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The FAAC also shared N701.022 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of April in line with the constitutional sharing

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20 Yedseram Street, Maitama, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Cubana Suites offers rooms with modern interior decor. The rooms are equipped with tile flooring, an air conditioner, work desk, telephone, flat screen TV with cable channels, a fridge, armchairs, balcony with a view of the pool and an en-suite bathroom with toilet paper, towels and linen provided free.

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Kryxtal Suites

120, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2

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Kryxtal Suites Wuse 2, is an exclusive boutique hotel located opposite GLOBACOM Headquarters in Abuja and a few seconds from KFC. This hotel is very well appointed and its one of the reference points in the Wuse area of Abuja for visitors and Abuja residents. It is situated at 120, Aminu Kano Crescent, Opposite Glo Office, Wuse 2, Abuja, Nigeria.

Ecowas Court (0.7 km) City Park (0.6 km) Globacom Office KFC

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Children: All children not older than 12 are allowed to stay for free.

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Cameroon Embassy (2 km) Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard are Afro-Asia Garden (0.4 km) accepted here.

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GSM village NAFDAC Wuse market Terms and Conditions Check in: from 12:00pm (Identification required) Check out: from 12:00pm Pets: not allowed Payment: Cash, Cards Smoking: In designated areas.

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Grand Cubana Hotel No. 6 Ebitu Ukiwe Street, Jabi, Abuja

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JD Leisure park (900m) Pets: Pets are not allowed with Federal High Court (1.6km) exception of service dogs.

4U Supermarket (3.6km) Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, IBB Golf Club (9.1km) and AMEX accepted here.

House 14 is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

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Caledonian Suites, Abuja 21 Usuma Street, off Gana Street, Abuja

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Transport Parking Free self parking What’s around Caledonian Suites Landmarks Federal Secretariat Millennium Park Nigerian National Mosque National Assembly Aso Villa Ecowas Secretariat

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Kapino Suite

128 Aminu Kano Cres, Wuse, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Kapino Suites is a hotel brand created with the client in mind. Our aim is to provide the most comfortable, memorable and delightful stay for our customers. Kapino Suites was established in 2014 and is located in the heart of Nigeria

O’neal Centre (1.1km) Rock of Ages Mall (2.6km)

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Children: All children are allowed to Interesting Places To Visit Near stay for free.

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Utako Motor Park (0.7km) Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard Patsy Plaza (0.35km) are accepted here.

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With facilities uniquely designed to cater to guests comfort at every level, Treasure Suites is located at Plot 66, 1st Avenue by Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Opposite Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria. It boasts business related amenities such as a business centre and 2 meeting rooms.

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FAAC adds N24.bn to Excess Crude Account Continued from page 1 formulae of 52.68 percent for the Federal Government, state governments - 26.72 percent while 20.60 percent is for the local government areas.

The Chairman of FAAC and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Mahmoud Isa Dutse, on Wednesday, said that the gross revenue of N613.057 billion received for the month was higher than the N480.599 billion received in the previous month by N132 132.458 billion.

Giving the breakdown, the Federal Government received N289.045 billion, state governments - N181.963 and local governments N137.326billion, VAT included.

Crude oil export sales volume increased by 64 percent when compared with the 7.72 million barrels from the previous month, resulting in increased

revenue from federation crude oil exports sales by $226.90 million.

The oil producing states also got N49.756 billion as 13 percent derivative of oil mineral revenue.

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) received N5.715 billion as its 4 percent cost of collection, Nigeria Customs Service got N4.092 billion as its 7 percent cost of collection while the Department of Petroleum Resources got N4.061 billion as its 4 percent cost of revenue collection for the month of April, 2018.

Also, the average crude oil price increased from $65.72 to $66.78 per barrel.

The performance for the month in review would have been better but for few production shut-ins and shut-downs at various terminals for repairs of leaks and maintenance.

There were significant increases in revenues from Companies Income Tax (CIT), Petroleum Profit Tax

and oil royalty. Import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) recorded marginal increases.

The distributable statutory revenue for the month was N613.057 billion while the total distributable for the current month including VAT was N701.022 billion.

Duste also disclosed that there was an additional sum of N11.269 billion received from NNPC after April FAAC and it was distributed accordingly.

The Excess Crude Account balance as at May 2018 stood at $1.911 billion while the Petroleum Profit Tax also stood at $0.133 million.

Chairman, Finance Commissioners Forum and Adamawa State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Mahmood Sale Yunusa, said that the revenue shared was far from “where we should be.”

Yunusa said that the FAAc is aimed at a distributable revenue of N1 trillion monthly to the three tiers of government.

Gov Obaseki signs anti-human trafficking bill into law, as int’l community pledges support Tom Okpe, Abuja Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday in Abuja, signed the Edo State Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Law 2018.

The ceremony, which held on the sideline of a high profile stakeholders’ event,with the theme “Technical Roundtable on Managing Migration through Development Transformation Programme in Edo State,” had in attendance, Ambassador of European Union to Nigeria, Ketil Karlsen and the Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration, Enira Krdzalic.

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According to Obaseki, “the law provides an effective and comprehensive legal and institutional framework for the prohibition, prevention, detection, prosecution and punishment of human trafficking and related offences in Edo State.”

The governor explained that “the law will protect victims of human trafficking, promote and facilitate local, national and international cooperation in the fight against the illicit activity.”

He added that with the law which also establishes the Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, the stage is set for an onslaught against

perpetrators of human trafficking in the state.

He disclosed that the state has secured the support of the international community in the fight against human trafficking and urged parents, guardians, trade and professional groups, the clergy and other stakeholders to join hands with his administration as the law, which complements existing federal government laws, takes effect.

The Edo State government currently has a robust plan for the rehabilitation of returnees from Libya and elsewhere, most of whom were evacuated by the federal government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union.

The programme includes a monthly stipend of N20,000 for each returnee, an empowerment package that has a training component, after which they are given starter packs.

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L-R: Chancellor Lagos State University, Rtd Justice George Oguntade, LASU overall best graduating student in the 22nd convocation, Ogunsanya Adetoro and Governor Akinwumi Ambode congratulating Adetoro for his feat

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L-R: Chair, Amnesty International,Delia Ferreira Rubio and the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, during the visit of Rubio to the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja...on Wednesday

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$16bn power spending: Obasanjo under fire as groups demand probe SERAP, AFRICMIL want EFCC, ICPC to take action against ex- President, others Lament decay in sector despite huge spending Peter Fowoyo, Lagos and Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Barely 24 hours after the war-of-words between President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, two groups have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to launch a massive probe into the allegations of mismanagement of $16 billion power projects.

The two groups, SocioEconomic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), while lamenting the dearth in the power sector despite the huge spending, said that if there is relevant and sufficient admissible evidence, anyone suspected to be involved in the projects should face prosecution.

In a statement sent to The Daily Times on Wednesday by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, SERAP said that if there is relevant and sufficient admissible evidence, anyone suspected to be involved in the projects should face prosecution.

SERAP also urged Buhari to investigate the alleged squandering of over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply covering the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.”

Mumuni said: “We welcome the focus by President Buhari on the massive allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the power sector and urge him to expand his searchlight beyond the Obasanjo government by ensuring accountability and full recovery of the over N11 trillion squandered by the three administrations. It is only by pursuing all the allegations and taking the evidence before the court that the truth will be revealed and justice best served. This is the only way to conclusively address the systemic corruption in the power sector and an entrenched culture of impunity of perpetrators.

“Addressing impunity in the power sector should be total.

This would help improve the integrity of government and public confidence and trust in their government. It would also serve as a vehicle to

further the public’s perception of fairness and thoroughness, and to avert any appearance of political considerations in the whole exercise.”

On its part, AFRICMIL called for a “full scale and wide-ranging investigations” into the administrations of former Nigerian leaders and bringing all those who breached public trust to account.

Speaking through its coordinator, Chido Onumah, the organisation said that the Federal Government has a duty to probe “all grey areas in every administration, beyond the alleged $16 billion power sector expenditure”.

The organisation said that the development has created a unique opportunity to look into the activities of past leaders.

He said, “This challenge the former president throws at the Federal Government presents a unique opportunity for us as a country to revisit our past and bring all our past leaders to account. Reopening the power sector expenditure probe would be a step in the right direction for the country, but that should just be the beginning.

“It is high time the unwritten

amnesty given to former heads of states and presidents was jettisoned and those individuals scrutinised to get them to fully account for their stewardship and explain the hemorrhage Nigeria suffered overtime.

“Apart from Sani Abacha, who died in office, there is no Nigerian leader whose personal misconduct was subjected to criminal investigation. This is both an anomaly and an irony. It is ironic that those who are alive are left to enjoy the fruits of their misdeeds.”

Onumah cited the example of many countries including Israel, Brazil, South Korea and Malaysia, in recent time, which subjected their former leaders to corruption probe, saying that practice is a major deterrence against corruption for future leaders.

“Nigerian money is our common patrimony. No one can wave off stealing on behalf of all citizens, and ignoring the conduct of former leaders is doing exactly that,” he added.

Describing what he called “criminal collusion” on the part of successive leaders, Onumah stated that it was unfair for law enforcement agents to go after subordinates

“while the big masquerades on whose table the buck stops are deliberately let off the hook.”

AFRICMIL called for a strong independent interagency panel to investigate major scandals since the administration of former military rulers.

The Daily Times recalls that Buhari had on Tuesday accused Obasanjo of spending $16bn on power projects during his tenure as the President without corresponding power supply to Nigerians.

The President added that those who mismanaged Nigeria’s economy in the past, through fraudulent electricity projects and misuse of revenue earnings from oil, had no love for the country.

He urged Nigerians to remain vigilant and ensure that only ‘‘people of conscience are in-charge of governance at all levels’’, as the nation prepares for general election in 2019.

Buhari had said, ‘I challenge anybody to check from Europe, America and Asia; between 1999-2014, Nigeria was producing 2.1 million barrels of crude oil per day at an average cost of 100 USD

per barrel and it went up to 143 USD.” The development came just as Obasanjo, for the third time, attacked Buhari, claiming that the President was ignorant of the facts and lacked essential four qualities to remain in power, adding that since Buhari lacked the qualities, he should quickly get out of Aso Rock and allow a dynamic leader to rule the country in 2019.

Obasanjo, who accused Buhari of ignorance on the power projects, said: ‘’While it is doubtful that a President with proper understanding of the issue would utter such, it should be pointed out that records from the National Assembly had exculpated President Obasanjo of any wrong-doing concerning the power sector and has proved the allegations as false. ‘’For the records, Chief Obasanjo has addressed the issues of the power sector and the allegations against him on many occasions and platforms, including in his widely publicised book, My Watch, in which he exhaustively stated the facts and reproduced various reports by both the Economic and Financial

Crimes Commission (EFCC), which conducted a clinical investigation into the allegations against Chief Obasanjo, and the Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the Recommendations in the Report of the Committee on Power on the Investigation into how the Huge Sums Of Money was Spent on Power Generation, Transmission And Distribution between June 1999 and May 2007 without Commensurate Result. ‘’We recommend that the President and his co-travelers should read Chapters 41, 42, 43 and 47 of My Watch for Chief Obasanjo’s insights and perspectives on the power sector and indeed what transpired when the allegation of $16 billion on power projects was previously made. If he cannot read the three-volume book, he should detail his aides to do so and summarise the chapters in a language that he will easily understand’’.

The statement further encouraged Nigerians in doubt to set up another enquiry if unsatisfied with the EFCC report and that of the Hon. AminuTambuwalled ad-hoc committee.

NASS yet to transmit 2018 budget to Presidency - Minister Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Despite concerns raised by citizens over the delayed passage of the 2018 budget, the National Assembly is yet to transmit the appropriation bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, one week after its passage.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, disclosed this on Wednesday while responding to inquiries from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Aso Villa, Abuja.

Udoma, while speaking on the status of the budget, refuted a media report credited to him that ‘Mr Buhari would not sign the budget’ saying the report was false.

According to the minister, “the story is not true.”

He said: “The President is yet to receive the budget.

It is, therefore, impossible to make a statement about the budget that has not been received.

“Once we get it, we will

work very quickly on it.

“When it is submitted,I am sure the National Assembly themselves will inform

Nigerians.”

Both chambers of the National Assembly had on May 16, 2018 approved the

budget estimates submitted

by Buhari on November 7, 2017.

The lawmakers also raised

the total figure from N8.6 trillion to N9.1 trillion, six months after it was presented to them.

Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources, Mr. Wale Oluwo (middle), addressing the media during the on-going Y2018 ministerial press briefing as part of activities to mark the third Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. With him are Chairman, House Committee on Energy, Hon. Folajimi Mohammed (left); Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources, Engr. Caster Bade-Adebowale (2nd left); his counterpart in Ministry of Information & Strategy, Mrs. Kofoworola Awobamise (2nd right) and Special Adviser to the Governor on Information & Strategy, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku (right).

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Nigerians plan protest in South Africa, Nigeria over threat to kill citizen l Say suspect’s mother subverting police action A section of the Nigerian community in South Africa is currently agitated and plans to stage a massive protest in that country and Nigeria over alleged physical abuse and threat to kill of a 25-year old Nigerian resident in that country by the son of a powerful female politician who is said to have overwhelming influence on South African Police.

According to a report by a local tabloid in South Africa ‘Sunday World Newspaper’ published May 20, 2018, the victim, Williams Okpara junior is the son of Williams Okpara, a football legend and Nigeria/ Orlando Pirates goalkeeper who achieved great exploits for South Africa in the round

leather game.

A follow up by DAILY TIMES indicates that the matter is raising tempers in the Sandton District as tension is said to have mounted fuelling speculations that anything can happen any moment, especially in view of the many number of Nigerians that have been brutally murdered in South Africa in the past few years, some over minor disagreements.

The local report had it that Williams Okpara junior was in April assaulted and physically abused by one Mzamo Tony Nkosi and his ex-girlfriend, Philisiwe Pride Nkomo on grounds that the Nigerian verbally insulted their relative.

Instead of fighting back, Williams Okpara was reported

to have gone and opened a case of common assault and intimidation against Mzamo Tony Nkosi and Philisiwe Pride Nkomo.

In the affidavit attached to his statement, Okpara Junior stated that he was manhandled and punched several times while he was walking with his lawyer and mother Stella outside the Wynberg Magistrate Court in the District.

The affidavit also stated that his lawyer and mother tried to stop the two from further assaulting him but they continued and chased him down the passage of the court building up to the parking lot outside.

But the most worrisome aspect of the entire case is the

threat to life of Williams Junior as contained in the affidavit which among others things said that “While all these things were happening I was keeping quite,” adding that his mother tried to drive the two assailants away but that Mzamo ran up to her car’s window and shouted, saying, “Do you think it is over?

I know where you are staying.”

The newspaper stated that anytime such statements are made by hoodlums or thugs, it often ends in bad news, and therefore the reason why the matter is not seen lightly by both the Williams family and the Nigerian community in the District who are demanding justice by putting Mzamo to trial as well as assurances that nothing unwholesome should

happen to the family.

On April, 27, 2018, following the case reported by the young Nigerian, Police was sent to arrest the two but Mzamo’s mother Sizakele Nkosi Malobane who is a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of the Johannesburg (Gauteng) Community Safety (Vigilante) used her influence and position to block the Police from arresting the boy. She also went to the Police station where she insulted the female Police officer handling the case, Sergeant Lydia Marlapeng, attached to Alexandra police station and threatened to physically beat her up if she attempts again to arrest or invite her son to the Police accusing the Officer of taking bribe from Williams

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Okpara, the Nigerian football legend and father of the assaulted Nigerian.

The newspaper report which said that Nkoli was known as ‘political Police boss in the province added that she called the Police Officer Sergeant Lydia Marlapeng, stupid and incompetent.

The report stated that Police spokesman Justice Malatji confirmed that Okpara opened a case of common assault and intimidation at the station against Mzamo and his woman and that while the woman Nkomo appeared in court, the boy has refused to appear in court.

The Police spokesperson was quoted also to have said that the incident involving the female police sergeant and the powerful woman was internal matter which Police cannot confirm or deny.

“The investigating officers have refused to comment on the matter,” the police spokesperson was reported to have added. The report also said that a police officer also attached to the station confirmed that the Police woman has lodged a complaint against Sizakele Nkosi Malobane.

“The matter has been forwarded to the province by the station commander,” the source was quoted to have said.

According to the newspaper report, the same officer who didn’t want to be mentioned revealed that the investigating officer was shaken when she arrived at the station following the way she was rough handled by the powerful Sizakele Nkosi Malobane.

The report also said that the boy, Mzamo out-rightly refused to speak to the media on the matter but demanded that questions be sent to him through SMS which he eventually refused to respond to.

Minister upbeat on activities of Children’s Parliament Tom Okpe, Abuja Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan has said that the Children’s Parliament is an advocate of children’s right across the nation adding that it has moulded quite a number of young children.

The Minister spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during the panel discussion and renewal of leadership position of the 6th National Children’s Parliament through her representative

and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Ifeoma N Anabgogwu that: “The Nigeria Children’s Parliament has proved to us, to be a platform in which children from different background are able to share their experiences with one another and in a short time, dialogue to find consensus, agree to common opinions and work for their common interest and the collective development of the country”.

The children parliament was inaugurated in Nigeria

by the Federal Government to promote the rights of the children, expressing their views in accordance to their age and maturity as provided for in article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child as uphold in the Child Rights Act, 2003.

Supported by the European Union (EU) and British Council, the policy accepted to access fair justices for women and children.

The Minister assures that the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and

Social Development will collaborate with relevant MDAs to give consideration to the welfare of women and children in the society especially the most vulnerable.

The highlight of the event is the election of the principal officers of the 6th National Children’s Parliament coming up today (Thursday) with the Minister’s assurance of a credible exercise.

According to the Minister; “I assure you that the election will be credible, free, and fair and open to all

contestants. I urge you to conduct yourselves as you carry out your campaigns among yourselves. Do not play politics of money and buying of recharge cards for your campaigns and votes. Kindly come out clearly to woe votes from your colleagues by simply telling them how you shall advocate for the promotion of your rights and give them good representations”, Hajia Aisha warns.

In her earlier remarks, the Director, Child Development Mrs.

Jummai Mohammed said the program is an epoch making event designed to bring on board our young parliamentarians who are desirous to contributing their quota to the development of this nation through the National Children Parliament.

Other Participants at the program includes: Ministries of Justices and Information; INEC, National Assembly, British Council- ROLAC, UNICEF and some NGOs who will also conduct and be observers of the election.

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APC Convention: Protest as Presidency divides committee nPDP members’ not listed Tom Okpe, Abuja

Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Mr Chiedu Ugbo (Right) Commissioning The Injection Substation At Abule Taylor’s Community, With Him Are Others Senior Management Of The Company, In Lagos, On Tuesday,

Anxiety as Bauchi Deputy Governor resigns This is not the best of time in Bauchi State as the state Deputy Governor, Mr Nuhu Gidado, has suddenly resigned from the cabinet.

According to news monitored from the Channels Television, Gidado submitted his resignation letter to Governor Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday, citing his waning enthusiasm for the job as reason for leaving.

Gidado’s departure brings to three the number of high-ranking officials that have left Governor Abubakar’s cabinet.

In December 2017, the state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Shehu Ningi, resigned from his position.

Ningi stepped down a day after Governor Abubakar presented the 2017 budget estimates to the state’s House of Assembly.

The then commissioner said he left because the governor did not encourage members of his cabinet to offer advice on how to run the state.

Ningi also claimed that the environment in which he would have exercised his advisory role as member of the State Executive

Council was “unaccommodating, debilitating and non-adviser friendly”.

In March, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Investment, Samaila Sanusi, also resigned due to “unfriendly working environment”.

Sanusi said all avenues to hold talks with the state governor on official issues and development were unsuccessful.

Also around the same time, Munnir Yisin, deputy caretaker chairman of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, also tendered his resignation

Senate parleys security chiefs on special funds to tackle insecurity Olufemi Samuel and Tunde Opalana, Abuja Coming to terms with underfunding of security agencies in the country, the Senate on Thursday, reached an agreement with security chiefs on the need for special funding for them to be able to carry out their mandates.

The agreement was reached during a closed door session with the nation’s Security chiefs during security briefing by security chiefs on the proliferation of dangerous firearms, spate of killings by terrorists and kidnapping by hoodlums across the country.

The meeting was at the instance of a summon of the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector General of Police, Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service, Director General, Department of State Services and Comptroller General Nigeria Customs Service on May

8,2018 following breakdown of security in the country.

In his comments at the end of the meeting, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, after closed door session with the nation’s Security chiefs delegate led by Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, said they answered questions from Senators bothering on security, insurgency, terrorism, kidnapping and other national security matters.

He said “ On the whole, we decided that on our part, certain outstanding bills or protocols that needed to be fast-tracked , be addressed immediately to see that they are passed as soon as possible in order to strengthen the nation’s security architecture.

“Secondly, the Senate observed the issue of underfunding of security agencies and agreed that there is need for special funding for them to be able to carry out their mandates.

Therefore, we gave the security chiefs two weeks to present their

own budget on this area of special funding to the National Assembly which we think will go a long way in improving the security situation in the country.

“Our great concern also was the issue of coordination among the security agencies and on this note, we resolved to find ways to strengthen that aspect of security through constitutional means. “ By and large, we all are committed to ensure that these unfortunate trend of killings are brought to end.

We all agreed to continue to work very closely in order to address this issues of insecurity and we are confident that things will improve in this area”..

He said the Senate has its role to play and the security agencies are also committed to play their own role.

“We hope that over the next couple of weeks, we will begin to take action on some of these things for which we have made commitments”, he added.

As the days of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) fast approaching, protest and division have taken over the committee, thereby escalating the crisis in the party.

It was gathered that several names initially published by the convention committee have been removed on the alleged order from the Presidency as the development on Wednesday left some of the members disappointed in Abuja during the inauguration of sub-committees by the Jigawa a State Governor Abubakar Badaru.

Some of the protesters who said their names were initially on the published lists were seen publicly protesting, as they accused the presidency of allegedly replacing about 50 names from the original list.

Some of the names removed from the list were said to be members of the aggrieved New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) in the APC. Other people who were ready to fight the accreditation committee yesterday were the APC members of staff who said they were not carried along in the process leading to the national convention.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the inauguration, the convention committee chairman and Governor of Jigawa state, Abubakar Badaru, confirmed to journalists that some of his committee members suggested that the convention should be held on June 23.

“It was suggested today that we should have the convention on 23rd of June but we will have to discuss it with the National secretariat to confirm the date”.

Badaru also denied the media report that his committee was planning to spend about N6billion on the forthcoming exercise, adding that “we are raising it among the party members and they have started donating.

He said, “I’m sure it’s very far less than that. Tomorrow, we are getting all the budgets from all the sub-committees but I can assure you that it’s far less.

Knowing me and knowing what I stand for, you will know that it will be the cheapest convention ever”.

When asked whether he was worried about the recent parallel congresses witnessed in many states of the federation, the governor said: “I’m sure they will be resolved before the time of the convention. Most of those issues will be resolved in due course”.

We stand by Nigeria in war against graft - Transparency International The Chair of Transparency International (TI), Delia Ferreira Rubio, has said that the anti-corruption body will stand by Nigeria to get rid of the menace of corruption in order to improve the lives of people.

Rubio stated this during a courtesy visit to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.

The visit comes a few days after the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, emerged as the new Chair of the Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa.

Speaking on the purpose of her visit, Rubio said, “We are here to stand by the anti-corruption fighters and also learn from the work the EFCC is doing.”

While offering her support to the EFCC, Rubio, who is visiting Africa for the first time, noted that her choice of Nigeria as first stop was recognition of the the country’s efforts in fighting corruption.

She said, “I am familiar with the problem and I am familiar with EFCC’s fight against corruption in Nigeria as you are working in a difficult context.”

On his part, Auwal Rafsanjani, Head, Transparency International Nigeria/Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, offered the support of TI to help Nigeria in curbing corruption, and

commended the EFCC exploits in the area of assets recovery.

He said, “Transparency International recognises the efforts of the government under the leadership of the present acting Chairman to address the lapses in our policy, party and legislation that make corruption thrive and is interested in addressing the menace called corruption.”

Responding, Magu commended the Transparency International for the visit and its support, and promised to continue to put in place measures that will ensure that Nigeria received better ranking in TI’s future ratings.

He said, “We are not disappointed by the Transparency International ranking, we have seen the ranking and Nigeria has moved five points ahead of the previous ranking and we as an institution are doing well and hope to improve.”

He urged the Transparency International to work together with Nigeria to understand how the ratings work in order to change the perception of Nigeria as being “fantastically corrupt”.

Magu said, “As an institution, one of our strategies is to improve the country’s image, to encourage investors to come and invest in a very favourable environment and that is why EFCC has not left any stone unturned in dealing with Advance Fee Fraud (419).

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Dogara wants new PCC boss, others to address injustice

Henry Omunu, Abuja

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has charged the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Honourable Chile Igbawua, and other commissioners to ensure that acts of injustice and oppression against any citizen of Nigeria are prevented.

Dogara urged them to uphold the objective of the authors of the Public Complaints Commission as a formidable opponent of administrative corruption and give it enough publicity by making the public aware of its activities.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new commissioners at the National Assembly, he also enjoined them to check abuse of power by governments at all levels and ensure that administrative actions of government are fair, reasonable and humane.

He disclosed that it was because of the need to make the commission more effective that highly qualified persons were selected to head the commission, adding that he has no doubt, that with the quality of Commissioners so appointed, they would deliver the goods and reposition the Commission for improved service delivery to the Nigerian people.

“The Chief Commissioner,

and Commissioners being inaugurated today are being entrusted with the important task of serving as Ombudsmen and receiving and administering complaints both from the public and private sectors of the economy. Your jurisdiction also covers matters concerning the Federal Government and its agencies, the States and even Local governments.

“Indeed, the Commission is uniquely placed in the hierarchy of laws setting it up as the Public Complaints Commission Act is embedded directly in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and can only be amended by following the process of amendment of the Constitution itself provided in

S.9 of the Constitution. That is how important the Commission is.

“I charge you to discharge your duties with the fear of God and justice to all who appear before you. As you may be aware, you have powers to investigate any administrative action taken by “(a) any Department or Ministry of the Federal or any State Government; (b) any Department of any local government authority (howsoever designated) set up in any State in the Federation; (c) any statutory corporation or public institution set up by any Government in Nigeria; (d) any company incorporated under or pursuant to the

Companies and Allied Matters Act whether owned by any Government aforesaid or by private individuals in Nigeria or otherwise howsoever; or (e) any officer or servant of any of the aforementioned bodies” (S.5(2)(a)-(e) of the Public Complaints Commission Act).

“This power is exercisable to prevent acts of injustice and oppression against any citizen of Nigeria. You are further enjoined to ensure that administrative actions of government are fair, reasonable and humane. The law imbues you with authority to check abuse of power by governments at all levels,” Speaker Dogara added.

Speaking further on the

relevance of the agency, he said, “The value and importance of this Commission seems even more relevant today than when it was set up in 1975. This is because the state of the nation today is such that an objective and an impartial quasi-judicial body like yours is best suited to help check the administrative injustices and abuse of power by security Agencies.

“The authors of the Public Complaints Commission envisaged it as a formidable opponent of administrative corruption. The Commission was designed to check corruption in an institutional way, and you should develop, activate and streamline your procedural practices in order to check corruption and corrupt practices.’’

Public Complaints Commission is one of the few agencies supervised by the National Assembly directly by law.

Zamfara Govt establishes 289 Ramadan feeding centres

Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah Retd, (R), presents a special souvenir to the visiting Chairman, House of Representatives, Ad Hoc Committee on PIB, Hon. Victor Nwokolo, when the committee visited Government House, Yenagoa.

Photo by Michael Owi.

Buhari applauds Nigeria’s rising role in World Craft Council Mathew Dadiya, Abuja P r e s i d e n t Muhammadu Buhari has applauded Nigeria’s emerging role in the World Craft Council (WCC), saying that the talents, skills and high quality artistic creations of Nigerians are attracting more global attention and appreciation.

Buhari received with delight the appointment of the Director General of the National Council

for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, as President of World Craft Council, African Region, saying it is an indication that Nigeria’s arts and craft have come into international limelight.

The President urges NCAC to further look inward for the exploration and showcasing of the rich African resources in craft that could attract the world more, and open new opportunities for untapped talents.

APC tasks Kwara new commissioners, advisers on service delivery Kehinde Akinpelu,Ilorin Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has felicitated with hearty the newly inaugurated commissioners and advisers in the state, urging them not to betray the confidence reposed in them.

The party in a statement

by its state publicity secretary, Sulyman Buhari also congratulate the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for being so thorough and painstaking in the choices of members of the State Executive Council.

It, however, charged the new appointees to live up to the expectations of the Governor in particular

and the good people of the state in general in terms of performance and service delivery.

“As a party, we pledge to regularly engage and advise the appointees with a view to ensuring that there is strick adherence to the progressive ideology of our great party for the good of the people of the state,” it added.

Zamfara State Government has established 289 centres for feeding of the less privileged Muslims in the state during the holy month Ramadan.

Chairman of the State’s Ramadan Feeding Committee, Alhaji Aminu Dankwangila, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Gusau.

Dankwangila, who is the Special Adviser to the state governor on Zamfara Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Programme (ZACAREP), said that out of the 289 centres 238 were established in Gusau and its environs.

“The remaining 51 centres were established across the 17 emirates in the state, three centers per each emirate.

“In each of these centres, we provide Ramadan breakfast for 70 people, we provide various delicious foods in each of these centres every day,” he said.

According to him, the gesture is aimed at assisting the needy in the holy month of Ramadan.

Dankwangila said that the state government under the leadership of Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari through the ministry for Religious Affairs has been providing this service every year.

He urged members of the feeding committee and food vendors to ensure fairness and justice while discharging their duties.

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el-Rufa’i distributes vehicles to Kaduna 2nd Class Chiefs Governor of Kaduna State Nasiru el-Rufai on Tuesday presented official vehicles to nine Second Class Chiefs in the state.

The chiefs are traditional rulers of Lere, Gbagyi, Kauru,

Kajuru, Koro, Jere, Ninzo, Numana and Kagarko.

Represented by his Deputy, Mr Bala Bantex at the event in Kaduna, el-Rufai said the gesture was in recognition of their support to security and

peaceful coexistence in the state.

He urged them to continue with the good work within their localities and be relentless in ensuring peace and stability in their domains.

According to him, the

vehicles are to ease their transportation problems in the course of discharging their responsibilities Speaking on behalf of the traditional rulers, the Chief of Lere, Brig.-Gen Garba

Mohammad (rtd) expressed appreciation for the gesture.

“We are most greateful for the gesture and it would go along way in addressing our transportation challenges,” he said.

Niger Assembly inaugurate 7-man committee to probe abandoned projects Saka Bolaji, Minna Worried by the spate of abandoned projects across the state by the present administration, the Niger State House of Assembly has constituted a 7-man adhoc committee to immediately investigate the circumstances surrounding why these projects were abandoned.

The 7-man committee which has two weeks to

submit its report, is headed by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Hussini Ibrahim.

In a motion calling on the Assembly through its standing committee on works to investigate the cause/ causes of abandoned projects across the state, sponsored by the member repressing Bosso Constituency, Hon. Malik Madaki Bosso, the house observed with dismay that these contracts were awarded more than two years ago but

yet to be completed.

More worrisome to the house, is the fact that these projects were abandoned after the contractors have been paid about 75 percent of the contract sum even when the work done is below 20 percent.

According to the house “after the payment of those sums to the contractors, most of them have since abandoned their sites thereby leaving both the residents of those areas and indeed the road users in

untold hardship especially during the raining season”.

The house believed that the non-completion of these projects, particularly the drainage system purses a great threat to the people with raining season around the corner, stressing that “some of these contractors, especially the non-indigene ones did not only abandoned the sites, they have left the state”.

The house also expressed worries that most of the

abandoned road projects are now in worst condition than they were before work was started on them, adding that “another raining season is fast approaching and yet the contractors are feeling unconcerned”.

“There is the need to investigate the cause/causes why the contractors have abandoned their sites when payments of such percentage were paid to them”, the House submitted.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (middle), receiving Post-humous Award of W‎oman of Influence in honour of his late mother, Alhaja Saratu Aregbesola from the Chief Imam of Offa/ Guest Lecturer, Sheik Muideen Salman Hussain (left), and Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Hon Najeem Salam, at the 2018 Ramadan Lecture‎ and presentation of Award on Governor’s Mother, late Saratu Aregbesola, organized by the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC), at the Corporation’s premises, Oke-Baale, Osogbo. . . on Wednesday.

Gov Ahmed swears-in new commissioners Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday swore in new Commissioners with a call on citizens to extend hands of friendship and cooperation to the them.

Speaking after the swearingin, Dr Ahmed reminded “our citizens and residents that the development of Kwara State is a collective responsibility”.

According to the governor, while the people demand more dividends from the government and increasingly call it to question, citizens must also fulfil their obligations to the government such as the payment of taxes and compliance with the law.

“Indeed, no state can claim to be prosperous without a robust tax payment culture that enables government to fund critical programmes and

strengthen people’s right to demand greater accountability and service”, the governor said.

Governor Ahmed who admonished the new commissioners to be innovative, diligent and result oriented, also said that they were expected to implement government’s programmes with the required vigor and commitment to impact positively on the lives of the

citizenry.

Earlier, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold in his introductory remarks, said the government dissolved cabinet by January this year with a view to bringing new blood on board to assist in implementing government’s shared prosperity programmes.

He explained that the new commissioners is made up of 19 commissioners including

three women.

In his acceptance speech on behalf of his colleagues, the new Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr.

Kamaldeen Ajibade expressed gratitude to the governor for giving them opportunity to serve and pledged their readiness to justify the confidence reposed in the them by contributing their quotas towards ensuring the success of the administration.

9 News Kebbi Rep debunks reports of ‘ghost constituency project’ Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Lawmaker representing Aliero/Gwandu/Jega Federal Constituency of Kebbi State, in the National Assembly, Honourable Mohammed Umar Jega, has debunked online media allegations that the Youth Capacity Development Centre at Jega facilitated by “is a ghost project” which exists only on paper, describing the publication as false, malicious and evil.

Jega, said that the publication was the handiwork of mischievous politicians using journalists to carry out their nefarious acts.

Responding to journalists on Wednesday in his office in Abuja, he expressed shock over the publication and gave details of the location and extent of work being carried out at the youth Centre.

He wondered how someone in his right senses could publish unconfirmed report of that nature in the form of news.

He however ascertained that the project is an on-going one and which qualified its inclusion in the2017 budget for completion.

According to him “anybody can confirm it in 2017 budget, it was clearly titled, completion, furnishing & equipping of youth capacity development centre Jega.

The work is still in progress, the furnishing has reached advanced stage and the works remaining are electrical and equipping.

“But even if there is any issue concerning the project, I am a legislator whose job is making laws and exercising oversight, which I am doing diligently and that is why I can tell you about the project- it is not my job to award contracts or to execute project,” he said.

The lawmaker further explained that what BudgeIT or Sahara Reporters should have done is to approach the relevant government office that is executing the project for clarification as according to him he is neither the executive that implements the budget nor the contractor handling it.

He then cautioned journalists to always confirm their information before publishing, saying that what has happened in this case is giving a dog a bad name just to hang it.

He pointed out that as 2019 general elections is approaching more political opponents are likely to engage in this kind of image tarnishing exercise urging newsmen to report responsibly in an objective and balanced manner as the ethics of the job dictates.

“There is absolutely no reason for linking me to a project they could not locate and tagging it ‘Ghost Project’ other than mischievous effort to bring my name to contempt, ridicule and opprobrium but they will not succeed.”

Meanwhile, Jega said that he has directed his lawyer to look at the libel contents of the issue and advise him accordingly.

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Election sequence: Court dismisses APC chieftain suit against NASS

By Moses Oyediran, Enugu A Federal High Court in Enugu has dismissed a suit filed by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Anike Nwoga, challenging the bill by the National Assembly to change the sequence of the 2019 General Election through amendment of the Electoral Act. Delivering judgment on the suit, Justice Mohammed Liman, the presiding judge, held that the plaintiff, Nwoga, had no locus standi to institute

the court action and therefore, the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain it.

According to Justice Liman, for a person to have access to court, he must affirm his locus standi, otherwise the suit is not justifiable.

He maintained that the affidavit deposed by the plaintiff does not show he had any justiciable interest, neither did he disclose any special injury that the amendment would cause him.

The judge noted that the plaintiff did not claim to bring the case on public interest like

the case of Fawehimi versus Federal Government, which he was relying on, but on the grounds of injury that would be inflicted on him as a registered voter who had conditioned his mind that he would vote for the presidential election first and others as scheduled by the INEC and that altering the sequence would incur additional cost from public funds.

Expounding further, Justice Liman said the case of Adesanya versus the Federal Government makes it clear that a person must have special

interest to institute a matter in court, but in the instant case, the plaintiff has not proved that he would incur any personal injury should the National Assembly change the election sequence.

On the claim by the plaintiff that the action of the National Assembly is in bad faith and targeted against President Buhari and that INEC was the body duly empowered to organize, conduct and supervise elections, Justice Liman said: “What legal right has he (plaintiff) where there are

individuals directly affected or is he trying to tell us that the President and INEC are incapable from stopping the National Assembly from amending the Electoral Act in a manner that is unconstitutional.”

“I hereby not only declare the plaintiff as lacking in locus standi, I hereby dismiss the suit,” Justice Liman said.

In a reaction outside the courtroom, the counsel to the plaintiff, Godwin Onwusi said they would look at the judgment and decide the next course of action.

L-R: Deputy Chairman House of representatives Committee on Media and Publicity, Mr.Jonathan Goza; Chairman, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas; and Member of the committee, Mr. Shadimu Mutiu during a press conference on the Passage of Budget and other activities of the House of representatives at national Assembly Abuja... on Wednesday Photo: Temitope Balogun

Niger PDP chieftain defects to APGA Saka Bolaji, Minna A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Niger State, Mr Joshua Bawa, has defected from the party and joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Mr Joshua Bawa a onetime Chief of Staff to ex-governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, also a former Commissioner for Special Duties in the same administration joined APGA in his ward in the Magama local government area of the state on Wednesday.

Bawa posted the photo of his defection surrounded by APGA flag and logo on his face book page on Wednesday. He was issued with membership card No 0000777.

He declared on the page “Political party declaration” “early today I obtained my membership card of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

Let us be our brothers and sisters keepers. Welcome to APGA”.

Reacting to the defection the PDP said the action of Mr Joshua Bawa was not unexpected because he “has shown that he is a bad loser” Niger North Zonal chairman of the party Alhaji Yahaya Ability told reporters on Wednesday that Joshua Bawa had refused to accept the loss of his candidate in the Magama Local Government congress last year in good faith.

Yahaya Ability said every effort made to reconcile him with his members was abortive leading to his withdrawing from the PDP two months ago “We have not lost anything, he has no political base that is why his candidate lost the chairmanship election”.

The defection of Mr Joshua Bawa came almost three months after the state Deputy Chairman of the PDP Alhaji Aminu Yusuf from the same zone decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress APC.

Ambode awards N5m cash, overseas scholarship to LASU best graduating student Esther Taiwo, Lagos It was a happy moment for family members and friends of Lagos State University (LASU) overall best graduating student, Ogunsanya Adetoro when Governor Akinwumi Ambode showered him with gifts of N5million and an overseas study to any country of his choice.

The Governor made this pronouncement after Adetoro made his valedictory speech as the overall best graduating student of the 2016/2017 22nd convocation of the University with a Cumulative Grade Point

of 4.78 from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences.

According to the Governor while responding to Adetoro’s demand for sponsorship to UK for his Masters Degree, although Lagos State Government no longer awards scholarships to students but he promised to adopt him and personally grant him his request by sending him to any university of his choice across the globe.

“Normally, a Visitor does not attend the first day of convocation ceremony for undergraduates but this is a

divine arrangement probably because of the best graduating student, his story touched me personally”, he said.

Addressing journalists, Adetoro said he inherited cataract from his late father when he was in secondary school which made him suffer low self esteem but was able to overcome through determination.

“I was suffering from cataract in one of my eyes, I was later diagnosed of the second eye which made me to go and stay with my uncle where I undergo the second surgery at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan

but eventually lost one eye but the second surgery was successful”, he said.

Adetoro explained that he had F9 parallel in his first attempt in NECO & WAEC results and had to start all over again three years after the surgery.

The Ikorodu indigene who completed his secondary school from Oriwu College, Ikorodu said he later bagged 4As and 3Bs in his second attempt in WASSCE. and 215 in JAMB said he wanted to study Accounting in LASU but due to accreditation problem the University was having with National Universities

Commission for Accounting programme, he opted for Business Admin.

To whom much is given, much is expected, Adetoro said he hopes to join academics in future to impact knowledge on the younger generation with the quality of knowledge he would acquire from his Masters in UK. Chancellor of the University, Rtd Justice George Oguntade offered tips of success to the graduating students such as integrity to carry out their responsibilities consistently to the best of their abilities.

He also told them to be courageous in the face of

adversity, follow their instincts and curiosity , broaden their knowledge and read as much as they can.

“Be bold and take risk, don’t let the fear of failure stop you because failure is part of life and another way to learn.

GI ahead and be part of the solution to create a world that you will be proud to leave for the next generation”, he said.

Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Okanrewaju Fagbohun said the determination to add value has been the driving force of LASU and promised to ensure the University does all it could to achieve that purpose.

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APC has failed as govt, PDP has failed as opposition in Nigeria – Iheanetu Hon. Mike Iheanetu, is the member representing Aboh Mbaise state constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly. In this interview with our correspondent, CHARLES ONYEKWERE, the two time lawmaker and a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is sad over the mediocre opposition, the PDP has exhibited so far across board and other issues.

of Enugu not vote for Governor Ugwuanyi and PDP to continue the good work? Why would a right thinking person want to experiment with another candidate or another party? Apart from Anambra State that had its governorship election last year, the remaining four states in the South- East will be ruled by the PDP in 2019.

Can you say that the quality of opposition from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is worthwhile?

The opposition we are talking about is not just at the federal Level, it includes the party’s opposition in Imo State. What I see is the worst form of opposition and the worst form of governance.

For you to talk about opposition, you have to talk about governance.

The APC has provided the worst governance since the return of democracy in Nigeria and we in the PDP have provided the worst opposition. The worst governance in the sense that all the landmarks and all the basic achievements recorded within the 16 years of PDP rule in the country have all been destroyed within three years of APC misrule.

So you begin to ask yourself, are we taking two steps forward and four steps backward? As far as I am concerned, PDP made a lot of achievements in 16 years which have been squandered in the three years of APC misrule.

Even in Imo State, all that the PDP achieved in the state have been squandered in Rochas Okorocha’s APC government. If you want me to describe APC government in Imo State, I would rather say it is a bad play by midnight. We have failed as opposition if proper accountability of opposition is placed on the table, otherwise we would have held the governor of Imo State responsible for not giving proper account of his stewardship. We would have held the governor to account for the so called primary schools he claimed to have built, none is functional.

We would have asked the governor to account for the so called 27 block works he calls general hospital. We would have asked the governor to tell us who and who are doing all the contracts in the state. Have you gone anywhere and seen any sign post of a contractor doing any job?

The PDP as a party has failed to ask what is the design of any project or road done. We have failed to ask the governor whether he has paid compensation to those he destroyed their houses and properties. What about the people who died out of frustration? He might have good intentions, but succeeded in producing bad results. We don’t use hardship to

Are you not bothered by the confusion among presidential aspirants in your party?

I don’t discuss such politics because I feel ashamed of what is happening in PDP. If Goodluck Jonathan had listened to the voice of reason or wise counsel, he should not have gone for the 2015 presidential election that brought this incompetent administration. We would have ceded the presidential ticket to the North and by now the North would have been completing eight years and the presidency returns to the South. But the current President collected the Presidency by default and about completing his four years. If another Northerner wins the Presidency from another party other than the APC, he would like to do eight years and when you add the four years of Buhari it will be 12 years of power residing in the North. We are trying to avoid the mistakes of Buhari administration.

But I don’t care who gets the ticket in the North. Anybody is better than Buhari; a man who cannot differentiate between sincerity and reality. How can you be a President of a nation where somebody would score two points in an entrance examination and gets admission while the other person from another zone scores 130 points and he’s denied admission? He has localised the Nigerian state. How can a president of a country put all his relations in various positions at the expense of other sections of the country? Is Nigerian constitution useless? How can you be fighting corruption and you are on top of corruption and use corrupt people to surround yourself and still claim that you are fighting corruption ?

You prevent somebody from seeking medical attention abroad, but you are virtually living in a hospital abroad. Is it not a case of pot calling kettle black? I am ashamed that such a person is my president.

He is encouraging nepotism, insecurity and incompetence in managing the economy. In short, he is clueless and still wants to come back in 2019, to do what? He should tell Nigerians and the world why our economy is down, why the naira is devalued and other inconsistencies.

This is the opinion of my party, the PDP.

What is the cause?

It is the effect of bad governance.

The APC government at the federal level has failed Nigerians. It is a shame that the American dollar that the Federal Government inherited at N167 per dollar in 2015 is now tripled. It is a shame that the petrol price was at N87 per litre when the APC government took, it is now N145 and above. It is a shame. I want to challenge all Journalists to go and make research and name one project initiated, completed and commissioned by the present APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari. It is the same story in Imo State. But then we could not hold the APC and its people to account for these monumental failures. It is our duty to checkmate bad management of the economy and our failure to do that is most unfortunate. I want to apologise for our failure to checkmate the bad governments of Buhari and Okorocha.

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nurture development. In all these, the PDP has failed as opposition because we have not been able to stand firm and ask the governor what has happened to the federal allocations to the local government areas for the past seven years. The governor has not held any local government elections since he came on board, so where are the allocations for the LGAs? We have failed to hold him accountable for all these.

What is the situation in the

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House of Assembly where PDP is in minority?

In the state House of Assembly we have also failed because we have not been able to keep the Speaker on his toes. We have not been able to make sure the state budget is well appropriated and implemented. We have not been able to account for certain policies of the state which the parliament supposed to have torpedoed. It is failure on our side as opposition members of the House of Assembly.

The APC has provided the worst governance since the return of democracy in Nigeria and we in the PDP have provided the worst opposition. The worst governance in the sense that all the landmarks and all the basic achievements recorded within the 16 years of PDP rule in the country have all been destroyed within three years of APC misrule. So you begin to ask yourself, are we taking two steps forward and four steps backward?

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With all these, can the PDP bounce back to power either at the Federal level or in Imo State?

If there is a place the PDP will win handsomely, that place is Imo State. Even if a “goat” is presented by the PDP we are sure that “goat” will defeat any APC candidate in Imo State; not to talk of when a credible candidate is our standard bearer. The party is now more credible, sound, well rejuvenated, well invigorated and repented with a powerful leadership led by Chief Ezekwem. We are heading to Douglas House (Imo Government House) in 2019 and nobody can stop us.

What about other states in the South-East, can the party make any in road?

How can you defeat somebody who has done marvelously well?

Have you been to Aba recently?

Doesn’t it look like magic how Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has transformed the town? What about Ebonyi State where things are working well? Have you been to Enugu State? Would you for any reason want to suggest that somebody should go to overseas or Enugu for a holiday? Would you in your wildest imagination think that Enugu is in Nigeria? What else do you call performance other than that? Why would the people

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Eleka’s guber ticket, a reward for loyalty to Fayose Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti As various political parties in Ekiti State get set for the July 14, 2018 governorship poll, the dust raised over the emergence of the deputy governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka, as the choice and flag bearer of thePeoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to clear, but it is note worthy to declare that the Ikere Ekiti born Academic per excellence is reaping the reward of his loyalty to his boss, the governor of the state, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose.

The Professor, a PhD holder, was a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife before he became the running mate of Dr. Ayodele Fayose in the record breaking 2014 gubernatorial election which sent out Dr. Kayode Fayemi from the governor’s office.

As a new entrant into politics he was subjected to a lot of name calling, mudslinging and outright lies by his political foes and envious friends alike.

It was a common story in town that Fayose was high handed in the treatment of his deputy and that he was subjecting him to a series of degradation and inhuman treatment on daily basis.

Cynics even spread the story that the deputy governor was frustrated and was planning to resign from his position in protest, but people waited in vain for the resignation.

In the face of the challenges that the rumours and mudslinging posed for him, Prof. Eleka remained resolute in his service and loyal to his principal and a great understanding which led to mutual trust ensued between them.

It did not come as a surprise to any discerning mind that Fayose picked Prof Eleka as his man for the governorship ticket of PDP, but the pronouncement attracted the ire of Prince Dayo Adeyeye,

Eleka former minister and National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, who saw himself as heir apparent to Fayose.

In a highly pulsating and keenly contested primary, Eleka emerged the candidate of the PDP for the July 14 governorship election in the state.

In the election conducted under heavy security, he garnered a total of 1,119 votes to defeat the ExMinister of Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who polled 771 out of 1,961 accredited delegates.

The governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa displayed openness and maturity in the handling of the poll that was beamed live by major electronic media in the country.

The security arrangements were tight and people were frisked to the pants before gaining entry into the venue. This added more credibility to the poll and made it different from the violence-ridden primary of the All Progressives

Gov Fayose Congress (APC).

The security around the venue was tight as combined forces of the Police, men of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) cordoned off all roads leading to the Great Eagle Hall in Ado Ekiti.

In spite of the transparency of the primary, Adeyeye, who initially lauded the process had to resign from the PDP and promised to announce his next political journey later. However, his dissension seems to be like a lonely voice in the wilderness and his disagreement is gaining little or no traction, because many believe that the conduct of the election was praiseworthy and substantially credible.

Before the commencement of voting, Olujimi stepped down for Adeyeye to make the victory so hard for the governor, but this could not salvage the situation.

The former deputy governor said she decided to collapse her structure for former Minister for the progress of the party. She said: “For the benefits of our party I offer myself as a sacrificial lamb to make our party great. I am collapsing my structure for Prince Dayo Adeyeye.”

While announcing the results, Okowa hailed the contestants and delegates for displaying maturity, pointing out that this had again confirmed that the PDP was truly a democratic party.

He said: “By the power vested in me as the Returning Officer, I hereby return Prof Kolapo Olusola as the duly nominated gubernatorial candidate of the PDP for Ekiti State governorship election, having scored the highest number of votes cast in this election. I want to congratulate Prof Olusola for his victory, I wish him well,” Okowa said.

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the second time, kindly assess your performance. Again do you have any ambition of going back to the House of Assembly or beyond?

Well, this is my second time of being in the House of Assembly representing my people. I may not be able to judge myself, but I know that I have done well. I don’t know why quality and credible people in my constituency led a delegation to me on three occasions to go to the House of Representatives or Senate. They believe that I cannot remain in the State House of Assembly, so that I will not become the proverbial “obi is a boy”. I have groomed many people to take over from me. I am believing God as I try my luck at the House of Representatives to represent

Aboh Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala Federal Constituency. Following the arrangement between Aboh Mbaise and Ngor/Okpala, and God willing, I will be in the Green Chambers in 2019.

But the arrangement seems to have been truncated in the past?

There is a local arrangement between Aboh Mbaise and Ngor-Okpala on how to select representatives that would accommodate the two sections of the state. The first shot went to Ngor-Okpala in 1999. Aboh Mbaise took its turn in 2003 through Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and when it was the turn of Ngor-Okpala in 2007, I was among the team that visited Ngor-Okpala and told the people that it was their turn. I was the

one that delivered the speech. We told them it was their turn, but they should know that Ihedioha is their maternal son and in Igbo culture a son is respected highly in his maternal home. May be, that was the gambit Emeka Ihedioha played and went for the second term, which naturally should have been the turn of Ngor-Okpala. The third one Ihedioha occupied the seat was naturally the turn of Aboh Mbaise.

When he was about finishing his third tenure, I was interested in the position. Other Aboh Mbaise sons and daughters were also interested in the seat. But many prominent people from Aboh Mbaise prevailed on us to respect the zoning arrangement and allow Ngor-Okpala to present a

candidate for the 2015 election.

We agreed and no single person from Aboh Mbaise defaulted.

Even a candidate of APGA was persuaded from going ahead with his campaign. In 2015, no human being from Aboh Mbaise challenged Ngor-Okpala candidacy. From what I have deduced you will see that 2019 is naturally the turn of Aboh Mbaise to present a representative in the House of Representatives. That is why we want to claim our right.

We have shown commitment and kept the faith with our agreement with the people of Ngor-Okpala.

And I am appealing to them to keep to the agreement of one term. Let 2019 be the turn of Aboh Mbaise and I am ready to offer myself for consideration.

commended Fayose for playing a fatherly role, urging party members to immediately bury the hatchets elicited by the scramble for the governorship ticket by rallying support for Olusola for the PDP to be able to retain Ekiti.

He thanked the party members for their patience and heads of security agencies for doing a good job, saying: “we thank you for doing a good job.”

The visibly elated Olusola could not hide his joy as this was clear in his response after his victory.

Olusola said he would continue to display loyalty to the party and he thanked those who facilitated his victory.

“I humbly thank all our party stalwarts who made this victory possible, particularly, Governor Ayodele Fayose. I want to thank the doggedness of my co-contestant, Prince Adeyeye. History will have it that he put in his best for a better Ekiti.

“I am determined to move Ekiti forward by sustaining those legacies that were started by our amiable governor. We are aware of the plans of the interlopers who wanted to grab power through the backdoor. Whether they like it or not, we shall give them another 16-0 again with the support of Ekiti people.

“I thank Governor Fayose for standing firm behind me despite all odds, I shall eternally be grateful to you for this love,” he said.

In actual fact, Fayose was the greatest beneficiary of this victory. The whole world knew that Fayose had a rich history in the politics of this nation.

Having defeated two incumbent governors at two different elections, people would have been disappointed if he lost just a mere party primary.

To complement this, and also to balance that, Fayose went ahead to pick a young, vibrant, grassroots politician and immediate past local government chairman of Ado Ekiti, Deji Ogunsakin, as Eleka’s running mate.

While Eleka the PDP governorship candidate is a Christian and a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) pastor from Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti South Senatorial District of Ekiti State, his deputy is a Muslim with a very solid background in his religion.

Meanwhile, the PDP campaign train had visited Ekiti West, Ijero, Ido/Osi among other local government areas where the train was received by mammoth crowd of joyful supporters who pledge their unalloyed loyalty to the continuity agenda.

It is worthwhile to note therefore that 100 percent loyalty pays most especially to a boss who deserves it, as Eleka’s loyalty to his boss, Fayose has indeed been rewarded.

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Editorial Commentary OUR POSITION

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NBS report and Nigeria’s economy

he National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) latest overview of Nigeria’s economy between April and June 2017 has shown that the economy recorded a 0.55 percent positive productivity growth rate during the quarter and that Nigeria has exited from the recession it slipped into in the first quarter of 2016.

Many Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief that the worst was over for the country and its economy. Many others, especially those at the corridors of power, were exhilarated by the news forgetting that it was not yet uhuru for the country as a mere 0.55% limp by Nigeria out of recession was not something to celebrate especially because it will take another quarter of positive and significant performance by the economy for the results to positively impact on the wellbeing of Nigerians.

As things are, the Nigerian economy is tied to the ups and downs in the oil market. Nigeria’s crude oil has stabilised at 2.2 million per day. But, if Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decides to cut Nigeria’s oil production, or if there is a crash in the price of oil globally, or the militants in the Niger Delta

decide to continue with their militarism, thereby cutting the nation’s oil supply, the country could slip back into recession again. The implication for Nigeria is that until the country successfully diversifies its economy away from the volatile oil and gas, its productivity growth will continue to be tied to the unreliable oil and gas sector.

Agriculture played a major part in the recovery of South Africa from recession whereas in Nigeria agricultural growth showed a downward trend for four consecutive quarters since Q3 2016 when the sector grew by 4.54% to 4.03%, 3.39% and 3.01% by the second quarter of 2017.

Apart from oil and gas, the country must aggressively develop its agriculture so that it can wake up and take its rightful place in the economy. While the country should retain peasant agriculture, it must be noted that peasant farming is anachronistic and can never propel agriculture to greater heights. Therefore, the government at the state and federal levels must rapidly develop a new corps of large scale farmers who could aggressively propel agribusiness to greater heights.

Also, the manufacturing sector, especially the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises

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(SME), must be encouraged to grow so that they can employ more people and keep the economy vibrant. They must have access to loans at affordable rates. The rates of interest on bank loans in the country are too choking for businesses to survive. That is why many banks are recording huge unpaid loans.

Then, there must be stable exchange rate that will enable businesses and others who need to import machineries, spare parts and necessary raw materials to plan ahead.

An unstable exchange rate leads to chaos in the economy and such instability breeds rent seeking and sharp practices by sellers of foreign exchange whether in the banks or at the Bureau de Changes across the country.

Above all, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Finance must ensure that both inflation and interest rates are brought down. The duo of high interest rates and high inflation must be adequately tamed so that industrial production can increase across the economy, prices of goods, particularly food items and agribusiness raw materials can rapidly come down and the economy can be stimulated again.

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AI and Nigeria’s triumph against all odds

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Braun It takes strong determination and focus to deflate enemies unleashed from the pit of hell against a nation. It is a patriotic task for both the leaders and the governed. It can only work when both are in one accord and have an unbreakable resolve to triumph over these hardened enemies.

Nigeria is one lucky country. It is fortunate to have had the privilege of its leadership by President Muhammadu Buhari at this point in history. Very dreary and fearful internal and external forces were unchained against Nigeria to cause the country’s destabilization and eventual breakup.

The Boko Haram terrorism was the kernel of this pot and plot. It has internal and external sponsors, who have been spending fortunes in hard currencies to cause crises of varying dimensions. Boko Haram leaders in Nigeria publicly confessed their sponsorship from the Republic of Iran, a nation globally identified as the deadliest terrorism destination in the world.

A member of the United Nations (UN), but Iran displays consistent recalcitrance and disloyalty to UN unrestrained. The elusive Islamic State militant sect (ISIS) leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi branded Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria led by Abubakar Shekau as the West African

Province of ISIS. That was the fathom of Nigeria’s insecurity dilemma.

So, with ceaseless funding and a dozen paid internal agents scattered all over Nigeria, Boko Haram insurgents were on the verge of capturing the entire Northern Nigeria by 2015, before President Buhari emerged to quench the fire. The Islamic extremists and fanatics mindlessly attacked, killed thousands, destroyed, abducted, displaced millions of natives and dehumanized its captives.

While Boko Haram terrorism raged to suffocating points, a demonic separatist movement by the identity of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) led by a delinquent, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu budded from the South eastern region of the country. The assemblage of miscreants, touts, daredevil cultists and hoodlums who operated under the banner of secession agitations propagated violence as their central ideology.

They were fearless, crude and barbaric in the execution of their separatism agenda.

IPOB members were incensed to the level that they could wake up any day and seal up the entire South east for days, looting, committing armed robbery, kidnappings and summary execution of scores of innocent people opposed to the struggle.

They flagrantly attacked and killed security agents without qualms and challenged the state to a combat duel. They fruitlessly toyed with the idea of operating an independent state within a sovereign Nigeria, by declaring the “Republic of Biafra”; constituted a cabinet and launched its own security apparatuses it tagged ”

Biafra Security Service (BSS) and Biafra National Guards (BNG) As the dust whirled, the irritant and ferocious Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly called the Shiites in Nigeria, led by a demented Islamic cleric, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky staged their own onslaught against law abiding Nigerians in the ancient of Zaria in Kaduna state. They enunciated a bizarre religious ideology, which centered on bloodletting.

It was yet another budding terrorists’ sect sponsored by Iran.

With enough weapons at their disposal, the Shiites recklessly terrorized residents during their so-called religious processions; attacked and killed innocent souls, including security agents. Each time the lawless Shiites stepped out on their irreligious procession, Nigerians in that part of the country would experience a saturnalia of violence and bloodbath.

However, determined to extricate Nigeria from the manacles of these terrorists in accordance with his oath of office to protect lives and property of Nigerians, President Buhari commissioned the Nigerian military to aid civil security in halting the menace of these satanic sects.

The Nigerian Army, led by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the anti-terrorism campaigns went to extremes to tame these destructive sects and forerunners of the foreign sponsored destabilizations plots against the country.

But as hard as these terror sects attempted to overrun the country, the Nigerian troops suppressed their might and conquered them to triumph.

When the voice of victory of the Army against these foreign backed insurrectional sects became apparent and irreversible, it angered some foreign organizations clearly in oblique connivance with these sects. And one of such international organizations’ piqued by the actions of the Nigerian Army and sister security agencies stood out clearly. Amnesty International (AI) failed to conceal its emotions and suspected affinity to foreign forces funding these sects against Nigeria by its official stamp.

It is an organization which lay claims to humanitarian mandate and assignment on human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria. But Nigerians found it curious and irreconcilable that AI was only interested in publicizing what it deemed was bruises to members of these terror sects during violent encounters with state security forces. And in most cases, the organization fabricated claims or twisted the truth in favour of the sects.

AI made no pretenses about its indifference to what the terrorists neither did to vulnerable innocent and law abiding Nigerians nor to security agents, who are also human, with rights more pathetically and inhumanly abused by these sects.

These various sects killed Nigerians wantonly in bombings; could cut-off the throats of victims and sometimes, killed slowly through mutilation of body parts of hapless victims. But series of released official reports or commentaries by AI, it only preoccupied itself with presumed rights abuses and violations of the violent members of the sects.

Thomas Offor: Lifting Ibaji LGA to the limelight

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he story of rural development and political unity in Ibajiland could not be complete without making mention of the unquantifiable contributions of the incumbent Chairman of Ibaji Local Government Area, Kogi State, Honourable Thomas Offor.

From a humble beginning through many years of committed, dedicated, and loyal services to leaders, mentors, and authorities alike, Thomas Offor has risen to a reference point not only in Ibajiland, but, also, within the enclaves of the Idah traditional authority and influence, as the apex leadership stool of the Igala kingdom, and beyond.

Today, Ibaji Local Government Area is about the most popular local council authority in the state due to Thomas Offor’s large heartedness, overflowing milk of human kindness, across board political reach and popularity, pacesetter administrative milestone and developmental initiatives.

Located at the banks of the River Niger between Idah and Onitsha, and overlooking the fringes of Agenebode and other communities across the other bank of the great river, Ibaji sprawls in a stretch of agrarian landscape with lush vegetation and arable land, which makes the area famous with agriculture and farming. Before now, the people, despite being blessed with great potentials in human resources, academic positives, and business enterprise, had been relegated to the fate of a remote riverine settlement with difficult terrain.

The only road that linked Ibaji with the Igala traditional headquarters, Idah, had, for decades,

been untarred, dilapidated, and apparently impassable. Not much in rural development efforts could be expected from the traditional stool since development of communities and the grassroots domiciled at the doorsteps of the local government administration. Ibaji had been under the Idah Local Government Area until recently. The emergence of Hon. Thomas as the Chairman of Ibaji Local Government Area marked the turning point and era of ‘remembrance’ for a people that had contributed much, yet neglected in terms of developmental initiatives. The first major challenge he embraced was to reconstruct and tar the road that links the locality with the rest of the Igala nationality, and the entire state – the road to Idah. Now, the road that took about two hours before one could arrive Ibaji from Idah, takes just about thirty minutes to drive from Idah to Ibaji.

In less than two years, Thomas has utilized his position as the Local Government Chairman to resettle many communities that had been besieged with lingering communal clashes. No local government administration in the past had cared so much as taking the initiative to resettle the people. Those who tried to do so merely got frustrated along the way.

But Thomas’ humanitarian orientation and people centered leadership initiatives prompted him to yield to the commitment of ensuring that lasting peace was brought to the people.

One major area which Hon Thomas has excelled tremendously is in the humanitarian domain. He has proved beyond any doubts that he is a kind man – and it is not very often that Nigerians get leaders that could expressly be described as ‘kind’ – not even in

these very times of precarious socioeconomic uncertainties. He brought his milk of human kindness to engage a holistic empowerment program for the widows and widowers in Ibaji local government area. He knows that the key to economic self - reliance is not in giving petty hand-outs to people and individuals, because such would soon get exhausted and hunger would set in again.

His empowerment initiative is based on the philosophical value in providing a fishing net rather than giving out pieces of fish. The fishing net would last for quite a long time while, creating vast opportunity of voluminous catch and industry for the individual.

As a peace loving leader, Hon Thomas has successfully midwifed a lasting peaceful settlement between the age-long feuding Nwajala and Ejule-Onu communities in the local government area. I could well be remembered that these two, otherwise, brotherly communities had been engaged in a near blood thirst communal clashes as a result of land dispute. A lot of energy had been spent in the past by well- meaning individuals and religious leaders for peace to reign but to no avail. As a man endowed with the gift of God for wisdom and peace, Hon. Thomas was able to bring the matter under control through a widely acclaimed and acceptable peaceful resolution.

His administrative initiatives are exemplary and typical of one major purpose for the creation of Local Government Authority – for the sake of bringing the message of rural empowerment, peaceful coexistence, and harmonious living down to the masses and grassroots levels.

He, again, accomplished the task

of settling the distressed people of Iyano. Although handling issues of human disagreement could be tricky, sometimes, as there are those who could never see reason from another angle, the Iyano issue could be said to have been well addressed by the Hon Chairman because more than ninety percent of the issues at stake have been acceptably resolved and peace has returned to the people. The people now, go about their normal businesses without fear or inhibition Most other communities in the local government area that had one or two issues to settle with their neighbours have taken the cue from the recent instances of a forward looking leadership ingenuity to bring peace to their domains. So, in a nutshell, Hon Thomas is a leader with good vision. He is a great politico-socialist philosopher who appreciates the fact that peace is a formidable prerequisite for development especially when it is in rural setting where crude residual sentiments of diverse emanations thrive in culture and tradition. He knows that no real development could thrive in non-peaceful and chaotic environment.

More so, the frenzy of work done in the grading of almost all roads and pathways in the local government area is not just astonishing, but wonderful.

As a pure rural setting with agrobased economy communities, the importance of passable road network could not be overemphasized. This informs the vision to grade all roads in the council area to enhance easy movement of goods and services in and around the places. This would, in turn, encourage the farmers to produce more since access to markets has been so generously created.

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The burden of ‘suspicion’ Times Columnist Mohammed Adamu

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The mere fact they are under investigation imposes a duty of cooperation with the law; either to give a statement or to make themselves available often at times inconsistent with their personal convenience

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oday it is ‘others’, tomorrow, it may be you!

This is what ‘they’ have been telling ‘us’: concerning Dino Melaye, the prodigal, adult-delinquent of the ‘Red Chamber’ who faces a charge of arming killers in his home State, but who plays ‘trick-or-treat’ with the Police so as not to make himself amenable to the law. Yet ‘they’ say that ‘we’ should not support what ‘they’ are doing to this quintessential lawmaker of our time, lest ‘tomorrow’ it becomes our turn to suffer the same ‘impunity’! And ‘they’ said the same thing also, concerning Dasuki, Jonathan’s National Security Adviser who superintended over the free sharing of 2.1 billion dollars meant for the purchase of weapons to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. But ‘they’ still warned that ‘we’ must not support ‘what ‘they’ are doing to this wonderful man of practically chocking benevolence because, as they said, it could be ‘us’, someday, to suffer the same fate! By the way ‘they’ said no less to ‘us’ concerning Olisa Metuh, the erstwhile effusive spokesperson and agent provocateur, of the PDP who, after admitting he received blood money from Dasuki, is still playing sick in court, hoping to kill two birds with one stone: escape justice and perchance, also keep the ‘loot’. Yet ‘they’ say that ‘we’ must condemn what they are doing to this poor, innocent man, Metuh; or else, it may be ‘us’ tomorrow to suffer the same ordeal. Not to forget what they are now telling ‘us’ concerning Saraki,-the paranoid, power-obsessive Senate President who, like his eccentric protégé and alter-ego, Dino, allegedly tends to a cult-killer squad at home. They say that we must not support what ‘they’ are doing to this man, or else it may be us tomorrow.

Why must we stand for the cold hands of the law ‘today’ when it might be ‘us’ who would suffer its grip ‘tomorrow’? But the question arises: ‘why should ‘we’ worry that what happened to Dasuki or what is happening to Dino and Metuh, or what could happen, soon, to Saraki may also happen to ‘us’ tomorrow? Not unless ‘we’ too have our minds filled with the same ‘mens rea’ to do the things that they have done when that ‘morrow’ comes. Or shouldn’t only those who dare to do the ‘crime’ worry about the possibility of doing the ‘time’?

And as if these eminent ‘victims’ allegedly of Police and court brutality are heroes of some public spirited ‘class’, ‘moral’ or ideological struggle, many who have risen to their defense, sometimes exceed the ludicrous and shoot even to the profane? Some of them have the gumption to go quoting the famous words of that German antiNazi theologian, Friedrich Martin who, speaking for the ideological underdog, once said: “First, they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a communist; then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a Catholic; then they came for the trade unionist, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a trade unionist; then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a Jew; then finally, they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me”. It was extreme profanity that such hallowed revolutionary words of a radical progressive should be wasted in agonizing the fate of such eminently culpable reactionaries. By the way, even when ‘they’ claim to fight the cause of justice, they are not only unable to

conceal that trademark of unrepentant banditry, but they betray, always, a wicked self-preserving motive for whatever ‘cause’ it is that they claim to champion. It is the reason they want ‘us’ to stand up for the ‘bad guys’ in the disobedience of the law; so that whenever we have the chance also to be ‘bad guys’ the law would either have been de-motivated to tackle us, or there will also be fellow ‘bad guys’ to stand up for us. That is what they are telling us. It is their hope ‘today’ that the ‘law’ should be de-motivated to do ‘right’ so that, tomorrow, it should be lawful that the ‘law’ dares not to bar any ‘wrong’. They claim to be altruistic ‘today’, yet they are un-penitently selfish in their dream of a ‘tomorrow’ in which they hope to benefit from breaking the law! They are so sullied by the filth of today they have virtually given up all hope of an immaculate tomorrow.

Why must we encourage those accused or suspected of committing crime to rebuff Police invitation or to resist Police arrest? Or why must we encourage accused persons –no matter how highly placed- to ignore court summons? One of the major planks of the doctrine of the ‘rule of law’ is ‘equality before the law’. The kid-gloves treatment of Dino Melaye reveals one thing, namely that the criminal justice system in Nigeria is becoming unnecessarily overindulgent of the excesses of eminent suspects or VIP accused persons. We must demand equal treatment of police suspects or accused persons by the police and by the courts. If we have never been offended by the handcuffing of ordinary suspects or accused persons, why must we be offended, for example, by the sight of a manacled Metuh even after prison officials had said that he was an unruly, destructive

prisoner with a penchant for chewing up evidence.

Both ‘suspects’ and ‘accused’ persons are presumed ‘innocent’ until the contrary is proved. And it is that ‘presumption of innocence’ that justifies the maxim of law which asserts that “it is better to err on the side of mercy”.

Meaning that it is better that a ‘mistake’ of law frees the ‘guilty’ than that it convicts the ‘innocent’. Nothing can be more anticipatorily protective of ‘suspects’. Yet even ‘suspects’ -against whom legal proceedings have not commenced- no matter how trifling their alleged ‘offence’, can and do suffer some transient inconveniences occasioned by law. The mere fact they are under investigation imposes a duty of cooperation with the law; either to give a statement or to make themselves available often at times inconsistent with their personal convenience.

They may surrender their privacy and, pursuant to a warrant, be obligated to make their homes amenable to search; or they may have their ‘personal freedom’ temporarily curtailed either by a duty to report regularly to the law, or to remain within timeous reach of the law -as long as investigations are ongoing.

Herein lies the inadequacy of the ‘presumption of innocence’. It does not immunize against the burden of ‘suspicion’ or ‘accusation’.

The law may temporarily infringe on the personal liberty, privacy and or convenience of suspects and accused persons. In fact merely labeling a person ‘suspect’ is itself a virtual ‘sentence’ already and can remain a stigma that perches for life on his ‘dignity’ and his personal ‘integrity’ in the estimation of right-thinking members of the society. But that is just the way the cookie of the criminal justice system crumbles!

And maybe that was why Jeremy Bentham, the British philosopher, economist, jurist and social reformer said that “every law is an infraction of liberty”. And so if ‘suspects’, no matter the gravity of their ‘alleged’ offences, are not to suffer any inconvenience of law, for the reason merely that they are ‘presumed innocent’, we might as well amend the law to free citizens even from the burden of being called ‘accused’ or ‘suspects’. Or so I think.

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33 feared dead, residents flee 50 Delta communities over oil spill Stories by Nosa Akenzua, Asaba No fewer than 33 persons have been feared killed in 50 communities in Delta State following oil spillage in areas.

Investigation revealed that the devastating oil spill wreck havoc on the people sources of drinking water, farm lands, and fishing waters.

The spill it was gathered occurred on the 24 inches Trans Ramos crude oil pipelines, owned by Shell petroleum Development Company in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta, and destroyed over 25,000 hectares of farm lands

including crops Worse hit is Odomodi community amongst others which are hitherto battling with devastating erosion menace.

In a reaction, Honourable Julius Pondi, bmember representing Burutu, constituency at the House of Representatives told DAILY TIMES in Asaba that ‘‘sympathised with the people, especially the families of those affected, though shell had put measures in place to contain the spread to other part of the state, and also recover crude oil from the damaged pipelines, the spill had polluted the entire area, destroyed aquatic life which had made fishing the

major occupation of the people impossible.’’

Pondi called on the Joint Investigative Visit (Jiv) team consisting of shell, Directorate of petroleum Resources (DPR), and the National oil Spill detection and Response Agency (NOSDR) for to be make their report on the incident public.

The lawmaker however stressed that the spill was not as a result of sabotage, but due to equipment failure on the part of shell, hence the company was trying to avoid its responsibility to the communities.

While expressing worries that multinational oil companies operating in the area have always devised means of

short changing communities whenever a spillage occurred, the Lawmaker said Shell was yet to meet with the communities to discuss with them and assuage their plight “I call on Shell to immediately provide relief materials and medical to all the affected communities, it is rather unfortunate that there is a problem at present” he said.

For his part Mr. Dere Potoki, Youth President of Odimodi Community, who spoke to DAILY TIMES said” the spill occurred in four different points on the crude oil pipelines since on April 24,2018,the action of Shell up until now had not been

impressive to us, imagine over 33 persons are presumed dead, they can’t talk, in fact, Shell is more concern about how to recover crude oil from the damaged pipelines without thinking of providing relief materials to the affected others, we will not take this.”

In a swift reaction, some officials of shell in Warri who spoke to DAILY TIMES on condition of anonymity said “management is making efforts to assist, and provide materials for the affected communities and relations of the seriously affected people, it’s painful and not true we have neglected them, we are taking our time to assist them.”

L-R: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources, Engr. Caster Bade-Adebowale; Chairman, House Committee on Energy, Hon. Folajimi Mohammed; Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources, Mr. Wale Oluwo; Special Adviser to the Governor on Information & Strategy, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku; General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Engr. Ibilola Kasumu and Managing Director, Ibile Oil&Gas, Mr. Sam Ogunbiyi during the on-going Y2018 ministerial press briefing as part of activities to mark the third Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. . . on Wednesday

Abductors demand N100m ransom for release of Okowa aide’s wife Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Abductors of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State aide’s wife in Asaba, are asking for N100million ransom in exchange for her release.

The victim, Mrs, Stella Okeme, wife of the Special Adviser to Governor Okowa, on Labour and SERVICOM, was abducted by men suspected to be kidnappers

around Ogbeke Square, in the state capital on Tuesday and zoomed off under the watching eyes of the residents in the area.

A resident, Joy Nwani who spoke to DAILY TIME said “ the woman was forced into a car at gun point by the kidnappers.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mustafa Muhammad, who confirmed the incident, said efforts were

ongoing to rescue the woman unhurt, adding “ all has been done to rescue her, our antikidnapping outfit is out on the trial of the suspects.”

The victim’s husband, Mr. Mike Okeme, who spoke to this reporter said “somebody called in the early hours asking for N100 million, it is laughable, we are praying hard, the police are on their trails, God will fish them out, my wife will be released

unhurt, I serve a living God.” Unconfirmed sources said the victim was allegedly hoodwinked into the ambush of the kidnappers who unsuspectingly were eating in a nearby restaurant by a close friend who during the bubble burst was screaming for help in the disguised Investigation revealed that Ogbeke square, Summit road, Okpanam town have been flash points for kidnappers in

the past three weeks, and with a record of no fewer than seven persons abducted at gun point.

The police boss, Mustafa Muhammad in a swift reaction told our reporter “we are working hard to reduce the menace, we have arrested quite a number of suspects, prosecuted them, we are doing our best, we urge people in the areas to provide us with useful information towards the situation.”

Centenary Torch: Cleric tasks believers on Christ’s doctrines Titus Akhigbe, Benin Christians across the country have been charged to emulate the canon manifestations of Jesus Christ to avoid conflicts and embrace peace as the country goes through turbulent times.

The chairman, subcommittee Centenary Torch Movement of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Christ Ambassador Emmanuel Inor, gave the charge while speaking with journalists in Benin City ahead of the 100 years of the founder and Leader, Olumba Olumba Obu on earth with the grand finale holding in cross rivers state in the coming months.

The centenary torch movement to Edo state is part of their drives to create more awareness across the country to save mankind from the impending destruction and channel their effort towards the doctrines as propagated by Christ Jesus.

Inor who expressed disappointment over discrimination among Christians said as a body, the need to preach peace should be the collective responsibilities of all as exemplified by Olumba Olumba Obu. His Words: “We are celebrating the hundred years of the physical manifestation of Olumba Olumba Obu on Earth.

We are telling all to be part of this celebration that will climax in December. A lot of people have said that if brotherhood of the Cross and Star is operating like other churches many people would have been members of the church. They have issues with us wearing the long robe with bear foots and calling man God. That’s the problem.”

Ambassador Inor, recalled the Book of St John chapter 10 from verse 31 to 33 to buttress his claims; stressing that, the same confusion generated in the quoted portion above is the root cause of the division experienced in the house of God today.

He admonished all to put to practice the messages of our lord Jesus, saying “if we practice as it is written, there would be no war. If Israel loves Palestine there would be no war. If Nigeria loves Ghana there would be no war; Brethrens don’t hate me and I won’t hate you. Don’t hate pastors from other churches but love ye one another.”

He reaffirmed the message of their spiritual leader Obu while climaxing his call for peace that the day man stop killing animals for consumption is the day death would stop.

He warned against abuse and killing of animals as a probable cause of death; noting that they were created by God to praise and glorify him.

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NWC, Usani destroying APC in C’River –Ex-Gov Ebri, others Tom Okpe, Abuja

All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State stakeholders have accused the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and the Minister of Niger Delta Development, Usani Usani of destroying the party in the state.

The Stakeholders made the accusation in a petition signed by former Cross River State governor, Chief Clement Ebri, APC National Vice Chairman (South-South), Senator John Owan Enoh, Barr (Mrs) Mary Ekpere Eta D.G Women Development Commission, Barr Okoi Obono Obla SSA to Mr. President, Prof Eyo Etim Nyong Party Leader, Mr Wabilly Nyiam BoT Member, Mr. John Ukpan Odey Party Leader, Hon. Paul Andeshi Adah Former House of Reps Member, Barr Venatius Ikem and Mr. Ray Ugba Murphy submitted to the APC national chairman on Wednesday.

According to the stakeholders, Oyegun is working with the Minister of Niger Delta, Usani Usani and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi to destroy the APC in Cross River State alleging that the Minister of Niger Delta cannot win 10% of votes in the state, wondering why the party should hand over the party structure in the state to him through the back door.

The petition read by Senator John Owan Enoh, representing Cross River Central Senatorial zone said: “We the concerned stakeholders of APC in Cross River State are deeply worried about the conduct of an improper state congress in our state. Though ordered by the National Leadership of the party, we consider so much to be wrong with this ordering given the circumstances surrounding the exercise in the state.

“We are at a loss why the so much determined and sustained effort by the National

Leadership of our party to totally destroy and damage this platform in a state that holds so much potentials, promise and prospects for the party.

Very pertinent questions call for answer; whose interest is being served; is it that of the party and Mr. President or is there someone else that has become such a super human whose interest must be served even at the risk of a total destruction of the party; are the 2019 elections and calculations towards it any important to the National Leadership of the party as it engages desperately in a fierce self destructive effort in Cross River State; does the National Leadership know that those they are trying to enable and foist on majority of the party men, women in Cross River constitute only about 10 percent of the party and are collaborating and being assisted by the PDP led Government at the state whose end game is to have a weakened opposition platform, or is the National Leadership also part of this? If

they are, perhaps because they have bought into the governors deceit that he is crossing over to APC, let it be known that he will never do so. Already he has set up three committees for each of the senatorial districts to win aggrieved party members who are dissatisfied with the congress back to PDP. Too many questions indeed begging for answers!

“Or how will you explain a situation in which after the initial failed attempt to write results of the Ward Congress without conducting the exercise, Ward congresses are rescheduled for 11th / 12th of May after the appointment of a new Chairman and the Chapter Congress for the state is also rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 14th / 15th consequently, the National Leadership of the party still goes ahead to release materials for the conduct of the State Congress on Friday17th even when it had not yet received authenticated results of the Ward/Chapter Congress by its

Chairman.

“As concerned stakeholders we praise the uprightness and unyielding conduct of Major General A.T. Umar (rtd), the ward/Local Government Congress Chairman.

He demonstrated strength and character in his attitude to duty and ensured that he and his Assistant, Capt. Ahmed Chiroma (rtd.) painstakingly collated results from the other remaining 13 LGAs outside Biase LGA before returning to Abuja; these two are a pride to the Nigerian Military.”

The group also berated the party for accepting the ward and LG congresses reports from the secretary of the Committee calling for total rejection of the Ward Congress results submitted by the absconded secretary of the committee.

“The National Leadership of the party should rely on the copies of results of the Ward Congresses in the custody of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police as the only authentic

Arrested 14 deadly kidnappers, armed robbers operating between Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway responsible for the gruesome murder of Dr Ibrahim Mailafia PhD a senior lecturer with the Nasarawa State University, Lafia and recovery of 2AK47 rifles, pistol and the victim’s phone in Kaduna yesterday.

Bayelsa Govt assures varsity community of adequate security Bayelsa State Government has assured indigenes and residents of one of the host communities to the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, of adequate protection from hoodlums and cultists in the community.

The government urges all residents of the community to go about their normal activities without fear of intimidation or harassment.

The Government says the reaction of the Bayelsa State chapter of APC to the NDU crisis is a vindication of Governor Dickson’s position that the APC in Bayelsa is a party of criminals.

A statement signed by APC Chieftain Doifie Ola Buokoribo, had claimed that the hoodlums, who attempted to disarm the police of their arms and died in the process were APC executive members of the party in the state.

Special Adviser to the Governor of Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in a press release on Wednesday that the security personnel deployed in Amassoma were on duty to ensure protection of lives and property, including the NDU, which is a state government investment.

Alabrah called on leaders of the community to collaborate

with security operatives to ensure residents are protected and to go about their businesses without any hindrance.

He stressed that intelligence reports indicate that those involved in the Amassoma incident on Tuesday were cultists and hoodlums, who hijacked complaints from the ongoing implementation of the public sector reforms in the state to perpetrate acts of violence in the community.

Alabrah stated further that the hoodlums attacked and vandalised the police division, part of the university and attempted to disarm security personnel who were deployed

to keep the peace.

He also said these elements were not staff of the NDU and are not affected by the reforms.

“Government calls on natives and residents of Amassoma to go about their normal activities without fear of intimidation and molestation from cultists and hoodlums that wreaked violence in the community on Tuesday.

“The deployment of security operatives in Amassoma after about three weeks of the standoff is to protect law-abiding citizens of the community, their property and the NDU. The security people are on ground to protect them.

“Government implores the community leaders to work with the security operatives to maintain peace and public order in the community.

“It should be noted that these cultists are not employees of the NDU and could not have been affected by the implementation of the reforms in the institution.

“Government’s position is that the NDU, like all other institutions, is a property of the state government. And government expects the leaders of the host communities to give support to the university rather than dabbling into employment matter within the university,” Alabrah said.

results; total rejection of any result purported to have been submitted by the Secretary for the Chapter Congress especially because he absconded before the exercise was concluded; in the 4 LGAs not included in the submission by the Congress Chairman because the Secretary absconded with them, that the results with lNEC/the police be relied upon as the authentic results for both the Chapter Executives and National delegates”.

Enugu: Aspirant denies stepping down for incumbent Nsukka/Igboeze South Rep Moses Oyediran, Enugu A House of Representative aspirant for Nsukka/ Igboeze South Federal Constituency in the coming 2019 general election, Mr. Chidi Obetta has debunked speculation that he has stepped down from the race.

Reacting to rumours that he had stepped down for the incumbent House of Representatives member, Hon. Pat Asadu who is seeking reelection for the fourth term, Obetta said he had no intension of stepping down for anybody.

Obetta is a former governorship aspirant in Enugu state and is among aspirants seeking to displace Asadu to secure the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket in next year general election.

The other contenders are the member representing Nsukka East constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Chinedu Nwamba, Barr.

Peter Okonkwo, a serving commissioner in the state, among others.

Obetta, in a statement signed

by Chukwuemeka Idoko, on behalf of Chidi Obetta Support Group for Gburugburu told his supporters that the news of his stepping down was fraudulent and is aimed at deceiving them once again.

“We enjoined the general public to disregard the fictitious and baseless information going round that Chief Chidi Obetta stepped down for Hon. Patrick Asadu at the PDP zonal meeting held at Igboeze South Local Government Headquarters.

“Chief Chidi Obetta is very much in the race and has not stepped down for anybody let alone Patrick Asadu.

“Chief Obetta is a good party man and will continue to work in full compliance with the party guidelines as announced at the zonal meeting.

“Our teaming supporters from Nsukka/Igboeze south federal constituency are therefore advised to discountenance such fraudulent message aimed at deceiving them once again”, the statement read.

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EFCC to arraign Shekarau, others for N950m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign a former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarau alongside three others before a Federal High Court in Kano.

Shekarau is being charged alongside, Ambassador

Aminu Bashir Wali and one Mansur Ahmed for allegedly conniving to collect the cash sum of N950million part of the $115million distributed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Allison Madueke for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the 2015 general election.

It is further alleged that the defendants distributed the money without going through a financial institution in clear violation of provisions of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act. One of the charges against Shekarau reads in part: “You Ibrahim Shekarau, Aminu Bashir

Wali on or about the 27th March, 2015 within the Kano Judicial division of the Federal High Court, retain, took posession and control of the cash sum of N950million which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of an unlawful act of Deizani Allison Madueke to wit: gratification , commits an offence

contrary to section of 15 (1) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act”.

The defendants are currently being detained at the Commission‘s Kano Zonal Office awaiting their arraignment today.

L-R: Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and Women Mentoring and Leadership Initiative, led by the Chairperson, Hon. Florence Aya, during a courtesy visit to the Governor...on Wednesday.

N250,000 monthly children’s upkeep: Atiku’s son knows fate today Peter Fowoyo An Igbosere High Court, Lagos will today rule on an application brought by a son of former vice president, Abubakar Atiku, Aminu, who is seeking to suspend his children’s N250,000 monthly maintenance fee.

During previous hearing neither Atiku nor his ex-wife Unmi Fatima Bolori were present in court but the court fixed today after listening to arguments from Oyinkan Badejo, Atiku’s counsel and Ethel Okoh, counsel for his exwife, Ms. Unmi Fatima Bolori.

Atiku is seeking an order of court to upturn a magistrates’ court decision awarding custody of the ex-couple’s daughter, Ameera, 11 and son, Aamir, 7 to Bolori.

He is also seeking a stay of execution on the N250,000 monthly maintenance fee, on the ground, among others, that it is “onerous”.

At the commencement

of proceedings yesterday, Badejo told Justice Kazeem Alogba, that the N250,000 was unnecessary because Atiku was satisfying all the needs of his children.

She disputed any connection between the sum and an earlier amount of N300,000 negotiated as child maintenance between the estranged couple.

“It (the N300,000) had nothing to do with this case. It was an agreement facilitated by friends of the family towards an amicable settlement,” Bade said.

According to her, the applicant (Atiku) was footing the children’s educational and medical bills, among others.

She added: “He’s paying for their schooling and all the incidentals including school bus, feeding. Their medical cover is comprehensive.”

The lawyer told the court that the lower court did not consider Atiku’s ability to pay the N250,000 and that the financial capacity of Atiku’s

parents was irrelevant .

“The man is spending from his own pocket. How many 40-year olds are receiving allowances from their parents?” she asked.

But Okoh challenged her argument.

She said contrary to the Magistrates’ Court order, Atiku had not paid the N250,000 since March, adding that the Section 62(5) of the Lagos State Child’s Rights Law required him to pay maintenance for his kids’ upkeep.

Okoh explained that the N250,000 monthly maintenance sum included payment for feeding and wardrobe allowance among others, in accordance with the N300,000 earlier child custody agreement.

Okoh said: “N300,000 is not beyond his (Atiku’s) means.

On March 8 and 15, he sent the respondent two letters requesting the release of the kids to go on a two-week vacation abroad. The monthly

allowance is a far cry from the cost of vacation abroad.

She alleged that Atiku did not pay his children’s school fees until April 11, a day before his appeal at the High Court.

Okoh added: “From March till date, nothing has been paid for the kids’ allowance. The respondent is also not aware of any arrangement for medical cover for the kids. They are not benefiting from any medical insurance.”

On January 10, 2018, Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye of the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court granted Bolori full custody of both children.

The court held that Aminu failed to file a response to Bolori’s application for child custody.

Ayeye held: “In view of the deliberate absence of the respondent and his legal team, I am constrained to make the following orders in default of respondent’s presence and in the best interest of the children to wit:

“Unmi Fatima Bolori is hereby granted full custody of Aamir Abubakar Sadiq Aminu Atiku (seven years) and Ameera Amina Atiku (nine years).

“The applicant is allowed to reside with the children at her residence at Katampe Extension, Abuja.

The applicant is ordered to put the children in schools suited for their educational needs in Abuja.

“Access is granted to the respondent to visit his children in Abuja and request for the children to spend holidays with him.

“The respondent is ordered to pay monthly upkeep for the children in the amount of N250,000 monthly beginning January 2018.”

But Aminu, through his counsel Oyinkan Badejo, filed two applications; one seeking leave to appeal the lower court judgment, which was granted, and the other for a stay of further execution of its terms.

Police parade 3 suspected kidnappers in Lagos Joy Anyim, Lagos Three suspected kidnappers belong to a four man gang were on Monday paraded by the Lagos Commissioner of Police for attempting to kidnap a 22 year old girl, Bidemi Omoniyi.

The suspects Blessing Nwaeze, Emeka Okeke and Monday Onwuka- were intercepted after they had pretended to be taxi operator picked their victim attempted to take her to Ibadan.

It was gathered that the victim who was going to work had joined the bus at Egbetedo and was heading to Pencinema at about 7:15 am on Monday.

According to the victim who was rescued by good Samaritans, “ I work as a receptionist at a hotel in Omole phase 1. I was on my way to work this morning when I joined a passat vehicle at Egbetedo heading to Pencinema.

“I had opted for the vehicle because there were too many people at the bustop and no keke going to Pencinema. So when the vehicle came, I just joined it.

It was only the driver and a lady who was in the vehicle.

“The vehicle driver had just driven for two minutes before two other of their colleagues joined the vehicle. The driver then started a discussion. He was asking the woman (Nwaeze) where she got the dollars she was carrying from.

She said she works at Airport hotel as a prostitute. She said a man had taken her for a night but that when returning she had stolen dollars from the guy.

At this point I discovered they were fraudsters. I attempted to alight from the vehicle but they held me down. Even when people saw me calling for help, they stopped us, Nweze alleged I was her younger sister, that I was too stubborn and they were taking me back to the village.

“It was at that the elderly man(Onwuka) threatened to cut off my breast that someone has already paid for it. The driver Okeke called someone and all I had is that they have gotten a victim and were heading to Ibadan. “ luckily for me a man who didn’t believe their explanation earlier, pursued us with a bike and intercepted the suspects at Akinyele bustop. He called passerby and they came to my rescue. However one the the gang member fled. When I explained all that had happened, they started beating them before the police came to their rescue.”

The 35 year old Nwaeze however denied the kidnap and ritualist allegation. He claimed they are one chance operators who just wanted to disposes the victim of money and other valuables.

Onwuka who is 71 year old said he didn’t know anything about the alleged criminal act. He insisted he was also a commuter.

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Aisha Buhari restates support for maternal, child health

Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia

Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari says,has said that she is committed to providing support to maternal, new born and child health.

She stated this in Umuahia on the occasion of the High level Advocacy Meeting on Maternal, New Born and Child Health week activities, noting that her pet projects, Aisha Buhari Foundation and Future Assured will continue

to partner states, especially Abia in ensuring that mothers, children and new born babies are alive.

Represented by Tessy Maina, she stated Buhari “is very passionate about improving the wellbeing of women and children. The Aisha Buhari Foundation through her Future Assured programme leads advocacy for improved Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition.

“The programme had last

year, set up a coalition for wives of Governors to champion RMNCAH+N in their various states with MNCH week as a key indicator, of which Her Excellency, the mother of Abia state is fully committed”.

“She is particularly interested in this activity as integrating PMTCT and other HIV services into MNCH weeks as a step towards ensuring that no child is born with HIV”.

FAP, she said will continue to provide technical support to the states “as we advocate

for a repositioning of health as a developmental stepping stone”.

“Today, FAP in collaboration with NACA are here with the support of global fund to advocate and engage with stakeholders on these primary objectives: To accelerate efforts towards preparation and implementation of MNCH week in line with the National date at state level and to discuss the integration and demand generation for PMTCT during the MNCH week at

the national, state and local government levels”.

She commended the Abia State First lady, Deac Nkechi Ikpeazu for her prompt response to the issue through her Vicar Hope Foundation, VHF Project, stating “We are aware that reasonable progress are being mad3e particularly by your state to improve the health and wellbeing of our people”.

“I am happy about the good work she (Mrs Ikpeazu) is doing through VHF as well as the contribution of the state Governor in the area of health”.

Speaking earlier, the wife of the state Governor and founder, Vicar Hope Foundation, VHF Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu said every parent desires the best for her children and no parent will willfully transfer a medical burden to a loved child.

Also speaking, the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who spoke through his Commissioner for Health, Dr. John Ahukanna said Gov. Ikpeazu is the foremost healthloving governor in the country,

pointing out that ikpeazu is snot resting on his oars “and still has bigger dreams on health”.

According to him, the state is ready for the May-June 2018 MNCH week as the programme has commenced free antenatal care for all pregnant mothers visiting the 627 primary healthcare centres in the state.

In her address, the Vice Chairman of Vicar Hope Foundation, Dr. (Mrs) Edith Nwosu said the foundation is committed to jointly work assiduously with Aisha Buhari Foundation and Future Assured progremme “towards integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS into maternal, newborn and child Healthcare”.

Other agencies, including NACA, ABSACA, and ABSPHCDA contributed to the week’s activity on MNCH. Meanwhile Abia State and Taraba are pilot states on MNCH.

PDP alerts ICC, UN on Buhari’s acceptance of rights violation Tunde Opalana, Abuja

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (right); receiving the Report of the March 2018 local council elections from the Chairman, Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), Prof. Stanley Orobator, at Government House, Benin City.

Protesters besiege Amnesty Int’l office over impending report to destabilise Nigeria Andrew Orolua, Abuja Large of protesters in Abuja on Wednesday temporarily blocked the office of Amnesty International alleging that the organisation is plotting to destabilise country with a yet to be released report.

Angry protesters who stormed the Abuja office claimed that Amnesty International had concluded plans to release a report, in furtherance of the plot to accuse the government troops and civilian JTF currently fighting the Boko Haram terrorists in the north east, of routinely detaining, raping, starving and killing women as well as minors.

The accusation came barely one week after the Nigerian Army panel of inquiry exonerated the military of colluding with terrorists in the country.

Speaking during the protest yesterday, the National Convener of the Civil Rights Groups, the organiser of the protest Comrade Danesi Momoh, claimed that the yet to be released report was not only false but maliciously targeted at creating tension and unsettling the nation.

The Wednesday’s protest march, he added was a mere rehearsal, insisting that the International agency must quit Nigeria if it fails to stop such false information.

According to Momoh, the Amnesty International , “is releasing a report, with which it plans to totally destabilize Nigeria,precisely at midnight on Wednesday.

“The false report will among other things claim that government troops and Civilian JTF routinely detain, rape, starve and kill women as well as minors. It claims that “Instead of receiving protection from the

authorities, women and girls have been forced to succumb to rape in order to avoid starvation or hunger.”

Momoh also said that several patriotic groups had only recently raised alarm that UNICEF is coordinating other international NGOs for evidence shopping as part of a major shift to start accusing the Federal Government and the military of sexual violence.

“This plot was being executed

by UNICEF staff in conjunction with others under a purpose vehicle, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Nigeria, with the mandate to tarnish authorities with alleged sexual crimes.”

Amnesty International has simply resumed the assignment it earlier handed over to PSEA and is now calling these agents of instability from PSEA its researchers.

“We are aware that staff of Amnesty International,

UNICEF and the other member-organizations of PSEA were given quotas on the number of alleged sexual abuse/sexual exploitation cases to file towards the realization of these lies packaged as a report.

“The decision of Amnesty International to only base its so-called report on 2015-2018 is suspect and confirms that whoever is financing its PSYOP in Nigeria is angry that the tide was turned against their Boko Haram agents since the current political and military leadership took over the helms of affairs in 2015.

The protesters called on the federal government to declare the staff and researchers of Amnesty International as persona non grata who Nigerians shall not be liable for whatever befalls them as a consequence of trying to emasculate the military as part of larger plot to collapse Nigeria.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, to take judicial note of the boast by President Muhammadu Buhar,i affirming and approving his violation of fundamental rights of Nigerians during his regime as military head of state.

The PDP said it is alarmed that President Buhari has been overheating the polity with inflammatory and antidemocratic comments, which have been promoting state involved violence, sectional bloodletting and resentment; exacerbated hatred, abuse of rights and brazen violation of our constitution and democratic order.

This was contained in a statement by the party’s national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said “Nigerians were shocked when President Buhari, with relish, boasted that “when I was in uniform, younger and rather ruthless, I got from President downward, I locked them up in Kirikiri. I said, you’re guilty except you prove yourself innocent”.

“Whereas our constitution and all tenets of democracy and justice across the world, hold all citizens innocent

until proven guilty in court of competent jurisdiction, President Buhari promotes the otherwise and feels favourably disposed to acts that suspends our constitution and imposition of military diktat.

“This particular hate speech

by President Buhari has finally confirmed the underlining impetus behind the prevailing executive highhandedness, the trumped-up charges against the opposition, persecution of political opponents, flagrant disobedience to court orders, brazen harassment, arrests, molestations, illegal detention and extra-judicial execution of innocent Nigerians as already catalogued by the PDP and international bodies, including the United States Department of State.

“These include the horrendous bloodletting and killings in various parts of our country, particularly in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Plateau, Nasarawa, Borno, Zamfara, Yobe, Abia, Anambra, among others.

“Furthermore, the world now knows why appointees of President Buhari have continued to hold the institution of democracy, particularly the National Assembly and the courts, in utter disdain, in addition to the continuous harassment of federal legislators and intimidation of judicial officers.’’

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Okowa tasks ethnic groups on peace, gets UPU award

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has urged President-Generals of ethnic nationalities to be involved in maintaining peace in their areas to provide the enabling environment for investments to thrive.

Okowa, made the call on Wednesday at Asaba when the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) led by Olorogun Moses Taiga paid him a courtesy visit.

“We as a government definitely understand the importance of the Urhobo nation in the state and I believe that we will continue to accord respect to them and to work

with the UPU to ensure the needed partnership just as we will continue to work with other ethnic nationalities and their leaderships to ensure greater peace and unity in our state,” he said.

The Governor added that, “we are very much aware of the warm relationships that we keep as a state with all ethnic nationalities because it is better for us as a people and as a state, once there is peace we are definitely going to have greater resources and also greater development including attracting investors to our dear state.”

“I want to appreciate the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU)

for your support in supporting this administration, particularly in the area of helping to organize our communities to ensure that we live in a very peaceful atmosphere; I believe that the Urhobo nation has done so well in achieving that and we have not had any great challenges apart from the land issue concerning Aladja and Ogbe-Ijaw communities which is being resolved.”

“We want to also take note of the attendance of the Urhobo national day; I am glad that we have such an event because it helps us as a state to communicate with our people as part of the partnership building, because

every Deltan should participate in governance and the more we involve the people in the processes of governance the more we will be able to receive their views and be able to pass information to them and the better it will be for us as a state,” Governor Okowa stated, adding, “when people are well informed, the wrong news will actually be reduced to the barest minimum.”

The Governor who thanked the UPU for bestowing on him the title, Ochuko Ru Urhobo (Helper to Urhobo Nation), emphasized that it was important for Deltans to be well informed about the activities of government, disclosing,

“that is why you will also find that in the course of time we have been going on townhall meetings with our people in various local governments areas, stakeholder’s meetings and we have realized that it is something we need to continue because, the interactive sessions with our people has helped us to build greater confidence and greater partnerships and I will continue to urge other government functionaries to try to cascade this townhall meetings down to the various wards and communities to build greater confidence and partnership between government and the people.”

Olorogun Taiga had in an address said the visit was to thank the Governor for the achievements recorded by his administration in Urhoboland.

While listing out some of the development projects executed by the Governor Okowa’s administration in Urhoboland, Delta Central Senatorial District, the President-General said it was resolved that they confer on him, the title of Ochuko Ru Urhobo (Helper of Urhobo Nation) on him.

Herdsmen sack 3 Plateau District Heads Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

L-R: Miss Imelda Okwori and Hajia Zainab Abbas Buratai during the presentation of Ambassador for Peace Awards to them by the Universal Peace Federation in Abuja

NAOWA commissions remodelled classroom blocks, offices in Lagos Joy Anyim, Lagos As part of her contribution to providing quality education for children of Army personnel as well as those within their community, the Nigerian Army Officers Wife Association (NAOWA), 81 Division Chapter on Wednesday commissioned the remodelled NAOWA Nursery and Primary School located at 174 Battalion in Ikorodu, Lagos.

The remodelled school which has two blocks of 10 classrooms, offices and restrooms

was commissioned by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) MajorGeneral Enobong Udoh.

It was gathered that the school which is expected to benefit hundreds of children was dilapidated and an eyesore for any meaningful learning to take place.

Speaking at the ceremony, Udoh applauded the effort of NAOWA saying the association had been able to achieve this much without any subvention but through donations.

The GOC maintained that for learning to take place and the needed knowledge impacted, the environment

is also important.

“We are all aware, learning takes place within a Web of social interactions between teachers and pupils both formally and informally.

Schools themselves provide institutional spaces for the community of learners. For learning to be effective in schools, the environment needs to be conducive to learning, allowing the pupils or students agreeable space and time to interact within the learning and teaching process. “ It is quiet apparent that in a realisation of this virtue, the NAOWA 81 Division chapter has

been so concerned about the need to remodel and rehabilitate the dilapidated school infrastructures with a view to availing them of conducive learning environment for both pupils or students and teachers alike.

“On this note, I feel duty bound to most profoundly commend the president of NAOWA 81 Division chapter, other members of the executive committee and indeed all members of NAOWA 81 Division chapter of all the effort you have put in to remodel the 174 Battalion NAOWA nursery and

primary school to meet up with the standard required for a conducive learning environment for our children.”

The President of NAOWA, 81 Division chapter Mrs. Grace Enobong further emphasised on the importance of education in a proper environment.

The event also had in attendance the National President of NAOWA, wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Mrs. Umma Kalsum Buratai who was represented by the wife of the Chief of Policy and Planning Army Headquarters, Abuja, Mrs. Gladys Yusuf.

Stakeholders in BarkinLadi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Monday said, three districts heads overseeing Fan District, Ropp District and Gashish, all in Barkin-Ladi LGA, were displaced by Fulani herdsmen in the last one month.

Addressing journalists in Jos, Dr. Daniel Kim, on behalf of the Stakeholders, said the district heads flee their homes when they were besieged by the killer herdsmen.

He said, “the district heads have all gone to hiding fleeing their ancestral homes, because the bandits came in their numbers with sophisticated weapons to kill our people.

“Seven people were killed by herdsmen at Nding Village some weeks back and another three were killed last Saturday while on the farm and government agencies have done nothing to these killings.

“We are under siege for several days and government has not done anything about it. Fan community was under attack throughout yesterday

by Fulani herdsmen, the attack started over the weekend and continued unabated.

“It is the responsibility of government to protect lives and properties of all Nigerian citizens, but for us in Fan District no one seems to care.

“They attackers are so organised that they even adopted the use of rocket launchers which were launched from Mangu area into Rambuu village of Fan community: this shows they have a well orchestrated plan to annihilate us as part of the ethnic cleansing ongoing in the country.

“We are therefore calling on the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong and President Muhammadu Buhari to please kindly intervene as right now that we address you, mayhem is still ongoing in our communities”, Kim said

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AMIN MUHAMMAD KABIR 6.

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CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROPRIETORS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS (CAC/IT/NO 886550) THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CHANGE TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 OLD NAME: CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROPRIETORS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO: NEW NAME: CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROPRIETORS OF SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA OLD TRUSTEES: 1.

JUSTICE IKPEAMA ALPHA -RETAINED 2.

BISHOP MICHAEL UCHENNA CHUKWUDUM-RETAINED 3.

TONY DANIEL ARINZE AGWANIRU -RETAINED 4.

MR. EMMANUEL AMARACHUKWU ONYEMA -RETAINED 5.

NNAMANI KENNETH CHUWKUDI -RETAINED 6.

OKOYE HUMPHREY CHEKWUBECHUKWU -REMOVED NEW TRUSTEES ALL APPOINTED 1.

SIR. DANIEL ANAEBO OKEKENTA 2.

DR. GOODY IDAMINABO 3.

REV. DR. SAMSON OLASUPO ADENIYI AYOKUNLE AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE CHANGES ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE AND AMENDMENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: JUSTICE IKPEAMA ALPHA

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SUNNY WILSON INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SUNNY SIYAIDON (PRESIDENT) 2. UNGBUKU FIOKUMONIMI FLORENCE (SECRETARY) 3. JOSEPH YAOVI KOEVI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WORLDWIDE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

THE EIGHT DEGREE INITIATIVE

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. ADEGBOYEGA ADETUNJI ADEBAJO 2. DIANE OKOKO 3. OLAWALE OYEGOKE AJIBOYE 4. OLADAPO ENIOLA MARTINS 5. PHILLIPS OLANREWAJU AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESS VENTURES OF ITS MEMBERS 2. TO PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS WITH THE AIM OF EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS 3. TO ORGANIZE AND FACILITATE TALKS, SYMPOSIA, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ON BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY USING VARIOUS PLATFORMS 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

EZIOKWU CHINEKE GADI TRADITIONAL OUTREACH 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 NAMES OF TRUSTEES : 1. OFOMA NDUKA 2. PRINCE MARTIN CHINEDU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO TEACH OUR PEOPLE ABOUT IGBO TRADITION ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHURCH OF THE RESTORED BRIDE

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASCHAL TITUS OFORBEIKE 2. POLITE IFEANYI ONYEWUENYI 3. PRAISEGOD OWAH 4. ABENG HENSHAW EGBA 5. AYEJORUN VICTOR OLUBAMIDELE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO ALL PEOPLE. 2. TO TRAIN, PREPARE, AND EQUIP THE CHURCH FOR THE TASK OF SOUL WINNING 3. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL THROUGH EVERY LEGITIMATE MEANS. 4. TO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : J. J ABAH

OHAJI DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ITALY

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) AGUGO CHUKS JAY(CHAIRMAN) 2) REGINALD NONYELU UMAH 3) AMAKIRI CYPRIAN IYKE 4) EGEJURU NICHOLAS 5) AGUGO EMEKA(SEC) 6) NWANESHI MAIFE MARTINS AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ASSIST, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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23 Companies Registration

CHIDIEBUBE LUCKY

OKECHUKWU EBUKA

NNAMANI MICHAEL

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWADE LUCKY CHIDIEBUBE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWADE BLESSED CHIDIEBUBE LUCKY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKECHUKWU EBUKA KELVIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKECHUKWU EBUKA THANKGOD. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AWE MICHAEL ABODUNRIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNAMANI MICHAEL CHIMARAOKE ABODUNRIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

NWACHUKWU CHINENYE

NWANKWO HARRIET

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AGOHA CHINENYE ANGELA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWACHUKWU CHINENYE ANGELA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. UNTH ITUKU OZALLA ENUGU AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EZIKE HARRIET CHIOMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWANKWO HARRIET CHIOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. ADEKOLA BABATUNDE DAVID- PRESIDENT 2. MRS. ADEKOLA IYABO KHADIJAH - SECRETARY 3. MR. AMGBEYE PETER AKPANKE- TRUSTEE 4. BALOGUN RACHEAL - TRUSTEE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE COMMERCE, TRADE AND ANCILLARY SERVICES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND ASIA PARTICULARLY CHINA AND IN THAT CONNECTION TO FOSTER, ADVANCE AND PROTECT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, TRADE AND PROFESSION ENTERPRISE AND WITHOUT LIMITATION, OTHER ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS UNDERTAKING OF ALL KIND IN THE LOCALITY AND ELSEWHERE. 2. TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARD OF BUSINESS AND THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. 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

SAFE ADVOCACY INITIATIVE FOR THE NEEDY

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

TRUSTEES 1. VIVIAN AMEN RICHIE. - CHAIRMAN 2. GODWIN EICHIE 3. MARGARET EICHIE 4. ANSLEM ADIMA 5. KELVIN OKOJIE 6. DANIEL OSEYEMERE OKOJIE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. ADVOCACY ON SECURITY MATTER 2. HUMAN EMPOWERMENT 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: BARR EMMANUEL NNADOZIC. ESQ

NAOMI COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IJIDALE-OLADAPO OPEYEMI MOJI 2. GBADAMOSI TOYIN MORIIKE 3. OLABISI IBUKUN BOLUWATIFE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: IJIDALE-OLADAPO OPEYEMI MOJI

DOCTORS TIME OUT FAMILY ORGANISATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR ANTHONY C. UDE 2. DR JAMES JOHN 3. DR BESONG AKONTACHI 4. DR JOE OKOEGUALE. 5. DR . IFEOMA UDE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO UNITE AND FOSTER PEACE AMONG MEMBERS 2. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED ONES IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ODUGBAYI LUKMAN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODUGBAYI LUKUMON JIMOH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODUGBAYI LUKMAN OLAMILEKAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

HALAL & AMANAH MICRO-EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

NEW TRUSTEETS 1.

SALAU ISMAHEL ADESHINA 2.

ABUBAKAR JIMOH SIDIQ 3.

ALAMU MUNIRUDEEN AYOBAMI 4.

HAMZAT FATAHI OWOLABI 5.

LAWAL AZEEZ OLALEKAN

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO EXTEND FINANCING SERVICE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ISLAMIC FINANCING. 2. TO PROVIDE TRAININGS TO THE POOR IN THE AREA OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ABUBAKAR J. SIDIQ SECRETARY

OTARU FAVOUR

FAITH OLOLADE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OBENDE FAVOUR OYIZA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OTARU FAVOUR OBENDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. OLOLADE FAITH OLAJIDE AND MRS. AKPAN FAITH OLOLADE, NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OLOLADE FAIHT OGUNLUYI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

AGU CHIDERA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGU CHIDERA OBINNA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGU CHIDERA LIGHT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANYALECHI JANE-FRANCES

NJERI CHIJINDU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANYALECHI FRANCES .C., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANYALECHI JANEFRANCES CATHERINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NJERI EMMANUEL IZUCHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NJERI CHIJINDU ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CELESTINE CHISOM

MICHAEL NWEBONYI

NJOKU THERESA

LUKA UCHECHI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALO MICHAEL AKAM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MICHAEL NWEBONYI AKAM-ALO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGWU THERESA .C. AND NJOKU THERESA .C., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NJOKU THERESA CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OZUKWE UCHECHI FAVOUR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS LUKA UCHECHI FAVOUR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ABIDING GRACE EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT CENTRE

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. ADUBI OLUTOSIN OLADUNNI 2. ADAMS GOLD KOLA 3. REV. FR. AJAYI VINCENT OLUKAYODE 4. ADUBI OLADEJI BABATUNDE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CREATE A SUPPORT CENTRE AIMED AT REACHING OUT TO 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: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. EMMANUEL MKPUMA (CHAIRMAN).

2. EMEKA UZO. 3. GODWIN NNABUIKE. 4. SHADRACH AKOCHI. 5. BATHOLOMEW NWANKWO. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1. TO FOSTER UNITY AND PEACE AMONG ALL EZZA SONS IN APO. 2. TO BUILD A UNITED RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL EZZA EZEKUNA SONS CARRYING ON LEGITIMATE BUSINESS IN APO. 3. TO WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EZZA LAND. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: CORNEL .C. IZEKWE ESQ.

KUTI AKINTOMIWA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KUTI AKINTOMIWA JOSEPH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KUTI AKINTOMIWA AGBOOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWACHUKWU CHISOM FAVOUR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CELESTINE CHISOM FAVOUR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MOULDER’S UNFAILING LOVE FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FOLASADE AGNES ALFRED-AKINWOMOJU. 2. TUNDE ALFRED AKINWOMOJU. 3. TOSIN JAMES GBADEGESIN. 4. SIMILOLA OLUWAKEMI OSOBA-FAFOWORA. 5. OLURANTI KAREEMOT OJELABI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST GIRLS AND WOMEN SUFFERING FROM ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, UNWANTED PREGNANCIES, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 2. TO RENDER HELP FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS. 3. TO RENDER COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY SERVICES. 4. TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND REINTEGRATION INTO THE SOCIETY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND SKILLS ACQUISITION .

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

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solomon ZabadI

correctIon of name

aleX uZoma

nZurumIke IfeanyI

babatope JulIus

murphy felIX

I, formerly known and addressed as, solomon amos now wIsh to be known and addressed as, solomon ZabadI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note

thIs Is to Inform the General publIc that my name was wronGly wrItten as murIlaba alI Instead of yusuf modInatu omorIyeba. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note

formerly known and addressed as aleX eZekwe, now wIsh to be known and addressed as aleX uZoma eJekwe. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take.

formerly known and addressed as GabrIel IfeanyI andrew, now wIsh to be known and addressed as nZurumIke IfeanyI andrew. all former documents remaIn valId.

I, formerly known and addressed as tope ashaJu now wIsh to be known and addressed as babatope JulIus ashaJu. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as okorokporo endurance now wIsh to be known called and addressed as murphy felIX. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

correctIon of date of bIrth

okeke nkechInyere

uchenna favour

reemson latIfat

adeoye racheal

akInola akInbayo

I, soloye sImbIat tItIlayo wIsh to Inform the General publIc that my date of bIrth Is 04 may 1992 and not 05 aprIl 1992. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as eGwIm nkechInyere anGela now wIsh to be known called and addressed as okeke nkechInyere .that my date of bIrth Is 26 september 1978. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as uZoechI eden favour rachel now wIsh to be known called and addressed as uchenna favour rachel. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as amoda latIfat now wIsh to be known called and addressed as reemson latIfat abeJe. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as sImpa racheal onyenchI now wIsh to be known called and addressed as adeoye racheal onyenchI .all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as JeGede akInbayo ayorInde now wIsh to be known called and addressed as akInola akInbayo ayorInde. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

salamI hammed

mrs charIty nkIruka

veronIca omeGhIe

oyeledun–abayomI allen

racheal bassey

akInlola abIdemI

I, formerly known and addressed as abdulsalam hamed JImoh now wIsh to be known called and addressed as salamI hammed JImoh. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss charIty nkIruka abafor now wIsh to be known called and addressed as mrs charIty nkIruka chIbuZor. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as veronIca mary okotIe now wIsh to be known called and addressed as veronIca omeGhIe okotIe. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I formerly known and addressed as allen oluJImI oyeledun now wIsh to be known called and addressed as oyeledun –abayomI allen oluJImI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as nkoyo edem James now wIsh to be known called and addressed as racheal bassey Imoh. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

formerly known and addressed as abIdemI IbrahIm akInlola oGundeJI, now wIsh to be known and addressed as akInlola abIdemI IbrahIm. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

abdullahI olanrewaJu

adIGhIbe oseGhe

emeka uGadu

mrs nandlonGo patrIcIa

mrs aroGundade aderIke

mrs. olumayowa ayoola

formerly known and addressed as abdullahI abdulateef habeeb, now wIsh to be known and addressed as abdullahI olanrewaJu lateef. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

formerly known and addressed as oseGhe alero sandra, now wIsh to be known and addressed as adIGhIbe oseGhe alero sandra. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note

I formerly known and addressed as nkem odaGIa now wIsh to be known called and addressed as emeka uGadu. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss eGbIremonlen patrIcIa now wIsh to be known called and addressed as mrs nandlonGo patrIcIa. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss deJI-yoosuf aderIke rukayat now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs aroGundade aderIke rukayat. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss. dIekololaoluwa ayoola fashola now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs. olumayowa ayoola olaItan . all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

mrs nwaeZe lInda

afolaranmI adesewa

oluseun damIlola

leonard ayodele

edIth oZoemena

uchendIdI ndIdI

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss lalnuntluanGI lInda now wIsh to be known called and addressed as mrs nwaeZe lInda. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as okanlawon adesewa sekInat now wIsh to be known called and addressed as afolaranmI adesewa sekInat. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mosurd damIlola tawa now wIsh to be known called and addressed as oluseun damIlola tawa. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as suru dJotchou now wIsh to be known called and addressed as leonard ayodele. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as edIth oZoemena eZImuo now wIsh to be known called and addressed as edIth oZoemena enonuJu. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as nwachukwu ndIdI now wIsh to be known called and addressed as uchendIdI ndIdI nneka. that my date of bIrth Is 30/05/1992. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

oyedIran olaoluwa

odofa yetunde

aGbasI IfeyInwa

obIomah patIence

mrs IwuJI queeneth

onyewuenyI emeka

I, formerly known and addressed as oyedIran olaoluwa Ibukun, now wIsh to be known and addressed as oyedIran olaoluwa phIlIp. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as adewumI yetunde esther now wIsh to be known and addressed as odofa yetunde esther. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as obIukwu stella IfeyInwa now wIsh to be known and addressed as aGbasI IfeyInwa stella. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as o. patIence nGoZI now wIsh to be known and addressed as obIomah patIence nGoZI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss eke queeneth chIdImma now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs IwuJI queeneth chIdImma. former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as onyewuenyI nnaemeka sIXtus now wIsh to be known and addressed as onyewuenyI emeka sIXtus and my date of bIrth wronGly wrItten as 19/09/1983 Instead 22/09/1983. former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

destIny ndIdIamaka

aklassou kokou

adeGbenJo bukola

rasaq shehu

mrs. Iyabode GbolarumI

nGoZI JulIet

I, formerly known and addressed as destIny ndIdIamaka kenneth nwosu, now wIsh to be known and addressed as destIny ndIdIamaka nwosu. all former document remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

new name:- aklassou kokou oldname:- I, formerly known and addressed as aklassou samson, now wIsh to be known and addressed as aklassou kokou. all former document remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly know and addressed as adekunle bukola florence, now wIsh to be known and addressed as adeGbenJo bukola florence. all former document remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

chanGe of name and chanGe of date of bIrth : I, formerly known and addressed as rasaq shehu tIJanI wIth wronG date of bIrth 19\3\ 1985 . now wIsh to be known and addressed as rasaq shehu tIJanI sunkanmI wIth correct date of bIrth 3\3\1985. all former document remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss. Iyabode amuwo, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs.

Iyabode GbolarumI. all former document remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, JulIet nGoZI eZe, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, nGoZI JulIet udora. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

IbekIlo amaka

mrs. nwachukwu yvonne

mrs. Ifeoma nkemdIrIm

lucky oGhenevwarhe

John cecIlIa

mrs. aIkhIobrare oJo

I, formerly known and addressed as, patrIcIa amaka ekesIobI, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, IbekIlo amaka. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, mIss. nyamse yvonne okon, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, mrs. nwachukwu yvonne IheanyI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, mIss. Ifeoma nkemdIrIm dorIn GeorGe, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, mrs. Ifeoma nkemdIrIm dorIn nwokoma. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ohre lucky oGhenevwarhe JulIus, , now wIsh to be known and addressed as, lucky oGhenevwarhe JulIus. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, bassey cecIlIa John, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, John cecIlIa frIday . all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as,mIss. Ikekhua edIth odIon, now wIsh to be known and addressed as, mrs. aIkhIobrare oJo edIth odIon. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should take note.

oluwarotImI blessInG

addItIon of name

correctIon of name

aGu vIctorIa

formerly eneJI amInat ololade now added , adetutu now to be addressed as eneJI amInat ololade adetutu. former documents remaIns valId. General publIc should take note.

oGunsIle folasade I was formerly known as adesemowo folasade IbIdunnI now wIsh to be known as oGunsIle folasade IbIdunnI. General publIc should take note.

esther abosede

I formerly known, called and addressed as oJo blessInG adeola now wIsh to be known, called and addressed as oluwarotImI blessInG adeola. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc please take note

IZem oGuerI adson Is the same as IZem anderson oGuerI adson. General publIc should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as effIonG vIctorIa now wIsh to be known and addressed as aGu vIctorIa. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

formerly estIr mathew now esther abosede musa. former documents remaIns valId. General publIc should take note.

obasI nnamdI

esan deborah

omobamIdele marIa

InclutIon of name

addItIon of name

confIrmatIon of name

I formerly known and addressed as obasI chIbIke nnamdI now wIsh to be known and addressed as obasI nnamdI mIchael. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as maGbaGbeoladeborah bIsI now wIsh to be known and addressed as esan deborah adeola olabIsI. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as yewhenu marIa sesI now wIsh to be known and addressed as omobamIdele marIa sesI. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

that my bvn number and name reflects as Ikenna shedrack but now I wIsh to Include my fIrst name “shedrack” now wIsh to be known and addressed as shedrack Ikenna shedrack. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as danIel sunday now wIsh to add omachoko to my name. henceforth I wIsh to be known and addressed as danIel omachoko sunday. all former documents remaIn valId, General publIc to please take note.

In some of my documents my name was wrItten as Idowu oluwole tIbetan whIle In some other documents It was wrItten as Idowu oluwole omosehInde. am the one bearInG all the names. now wIsh to be known and addressed as Idowu oluwole omosehInde. all documents bearInG the names are valId, General publIc to please take note.

confIrmatIon of name / declaratIon of aGe In some of my documents my name was wrItten as aruwayo omotola pIus whIle In some other documents It was wrItten as Аruwayo olamIposI kola. I am the one bearInG all the names. that my correct date of bIrth Is 3rd of may,1993. all documents bearInG the names are valId, General publIc to please take note.

mrs oGbodo rIta

mrs nwaIGwe IJeoma

mrs Inya eberechukwu

onu monday

mrs abana oGechukwu

I, formerly known and addressed as onovo rIta ukamaka, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs oGbodo rIta ukamaka. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss nwosu IJeoma ebere, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs nwaIGwe IJeoma ebere. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss ovu ebere JacInta, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs Inya eberechukwu oGbonnaya. all former documents remaIn valId. nysc and General publIc should

I, formerly known and addressed as onu collIns, now wIsh to be known and addressed as onu monday collIns. all former documents remaIn valId. banks and General publIc should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as mrs abana oGechukwu nelly, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs abana oGechukwu adaobI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc should please take note.

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OBI CHINWENDU I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBI CHINONSO JULIET NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBI CHINWENDU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ARAWOMO RUTH I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARAWOMO RUTH JESUEJIITE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARAWOMO RUTH OMOTOMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

GANIYU NIKE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUFISAYO HANNAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GANIYU NIKE KAFAYAT. DUE TO MARITAL REASON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UKAMAKA VIVIAN I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKAMAKA VIVIAN OKOLO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKAMAKA VIVIAN OBETTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID . GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JINADU ADEBANKE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEGBEMI ADEBANKE OMOWUNMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JINADU ADEBANKE OMOWUNMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION /ADDITION OF NAME THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS YISA IDOWU OJO ON MY ECO BANK ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF ISAH IDOWU OJO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OGHOGHO PERPETUAL I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IRIBHOGBE PERPETUAL AKHERE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGHOGHO PERPETUAL AKHERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

GBADAMOSI ONYEDIKACHI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS CHIME ONYEDIKACHI PAMELA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS GBADAMOSI ONYEDIKACHI PAMELA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLOWOFELA TOYIN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEMOLA TOYIN OMOBOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOWOFELA TOYIN OMOBOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANIEKWE CHRISTIANA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANIAGBA CHRISTIANA OGEOSOLUCHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANIEKWE CHRISTIANA OGEOSOLUCHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZEKWESILI EVANGELINE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEKWESILI EVA AND EZEKWESILI EVANGELINE NATAGU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEKWESILI EVANGELINE MATAGU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OMADACHI MERCY I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AUDU MERCY ONYEBE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMADACHI MERCY ONYEBE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHUKWUEMEKA JOSEPH I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKOYE CHINEDU, OKOYE JOSEPH CHINEDU AND OKOYE CHINEDU JOSEPH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUEMEKA JOSEPH CHINEDU . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BEN INEMESIT I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BEN HAPPY OKON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BEN INEMESIT OKON .

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

25 Change of Names CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

EMIOWELE OGHENETEGA

OSAYANDE IGHALO

ON MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE DATED 19 AUGUST 1977 MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS UMEOKAFOR OKECHUKWU NDUBUISI. WHILE OTHER DOCUMENTS APPEARS AS UMEOKAFOR OKECHUKWU NDUKA.UMEOKAFOR OKECHUKWU NDUBUISI AND UMEOKAFOR OKECHUKWU NDUKA ARE ONE AND THE SAME PERSON.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ABIRI OGHENETEGA CHINOYEREM, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS MRS EMIOWELE OGHENETEGA CHINOYEREM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OMORUYI EDITH IYOBOSA , NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS MRS OSAYANDE IGHALO EDITH IYOBOSA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OYEDUN ABIODUN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEDUN ABIODUN SOJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEDUN ABIODUN MATHEW. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OKPARA MATTHEW I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MATHEW JONAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKPARA MATTHEW JONAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KOLADE AKANJI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KOLADE BRIGHT OLANREWAJU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KOLADE AKANJI HAKEEM OLANREWAJU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OGUNLANA OMOLOLA

ABRA ODIRI

FASASI MARIAM

FATI MORENIKE

ADDITION OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OMIKUNLE OMOLOLA VICTORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGUNLANA OMOLOLA VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABRAHAM SHAKIRU ODIRI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABRA ODIRI SHAKIRU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOSANYA MORIAMO MOTUNRAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FASASI MARIAM MOTUNRAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AKANNI MORENIKE ORIYOMI NOW WISH TO BE CALLED FATI MORENIKE ORIYOMI,ALL ERSTWHILE DOCUMENTS STILL REMAIN THE SAME, BANKS, OTHER AFFECTED INSTITUTIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AREMU ABIODUN NOW WISH TO ADD ALEX TO MY NAME. HENCEFORTH I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AREMU ABIODUN ALEX. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BLESSING ISONG FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BLESSING EGBA ISONG, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BLESSING ISONG OZOEMELAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

HADIM LIVING WORD OF GOD BIBLE CHURCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT HADIM LIVING WORD OF GOD BIBLE CHURCH IS NOW AT NO. 33 AGORO STREET, OKERUBE ABARANJE, IKOTUN, LAGOS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

SARAKI USMAN FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GARBA ABBA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SARAKI USMAN CHRISTOPHER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

IKPONMWOSA AUGUSTINA I FORMERLY KNOWN AS SAWYER AUGUSTINA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IKPONMWOSA AUGUSTINA OMOYE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLUWAKEMI RUTH I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLUWAKEMI RUTH OSUNLEYE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OLUWAKEMI RUTH OSUNLEYEMALOMO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID .

GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MABEL OKAINEMHEN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MABEL OKAINEMHEN AKHOGBA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MABEL OKAINEMHEN OIFOH, DUE TO MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

GODWIN OKOH I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOHAMMEDGALI OKOH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GODWIN OKOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME/BIRTH DATE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKEKE GIFT EBERE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANOKURU GIFT EBERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CORRECTION OF NAME/BIRTH DATE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS ODE SUNDAY JEMIS ON MY BVN INSTEAD OF MOHAMMED FATIMA IYABO. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 29 MAY 1988 AND NOT 19 FEBRUARY 1969. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

TUNDE OGUNYEMI FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TUNDE ODEYEMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TUNDE OGUNYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT OLAOSUN ELIZABETH OMOLOLA AS IN MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND JOHNSON OLAOSUN ELIZABETH OMOLOLA AS IN MY OTHER DOCUMENTS REFERS TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. BUT NOW WISH TO BEKNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOHNSON ELIZABETH OMOLOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

NJOKU UCHENNA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKOLI UCHENNA PATIENCE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS NJOKU UCHENNA PATIENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OTUGO EMMANUEL I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS THOMAS EMMANUEL OKIRORO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTUGO EMMANUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MGBEMENA GINIKA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANAZODO GINIKA MMASINACHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MGBEMENA GINIKA MMASINACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SONEYE TENIDADE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SOGEYINBO AOLAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SONEYE TENIDADE OLAYINKA AOLAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. SKYE BANK AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

GIFT UCHENNA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS GIFT UCHENNA OZURUMBA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS GIFT UCHENNA ARIHILAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID . GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AMAO LATIFAT FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHERIF LATIFAT OMOLARA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMAO LATIFAT OMOLARA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

NWAEZE MAUREEN

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBANEME MAUREEN CHIZUE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWAEZE MAUREEN CHIZUBE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHUKWUMA VALENTINE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUMA VALEXANDER NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUMA VALENTINE ALEXANDER.. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ABANIWONDA MUMINAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KADRI MUMINAT OLUWATOYIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABANIWONDA MUMINAT OLUWATOYIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AWOKE CHISIMDIRI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWU CONFIDENCE NNEKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AWOKE CHISIMDIRI CONFIDENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EKWENYE UCHECHUKWU

ADENIKE OJUOLAPE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEKACHI UCHECHUKWU SAMUEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKWENYE UCHECHUKWU SAMUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENIKE OJUOLAPE OGUNSUYI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENIKE OJUOLAPE SAMUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ANWASIA URENE I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ECHERE URENE JOSEPHINE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANWASIA URENE JOSEPHINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OTALOR AYOBAMI FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OGUNDIPE AYOBAMI ABIGAEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OTALOR AYOBAMI ABIGAEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MEDUOYE ADEBAYO PETER FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NEW WORLD ADEBAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MEDUOYE ADEBAYO PETER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

POPOOLA LANRE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS POPOOLA KEHINDE LANRE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS POPOOLA LANRE JOHNSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

GARUBA TAYO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMSON TEMITAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GARUBA TAYO RANTI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHIME CHINONSO I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NWAIBE CHINONSO IFEOMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS CHIME CHINONSO IFEOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IFEOMA ALEXIS I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEOMA ALEXIS CHITO IBE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEOMA ALEXIS CHITO ALLEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID . GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JINAD RAIMOT FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SULAIMON RAIMOT ARAMIDE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JINAD RAIMOT ARAMIDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ABDULAZEEZ OGBADU FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JONATHAN PETER, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULAZEEZ OGBADU ATTAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AKINSANYA MALAKI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINSANYA SESAN MUSIBAU. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS AKINSANYA MALAKI MUSIBAU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHIOMA RUTH FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALISIGWE CHIOMA RUTH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANUSIONWU CHIOMA RUTH. THAT MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 15/11/1985. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS OYETADE MODUPE ADEDAYO WHILE IN SOME OTHER DOCUMENTS IT WAS WRITTEN AS OYETADE MABEL ADEDAYO. I AM THE ONE BEARING ALL THE NAMES .ALL DOCUMENTS/ CREDENTIALS BEARING THE NAMES ARE VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

Change of Names 26

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

eliXir Gold ouTreach foundaTion

easy-life emPowermenT orGaniZaTion

The General Public is hereby informed ThaT The above-named associaTion has aPPlied To The corPoraTe affairs commission for reGisTraTion under ParT “c” of The comPanies and allied maTTers acT of 1990.

The TrusTees are: 1 iGwe ferdidand okorie chairman 2. Gabriel oGenyi nGwe member 3. iGboke abel okoro secreTary 4. okoroafor david PaTron 5. elebe nweyeke PaTron 6. isaiah eZe member 7. eZebe chinyere member 8. naPoleon nduka ekem member 9. iyioku Jack obinna esQ member 10. david enyinnaya nGwee esQ- leGal adviser aims & obJecTive 1) To PromoTe and fosTer uniTy, love and oneness of PurPose amonGsT members ThrouGh Trade.

2) To work ToGeTher as a Team To resisT unwholesome acTs caPable of affecTinG members business neGaTively.

To work for The financial inTeresT of members ThrouGh The PromoTinG of Good Trade relaTionshiP. any obJecTion To The reGisTraTion should be forwarded To The reGisTrar General, corPoraTe affairs commission, PloT 420 TiGris crescenT, off aGuiyi ironsi sTreeT maiTama, abuJa wiThin 28 days of This PublicaTion. siGned: d.e. nGwee esQ. akaraiwe associaTes 08038819602

The General Public is hereby informed ThaT The above named foundaTion has aPPlied To The corPoraTe affairs commission for reGisTraTion under ParT “c” of The comPanies and allied maTTers acT 1990.

The TrusTees are:(1) Joy nnenna nwaGwuaGwu - PresidenT (2) JonaThan chinaGorom nwaGwuaGwu - vice PresidenT (3) aleXander aGboTia - member (4) ekunola ayokanmi -member (5) aluka samuel mue - secreTary The aims and obJecTives are:(1) To Push for social develoPmenT of underPrivileGed individuals, communiTies and esPecially vulnerable children in niGeria.

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The TrusTees are:(1) afolayan emissah abidemi (PresidenT) (2) adeniyi afolayan adeola favour (3) ayanwale bola hannan ( secreTary) (4) adeniyi abiola mary (5) efua issaacs The aims and obJecTives are: (1) To PromoTe and achieve Good QualiTy of life for The needy and less PrivileGe (2) To do chariTy work, helP The orPhan,widows,and The needy in The socieTy (3) To reach ouT and emPowermenT women, youThs, Physically challenGed and The Poor ThrouGh Provision of humaniTarian services any obJecTion To This reGisTraTion should be forwarded To The reGisTrar-General corPoraTe affairs commission(cac)PloT 420 TiGris crescenT off aGuiyi ironsi sTreeT, maiTama, abuJa wiThin 28days of This PublicaTion.

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The TrusTee is:oyewole olakunle JosePh The aims and obJecTives are:(1) PromoTion of GosPel of The lord Jesus chrisT. (2) ProvidinG care and suPPorT To indiGenT members of The Public any obJecTion To This reGisTraTion should be forwarded To The reGisTrar-General corPoraTe affairs commission(cac) PloT 420 TiGris crescenT off aGuiyi ironsi sTreeT, maiTama, abuJa wiThin 28days of This PublicaTion.

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TrusTees are 1.berePiki odima clifford 2.oPara uchenna franklin 3.berePiki bene 4.nnaJi chiwuba anThony 5.nwaoGu chilaka ikediGbo 6.okoro marTina onyinyechukwu 7.okorafor onuwa Grace aims and obJecTives To eXTenT hands of fellowshiP To indiGenT members of our 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,Pmb.198,Garki,abuJa wiThin TwenTy eiGhT (28) days from The daTe of This PublicaTion. siGned: TrusTees

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African Risk Capacity provides insurance cover to 9.7m in 4 years – Okonjo-Iweala African Risk Capacity initiative says it has underwritten about 400 million dollars of drought risk and provided cover to 9.7 million Africans in its insurance policy in the four years of its operation.

The initiative, a specialised agency of the African Union, was designed to provide current responses to climate-related food security emergencies.

The Chairperson of the initiative, Mrs Ngozi OkonjoIweala, announced the package on Wednesday in Busan, South Korea, at a high level session organised to highlight

importance of disaster risk financing in building resilience among African countries.

The event was part of activities marking the fiveday Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), hosted by the Asian government.

“In four years, we paid over 36 million dollars to four countries and it has helped 2.1 million people and over one million livestock,’’ she said.

The former Minister of Finance said the establishment agreement of the initiative had been signed by only 33 of the African countries and was able to set up an insurance agency

as a neutral body in 2014.

She said Germany and the United Kingdom committed about 200 million dollars in the risk capital through a 20year non-interest loan and had already disbursed 90 million dollars of the fund to shore up the agency.

She, however, added that only eight of the countries were able to participate in the drought risk policy through the facility and were able to pay 54 million dollars to transfer their drought risk through the facility.

Okonjo-Iweala, who was elected Chairperson of the agency’s Governing Board in

2013, explained that 95 per cent of the premium paid by the countries was sourced from their national budgets.

“This is the only organisation among those doing weatherbased insurance where people’s monies are coming from our own resources and that is why we want to promote the need to rely on ourselves.’’

She further said the essence of the initiative was to provide targeted responses to disasters “in a more timely, cost-effective, objective and transparent manner, thereby reducing the cost of response to government and reduce loss of livelihood’’.

The chairperson said the rationale was also based on responding earlier to a disaster before bursting into crisis because it would be financially efficient and more economical.

“We found through our studies that one dollar spent on any intervention through African Risk Capacity saves nearly four and a half dollars spent after a crisis is allowed to erupt.

“Such approach to early planning and not allowing fully fledged crisis to erupt is one aspect of building resilience preached by the African Development Bank.’’

The former minister

expressed the belief that African Risk Capacity was about Africans taking charge of their own affairs and finding a way to finance their responses and ensuring their resilience to development.

“We cannot continue to be a continent that continuously depends on generosity of other countries.’’

The AfDB’s meetings, with the theme: “Accelerating Africa’s Industrialisation”, is hosted by the Korean Government through the Korea-African Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) as a non-member of the bank group. NAN

ICT firm to spread in Africa with investments in Nigeria Amaka Okorafor, Abuja Freshworks Inc; a leading provider of cloud-based business software, recently announced its expansion into the African market.

The firm plans to substantially increase its commitment with specific investments in marketing, sales and partner resources to better serve its customers in the region.

“Africa is a very strategic market for Freshworks, said Arihant Jain, Director for Middle East & Africa, Freshworks. “The opening of Africa is an important milestone for us, as it demonstrates our expanding commitment to the region and strengthens our position as a leading software provider.

The combination of our industry-leading solutions along with a growing customer base in the region will augment our local operations. Our aim is to build rich, meaningful engagement with enterprises of all sizes that are looking for new cutting-edge solutions to power their customer and employee experiences.”

IDC predicts the overall African IT spending to reach $33.4 billion in 2018, with nearly $1.9 billion of that spend coming from Nigeria alone.

The year 2017 saw Freshworks

building their African foundation with the company’s flagship ‘Partner Program’ receiving immense interest from regional resellers and adding Beaupun and GoTech to their partner ecosystem.

Today, with a diverse network of partners, the experience of

serving leading businesses and their IT executives and the recent accreditation of the ‘2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for IT Service Management Tools’, Freshworks is paving way for the future of IT service management in Africa to keep

pace with growing customer and market demands.

With a mission to reimagine and transform IT experiences, Freshworks, along with select c-level executives and IT leaders, would be discussing the ‘Consumerization of IT: From a Service to an

Experience’ at an exclusive invite-only Breakfast & Networking event organized on 31st May at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Lagos.

With the company’s strategic focus on the African market, this event is a step forward in building Freshworks’

credentials as a front-runner in the experience era.

Freshworks Inc. is the parent company behind the suite of products, which includes Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales, Freshcaller, Freshteam, Freshchat and Freshmarketer.

Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(2nd left), Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Ashafa (left), House of Representatives member representing Ikorodu Constituency, Hon. Jimi Benson (right) and representative of the Managing Director, Arab Contractors Nigeria Limited, Mr Wael Salem (2nd right) during the flag -off of the Rehabilitation of Ikorodu -Shagamu road in Lagos/Ogun States at KM 2, Ikorodu -Shagamu Road. . . on Monday

SGF seeks comprehensive social housing roadmap Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has advocated for a comprehensive social housing roadmap to tackle the huge housing deficit in the country and entrench policy sustainability in the sector.

Mustapha stated this on Wednesday when he received in audience the board members of the Federal

Housing Authority in his office, Abuja.

The provision of affordable and low-cost houses to citizens, according to the SGF, is a primary responsibility of government because it is a social investment that should ease housing challenges.

He observed that over the years this objective had not been realized because of policy somersaults by the successive administrations.

He therefore stressed that

since government was a continuum, all developmental policies of the agency should be sustained and not discarded.

The SGF reiterated the determination of the present administration to redress the huge seventeen million housing deficit, by ensuring that a million houses were built across the country every year. He assured that the administration would do the needful to accomplish the task.

He called on the management of the Federal Housing Authority to take stock and come up with a policy that would ensure that their assets generated commensurate revenue, and were not a burden.

He applauded the productive efforts of Nigeriansin-Diaspora through their remittances to the economy.

He therefore urged that these remittances could be invested in beautiful estates for them

with a view to halting the problem of fraud and abuse of trust by their friends and relatives.

In his remarks earlier, the Chairman of the Board, Senator Lawal Shuaibu said they were in the office to brief the SGF on the activities and challenges of the agency and to seek for support and intervention in key areas of concern. He hinted that in the 45 years history of the Authority, government had made huge investment of

over a trillion naira in housing projects.

He lamented the challenge of poor budgetary funding and requested that states assist the agency with suitable lands where they could build and sell. He solicited for the amelioration of their estates ravaged by ecological problems and requested that the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government should coordinate the diaspora city project.

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, May 24, 2018

Benue Assembly directs committee to intervene in varsity fees hike Benue House of Assembly on Wednesday directs its House Standing Committee on Education to inquire into the motive behind the increase in school fees

by Benue State University (BSU).

This resolution was reached following a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Damian Cheme (Gwer West/APC) during plenary in Makurdi.

Cheme, in his motion, informed the house that BSU management has increased school fees for the 2017/2018 academic session.

“With the new increment, BSU fresh students are to pay N92,100 as against N68,800; N92,100 as against N71,400; N113,400 as against N71,400; and N147,409 against N77,650.

“The increments were in the previous session for Sciences/Social

Sciences, Arts/Education/ Law, Environmental/ Management Sciences and Basic and Allied Medical Sciences faculties respectively”, Cheme said.

He said that BSU was established to address the educational deficit in the state, occasioned by gross marginalisation of Benue indigenes seeking admission in other universities across the country.

He expressed concern

that if the fees were always increased arbitrarily by the management, parents might not be able to pay, considering the unfavourable economic situation in the country.

Cheme, therefore, prayed the house to summon the institution’s vice-chancellor to explain the reason behind the increment.

Seconding the motion, Mr Johnson Ahubi (Otukpo/ Akpa/PDP) said the motion

was timely, adding that the school fees issue must be addressed and resolved urgently or many students would remain at home.

In his ruling, the Speaker, Mr Terkimbi Ikyange, ordered the committee to interface with the vicechancellor of BSU and the state Commissioner for Education to find out the reason for the increment and report back to the house within one week.

2019: Group earmark N25m support for guber candidate from Ogun West Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta A political group, the Movement for Yewa-Awori for Governor (MOYAG), has agreed to support the campaign of any gubernatorial aspirant anointed by the incumbent Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, with the sum of N25m.

The group therefore called all political parties in Ogun State, to field their governorship candidates from Ogun West zone for the 2019 general elections.

Addressing a press conference, on Wednesday, in

Abeokuta, the Convener of the group, Sola Oyekanmi, lamented the alleged marginalization of Yewa-Awori people in the politics of the state, noting it was high time the situation was addressed.

Flanked by other officials of the group, Oladeinde TebunFagbemi and Yusuf Akinlotan, Oyekanmi, described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the strongest political force in the state to achieve the YewaAwori aspiration.

He explained that the easiest way for Ogun West to produce governor for the first time in

42 years is for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other parties to zone their gubernatorial tickets to the senatorial district.

He observed that the prevailing political imbalance has seen other senatorial districts benefit more from infrastructural development ahead of Ogun West.

According to him, the governor has demonstrated his resolve in words and in actions towards the actualisation of justice and fair play in pursuit of political balance in the state.

“We, as a movement, are willing to support anyone and all credible efforts to ensure that the next governor emerges from our senatorial district.

“We hereby state clearly that when Governor Amosun delivers on his promise, the entire people of Ogun West Senatorial District will be very grateful and he will be recorded in history as the most significant pillar of support for the YewaAwori people towards our pursuit for development and political advancement.”

“We want to call on all political parties to encourage and

field candidates of Ogun West extraction. We have waited for 42 years. It is time for us to have a governor from our senatorial district “We call on all political parties, regardless of their political interest or philosophy, to present Yewa-Awori candidates for the elections. Amosun has vowed to support Ogun West for governor.

Whoever he decides to back at the end of the day is his prerogative. And we believe he is a man of his words. Since he has reiterated his support for Ogun West agenda, there is nothing to fear”, MOYAG Convener stated.

R-L: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Commissioner for Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo; and Chief Security Officer, Government House, during the unveiling and handover of a new Armoured Personnel Carrier by the governor, to the police, at the Government House, Benin City . . .on Tuesday

Osibanjo visits Nasarawa, assures IDPs of safe return home Augustine Kuza, Lafia Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday assured internally displaced persons in Nasarawa State of their safe return home following success recorded in the reconciliation between farmers and herdersmen.

Osinbajo, gave the assurance when he visited IDP camps in Awe and Obi Local Government Area of the state.

He noted that the current administration is committed to the protection of lives and properties adding that all efforts has been channelled to ensuring their security and safe return home.

He said, “it is our own duty to secure your lives and properties that is the reason why I am here to ensure your return safely. I am here to see for myself and to hear what is happening in the state. I have already been briefed on

what is happening that is why federal government approved N10 billion to IDPs in the affected states.

“I am here to tell you that in no distant time relief materials will be given to you and that is why we are also here with the DG of NEMA. “We want to make sure peace return to where Herdsmen and farmers clash occurred and both Nasarawa State government and that of Benue State would be meeting

with their security council to brainstorm on how to bring lasting solutions because the crisis has been happening for long and it must come to an end,” he said.

The Vice President also assured the IDPs of federal government efforts to provide succour to enable them start their normal farming activities and business in order to reduce the distress they are passing through.

Earlier in his address,

Governor Umaru Tanko AlMakura said the herdsmen crisis has been occurring before now, adding that the recent enactment of anti- open grazing law by the Benue State government aggravated the situation.

He noted that the paramount thing for the Internal Displaced Persons is the provision of security in their deserted communities to ensure their security when they return to their place of abode.

AfDB, AIMS partner to increase investments in Science, Mathematics, others Mathew Dadiya, Abuja African Development Bank (AfDB,) has signed a Letter of Intent with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) geared towards finding opportunities for potential partnership between the two institutions on key developmental areas.

The organizations will specifically explore ways of strengthening education and research in the mathematical sciences across Africa.

AfDB and AIMS said that the letter signified intention for collaboration that would afford opportunities to leverage resources to develop and strengthen advanced science, technology and innovation skills, as well as the knowledge required to drive the modern economy in Africa.

The Letter of Intent was signed Wednesday, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings in Busan, South Korea.

Jennifer Blanke, the Bank’s Vice-President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, joined Thierry Zomahoun, President and CEO of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), as Letter of Intent signatories.

Blanke said that mathematics and science play a critical role in the promotion of human development and innovation in Africa.

“What we are really excited about, in all areas that we are working, is that it is about developing African solutions to African challenges. We are very excited to be doing this, and doing this with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences,” she said.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the AIMS say a possible outcome leading from the letter could be the establishment of an AfDB-AIMS Partnership Program to build expertise in mathematical sciences across Africa.

The Partnership Program would be tasked with scaling up a strong, young African community of world-class scientists and technologists.

AIMS has said it wants to be the MIT of Africa - referring to the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.

“As we talk about Africa’s transformation – this is such a passion that drives AIMS, this is what I personally believe in – that nothing is possible without the people,” said AIMS CEO and President, Thierry Zomahoun.

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, May 24, 2018

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Appeal Panel okays Kwara APC congress

By Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Panel for the last Saturday state congress in Kwara state, Osita Egwuatu, yesterday declared that all went well with the conduct of the congress in the state.

Egwuatu, who briefed

newsmen at the end of the committee’s assignment in the state, also denied allegations that his committee was camped by the state government to prevent aggrieved party members from accessing them to make their complaints.

The panel’s chairman disclosed that as at the time of winding up its activities,

there was neither a petition nor protest from any quarter to warrant an investigation.

On the allegation that the state government camped them somewhere, Egwuta said, “Go and tell them, we have been here for three days, this is the party secretariat and we are supposed to be here, we even pasted the information about

our activities on the secretariat board, and we are here in the party secretariat, so how could we have been camped? The fact that they make such a claim means that they acknowledge we were here. We have not received any petition up till now so it is sufficient to say that all went well in this state”.

Asked who is the authentic

APC chairman in the state, Egwuatu, flanked by the two other members of the committee, Jafar Alhassan and Raji AkinAkingbulugbe, said the details are contained in his report which are yet to be submitted to the party’s national body.

He, however, said the committee held its assignment at the only known APC secretariat

along Agba road, GRA, Ilorin.

The aforementioned APC secretariat is being occupied by the Hon. Ishola Balogun - Fulani led executive of the party.

Egwuatu, disclosed that as at the time of winding up its activities, there was neither a petition nor protest from any quarter to warrant an investigation.

Lack of internal democracy tearing APC apart –Atiku loyalist Tom Garba, Yola Former Women Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Mrs Lami Kevin Aguwa, has said that the party is a sinking ship and a wagon that is heading for a head on collision because of its lack of internal democracy.

Mrs Aguwa who one time staunch loyalist of APC dumped the party when Alhaji Atiku Abubakar decided to rejoin People Democracy Party (PDP), to

aspire for 2019 Presidential seat in the opposition party.

According to her they were in APC because of the ‘’Change’’ mantra slogan that swayed away the people of Nigeria minds on desperation to change the Jonathan’s administration thinking something much more the past administration of Jonathan will be seen.

She said that APC promised Nigerians heaven on earth assured that all shall be well by improving the standard of living of

everyone but the change was bargained to give Nigerians hardships and intolerable pains on the people.

She consider the change as a “useless” change that has not shown any atom of positive bearing to Nigerians but assuring Nigerians that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is changing the “change’’ for the betterment of all, haven being a politician at the centre stage of the country affairs.

Kevin lament bitterly over the suffering and

pains Nigerians are going through in this present administration, basing her argument on the APC Congress conducted over the country to be full of complains and petitions as a results of parallel Congress.

She further Said she is much aware of the Campaign promises Buhari had promised to Nigerians, ranging from matching a Naira to a Dollar, wading off insurgents of whatever within his few months in Office, Nigerian Youths will

be receiving 5000 as token to empower them, it is in this present regime that we had witnessed the worst form of petroleum scarcity the country has ever had.

“The country is just collapsing in this APC regime, virtually nothing good is moving and I guess it has to do with the leadership, it is only in this country the political party has factionalise itself in all the 36 States, causing unnecessary tention to everybody in the country.

“I think the answers to our many questions is in Atiku Abubakar, he is capable of taken us out of the chains of suffering we are passing through, I wish Nigerians will understand that only him has the ability to change Nigeria for good,” she said.

On wanting a response from the APC in Adamawa, the publicity secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi an effort was made to reach on phone but was not picking at a point the number was saying not reachable.

Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, (Left), arriving Orlu Local Government area in continuation of his consultation and interactive session with the leaders and the members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State...on Wednesday.

Power outage: YEDC seeks customers understanding Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo The Area Manager, Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), Mr. Herbert Hanawa Rufus has called on the residents of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital to exercise patience and understanding following the recent heavy rainfall and windstorm that ravaged the area.

Hanawa, who stated this on Tuesday while answering

questions from journalists in his Jalingo office expressed dismay and sadness over the attacks that occurred on 14th April, and 5th May, 2018, saying about seven lives were lost with property worth millions of Naira destroyed.

The Area Manager further disclosed that following the incidence, YEDC Network, Injection Substations and Office Buildings were ravaged leading

to the Company’s inability to restore Power Supply to some parts of Jalingo.

“As a result of the rain and windstorm that attacked and ravaged our Network, Injection Substations and Office buildings, we have not been able to restore Power supply to some parts of Jalingo Business Unit, especially part of those on Govt-House Feeder up till today”, said Hanawa.

He however, said frantic efforts are being made to rectify all the problems and restore Power Supply to the Areas within the shortest time possible.

According to him, YEDC discovered that 171 Poles were lost within Jalingo and environs following the rainstorm.

“As at the date of this incident, Poles were unavailable in both Jalingo and Yola for Sales, so Management had to order for

its Manufacture with immediate effect”, “Currently work is in progress with the acquired Poles by the Management, to restore supply to the rest of 30% of the Customers who are yet to receive Power Supply”, he added.

While soliciting for the payment of the outstanding balance owed YEDC by its Customers, Rufus Hanawa appealed for Patience and

Understanding pointing out that the Company is committed to better Service delivery.

Herbert Rufus Hanawa, earlier told Journalists that YEDC’s 24 hours Power supply non stop, to its Customers in Jalingo was attributed to the increase in allocation to Jalingo Business Unit from 8 to 25 Megawatts and the synergy between Taraba State Government and Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC).

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

United named most valuable football team

Arsenal confirm Emery as new manager Arsenal announced former Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery as their new boss on Wednesday, handing him the daunting task of revitalising a club that has slipped well behind their Premier League rivals.

The Spaniard, who won the domestic treble with PSG this season, emerged as the shock favourite to replace Arsene Wenger earlier this week after it had appeared former Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta was in line to land the job at the Emirates.

Wenger departed at the end of the season following a 22-year reign, with the club finishing sixth in the Premier League – 37 points behind champions Manchester City – and failing to qualify for the Champions League.

Arsenal will be wary of the turmoil at Manchester United after the departure of longserving manager Alex Ferguson in 2013 but said the choice of Emery was unanimous.

“I am thrilled to be joining one of the great clubs in the game,” Emery, 46, told Arsenal’s website.

“Arsenal is known and loved

throughout the world for its style of play, its commitment to young players, the fantastic stadium, the way the club is run. I’m very excited to be given the responsibility to start this important new chapter in Arsenal’s history.”

Chief executive Ivan Gazidis said the decision to appoint the former Valencia and Spartak Moscow boss had been unanimous.

“Unai has an outstanding track record of success throughout his career, has developed some of the best young talent in Europe and plays an exciting, progressive style of football that fits Arsenal perfectly,” he said.

“His hard-working and passionate approach and his sense of values on and off the pitch make him the ideal person to take us forward.”

Emery, 46, left PSG this month after winning Ligue 1 and four domestic cups in two seasons in the French capital.

The Spaniard, who will be unveiled at a press conference at the Emirates later on Wednesday, will work in a head

coach capacity at Arsenal.

It follows the appointments of Raul Sanllehi as head of football relations and Sven Mislintat as head of recruitment over the past year Before moving to France in 2016, Emery had a significant track record of success Spain, winning three successive Europa League titles with Sevilla.

Arsenal have won three FA Cups in the past five seasons but have consistently failed to mount a credible title challenge since they were last crowned Premier League winners in 2004.

Wenger won three Premier Leagues and a record seven FA Cups during his time in charge, his crowning glory coming in the 2003/04 season when Arsenal won the league without losing a single game.

The club will be desperate to re-establish themselves among the Premier League elite.

Defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semifinals earlier this month meant Arsenal missed out on Champions League qualification for a second consecutive season.

Brighton sign Balogun on free transfer

Brighton Albion have international Balogun with

and Hove signed Nigeria defender Leon the free agent

signing a two-year deal, the Premier League side said on Tuesday.

Balogun, 29, arrives at the south coast side after reaching the end of his contract with German side Mainz. The tall centre-back has plenty of experience in the Bundesliga, having also represented Hanover and Werder Bremen among other clubs.

“I am delighted to welcome Leon to the club. He will add more depth to our defensive options and I am pleased to get our first piece of business done so early in the summer,” Brighton manager Chris Hughton told the club’s website https://www. brightonandhovealbion.com/

news/2018/may/albion-makefirst-summer-signing.

“He is in the peak years of his career and I am sure he will integrate well into the squad. He also has valuable experience, having played in the Bundesliga, the Europa League and at international level.”

The Berlin-born player has represented Nigeria 14 times and was named in manager Gernot Rohr’s provisional 30man squad for next month’s World Cup. Brighton finished 15th in the league this season after winning promotion from the Championship for the first time in 2017.

Manchester United may have finished second in the English Premier League this season but the club is top of the table in terms of overall value, according to a report by accounting firm KPMG on Wednesday.

The Red Devils’ overall value increased five percent compared to 2017 to more than €3.2 billion, beating Real Madrid on €2.9 billion and FC Barcelona on €2.8 billion.

“We calculate the assets of each club, if they own a stadium for example, the value of the players, but also the value of the brand or image

with advertising contracts and their reach on social networks,” said Jacques Boussuge, head of sports advisory at KPMG. Of the 32 European clubs assessed, Bayern Munich came fourth with €2.55 billion, Juventus were ninth on €1.3 billion, with Paris SaintGermain in 11th place, with an estimated value of €1.14 billion.

“PSG is progressing... but it takes time and is limited by financial fair play regulations,” Boussuge said.

In total, the financial value of the 32 clubs reached an estimated €32.5 billion, a 9 percent increase on 2017.

Kelechi Nwakali pleased with performance for Nigeria B against Atletico Kelechi Nwakali says he is pleased with his performance for Nigeria B in their friendly match against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

Salisu Yusuf’s Nigerian side fell to a 3-2 defeat to the Spanish club in the GOTV Max Cup friendly at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Nwakali, who is on the books of Premier League giants Arsenal but has spent the last couple of seasons out on loan, was one of Nigeria’s best players in the match and scored the opening goal.

“It was a good game from our team, I didn’t expect this kind of performance from our team because we came [together with] only three days to the game,” the player said in his post-match

interview.

“We thank God for the opportunity from the coach. The team build-up and play was awesome.”

Nwakali’s longrange goal in the 31st minute gave the Super Eagles B team the lead but Angel Correa restored parity for the newly crowned UEFA Europa League

champions a minute later.

Fernando Torres came on as a second half substitute to make it 2-1 for Atletico in the 64th minute before Usman Mohammed levelled scores for Nigeria.

However, Borja Baston sealed the win for the Spanish side five minutes from time.

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Ogun shines at Western boxing bout Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State has won all the laurels at the just concluded boxing Bout organised by the state government and I-Yes Sport, in honour of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s 80th birthday celebration.

With the feat, the state will represent the Southwest zone of the country during the grand finale scheduled to take take place at Oyo town of to mark Alaafin birthday, Meanwhile, Ogun State Government has urged Philanthropists and Corporate bodies to continue to support boxing for and other sporting events in the State rather than football where all efforts are been concentrated on.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun made the appeal at the grand finale of a boxing Championship jointly organised by the State government and I-Yes Sport, in honour of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s

80th birthday celebration.

Amosun who was represented by the State Commissioner for Youths and Sport, Hon. Moroof Afolabi Afuape, at the competition held at the Alake Sports Centre, Ijeja Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, also urged the general public to give the same support given to football games to other sporting events in order to develop more talents, which will help take away lay about youths off the streets.

He commended the initiative and gesture of the organizers of the event, I Yes sport, while he said that the present administration in the State will continue to provide enabling environment for investors and corporate firms, as well as create platforms that will galvanise stronger Public Private partnership in Sports development.

Speaking earlier, the Oyo State commissioner for Youths and Sport, Hon. Abayomi Oke, commended

the gesture of the Ogun State government for providing enabling environment for sport development in the south west States.

The President of I-Yes Sport, Barrister Bob Olukoya, in his own address gave assurance that next year’s edition of the Alaafin of Oyo annual boxing Championship will be bigger between the two sisters states (Ogun and Oyo).

Speaking with newsmen at the event Olukoya Said I – Yes sport is Very proud to honour Alaafin at 80, as the King is a former boxer, who has been encouraging a lot of upcoming boxers within and outside Nigeria.

He added that this is the reason why they(from I-Yes Sport) all came back to Nigeria to honour Alaafin, noting that the next round of the boxing championship is going to involve South South States and will cut across the country, while the final bout will take place at the Palace of the Alaafin of Oyo.

FIFA to lift ban on international football matches in Libya The President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, says the ban on international football matches in Libya will be lifted soon.

“The head of the presidential council (of the government) Fayez Sarraj, has received an official letter from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, on the demands to lift the ban on Libya hosting international matches.

Infantino confirmed to

have had the opportunity to review the report submitted by the (FIFA) Committee on Libya, and expressed confidence that it will not take long for international matches to return to Libya,” the media office of the Libyan Government said in a statement.

Infantino says FIFA will reach a solution very soon. He expressed appreciation for the urgent desire of the

Libyan people and government to host international matches.

A senior FIFA delegation visited the capital Tripoli earlier in April to consider lifting the ban.

FIFA banned international matches in Libyan stadiums since 2013 due to the deteriorating security situation in the country.

NAN reports that Libyan clubs have had to use neutral venues to host their matches while The Mediterranean Knights have played ‘home’ World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Mali, Egypt and Tunisia over the last five years.

In spite of a domestic league that has been stop-start due to the unrest, Libya qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, claimed their first senior African title at the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and finished third in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group.

In February they lost on penalties to Sudan to finish fourth at the 2018 CHAN.

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African Athletics Championship: Okowa tasks firm to complete renovation work at Asaba Stadium June Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed worry over the slow pace of renovation work at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba slated to host the fourth coming Senior African Athletics Championship in August this year.

Okowa, who was on an inspection visit to the stadium on Tuesday gave a marching order to the contracting film handling the project to fast track its speed and ensure that the project is completed before the end of June.

According to him, “although, the contractor had been working very hard, there is the need to

double effort to complete the job, i am not quite impressed that the project is at a slow pace, i do not want whatever that will set the championship back or bring shame to Delta State, We have provided all it takes financially to ensure that the project is completed but there seems to be delay and slow pace, it is unfair and my administration will not take this”.

Okowa who also inspected the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Asaba airport including the asphalting of the run way was optimistic that the contractor will complete his assignment in a couple of days told our reporter that “we have done our bid as a government and

we do hope that Asaba airport project will go into the history of judgment, we are determined to make Asaba airport a first class airport and first among equals and we hope that the contracting firm will leave up to expectations to ensure the project is completed to specification”.

The Asaba airport is key as most of the athletes will be in Delta State capital via the airport.

It will be recalled that the airport was shut down about six weeks ago to enable the new contractor, SETRACO complete the renovation exercise.

Governor Okowa also inspected the drainage projects in some parts of Asaba.

Salisu Yusuf: We’ve started building new U23s Coach Salisu Yusuf has disclosed they have already begun building a new Nigeria U23 team with Tuesday night’s friendly between the Super Eagles ‘B’ team and Atletico Madrid.

Several of the players who lined up for the Eagles B team like Ebube Duru, Samad Kadiri, Alhassan Ibrahim, Ikouwem Udoh, Chinedu Ajanah and Kelechi Nwakali are under 23.

“The work to build a new U23 team has already begun and that was why a good number of the players

were within that age bracket,” said Salisu Yusuf, who is also an assistant to Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr and as well in charge of the CHAN Eagles.

“We will continue to build on the team as the opportunity comes.”

Salisu Yusuf’s assistant Imama Amapakabo said even though the secondstring Eagles team lost 3-2 to a decent Atletico Madrid side, they have gained confidence with what they showed against one of the best clubs in Europe.

“The young boys have gained confidence,” he

said.

“We have promising players and with what they showed (vs Atletico), the future is bright.

“It was an exciting game, the spectators got their money’s worth.”

Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi returns to face investigation The head of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi arrives back in the country on Wednesday to face an investigation ordered by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Nyantakyi, who is also the first vice-president at the Confederation of African Football, is accused of fraudulently using the president’s name.

The GFA boss has been caught on video using the name of the president and other senior government officials to induce “potential investors” to part with money.

The video was recorded by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and is due to be broadcast on June 6.

“The president after consultations is fully

satisfied that a prima facie basis has been established for criminal investigations to be launched into the conduct of the president of the football association,” Akufo-Addo’s deputy chief of staff Samuel Abu Jinapor said.

Anas reported on alleged corrupt practices among the Ghanaian judiciary in 2015 that led to the suspension and in some cases dismissal of some judges.

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Expert tasks IMCs on basic rules in managing crisis

NNPC sets to pay N2.1bn debt to NPA this week

FG hasn’t awarded 2nd Niger bridge contract - Reps c’ttee • Accuses BPP of delaying contract award Henry Omunu, Abuja

The House of Representatives Committee on Works has declared that the Buhari administration hasn’t awarded the contract for the second Niger Bridge, accusing the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) of delaying the award of the contract by the federal government.

According to the committee, while the works ministry has concluded early procurement processes for the award of the contract, the federal government hasn’t awarded the contract because of the delay in approving the due process by the BPP. The committee said that the construction work being done by Julius Berger was the early earth work which is in four stages and not the building of the bridge as the public is being made to believe.

Chairman of the House committee, Rep. Toby Okechukwu, made this disclosure in an interview with journalists on Wednesday.

He reiterated that while the ministry of power, works and housing had concluded work on the contract details and forwarded same to the BPP for approval, the lawmaker however, regretted that the inability of the BPP to approve the contract is holding back the Buhari administration from awarding the contract for the bridge.

The lawmaker stated that the delay by the procurement agency in concluding the due process that will lead to the eventual contract award by the government may force the construction giant to demobilize from site in June, until the contract is approved and awarded to it legally.

Already, Rep. Okechukwu revealed that Julius Berger is scheduled to

complete early earth work on the bridge by June, warning that unless the BPP approves the contract for procurement, the construction firm may demobilize and remobilizing to site may cost an estimated N10 billion.

“The government hasn’t awarded the contract for the second Niger bridge. And Julius Berger is due to stop work by June and if they demobilize and mobilize again, it’s going to be very expensive.

“I am aware that the ministry has concluded their negotiations with Julius Berger and submitted it to due process. Due processes are the ones holding the process down.

“Julius Berger is working. They’re piecemeal; early earth works one, two, three and four. Early earth works

four will end in June. If it ends, you’ll go through procurement again.

“So, why are you not procuring the entire contract? And there is no framework for expenditure of money put in the budget if you don’t have a contract. That the money put in the budget will be a waste if you don’t award the contract.

“And why should you award four different contracts going through processes for the past three to four years. So, there must be an end to every litigation.

“If this contract is not awarded prior to the end of June, it will be colossal in terms of the economic and financial consequences in the contract execution.

“If Julius Berger demobilizes and has to mobilize again, it will cost you

not less than N10 billion. And more importantly, you’ll not be able to take advantage of the seasonal weather issues.

“The consequences is that we will still be talking about this project in the next one year. And they (Berger) have a process that’s on. We’re not at ease with piecemeal award of contract.

“Why don’t you establish a framework for the completion of the project by awarding a contract?

“That’s why the monies put in 2015, 2016 and 2017 budget for the bridge haven’t been accessed because it’s not awarded.

“The bridge would have cost N60 billion about 10 years ago, now it’s going to cost well over N200 billion and if we leave it till next year, it’ll cost well above that.

L-R: Group Executive, Treasury & Financial Institutions, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Ini Ebong; Prince and Princess Aderemi of Praxitelles Limited; Gbenga Shobo, Deputy Managing Director, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Olusegun Alebiosu, Chief Risk Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, at the Voice of The Customer forum convened by FirstBank in Lagos ...on Wednesday.

2018 budget: How Buhari will treat appropriation bill when transmitted by NASS – Udoma The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, on Wednesday disclosed that the National Assembly was yet to transmit the 2018 Appropriation Bill that was passed into law last week to

President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

Udoma made the disclosure while addressing State House Correspondents shortly after the weekly meeting of Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the

Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He stated that the President will “very quickly” work on the budget when transmitted to him.

His words, “The President is yet to receive the budget. It is, therefore, impossible to make a

statement about the budget that has not been received.

“Once we get it, we will work very quickly on it.

“When it is submitted, I am sure the National Assembly themselves will inform Nigerians.”

Finance ministry explains staff gathering, debunks strike allegation Motolani Oseni Against the general belief that the staff gathered at the Federal Ministry of Finance’s main Auditorium, the Ministry has explained that its combined staff union only held its normal general congress on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Ministry’s main Auditorium.

This was contained in a document obtained by The Daily Times on Wednesday, which was signed by the Patricia Deworitshe DD (Press).

According to the statement, “many journalists have called the Press Unit with many spurious allegations against the HMF and the PSF. They said they got their information from ‘reliable’ sources in the staff union.”

In the light of the above, we want to state as follows: “What took place today (Wednesday, May 23, 2018) in the Ministry was a normal staff congress, where staff gathered to discuss sundry issues, not a riot as alleged by some journalists.

“Many key Directors in the Ministry including Director, Human Resources (DHR) and Director, General Services (DGS), attended the staff congress and clarified issues raised by the staff.”

It stated further that the staff of the Ministry were not on strike, the gate of the Ministry and offices in the Ministry were not locked as alleged by some of the journalists. The monthly FAAC Meeting that held today confirms that the Ministry was not shut down.

It added: “The issues raised and discussed in the meeting are regular internal issues of the Ministry and should be allowed to remain that way.

“The congress never accused the HMF and PSF of the issues alleged by the journalists.

“Journalists are advised to always verify their reports with the right sources before making baseless allegations”, it stated.

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NNPC sets to pay N2.1bn debt to NPA this week Motolani Oseni The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has concluded all plans to pay all debts owed the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) between 2017 to date this week, which is amounting to N2.1billion.

The debts are said to be for services rendered to the Corporation between the aforementioned periods.

This is coming just as the NPA has assured that henceforth, the NNPC would not be charged by the Authority for services not offered to the Corporation. The new measure is to foster a better working relationship with the Corporation.

In a statement signed on

Wednesday by the NPA’s Assistant General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communication, Mr. Isah Suwaid, these were part of the outcome of discussions between the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman and the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Engr. Dr. Maikanti Baru, when she paid him a courtesy call in Abuja on Tuesday.

While assuring that the NNPC would subsequently ensure steady and prompt payment for services rendered to it by the Authority, the Corporation said it may be constrained to approach the NPA Board for a soft landing on the payment of legacy debts the Corporation owes the NPA, some of which have been outstanding for more than 20 years.

Hadiza Bala Usman said her visit to the Corporation was borne out of the desire to strengthen the synergy and collaboration between both Agencies. According to her with the planned dredging of the Escravos and Ejigbo area in Lagos, there was a need for the Corporation to bury its pipelines deeper to allow for effective dredging activities to enable deeper draft for bigger vessels to access Warri and Lagos in a bid to enhance the supply of petroleum products and other larger vessels coming into the country.

Engr. Baru commended the NPA for securing the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the dredging of the Escravos channel, stressing that the feat would go a long way in stimulating

economic activities in the area.

While commending the NPA Management under Hadiza Bala Usman for ensuring speedy clearance of Petroleum laden vessels to berth, Engr. Baru described Hadiza’s style of Management as “Nationalistic”, saying that the NNPC would remain grateful to the NPA for the existing cordial relationship between them in the service of the nation.

The NPA Managing Director was accompanied on the visit by the Executive Director, Finance & Admin., Mohammed Bello-Koko, that of Engineering & Technical Services, Prof. Idris Abubakar and the General Managers of Engineering and Abuja Liaison Office, Engr. Rufai Mohammed and Mr. Kabir Edward respectively.

Reps investigate PENCOM for violating Procurement Act Henry Omunu, Abuja TheHouseofRepresentatives on Wednesday said it will investigate the violation of the Public Procurement Act following allegations of financial mismanagement committed by the National Pension Commission.

This resolution is sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored

by Rep. Zakariya’u Galadima from Yobe state.

Rep. Zakariya’u expressed worry that PENCOM’s investment power in the recent past has been subjected to gross abuse without compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007.

He stated that PENCOM like other government agencies is required to utilize its funds

prudently and efficiently and expected to pay all revenue generated into the Treasury Single Account or designated accounts maintained in the Central Bank, except otherwise expressly approved.

According to him, if the alleged reckless spending, misappropriation of funds and lack of adherence to due process are not addressed, the

commission may proceed with similar abuses in future that will certainly put the interest of pensioners and the industry as whole in jeopardy.

Adopting the resolution, the House mandated its committees on public procurement and pensions to investigate the allegations and report back within six weeks for further legislative action.

Minister of Information and Culture , Alhaji Lai Mohammed(right), being briefed by the Project Manager of Reynolds Construction Company, Mr. Harel Vaknin, during the inspection of the ongoing work on Oyo-Ogbomoso Road... on Tuesday.

Medview Airline honours Animashaun as former COO takes a bow Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Medview Airline yesterday sent forte Engineer Lookman Olanrewaju Animashaun at a brief ceremony at its corporate office in Lagos.

Engineer Animashaun served the airline in various capacities as Head of Engineering, Executive Director (Technical), Chief Operating Officer/ Accountable Manager and Head, Special Projects before he took a bow two weeks ago.

The ceremony was attended by the airline Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, the Chief Operating Officer Officer, Michael Ajigbotosho, Head, Flight Operations, Captain Mohammed Mwonda,, Head, Safety, Captain Tchana Nicholas, Quality Assurance Manager, Engr. Benedict Umunna Head, Engineering, Omolopo Adetoro , Head of Commercial, Mr. Trevor Henry and Executive Director, Business Development, Alhaji Isiaq Na-Allah, Head, Administration, Mr Ogundero and other departmental heads.

Meanwhile, the airline has stated that the companyis not aware of any law suit by passengers over cancellation of a flight on August 13, 2017.

Kwara IRS rakes N7.7bn revenue in 4 months Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin Chairman of the Kwara Internal Revenue Service, Dr. Murtala Awodun, on Wednesday disclosed that the agency has generated the sum of N7. 7 billion between January and April this year.

The KWIRS chairman stated this in Ilorin at the quarterly media parley held at the conference hall of the state ministry of information, ROYAL NEWS reports.

Giving the breakdown of the revenue, Awodun, explained that the sum of N2.2billion was generated for the month of January, N2.3billion for February, N1.8billion for March and N1.29billion for April as against the total sum of N11billion generated at the first quarter in the year 2017.”

The Chairman also enumerated some of the agency’s community impact activities within the first quarter to include: “renovation of marriage registry, distribution of books to pupils of schools in the Kwara North Senatorial District,clearing of drainages around Tanke area, contribution of endowment funds to the forthcoming convocation of the Kwara State University, Malete and donation of vehicle to the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW).”

Others according to Awodun are; “sponsoring of symposium at KWASU, donation of borehole to Ifelodun community in Alagbado area, as well as clearing of Yoruba road market.”

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B3 Business News Confectionery firm hosts BBNaija ex-housemates

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki receiving a souvenir from the President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, when the latter led the executive of the Chamber on a visit to him in Abuja yesterday.

Metering shortfall: NERC issues 22 firms ‘no objection’ over procurement process Motolani Oseni NERC puts metering gap at 4 million, may reintroduce CAPMI, NERCTHE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued 22 investors ‘no objection’ to participate in the metering procurement process.

This followed the Commission’s approval of the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Regulations 2018, where applications were invited from interested investors for ‘No Objection’ from the Commission.

The commission in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by its head of public affairs, Usman Abba Arabi said

the ‘No Objection’ is to qualify intending investors to participate in the meter procurement process in NESI. Companies granted ‘No Objection’ include Huawei Technology Company Nigeria Limited; Bilview Energy Limited; Chintech Electro Nigeria Limited; Holley Metering Limited; Meron Nigeria Limited; Integrated Power Limited; MBH Power Limited; Trimani Engineering Limited; Sapropel Energy Resources Limited; Megawatt Distribution International Limited; Unistar HiTech Systems Limited; and MOMAS Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Limited.

Others are: Imperial Infrastructure

Development Company Limited; Ratio Consulting Limited; Protogy Global Services Limited; Paktim Metering Nigeria Limited; Sabrud Consortium Nigeria Limited; Tinuten Nigeria Limited; Kayz Consortium Limited; BTS Power Limited; CIG Metering Assets Nigeria Limited and Cresthill Energy Limited.

“The Commission having conducted due diligence on the supporting documents to the applications submitted by interested investors, has granted successful applicants ‘No Objection’ to participate in the procurement process for meter assets provision in accordance with section 8 subsection 4 of the Meter

Assets Providers Regulations, 2018,” the statement partly reads.

However, it stressed that the development does not deter other interested applicants from getting the ‘No Objection’ saying; “it is a continuous exercise.”

MAP Regulations is intended to facilitate closure of the wide metering gap in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) within three years.

The Regulation mandates electricity distribution companies (DISCOS) to engage meter assets providers who fund purchase, installation and replacement of meters to meet Discos metering obligations to their customers.

N874.38bn debt: Lagos still maintains positive credit rating, says Ashade Benjamin Omoike The Lagos state government says its positive credit rating remains high, despite the state’s debt profile amounting to N874.38bn at the end of 2017.

Giving an update on the state’s debt profile on Monday during the annal Ministerial Press Briefing holding at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade, said the government’s debt stock, comprising 48 per cent local debt and 52 per cent foreign debt currently stood at N874.38billion at the end of 2017 while the debt service charge to total revenue ratio which stood at 17.61 per cent was still within the World Bank threshold of 30 per cent.

The Commissioner said the state government had continued to maintain a positive credit rating, however, adding that a downgrade of

Nigeria’s sovereign rating would lead to a corresponding action on Lagos’ international drawing rights.

“As Nigeria continues to improve on its credit rating, we would be able to achieve better rating as we currently have, because no amount of revenue generation, no amount of employment growth of Lagos state can make us to surpass the sovereign rating,” he said.

He, however, said the state government had taken some strategic steps to help Nigeria improve on its ratings; including adhering to fiscal discipline, improved revenue generation, reforms in infrastructure development, transport and embedded power.

Giving an update on the revised Land Use Charge (LUC), Ashade said the state government has continued to engage critical stakeholders in line with its tradition of inclusive governance, adding that a wide range of response has been received.

He added that the state had so far achieved an average monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), of N34billion in 2018 compared to monthly averages of the last three years. Ashade attributed the gradual improvement to the impact of the ongoing reforms and growth in the state’s economy.

He said, “Notably, we are recording gradual improvement in our average monthly IGR in 2018 compared to the levels achieved in previous years due to the impact of ongoing reforms and growth in the state’s economy. Based on our first quarter results, Lagos state has so far achieved an average monthly IGR of N34billion in 2018 compared to monthly averages of N22bn, N24bn and N30bn in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively.”

The Commissioner expressed optimism that the IGR would continue to rise even further as the state continues to implement the various

reforms, driven by wider technology adoption and innovation, adding that the target to grow the state’s IGR to N50bn by next year was well on course.

“The target we set for ourselves is N50billion but we all know the kind of push backs we have experienced including people going to court and all that. Our commitment is not for now, its for the future of Lagos. We know it’s a marathon, we would win some and we would lose some, but we are very committed towards ensuring that we meet the target, but if we don’t meet it this year, definitely there would be another year, but we believe we would succeed in that target we set for ourselves,” Ashade said.

On Federal Transfers, he said since Lagos joined the league of oil producing states, the government had received a total of N327million revenue, comprising N197million and N130million received in 2017 and first quarter of 2018 respectively.

Infusion Cakes & Cafe, a Lagosbased confectionery firm, has hosted ex-housemates of the reality TV show, Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija), in a meet and greet session in Lagos recently.

Founder and chief executive of Infusion Cakes & Cafe, Mrs. Ibigbeye Okobi said the company decided to host the BBNaija exhousemates because “We really enjoyed the free spirit they exhibited, how natural they were and how they were able to get Nigerians to actually get engaged in everything they did while in the house.”

Okobi said the management of Infusion Cakes & Cafe also felt that the location of the company in the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos would serve as an excellent platform for Nigerians who were keen to meet the ex-housemates, get to know and interact with them in a friendly and hospitable environment to really appreciate them.

Infusion Cakes & Cafe is a modern bakery and cafe where customers can get a combination of international and locally made cakes, coffee, pastries and desserts for refreshment, weddings and special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries, among others.

The highlight of the event was a competition for the decoration of cakes. Participants in the competition included the reigning Miss Nigeria, Miss Mildred Peace Ehiguese; one of the BBNaija ex-housemates, Anto; and a representative of Team Definition, a band of musical artistes which entertained guests at the session.

At the end of the competition which created a lot of buzz and excitement, Anto’s cake was adjudged as the best. The winning cake was then auctioned for N20, 000 and the amount donated to charity.

An elated Okobi expressed the company’s delight at hosting the BBNaija ex-housemates. She disclosed that Infusion Cakes & Cafe which had been in the business of making high-quality cakes and other confectionery products in the last two years is making steady progress.

“Since we started, people have been patronising us and we are growing steadily,” she said.

Okobi is a graduate of International Culinary Centre New York, formerly known as French Culinary Institute where she studied cake techniques and designs under the tutelage of Ron Ben-Israel, an Israeli-American pastry chef renowned for his wedding and special occasion cakes and for his detail in sugar paste flowers.

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Don’t grant el-Rufai $350m loan, Kaduna senators warn banks Tunde Opalana, Abuja The three senators from Kaduna State have cautioned local and foreign banks from granting loan to Kaduna State Government.

They warned that the state was not viable enough to seek loan from any commercial bank.

Senators, Shehu Sani, Suleiman Hunkuyi and Danjuma La’ah in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday noted that Governor Nasir el-Rufai was considering the option of approaching money depositing banks after failing to secure Senate approval for 350 million dollar loan.

“The Kaduna State Government decently failed the legal litmus test in obtaining a World Bank facility to the tune of 350 million dollars through the process of the Nigerian Senate.

“Information available to us the three senators representing Kaduna State confirmed the resort by the state to seek other routes in obtaining a loans, local and international.

“The general public should note the extent of desperation the State Chief Executive went to twin on personalising the official disapproval of the loan which was officially reported by the Senate and backed by the Debt Management Office official reports.

“It is imperative to mention here that Kaduna State solvency in collecting such loans and obviously and objectively are incapable of carrying such huge debt burdens.

“The moral causes of a government few months from election with no clear identity of requisite public supports and sympathy to be re-elected aside, the recklessness with which loans are heaped on the state from many commercial banks calls for caution”, they said.

“The lawmakers said it is imperative to alert chief executives of local commercial banks, finance houses and foreign finance managers to adhere to commercial and ethical responsibilities in doing business with the current state government.

They further advised banks and finance managers not to only seek approval of Kaduna State Legislature, which is a rubber stamp, but also refer to DMO for correct indices and reports of current debt status of the state.

“For the Kaduna State House of Assembly it is Worthy for you to be reminded that you are in those offices to protect the interest and integrity of the people.

“The three senators want to use this medium to also thank the general public in our dear state for the understanding and support for us to continue to do our duties no matter the intimidation,” they stated.

Charles Igbinidu’s CFO & Associates joins MTI Network MTI Network, the world’s leading Reputation Management/Incident Response Network dedicated to serving shipping, energy, offshore and transportation industries around the world, has announced the appointment of CFO & Associates Limited, a Public Relations company based in Lagos, as its Nigerian partner.

CFO&Associates is a results-oriented, independently owned Public Relations firm established by Charles Igbinidu, an awardwinning reputation management connoisseur.

With its vast communications and reputation management knowledge of the specific operational challenges that occur within the Maritime and Offshore industries in Nigeria, the Leading Public Relations (PR).

Firm, will provide MTI clients with expert advice and quick response to incidents.

According to Patrick Adamson, Chairman and Founding partner of MTI Network, “We are delighted to announce that new representative offices are now open for business in Manila, in Douala and in Lagos” “As ever, MTI takes great care in opening offices which provide the right combination of skills with both maritime experience and knowledge of local media, together with proven expertise in incident response.”

“Having handled most of the spate of hijacks in the Gulf of Guinea this year alone, an office in Lagos will add to our intelligence base as well as providing important access to industrial development both on-shore and offshore.”

ImpactHER trains women on scaling up business, accessing institutional capital

A view of the Ikorodu -Shagamu Road in Lagos/Ogun States with equipment already deployed for its rehabilitation by Arab Contractors Nigeria Ltd.INSET: Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN(2nd left), Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Ashafa (left), House of Representatives member representing Ikorodu Constituency, Hon. Jimi Benson(rightt) and representative of the Managing Director, Arab Contractors Nigeria Limited, Mr Wael Salem (2nd right) during the flag -off of the Rehabilitation of Ikorodu -Shagamu road in Lagos/Ogun States at KM 2,Ikorodu -Shagamu Road on Monday, 21st May 2018.

Speed boat owners protest imposed levies by Delta Govt Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Protest over alleged imposed levies on Speed Boat Owners in Burutu community in Delta state by the state government, On Wednesday paralyzed business and vehicular movements in the areas The protesters, Made up of boat owners, and drivers, prevented boats from plying the riverine areas of the state as they displayed broken woods, among others.

But the leader of the protesters, Samson Timbowei who spoke to our reporter said:”The levy on Speed boats was too much for us, we can’t pay N500, 00 for every day ticket, while each boat is to pay with force, N20, 000 per annum, we will not accept this from this government, it is too much for us

please, hence we are protesting.”

Timbowei said that the consultant to the state government had allegedly threatened force to collect revenue from the boat owners, adding that his alleged threat, among others triggered the protest He said: “Most of us had our engine covers seized by the consultant agents, the levies imposed on us, we can’t pay, we are not making so much money as they think, we take the risk all the time.”

But one of the agents, Vincent Commissioner, told our reporter “we are acting on the directive of the state government in the collection of revenue from speed boat owners and drivers, the protesters attacked us, we will do our Job, they must pay the levies imposed on them”

He maintained that they had siezed the engine covers of those who failed to pay, adding that they will continue to collect revenue from the protesters unless a directive from the commissioner for Transport, Mr,Vincent Uduaghan.

In a reaction, The state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Vincent Uduaghan said the state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa had ordered the suspension in the payment of levies by boat owners and drivers for peace to reign, disclosing that a review would be constituted soon Addressing the protesters, Mr. Daniel Yingi representing Burutu constituency at the state House of Assembly, however appealed to them not take laws into their hands as the state government had listening ears.

A nonprofit, female centric organisation, ImpactHER, has successfully concluded the training of female African entrepreneurs on how to access finance from corporate organisations for the growth of their business.

The training conference held recently in Canton Concourse, Maroko, Lagos, saw over 100 women engaged in different lines of business in attendance.

In her remarks, Founder, ImpactHER, Efe Ukala, explained that the foundation was created to help bridge the financing gap inhibiting female African entrepreneurs in their quest for entrepreneurial success. “It is to help prepare African female entrepreneurs to access institutional capital to fund and grow their businesses,” she said.

ImpactHER, is a non-profit organisation aimed at training women on how to build scalable businesses and be investor-ready. The conference organised with support from Google Digital Skills for Africa, and Haptics, offered them the opportunity to meet with great business experts and coaches who took them through ways to build scalable businesses and be investor-ready, and also addressed some of the diverse issues faced by Nigerian female entrepreneurs.

Addressing the women at the event, the Regional Bank Head, Victoria Island, Fidelity Bank, Mrs. Chinwe Iloghalu, used the opportunity to introduce to them some special products available to female-led businesses, and advised them on practical ways through which they can access debt financing from banks and other financial institutions.

In her presentation, one of the facilitators and Regional Head, Africa Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Wale Ayeni, revealed to the participants myriad of business funding opportunities which they could tap into in order to take their businesses to the next level.

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B5 Money FBNQuest Merchant Bank gets accolades for impactful deals

L-R: Chief Trade Negotiator and Director General, Nigeria office for Trade Negotiation, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe with Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha during African Continental Free Trade Area Consultations for South East Stakeholders Forum in Owerri...on Wednesday.

NOVA Merchant Bank records N510.58m profit in first year • Indicates a strong foundation for future success Stories: Motolani Oseni A newly licensed merchant bank, NOVA Merchant Bank Limited, has reported a profit of N510.58million in its first full year of operations, while focusing on wholesale banking, investment banking and asset management has been riding on a high level of productivity and cost-effectiveness in its activities.

The merchant bank fist year report, however, indicated a strong foundation for its future success.

The breakdown of the first eight months of its operations, which ended December 31, 2017, showed that the bank recorded a gross earnings of N1.22bn, driven by prudence and efficiency in its financial activities. Total assets stood at N17.99bn, while the bank also reported a shareholders’ funds of N16.51bn.

With a marked and strategic approach towards cost-savings and maximization, the bank’s operating expenses stood at N743.39m in the period under review.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, who expressed satisfaction at the first full year of performance, also commended the hard-work of the staff which culminated in the modest performance. He said, “We have assembled a team of professionals and our building state of the art technology to drive our innovative products and services in realization of our vision “To be Africa’s preferred financial solutions provider” and

our mission to “create superior value in the markets we serve” According to Oduoza, it is expected that the size of the bank’s balance sheet will provide a strong foundation to support the growth of its business and rapidly growing client base.

Analysts expect this trend of performance to continue in 2018 as the bank continues to expand its range of services and implements its philosophy of ‘New Thinking, New Opportunities’ to create value for its clients.

According to them, the results shows impressive work based on the strong

foundation which the company laid at the beginning of its operations which commenced only recently.

Its Managing Director, Chinedu Ikwudinma, noted that the performance was achieved by a commitment to the core values of the institution encapsulated by the acronym “UPLIFT” i.e. Uniqueness, Passion, Leadership, Integrity, Fairness and Teamwork.

He said, “NOVA is positioned to bring transformative advantage to our customers in keeping with our vision “To be Africa’s preferred financial solutions provider”. We are deploying the systems, services and

personnel to make this happen and are excited about the future we envision for ourselves and our clients.

While also explaining the strategic direction of the bank, Ikwudinma noted that NOVA will focus on wholesale banking by offering trade services, project financing, cash management, corporate solutions, advisory services, adding that in the area of investment banking, the bank would be looking at mergers and acquisition, advisory services, securities and trading, wealth and asset management as well as debt and equity capital management.

CBN to unveil framework for $2.5bn currency swap’s operations next week The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will next week release the framework that will guide the implementation of the $2.5bn currency swap deal between Nigeria and China.

The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, confirmed this while speaking to journalists on Tuesday shortly after the two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting held at the apex bank’s office in Abuja.

Amehnews recalls that the currency swap agreement was signed on April 27, after two years of painstaking negotiations between the CBN and the People’s Bank of

China.

The transaction, which is valued at Remnibi 16 billion (Chinese currency), or the equivalent of about $2.5bn, is aimed at providing adequate local currency liquidity to Nigerian and Chinese industrialists and other businesses.

Emefiele dismissed fears that the agreement would have any negative effect on the Nigerian economy.

He argued that the pact would reduce the pressure encountered in the search for third currencies in the execution of business transactions between Nigerian and Chinese

industrialists.

Among other benefits, he said the agreement would provide naira liquidity to Chinese businesses and provide Remnibi liquidity to Nigerian enterprises.

This, he noted, would help to improve the speed, convenience and volume of transactions between the two countries.

Emefiele explained that already, the apex bank had shortlisted two lenders as settlement banks for the implementation of the currency swap deal.

The banks are Stanbic IBTC and Standard Chartered Bank.

FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, has received accolades from global financial and capital market awarding institutions in recognition of the impact and size of transactions delivered by the Investment Banking business in 2017.

The firm has won five awards in various categories of the EMEAFinance Achievement Awards, including ‘Best Local Currency Bond House’ and ‘Best Social Development Bond’ for its role in Mixta Real Estate’s $4.5b Senior Guaranteed Fixed Rate Bonds; Most Innovative Naira Bond for the US$300m Inaugural SEC-Registered Diaspora Bond; ‘Best Mergers and Acquisition Deal’ for the Divestment of AMCON’s 100 per cent Shareholding in Keystone Bank; and ‘Best Naira Bond’ for its role as one of the financial advisers on the Federal Government of Nigeria’s ₦100b 7-year Inaugural Sovereign Sukuk.

The Bank was also recognized for the FGN’s Sukuk transaction by The Banker’s Deal of the Year Awards, receiving the ‘Deal of the Year – Africa’ award. The innovative transaction, which was a debut Sukuk issuance by the Federal Government, had no precedent to provide a benchmark and no explicit guidelines within the general regulatory framework. Nevertheless, through diligent structuring and positioning, the offer received a strong market reception and was oversubscribed, with PFAs, Banks and Asset/Fund Managers accounting for over 70%. Proceeds from the issue are allocated to the construction and rehabilitation of 25 roads across the country.

This supports one of the key strategic priorities of the government’s Economic Recovery & Growth Plan, which is to address transportation infrastructure challenges. The transaction has helped to deepen the Nigerian debt capital market by creating a benchmark for pricing future Sukuks, in addition to successfully attracting investors with an appetite for non-interest bearing instruments. It has also boosted capital expenditure and strengthened public financial management, given the project-targeted financing and the discipline imposed by the structure.

The Bank was also recently awarded the ‘Best Investment Bank in Nigeria’ by Global Finance Magazine.

Commenting on the achievements, Managing Director, Mr. Kayode Akinkugbe said “We are proud of these accomplishments and how we have been able to deliver impact by working with our partners. We will continue to strive for excellence, as these awards encourage us to stay true to our values to be impactful and to contribute meaningfully to economic growth”.

FBNQuest Merchant Bank provides services in as Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Institutional Sales and Fixed Income, Currencies & Treasury.

Since it commenced merchant banking operations in November 2015, the bank has seen unprecedented growth across all its businesses through its diversified service offerings which cater to a wide group of stakeholders.

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Charles MD& Noah’s Ark Igbinidu’s CFO first emerges joins Associates Cannes MTINigerian Network Lions Juror

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Allied Foods Limited, focused on confectionaries Bank, Mrs. Chinwe Iloghalu, used the opportunity In a reaction, The state Commissioner He said: “Most of us had our engine covers vehicular movements in the areas things toforthem the some Nigerian Advertising “Nigerians very aggressive, Speaking at the Food West 2018 recently seized Food, Agro AlliedUduaghan Industries, focused on introduce special products Transport, Mr.and Vincent said to by theareconsultant agents,innovative, the leviesandfor and The protesters, Made upAfrica of boat owners, Industry having taken this long any courageous with great potentials; and these traits in Lagos, Chairman, SONA Group, Mr. Arjan natural extracts such as sorghum brewing, malt available to female-led businesses, and for advised and drivers, prevented boats from plying the imposed on us, we can’t pay, we are not the state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa had not only from Nigeria, but also the are clearly seen inmoney how weas maintain a leadwe role inordered Mirchandani “Thestate future Africa is based making extracts, extracts West Africa is oncreative practical ways through which they theglucose suspension in etc. theFood payment of them so much they think, riverine areassaid of the as of they displayed West African sub-region, be considered a highly competitive business environment”. on self woods, sufficiency, locally made products and take theby leading andand beverage trade in access debt financing from to banks and other levies boat food owners drivers forexhibition peace can the risk all the time.” broken among others. such an exalted appointment.

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Changan CS35: Reinventing entry level SUV Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

Emerging from the stable of Changan - one of China’s oldest and largest auto manufacturer, the Changan CS35 compact SUV demonstrates aptitude and versatility of an urban-styled crossover with strong stance, smooth-stylingdetails that predates the automaker’s 32 years’ experience in building and selling passenger vehicles in its 156 years’ industrial history.

Currently ranked No. 1 among Chinese automobile brands with annual sales volume of three million units, no fewer than 8,500 new Changan vehicles are sold daily in 6,000 sales and service facilities in more than 60 countries.

The aptitude Changan is undoubtedly, a techsavvy automotive giant with extensive investment in advanced research and innovative technologies – a commitment that has reinforced its partnership with global R&D organizations.

The CS35 according to Changan was borne out of the automaker’s desire for advanced research and innovative technologies through the formation of global R&D (research and development) partnership agreements with renowned European, American and Japanese automakers.

Built with superbly striking features including six-way manual adjustable driver seat, four-way co-driver seat and eye-catching attractions such as front/ rear fog lamps, shark-fin antenna, leather seats, multi-functional steering wheel, rear parking sensors, ABS/EBD with brake assist among others, the CS35 is yet unmatched by archrivals in the small SUV segment.

“Changan applies new technologies to provide hi-tech, high quality and fashionable automobile products for the customers and this is why the ‘V’ logo, which epitomizes ‘Victory’ and ‘Value’, is committed to building world class automobile enterprise and creating value for customers,” the automaker affirmed.

The Changan CS35 also won sequence of international design honours especially for styling and cutting edge environmentallyfriendly design concepts.

In 2015 for instance, Changan won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, reaffirming Changan’s commitment to the advancement of technology and innovation through R&D. The company’s R&D capability was ranked No. 1 in the Chinese automobile industry for eight years, benchmarking world’s leading companies with high

standard laboratories, averaging 16 fields.

Why is CS35 tick?

Italian Chief Designer Dambrosio Luciano who designed the CS35 attributed the uniqueness its design and exceptional value additions such as the interior package-type capsule design that centers on the driver, with ultra-quiet cabin as well as rich molding levels.

According to him, the CS35 was intentionally styled to outclass rival marques in capability and value addition coupled with several other attractive features such as front dual-SRS airbags and anti-theft alarm; six-speaker audio system, front reading lights, front and rear headrest, power windows, remote key control among others.

Other eye-catching features include front/rear fog lamps, strong and elegant black/silver multifunctional luggage rack, sunroof, leather seats, rear parking sensors, front dual-SRS airbags and anti-theft alarm etc.

That isn’t all. The body is made of high strength steel with four-wheel disc brake system equipped with Bosch’s ninth ABS and BAS Braking Assist Devise as well as energy absorbing steering column.

As in most advanced climes, the Changan CS35 is already relishing attractions amongst discerning auto buffs in Nigeria and it promises to be competitively priced to enable more patrons have access to the vehicle.

Stallion Motors’ assemblers of Changan automobiles said its facility in Lagos has been intensified to produce competitively priced entry level CS35 SUV to inspire additional patrons just as it moves to position the vehicle as the most preferred compact SUV. Powertrain Under the hood is a new generation Bluecore efficient H-series 1.6L powerful

and fuel efficient engine mated to a brand new Japan made five-speed manual transmission and SsII four-speed automatic transmission incorporating state-of-the-art technologies such as DVVT, DOHC, low friction, light weighted and STT. The combination of these technologies enhances fuel economy, nimble acceleration and produces lower Co2 emission.

Ground clearance The CS35 is adjudged excellent for good ground clearance (180mm), and reliable driving etiquette.

Safety Beyond comfort; the Changan CS35 is rated five-star, having met domestic first class safety level and requirements of European Collision Regulations and American Standard on complete vehicles, occupant and roller protection.

This model also offers cutting-edge safety protection such as TRN Brake System, four airbags, speed sensitive wipers, energy absorbing steering column, pretention and ventilated four-wheel disc brakes.

Custodian Sold, marketed and serviced by Stallion Motors Limited, the CS35 is equipped with 215/50/R17 tyres, cruise control, CD/ USB/AUX and retractable side mirrors.

Verdict Renowned test drivers say the CS35 crossover is a driver’s delight with lots of premium sensation comparable to racing cars with properly seamed seats, using red threads.

The CS35, it is hoped would halt the spontaneous tidal movement from C-segment sedans to B-segment cars just as it promises to offer sustainable preference for discerning customers looking for affordably priced entry-level sport utility vehicle.

Jaguar Race Taxi fans hail F-Type SVR, XJR575 at Nürburgring circuit Performance car fans can now hail the ultimate taxi ride around one of the worlds most renowned race circuits. The Jaguar Race Taxi experience gives thrill-seekers a full-throttle hot lap in the Jaguar F-TYPE SVR and XJR575, around the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany.

Jaguar Race Taxi passengers will be driven around the worlds most demanding circuit by hand-picked professional drivers, encountering cornering forces of up to 1.2g on the most challenging sections. They can also relive the excitement of their experience around the 20.83km, 73turn Green Hell,with an HD video recording of their lap.

Phil Talboys, European Engineering Operations Manager, Jaguar Land Rover said: A ride in the F-TYPE SVR and XJR575 Race Taxi is a thrilling and truly unforgettable experience for any car enthusiast or anybody who just enjoys going very fast! Our highly experienced professional drivers are veterans of the Nürburgring 24-hour race, making them uniquely qualified to show customers the true potential of these extraordinary supercharged V8 Jaguars.

The F-TYPE SVR has been developed by Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations as a 322km/h all-weather supercar and is the pinnacle of the F-TYPE range.

Powered by a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine with 575 horsepower (423kW) and 700Nm and benefiting from an enhanced chassis and driveline and active aerodynamics, the all-wheel drive F-TYPE SVR delivers supercar performance in all conditions and can accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 3.7 seconds.

The Jaguar XJR575 is the fastest and most powerful XJ ever made in the iconic luxury sedans 50-year history. Also powered by a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 developing the same maximum power and torque as the F-TYPE SVR, it can reach 100km/h in just 4.4 seconds before reaching an electronically-limited top speed of 300km/h while delivering the luxury, refinement and comfort for which the XJ is renowned.

Passenger laps in the two supercharged Jaguars are available until November.

KIA, Access Bank woo car buyers with finance scheme Kia Motors Nigeria and Access Bank have unveiled an auto finance scheme which they pledged would make it possible for customers to buy affordable cars on flexible terms.

Tagged Drive Your Dream, Pay at Your Pace offer, the scheme is premised on a hassle-free car ownership plan with as low as 10 percent equity contribution, free insurance, attractive interest rates,

and flexible loan tenure of 48 months to make owning brand new Kia vehicles easy and convenient.

Speaking on the finance scheme, Jacky Hathiramani, Managing Director, Kia Motors Nigeria said our core competitive edge in the auto industry is the offering of best in class vehicles at an affordable price and we are delighted to partner with Access Bank to make owning the Kia range of vehicles

affordable with flexible payment options.

The Executive Director, Personal Banking Division, Access Bank, Victor Etuokwu, stressed that the finance scheme is aimed at making all customers own a brand new car with ease and tailor-made payment options. He further stated that the joint promotion offers a subsidized insurance and registration fee, with improved access

to an auto loan to enable customers to drive their dream car.

This partnership represents another step forward in our strategy to ensure our customers have consistently available, transparent and competitive financing. Kia’s vehicles offer modern design and reliability at an affordable cost. And with our special auto finance scheme with Access Bank, it’s never been easier to take home your very own

brand new Kia. said, Debanja Paul, Vice President, Kia Motors Nigeria.

Etuokwu said Access Banks vision is to satisfy all its customers financial needs and help them succeed financially. He explained that whether a customer takes advantage of on-the-spot vehicle financing at Kias showroom or applies for a loan at a branch, an Access Bank s offer is a convenient and flexible way to finance your dream car.

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In Maiduguri: Living and loving despite Boko Haram

The couple: Vincent and Aisha

The city is often known these days as the birthplace of terror group Boko Haram.

But one interfaith couple’s determination to carry on with normal life highlights a tradition the city was known for long before, and which still persists: its tolerance.

By Ryan Lenora Brown, Staff writer and Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim, Contributor.

It was April 7, 2012, and on the dusty floor of his tiny pharmacy, Vincent Anibueze was waiting to die.

Outside, gunshots came like bursts of static from an untuned radio. He heard screams and heavy footsteps.

“Gashinan!” someone yelled. There he is.

Inside the little tin store, Mr. Anibueze lay face down where he had dived to the ground when the first shots rang out. Inches away, a man was slumped across the consultation table. Not long ago, that same man had walked brightly into the shop, gripping the hand of his young son, asking about this and that treatment.

Now, he was motionless. Only his lungs moved.

Anibueze thought of what Aisha would do when he was gone. She was quiet, his wife, but she was determined. Back when they first met and her mother had forbidden her to marry him, a Christian, Aisha had stood her ground. She wouldn’t let this destroy her.

A mile away, Aisha heard the gunshots too. It sounded to her like they were coming from the neighborhood of Gwange, the direction of her husband’s shop. Before she could register anything else, a neighbor ran up and gripped her arm. “Boko Haram shot someone in his store,” she said.

“Whose store?” Aisha asked.

“Vincent’s,” the neighbor said, and Aisha’s vision went black.

This wasn’t how things were supposed to end. Not in Maiduguri, whose faded “Welcome to…” sign proclaimed it “the home of peace.”

For decades, Maiduguri had been northeastern Nigeria’s melting pot: a brusquely cosmopolitan trade

hub and occasionally raucous college town on the edge of the Sahel. Ancient bug-eyed Mercedes cargo trucks rumbled through the city carrying peppers, fish, charcoal, and cow hides from as far as the Central African Republic and Sudan. Along Babban Layi, the city’s main commercial drag, traders from Lagos, Lebanon, China, India, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon hawked everything from bananas to Samsung fridges, flicking through wads of naira notes under the awnings of their small shops. And on the campus of the University of Maiduguri, students from across Nigeria and beyond threw parties, crammed for botany exams, and debated feminism.

Though the city had always been mostly Muslim, for most Maidugurians, religion was never a social divide.

“It’s always been said of Maiduguri that you can come in the middle of the night as a stranger and no one will fear to give you a place to sleep,” says Muhammad Muhammed, a local Muslim cleric.

For Vincent, that reputation was alluring. A devout Anglican from Nigeria’s southeast, he had worked for years in Kano, a mostly Muslim city in the northwest. But a series of violent religious riots in the early 2000s had begun to wear him down. “I wanted to live in a free place and I heard Maiduguri was that,” he says.

Not long after he arrived in 2005, he joined a local soccer team. At the house of one of his teammates, he locked eyes with the man’s younger sister.

“Pretty soon my friend got the feeling I wasn’t really coming to visit with him anymore,” Vincent says.

“I didn’t notice him, not like that,” Aisha says. “He was just the pharmacist, honestly.”

But after a few months, she began to realize she was lingering in his small shop long after she had paid, filling him in on what customers were saying in Kanuri, the local language, and offering bits of advice about his new city.

“Hello, baturiya,” he called her teasingly each time she walked through the door, using the local word for white person – a nod to her fair complexion. He got her to laugh, “and she could really laugh,” he says.

Soon, both of them realized where this was headed. But for their families, a Muslim girl and a Christian boy was uncharted territory. At first, Aisha’s mother told her no – absolutely not. He’d try to convert her, she said.

It was Aisha’s grandparents who finally convinced her mother. This girl knows what she wants, they told her.

Without her family’s blessing, she’d simply run away with him.

In 2008, the couple got married. And then, as if waiting for its cue, Maiduguri began to fall apart.

The rumblings of trouble had started several years earlier, when a local cleric named Mohammed Yusuf had begun preaching an angry, anti-establishment brand of Islam. Northern Nigeria had been abandoned by the country’s government, he said, and poisoned by Western education. It needed its own Islamic state. In a poor region with many listless men, that message quickly took root. Local observers dubbed Mr. Yusuf’s new group “Boko Haram,” often translated as “Western education is forbidden.”

At first, the movement was largely nonviolent. But in 2009, Nigerian police opened fire on a group of sect members, ostensibly after they refused to comply with a motorbike helmet law, setting off a bloody retaliation.

Eight hundred people died in the fighting, and soon Boko Haram was flogging the city of its birth, indiscriminately attacking public spaces and bombing schools, hospitals, and mosques.

And in the middle of it all, Aisha was pregnant.

“That was when I started begging Vincent to leave,” she says. She’d heard rumors that Boko Haram was targeting pharmacists, and thought being Christian alone seemed like wearing a target on your back.

But the community had always treated Vincent as one of its own, he reassured her. Their business thrived.

Aisha gave birth to their first child, and then, two years later, their second.

“People were surprised that our marriage worked,” she says. “But I told them that when you come from different places, you have to be open to understand each other.

You can’t have any secrets. It makes you stronger.” *** Fifteen minutes after the first shots, the men came back. This is my last moment in the world, Vincent thought as he lay on the cold cement. But then the attackers seemed to notice something. Hunched on the floor, weeping quietly, was a little boy. The son of the man slumped across the table.

Wordlessly, the two men with guns turned for the door.

Vincent heard the throaty rattle of a motorcycle starting up, and then they were gone.

And a few seconds later, Vincent was too. He started running and didn’t stop until he reached a friend’s house.

Meanwhile, two police officers were knocking on Vincent and Aisha’s front door. It wasn’t him, they told her. The man shot inside the pharmacy, it wasn’t him.

She began to cry.

But it wasn’t over. The next day, Vincent left town, and then looters carried off what was left of his shop.

When he finally came back, a year and a half later, in late 2014, Boko Haram was mostly gone, driven out by the army and a civilian militia. But the couple was broke.

And they were scared. When her grandparents asked them to send their three small children to stay with them in their village in Chad, they reluctantly agreed.

They had always promised, they reasoned, that their kids would one day live in all the places their families had come from.

“We always agreed, the kids won’t have to make a decision about what they are until they’re grown,” Aisha says. “Our job was just to expose them to everything.”

And so, back in Maiduguri, the couple tried to carry on.

Vincent opened a new pharmacy. Aisha had another baby.

And the city around them seemed to be rising again too. The streets, once deathly silent after dark, filled again with shopping women and loitering teenagers. Freed from military curfews, families queued up at a Chineserun bakery to buy sweating tubs of ice cream for dessert on hot Sahelian nights. On weekends, chaotic, colorful Kanuri weddings once again filled the streets.

Boko Haram still sporadically lashed the city, and many of the roads in and out of Maiduguri remained littered with explosive devices planted by the group.

In other parts of the northeast, meanwhile, attacks and kidnappings continued, despite the government’s insistence that it had defeated the insurgents. Visiting the children was nearly impossible.

But still, it was something.

By last year, Aisha had begun to think of bringing the older children back. Vincent imagined that when the insurgency was over, he would train to become an Anglican priest and open his own church here.

“I’ll preach tolerance,” he says. “I’ll tell people, marry who you love.”

Source: The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

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Ways of positive thinking Think positively Research suggests that people who think positively are more peaceful and healthy.

Positive thinking is beneficial for our psychology and it is also good for our motivation.

People who think positively will definitely take events into account and raise their belief that things will go well. Positive thinking is a way of thinking that affects human life positively, who does not accept negativity, believes that it is a good thing to do in every circumstance. Today, even in the business, sports and art world, positive thinking and brain power are considered as a productiveness factor. Positive thought, which is the main source of eastern philosophy, is a magic word adopted by Western medicine today. In nature, everything in the face is in mutual interaction. There is also such an interaction between mind and body. Positive thoughts in mind create a positive result in body.

In happy people or in the brain of those seeking the opportunity to relieve suffering, a kind of natural morphine called Endorphin is secreted. This Endorphin hormone is at least a hundred times stronger than morphine we know. It helps to relieve the afflictions of the person. We have explained a few tips below for you to think positive, think positive and trust yourself.

Be self confident A man believes in his own strength, will be happy and successful at every moment of the life. To be pessimistic and to humiliate yourself will only cause your hopes to go away. If a person starts to think negatively, he will always come to negative ideas and this becomes poison of his life. No matter how hard or big the obstacle is, if you brave with courage, you will not despair. Fill your brain with confidence and faith in yourself. These thoughts will expel you from your feelings of insecurity and doubt. Today, most people live in insecurity.

Never think of failing-to-win a sense of self-confidence.

Examine the obstacles on your side and try to limit them to the minimum level. Repeat the phrase “I can overcome every obstacle I confront� when you feel insecure.

Make time for yourself One can only manage to create positive habits by creating certain conditions and knowing herself first. You just cannot think positively by saying it. To do this, you should take time for yourself, stay away from conflicts, face your fears. First, it is useful to note that there is not a single formula that might be appropriate to think positively. One can only achieve positive thinking as a result of certain conditions. In other words, it is not possible to

create the conditions necessary to think positively without some other conditions being met.

Do sports and try to be healthy Sports have an important role in the social development of a person because of the nature of being an activity that allows the individual to participate in dynamic social circles. Every sporting event is a social experience and involves feelings. Participants in such activities have the opportunity to express their feelings through movements. Aggression, anger, jealousy, etc. Healthy eating and sports are important for people to take care of themselves physically and to bring their mental processes to a more positive level under their control. If you feel physically comfortable and wellbeing yourself, it will be easier for your thoughts to be positive and to have a more positive perspective. Remember that you need to be healthy and sporting for more positive thoughts.

Try to forget bad memories Bad memories have the ability to help evolve negative feelings.

As we remember the bad things we have lived in the past, we also remember the negative feelings we felt and mentally return to those days. What is actually important is not forgetting the bad things in such a situation, but to reduce the present prejudice that they have in our memories.

We can prevent our brain from thinking badly by reducing the importance of the past. It is a good start to leave history in the past and return to look into the future.

Confront your fears Behind negative thoughts we often have fears that unknowingly appear inside us, and that grow and control our lives. An important step to be able to think positively is to confront these fears. Being afraid is the same as being a prisoner. Our fears do not show themselves. They only emerge when necessary.

Be self confident

When we realize they need to start struggling to cope with them. Otherwise, fear creates and strengthens negative thoughts.

To be able to think positively we have to face our fears and identify them, we have to do our bests to deal with them.

In addition, The idea that other people are interested in what we think and what we are doing soon may lead to the emergence of negative thoughts very quickly.

Every step taken to increase our confidence in ourselves and to get rid of the pressure created by the people around us will help us to think positively.

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Flashback: What Obasanjo said in 2008 on ‘$16bn’ allegation

In May 2008, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was summoned by the House Committee probing the expenditure on power sector between 1999 and 2007 when he was in office.

His successor, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, had alleged that Obasanjo’s administration spent $11 billion on the sector “with nothing to show for it”. This prompted the probe, with the alleged figure rising to $16 billion.

Obasanjo’s letter to the House The Chairman and Honourable Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel, I thank you for your letter of the 3rd of May 2008 received on the 9th of May 2008 inviting me to appear before you. In the said letter, you said that the invitation was to give me “a fair hearing on allegations and counter-allegations which were made behind me in respect of my role in the execution of projects in the power sector from 1999 to 2007″.

Your letter which came to me on the 9th of May 2008 inviting me to appear on the 12th of May 2008 (the 10th and 11th being Saturday and Sunday respectively) did not specify or include details of the particular allegations and counter-allegations made before you by some persons who appeared before you to which you want me to reply or respond.

As much as I would like to assist your investigation, fair hearing which you referred to demands that these particulars ought to be forwarded to me and adequate time ought to be provided for me to prepare before appearing before you. The need for adequate time becomes more imperative since I have left the government since 2007 and I have no access to government data and information which are in the custody of the government.

It is my view that your task is not an easy one and nothing should be taken for granted. Since you have taken it upon yourselves to strengthen our practice of democracy which was reestablished in 1999, and for which I was a key participant and nourisher between 1999 and 2007. As a democrat, I will like to do whatever is possible within the Constitution, the law and decency to help as you establish a new precedent of investigation and putting searchlight on the executive actions and duties after office. It is a precedent that may serve the country well or serve the country not so well.

It is seen by me as healthy for our young democracy if it is carefully, fairly, justly and honestly carried out. I will hope that my response to your invitation will not be taken as precedent for other former Presidents

a team and galvanises, mobilises and inspires that team into action. What I am saying here is that the privilege and the collective responsibility of the members of Executive Council must not be hindered by the way the National Assembly carries out its function, otherwise it may be difficult, if not impossible, for the Executive to carry out its domestic and, certainly, its foreign duties, policies and responsibilities.

Obasanjo

to be so invited in future. It may be regarded as being in bad taste and that may be right. I chose to be here not because I see it as compulsory or mandatory. It is absolutely voluntary.

In general sense, democracy is a system of government in which the ultimate power rests with the people.

In institutional sense, it is a system in which powers are divided or shared among institutions: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. With the concept of democracy and good governance, we have a system based on good leadership, respect for the rule of law and due process, accountability and transparency. Your task must be to enhance these pillars of democracy and good governance and I am here just to assist you in doing that as a means of continued nurturing of our young

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democracy.

Having said this, no institution of government should use its power to prevent or hinder the other institutions of government from being able to function properly, effectively and appropriately. I appreciate Section 88 of our Constitution which says that the National Assembly has powers to investigate any matter in which it can make laws for the purposes of making law, and that power and energy is part of such laws.

However, in Section 148, the President has power to grant executive responsibilities to ministers, to hold regular meetings with ministers for determining the general direction of domestic and foreign policies and to coordinate the activities of ministers in the discharge of their executive responsibilities. The President leads

In Section 148, the President has power to grant executive responsibilities to ministers, to hold regular meetings with ministers for determining the general direction of domestic and foreign policies and to coordinate the activities of ministers in the discharge of their executive responsibilities

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COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY Each institution should carry out its functions in such a way to enhance its own performance and the performance of other institutions of Government.

Going on from this point, I could say that having granted executive responsibilities to the minister responsible for power and, believing in the concept of collective responsibility of the Executive Council, I do not need to appear before your Committee since the Ministers responsible for Power and Finance have appeared on their own separate behalf and on behalf of the Executive Council. I have chosen not to go that way because I, personally, believe that we must all carefully, justly, fairly, sincerely and honestly continue to nurture and strengthen democracy, if the exercise you have embarked upon is not working to a pre-conceived answer.

May I draw your attention to the letter of 3rd of May received on the 9th of May headed “Invitation to Appear at the Public Hearing on the Power Sector”. I observed that the letter was not authored or signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu. The signature is that of one Sahmed. As a matter of comment, I believe that courtesy and decency will suggest that a letter from any Chamber of the National Assembly to me as former President of this country, on a matter of this nature, will be signed by the head of the chamber concerned on behalf of the Committee or the Clerk of the National Assembly or, at the minimum, the Chairman of the Committee itself and not by a third party.

For the reason of the way and manner your invitation came as well, I may choose not to appear and merely object to the manner of invitation. Again, I have chosen not to go that way. As Africans, we must respect age and authority. It is also a product of birth and breeding in an African culture. I hope members of the Committee will have something to learn from this exercise. Be that as it may, let me go to the points that will “give an insight and perspective into what” I know and Continued on page on the next page

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Flashback: What Obasanjo said in 2008 on ‘$16bn’ allegation Continued from previous page my role in the execution of projects from 1999 to 2007.

What was the position of Power in May 1999 when our Administration took over? The following is the summary: 1. Non-serious investment in generation and transmission between 1981 and 1999, a period of eighteen years, except the completion of Jebba and Shiroro hydro power plants which my military administration began and Egbin thermal plant initiated also by military administration all of which were completed

by President Shehu Shagari administration.

And yet, for a developing country like Nigeria, we should be increasing the rate of our power generation as close to the rate of our population increase as possible. Our Administration thereby inherited eighteen years of non-investment in power generation and seeming apparent neglect of the sector. Serious determination to understand where we are and how we are in the power situation today must understand this background.

2. Although 6000 MW capacity was claimed in 1999, only 1500MW was being generated. Ijora and Oji River thermal based on coal have completely closed down for lack of coal production and early gas thermal units at Afam and Delta were obsolete and needed replacement.

3. The hydro power plants of Kanji, Jebba and Shiroro suffered seriously from silting and/or inadequate flow of water into the dam and poor maintenance.

4. The Egbin thermal unit suffered from disruption of gas supply through vandalism and poor management and maintenance by NEPA staff.

5. Because the transmission system was not a closed loop, any disruption by vandalism or any other cause meant power would totally be cut off from the part of the country affected.

6. NEPA was a den of monumental corruption and malpractice which were deep and widespread and revenue generation was grossly below expectation. There was massive illegal connection and avoidance of payment of bills.

CLOAKED IN MYSTERY This situation was not thoroughly understood, identified and clarified until after the first two years of my first term. Late Chief Bola Ige, who was my first Minister in charge of power and who, by

The Late former President Umaru Yar’Adua

any standard, was a bright and smart person, thought he could deal with the problem of power within six months and he made such public pronouncement to the world.

But after twelve months, he could not unravel, in details, the problems of NEPA let alone proffer a satisfactory solution. It was not because he did not try, but rather it was because NEPA was cloaked in near mystery.

After late Bola Ige was moved to Ministry of Justice, Dr. Segun Agagu took over and, with him, I paid a little more direct attention to the power issue. I was surprised, after one year, to discover the situation described above.

With such discovery, we sprang into action. First, NEPA leadership had to be changed and we brought in an accomplished Engineer from the private sector in person of Engr. Joe Makoju to assist with giving the organisation the leadership it lacked and to shape up the entire structure of organisation and change their attitude and orientation.

The aim was to sanitise and reposition NEPA to perform its roles, functions and duties to the nation. Then, we started to tackle the issue of repairs, maintenance and replacement.

In replacement, we started with Afam where a new 276MW thermal unit was installed and commissioned.

We requested the Oil Companies to join in providing power to sell to NEPA. Mobil Oil started talking to us locally but due to lack of interest from their Headquarters in the US, they gave up. In spite of all efforts in this direction, only Agip Oil showed enough concern and commitment to build a 480MW thermal unit with transmission line

to the grid system which I commissioned at Okpai. Until I left government in May 2007 and, in spite of pressure on the Oil Companies, no other Oil Company made commitment in this regard to the point of commissioning. It must also be mentioned that the delay in getting the Energy Regulatory Bill passed by the National Assembly also contributed, in some way, to the private sector slow commitment to power generation. In spite of power being on the concurrent list in our Constitution, only Rivers State paid serious and appreciable attention to power generation and transmission, Akwa-Ibom followed later with Federal Government support.

POOR REVENUE Meanwhile, we embarked on building thermal units in four locations where existing gas pipelines are sufficiently close to minimise cost of gas provision to these sites. These sites or locations are Papalanto, Omotosho, Alaoji and Geregu.

Each of these sites could be made to ultimately provide close to 1000MW. It must be remembered that the first term of our administration started with the price of oil at $8 to $9 per barrel. Our budgets were not realised due to poor revenue intake from oil. For these four locations, we had to seek loan from China at concessionary rate to support

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two of the sites. Three of these sites – Gerengu, Omotosho and Papalanto – were built to the point of commission before I left government in May 2007.

As at today, Papalanto, Omotosho and Geregu are generating power for the grid. Gas pipe vandalism has affected them all. Since they were to be expanded, there was work continuously going on for adequate gas provision, transmission and additional turbines to reach the ultimate magnitude or capacity of about 1000MW each. The problem of vandalism of gas pipelines remains with them as with Egbin.

During our Administration’s first term and going into the early part of the second term, we studied all the available and possible sources of power and energy.

These include solar, wind, tide, biomass, thermal from gas, thermal from coal, thermal from nuclear and hydro. We realised that technology for mass production of power from solar, wind and tide is still some distance away, and, therefore, the unit cost is prohibitive. They will do for smallholding or domestic use and we instituted concessionary policy to encourage such domestic or small-holding installation and use.

For large scale power production, we are left with thermal from gas, thermal

We embarked on building thermal units in four locations where existing gas pipelines are sufficiently close to minimise cost of gas provision to these sites. These sites or locations are Papalanto, Omotosho, Alaoji and Geregu. Each of these sites could be made to ultimately provide close to 1000MW

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from coal and hydro. We set for a twenty-year programme of nuclear energy only after we have almost exhausted what we can obtain from other thermal sources. After a visit to Omoku where Rivers State was building a thermal unit close to an Agip gas source to eliminate long distance gas pipelines that could be subjected to vandalism, we embarked on the study and search for similar available gas sources close to which other thermal plant could be located. Six of such sites were located at Sapele (Delta), Ehobor (Edo), Egbema (Imo), Gbaram (Bayelsa), Calabar (Cross River), Omoku (Rivers). That is the beginning of what is today called NIPP. It would be short in gas pipelines but might be somewhat long in transmission to grid line.

We have to coordinate and harmonise five aspects of the building of generation and evacuation unit in each site – turbine, gas provision, civil works, electrical station and transmission or evacuation. Unless all these are synchronised and brought together, expenditure on four, leaving out one as uncompleted, will still leave out power generation let alone having the power at our homes and factories. No matter what resources you may have, it will take a minimum of three years, if there are no interruptions or disruptions and with hard driving, to complete any one of these units. Without hard driving and with any disruption, it may take up to five years or more.

Obasanjo’s letter to the House Committee on Power and Steel, dated May 12, 2008, was culled from TheCable.

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Stakeholders identify technology as key to repositioning Nigeria’s health system Stories: Angela Onwuzoo To meet the healthcare needs of Nigerians through quality and affordable health system, stakeholders have identified technology as an effective tool that could reposition and address the various challenges confronting the sector.

A recent survey conducted by Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology on the current state of Nigeria’s health system, shows that only 36 per cent of Nigerians believe their health needs are met by the current health system.

The survey involving 500 participants was aimed at understanding the future of health in Nigeria and other associated health challenges with a view to meeting the health needs of Nigerians.

The survey which revealed obvious gaps in the nation’s health system, was released in Lagos recently at the Future of Health Summit organised by Philips Africa and Forbes Africa.

With half of Nigerians still trusting the country’s healthcare system in the survey despite the gaps, stakeholders say the situation could be improved through the adoption of technology, investment in the system and public private partnership (PPP).

Speaking at a Panel session titled: “The role of technology in the transformation of healthcare in Nigeria”, one of the stakeholders and Chief Executive Officer, Philips Africa, Mr Jasper Westerink, noted that the study highlighted the need for a greater focus on preventive healthcare for a sustainable health system.

According to him, the findings have again stressed the need for more government’s investment in medical research, preventive care, acute care and general health education while pledging his organisation’s support for the sector.

Westerin explained: “Aside from the provision of important healthcare solutions through technology, Philips is committed to educating and creating awareness towards the reduction of risk factors associated with unhealthy lifestyles.

The provision of technologies that enable a healthy lifestyle also remains a key priority for Philips Africa” He noted that having a wide spectrum of healthcare attendants embedded in communities would go a long way to fix issues with the overburdened primary healthcare systems.

“Access to technologies that capture early diagnosis is another way to alleviate this burden”, he added.

R-:: President, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, Clare Omatseye; CEO, Philips Africa, Jasper Westerink; Head, Health Desk, ThisDay, Martins Ifijeh; Commissioner of Health, Lagos State, Dr. Jide Idris, during a panel discussion on “The Role of Technology in the Transformation of Healthcare in Nigeria” at the Philips Future Health Summit held in Lagos last week.

Another stakeholder and Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris in his contribution, stressed the need for training of healthcare professionals and equipping them with the right techonologies for health promotion and preventive care.

Idris also harped on communication and behavioural change initiatives in order to leapfrog from education to ensuring that technologies are well understood and applied in communities, adding that some of these initiatives have

been put in place by Lagos State Governmnent to incentivise private sector participation.

He said that the state government was committed to creating platforms to stimulate private sector participation in healthcare and was partnering healthcare equipment manufacturers to lease to private healthcare providers.

On her part, the President, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, Mrs Clare Omatseye, affirmed that with technology being a major driver of change, especially

today when patients are digitally empowered, healthcare solutions must be incorporated into everyday innovations and meet patients where they are.

She identified some of the challenges facing the healthcare sector to include financing and access to capital as well as the importance of collaboration with sectors outside healthcare in order to deliver viable solutions.

Commenting on the issue of brain-drain, she pointed out some of the top reasons for this, including

remuneration, access to technologies and better working environments; all of which she said could be fixed with the right level of commitment and investment.

Decrying out-of-pocket payment for healthcare, she encouraged government to ensure mandatory universal health insurance, noting that it was imperative for government to partner the private sector to bring in their passion in order to achieve the ideal formula for success in healthcare delivery.

Experts harp on adequate sleep to reduce depression

Sleep reduces stress

A consultant Physician at the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria, Dr. Adegbaju Adebowale, has urged Nigerians to ensure they get adequate sleep daily to lower risk of depression He warned that lack of sleep and depression could become the number one killer in the nearest future if left untreated.

Adebowale who spoke at a forum in Lagos, said scientific findings show that sleep is a performance enhancer, while depression is the opposite.

He said that sleep is a normal and essential part of life, and that the body requires sleep to regulate and rejuvenate.

The physician who listed some of the impediments to good sleep, said good sleepers take less calories, and that sleep improves concentration

and productivity, thus lowering risk of heart disease and stroke.

He noted that good sleep lowers risk of depression, while it improves immune function. He also said that very soon depression would be the number one killer.

Adebowale listed sleep disorders to include hypersomnia, excess sleep, circadian rhythm-sleepwake disorder, parasomnia and some sleep movement disorders.

Also speaking, a Sleep Consultant, Dr. Olusola Oguntolu, stressed the need to raise awareness on the benefits of good sleep.

He explained: “To understand why sleep is important, think of your body as a factory that performs a number of vital functions. As you drift off to sleep, the body begins its night-shift work: Healing damaged cells, boosting the immune system, as

well as recharging the heart and other parts of the cardiovascular system for the next day.”

Giving insight into sleep disorders and respiratory ailments, he described Sleep Apnea as a dangerous condition associated with significant risks of heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus and stroke amongst other conditions.

“The good news is that the disorder is easily diagnosed and eminently treatable. However, it requires a heightened awareness as well as proactive effort by the patient and healthcare provider for early recognition and treatment.”

“Anyone who suspects that they have any of the listed risk factors, should seek further evaluation by a qualified healthcare provider for possible referral to a specialised sleep consultant”, he said.

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Pregnant women warned against use of herbal medicines Doosuur Iwambe -Abuja To reduce child morbidity and mortality in the country, a Gynaecologist with the National Hospital Abuja, Dr. Babatunde Olayinka, has warned pregnant women against taking herbal medicines to avoid giving birth to babies with defects.

Olayinka urged pregnant women to abstain from taking drugs generally without the doctor’s prescription.

According to him, herbal drugs have been known to cause premature contractions if taken during pregnancy.

Studies have shown that herbal medicines contain substances that can cause miscarriage, premature birth, uterine contractions, or injury to the foetus.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), every year, an estimated 7.9 million infants (6% of worldwide births) are born with serious birth defects.

He pointed out that if the herbal drugs were used during the first trimester, it could cause congenital problem for the newly formed foetus.

“It can even cause abnormality in babies and sometimes it can result in miscarriages and in latter part of the pregnancy; it can lead to pre-term delivery.

“The herbal drugs can even cause damages to the foetus and problems to the liver and kidneys,’’ Olayinka said.

He said that in spite of the many advertisements of herbal drugs in the media, research showed that their efficacies were mostly in doubt.

Olayinka said that although herbal drugs were derived from properties of plants, they should be avoided during pregnancy.

“The components of orthodox medicines are known, the complications are also known, so are the effect of the drugs on major organs of the body.

“There are some orthodox medicines that are not safe during pregnancy even if it is given in pregnancy, the risk of giving the orthodox medicines are weighed before they are administered.’’

Olayinka advised pregnant women to attend ante-natal at the early stage of pregnancy to avoid complications during delivery or having abnormal babies.

Herbal roots

Fat belly linked to vitamin D deficiency, says study Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

Fat belly

A higher amount of belly fat has been linked to lower vitamin D levels in the body, a new study says.

Researchers in the Netherlands found that people with higher levels of total body and abdominal fat had lower levels of vitamin D compared to those with less fat. This could mean that people who are overweight are prone to developing vitamin D deficiencies and related conditions, the scientists suggested.

If proven, the link could have health implications for the more than one-third of U.S. adults who have obesity.

Vitamin D can be absorbed into the body from sunlight, and is also present in foods such as beef liver, oily fish like tuna, mackerel and salmon, as well as cheese, egg yolks, mushrooms and some fortified foods.

The body needs vitamin D in order to absorb calcium, and deficiency can lead to bone disorders.

However, growing evidence suggests it could also play a role in the development of respiratory tract infections, autoimmune diseases and heart conditions.

The team from the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam and Leiden University Medical Center

noted the levels of total body fat and abdominal fat in participants of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study. The overall cohort included more than 6,600 individuals between 46 to 65 years of age, many of whom were obese.

They found that lower levels of vitamin D were associated with higher total body and abdominal fat in women, and more abdominal and liver fat in men.

Rachida Rafiq, the lead author of the study, presented the findings at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting in Barcelona.

“Although we did not measure vitamin D deficiency in our study, the strong relationship between increasing amounts of abdominal fat and lower levels of vitamin D suggests that individuals with larger waistlines are at a greater risk of developing deficiency, and should consider having their vitamin D levels checked,” she said in a statement.

She highlighted that as the study was observational, her team was unable to say for certain that obesity causes vitamin D deficiency, or that a lack of the substance makes the body store belly fat.

“However, this strong association may point to a possible role for vitamin D in abdominal fat storage and function,” she said.

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Foreign Affairs

The future is African Maryam Elgoni The African continent is unique for many reasons: our diverse landscapes, melting pot of cultures, rich biodiversity, fertile soils and vast mineral wealth. We’re the cradle of civilisation. We’re home to the longest river, largest desert and fastest animal. But most notably, Africa is unique because Africa is young. Young and full of potential.

As we celebrate Africa Day on May 25, it is fitting to look to the future and the potential this continent holds.

By 2050, Africa will account for 42% of all global births and by 2055, 1 billion children – almost 40% of the global total – will live in Africa. This is according to UNICEF’s latest Generation 2030 2.0 Report, which reveals compelling statistics regarding the changing African child demographic, growing fertility and survival rates, urban trends, and the impact this has on education and healthcare infrastructure in Africa.

The report follows on from UNICEF’s 2014 Generation 2030 report, which collected data on the demographics of the African continent, analysed the implications of its growing child population, and explored the policy options available for leaders.

The drivers of this child population growth are threefold: growing numbers of women of reproductive age; increased births and improved child survival rates. These numbers will put a strain on healthcare, with an additional 2.2–million health professionals needed to meet the minimum health systems threshold set by the World Health Organisation.

Furthermore, between 2015 and 2030 Africa will see a 33% increase in the child population of primary school age, from 189–million to 251–million, highlighting the need for more schools and educators to accommodate these numbers.

The findings of the report raise the questions: “Why does this matter, and what does this have to do with me?”

Primarily, these numbers leave us in an interesting situation: with the correct investments in young people and by developing

the right infrastructure, we have the opportunity to harness this demographic and create a youth dividend, which will accelerate economic growth. But if we fail to do so, Africa will face an unprecedented youth burden, exacerbating unemployment, social unrest and dependency on government hand-outs.

Those of us born in the 1990s and the 2000s either fall into this demographic or will contribute to it in the coming years.

I am a young female African who is fortunate enough to work with other influential African millennials at the South African Institute of International Affairs. We help young people from across the continent get to grips with policy issues and equip them with research and negotiating skills which can be used in meetings with decisionmakers at the national, regional and global level, as well as international forums like the United Nations.

I have seen and experienced

this African potential firsthand through my work. From youth bloggers and social media influencers to members of local youth parliaments and heads of organisations, African millennials are contributing towards active change in their societies.

Africa Day is a celebration of these inspiring youths, and a reminder that despite our difficult past, Africa can, and will, rise to meet the environmental, economic and social challenges of our time. Crackdowns on free speech, the effects of climate change, the disregard of democratic principles that can lead to totalitarian rule, increased acts of violence, war and instability, economic uncertainty, the rise of populism and police brutality are just some of the global challenges our generation is facing.

The first step is to meaningfully include young people in policymaking in a way which is not tokenistic. We cannot be creating

policies on education, economics, healthcare, immigration, politics and climate change without including the youth. Policymakers must invite young people to policy consultations, host interactive dialogues, engage and educate them on existing policies and actively include young people in the political space.

The second step is to recognise that this diverse group, separated by different lived experiences, borders and political ideologies cannot be homogenised. There is strength in our differences.

And while these differing voices use social media platforms, civil society organisations, NGOs and youth-led organisations to call for a range of actions to be taken within their communities, together they add up to a unified youth voice across all borders – and this voice must become louder.

I have experienced the fiery and contagious passion young people possess and seen this translate into youth activism. Having

conversed with, debated against, and worked together with young people from across the continent I am confident about our future. A confidence which I hope policymakers will share this Africa Day. This unique continent – with its diverse people, breath-taking landscapes and vast wealth of natural resources – needs targeted investment in its youth to fulfil its potential.

This Africa Day, we need to reflect on how far we’ve come and recognise how far we can go if policy-makers make the right choices to empower and protect our youth. Young people need to challenge the status quo and actively fight for a seat at the decision-making table – and if we’re not given one, we’ll bring our own chairs.

Maryam Elgoni, is Youth Programmes Officer at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

This article was first published with the City Press.

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Summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un may be delayed – Trump US President Donald Trump has said there is a “very substantial chance” a historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un next month may not happen.

He said the North must meet conditions for the summit to go ahead though if it did not, it might happen “later”.

He was speaking as he received South Korea’s President Moon Jaein at the White House.

The North has said it may cancel the summit if the US insists on it giving up nuclear weapons unilaterally.

Mr Trump did not say what conditions the US had set for the summit but, asked by a reporter about the North’s arsenal, he said “denuclearisation must take place”.

The 12 June summit is due to take place in Singapore. It follows a summit between the two Korean leaders in April.

North Korea is expected to dismantle a nuclear test site this week as a good will gesture but the demolition may be delayed by bad weather.

How did the mood sour last week?

North Korea cancelled highlevel talks with South Korea, saying the South’s joint military exercises with the US were a “provocation” and rehearsal for

invasion.

Pyongyang then accused US national security adviser John Bolton of making “reckless statements” after he suggested the North could follow a “Libya model” of denuclearisation.

That was a reference to Libya’s former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, who agreed to give up nuclear weapons in 2003 and was later killed by Western-backed rebels.

Mr Trump, however, later denied the US would follow the “Libyan model” if an agreement was reached with North Korea.

“The model, if you look at that model with Gaddafi, that was a total decimation,” he said.

“We went in there to beat him.

Now, that model would take place if we don’t make a deal, most likely. But if we make a deal, I think Kim Jong-un is going to be very, very happy.”

Why does the Singapore summit matter so much?

Mr Trump accepted North Korea’s invitation for direct talks after more than a year of heated rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang, amid global concern hostility might escalate into military confrontation.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Mr Trump was asking aides and advisers whether he should proceed with the Kim summit.

Trump and Jong-un North Korea conducted several nuclear tests over the past few years and developed long-distance missiles which, it says, can carry nuclear bombs as far as the US mainland.

If the summit happens, it would be historic as no sitting US president has ever met a North Korean leader.

Even then, is a deal likely?

Many observers believe the two leaders now have too much

at stake for the summit not to go ahead.

However, Pyongyang’s professed commitment to “denuclearisation” is likely to differ from Washington’s demand for “comprehensive, verifiable and irreversible” nuclear disarmament.

North Korea has said it will start dismantling its nuclear test site this week, in a ceremony to be attended by foreign journalists.

Source: BBC

MH370 not deliberately crashed by pilot, say investigators

Investigators examining the debris from the flight Australian investigators have rejected claims that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was deliberately brought down by the pilot.

Recent speculation that the jet was the subject of a “controlled ditching” into the sea was dismissed on Tuesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

The bureau maintains that the pilot was unconscious during the

final moments.

The passenger plane disappeared in 2014 while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.

The official search for the wreckage of MH370, also involving Malaysia and China, was called off in January last year after 1,046 days.

Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have said that the plane was out

of control when it plunged into the southern Indian Ocean.

But a theory that the pilot was in full control of the plane at the time of the crash has recently been revived in a new book by former Canadian air crash investigator Larry Vance.

Mr Vance, who appeared on Australia’s 60 Minutes programme earlier this month, says in his book that the ATSB investigation was flawed and its conclusions of the

aircraft’s final moments are wrong.

“He [the pilot] was killing himself; unfortunately, he was killing everybody else on board, and he did it deliberately,” Mr Vance told 60 Minutes.

However the ATSB’s search director, Peter Foley, on Tuesday defended the bureau’s findings, insisting that investigators had explored all the advice and analysis provided.

“We considered every piece of evidence that we had at the time in an unbiased fashion,” Mr Foley told a parliamentary hearing in Canberra, adding that he had read Mr Vance’s book.

“We have quite a bit of data to tell us that the aircraft, if it was being controlled at the end, it wasn’t very successfully being controlled,” he added.

Flight MH370 disappeared after it stopped sending communications hours into its flight on 8 March 2014. The subsequent hunt formed one of the largest surface and underwater searches in aviation history.

Although the underwater search turned up nothing, small pieces of debris from the plane were washed up on islands in the Indian Ocean and on the African coast.

The Australian government has said it will only resume the search if “credible” new evidence surfaces.

A private US firm began another search for the plane earlier this year but so far has not turned up any clues.

Source: BBC

Palestine submits ICC referral to open probe into ‘Israel crimes’ For the first time, the Palestinian government has submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling on prosecutors to open an immediate investigation into what it called Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki arrived on Tuesday at the independent court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, to meet with Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

“The State of Palestine took an important and historic step towards justice for the Palestinian people who continue to suffer from ongoing, widespread and systematic crimes,” said Malki in a press conference after the meeting.

Malki said the referral addressed a myriad of issues, including “settlement expansion, land grabs, illegal exploitation of natural resources, as well as the brutal and calculated targeting of unarmed protesters, particularly in the Gaza Strip”.

The diplomatic move comes after widespread outrage in the occupied Palestinian territories and internationally over the Israeli army’s killing on May 14 of 62 unarmed Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip, in what was described by rights groups as a massacre.

“Through this referral, we want the Office of the Prosecutor to open, without delay, an investigation into all crimes that she presently concludes have been commissioned or are ongoing,” said Malki.

“This referral is Palestine’s test to the international mechanism of accountability and respect for international law,” he added.

State referral While Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute - the treaty of the ICC to which all members are bound to - its nationals could be tried by The Haguebased court for crimes committed on Palestinian territory.

The State of Palestine formally became a member of the ICC in April 2015, giving the court jurisdiction over crimes committed in the territory since June 13, 2014 - including the 2014 Israeli assault on Gaza.

The ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor began its preliminary examination of the “situation in Palestine” in January 2015.

In this phase, the prosecutor is meant to determine whether the criteria have been met to warrant pursuing a formal investigation based on the information available publicly or submitted to the office and whether local courts are carrying out credible investigations.

Diana Buttu, a former legal adviser to Palestinian negotiators, told Al Jazeera that while “this has been an option for the PA for quite some time, the significance now is that there is enough pressure on PA President Mahmoud Abbas to do something”.

The reasons behind the PA’s decision not to make such a move earlier, she explained, were linked to how approximately “one million Palestinians” were on the PA’s payroll, adding that “international donors have also played a role in making it clear that they will not support a PA that is actually defending Palestinian rights”.

In retaliation for Palestine’s decision to join the ICC in 2015, Israel withheld millions of dollars in tax revenues that it collects on behalf of the PA. The latter has also routinely been threatened by the US and Israel not to make any moves in the ICC.