleading, unfounded and should be disregarded”.

The commission assured the public that its decisions and actions shall always be guided by the provisions of the extant laws and its determination to respond to requests by Nigerians to “the creation of more polling units would be done only after full consultation with all stakeholders”.

Imo State governorship aspirant, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha (Right), addressing participants shortly after he handed over a campaign branded bus key to the leader of the IHEDIOHA YOUTH MOVEMENT, Comrade Okoro Rex, when Hon Emeka Ihedioha donated buses to his campaign support groups at the weekend.

Alleged N5. 7bn fraud: I’m ready to prove my innocence - Ex-Gov Shema

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja A former governor of Katsina State, Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema has said that he is ready to prove his innocence in the N5.7b fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The EFCC is set to arraign the former governor over alleged N5.7billion Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE - P) fund before the Katsina State High Court on Monday.

However, in a press statement made available to

journalists in Abuja through Oluwabusola Olawale, Head, Media Team of former Governor Shema, the former governor accused Governor Amiinu Bello Masari of masterminding and sponsoring his trial.

He accused the state government of persecuting perceived political opponents but added that he is not afraid of a free, fair and transparent trial. ”Our position remains the same since Governor Aminu Bello Masari started his persecution, intimidation and harassment of former Governor Ibrahim Shehu

to probe Shema administration and granted over 200 media interviews to call him a thief and continue to sponsors media trial against him.

“He also set up Commission of Inquiry, sponsor petitions to EFCC and ICPC, using Katsina to take Shema before Justice Maikaita Bako of Katsina State High Court while at the same time obtaining Fiat of the Federation, curiously to take over Corruption case from ICPC before the same Justice Maikaita Bako to satisfy the interest of Governor Masari and his Co travelers”.

He said the state government is already pressurizing EFCC to take Shema before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of Federal High Court, Abuja on allegations that are being adjudicated before another Court and now taking him before Justice Babagana Ahmed of Federal High Court Katsina on the same issues and allegations.

“Former Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema stands by his position that he is ready to defend himself in fair and just trial and therefore urging Nigerians and International Communities to read between the lines what is the motive of Governor

Aminu Bello Masari who is behind trial of Shema for this desperation.

“And with the fresh suit before Justice Babagana Ahmed of Federal High Court Katsina, we urge Nigerians and International Communities to monitor closely the planned arraignment of Shema on the slated date to understand the motive and agenda of the fresh suit.

“We insist that Former Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema is innocent and demands for transparent, fair and just trail based on the rule of law with the absolute belief that the God we worship is a just God who abhors injustice”, he said.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. OBY DIVINE CHIDOZIE - CHAIRMAN 2. CHIDOZIE ANENE OKAFOR. 3. SUNNY OSAYII OKONOFUA - SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: JOHN KPAKU ESQ

SIGNED BY BARR. CHUKWUEMEKA UCHENNA 08033458678

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRADO HERBAL MEDICINE, BONE SETTERS AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR. ADEGONMIRE WALTER OLUREMI - CHAIRMAN 2. DR. BAMIDELE DAMILOLA OLUWASOGO - SECRETARY 3. DR. ADEGBOYEGUN SUNDAY 4. DR. OLUREMI AJOKE 5. DR. OGUNSEMORE CALEB OLUWAKA 6. DR. ALIMI SAKARIYAU ADISA 7. DR. ADENUOYE AWOTUNJI AKINDOPIN AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

AGHAMA OSA 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. MRS BLESSING IGBINEDION 2. MR. IRESE IGBINEDION AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR THE GIFTED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE SOCIETY 2. TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE GROUPS IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. OGUNDELE TOPE GODWIN 2. OGUNDELE BUKOLA OLUWASEUN AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROVIDE UNITY AMONG THE MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: (1) PASTOR OKECHUKWU SYLVANUS- CHAIRMAN. (2) REV. DR IGNATIUS ONYEKWERE- VICE CHAIRMAN. (3) APOSTLE JOSEPH STEPHEN- TREASURER. (4)APOSTLE HAPPINESS EKE- FINANCIAL SECRETARY. (5)PASTOR CHRISTOPHER NWACHUKWU- GENERAL SECRETARY. AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE WORLD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

22 Change of Names CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT OLAYINKA OLUWASHEUN OLAJIDE AND OLAYINKA OLUWASHEUN MORUF OLAJIDE REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYINKA OLUWASHEUN OLAJIDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEANOKETE THERESA NGOZI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMO THERESA NGOZI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PHILIP CHRISTIAN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIOHA AFAM SUNDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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CHANGE OF NAME FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELEH HELEN ADESHOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONI HELEN ADESHOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADEKOYA RUKAYAT TITILAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MAKANJUOLA RUKAYAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSENI SHAKIRAT OLORUNTOYIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONI SHAKIRAT OLORUNTOYIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNABUENYI UCHECHUKWU DORIS NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS IKPONMWEN UCHECHUKWU DORIS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALAWU OLAYINKA ISIAKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALAWU YINKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHOLARIN DIANA MERCY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOLARIN DIANA MERCY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS THOMAS FUNMILAYO DAMILOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MENDES FUNMILAYO DAMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BETTY AGBONDIWIN IMADE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BETTY AGBONDIWIN OKONNE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GODWIN IFEANYI CHIBUIKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODELUGA IFEANYI GODWIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OYINKUNOLA ADERAYO

OLUBISI OGUNLAJA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS TIJANI OYINKUNOLA DERRY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS TIJANI OYINKUNOLA ADERAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EMIOLA OLAYINKA AJAYI NOW KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EMIOLA OLAYINKA OLUBISI OGUNLAJA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, AUTHORITIES CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FESOMADE EUNICE OLUWATOYIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BROWN EUNICE OLUWATOYIN OREOFEOLUWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLASUNKANMI SHUKURAT DAMILOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLASUN-KANMI SHUKURAT DAMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ROSELIN NWODU, NWODU ROSE ADAFOR AND ROSELINE ADAFOR NWODU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWODU ROSELINE NWODIWE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORO CHARITY ADAEZE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORO CHARITYSUNDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AISHATU DAHIR-UMAR

MRS UGONNA OHUOCHA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AISHA IBRAHIM MUSTAFA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS AISHATU DAHIR-UMAR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS UGONNA OGUERI. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS MRS UGONNA OHUOCHA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT L; ADEYEMO OLUYEMI IS SAME PERSON BEARING ADEYEMO ADEWUNMI OLUYEMI, ADEYEMO AYINDE AND ADEYEMO OLUYEMI ELIJAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORJI OBINNA AUGUSTINE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUMA IFEANYI STANLEY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IBIWOYE MUYIWA ABIODUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS IBIWOYE ABIODUN MICHEAL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IKEH NNEKA JOSEPHINE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS PATRICK CHIDINMA JULIANA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

BATHO PELE FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. WINNIE LYNETTE JOHNSON- CHAIRMAN 2. ENOCH NDAWAKA YOHANNA-SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS GEARED AT FULFILLING THOSE NEEDS. 2. PROVIDING COMMUNITY LIFE SUPPORTING SKILL BASE LIKE ARTS, CRAFTS AND GENERAL WORKS OF ART. 3. PROVIDING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON WOMEN ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INT’L EVANGELICAL MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. JACK KALABUOYE BROWN 2. JUDITH JACK BROWN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2. TO PROMOTE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST. 3. TO ESTABLISH CHAPELS, CHURCHES AND HOUSE-FELLOWSHIP CENTRES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AND PROMOTE THE SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO THE HOLY BIBLE 4. TO ESTABLISH, EXTEND AND OTHERWISE CARRY ON ANY OR ALL OF THE AFORESAID PURPOSE INTO A WORLDWIDE MINISTRY MOVEMENT; ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: JACK KALABUOYE BROWN

IBILE DRIVERS STAKEHOLDERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. HASSAN OBARINU TAOFIK 2. ADEDIRAN EZEKIEL GBADEBO 3. YUSUF ISMAILA BABATUNDE 4. AKUE EMMANUEL ADOTE 5. ODUNSI RAHMON OLORUNWA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.

TO PROTECT INTEREST AND WELFARE OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

BOBBY ADENIYI 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 TRUSTEES: 1. ADEBAYO DANIEL ADENIYI 2. DAMILOLA VICTORIA SUNDAY 3. MAYOWA OLUWASEUN ADENIYI 4. GLADYS AYOOLA FANIMOKUN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMPOWER THE POOR AND INDIGENT CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITIES. 2. TO PROVIDE BASIC WELFARE FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNITI 3. TO BE A CENTRE FOR COORDINATING PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS TAKING ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE A BETTER FUTURE AND A BETTER SOCIETY. 4. TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGN BY DAMILOLA VICTORIA SUNDAY 07034659427 SECRETARY

SUICIDE NOT AN OPTION FOUNDATION

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

OYINKANSOLA BOLANLE ADELEKE 2.

ADEYEMI OLAYODE ADELEKE 3.

AYOKUNNUMI DAMILOLA OWOLADE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO CREATE AWARENESS ON SUICIDE AND PREVENT SUICIDE BEHAVIOUR 2.

TO PROVIDE FREE COUNSELLING SERVICES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN DEPRESSION 3.

TO ACT AS A LINK BETWEEN PERSONS LIVING IN DEPRESSION AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE GIVERS, PROVIDE POST SUICIDE THERAPY TO SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SUICIDE DEATHS. 4.

ESTABLISH SUICIDE INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRES ACROSS NIGERIA TO SERVE AS LIBRARIES FOR SUICIDE RELATED INFORMATION, ORGANISE WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS ON ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MRS. OYINKANSOLA BOLANLE ADELEKE

SAFE HARBOUR INITIATIVE

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MRS. MARY EGBICHI UBA (CHAIRMAN), 2. CHRISTIANA OTUOMASINCHI A. (SECRETARY) 3. CHINYERE OTUOMASINCHI A, (MEMBER) 4. OGECHI COMFORT OKORIE (MEMBER) 5. FERDINAND OKORIE EKEOMA (MEMBER) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO PROVIDE SUCCOUR FOR THE ABUSED CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND SENSITIZE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AGAINST CHILD AND WOMEN ABUSE. 2.

TO SHOW CARES, LOVE AND PROVIDE HOMES FOR THE ABUSED CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE INDIGENT PEOPLE IN THEIR AREAS OF NEEDS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

PORT HARCOURT LITERARY SOCIETY IT NO: 56389 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEE: 1. DR CHIDI AMUTA - RETAINED 2. ALERUCHI COOKEY - GAM - RETAINED 3. MR TONYE COLE - REMOVED AIMS: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MIMIHEMBA NOMHWANGE (SOUCITOR) 08036798703

MOUNTAIN OF PEACE AND PRAYER MINISTRY - CAC/IT/50542 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 CHANGE OF TRUSTEES *OLD TRUSTEES: 1. ALAO OLATUNJI - REMOVED 2. OLAKANMI OLADEJO - RETAINED 3. SENUGA ADEWALE - REMOVED 4. ADEWUNMI ADEBAYO JACOBS - REMOVED 5. REV. EZEKIEL OLAOYE - REMOVE 6. BRAIMAH ROSELINE - REMOVED 7. ADEJUGBE JUMOKE FEHINTOLA - RETAINED *NEW TRUSTEE: 1. OLADEJO JOHNSON ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ADAMA OCHEME CHRIS, ESQ. 07039783244

PRIVILEDGE EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY

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

EVANGELIST JONATHAN AYUBA 2.

ELDER BEN .N. BENO 3.

REV. DANIEL .T. DARIYA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.

CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM AND CHURCH PLANTING ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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CHANGE OF NAME I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PROMISE CHINEDU JOSEPH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PROMISE CHINEDU ACHUGO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYOMIDE ENI OLUSEGUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYOMIDE ENIOLA JATULA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UDOH DANIEL UNYIME NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOLOMON SAMSON AKANNIMOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AYOMIPOSI BRIDGET OJO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS.IJITIMEHIN BRIDGET AYOMIPOSI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OKERE RAPHEAL UZOMA INSTEAD OF OKERE RAPHAEL UZOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MARY NWAKPA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GABRIEL NWANGA MARY NWANFOR, DUE TO MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THRONE OF GRACE MIRACLE ASSEMBLY INTL THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ,ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1, PASTOR JULIUS NKWUDA NWEKE - GENERAL OVERSEER 2, MRS. NKWUDA CHIBUZOR JULIUS 3,MR. RICHARD OMORISIUWA. 4, MR. SYLVESTER ONUNKU 5, MRS. LOVETH AGBOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1, TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACROSS THE GLOBAL WORLD. 2, TO REACH THE UNREACH THROUGH EVANGELISM. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED - PASTOR JULIUS NKWUDA NWEKE

WATERED FOUNDATION

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1. ANYANWU UGOCHI - PRESIDENT 2. ANYANWU IKECHUKWU –VICE- PRESIDENT 3. CHINYERE EZECHUKWU - SECRETARY 4 IFEOMA CATHERINE NWAIWU – FINANCIAL SECRETARY 5 OGECHI EXCEL EZE - TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY AND PROVIDE FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

Change of Names 23 CORRECTION OF NAME I FORMELY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARAWA LAIDE DAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AREWA OLAIDE EKUNDAYO, ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME/DECLARATION OF AGE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAYO SAMUEL IYANU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLANIYA SAMUEL IYANU. AND CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 18-041984. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1, MICHEAL AJAYI OKIKIMOLE - GENERAL OVERSEER 2, MICHEAL OKIKIMOLE BLESSING -ASST. G.O 3, NWAUZU BLESSING CHINEDU- SECRETARY 4, OKPOLO CONSTANCE EROBO - MEMBER 5, ILEKENRI CHARLES - MEMBER 6, OKPOLO FAITH EROWO- MEMBER 7, ARASONMWAN OSAREMWINDA EDOSA- MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED MICHEAL AJAYI OKIKIMOLE

THE WINNING COVENANT FAITH CHURCH

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

Newbreed vs Old Brigade: Who faces Buhari in 2019 Atiku Abubakar is a successful businessman and a philanthropist of note. Today, he remains a political enigma who has occupied the Nigerian political landscape like a colossus. Atiku remains the topic for discussions in political circle. He undoubtedly has one of the largest political followers in the country, he is called “the political bridge builder”.

Before seriously going into politics and business, the 72-year-old Atiku Abubakar worked for the Nigeria Customs Service. He spent 20 years on the job and achieved the second highest rank in the Service’s hierarchy.

Atiku’s first foray into politics was in the early 1980s, when he worked behind-thescenes on the governorship campaign of BamangaTukur, who at that time was managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority. He canvassed for votes on behalf of Tukur, and also donated to the campaign. Towards the end of his Customs career, he met the late Gen Shehu MusaYar’Adua, who had been second-in-command of the military government that ruled Nigeria between 1976 and 1979.

Atiku was drawn by Yar’Adua into the political meetings that were now happening regularly in Yar’Adua’s Lagos home. In 1989, Atiku was elected a National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Front of Nigeria, the political association led by Yar’Adua, to participate in the transition programme initiated by the former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida.

Atiku won a seat to represent his constituency at the 1989 Constituent Assembly, set up to decide a new constitution for Nigeria. The People’s Front was eventually denied registration by the government (none of the

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groups that applied was registered), and found a place within the Social Democratic Party (SDP) one of the two parties decreed into existence by the regime.

He won the governorship primaries of the then Social Democratic Party in November 1991, but was soon disqualified by government from contesting the election.

With no chance of contesting for the presidency, Yar’Adua decided to push Atiku forward as the focal point of SDP’s ambitions. Atiku came third in the convention primary of the SDP in Jos, Plateau State.

But because the late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner, had won by only about 400 votes, a run-off was put in place to decide the eventual winner.

But Atiku stepped down for Abiola, asking his supporters to cast their votes for him, with an unwritten agreement that Abiola would announce Atiku as his running mate. Abiola won the SDP ticket, and announced Babagana Kingibe, the runner-up, as his running mate.

In 1998 Atiku, launched a bid for the governorship of Adamawa State on the platform of the PDP. He won the December 1998 election, but before he could be sworn-in, he was tapped by the then PDP’s presidential candidate, former Head of State Olusegun Obasanjo, as his vice-presidential candidate.

The Obasanjo-Atiku ticket won the 27 February 1999 presidential election with 62.78 percent of the vote.

Considering his wealth of experience, Atiku today remains the aspirant to beat by other presidential hopefuls in the PDP and he has not rested on his oars. He has since re-joining the party been moving round the country, consulting power brokers and opinion leaders selling his ambition and

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seeking their support.

Aside his old age, his acceptability to few ‘kingmakers’ among whom are is former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, remain a task which must be accomplished by the Turaki Adamawa.

Another old brigade eyeing the presidency is former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido.

When political tsunami was sweeping some leaders back and forth to other parties, this political technocrat remained resolute and did not abandoned the PDP, hence, he is one of the most qualified old hands for the plum job.

Born in 1948 in old.Bamaina, BirninKudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State, the former Foreign Af-

fairs Minister (1999 to 2003) is by every standard an old hand with a depth in politics. He entered politics as a member of the left-of-center Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) during the defunct Second Republic. When the former Head of State , the late Gen Sani Abacha announced his plan to return to democracy, Lamido was a founding member of the Social Progressive Party, and was National Secretary of the new party. He was imprisoned in 1998 by Abacha for criticising Abacha’s plan to perpetuate himself in office.

After Abacha’s unexpected death in June 1998, the Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar announced a revised transition time-

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table and new parties were formed to contest the 1999 elections. Lamido became a member of the PDP. He ran for governorship election of Jigawa State in the 1999 elections at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, but was narrowly defeated by the All Peoples Party (APP) candidate, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki. But in April 2007, Lamido contested and won the governorship election in Jigawa State.

He no doubt left a legacy of governance in the state.

In June 2007, Lamido accused new generation banks of helping state governors to loot their treasuries, and called for tighter regulations.

In July 2007, Lamido announced plans to spend

N2 billion in the next six months on education, using the money to rebuild schools and provide basic teaching materials. The state also invested N450million for training teachers teaching core courses in junior secondary schools. He initiated major construction programmes, led by the Dutse Capital Development Authority and the Jigawa State Housing Authority.

In September 2009, Lamido offered to provide free plots of land and basic infrastructure to investors in the tourism and hospitality business in Jigawa State. In December 2009, Lamido announced a plan by which beggars would be given a basic monthly payment to stay off the streets.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

L-R: Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed; Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, during the event

Ogun: Using culture to integrate Africans

By Ladesope Ladelokun With culture, tourism and art, Ogun State sets the pace, while others follow. Besides, with culture as the integration of the African people, Ogun State blazes the trail and it also leads the trail as the tourism hub of the world.

Gamour and excitement trail the three-day African drum festival initiated by the Ogun state.

The festival unprecedented in the annals of the black race, the third edition of the “Ogun State African Drum Festival 2018”, with the theme: “Reviving our culture in drums”, held on Thursday, April 19 and April 20, 2018 at Abeokuta, the state capital, has opened the window of opportunities for unleashing the cultural and tourism potentials the state is endowed with.

At the opening session of the event held on Thursday, April 19, 22, international troupes drawn from Haiti, Mexico, Republic of Benin, Cote Do Voire, Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroun, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Congo Brazaville and others kicked off the event with entertainment segment with their various drums to exhibit the rich potentials and power of the instruments.

Cultural troupes drawn from different states government such as Kwara, Katsina, Cross River and private troupes such as City of David from Bariga, Lagos and Eni-Afe Reformers Band, Abeokuta also gave a taste of what they are made of, and wet the appetite of the audience with their African drums.

In his goodwill message, Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, expressed happiness in the Ogun State

Governor, Sen Ibikunle Amosun, for coming up with the initiative of the event which began two years ago (2016), with the theme: “Nigerian drum” of which he claimed he was part of the maiden edition.

“Thank God for giving, not Ogun State alone but all of us Sen Amosun as Governor. He has a tall dream. I am always happy over your shining activities especially in promoting our culture.

“It was in Yorubaland that we had the advent of drums. So, let us promote the drum festival. With this African drum festival we are holding now it is sure it would promote trade and commerce of Ogun State.

“Let us bear it in mind that our culture and tradition transcend our religion”, said Ooni.

Also, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, commended Governor Amosun for taking the giant stride in hosting the event.

The first Yoruba monarch, however, gave a parting word to whoever might become Governor Amosun’s successor in office come May 29, 2019, to continue to where his predecessor has stopped and continue with the drum festival as initiated by the incumbent. The event should not end here.

“God gave Governor Ibikunle Amosun wisdom and knowledge to initiate and organise this event.

“If and when the governor leaves office on May 29, 2019, what becomes the fate of continuity of this drum festival? I want to appeal to whoever will take over the baton of leadership from him to continue with this lofty event.

“Five ways to direct a person to do something good or bad, according to political scientists and

philosophers are: to lead by example, inspiration, motivation, mentorship and to be a role model.

“In 1885, when the colonialists (the British, Portuguese, Germans and French) converged in Berlin and when they they wanted to leave Africa snd decided to annex under their territories but we Nigerians used culture to liberate ourselves from their slavery because they didn’t want to give us independence but they wanted us to continue to serve them.

Through culture, we can motivate inspire and mentor our people to become one.

Ogun State as the cradle of civilization has played dominant roles in the emancipation and promotion of growth and development of this nation and also beyond the shores. The state is blessed with prominent people. The Ogun State people have been taking the lead on every spheres of life. I could remember that “Iwe Irohin” was established in 1865

by Rev. Townsend. Also, the first African lawyer was Sapara Williams who hailed from Egbaland.

We also had Dr. Teslim Elias who wrote constitutions of 49 countries.

So, Ogun State was where the people of these state confronted the whitemen because they were the first set to be educated and they used that weapon to fight the whitemen before they could give Nigeria independence in 1960.

The state is also blessed with Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), a former President of the World Court of Justice at Hague. Likewise, you have here the literary giant, Prof Wole Soyinka. He is versed in Yoruba language and also English. So, Ogun State is richly blessed”, said the Alaafin.

The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Oto, described Amosun as a visionary governor of Ogun State.

“It is a great privilege to be here today. When I got the invitation to be part of this event and I accepted it in good faith. Ogun State is like my second home.

I thank the people of the state for supplying the governor in his vision and the love of the people will go a long way.

Culture is the beginning of African emancipation and it raises the awareness of the people and it will grow from strength to strength.

This year’s event is spectacular and it will go a long way. So, I will urge other states to take a cue from Ogun State and replicate such in their respective states as a way of promoting our culture”, said the Obong.

Not left out, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, who is the Chairman, Ogun State Council of Traditional rulers, expressed appreciation to the initiative of Governor Ibikunle Amosun and guests that were in attendance.

He reminisced on his first contact with the Alaafin when he was a young man living in the Palace of Alake of Egbaland, Abeokuta.

“At age 10, Alaafin when he was a young boy he was staying within the Palace of the Alake of Egbaland, while I was five years old but staying opposite the Palace. That was when I first came on contact with the Alaafin”, said Alake.

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chief consultant to the Ogun State Government in the ongoing “African Drum Festival 2018”, poured encomiums on the traditional rulers on attendance.

“People are looking forward to you as custodians of our culture and tradition.

I am filled with enthusiasm here today. I use to describe you as Governor of bulldozer because you bulldoze and also rebuilds the structures.

We will assist you and I want to urge you not to lose value in your efforts at rebuilding Ogun State”, said the literary giant.

Also, the Minster of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, commended the governor, Sen Ibikunle Amosun, the state government and the people of Ogun State on the third edition of the festival, the event, he said, was not just conceived but it has been proven and sustained since its first edition since 2016.

“It started in 2016 with the theme: “Nigerian drum” and a year later it became “African drum festival”.

“It also to be noted that as the festival grows older the better it gets.

“This year’s African Drum Festival which will feature conference and exhibition to be convened by one of our own, Prof Wole Soyinka, who is the Chief consultant to the Ogun State government, I commend the organisers for the great intellectual addition to the festival.

“On our own part at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, we will support the Ogun State in using our platforms to create awareness for the drum festival. We will give our support to the Ogun State government to take this festival to another level. We will also ensure that the festival is included in our national calendar that we are working on now. To me, the festival will provide jobs and boosts the economy and that is why we will continue to support Ogun State government.

“I want to appeal to the corporate world to partners with the Ogun State Government through sponsorship and support this annual festival.

“But permit me to use this medium to inform you that Nigeria will be hosting the 64tth meeting of the United Nations Tourism festival which will start on June 1 and close on June 6, this year.

“Expectedly, 51 African states will converge in Abuja for this meeting. And we want to sincerely solicit the support and cooperation of the Ogun State government to partner with us to have a successful meeting which will be used for our rich cultural heritage and tourism destination. As you

are aware, culture and tourism are intertwined. This drum festival is very important because it provides an avenue to showcase our rich cultural heritage and to attract local tourism of our country.

“This festival also plays key roles, in not just organising it for the development and creation of the African drum festival but it is important for our future generations. In this regard, the event will bring to note for our future generation. And we will continue to support our own cultural heritage, on terms of drum for civilization and education”, said the Minister.

The third edition of the Ogun 2018 festival compered by Yemi Sodimu and Wale Dada, featured prominent traditional rulers like Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, representatives of both the Awujale of Ijebuland and Olu of Ilaro and Paramount ruler of Yewaland, Ogun State Chief Judge, Mrs. Tokunbo Olopade, representatives of both the Lagos and Gombe States, Dr Abdul-Lateef Akeem, Commissioner for Home Affairs and Robinson Wase, Commissioner for Culture, Chief Ebenezer Obey,

Another set of drummers at the event

Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), service chiefs, prominent members of the Nollywood community including Chief Tunde Kelani, Olu Jacob, Richard Agbor, Jimoh Aliu, Kareem Adepoju (aka Baba Wande), Segun Arinze, Kunle Afolayan, and many others.

The second day, precisely on Friday, 20th April, a conference, workshop and exhibition were held at the Olumo Rock tourist complex. Prof Wole Soyinka featured his creative task force at the conference tagged, “DRUMming for ADVANCEment”. And this further conceptualises the festival for better understanding.

The conference, it is said, was conceived as a new dimension to the annual African drum festival, specifically to bring intellectual flavour to the character and content of the project. The main objective, it is said, to begin to position the drum as a tool for education, socialisation, cultural and economic advancement.

“This session held in two formats: conference and workshop exhibition.

The conference was aimed at creating a platform

through which the very nature and character of the drum and the vocation of drumming could be distilled in order to rediscover its potentialities as a significant instrument for advancing the cause of the society.

“Everything great begins from Ogun State...well, take Fela’s AFRO-BEAT. It all began right here before he disseminated it to Lagos and the rest of the world.

So, I am not surprised that Ogun state has initiated this festival that calls attention to the significance of the drum in the life of humanity, and especially the African world.

“Many people do not recognise the centrality of rhythm, but rhythm is both entrancing and eloquent.

It is a sophisticated possession of human beings. We all live on a world of rhythms, right from birth, it is both heartbeat and pulse. Rhythm is simply-life”, said Soyinka.

Resource persons that graced the occasion, include Dr Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor, Mr Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi, Dr Tunde Adegbola, Dr. (Mrs.) Bukola Bello Jaiyesimi, Mr. Muraina Oyelami, Dr. Jeleel Ojuade, among others.

Other programmes that featured in the event include demonstrations and interventions by Dr Olu Adewale Adeniran, Mr Akin Adejuwon, Chief Tunde Kelani and Mr. Wanle Akinboboye.

The rapporteurs were Lillian Amah-Aluko, Dr. Tunde Awosanmi, Dr. (Mrs.) Razinat Talatu Mohammed and Mr. Mufu Onifade.

On the part of the workshop, the event was put together to impart knowledge about the various techniques of drumming, especially in the young ones, to ensure that the vocation begins to manifest its purposed education and entertainment values.

Resource persons at this segment were Peter Adegboyega Badejo and Isioma Williams.

In his remarks, Ogun State Governor, Sen Ibikunle Amosun, expressed appreciation to the traditional rulers and resource persons who had shared their knowledge through their talks and thus, making the festival successful.

“We have learnt a lot of things from the participants that came from different parts of the world, especially Africa.

It is good to catch our younger ones so that our culture does not fade away. We will continue to promote our culture.

In the subsequent edition of the festival, we will look into language barrier because I can see that we have our brothers and sisters from both Anglophone and Francophone countries that do not understand each other.

Also, in our next festival, we will no longer use our traditional place, June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto but another location which will be completed by December this year.

“I am looking at the economic aspect, which is my stuff. We are going to see how it is possible to extend the festival beyond the three days, to like a week in order to boost our trade and commerce during the period.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

Zimbabwean rormer president Robert Mugabe has been told to appear before a May 9 to give information on the alleged disappearance of diamond revenue while he was in power, a State newspaper has reported.

Mugabe to answer questions over his claim two years ago that Zimbabwe had lost out on up to $15-billion worth of earnings.

“We have set May 9 as the date on which (Mugabe) will give evidence,” the Temba Mliswa, told The Herald.

“It is a resolution that we wanted to receive evidence from other State institutions to determine whether it is necessary or not to invite him.

After gathering all evidence, it we call the former head of state

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and government,” Mliswa said.

Former vice president Joice Mujuru will also be summoned, the Herald said. heard evidence from top miningexecutives, as well as former and serving security

$15bn lost earnings: Parliament summons Mugabe, to appear May 9

police and intelligence agencies were at one point funded through joint diamond mining ventures, a report by Source said.

Commentators say

Reinking, 29, from Illinois.

James Shaw Jr, the customer credited with saving lives by taking

been circulating around, but it was just a story,” he was quoted as saying.

media he does not feel like a hero

Mugabe

Arriving in a pick-up truck, the killer shot two people outside the

Iran nuclear deal: Stick with 2015 accord, Macron urges Trump French President Emmanuel Macron has urged his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to stick with the Iran nuclear deal, He was speaking to Fox News ahead of a three-day state visit to the US starting on Monday.

Mr Trump has threatened to nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief, unless it is toughened up.

He has until 12 May to decide whether to restore US sanctions against Iran.

Correspondents say such a move agreement between Iran and six major western powers.

The two leaders are expected to address the issue when Mr Trump hosts Mr Macron this week.

Mr Macron told Fox News he had no “plan B” for the deal if the US decided to restore sanctions, and said the US should stay in the agreement

North Korean-type situation.”

He said the two leaders had “a very special relationship” and he wanted to address ballistic missiles as part of the deal - a key demand of the US president - as well as work to contain President Trump is also demanding that signatories to the deal agree uranium enrichment. Under the current deal they are set to expire in 2025.

He has put pressure on his European co-signatories to address these issues before the 12 May

deadline, when he needs to decide whether to sign a waiver giving sanctions relief to Iran.

Under US law, passed during the Obama administration, the president needs to sign these waivers every compliance with the deal.

When Mr Trump signed the last one, in January, he said it was a “last chance” to change the accord, before the US withdraws. warned on Saturday that his country was prepared to resume its nuclear programme “at much greater speed”, if the US withdrew from the accord.

Mr Macron also appealed to the US president not to pull troops out

£57,000.

The badge belonged to a Thomas Mullen and was found with his body.

Andrew Aldridge, from the

“He wrote a notation on the

removed,” he said.

1912.

the results of the auction and think

Charles Lightoller, the most senior crew member to survive, who gave it to his wife as he left Southampton on 10 April 1912.

Auctioneer Alan Aldridge said it was “one of the rarest menus in existence”.

It was sold to a British collector at the auction at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire on Saturday.

in the prices which illustrates the ongoing fascination with the story of the Titanic.”

He said items had been snapped up by collectors in “all four corners of the globe”.

chart room sold to a collector from Texas for £78,000, while a

in the main dining saloon before being joined by the passengers.

Mr Aldridge said it was believed only one other example of a 2 April menu had survived,

Titanic menu list

inside, Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said.

Police say he was naked except for a green jacket, which he shed as he left the scene. a weapon commonly used by mass shooters in the US, media reports say.

Vegas shooting last October that killed 58 people, and the Florida

called Islamic State, saying that would

following the Florida shooting, with mass protests and school walkouts across the country demanding stricter legislation in recent weeks.

At the start of the shooting, the

President Bashar al-Assad.

area, Mr Aaron said.

First Titanic menu fetches £100,000 at auction served aboard the Titanic has fetched £100,000 at auction.

The lunch, including consommé

in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee, police say.

The man burst into the restaurant

scene on foot.

Police are hunting for the suspect,

factual.

Macron

A nude gunman has killed

Four other people were wounded.

One of them wrestled the weapon

unrealistic. Mugabe himself told the private Zimbabwe Independent newspaper

Source: NEWS24WIRE

Nude gunman kills 4 in US

complete example and is one of the most important examples of its type in existence today.”

The Lowe menu sold at auction for £28,000 in 2004.

gunman was looking at his weapon, Mr Shaw rushed him, wresting the over the counter.

“I remember I was like ‘Dang, “There is no place for me to go.”

“I... remember thinking that he is going to have to work for this kill,” he continued. “I had a chance to stop him and thankfully I stopped him.”

“I grabbed the gun and kept it down,” Mr Shaw said. “He had one hand on it. I pulled it away and threw it over the bar.”

While being treated in hospital for his injury, he was told by a girl that he had saved her life.

Shaw said.

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Muslim League, Vatican sign agreement to boost religious ties

Brazilian firm admits ‘largest foreign bribery case in history’

Secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, and President of the

After Brazilian multinational have signed a cooperation agreement on achieving common objectives.

cash-for-contracts corruption scandal in 12 nations which the

leading initiatives to strengthen relationships and build bridges between religions.

“It is not my intention to present a list of the many initiatives implemented by this organisation, but I am fully aware of the

“the largest foreign bribery case in history”. vowed to change its ways. authorities are still wrestling with an encrypted computer system

Muslims but also with believers of other

system.

common goals,” he said.

Parana, has hardly been out of

of the previous cooperation agreement signed following the secretary-general’s visit to the Vatican last September, during which Al-Issa recent visit of the cardinal to the Kingdom.

Under the terms of this, the two parties

Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue at the Vatican during the signing of the agreement respect and peace between them.

to be headed by the cardinal and Al-Issa. members from each side shall also be set up with its meetings held alternately between Rome and a city chosen by the MWL.

promoting dialogue in a world that has become more versatile in terms of race, religions and cultures.

It also called for strengthening religious and and establishing fruitful relationships based on

with believers of other religions, and the distinctive role of the MWL at the level of Muslim nations in terms of interfaith dialogue.

Source: ARABNEWS

Caribbeans: Labour leader Michael Jackson’s famous moonwalk shoes for auction says Theresa May ignored said. immigration policy warnings It’s possible the shoes were perform

his

signature

used during the performance on the special, too, because

time on stage are going up for auction.

Imperial leather shoes and wore them while rehearsing his 1983.

to the pair as his “magic shoes” and a pair of performance shoes has never surfaced, GWS Auctions said. on which it appeared, 1982’s

time the King of Pop performed dance move on stage, according to GWS Auctions.

“Anything related to Michael

pop single, pop album, R&B single and R&B album chart simultaneously.

have something so incredibly historical as these shoes worn Wall” in 1979, sold more than 20 million copies and had four Kruse, owner of GWS Auctions, said via email. “We are so very them at auction.”

She said the auction house has a “very conservative estimate” on the shoes of $10,000. condition for their age, with evident signs of use to the soles,” the catalogue description reads. by choreographer and dancer Lester Wilson, who said in his dressing room after rehearsing with his brothers for the special, the auction house

cardiac arrest at his home near Los Angeles.

Source: CNN

British Labour Party leader, an end to the government’s socalled “hostile environment” immigration policy, saying it has “ripped apart” people’s lives.

then the pressure on the home secretary and prime minister will increase. conference

generation and their families had been treated as “second-class citizens”. call for Home Secretary Amber Rudd to quit. said there had been major “implementation failures” but the core policy of trying to deter illegal migration was right. several occasions for the distress between 1948 and 1971 - some of whom have been threatened with deportation, have lost their jobs or been refused access to medical treatment arising from changes to immigration rules since 2014.

She has promised compensation to those whose right to live in the UK was questioned and who not have proof of residency or their documentation was rejected by correspondent

Eleanor

Garnier

to set out more details about

in

Llandudno,

here.

More recently, the HQ received former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, jailed for corruption on charges related to the wider Lava here.

Along one of the airy, tiled corridors, opposite a regular computer laboratory, there is a mechanism. It is insulated with

internet, phones. And entrance is restricted. Even me, as the manager, Salvador, the technical supervisor.

Inside, eight specialised police

the company’s computer systems, Mywebday.

In the case brought by the US

Mr

personally responsible as she had set “a deliberately unreachable bar” in her previous role as home secretary by forcing migrants to provide proof of residence to access services such as housing and healthcare. the heart of government has come to the surface,” he said.

“We have seen one government minister after another, including the prime minister, try and dodge and weave around the facts to criticism.

“It is not that they weren’t pushing their hostile immigration policy through Parliament, some of us warned of the consequences this could have for many people and families.

“People’s lives ripped apart because of the personal decisions her government.”

He called for a stop to “disgraceful” and “discriminatory” policies which have resulted in people being “shut out of public life”.

Souce: BBC

bribery to the tune of $788m (£553m) of at least $3.5bn. of state-owned enterprises, lawyers, contracts in Brazil and abroad. at Apart from being the largest international bribery case ever, the

deals - something prosecutors in Brazil and the US had never seen before. many reasons for you to become “How a company created a whole system only to pay bribes, and how many public agents were involved. third of Brazil’s senators and almost half of all Brazil’s governors. in favour of 415 politicians and

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Striking Abia teachers will soon return to work – Commissioner

By Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu weekend, assured that the state government is actively engaged with striking teachers to ensure that contentious issues that led to the recent strike action are resolved quickly to enable students return to school as soon as possible.

Addressing newsmen secretariat Umuahia, over the current action embarked upon by teachers in the state, the spokesman of the government praised Abia teachers for their contribution to the development of the state.

According to him, “Abia State School teachers are the best in Nigeria. We are proud of the work they are doing, as they remain key contributors to our great state delivering

the best results in West Examination (WASCE), back to back, for 3 years under the watch of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.”

He assured that the government will continue to prioritize the welfare of teachers and informed that relevant government with the representatives of the teachers’ body, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), to resolve the issues that led to the industrial action embarked on by members of the NUT on Monday.

He further stated that the Ikpeazu administration will continue the retraining program for teachers, anchored by Australian education providers, while rewarding the best teachers in the state from time to time.

On the development of educational infrastructure in the state, Chief Okiyi said: “our four model schools will soon be commissioned

and our students are also expected to commence using some of the 259 new classroom blocks already delivered by the government across the 17 local government areas of the state.

“The superstructure for the new education hub in the state is also emerging around the Owerrinta area in Isiala Ngwa South LGA and when fully developed it is expected to further provide the needed skilled manpower to drive the Enyimba industrial city and energize our ‘make in Abia’ agenda.”

On the impact of the current strike on the high performing products of Abia school system, he said; “the back to back award winning products of Abia school system deserve to be back in school and we will ensure that happens as mutually agreeable solution to the current impasse.

“For the sake of our award

winning school children, teachers and parents, we will do our best and indeed we are determined to end the strike as quickly as possible.

“At the same time we remain irrevocably

use revenue to run its operations. We don’t pay their workers salary but where they have challenges we support them with subventions.

“At the inception of this administration, we paid

more dividends of democracy to the more than 4 million Abians who also expect their government to prioritize their welfare through the provision of necessary socio-economic infrastructure that will enable our naturally hardworking people excel”, he said.

On the strike recently embarked upon by lecturers of Abia State Polytechnic (Abiapoly) Aba, the Commissioner stated that the issues are being resolved between the management of the institution and the striking lecturers.

“As you are aware Abiapoly is a parastatal of Government with statutory powers to generate and

two billion Naira obtained by the management of the institution, on the understanding that relieving them of that huge burden will help the school recalibrate their operating without relying on funds from the state government.

“When that didn’t materialize we continued to support them with monthly subventions in the hope that they will quickly restructure and become “Abia State University (ABSU) Uturu had similar challenge with payment of salaries in the past but with prudent management and operation the institution is now able to regularly pay salaries and since moved up in national ranking by more than 40 spots.

“ABSU has gone more than 3 years without a single strike and we expect the management team of Abiapoly to borrow from

the script of ABSU and stop draining the lean resources of the state.

“It is important to state that we are aware of a garnishee order on the account of Abiapoly by a TETFUND Contractor who worked for the school six years ago.

“The former management of the institution failed to appeal against that order, leading to the institution’s current inability to access more than N200m of its funds, including subventions totaling N180m provided by the state government from the 3rd tranche of Paris Club Refund to support the payment of 2 months outstanding wages.

“Whatever support the government can give to ensure the emergence will certainly be given but it is important that the management and responsibility and also the lead in repositioning the institution”, Okiyi said.

Abia teachers under the National Union of Teachers, NUT had since early last week, refused to re-open schools over the issue of not being paid series of months of salaries by the state government.

Jega gets new job

By Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin Kano State Government has appointed former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) boss, Prof.

From left, The female Sergeant-At-Arms who was injured when she and her colleagues tried to stop thugs from invading the Senate last Wednesday, Mrs Sandra Davou, narrating her ordeal to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu during their visit to her home in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT, yesterday.

Labour Party tasks INEC on party’s national convention The Labour Party, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to respect the decision of its convention by giving full recognition to Dr. Mike Omotosho as its new National Chairman.

The party made this call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ebere Ifendu, on Sunday in Abuja.

Ifundu said Omotosho was elected as LP new chairman at the party’s National Convention held in October 2017 following

the removal of Abdulkadir Abdulsalam for alleged corruption.

She expressed concern the name of Omotosho in its website since 2017.

Ifendu enjoined INEC to strengthen the country’s democracy by subjecting itself to the nation’s constitution; by ensuring that internal democracy prevailed in political party primaries.

She said that the LP only on the side of the law by

upholding the decision of the party’s convention.

She said: “I am a lawyer and I can tell you that the Supreme Court, has ruled that the convention is the highest decision making body of a political party.”

She explained that the party’s convention was duly monitored by INEC, where a new chairman emerged.

Ebere warned Nigerians to beware of impostors, who were exploiting aspirants and election hopefuls under the umbrella of the party.

She said: “Any aspirant

should know that the leadership of the party lies here and not on impostors.

“The state chairmen across the country met and upheld the same decision reached at the convention.

“INEC should be an unbiased umpire, not a supporter of those we duly suspended from the party for defrauding innocent citizens and embezzling party fund.

“The integrity of the institution cannot be compromised; silence is no longer golden.”

mandated to nurture the Maitama Sule Centre for Politics and Democratic Governance.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who inaugurated the said the centre was to immortalise the late elder statesman for his immense contributions to political and democratic developments in the country.

Ganduje said: “The center will also be utilized for research and scholarly discourse for the advancement of politics and democratic governance.”

Ganduje also described late diplomat as a rare gentleman, intelligent and highly disciplined individual.

The governor mandated the

eight weeks “analyse function and long term programmes of the center, to determine appropriate name and location for the center and provide appropriate frame work among others”.

Responding, Jega assured that the undertake the assignment diligently.

Other members of include: Justice Mamman Nasir, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, Prof. Mustapha Isa Ahmad, Prof. Shehu Musa Alhaji, Prof. Sule Bello and Prof. Dahiru Yahaya.

Others are: Engr.

Mansur Ahmed, Tajuddeen Dantata, Arc. Ibrahim Haruna, Alhaji Muhtari Hassan, Alhaji Muhtari Maitama and representative of Kano Emirate Council.

It would be recalled that the state government had renamed its university to Yusuf Maitama Sule University and the street where his residence is located to honour the deceased.

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Paul Bassey: No quality players in NPFL Bassey has lamented the lack of quality players in the NPFL week.

Iniesta to reveal future Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will reveal a decision on his future this week – with

who has spent his whole career masterful

performance

and

three NPFL clubs who failed to reach the group stage of the

Nigerian club on the continent for the rest of the year.

Veteran journalist Bassey said his team gave it their best shot against Al Hilal of Sudan only to crash out on the away goals rule after aggregate scores stood at 3-3. of quality players in the league

he told a SuperSport programme today.

TV

said he hopes the NPFL calendar is soon aligned with that of world football, while also demanding more professionalism in the league.

London Marathon: Mo Farah finishes third, breaks 33-year-old British record

standing ovation from both sets of fans.

“I will say what the decision is

including eight La Liga titles and likely to win a ninth Spanish title

with Barca, Iniesta – who signed Barcelona in October – said: “It’s a possibility. In a few days I’ll make it public and nothing more. Today is a very special

That was despite confusion

in a new British record as

Elder brother defeats younger brother narrowly

Ten-year-old Wisdom Nze on Saturday defeated eight-year-old younger brother Daniel 3-2 in the

seconds inside Jones’ British Sevilla.

Ex-squash pro finals:

Squash Pro Tournament in Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Daniel had

outside the record held by his the race for a third time.

Farah kept pace with the leaders for much of the race but was two minutes and four seconds behind Kipchoge.

He crossed the line in two seconds to beat Steve Jones’ 33-year-old British record.

The four-time Olympic champion was competing in retiring from the track.

Kipchoge - regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time - was on course for a new world record

in the race where he missed his drink and turned back on place, 32 seconds behind Kipchoge.

Farah’s only previous marathon was in London in He returned this year having given up track racing to focus on the marathon and Kipchoge, three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele and last year’s London Wanjiru.

He beat both Bekele and

of a gruelling race in record-

he made his way back to the front of the race.

“I was saying to the people to be a bit helpful instead of afterwards.

“I wasn’t wasting energy, I just needed a drink. I had to get Farah

also

said

he

was

and has “a lot to learn about added.

Barca and Spain team-mate Jordi Alba said: “It has been and is a pleasure to share a changing room with him, he is number one in his position and as a person.

“The decision that he takes should be respected because he deserves it. But the day Iniesta leaves is the day we will all cry.

enjoyed it.

“You get

heavy

legs.

There was confusion after being added to the top three’s times, organisers said.

Speaking after Saturday’s loss, Daniel told NAN that he lost concentration due to fatigue.

NAN reports that Daniel had an early lead in the game.

“I believe the game could have gone either way. We both played very well, and I thought I was going to win at some point.

“I got tired and fatigue set in. I started well but I lost concentration.

However, I’m happy my brother won. Our game has always been he said.

NAN reports that spectators were treated to a fantastic game, and even the best gambler would have been confused about who to bet his money on.

Wisdom later told NAN that he knew he had to stay focused, in order to maintain his lead in the game. tired, so I had to stay focused and ensure that I got my shots right.

“He defeated me a few weeks ago.

So, this was just like a payback. But the truth is that it could have gone either way.

I would have been happy still if I didn’t win, but everybody likes to

Monte Carlo Masters:

Rafael Nadal stays world number one with final win over Kei Nishikori Rafael Nadal beat Japan’s Kei Nishikori in straight

sets on his favoured surface after proving too strong for world number 36 Nishikori.

status as world number one.

Roger Federer overtaking him in the rankings.

Nadal was pushed by Nishikori at the start of the court event.

Nadal has won 36 straight

champion hit back to take the opener in 56 minutes.

And despite this week representing only his second tournament of the season having sustained a hip injury at the Australian Open, games in the second set en route to claiming his record

F o r m e r w o r l d number f o u r Nishikori only returned from a fourmonth absence with a right wrist injury in January.

The chief organiser of the event, Yusuf Durosinlorun, later told NAN that squash equipment and kits would be given to the victorious players. (NAN)

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ANSG dissolves Exco of 3 zones AT 3 in Onitsha Main Market

Anambra Assembly wants standard roundabout at Oyeagu Abagana

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Newly inaugurated board members of ANSPPB urged to brace up ÏÏÏThe

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (5th right) and members of Education management during the commissioning of the new Administrative Building of the Post Primary Schools Service Commission,(PPSSC), Onitsha Zonal Office of the Ministry of Education, Onitsha...recently

Obiano kick-starts NIPDS, urges mothers to bring out children Stories by John Ndu, Awka

ÏÏÏAnambra State Governor,

Chief Willie Obiano, has appealed to mothers and caregivers in the state to bring their children and wards to various designated centres across the state for them to be vaccinated against Wild Polio Virus.

Governor Obiano made this appeal during the Flag-off ceremony of the First Round of 2018 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDS) held at Primary Health Centre, Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area.

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Flagging Off the exercise,

Governor Obiano, represented by the Secretary to the State government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, described health as one the major pillars of his enablers and urged mothers and caregivers to ensure that they use the opportunity of the exercise to immunise their children, as his administration places high emphasis on the well being of Ndi Anambra.

Governor Obiano, who also pointed out that his government has renovated sixtythree primary health centres across the state, equipped them with all the necessary facilities to make them func-

tional, noted that the state Health Insurance Scheme initiated and signed into law by his administration is geared towards giving Ndi Anambra a quality and affordable health care system that is of international standard.

The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr. Mrs. Chioma Ezenyimulu, in her address, thanked Governor Obiano for his keen interest in primary health which she revealed, is yielding great results and commended the development partners in the state for their support.

Speaking on behalf of the development partners, Mr. Edward Okeke of the World Health Organisation, eulogised the state government

for being responsive in the payment of their counterpart funds and reiterated their resolve to remain supportive to the state government’s efforts towards sustaining Polio free status and eradication of Polio in Nigeria.

Two mothers, Chinyeaka Ogidi and Ifunanya Onwurah, described Immunisation as the best way to protect children from the disease and called on mothers and caregivers to bring their children and wards to various designated centres for them to be vaccinated.

The exercise at the weekend and end on Tuesday next week while official flag-off of the exercise by the Governor formed the highlight of the event.

Commissioner for Lands, Physical Planing and Rural Development Mr. Nnamdi Onukwuba, has urged the Newly inaugurated Board members and Executive Secretaries of Anambra State Physical Planning Board to brace up to the task ahead so as to lift the Board to a greater height.

Speaking in his office during a courtesy call by the Executive Secretaries, the Commissioner reminded them that their mandate is to make sure that aesthetics of the state is improved.

He enjoined them to shun malpractices, adding that they have the responsibility to work towards redeeming the image of the Board.

Mr. Onukwuba warned that any Executive Secretary found wanting in the course of discharging his duties will be automatically removed and disciplinary action taken against him.

He urged them to make an enviable mark within the first one hundred days of Gov. Obiano in office, saying that Governor Obiano knows how to reward good workers.

The New chairman of the Board, Mr. Chike Maduekwe called on the Executive Secretaries to join force with him to do what is expected from the Board, stressing that together they will make Anambra State clean.

Mr. Maduekwe told them to always report challenges they have in the course of discharging their duties as his office is always open to welcome their complaints.

The New General Manager of the Board, Victor Okpoko appealed to the Executive Secretaries to do their job without fear or favour.

He urged them to work as a team towards making Anambra state clean.

He warned them to be careful while discharging their duties, stressing that government has set up whistle blowers to monitor their activities.

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FRSC tasks stakeholders to imbibe road safety culture ÏÏÏThe

Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor of Awka Diocese (6 left), during the blessing of 48 rooms edifice built by Catholic Diocese of Awka, Lagos Support Group recently. The building is to be used by priests for their spiritual retreat

Anambra Assembly wants standard roundabout at Oyeagu Abagan Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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Anambra State House of Assembly is asking the Executive arm of Government to urgently construct a standard roundabout at Oyeagu Abagana junction to enhance free mobility and mitigate associate hazards in the area.

The House passed the resolution following a motion sponsored by the member representing Njikoka Two constituency, Dr. Pete Ibida and 21 others during plenary in Awka.

Chief Ibida observed that the Oyeagu Abagana junction links various local government areas in the state as well as OnitshaEnugu Expressway that connects the north and western Nigeria.

He contended that the constant surge and accidents usually experienced in that junction, has caused the state unquantifiable resources, hence the need to construct a roundabout there now so as to improve the socio-economic well-being of the state.

Supporting the motion, Pharmacist Obinna Emenaka of Anambra East constituency and Mrs. Vivian Okadigbo representing Oyi constituency, said the constitution provides law of the land and its enforcement, hence the need for structural adjustment to accommodate growing population in Anambra State.

The speaker, Barrister Rita Maduagwu, who read the resolution of the House, used the opportunity to welcome House

members into the chamber after the Easter Break.

She commended them for using the Easter break to execute their Constituency Projects, which have continued to improve the well-being of Ndi Anambra and their various constituencies in particular.

Barrister Maduagwu promised Ndi Anambra that the lawmakers would continue to make people-oriented laws and policies for the overall benefit of the state.

A bill for a law to regulate smoking in public places in Anambra state was presented

by Hon Ikem Uzoezie of Aguata Two constituency and read for the First time at the floor of the House.

Zik Prize: More lawmakers laud Mrs. Obiano on charity

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member representing Njikoka one Constituency in the state House of assembly, Dr. Timothy Ifedioramma, has enjoined Nigerians to assist families in difficulties to overcome their economic challenges and make the country a better placed for all.

Dr. Ifedioramma made the call while supporting a motion for adjournment during plenary.

Dr. Ifedioramma, while congratulating the wife of the state Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano, on the prestigious Zik leadership Award presented to her re-

cently in recognition of her numerous services to humanity, expressed happiness that Mrs. Obiano has made the state proud and distinguished herself by winning the prize.

The Lawmaker called on affluent citizens of the state to emulate Chief Mrs. Obiano by using their wealth to enhance the well being of the people, which will in turn affect the society at large.

On his part, the member representing Nnewi North Constituency, Honourable Kenneth Anazodo, commended Mrs Obiano for touching the lives of orphans, widows

and the downtrodden in the state through her organization, “the Caring Family Enhancement Initiative”.

Anazodo noted that Mrs. Obiano has given effect to the values of deep concern for the needy as Governor Obiano did in the past four years by delivering qualitative services to the people.

Honourable Anazodo, who observed that the Zik leadership award has nurtured and encouraged good leadership in Africa, enjoined Mrs. Obiano to sustain her pet project as history shall be kind to her.

Federal Road Safety Corps says it would continue to instill the culture of road safety in the minds of the general public, road users and entire stakeholders of the commission.

The Sector Commander FRSC in Anambra state, Mr Sunday Ajayi stated this after a shareholders meeting with New Motor Spare Parts and New Tyre dealers Nkpor to enhance safety on the highways.

He believed that they play strategic role in road safety in view of public outcry of fake spare parts in the market which causes damage and accidents.

This, according to Mr Ajayi, was why the corps appealed to the conscience of New Motor Spare parts dealers at the point of sale to collaborate with the command and support roads

safety ideals.

He noted that FRSC introduced them to some of road safety programmes like Driver licence, Number plates and installation of Speed Limiting Device.

The Spare parts and New Tyre dealers however pledged to comply with command’s rules and regulations guiding road safety as well as be part of public enlightenment programme by sponsoring road safety programmes on radio and television.

Some of the New Part dealers in Nkpor, Mr. Chinedu Offoma and Ekene Nwafor described the meeting as greatly rewarding and promised never to sale fake products with a view to enhancing road safety ideals.

UNIZIK FM Awka marks 10th anniversary ÏÏÏYouths

have been charged to champion the course of unifying and integrating Nigeria through communication.

The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, made the call during the Tenth Anniversary of UNIZIK, 94.1 FM in Awka.

Commissioner Adinuba congratulated the Institution and emphasized that APGA as a political party has continued to give good leadership which has created an enabling environment for the institution to achieve the existing Success of the UNIZIK FM. The chairman of the occasion, Senator Ben Ndi Obi, in his welcome address, pointed out that the university has been able to live upto the standard and ideals of Nnamdi Azikwe as a giant of Eastern Nigeria.

On his part, a guest speaker, Professor Umaru Pate, who is a lecturer at Bayero University, Kano, acknowledged that communication is the bone marrow of any given society and as such, campus Radio is at a higher advantage to develop youth on the need to integrate and unify Nigeria, considering it’s cosmopolitan audience

and its proximity to host communities, as compared to conventional broadcasting media.

Other speakers, including traditional ruler of Igbakwu, Igwe Professor Onuorah Nwuneli, the Director, UNIZIK FM, Professor Stella Okunna, and the Zonal Director, National Broadcasting Commission, Mrs Susan Obi, all commended the radio station for its effectiveness in coverage of Anambra state and environs during this past ten years and commended the University authority for laying down legacies that have helped propel the goals of the broadcasting system.

Volunteer workers and students including Ekweye Kenneth and Ogugua Chinemerem extolled the University Radio FM for its reach and inclusiveness to the students, and advised that they improve on some of the lapses they experience during broadcasting.

The highlights of the event, which featured former Governor Peter Obi as a keynote speaker, were awards to patrons, breaking of kolanuts, cutting of the Anniversary cake as well as dance performance by the students.

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No real active govt presence in Ogbaru, says Nwadialo ÏÏÏAhead

of the 2019 general election in Nigeria, various political bigwigs have continued to indicating interest for one position or the other.

Among them include Mr. Franklin Nwadialo from Osomala in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Nwadialo who recently declared for Ogbaru 2, State House of Assembly, said he would invest his wealth of knowledge for better transformation of Ogbaru.

Nwadialor, who declared under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), expressed confidence that he had the wherewithal to impact positively on his constituents.

His words: “The state of infrastructure in Ogbaru is alarming. We need vibrant and educated youths in Ogbaru politics.

“We need to usher in 21st Century leadership that has to do with proper accountability. Together, we can achieve it.

“I have a Masters degree in Politics and International Relations in the United Kingdoms and presently pursuing my PhD. “I have contributed to the development of Ogbaru local government. I have been a sole sponsor of Ogbaru Youth League, Osamala League and Regatta festival for the past five years.

Flood kills 8-year-old girl in Onitsha

ANSG dissolves Exco of 3 zones in Onitsha Main market Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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executives of three zones in Onitsha main market have been dissolved by the Anambra State government.

In their place, caretaker

committees have been appointed.

The affected zones and the caretakers committees include Zone One has six members with Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Orazuluba as Chairman and Mr. Augustine Eyiama as

secretary while Zone Two has seven members with Mr. Clement Anaemene as Chairman and Mr. Vitus Eze as Secretary and Zone Three has seven members with Mr. Robinson Ezebunanwa as Chairman and Mr. Nonso Adima as

secretary.

Anambra Shis was contained in a release signed by the Commissioner for Trade, Commerce Market and wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko.

Cross section of professors during the commissioning and dedication of Life International Hospital and 41st inaugural lecture of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, entitled ‘EndoEYE View of the Woman’ delivered by Prof. Ikechebelu at the University’s auditorium.

Anambra Deputy Governor buries father-in-law

ÏÏÏA little girl of about eight years ÏÏÏNigerians old was found dead yesterday in a drainage channel along old market Road by Egerton junction Onitsha.

This was as a result of a heavy down pour and its attendant effect.

According to residents of the area, the little girl who was identified as Oluebube Nwanedo, a primary 4 pupil of Holy Child Primary school Onitsha was the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Nwanedo of Umuezike in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

Speaking to journalists, the mother of the child, Mrs. Amaka Nwanedo, who was laden with emotions, said her daughter was coming back from a Block Rosary Center at Benjamin’s lane Onitsha after the heavy downpour when her slippers slipped off her legs and fell into the flood, and in an attempt to retrieve the slippers she was swept off by the flood.

Mrs. Nwanedo said all efforts to rescue her proved abortive.

She disclosed that her corpse was found this morning after a long search last night.

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have been cautioned against casting their votes for people without integrity at the forth coming two thousand and nineteen general election.

The Most Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of Enugu Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, stated this during a funeral service for Anambra State Deputy Governor’s father-in-law, late Sir Michael Chukwudinma.

While stressing that the future of Nigeria hangs in the balance which may only be determined by the outcome of the general election, Archbishop Chukwuma raised salient points which questions the integrity of the government of the day, including what he described as selective looters list, no visible economic blue print, among many others that has adversely affected Nigeria and it’s people.

Archbishop Chukwuma

reiterated his interest in the enthronement of good governance, pointing out that what politicians do is to recycle themselves in government positions which is highly poisonous and detrimental, calling on those who are supposed to have retired, to give opportunity to new politicians with better ideologies that will move the Nation forward.

The Cleric, while calling on people, especially the family members, to emulate the life of integrity lived by their late patriarch who was an insurance icon in Nigeria and beyond, lamented the sorry state of reinsurance brokerage in Nigeria, urging for remedial measures.

According to the Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, his father in law took his as son and impacted his life with the principles he stands for, appreciating the Anambra State government, friends, families and well wishers for their support.

The wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oby Okeke and the first daughter, as well as the first son of the family, Barrister Emeka Chukwudinma, eulogised their father as a man true to his words and standards.

Speaking on behalf of his grand sons, Mr. Kenechukwu Okeke said that their grand father’s life influenced them so much to attain their present height, praying for eternal repose of his soul.

Among dignitaries that graced the occasion from within and outside the State includes the Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Barrister Rita Maduagwu, Secretary to the State government, Professor Solo Chukwulonelu, Head of Service, Barrister Harry Udu, former Anambra Governors and Deputy Governors, such as Mr Leo Imoke, Dame Virgy Etiaba, and Chief Emeka Sibu-

du, serving and former Senators, among whom are Senator Victor Umeh, Senator Uche Ekwunife, political figures across party divides, among others.

Thanksgiving, prayer for the family including songs rendition by the choir, among others, featured at the service.

NOA takes campaign against political thuggery, illicit drugs, others To Tertiary Institutions In Anambra The National Orientation Agency, Anambra State Directorate is to expand its campaign against political thuggery, Kidnapping and drug addiction to all tertiary institutions across the state.

The State Director of the Agency, Barrister Charles Nwoji, made the statement when he led some members of the Management of the Agency on an advocacy visit to the General- Manager of Nigeria Television Authority in Awka.

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APGA should give us Assembly ticket –Igala communities Stories by John Ndu, Awka

ÏÏÏIgala

apeaking communities in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State have called on the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) government to continue extending its political kindness by giving them pride of place in the state House of Assembly.

The forum tagged Igala Grassroot Voter’s Forum attracted dignitaries of the communities within and outside the state.

It was gathered that it was the largest political forum in the communities with 656 ex-

ecutives cutting across all clans in Igala communities.

The political forum also comprised of all indigenes and residents in Igala communities who are of voting age and voter’s card is identity card of the members.

The essence was to reorient and inculcate in them the need to embrace political participation, geared towards emancipating them from political denial and slavery.

Speaking during the meeting, an indigene of Igala Community, Mr. Charles Udile, said that Igala communities had been neglected and relegated to the background since the creation of Anambra state.

Udile noted that the community with one of the highest voting strength, still face political backwardness, and high level of underdeveloped records.

He commended Governor Willie Obiano for appointing one of them, Hon Enemali, the Commissioner for Youth and Entrepreneurship.

Udile stressed that Obiano administration had made history, as the appointment was the first time the people of the area perceived political inclusiveness since the creation of the state.

He further urged All party leaders especially APGA to see the need for an Igala person to represent Anambra West in the

State House of Assembly in the forthcoming general election.

“This will really confirm to us, the minority that “Nkaa Bu Nka anyi”. Let me also remind our people of Governor Obiano’s recent promises to construct a military bridge to link the Island communities of that area (Olumbanasa) to other part of Anambra, as well as other developmental plans to open up windows of opportunities within the Area.” Udile added.

Also speaking, Hon. Ken. Okonkwo, commended the people for their overwhelming turnout and encouraged to sustain the pace for political inclusiveness and always speak with

one voice.

Okonkwo while urging them to obtain their voters card, charged them also to further sensitise the people to register, to enable them vote in the forthcoming election.

He further advice candidates and political leaders to give them a listen ear and emulate Governor Willie Obiano’s act of equity.

Hon. Ken, who is not from that area, but had visited the terrain severally, observed that the area was less developed when compared with other communities in Anambra state, but with so many untapped potential and resources.

Nwaebili declares for Reps ÏÏÏFormer speaker of the Anam-

bra State House of Assembly and immediate past commissioner for Transport, Rt. Hon. Chinwe Nwaebili, has declared her intention to vie for the Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the 2019 general election.

Hon. Nwaebili announced this when she visited the APGA office in Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area, with her supporters amidst pomp and circumstance.

Princess Nwaebili, who was received by a large crowd with different cultural groups, commended them for their support to APGA in the last November 18 governorship election.

The former lawmaker reminded them that her involvement in the politics of Anambra State exposed many youths to different skills, making some employers of labour.

Princess Nwaebili regretted that Ogbaru had never benefitted any meaningful development from those who had occupied the Federal House in the past and assuring the

people of the Federal Constituency that the situation would change for the better if she is given their mandate.

Nwaebili, described APGA had the only veritable political platform that offered the youths opportunities to be involved in decision making and called on them to further embrace APGA for greater opportunities.

“You are my children and I will not relent in providing opportunities for you to strive. APGA government will take over the National Assembly.

“I am ready to match anybody strength to strength, money to money,” she added.

In their separate speeches, Chief Richard Udechukwu an industrialist, Nnamdi Ifejika APGA Chairman Ogbaru Local Government, Hon Loius Ikpere a former Councilor in Ogbaru, siad that Nwaebili had touched various lives in Ogbaru.

2019: INEC urged to adopt Anambra guber election model ÏÏÏThe

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to use the model adopted during the 2017 Anambra Governorship election to conduct all coming elections in 2019.

Mr. Osita Onyemobi, who stated this during interview, said adopting the model will reinforce creativity in the electoral process and advance the course of democracy.

Mr. Onyemobi noted that allowing the people’s mandate to stand during elections will entrench people-oriented administration that would promote transparency

and accountability as well as reduce the cost of litigations after election.

He expressed satisfaction that responsive administration of Governor Willie Obiano has uplifted quality life across the state and reduced the level of poverty.

His co-reviewer, Mr. Chuks Nweke, called for collective and sustained efforts to maintain the state polio- free status.

Nweke urged parents and guardians to ensure that their children and wards benefited from the on-going immunisation exercises.

Former Speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Princess Chinwe Nwaebili declaring for Ogbaru Federal House of Representatives at APGA office in Ogbaru Local Government Area.

Anambra Assembly condemns rape of widow ÏÏÏLawmakers

in Anambra State have condemned in strong terms, the recent rape and murder of a widow in her farmland at Nteje Oyo council area by a suspected herdsmen or unknown gunmen.

The House of Assembly passed the resolution following a motion of Urgent Public Importance sponsored by the member representing Oyi constituency, Mrs. Vivian Okadigbo.

She lamented that Oyi people are now gripped in fear of any uncertainties as a result of the incident, even as the matter is now with the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Supporting the motion, the Majority Leader, Mr. Jideofor Okoye, called for reform of the security apparatus to change

the system while also equipping the vigilante groups to work in partnership with other security agencies.

He stressed the need to provide a forensic Lab where suspects and rapes will be recorded.

Also speaking, Mr. Kenneth Amalachukwu Anazodo of Nnewi North constituency, Onyebuchi Offor of Ekwusigo constituency and his colleague representing Awka South One counterpart, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, appealed to Federal Government to use convergence of security men to properly secure lives and property of her citizens particularly in Anambra state.

They however called for the establishment of state police for effective community polic-

ing while Dr. Pete Ibida of Njikoka Two constituency, urged the Inspector General of Police to reconsider his order to withdraw arms legally acquired by vigilante groups with a view to restoring perfect peace in the state and preventing future occurrence.

Also at plenary, the House passed a resolution urging the Executive arm of Government to reconstruct the Nkwo Nnewi - Nkwo Oraifite market road which has been cut into two by erosion in order to improve the socio-economic activities of the people of the area.

The motion of urgent public importance was sponsored by the member representing Ekwusigo constituency, Apostle Onyebuchi Offor.

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Dangote Foundation supports Lagos school with N120m Motolani Oseni The Dangote Foundation says it has donated a wellequipped secondary school in Lagos valued at N120 million as part of its interventionist’s programme to boost education.

The foundation has also offered annual free tuition to 250 indigent pupils.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, said this at the inauguration and handing over of the school with well-equipped laboratories to Nawair-Ud-Deen Comprehensive College, Idi-Oro, Mushin.

“Aliko Dangote Foundation started in 1993 with the principle of `to whom much is given, much is expected’ and looking at the less privileged ones among us have compelled the foundation to provide some reliefs.

“The four major goals of Aliko Dangote Foundation are education, health and nutrition, economic empowerment and disaster reliefs,” he said in a statement by Mr Tony Chiejina, the Head of Communications of the group.

He said his education mission was targeted at reducing the number of out-of-school children, supporting talented and underprivileged young children to achieve their full potential as well as educating girls and women on health-related issues.

Dangote said apart from donating the school building, the foundation would sponsor 250 students whose parents might not be able to afford the yearly school fees.

In addition, he said furniture for both teachers and the students as well as a sound-proof high capacity generator had been provided to ensure constant electricity in the school.

“I have already authorised my foundation to come up with a strategic plan to implement a scholarship programme for desiring less privileged children in this community.”

According to him, over the past five years, the foundation has spent over N4 billion in the building of classrooms, scholarships, upgrading infrastructure across the various universities and behavioural change communication programmes targeted at girls and women.

New minimum wage: Tripartite Committee to hold nationwide public hearing

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Naira steadies as Forex market boosted with $396m Page B3

World Bank group shareholders approve $13bn package to fight poverty Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The World Bank Group’s shareholders have approved an ambitious package of measures that include a $13 billion paid-in capital increase, a series of internal reforms, and a set of policy measures that greatly strengthen the global poverty fighting institution’s ability to scale up resources and deliver on its mission in areas of the world that need the most assistance.

The package agreed to today by

the Development Committee of the Board of Governors consists of $7.5 billion paid-in capital for IBRD and $5.5 billion paid-in capital for IFC, through both general and selective capital increases, as well as a $52.6 billion callable capital increase for IBRD. The boost in capital will be augmented by a broad range of internal measures including operational changes and effectiveness reforms, loan pricing measures, and other policy steps to create an even stronger World Bank Group.

The capital package for IBRD and IFC agreed at the of the World Bank’s Spring Meeting in Wahington on Saturday, builds on the strong commitment of contributors to IDA, as demonstrated in the IDA18 replenishment, the successful launch of IDA in the capital market, and strengthened MIGA financial capacity.

The combined financing arms of the World Bank Group are expected to reach an average annual capacity of nearly $100 billion between FY19 and FY30, benefiting

all Bank Group members across the income spectrum.

“Through the historic agreement endorsed today, our shareholders have clearly demonstrated a renewed confidence in global cooperation, and we greatly appreciate this strong support from our member countries,” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said.

“This boost in capital was essential for us to advance our efforts to mobilize additional finance for development to meet CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse; Honourable Minister for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Emir of Kano, HRH Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Managing Director of Infrastructure Development for Africa, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, at the opening of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington, United States

Airport Concession: Adopt Greenfield options, ANAP tells FG Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has offered an alternative suggestion to the Federal Government on the planned concession of four international airports in the country.

Rather than concession of the viable airports, ANAP

suggested that government should adopt the- Greenfieldoption, whereby virgin land would be provided for would-be investor(s) to construct new airport cum terminal on build, operate and transfer business plan and at the end of the agreed tenancy period return the terminal back to government through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

This option was made known by the Secretary General of ANAP, Comrade Abdul-Razaq Saidu in an interview in Lagos.

According to him, this option is far better than the concession of the already viable airports propagated by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika.

Saidu noted that the construction of new airport/terminal by

the preffered bidder on a virgin land to be provided by government through FAAN, would at the of the day provide more employment opportunities for Nigerians and assist government in reducing unemployment amongst the youths and jobless professionals in the country.

He added that- whereas, if CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

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Adeosun, Emefiele optimistic in sustaining Airport Concession: Adopt Greenfield Nigeria’s economic growth options, ANAP Motolani Oseni The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, affirmed on Sunday that the country’s positive economic growth outlook would be sustained.

This is just as the CBN Governor, disclosed that the nation’s foreign reserves had risen to US$47.93 billion.

The Minister and the CBN Governor gave this assurance at a joint press briefing at the end of the 2018 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC, United States.

Adeosun, who noted that the present growth outlook contrasted with the outlook in 2015, stated that inflation rate was slowing down while the foreign reserves were rising.

Expressing optimistic on the Federal Government’s sustenance of the growth trajectory, the Minister however called for vigilance and focus for the coun-

try not to fall back into recession.

She said, “We are confident that if we diligently implement our economic plan, we will grow the economy. We have room to grow but other countries do not have rooms to grow.

“By 2019, the growth will be far more robust than the present level in 2018. We are therefore very optimistic in sustaining Nigeria’s economic growth. We are going to use this opportunity to grow our fiscal buffers, particularly aggressively growing our revenue base.

“The Administration has succeeded in building macroeconomic resilience for Nigeria, particularly revising the funding mix, rebuilding fiscal buffers, enhancing foreign exchange reserves and focusing on import substitution strategies.”

On the State-Owned-Enterprises such as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, she disclosed that the Government would continue to efficiently and effectively manage their costs and plug leakages.

“We must make sure that every money that is earned comes in. We will drive the process of improving governance,” she added.

On the nation’s domestic debt, the Minister stated that the Government would not aggressively grow the debt.

“We are refinancing our inherited debt portfolio from short term Treasury Bills to longer tenured debt which has resulted in huge savings and reduction in costs of funds for the Government,” she said.

She disclosed that the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) deadline was extended by three months till June 30, 2018 due to the appeals from tax payers for more time to regularise their tax status.

She revealed that the present Administration has raised the tax payers’ base from 13 million in 2015 to 17 million as at 2018.

The Minister confirmed the recovery of the sum of US$322,515,931.83 Abacha funds from the Swiss Government into

a special account in the CBN. The funds, according to her, have been earmarked for the National Social Safety Nets programme of the Government.

“The objective of the National Social Safety Nets Project for Nigeria is to provide access to targeted transfers to poor and vulnerable households under an expanded national social safety nets system,” Adeosun stated.

The CBN Governor also reiterated Nigeria’s positive growth outlook, noting that a growth of 2.5 per cent had been projected by the IMF and World Bank for Nigeria.

He disclosed that the country’s foreign reserves had risen to US$47.93 billion.

“There is need to save for the raining day and also continue to grow the foreign reserves.

If we had enough reserves, we wouldn’t have suffered the recession shocks,” he explained.

He assured that concerted efforts were ongoing to realise the 80 per cent target for financial inclusion by 2020.

L-R: Representative/Programme Director, Mamamoni Limited, Mrs. Ogbonna Nkiruka; Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Skills Development and Job Creation/Head, EdoJobs, Mrs. Ukinebo Dare; Secretary, to Esan Central Local Government council, Hon. Loretta Igene; and Chairman, Esan Central Local Government council, Dr. Edokpa Idemudia Wiziri, during the reopening of a skill acquisition centre in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area.

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government should go ahead with concession as planned by the Minister of State, Aviation, it would rather add to the unemployment level as the concessionaires would want to maximise profits by reducing its overhead costs through staff rationalisation leading to unemployment of the affected workers.

Saidu explained further that labour was putting forward the-Greenfield-option, because almost 80 per cent of all the revenue points of all four airports of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt been managed by FAAN have already been concessioned to private companies with the knowledge of the Ministry of Aviation and wondered what was left to be concession in the four airports.

The ANAP Scribe said all the previous concessions had been dogged with one one controversy or another through alleged rip-offs both within the industry and in other sectors of the economy which have been subjected to several litigations that have not been resolved.

He the latest posture of both ANAP and the FAAN branch of Nigerian Union of Pensioners(NUP) was informed by the previous concession of federal entities such as the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) and several others.

Comrade Saidu further disclosed that the latest position of ANAP and FAAN-NUP branch has been forwarded to the Presidency, National Assembly including the Joint Committee on Aviation and the Infrastruction and Concession Regulatory Commission and the Minister of State, Aviation.

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the aspirations of the people we serve. Our shareholders have asked the Bank Group to step up our leadership role in addressing the multiple overlapping challenges of our time, and this capital package allows for greater responsiveness to risks to global stability and security, particularly in poorer countries and fragile states.”

The package endorsed by the

Development Committee follows through on shareholders’ commitment for the World Bank Group to better assist all client countries in addressing global challenges while deploying scaled-up assistance to areas that most need financing.

Across client groups, the World Bank Group will be able to support drivers of long-term sustainable growth—including investments in human capital and

resilience. The package also puts forward a robust commitment by the World Bank Group to further strengthen its operational model and effectiveness.

The Development Committee also accepted the recommendations of the Shareholding Review completed earlier this year.

These included a Selective Capital Increase (SCI) for IBRD which will result in rebalanced shareholding and reduce extreme

under-representation while continuing to deliver increased voice and representation for emerging markets and developing economies in manageable steps.

The recommendations also included an SCI for IFC, which will result in a more closely aligned voting power between the institutions of the World Bank Group and will contribute to the IFC capital increase.

In addition, shareholders reit-

erated their commitment to the twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity and to the four key priorities that the World Bank Group’s Forward Look established: (i) stay engaged with all clients; (ii) lead on the Global Public Goods agenda; (iii) mobilize capital and create markets; and (iv) continually improve effectiveness and the internal operational model.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

Keystone Bank, CeLD, unveil ‘CashToken’ customers Keystone Bank Limited, has partnered with a ‘Cash Reward as-a-Service Company’, CeLD Innovations Limited, to launch a ground-breaking product, ‘CashToken’, a new age of hyper consumer centricity in Nigeria.

The new innovative product, CashToken, which was formally launched in Lagos on Thursday April 19, 2018 at a conference tagged “500 Top CEOs Conference – Unleashing The Age of Hyper Consumer Centricity, is an electronic reward and celebratory gift commodity which costs only N30 (Thirty Naira).

The initiative according to CeLD creates an avenue for every customer in Nigeria to have an opportunity for life-changing cash rewards every Friday night at the National CashToken draws, to be monitored by Alexander Forbes and audited by Deloitte. The product is designed to optimize customer loyalty investment for business, celebratory gift value optimization and public emotional equity for government.

According to the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Bank Limited, Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, “At Keystone Bank, our vision as we begin our trajectory towards industry leadership is the enablement of new possibilities tied to our customer’s innermost desires as we connect our customers to a new era of Hyper Consumer Centricity; where every patronage of our bank is a life changing opportunity.”

“And so, the establishment of the World’s First Cash Reward asa-Service Platform by CeLD is indeed not only most commendable but worthy of strategic support of forward looking businesses; hence the support of the Board of Directors and management of Keystone Bank Limited.”

B3 Money Market

Naira steadies as Forex market boosted with $396m

Stories by Motolani Oseni

The Nigerian currency, Naira, witnessed stability against the Dollar the close of last week trading activities, as the combination of Central Bank intervention and rising commodity prices supported the local currency.

For instance, in a move to guarantee liquidity in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervened in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) segment of the market to the tune of $396.18 million.

According to figures obtained from the CBN on last week Friday, the released sum is meant to meet obligations in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw

materials and machinery sectors.

Confirming the figures, the Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor said that interventions by the CBN in both the retail and wholesale sectors of the forex market were targeted primarily at ensuring liquidity in the market as well as encouraging production and trade, particularly now that the focus was on the promotion of local content.

Okorafor further explained that with the country’s reserves nearing $50 billion, the Bank was even more determined to sustain the gains recorded through the various policy options the Bank took in the course of stemming the depletion of the external reserves and steering Nigeria out of recession.

Beyond ensuring liquidity in the inter-bank sector of the market, he said the Bank was committed to supporting efforts aimed growing the economy and further diversifying it away from oil.

Despite rates closing at N362/$1 on Friday, April 20, 2018, Okorafor, insisted that the market would remain stable and that the Bank would ensure it maintains the country’s external reserves in order to safeguard the international value of the Naira.

The CBN in its last SMIS on March 23, 2018, intervened with the sum of $339.89, while also intervening in the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to the tune of $210,000,000, comprising of $100million for the wholesale segment and

$55 million for both the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and invisibles segment on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

According to Research Analyst at FXTM, “the upcoming trading week will offer investors fresh insight into the health of Nigeria’s economy, with both the interest rate decision and GDP data scheduled for release. Further signs that Africa’s largest economy is building momentum will not only support bullish sentiment, but will also boost expectations of the Central Bank of Nigeria cutting interest rates in H2.

The IMF has predicted Nigeria will grow at 2.1% in 2018 and it will be interesting to see if the nation is able to exceed this projection.

L-R: Oluwaseun Ogundola of Innovation and Partnership, Heritage Bank; Head, Internal Management and sustainability, Corporate Communications, Heritage Bank, Ozena Utulu; Founder/CEO, CeLD, Lai Labode and Lovelyn Iruayenaima of E-Brand, during the CeLD 500 CEOs Conference and official unveiling of the Cashtoken, sponsored by Heritage Bank, in Lagos.

How 4 commercial banks contribute N15.8bn to CBN’s AGSMEIS Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc and two other banks contributed N15.8 billion to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Agri-Business/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS).

The other two banks are Access Bank Plc and Sterling Bank Plc. The four totally reported N418.9 billion profit for the period ended December 31, 2017.

The investment scheme aimed at supporting the federal government’s effort at promoting agricultural businesses as well as Small and Medium Enterprises.

It is an initiative of the Bankers’ Committee in which Banks are required to set aside five per cent of their Profit After Tax for investment in qualified players.

The fund is domiciled with the apex bank.

Specifically, GTBank with second highest profit in 2017 after Zenith Bank contributed N6.3 billion out of N170.5 billion profit after tax reported in 2017.

Zenith Bank with N177.9 billion profit in 2017 deposited N5.69 billion for the investment in AGSMEIS while Access Bank contributed N3.2 billion out of N61.99 billion profit reported in 2017.

Sterling bank, with N8.5 billion profit in 2017 contributed N259 million to the AGSMEIS. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Bankers’ Committee early in the month commenced disbursement of N26 billion AGSMEIS fund to the first set of beneficiaries.

The Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele had said that the main purpose was to improve access to affordable funding for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), particularly those operating in the informal sector of the economy.

He recalled that as commitment to the successful implementation of the scheme, all Money Deposit Banks (DMBs) voluntarily agreed to contribute five per cent of their Profitt After Tax annually.

He said Banks contribution was to be used to fund eligible projects under the scheme.

Emefiele had commended the commitment of the DMBs to support the scheme, adding that by the end of next year, the disbursement rate of the fund would have risen to

N60 billion.

He also said the fund would be disbursed to youths, who had been trained on various entrepreneurship, vocational and management skills across the country by Entrepreneurship Development Institutions and Centres.

According to him, the centres are the Fate Foundation, Lagos Business School, House of Tara and Thrive Agric.

He said unlike other intervention scheme where the funds were disbursed in cash, beneficiaries under the agribusiness programme would be given equipment that were commensurate to the required amount based on their trade areas. “In Nigeria, the challenges of youth unemployment and restiveness must be confronted

with strategic innovative thinking to provide sustainable solution.

“No matter how daunting the challenge may seem, I believe that with unity of purpose, we can “There is no gainsaying the fact that one of the most effective ways to tackle this scourge, is through entrepreneurship development and easy access to affordable funding.

“Yet, access to funds has been an Achilles heel on entrepreneurship development in the country today. “A situation often credited to fnancial intermediaries’ apathy to youth entrepreneurship and startups, which are usually perceived as being too risky, lacking relevant managerial skills and not possessing,’’ he said.

Capital Market B4 Zenith Bank declares N47.08bn profit in Q1 Zenith Bank Plc has announced an increase of 25.5 per cent in profit in first quarter (Q1) of 2018 to N47.8 billion as against N37.5 billion reported in first quarter of 2016.

The lender’s in its unaudited results to Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday said, Profit before tax gained 22.2 per cent to N54 billion from N44.2 billion in Q1 2016 as Gross earnings rose by 14.5 per cent to N169.19 billion in Q1 2018 from N147.7 billion reported in Q1 2017.

The management of Zenith Bank Group in a statement stated that, “The first quarter of 2018 was a continuation of the strong financial performance we delivered last year as our business demonstrated growth across key metrics.

“In the period, we delivered Gross earnings of N169 billion representing a growth of 14.5 per cent compared to the same period last year which was led by a 20.8per cent upswing in interest income.

“Our asset mix continues to do well, driven by interest earned on government securities and our corporate business. This growth in interest income translated into an improved Profit before Tax (PBT) growth of 22.2per cent and a Profit after Tax (PAT) increase of 25.5 per cent compared to March 2017, at N54 billion and N47 billion respectively.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

Equities market close in red as Month to Date returns dip to -1.66% Stories by Afolabi Adesola Equities trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed negative, with the ASI shedding 0.28 per cent to 40,814.89 points, following sessions of mixed trading during the week.

The Month-to-Date and Year-toDate returns thus dipped to -1.66 per cent and 6.72 per cent respectively.

The Market Capitalization which tracks the growth of the equities market also depreciated by 0.28 per cent to close the week at N14.743 trillion while three of the five major equities market indices closed in red following sell offs in

key stocks.

The Insurance index lost 1.17 per cent last week as HMARKINS fell 14.71 per cent. The Consumer Goods index depreciated 0.86 per cent as a result of a 13.04 per cent decline in Unilever stocks while the Industrial Goods dropped 0.04 per cent following a 4.86 per cent decline in the share price of Julius Berger last week. However, interests in the shares of Skye Bank that gained 12.68 per cent and Mobil that added 17.65 per cent led to gains in the Banking and Oil & Gas indices which added 2.34 per cent and 0.73 per cent respectively.

In summary, 36 equities appreciated in price during the week, low-

er than 37 in the previous week. 33 equities depreciated in price, lower than 38 equities of the previous week, while 100 equities remained unchanged higher than 94 equities recorded in the preceding week.

The total turnover of 3.008 billion shares worth N30.296 billion in 24,036 deals traded during the week in review by investors on the floor of the Exchange were in contrast to a total of 1.415 billion shares valued at N19.644 billion that exchanged hands previous week in 20,659 deals.

The Financial Services Industry in volume terms led the activity chart with 2.539 billion shares valued at N23.510 billion traded

in 13,179 deals; thus contributing 84.43 per cent and 77.60 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The Oil and Gas Industry followed with 273.443 million shares worth N2.358 billion in 3,735 deals. The third place was occupied by Consumer Goods Industry with a turnover of 60.840 million shares worth N2.654 billion in 3,141 deals.

Top three traded stocks by volume include: FCMB Group Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, and Oando Plc. They accounted for 1.816 billion shares worth N9.599 billion in 3,851 deals, contributing 60.37 per cent and 31.69 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.

L-R: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Jordi Borrut Bel; Chairman of the company, Chief Kola Jamodu, CFR and Mr. Uaboi Agbebaku, Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, during the 72nd Annual General Meeting of the Company, held on Friday in Lagos.

SEC, NSE, CSCS others consider e-IPOs for Nigeria A committee comprising of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Central Securities and Clearing System(CSCS), and six other organisations have been set up to work out the modalities involved in issuing Electronic Initial Public Offers (e-IPOs) in Nigeria’s financial markets.

An e-IPO is an application based and browser based software that facilitates online offerings to the public on a private company’s stock. Such company can thus raise money by going public through a cost-effective and comprehensive benefit that an E-IPO offers.

The e-IPO committee was set up in Lagos last week during the 1st Capital Market Committee (CMC) Meeting and announced to financial journalist by Mary Uduk, the Ag. Director General of the SEC on Friday.

Other organisations involved in the e-IPO deliberations include, Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN), Association of

Stock Broking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR), Capital market Solicitor Association(CMSA), Fund Managers Association of Nigeria (FMAN), and Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS).

According to Uduk, globally, capital markets are moving towards eIPO and the Nigerian Capital Market is working to adopt this trend.

Uduk who briefed pressmen alongside Messrs Isiaku Bala Tilde, Ag. Executive Commissioner, Operations; Henry Adekunle Rowlands, Ag. Executive Commissioner Corporate Services; Reginald Karawusa, Ag. Executive Commissioner, Legal and Enforcement on the resolutions of the CMC meeting, said the issue of increase in delistings by public companies was highlighted, and recognised as a threat to the growth and development of the market.

In a bid to curb the trend the Ag. DG noted that “In view of the fact that quite a number of them are highly capitalized companies. We

are expecting the committee on listings would come up with strategies to attract new listings.”

Towards further strengthening of the capital market, Uduk explained that the extension of a forbearance window to investors on multiple subscriptions and forbearance for shareholders with multiple accounts, will last till September 2018.

“Registrars have acknowledged that investors have started coming forward but there are challenges in the process. The CMC deliberated and recommended the appropriate Technical Committee to seek input and come up with recommendations to address the challenges. Therefore, we encourage all affected investors to come forward and take advantage of the window before the new deadline.”

Speaking on Direct Cash Settlement (DCS), Uduk that out of 5.1 million accounts with the CSCS, only 1,191 have Direct Cash Settlement (DCS) subscriptions and only 15 out of 18 settlement banks have

contributed to the DCS initiative.

“Considering the fact that DCS will instill confidence in the market, there is the need for all parties involved in the process to work harder to achieve a 100% migration.” She said.

On the issue of commodities market, Uduk said “The Technical Committee working on developing a vibrant commodities market for Nigeria presented its report at the meeting. The report will be exposed to the public to elicit comments and inputs from all stakeholders. She added that “the Technical Committee on Non-Interest capital market reported that the first sovereign sukuk was issued in 2017 and about 1,600 retail investors invested N5 billion on the instrument. The next level of engagements is to work with supra-national entities (such as IFC, AfDB), state governments, institutions (such as Federal Mortgage Bank, NMRC) to include sukuk options in their capital investment plans.

“The Technical Committee on E-dividend registration reported that the total approved mandates currently is about 2.5 million translating into 466,000 unique investor accounts. The deadline for the free E-dividend registration was 31 March 2018 and that has not changed. The new direction of the industry is that bank managers along with registrars will charge a token sum of N150 per mandate.

The Commission also warned the public to exercise extreme caution with regards to crypto currencies as a vehicle of investments, as part of its investor protection mandate. The warning was particular, especially as none of the persons, companies or entities promoting cryptocurrencies has been recognized or authorized by SEC or by other regulatory agencies in Nigeria to receive deposit from the public or to provide any investment or other financial service within or outside Nigeria.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

Shareholders laud Nigerian Breweries’ results, approve dividend payout Adesola Afolabi Shareholders of Nigerian Breweries Plc have lauded its 2017 financial performance and approved the N33 billion dividend pay-out proposed by the Board.

The shareholders who spoke at the 72nd Annual General Meeting of the company held at the Muson Center, Onikan-Lagos on Friday noted that the company’s performance in spite of the very challenging operating environment, stood out as a shining example for other corporate organisations to emulate.

They agreed that the 2017 results and the dividend pay-out are strong signals of the resilience of the company in the face of the apparent challenges of the economy.

One of the shareholders, Mr. Gbadebo Adetokunbo, congratulated the company for good showing in 2017 and for “doing the needful” to the shareholders. The same sentiment was echoed by Mr. Patrick Ajuwah, who lauded the company for improving the gross earnings and the bottom line.

Mr. Shotunde Shopeju, another shareholder, expressed confidence that the company remains in good stead to deliver good returns to shareholders in the future and congratulated the company for remaining strong even in the midst of economic challenges.

Theophilus Adegboye an eighty five year old shareholder from Oshogbo, Osun State congratulated the Company for improving the fortunes of shareholders. He urged his fellow shareholders to commend the company for proposing a 100% dividend pay-out at a time many quoted companies were unable to pay dividend to their shareholders.

B5 Business News

New minimum wage: Tripartite Committee to hold nationwide public hearing Idu Jude, Abuja As Nigeria workers in collaboration with the organized labour battle to engage the present administration, led by President Mohammedu Buhari, in a new minimum wage negotiation, six geopolitical zones of the country in turn will be hosting Nationwide Public Hearing of the Tripartite Committee saddled with the job on collating of memorandum.

Experts, has also has rang a warning bell on the danger of desuading the mindbof millions of Nigeria workers with the uterior motive of using it to score cheap political campaign points.

The negotiotion, of a new minimum wage began February 2016, but footdrag till recently as the

country delves yet another political era.

Our source held that that serious administration does not wait to politicies every thing but to priotize the welfare of its citizens.

“I must tell you that wether the trapartite committee goes to individual states or local government headquarters, the fact remains that the implementatin will never come. And let me educate you, apart from playing on the interligence of the generalitybof Nigerians, having delayed the talk till now, the state governors are again stumbling block. 98 per cent of all them have failed to implement the 18,000 naira, while some like Imo State, has resorted to playing only three working days woth the aim of asking worker to farm with other two days. You see there is no

truth in what they are saying”.

The Daily Times recall that the review of National minimum wage, comes every five years with reference to international labour law duly recorgnized by the constitution of the Republic of Nigeria.

The new minimum wage according to the Nigeria Labour congress NLC will have a bench mark of N66, 500.00 as against the former 18,000 presently being implemented just few states.

Records has also shown that only 4 out of 33 states of the federation has fully implemented the 18,000 naira minimum wage including Rivers State, Lagos State, The FCT and Enugu State, while others has given several reasons not paying for several months.

The move to capture the view of every Nigerian morw eapecially

the state governors, is to ellicit answers from all stakeholders and the place thw shoe pinches them.

Edo state under Comrade Adams Oshiomohle, implemented 24,000 minimum wage but has to withdraw on the emergence of Godwin Obasekibas Governor who succeeded Adams Oshiomohle.

There is also the fear that the new minimum wage being recommended by the organized labour is dead on arrival as 98 per cent of the states could not afford the 18,000 naira let alone 66,500.

Political watchers had it that the negotiation much awaited has surfaced to serve as a political campaign tool as 2019 general election knocks around the corner..

L-R: Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun); the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond and Minister of Finance, Malta, Edward Scicluna, during the 2018 IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC

World Bank: Developing countries face challenges to keep growth pace Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The World Bank has said despite expectations that growth will be robust in the near term, developing countries face challenges to keep up the pace of progress and ensure inclusive, sustainable growth amid structural changes to the global economy.

Although, it noted that its Group is uniquely placed to address global challenges and help countries achieve their goals in today’s increasingly complex development landscape.

This was a key message from the Development Committee, a ministerial-level forum of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, in a communiqué issued at the close of the institutions’ Spring Meetings in Washington.

The committee reiterated its support for the Bank Group’s twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity, while recognizing that the Bank Group must strengthen its financial capacity to meet the aspirations of its shareholders, mobilize capital at

scale, and respond to global development challenges.

The committee agreed to a capital increase for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as part of a package of fundamental reforms that will allow the Bank Group to deliver development results more effectively while becoming more financially sustainable and efficient.

It will help the Bank Group continue to lead on global public goods and scale up its support in fragile and conflict-affected situ-

ations.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, in his remarks at the press conference that opened the Spring Meetings, also highlighted the financial strengthening of IDA, the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, through an inaugural bond issue that raised $1.5 billion from investors around the world this week.

“IDA’s entry to the global capital markets is historic – the latest transformational shift in how we approach development finance,” he said, adding that “IDA will

be able to dramatically scale up financing to help countries meet the 2030 development goals, and deliver greater value to shareholders.”

Both the committee’s communiqué and Kim’s speech at American University prior to the meetings emphasized that the Bank Group must continue to crowd in private sector resources for development, as the main driver of investment, innovation, and jobs.

The committee called on the World Bank, IFC, and MIGA to work closely together to mobilize private investment as part of maximizing finance for inclusive growth and poverty reduction.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 23, 2018

CSR project doesn’t have to be a burden or a drain on resources – Expert Stories by Godwin Anyebe The CEO of Best Company, Jonathan Austin, has said CSR project doesn’t have to be a burden or a drain on resources.

Austine, who is an expert in the industry made this disclosure in a chart with The Daily Times recently in Lagos.

According to him, “sometimes it can actually aid productivity by inspiring employee engagement. Having

a staff fun day every quarter, for example, not only gives employees something to look forward to, but allows you to raise regular sums of money for charity at the same time.”

He added that an unsuccessful CSR policy usually comes down to a business feeling disconnected from charitable organisations or lacking the time.

“By staying local and helping a charity or community project on your doorstep, you

can easily see the difference your help is making. Put aside an hour on a Friday afternoon where you and your staff can make a mass trip to the local charity of your choice. If it’s only down the road, people are a lot more likely to get involved”, he said.

H, however, pointed out that many companies on the Best hundred List are experts in their field and have a lot of knowledge to share.

“One great example is a

well-known phone service provider that runs “Techy Tea Parties” for Age UK and other local charities. At these events guests can spend around two hours having a one-on-one with a member of the company’s team, who helps them with their tech challenges. It’s really just about spending time with someone from their local community, over some tea and biscuits”, he explained.

L-R: Group Head, Strategy & Innovation, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Shina Atilola; Executive Governor, Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire during the ThisDay HealthCare Policy Dialogue in Abuja.

Flying Doctors Founder urges women to build social capital The Founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, Dr Ola Brown, has called on Nigerian women to build their social capital in their strive to succeed in executive and entrepreneurial positions.

Speaking recently in Lagos on her experience as a guest speaker at a seminar organised by Total Nigeria Limited in Lagos to mark this year’s International Women’s D ay, Brown stated that social capital was crucial to women’s success in their professional and business career.

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is Press for Progress. Speaking on the theme, Brown stated that the theme is particularly important to Africa as her economy is smaller than those of most developed continents, adding Africans are poorer than most people from the developed world.

She, therefore, called on African women and men to push for progress to eliminate poverty and build prosperity in Africa.

Brown stated that women are very important in curbing the rate of poverty in Africa, especially in Nigeria, adding that Nigeria needs to urgently progressively move forward based on her Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population parameters.

“If we want sustainable economic growth in Nigeria, we need to raise an army of skilled executives that are able to build and structure the companies essential for our economic future,” Brown said.

“Women in Nigeria face myriad of cultural and religious barriers when trying to move up in the workplace. Developing executive presence, influence, negotiation skills, management skills and emo-

tional intelligence are often as important as technical skills in the oil industry as employees move up in the ladder.”

On how to build social capital, Brown said women should learn how to network even with men in business and professional environment, even after working hours, noting that most men succeed in their careers because they have learnt the act of networking.

The medical entrepreneur also advised women to volunteer for works, even aside their domain, in a bid to build up their social capital.

Social capital, which can be seen as friends, families, colleagues, and general contacts through whom one can receive opportunities to use one’s financial and human capital, can take the form of structures, institutions, networks and relation-

ships which enable individuals to maintain and develop their human capital in partnership with others, and to be more productive when working together than in isolation Flying Doctors Nigeria is West Africa’s first and leading indigenous air ambulance service organisation, which transports patients across the region in medically equipped aircrafts for quick medical care.

Established about a decade ago, Flying Doctors Nigeria has provided various medical services to the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Brown, who is also a pilot in training, also urged women to avail themselves for mentoring, adding that mentorship was essential towards women’s success.

She advised that women should assert themselves in public speaking and cultivate negotiating skills to build their career.

Consumers commend Hollandia Evap Consumers commend hollandia evap as one of the evaporated milk brand in Nigeria that possess a great taste when added to a breakfast cup of tea or coffee, or a bowl of cereal, pap or custard, as it provides excellent nourishment required for the body before setting out for the day.

Commenting on this development in a statement made available to newsmen recently in Lagos, chi limited’s Marketing Manager Deepanyan Roy, said that Hollandia Evaporated Milk is a highly nutritious milk that provides the essential nutrients needed by the body for healthy development.

“Its premium quality, unique convenient packaging and affordability makes it irresistible to consumers. Hollandia Evaporated Milk is all-rounder milk with a great taste andcreamy goodness. Through innovation,Hollandia Evaporated Milk has achieved consumer preference by consistently inventing and adding more value,” he said.

Evaporated Milk which can be consumed with or without complement is rich in calcium and vitamins, and is packaged in handy pack .The throw pack size allows consumers to avoid waste as the content is well within what can be consumed in one go, thereby eliminating the need for refrigeration. To address the growing desire for convenience by consumers, the re-sealable 190g “Pour-Cap-Keep”pack size provides consumers with the opportunity to store and re-use after opening.

Also speaking, Ishola Oyedokun, a marketing executive with Shalom Enterprises, stated that his early morning routine involved a local mai shai (tea seller)to enjoy a hot cup of tea or coffee. He observed that in most of the mai-shai shops he visited in Agege, Hollandia Evaporated Milk was commonly used.

“Upon enquiry, I was told by Alhaji Isa, the tea seller on my street, that Hollandia Evaporated Milk was widely used because it tasted fresh and creamier when added to tea or coffee.

It is also cost effective when compared with other brands in its category and offers convenient packaging ideal for individual consumption and storage,” he stated.

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There’s need to transform Nigeria’s urban agenda - Fashola A. Provision of water supply schemes and facilities for irrigation and other uses.

B. School feeding and other incentives to get children to school.

I would like to thank the London School of Economics and Political Science for hosting me once again, and in particular he demonstrated with his scheduling of this event to accommodate me.

That said, I would also like to place on record my personal commendation to Prof.

agricultural strongholds in the country, to support the economic aspiration of farmers.

D. Completion of about 2,000 long E. Formulation of policy and regulation to accelerate deployment of electricity mini grids to stimulate rural access to electricity.

Some emerging results show: A. 90% reduction in rice importation.

issue of urbanisation, and his commitment promote fresh thinking around the issue.

I have refused to address urbanisation as either a challenge or a problem. This is deliberate because I see it as the new reality of the human civilization.

to resources.

The issue then manifests itself as a fair and equitable access to food, shelter, energy, transport and employment, to mention a few.

The issue of urbanisation also reveals

commitment to infrastructure is impacting the rural areas through work creation, economic inclusion, and participation in the construction value chain.

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then perhaps the question that readily comes to mind is: What is Nigeria doing?

Agenda, we have recently been more active and involved than in the last Four decades when the previous global urban agenda were 1976 and later in Turkey in 1996.

In February 2016, Nigeria hosted the

social disruption, and crime are the problems that follow the issue of urbanisation.

which led to the formulation of a common African position which was in Surabaya, Indonesia in July of the same year, and ultimately the accommodation of critical parts of that agenda in Quito, Ecuador in 2017.

The commitments captured in the World Urban Forum agenda at Ecuador, under the

This takes me to what we must do

of course only to global actions.

On a global scale, we must come to one consensus that the size of our human family on the planet is growing at a rate that threatens all of us.

If any proof is needed about the global footprint of this threat, recent reports of

local action at family, local, state and national levels.

But I say very emphatically that our active participation and Continental leadership role are positive signs that move the needle of commitment and consciousness further up from what they were four decades ago.

less developed areas of our various Overcrowding, homelessness, lack of

migrations and very chilling reports of refugee status and 21st Century enslavement of immigrants provide the proof.

Those people were migrating to urban quality of life.

Therefore, each family, each local community, state, and nation must act locally to manage the rate of population growth.

Indeed, most of the things that need to be mobility, shelter, and access to healthcare and clean energy impose compelling local solutions and actions at family, local, state and national levels.

Of course, what each can do is now a function of ability, quality of resource, both the problem.

‘Transforming Nigeria’s Urban Agenda’ and

As I mentioned earlier, Road Construction and Rehabilitation work is going on in all 36 states.

In terms of access to energy, the country statement that seeks to achieve 30% of renewable energy by 2030. either being aggressively pursued towards completion or imminent commencement, like the 700MW Zungeru, 40MW

children now back in school.

the hundreds of millions, and I choose to approach it simply as the issue of our point that we must see human beings more, and numbers less.

Therefore if this is about us, what does it portend, and what should we do?

First, it is about a growing global population

already under implementation with the

of urbanisation more pleasant was to improve the quality of life, inclusion, and opportunities in the rural areas.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to local Agriculture development capacity has certainly provided it to reality.

Today, Nigeria is producing more food than in the past, especially food crops like rice and wheat, and in under 36 months, we have a record of 6.3 Milion new rice farmers, mostly living and working in rural areas.

Many rural dwellers who used to lease out their land to others to farm have taken to farming it themselves. and Departments, such as Education, Water Resources, Power, Works and Housing, is now intervening with:

employed in construction, such as laterite, sand, gravel, limestone, are mined in rural communities, and this is creating economic activities in these areas.

Most of the National Road Network Reconstruction now being undertaken in all the 36 States pass through or connect one urban or rural community.

During construction, employment opportunities comes close to these communities, instead of them travelling to look for work, and on completion, they facilitate mobility.

under consideration. stimulating consensus and action towards other sources of cleaner energy like solar.

Electric energy production capacity has increased from 5,000 MW to 7,000 MW and Distribution has increased from under 3,000 Mw to 5,000 Mw and work continues imminent.

A revised National Building Code in 2017 conserve water, energy, and provide access to services for the most vulnerable members of our urban family.

ease access by removing the requirement for a 10% contribution and instead capitalising as a proof of concept in 33 States, not only responds to the shelter component of urbanisation on a local level, it responds to the economic inclusion component as well.

At each of these construction sites, there are not less than 1,000 people engaged as skilled and unskilled labour, complemented by vendors and suppliers.

While these actions that I have spoken of reality of urbanisation by improving the quality of life in the rural areas, there are quality of service and opportunities in the urban centres, which are in various stages of implementation.

A grand and audacious commitment

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On a global scale, we must come to one consensus that the size of our human family on the planet is growing at a rate that threatens all of us.

annum, through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. much as the time limited for me allows me to share about our commitment towards the urban agenda.

Therefore, I will conclude by answering the question posed about what Nigeria is doing with regard to the urban agenda, by saying that: A. There is a new consciousness and increased participation in the formulation of the global urban agenda policies by Nigeria.

B. On the continental stage, Nigeria has stood up to be counted and to take leadership by providing the platform to hold policy C. On the global stage, Nigeria has made her voice audible in Surabaya and in Quito.

D. On the local, state and national stages, Nigeria has followed commitment with doing so.

Urbanization realities for the Nigerian people when the fruits of these new consciousness, commitments and action come to the season.

I can only imagine how bountiful that harvest will be in terms of the improvements in quality of life.

Thank you for listening.

Being the remarks of the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, at London School of Economics in London on Tuesday, April 17, 2018

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Top 10 richest musicians in Nigeria WIZKID The stories of grass to grace is never complete till this young talented artists name is listed.

From a traditional indigent polygamus family, Wizkid rose to become an international star by becoming hangers-on with Banky W, the boss of EME records who harnessed his potential and valorized his prodigy.

You see, whenever chickens become too big, the shell becomes a threat to their existence and so they hatch out and free themselves. That could be said for “Star Boy Wizkid”. For obvious reasons, he hatched out of EME records to lead an independent prodigious music career with international credibility. His magnetic songs has earned him massive prominence, precipitating a very steep demand for his services across Africa. His songs have topped music charts for umpteenth times, his albums sales are still raking in millions of Naira,

net worth is valued at an estimated N2.9 Billion Naira.

DAVIDO

From the days of his newbie hit single in the industry “Dami Euro” he has continued to roll out jaw dropping singles contained in albums and shooting his popularity anyone who cares to listen that his Dad is strikingly

wanting here, he has however featured in a myriad of songs, most of which were recorded and produced by him under his label.

and wealth through “Mohits record” a record label he history and “Mavins” is his new imprint with music stars like Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Reekado Banks and others signed unto it. The kind of money he rakes up from the “The Mavins” alone is eye popping. Don

DBANJ The Koko master as he is popularly known, is one he allied with Don Jazzy, and on their return back will later emerge as the most prodigious label in the country. The fame he got from mohits was enough to sustain him after the group was disbanded. His solo career rose along with the sun and he became

Wizkid

not the only one who thinks the Koko master felt “On top of the world” when he performed at the soccer city stadium in South Africa. His “Oliver Twist” hit single was well famous for having the highest number of views ever for a Nigerian song. With crazy stage performances worth millions of Nigeria, coupled with

account as his net worth because we presume a huge chunk of that megabucks is linked to his rich roots.

From the stand point of music popularity, endorsement Innocent idibia A.K.A Tu face and now Tu Baba is model and mentor to many young arts rising up across PSQUARE did Peter too in another direction, but their individual net worth is yet to be ascertained and whichever opposite

music in Nigeria.

still basking on the wealth the brand “PSQUARE” gave them. It gave them the popularity and the wealth they shared and come to think of it, the duo is about the largest music sensational combo in Africa before the Davido

here.

So from the low temperatures of the streets in Jos, rose the phenomenal duo in what seemed like a dance group. Musical instruments where honed and perfected, a church was involved and then voicing began. “Bizzy Body” a hit track, served as the red carpet to their grand entry into the Nigerian music industry. They never stopped at that, more electrifying singles were ecstasy. Then came the awards, the endorsements, the collaborations, the million youtube views and the billions. The twins are valued at an estimated N25 Billion Naira.

DON JAZZY Arguably, this belated bachelor is the richest and If owning a song to call yours was a perquisite to label someone a music artist, the Don would be found

Don Jazzy

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Top 10 richest musicians in Nigeria Once upon a time, three friends formed a music group and called it “Plantashun Boys”. They did a lot of great songs together, but there was a split, everyone went solo on the group, leading individual music careers. But one became phenomenal and colossal. He was Tu Face, the “African Queen” crooner. A song by him that sparked local and international critical acclaim. For the while it and was even featured in a Hollywood movie.

That was a stepping stone for Tu Face into the legendary status he enjoys now in the music scene.

With a compacted itinerary of events to grace, living music legend is with a net worth of N4.5 Billion naira.

FLAVOUR precepts and style while infusing it into music can grant one access to stardom and of course wealth.

This is the case of Flavour who set his foot on the door from the backdrop of drumming and even playing anything that could ignite music pleasures.

And then things got awesome when he decided to venture into singing, singing for the most part, in his descent dialect which even gave him an identity before he went western recently. He has done multiple collaborations with both local and international artists, won host of awards and his the years.His net worth stands at N2.5 Billion Naira.

BANKY W Olubankole Wellington with the stage name Banky W is a Nigerian singer who is well famous for the kind of romantic songs he dishes out. He employs his foreign birth history (Born in the United you could mistake him for a whitey. After a family relocation from the states back to mother land, he went back again for studies and returned home for

in the states and brought the brand home to sign up and breed great artists. His love songs are epic and emotional, captivating hearts and endearing him to many. His music videos involves some mild dance moves, suits and hats, think o f

Flavour Banky W

Michael Jackson? Yea, something like that. He has made plenty of the money everyone needs through his

music and his net worth is valued at N2.3 Billion Naira.

IYANYA Popularly known for the “Kukere” song and dance,

maiden edition. That was the vehicle he drove to success. to Lagos where we was well famed via his hardwork and incredible talent.His singles are fabulous and steers up excitement in listeners which is not void dancer with his waist doing most of the dancing to the delight of his female fans. His thrilling performance

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estimated at N1.9 Billion Naira.

Known as “BADOO” the voice from the street.

Olamide is a singer and rapper with most of his punchlines reeled out in his native Yoruba lingua.

He has made a name for himself in the Lagos entertainment industry as the champion of the street, giving a hope to those who were once like him that hard work pays. Steadily he drops his singles in a radical collaborates with other artists in a spiced up mix. He

and is goodnews for his pockets. Lots of performances Iyanya

record label. He has created dancing steps that have gone viral and strengthened his credibility and popularity. For his hard work and fame, his net worth is estimated at N1.9 Billion Naira.

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Clean up your act Males tend to joke about how long a woman takes to get ready when they groom themselves, but in reality, male grooming is becom-

large amount of time, effort and money to look good and be taken seriously as well. And why not? If you want to look good.

To achieve this, you have to indulge in a two step grooming regime 1. Exfoliation 2. Cleansing 1st part: Cleansing giously morning and evening with a face wash. must use ens and evens the skin tone.

2. Oil control face wash which ensures the skin stays oil free and controlled throughout Why you should use a face wash It cleans and refreshes the skin Removes dirt and dead skin cells without

skin on your face.

1. Using a cleanser/foamer 2. Using granular exfoliating scrub 3. Using an exfoliating mask

To maintain the health of your skin.

Steps to using a face wash Start by washing your hands to remove any grease, grime and germs

gentle circular motions.

Finish by rinsing the face with cool water

all of which serve to loosen and slough off dead skin cells.

How to exfoliate With the cleanser/foamer or granular exfoliatWet the gloves and your skin with warm wa-

towel 2nd part: Exfoliation

if necessary to form a lather.

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fore washing it.

Why men should exfoliate Because the skin on your face is quite differ-

sure. and then dry off with a clean towel.

With exfoliating mask, wash face with warm

Put all these factors together and your face can attract a fair amount of dirt.

goes on the face.

for a better shave

move dead skin cells, dirt and whitehead.

the secret to better looking skin.

There are basically three ways to exfoliate the

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