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NASS sets up ad hoc c’ttees on new Minimum Wage

Bill passes 1st, 2nd reading at Senate, Reps Lawmakers to hold public hearing Monday

Tunde Opalana and Henry Omunu, Abuja The bill for the amendment of the National Minimum Wage Act 2011 to increase public and private

sector workers minimum wage from N18,000 to N27,000 received expeditious hearing at the National Assembly on Thursday.

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At the Senate, the Bill scaled both first and second reading after which it was committed to a Special Ad hoc Committee for further legislative work.

The Senate suspended its standing rule 79 and set aside all legislative communication protocols to pass the controversial N27,000 minimum wage Bill first and second reading in one day.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over plenary, said this is the first time that the 8th Senate would suspend its rules to take a First and Second Reading of an Executive Communication.

Ekweremadu noted that the Senate decided to give the National Minimum Wage Bill presented to it

by President Muhammadu Buhari an accelerated hearing due to its importance.

Ekweremadu also clarified that contrary to media reports, there is only a single Bill from the Executive to the Senate which he said has a recommendation of N27,000 for both federal and state workers.

Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, was reported to have said that in the recommendation of the Council of State, the Federal Government will pay its workers N30,000 while the state governments will pay their workers N27,000 as minimum wage.

To this end, the Deputy Senate President said the recommendation in the Bill that the new national minimum wage be applied to all companies with up to twenty five workers may not be necessary because many low income workers may not be captured, pointing out that national minimum wage is for everybody.

He said there must be conscious efforts to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in the country, calling on the governors to improve their revenues by expanding all collectible taxes to finance the new minimum wage.

“This will be the first time the 8th Senate is reading an Executive Communication and suspending our rules to take a First and Second Reading and assigning the Bill to a Committee, all in one day. This shows how committed we are to this issue.

“I believe what we have said so far will suffice in guiding the Committee.

Just to clarify: the new minimum wage brought to us is set at N27,000.

There were news reports of N27,000 for state workers and N30,000 for the Federal Government workers, but this is a single national minimum wage of N27,000. Another issue of concern is whether this affects organisations and establishments employing less than 25 persons.

“If this does not affect these people, it means a whole number of people are left outside the minimum wage and that is not right. In most countries, the minimum wage applies to all workers, regardless of the number of people in an establishment.

“I believe that at the public hearing, we will be able to clarify and sort it all out. We must try our best to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor,” the Deputy Senate President said.

This is just as the Senate set up an eight-man ad hoc committee representing the six geo-political zones to fine-tune the final passage of the Bill into law for the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari.

They are Senate Majority Whip, Senator Olusola Adeyeye (South West), as

the Chairman of Special Ad-Hoc Committee while other members include Senator Abu Ibrahim, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour; Senator Shehu Sani (representing the North West); Senator Sam Egwu (South East); Senator Suleiman Adokwe (North Central); Senator Francis Alimikhena (South South); and Senator Binta Masi Garba (North East).

The Committee was directed to report back to the Senate in Plenary within two weeks.

Earlier leading debate on the Bill, the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan (APC, Yobe north), said the Bill is an executive communication, which Rule 79 of the Senate Order Book requires must pass three readings on different days before being passed for executive assent.

However, he said: “This is a very critical bill and I therefore feel that the Senate should give it a very expeditious passage; and that requires suspension of Order 79, so that we take the first and second reading immediately and refer it to the relevant committee.

“This is one bill that enjoys the support of every political party in Nigeria. The public and civil servants require motivation; they need incentives, they need to be cared for. It is my desire and I am sure it is the position of all the senators that this bill be given expeditious passage so that it takes effect immediately in 2019.

“We will work on the Appropriation Bill 2019.

We have to reflect the financial implication of this bill. Moving from the current N18,000 minimum wage is certainly a major increase; it may not be what our civil servants hoped for and wanted, but it is still an

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Ohaneze Ndigbo endorses Atiku, urges Igbos to vote for him Moses Oyediran, Enugu The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, on Thursday, endorsed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general.

The endorsement

followed the meeting of the highest decision making body of the organisation (One Obi) held in Enugu.

The group said its decision to back the Atiku/Obi candidacy was predicated on its appraisal of the fault lines in the nation’s polity and an evaluation of the manifestos of all the

candidates vying for presidency.

This was contained in a Communique issued and signed by the President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo.

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President Muhammadu Buhari (right) and widow of the former President of Nigeria, Professor Uche Azikiwe (right) shortly after unveiling the plaque at the official Commissioning of the Zik Mausoleum and Conference Centre built in honour of the first President of Nigeria , Late Rt. Hon. Nnamdi Azikiwe at the Inosi – Onira Retreat in Onitsha, Anambra State...on Thursday.

President Muhammadu Buhari (right), Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(middle) and Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano (middle) at the official Commissioning of the Zik Mausoleum and Conference Centre built in honour of the first President of Nigeria , Late Rt. Hon. Nnamdi Azikiwe at the Inosi – Onira Retreat in Onitsha, Anambra State...on Thursday.

Cross Section of the Red Cap Chiefs and other Guests during the official Commissioning of the Zik Mausoleum and Conference Centre built in honour of the first President of Nigeria , Late Rt. Hon. Nnamdi Azikiwe at the Inosi – Onira Retreat in Onitsha, Anambra State...on Thursday.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ibrahim Magu (middle); Nigerian Ambassador to Vienna, H.E. Mrs. Vivian N. R. Okeke and another participant during the International Association of AntiCorruption Authorities, IAACA, in Vienna, Austria...on Thursday.

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Finally, CJN gets reprieve as A’Court stops CCT trial Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Court of Appeal Abuja Division, on Thursday, ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to stay all further proceedings in the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending its ruling on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.

The three member panel of the appellate court in a unanimous ruling gave the order after taken submissions from counsel to the application filed by the CJN seeking a stay of proceedings of his trial at the CCT, pending a ruling.

Delivering the ruling, Presiding Justice, Justice Abdul Aboki, stated that “this ruling is adjourned till

Wednesday, January 30, the tribunal is ordered to stay all proceedings”.

Earlier, while moving the application on the stay of proceedings on CCT/ ABJ/01/2019 case between the Federal Government and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Chief Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), had prayed the court to grant the stay until the determination of the appeal against the order of the tribunal made on January 14.

Olanipekun informed the Court that the issue involved is jurisdictional, constitutional, and the judiciary and that there is urgent need to preserve the res (the subject matter), emphasising that the situation deserves the intervention of the Court.

“The subject is strong,

unique and needs to be preserved,” he argued.

Olanipekun, who took time to narrate the history of the case and all that transpired at the tribunal, also informed the Court of Appeal that the tribunal had refused to obey the orders of four separate Courts, including the National Industrial Court.

The tribunal, he added, had said it was not bound by the fact that this appeal is pending before the Court of Appeal, even as the Court of Appeal is ceased of the matter.

He therefore urged the Court of Appeal to order stay of proceedings on the matter at the CCT in the interest of the subject matter, constitution and the institution of the judiciary.

Olanipekun also prayed the court for an accelerated hearing of the appeal.

Responding, counsel to the Federal Government, Oyin Koleoso, urged the Court of Appeal to dismiss the application for lack of merit, because if the appeal succeed, it will not terminate the case before the tribunal.

According to him, “the grievances that initiated the application is no longer there.

If their request is granted, how then would their application be taken?”

On the blame that the tribunal was encouraged by the respondent not to obey court orders, he insisted that the decision of whether or not to stay proceedings is that of the tribunal and not the respondent.

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Patrick Okohue, Lagos The United States of America and the United Kingdom have said that there will be grave consequences for anyone who interferes with the 2019 elections in the country and is involved in election-related violence.

Noting that the conduct of the upcoming elections in Nigeria is important not only for Nigeria, but for the African continent, the USA and the UK in separate press releases on Thursday said the repercussions may include visa restrictions.

While insisting that the United States government does not support any specific candidate or party in Nigeria’s upcoming elections, the statement from the US consulate added that the United States supports the Nigerian democratic process itself.

“We support a genuinely free, fair, transparent, and peaceful electoral process.

“We, and other democratic nations, will be paying close attention to actions of individuals who interfere in the democratic process or instigate violence against the civilian population before,

during, or after the elections.

We will not hesitate to consider consequences including visa restrictions - for those found to be responsible for election-related violence or undermining the democratic process.

Under U.S. immigration law, certain violations may also lead to restrictions on family members.

“We welcome the signing of peace pledges by Nigerian candidates and their commitment to a peaceful electoral process,” the US said.

Also in a release by the British High Commission in Abuja, the United Kingdom said they would like to reaffirm their strong support for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria.

It noted that 23 days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections and 37 days to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, “We and our international partners remain committed supporters of Nigeria’s democracy.

We do not support any party or individual and believe that the Nigerian people should be able to choose their leaders in an environment free from hate speech and insecurity.

“We continue to provide significant support to

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission and to Nigerian civil society to help them deliver credible elections. We also regularly engage with actors across the political spectrum to encourage them to respect electoral rules and maintain an atmosphere of peace and calm.

“We will be deploying an extensive observation mission for the forthcoming elections, including coordinating with the EU’s Election Observation Mission. Our monitors will in particular be looking out for any attempts to encourage or use violence to influence the elections, including on social media.

“We would like to remind all Nigerians that where the UK is aware of such attempts, this may have consequences for individuals. These could include their eligibility to travel to the UK, their ability to access UK based funds or lead to prosecution under international law.

“The UK is a friend and partner of Nigeria. We hope our continued support will play a role in helping Nigeria take a further step towards consolidating the progress made since democracy returned in 1999,” the statement reads.

and inclusive, the Ime Obi Ohaneze Ndigbo met today, Thursday 24 January, 2019, at the Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu, to further deliberate on the future of Ndigbo in the chequred history of a beleaguered country.

“After a critical and dispassionate appraisal of the issues and the visible fault lines in our polity, including the analysis of the election manifestos of the various contesting parties, especially with regards to the restructuring of the federation and continued relevance of our people in the Nigerian geopolitical space, the meeting resolved as follows: “That Ohaneze remains the apex socio-cultural organisation that works for the interest of the Igbo in and outside Nigeria. It attempts to aggregate the views of all other Igbo platforms; “Ohaneze notes particularly that a major political party (PDP) by the nomination of our son, Peter Obi, as the Vice presidential candidate, has given Ndigbo an opportunity for inclusivity. Ndigbo must seize the moment; “That the presidential candidate of PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has made an avowed commitment to

restructuring of the federation and reconfirmed same during his recent visit to the United States in his meetings highlevel US officials; “In consideration of the above and other relevant existential factors pertaining to the treatment of the Igbo in our polity, the Ime Obi Ohaneze, therefore, hereby ratify the decision reached at the Ohaneze National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Enugu on Tuesday, 22 January, 2019, to adopt the Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi ticket in the 2019 presidential election. Ime Obi therefore endorses and embraces fully, this ticket without equivocation, especially with regards to the position of Ndigbo at the Awka Declaration which insisted on a complete restructuring of the Nigerian polity.

“Ohaneze urges Ndigbo to see their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a restructured polity and for a better society; “The meeting further called on the international community to help to ensure a free and credible 2019 elections in Nigeria; Finally, Ohaneze urges all Igbo to come out and vote and to protect their votes”.

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Nigerians in S’Africa march on Johannesburg, demand free, fair election

Hundreds of Nigerians living in South Africa on Thursday staged a rally and marched on the streets of Johannesburg, demanding that Nigeria’s 2019 general election should be free and fair.

The Daily Times correspondent in Johannesburg reports that at the rally which was organised under the umbrella of Southgerians, marchers made other demands from the government concerning the election including the need to ensure that other arms of government like the legislature and the judiciary are unencumbered from functioning and carrying out their legitimate duties because of political exigency.

In a statement on behalf of Southgerians, signed by Tagbo Agbazue and John Metchie, convenor and Director respectively, which was read and submitted to the Nigerian Consulate in Illovo, Johannesburg, they also

called on the international community and other stakeholders in the Nigeria project to be vigilant as well as monitor what is going on in Nigeria in order to ensure that the gains made by the country in its democratic growth are not reversed.

They therefore demanded among other things, free and fair elections; that the Police, Army and other security agencies be neutral throughout the period of the election; that voters should not be intimidated; that the Electoral Act should be signed into law; that the independence of the Judiciary should not be compromised.

“These conditions should be based on the following: Respect for the Rule of Law and the doctrine of Separation of Powers, as enshrined in the Constitution; Guaranteed independence of all institutions that protect Nigeria’s Constitutional Democracy (e.g the National Assembly and the Judiciary,

as well as INEC, Human Rights Commission, the Ombudsman, the police and other law enforcement and security institutions, etc.

“Supported by the observance and practice of the tenets of good governance, Responsibility, Accountability, Transparency and Fairness, as well as independence, discipline and social responsibility,” they demanded.

According to them, it was necessary to ensure that the issues they raised are duly attended to in order that the nation can have a successful election.

“All these conditions are of critical importance to ensure Nigeria’s long term growth, sustainability and competitiveness, as well as the success of the forthcoming elections in Nigeria.

“In particular, INEC should act independently and be well resourced with the necessary financial, human and material capacity

to deliver on their mandate effectively. INEC should specifically take on board the lessons from Osun and Ekiti states to ensure the avoidance of the similar controversies.

“We also wish to specifically highlight the importance of guarding the independence of our Judiciary. Therefore, efforts to harass and intimidate the Chief Justice are highly condemned. All allegations of impropriety should be handled in observance of our laws.

“We support all efforts to combat corruption in Nigeria. We however believe that corruption should be combated without fear or favour. We condemn statements attributed to the leadership of the APC that: “join the party and your sins would be forgiven,” they stated, adding that their concern was motivated by patriotism and commitment to the wellbeing of the country.

Voting: INEC to give priority to aged, pregnant women, PLWD The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that pregnant women, aged people, the sick and persons with disabilities would be given priority to vote on election days without joining the queue.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attaihiru-Madami, made this disclosure on Thursday in Ilorin at stakeholders’ meeting ahead of the 2019 general elections.

“We should give our aged, pregnant women, physically challenged and the sick the priority to vote on election days without joining the queue,” he said.

The REC told the stakeholders that INEC was ready and prepared to conduct the best, most credible, transparent and acceptable elections in the country.

He said accreditation and voting would hold simultaneously at the polling units, adding that immediately a voter is duly accredited, he would be given ballot paper and proceed to thumb print and cast his/her vote.

This, he said, was a

departure from the past when voters were first accredited before they were allowed to vote.

Attaihiru-Madami said Card Readers would be used during the elections, adding that the card readers have been upgraded and 99 per cent efficient and effective.

“If thumb print fails, INEC has abolished the incidence form, however, the Voter Register has been designed with a column for thumb print and voters’ mobile number, he or she is recaptured and given ballot paper to go and vote,” he added.

The REC assured the people of the state that nobody would be disenfranchised during the voting procedure as everybody with genuine PVC would be allowed to vote.

He said voters would not be allowed to bring their mobile phones to the polling areas, adding that they would be made to drop such phones with the Presiding Officer and collect them after dropping their ballot papers in the ballot box.

“Voters may wish to remain to observe the counting of votes later in the day or may go home and return

Yakubu to witness the counting of votes,” Attaihiru-Madami added.

The REC announced that no vehicle would be allowed to be parked close to voting points on election days; saying that security men would be at hand to ensure protection of life of personnel and materials during and after voting.

He declared that it is only INEC that has the constitutional right to announce results of elections, adding that it is illegal for anybody or group to announce results.

“I want to assure the people of Kwara that on the part of INEC, we will

and must conduct free, fair, transparent and credible election which will be accepted by all stakeholders and applauded by the international community.

“Together we shall succeed, success is more of attitude problem, we should believe in ourselves and in INEC. “There is no midway between success and failure; you either succeed or fail.

“I am optimistic with plans, preparation put in place for 2019 election, INEC Nigeria and INEC Kwara will conduct the best election ever.

“We did well in 2015, but 2019 election will be better,” Attaihiru-Madami added.

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improved situation”, Lawan said.

Meanwhile, in their respective contributions, most of the senators canvassed that the Senate increase the Minimum wage from N27,000 as recommended by the executive to N30,000, saying that Nigerian workers deserve more, which they all agreed that the nation can offer if the waste in governance will be reduced.

According to Senator Barau Jibril, the economy of the country is such that there is no doubt that the N18,000 is no longer acceptable for minimum wage. He said governors have to look inwards to generate more revenue to be able to pay the new minimum wage, likewise the private sector.

Emmanuel Paulker, in his remarks, observed that Nigerian workers now live in financial stress to meet their daily needs, punting out that there are still backlog of salaries owed by some state governors. He warned that the Senate will not take a situation where when the Bill is passed, some governors will not pay, as that will make a mess of the whole efforts.

Senator Anyanwu Samuel, in his contribution, said the wage Bill is still not yet enough compared to other economies, noting that it is not something to celebrate.

According to him, though the Council of State has recommended N27,000, the Senate can make it better by jerking it to N30,000 so that the labour union does not go on strike again.

Senator Shehu Sani also canvassed that the Senate increase the minimum wage to N30,000, just as Senator Solomon Adokwe, in his argument, said the salary increase should not be fifty per cent across board as being championed in some quarters.

He said this will over bloat the wage Bill of the state governments, but explained that if extra nine thousand extra is added to the salary of every worker as the increase in minimum wage, then, the financial burden will be such that government can bear.

Senator Barnabas Gemade also said that Nigeria can do better as the nation is not as poor as being made to look, but due to mismanagement of resources by those incharge.

He said governors are facing billions of naira charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yet

they still claim they don’t have money to pay their workers, warning that government should do more to ensure better life for the workers.

Passing the National Minimum Wage (amendment) Act 2011 bill for second reading, on Thursday, the House of Representatives set up an ad hoc committee to be chaired by Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun to fine-tune the document.

The 12-member ad hoc committee as constituted by Speaker Yakubu Dogara is expected to conduct a public hearing on Monday and submit its recommendations on Tuesday for consideration by the House.

Before the resolution, members had condemned the N27,000 recommended by the Council of State.

House Deputy Whip, Rep. Pally Iriase (APC/ Edo) urged the House not to pass the bill as drafted in order not to see the House as a rubber stamp, adding that the bill should be well debated and referred to relevant committees.

“You and I know that the revenue formula is due for a review. N30,000 should be what the House should pass instead of the N27,000,” he argued.

According to Rep. Adamu Chika (APC/ Niger), the amount recommended is grossly inadequate as the increment in wages will lead to an increase in prices of goods.

Other lawmakers in their contributions condemned the situation where the increment only affects lower cadre workers, saying everybody goes to the same market.

Rep. Tobi Okechukwu argued that some states were still unable to pay workers despite the bailout funds they received from the Federal Government while insisting for the sustenance of the legal framework to regulate minimum wage adjustment.

Earlier, Speaker Dogara had read a letter from the Presidency regarding the approval of the new national minimum wage of N27,000 by the Council of State.

After reading the letter, Speaker Dogara noted that N30,000 was not reflected in the letter sent to the National Assembly as against the initial reports in the media.

He therefore directed that the bill be gazetted and slated for first and second reading immediately before the public hearing scheduled for Monday.

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Fake Police Commissioner, 213 suspects arrested in A’ Ibom Isaac Job, Uyo The Akwa Ibom state police command has arrested one fake Senior police officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner (ACP) and 213 suspects for various criminal offences ranging from murder, kidnapping, child stealing, defilement, stealing and armed robbery.

Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo yesterday during the new year maiden press briefing, the Akwa Ibom state police Commissioner Musa Kimo said the fake police boss identified as Kingsley Udoyen of No.3 stadium road, in Abak council area of the state has used his false position to defraud and threatened unsuspecting members of the public.

Kimo said one English pistol without magazine and ammunition, portraits of Chief Superintendent of police and

Assistant Commissioner of police, three pairs of uniform, police belt, fake police identity cards as well as other documents were recovered from the suspect.

“I started when I lost my job, I was with the police in Alagbon as a superintendent of police. I was dismissed in 2007 because of the illegal job I went for. I left Lagos in 2008 and went to Calabar where I met Glory Etim, my girlfriend” “She is the one who bought all these police uniforms for me, she is a serving officer and works with the Police Secondary School.’

I am a car dealer and I go to Cotonou.

Since I was dismissed, I don’t have a job.

I am 56 years old from Mbiaobong Ikot Etefia in Ikono and I am married with four children.

I know what I am doing is against the law. ‘he lamented.

The Commissioner of police further

disclosed that one Joseph Effiong from Ikono local government area who worked as security man at Royal City Central Chapel, Uyo was arrested as he lured one little Miss Mfoniso NSE Okon to uncompleted building and defiled her.

He said another suspect one Joseph Sunday Essien was apprehended by his men for defiling his 13 year old step daughter Miss Patience Eden.

Kimo also said self confessed cultists of Red Skin Confraternity Okon Asuquo and Iboro Edet Etim who robbed one Josephine Nkweke in her provision shop at Ekpene Ukim early this month.

Kimo explained that eight cultists who were confirmed members of Iceland confraternity were arrested for armed robbery.

The commissioner of police warned the people to desist from crime as the 2019 general election was fast approaching.

Short News 2019: PDP will bring back Nigeria’s economic fortunes – Obi

The PDP vice Presidential candidate for the Feb. 16 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, says the country’s economic misfortunes will be reversed to rapid economic growth if the party is voted in.

Obi gave the assurance at an interactive session with the Edo stakeholders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benin on Thursday.

According to him more than 40 per cent of young Nigerians are unemployed, leading to Nigeria being referred to as one of the poorest countries in the world.

He also alleged that “Nigeria has been shut down economically, politically and socially for more than three years.”

“This has resulted in hunger, insecurity, and economic instability especially in the North Eastern part of the country.”

According to him, the Atiku/Obi-led government if elected will bring back foreign investors to develop the economy of the country.

Obi said: “those who have closed their businesses for fear of kidnapping, banditry, insurgency as a result of government inability to provide security for the citizenry, will be encouraged to return.”

He reiterated that the power sector would be taken care of through policies that would make the sector to work again and contribute to the country’s economic development.

“We are going to treat everybody equal especially the physically challenged in the area of empowerment.

Imo students express anger over ASUU, ASUP strike Prince Nwankwo, Owerri Students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and Federal Polytechnic Nekede (FEDPOLYNEK), Owerri, have lamented and frowned at the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).

They were not happy over the development, especially as their house rents have expired due to the ongoing strike by ASUU and ASUP. Daily Times reports that instead of reacting mainly on the poor academic performances’ effects of the strike, the students talked about their house rents that have either expired or about to, complaining that their house rents usually expire by December.

Iheanacho Vincent, a final year student, in the department of Material and Mythological Engineering, FUTO, said he can’t wait for the strike to be called off because it has affected him so much in all ramifications and he is tired of staying at home.

Titus Ekemgba, a third year student in FUTO, department of Mathematics, said, he is not happy about the strike, as he wouldn’t like to be at home during the forthcoming general elections.

APC candidate kidnapped in Edo Titus Akhigbe, Benin-City

L-R: Senior Financial Sector, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Ayman Alfi; Acting Executive Commissioner, Operations, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Isyaku Tilde; Deputy Director, Collectives Investment Services, SEC, Mr. Efiok Ekpeyong Efiok, and IMF Delegate, Mr Lisbon Sullivan during a meeting between IMF delegates and SEC in Abuja yesterday.

N400m fraud: Suleiman bags 32 years jail for defrauding First Inland Bank Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday sentenced one Ibrahim Suleiman who defrauded then First Inland Bank of N400, 700,000 to a total of 32 years in prison.

The convict will however spend seven years in jail as the sentences are running concurrently.

Suleiman was first arraigned in 2007 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was however re-arraigned on an amended charges in 2011.

One of the counts reads: “That you, Ibrahim Suleiman, on or about 29th June 2007 in Jos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, retained in your account with First Inland Bank now FCMB Plc, the sum of N400, 700,000 on behalf of others yet at large, and which sum you knew to be proceeds of an illegal

act by those yet at large and thereby committed an offense punishable under section 16 of the Money laundering act 2004”.

The sum of N400, 700,000 was fraudulently diverted from an account domiciled in First Inland Bank, to Suleiman’s own account. He then transferred various sums to the accounts of his partners in crime, who are currently at large.

Presiding judge, Justice Ayo Emmanuel, found him guilty of all the eight charges preferred against him by the EFCC, ruling that the prosecution, led by Comos Ugwu, proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt after calling eight witnesses.

Before delivering his judgement, the trial judge noted with dismay that “it took me 12 years to conclude this matter due to antics deployed when I took over this matter”, adding that “it was torture as I had to travel from Ibadan and then

Lagos to hear this matter”.

In his ruling, Justice Emmanuel held that: “The court has a duty, in sentencing, to impose sentence which will serve as deterrent; also in sentencing it has a duty to bear in mind the economic impact of the offence committed.

“The offence for which the convict is sentenced has led to the collapse of the financial institution and is within public knowledge that First Inland Bank virtually collapsed after the offence.

“Innocent citizens have been left to suffer the consequences of other people’s criminal act”, he said.

Taking into consideration provisions of Section 311 and Section 416 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, and the allocutus of the defence pleading for “leniency”, the trial judge, sentenced him to five years on counts one, two, four, six and eight; three years on count three, and two years on counts five and seven, to run concurrently.

A candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House of Assembly in Edo state in the forthcoming general election, Mr Michael Ohio-Ezomon, has been abducted by a three-man gang who killed his police orderly in the process.

He was reportedly abducted in his house at Eme-Ora, Owan West local government area.

The victim was a former member of the House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015 and now seeking re-election in the 2019 election.

The incident was confirmed by the Chairman of the local government council, Mr Frank Illaboya.

Illaboya said that Ohio-Ezomon was abducted about 1am on Thursday.

The chairman said that the case had been reported to the police.

It was also gathered that the state commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had visited the scene of the incident.

“Our candidate in the forthcoming election has been abducted by three gunmen at his house at about 1am.

Ribadu campaign DG restates support for Gov Bindo Tom Garba, Yola As the gubernatorial polls is just by the corner, the Director General, campaign organisation of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has reinstated his commitment to ensure Governor Muhammadu Umar Jibrilla Bindo is return elected in the coming March election.

Alhaji Salisu Bawuro while addressing members of Black Caps movement at Mayobelwa said both Gov Bindo and Nuhu are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and head various campaign committees in bringing President Muhammadu Buhari back to office for the second term.

Bawuro revealed to media men that APC in Adamawa must go on one agenda to ensure success for Gov Bindo and they set for Campaign awareness for the re-election of Buhari.

The meeting which bring together many youths and women supporters for APC reminded them that the only alternative to under development is to vote for APC in all elective positions in the state.

“We are for APC and all Nuhu’s supporters must work for Gov Bindo because the party is one to do the agenda of politics of unity.” Bawuro said.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 25, 2019

Divorce of transparency and salient issues

Soji Apampa

2018, a milestone year in which impunity caused a messy divorce, on a global scale, between transparency and accountability. Whether it was the killing of a Saudi journalist writing for a U.S. paper, in the Saudi Embassy, in Turkey or the attempted murder on British soil, of a former Russian Spy, some events happened in ‘full glare’ of the world, leaving an undisputable ‘smoking gun.’ And yet those involved seem to have gotten away with it simply by acting in high office, with unprecedented impunity – as if daring the world with a smug, “and what are you going to do about it?” Meanwhile, back in Nigeria, accountability seems to have accepted to undergo ‘marriage counselling’ with transparency, following the ‘arrest and prosecution’ of impunity. The present administration vowed to fight corruption, but many are divided over how successful they have been in that quest. However, on the issue of a war they didn’t declare – that against impunity, few are those who can dispute the level of success they have achieved.

Those who acted with impunity under the Jonathan regime seem unable to continue in that vein, too scared, perhaps, to flaunt the wealth they have amassed in their reckless pursuits. The 2019 elections now seem to be giving them a platform and voice with which to stage a comeback. The scene is now set for an epic, battle royal – a ferocious war amongst many combatants sworn only to one purpose – the ouster of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to

reinstate ‘the way things were before.’

This is not a political piece however, but an attempt to appeal to sense and reason. Let me digress for a moment.

Some women I know are great fans of Nollywood and long before the renaissance of going to see made-inNigeria movies at the cinema, these ladies religiously followed the new titles released each week by the “marketers.”

They could tell, simply by the line-up of the cast whether a movie would be interesting or boring and could often tell the storyline simply from the theme song – to them, these are very Nigerian stories and those stories follow a pattern.

Looking at the array of combatants for the coming electoral battle in 2019 and the theme song they are chorusing, even if they have changed the movie title, should the discerning expect the storyline to be different or should they expect a more interesting story from these actors they have come to know so well? Can those who made a fortune out of acting with impunity be trusted to midwife a reconciliation between transparency and accountability? Can those who made a fortune at the expense of poor Nigerians now be the trusted architects of a more inclusive economy?

Like it or not, all our politicians have seen the global rise of populism. Many will be seduced by the politician’s ability to couch in populist terms the lust for wealth-by-all-means and the lust for power to keep it coming; or the greedy longings for what the Nigerian rich flaunt, regardless of the means adopted in acquiring it or the

selfish reliance on material resources as a yardstick of national progress.

The battle lines are drawn between those who believe the ends justify the means, so long as the economy “grows” (meaning money is swirling around freely again – the way things were) versus those who seek more sustainable paths to growth through building the right societal foundations, including good ethics and values like transparency and accountability in pursuit of a Society that is good for all. A vote for this brand of populist rhetoric is a vote for the destruction of the foundations of our society and a mortgaging of the already slim chances we have at making a proper recovery from years of abuse by various brands of dictators.

We need a government that is interested in and capable of identifying the constraints to growth in each community in Nigeria, one capable of finding innovative ways of removing such constraints in ways that enable the majority of Nigerians see a sustainable increase in their incomes. A government that is able to help each citizen living on less than N500 a day (and that is over 125 million Nigerians) achieve at least N1,500-N2,000 a day, through productivity gains. This should include women and Nigeria’s teeming youth, persons living with disability and the chronically unemployed. A government that is able to develop policies that encourage the existing value-chains incorporate the poor as producers, employees and customers to improve

their livelihoods and spark off inclusive business models. The establishment of such a clear proposition will attract serious investment from the private sector in response.

This is when government resources can be freed up to consolidate on these gains by strengthening infrastructure and the rule of law. Nigeria’s GDP could more than quadruple and sustainable economic growth could be a natural outcome. If you start ab initio, on the premise that you could sacrifice good values such as integrity, transparency and accountability, so long as you record some “economic growth” that makes “money flow freely again”, this high risk (foolish) strategy would turnout at best to be a bubble, and false growth which will inevitably end in a major crash.

Nigerians need to see through the wiles of crafty, foxy politicians who are after nothing but their own self-perpetuation and preservation in wealth and power.

It is true the new breed may not fully seize power till 2023 but can such a fresh, new future come from old guard, re-cycled, politicians? What should the reasonable Nigerian do? If your choice candidate and party is unlikely to be able to improve the situation by 2023 then why not make a choice that will do no harm until then? Vote in the leaders and party that will hold fort even if repair is beyond them and banish those who will return us to ‘the way things were.’ Nigerians deserve a better future and now is the time to prepare for it.

What do you think?

Proverbs and matters arising

Uddin Ifeanyi

Most Nigerians agree that “corruption” is a major national headache — even when we still struggle to agree on what it is. To the extent that it considerably reduces the resources available to fix the nation’s many problems, it’s a huge tax on efficiency.

But is corruption a cause or consequence of the way we are organised as an economy? You’re not likely to resolve this question by simply listening to the intense bickering that has arisen around the matter since the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) settled on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate for this year’s presidential election.

Alhaji Abubakar came off the years he spent as vice president in the Obasanjo administration with his reputation littering the salver like shredded beef. It matters, therefore, that he’d be running against a man — the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) — who has come to epitomise “integrity” in these parts. This tension explains, also, why perceptions of corruption seem to matter more going into the polls, than do other aspects of governance where we’ve equally failed to move the envelope.

The virulent character of the debate over the relative integrity of the two leading contestants for president at the forthcoming polls does a disservice, though. It has concealed, or better still, ignored the fact that a part of the domestic case against corruption is the

design of better governance structures (especially stronger regulatory institutions and competences), and a stronger criminal justice system. As a civil servant, many years ago, I came to understand the importance of the structure of local incentives. It was not just that the internal audit processes in the public sector were lax to non-existent.

All you had to do to be accountable was to provide receipts for all expenses. You could, thus, literally, get away with murder once you had all your receipts in. It matters, therefore, that desirable conduct is seen to be rewarded; no less than behaviour deemed inimical to the commonwealth is seen to attract sanctions that enforce a conduct loss. Of equal importance is the requirement that the infraction code be simple enough in order that “corruption” doesn’t always require technical definitions.

It does matter, then, the extent to which our apparent embrace of unethical practices has come to qualify our thoughts and associated forms of expression. Argued from a different perspective, this question simply would seek to understand how corrupt practices follow from our worldview. In a sense, there is a chicken-and-egg quality to this reading of the problem. It doesn’t help, though, that much of what in these parts could pass for autochthonous philosophies against which we could carry on this conversation are oral. And in this sense,

may not have been bettered by the close, adversarial encounter with white colonialism.

Nonetheless, if our proverbs are, indeed, the palm oil with which words are eaten, is this not to argue that proverbs provide a shared worldview that aids mutual intelligibility between correspondents? Are they not, therefore, distillates of the wisdom of the ancients? If they are all of these and more, then I plead but one major downside in my intended use of some of our adages. The corpus of proverbs that I’m familiar with are Yoruba ones.

In our multi-cultural society, a bias this severe is almost as good as establishing one’s lack of qualification to pursue this conversation further.

Yet, it matters that Yoruba is the most-spoken language in Lagos State; and that the State accounts for nearly half of the country’s gross domestic product. If, then, one was minded to interrogate the interstitial relationships between our philosophies and our practices, in so far as this is about our tolerance for corrupt practices, there’d be no better place to start than the Yoruba language. Which, incidentally, offers bromides aplenty.

“When you lend a madman a hoe, he’s likely to create the first ridges (for subsequently sowing seeds) on his own side of the fence”. “We attend to our needs from our places of work”. “We are all thieves. Only such are corrupt as

are caught out by the rising sun”. How much of these helps support an amoral worldview?

“When you lend a madman a hoe, he’s likely to create the first ridges (for subsequently sowing seeds) on his own side of the fence”. “We attend to our needs from our places of work”. “We are all thieves. Only such are corrupt as are caught out by the rising sun”. How much of these helps support an amoral worldview? Because folks attend to their needs out of the munificence of the workplace, we struggle to distinguish between that which is rightfully ours, and all the rest which belong to the commons. The moral equivalence that is resolved only by sunrise? Does this not reinforce the biblical injunction against erecting a moral set of references with which society could be better organised — and the errant judged?

I’ve often doubted the insanity of one who’s able to tell the function of a hoe, and thereafter to proceed to make ridges in her own interest. But does it really matter? For to the extent that some of our proverbs (and, hence philosophies?) provide more than ample justification for bad behaviour, we’re not likely to make progress in the fight against corruption without addressing those aspects of our culture that conduce to this practice. We would instead continue to act in ways that ensure that our outcomes are familiar to our forbears.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 25, 2019

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Editorial Commentary Obasanjo: Wages of the old soldier’s rage

Times Guest Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

At this rate, President Muhammadu Buhari may beat former military President General Ibrahim Babangida to the record of collecting the most abusive letters from a former president.

Olusegun Obasanjo’s letters to Babangida were unforgettable. He accused Babangida of every conceivable evil, among which foisting an economic programme on Nigerian that lacked a human face and turning the country into a useless experimental lab were lesser crimes.

Obasanjo supplemented his letters with scathingly lengthy interviews that would make his subsequent attacks on Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan appear like mild admonitions.

Buhari is in for it. In a 16-page letter that makes the one of January 23, 2018 read like a preface, Obasanjo is not content with lashing out at what he describes as the incompetence, nepotism and narrow-mindedness of Buhari’s government.

He takes the attack to a whole new level by likening Buhari to General Sani Abacha, accusing him of working in cahoots with the electoral commission to rig the forthcoming elections, and also, taking direct aim at a few high profile people close to the President.

There are those who would argue that Buhari deserves what he got. And they would be right up to a point. Whatever his government believes it has achieved in the last four years, it has fallen vitally short in urgency, energy and presence.

These were some of the shortcomings for which President Goodluck Jonathan was voted out.

But they hardly justify Obasanjo’s epistolary rascality.

His current letter puts an end to any remaining hope that he would ever rise to the honesty and measured restraint expected of a statesman of his age and stature.

Obasanjo’s hypocrisy is unbelievable. How, for example, can he comment on election – any kind of election at all – when some of the worst elections held in this country in the last 20 years were conducted on his watch?

Obasanjo? It may be useful to remind him that the only election result that has not been fully released since 1999 was the presidential election of 2007, when the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission at the time, Maurice Iwu, announced the winner (against the rule) even before the results of the election from the states had been fully collated and reported.

The immediate beneficiary of that fraud, former President Umaru Yar’Adua, was so ashamed of the outcome that he promised to review the process in his inaugural speech.

Yet, Obasanjo talks about rigging with the selfrighteousness of a pope? The same Obasanjo believed to have forced INEC’s hand to publish the result of the 2007 election in Lagos on its website showing that Musiliu Obanikoro (then of the PDP) had won the governorship, even before the official results had been collated?

How can Obasanjo, in good conscience, accuse anyone of planning to rig an election when, in his days, he announced in advance that elections would be “do-or-die” and then went ahead to execute his threat with a single-minded ruthlessness that set a minimum standard for Robert Mugabe?

Obasanjo’s foot soldiers in election rigging, mostly members of the PDP and APC, must be having a good laugh.

They are still very much around and would remember the days at Eagle’s Square when it was “Obasanjo! Obasanjo!!

Obasanjo!!!” all the way. They remember the time when irrespective of what happened at the polling booth, officials at the collation centres wrote results in favour of Obasanjo’s party, a party which in pursuit of its vow to rule for 60 years, had election results up to 2059 filed in its closet.

It was in Obasanjo’s bid to supplant the constitution and install himself in office for a third term that he tried to wrap the National Assembly around his small finger. When lobbying failed, Obasanjo’s foot soldiers deployed billions of naira in bribes in sacs some of which were later paraded before the cameras.

But it’s amazing what hindsight can do. With its full benefit and advantage, the former president can afford to ask INEC Commissioner, Amina Zakari, to step down because of unsubstantiated claims of blood ties to Buhari. Yet, one of the worst heists of the Obasanjo presidency was how he used Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke’s Corporate Nigeria to raise

N2billion for his re-election in 2003, and then went on to use his position not just to purchase a private university, but also to squeeze private businessmen for at least N8.5billion to build a Presidential Library.

But amnesia is even better than hindsight, not just for the comfort and convenience it confers, but particularly because it helps us to remember only that which we wish to remember.

So, we can conveniently forget the salacious and dysfunctional details of the Obasanjo brood; his servility when he was in dire straits and needed to purchase political favours from Atiku Abubakar and Moummar Ghaddaffi; we must forget those, and instead, accept Obasanjo’s advice on how to save a weak and encircled Buhari from himself.

As for the spectre of Abacha-style tyranny and the breach of the rule of law mentioned in Obasanjo’s letter, it would be interesting to hear what former governors Ayo Fayose, Joshua Dariye, the families of late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and the people of Lagos have to say about Obasanjo the man, as opposed to Obasanjo the saint and new leader of the Salvation Army.

Whatever sainthood his exit from office may have conferred on him, Obasanjo’s sordid record on human rights – and I’m not even going to mention Odi, Zaki Biam and the Ita Oko years – hardly recommends him as a latter-day apostle of habeas corpus.

He can hold Abacha up as perhaps the worst Nigerian leader in recent memory, yet unlike him, Abacha was not a hypocrite. With him you knew where you stood, a virtue that even Obasanjo-for-lifers would be hard pressed to find in the former president.

What motivates him: Patriotism, egotism, narcissism, exceptionalism, or just what? In his current article entitled, “Akande: The last of Awo’s cavalrymen,” one of Nigeria’s clearest-thinking columnists, Louis Odion, describes Obasanjo as “an eternal narcissist”, one who “rarely acknowledges good in any human being other than himself.”

That instinct was in play in August 2005 when Obasanjo got a call from the US, that the FBI had, as part of an investigation into suspicious transfers by Atiku, found $90,000 stashed in the fridge of William Jefferson, a US congressman and collaborator of the then former vice president.

Insiders said Obasanjo danced as he took the call at the prospect of the smoking gun that would finally nail the coffin of Atiku, his adversary at that time. Obasanjo, being Obasanjo, he couldn’t wait to rejoice at his deputy’s misery.

There’s yet another story that sheds light on the Obasanjo conundrum. I can’t remember which January day it was, but my visit to the Hill Top Manson in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, wasn’t long after Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka gave his famous prophecy at the Adoration Ground in Enugu.

In December 2014, LEADERSHIP had, quite unexpectedly, announced Obasanjo as the Person of the Year and I was asked to deliver the news to him with a letter formally inviting him to the Award ceremonies in May 2015.

As my friend and I entered the sitting room where Obasanjo and a guest were playing Ayo, he asked with the curiosity and excitement of a child who had either just cornered a foe or won an elusive prize: “Have you watched the video? Have you seen it? The Mbaka video, have you seen it?,” he asked, laughing and making funny facial gestures, even before we could take our seats.

The former president was jubilant. Mbaka had prophesied in his New Year message that the time was up for former Jonathan and the video of that prophecy, which had gone viral, was the answer to Obasanjo’s scathing letters and fulfillment of his pledge to frustrate Jonathan’s second term effort.

Mbaka’s prophecy had thrown petrol into the fire of anti-Jonathan sentiments and Obasanjo obviously couldn’t wait to see the former president consumed in his misery.

And after it happened, and Buhari assumed office, Obasanjo was one of the most regular visitors to Aso Rock, not just to re-assure himself that Jonathan was politically dead, but also to savor his funeral in multiple photo ops.

A hostage to his ego, the man can neither bear the thought nor endure the sight of anyone who will not do his bidding, right or wrong. What a life!

OUR POSITION Ease of Doing Business and states performance

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igeria’s ranking on Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) recently received a boost as the World Bank announced that states in the country are making strides to improve the ease of doing business for domestic small and medium enterprises.

The Ease of Doing Business is an index published by the World Bank. It is an aggregate figure that includes different parameters which define the ease of doing business in a country.

Ease of doing business is to facilitate the domestic producers as well as foreign. The benefits of domestic businesses are obvious.

The foreign businesses will not only provide jobs, but also bring new technology with them, hence the need for Nigeria to create the enabling environment for new and old businesses to thrive.

According to the World Bank, the report which noted the improvement of the Nigerian states in ease of doing business, covered the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), noting that 29 states had implemented 43 reforms in the area of starting a business.

But the World Bank observed that gaps still exist in the nation’s regulatory environment.

Though no state performed excellently well, World Bank pointed out that Kaduna, Enugu, Abia, Lagos and Anambra made the biggest strides in improving regulations.

The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation and stronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and friendlier regulations for businesses.

Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria fell to 145.00 from 169.00 and Business Confidence went up to 24.80 Index Points from 21.50 Index Points in Aug 2018.

Nigeria’s Ease of Doing Business all-time average stands at 145.00 and its projection for 2018 is 136.12, while Business Confidence averaged 11.64 Index Points and is projected to be 33.98 in October 2018.

With the new report from the World Bank which places five states in the country – Kaduna, Enugu, Abia, Lagos and Anambra, we commend the governors of these five states for promoting a friendly and better business regulatory environment while challenging the other 31 states and the FCT to copy from the policies of these states.

If countries like Uganda, Zambia Tanzania amongst others are doing well in creating an enabling business environment, Nigerian states which have more population than these smaller countries can understudy

these countries and apply the policy so as to drive economic activities in their respective states. Doing this, will also heighten the country’s ranking in global competiveness.

Perhaps, EoDB leads to higher GDP per capita and a higher GDP per capita lead to better EoDB which is entirely driven by the quality of institutions. Therefore, it is important that states in the country key in by creating a conducive business atmosphere for small and medium enterprises to flourish and this will in turn increase the tax revenue of the states and the GDP. What is more, in the Nigerian case in particular, a large body of research clearly shows that productivity growth, the ultimate driver of economic growth, has been held back by burdensome regulation by successive administration, crippling of industries as well as labour regulation, which has choked off the growth of firms in the country.

We believe that wise economic judgement, and sound public policy advice and formulation, involve more than merely parroting a statistic, but require interpreting it with nuance and care, understanding that difference is one of the marks that distinguishes an economist from a technician masquerading as an economist.

S I G N AT U R E Publisher

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N700m Diezani bribe: Absence of defendant Short News stalls ex-Kaduna Gov, Yero’s trial Ordinary people are pillars of Andrew Orolua, Abuja The trial of former Governor of Kaduna State, Muktar Ramalan Yero and three others before Justice Z.B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna could not continue yesterday due to the absence of one of the defendants, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Yero was re-arraigned on November 27, 2018 along with Nuhu Somo Waya, a former Minister of State; Abubakar Haruna Gaya, a former PDP Chairman, Kaduna State Chapter, and Hamza Ishaq, former Secretary to the state government. They were arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on “conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and criminal diversion of

funds to the tune of N700 million”.

Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Muktar Ramalan Yero, whilst being the Executive Governor of Kaduna State; Nuhu Somo Waya, whilst being a former Minister of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Ishaq Hamza, whilst being the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government, and Abubakar Gaya Haruna, whilst being the Chairman PDP Kaduna State Chapter, sometime in 2015 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did conspire amongst yourselves to commit crime to wit: indirectly taking possession of the sum of N700 million, which you ought to have known forms part of unlawful activity to wit; bribery and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition)

Act, 2011 ( as amended) in 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3)of the same Act”.

They all pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, and the case was adjourned to today for commencement of trial.

At the resume hearing, however, counsel for the second defendant, S. Atung, holding brief for Dr. A. Adewale, counsel for the fourth defendant, sought leave of the court for an adjournment to enable his client attend to his ill-health.

He further told the court that “I personally visited him upon a phone call by his family member,” he said.

Prosecuting counsel, J. Saidi, did not oppose the application for an adjournment.

Justice Abubakar thereafter adjourned the case to March 20, 2019 for “hearing”.

Nigeria’s democracy - Buhari Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would never forget the sacrifices of Nigerians who believed in the change agenda of his administration describing the ordinary Nigerians as the pillars of nation’s democracy.

Buhari noted that without them, “we, the politicians become irrelevant.”

The President stated this on Thursday in a condolence message signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publcity, Garba Shehu, to the family of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost their lives in JIGAWA and Somoto States.

Buhari expressed deep pained by the death of his supporters in Jigawa State in an auto accident on their way to attend campaign events.

Four persons reportedly died and six others were injured in an accident involving party supporters who were going to attend All Progressives Congress, APC campaign in Jigawa.

The President also expressed his condolences to the families of two other victims who died in a stampede in Sokoto State, and assured that the sacrifices of the deceased will not be in vain.

ANN slams FG over plan to increase VAT, says action show of wickedness Patrick Okohue, Lagos

The Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has slammed the Federal Government over the announcement to increase the Value Added Tax from the current 5% to 7.5%, saying the action is nothing but utter wickedness.

Speaking on behalf of the party, the Director General of the Alliance for New Nigeria 2019 Presidential Campaign, Lanre Oyegbola, in a statement in Kano after the Emir of Kano, His Royal Highnesses Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II had received the Presidential campaign train of Mr Fela Durotoye and his running mate Kadijah Abdullahi Iya in his palace said the Federal Government APC led government is being insensitive to the plight of the common Nigerian.

He reiterated that an additional 2.5% of VAT would automatically increase the shelf price of most items from the moment it’s implemented and this would create a ripple effect across both formal and informal sector.

The Director General noted that the APC led government is a government that gives in one hand and collect with another hand and maintained that this has become obvious in the timing of the announced increase of the VAT.

Court awards N1.2m damages against IGP, Bauchi police commissioner Samuel Luka, Bauchi

L-R: Adekunle Adedotun, Supervisor at Oja-Oba Market; Ogboye Aji, Beneficiary; Kolawole Ayodele, Alara-Eluku; Chief Ganiyu, Alase of Latawa; Falake Ogunsola Oyindanola, Balogun Oloko-OjaOba and an Agent of the Trader Mini during Trader Moni Flag at Oja-Oba Market Sagamu, Ogun State...on Wednesday.

Over 20m Nigerians are unemployed, says Peter Obi Titus Akhigbe, Benin-City The Vice Presidential Candidate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has raised concern over 20 million unemployed Nigerians.

He said this during an interactive session with PDP members, professional groups, Academia, Civil society, and religious organisations on Thursday in Benin City, Edo State.

Obi said the multiplier effects have contributed largely to the unabated security challenges in Nigeria.

The Vice Presidential candidate, noted with sadness that Nigeria lost her 7th position in the global terrorism index and currently rank third behind Iraq and Afghanistan.

He however assured that the PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku would put the right policy in place and address other issues of concern if elected President in the February 19, 2019 election.

“You cannot have millions of youths and millions of youths in their productive age doing nothing and not have insecurity as a problem.

“We have responsibility to provide jobs for these young people and 3.2 million children that are out of School”, instead of seeking salvation on a wider stage with “N10, 000 traders money” being used as a campaign tool by All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government.

He accused the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch of

being wasteful for borrowing N7.5 trillion between 2015 and 2017, higher than N7.4 trillion which PDP borrowed in 16 years.

Obi reinstated commitment to restructuring the Country and pledged good governance, said the party would address problems bedevilling the power sector by ensuring that “our intervention funds are prudently utilized”.

According to him, “our government will uphold the rule of law and ensure that the Local Government Areas which is the government at the grass roots level has autonomy”.

In his welcome address, Edo State PDP Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, challenged the APC government to show Nigerians her scorecard to warrant a re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Bauchi High Court 9 has awarded N1.2m damages against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Bauchi State Police Commissioner for what it described as illegal detention and breach of the fundamental rights of a politician in Bauchi State, Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo.

Justice Gurama Mahmoud who presided over the case while giving its ruling on Thursday declared that the arrest and detention of Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo was unconstitutional, thereby infringing on his human rights as a free citizen of the country.

He therefore awarded a cost of the sum of N1.2m against the respondent just as it further restrained the IGP and his agents from further arresting and or detaining the applicant.

While reacting to the ruling, Counsel to Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo, Summi Zakka Bayero said that, “the court has further established that it is the last resort and hope of the common man. The ruling is also a testimony that those in authority cannot misuse their authority and go scot-free”.

Durotoye denies rumour of stepping-down from presidential race Patrick Okohue, Lagos The presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Mr Fela Durotoye has denied the news making the rounds that he has withdrawn from the 2019 presidential election race after Dr Oby Ezekesili’s exit, saying it was not true and urged the public to disregard the rumour.

Debunking the rumour on behalf of Durotoye in a release signed by the Director General of ANN 2019 Presidential Campaign, Lanre Oyegbola, the ANN stated that the news was not true.

However, he said Durotoye was ready to come into any coalition with other presidential candidates, especially, Omoyele Sowore and Professor Kingsley Moghalu.

The release stated: “To ensure that an alliance is formed and we present a united front, I am ready to come into any coalition talks with my brothers, Omoyele Sowore and Professor Kingsley Moghalu and to submit myself to any transparent process that will help us arrive at a selection of a consensus candidate from amongst us.

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Appeal Court restores Donald Duke’s SDP Short News presidential ticket for February 16 election Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Thursday restored Donald Duke’s victory at the Social Democratic Party (SDP) primary held on October 6, 2018 as the Presidential candidate of the party, in the February 16 general election.

The court in a unanimous decision of three man panel of justices set aside the decision of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory delivered on December 14, 2018 that voided the 804 votes scored

by Duke at the primary.

It awarded a N500,000.00 cost against Professor Jerry Gana in favour of Duke, SDP, Olu Faleye and Prof Adeniran who were the appellants.

Delivering the judgment , presiding Justice of Court of Appeal Abuja division, Justice Abdul Aboki traced the history of the case and noted that it began when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), released it’s Time Table on January 9, 2018 and guidelines for the conduct of political parties primary for the 2019 general elections.

He said that it was based on the guidelines, that the SDP issued invitation forms for any interested aspirant willing to contest presidential election to purchase the form, fill and submit same to the party for its primary fixed for October 6, 2018.

The Court noted that the SDP held its National Convention on October 6, 2018 and besides rectifying the party Constitution, it conducted its primary for presidential candidates in whom Donald Duke scored 804 votes and Professor Jerry Gana 611 votes among others aspirants.

It observed that before the primary all the contestants signed an undertaking that they would support whoever emerged winner among them. The Court said that the signed undertaking is binding on Prof Gana.

The Court of Appeal also held that the lower court decision was in error because the SDP 2018 amended Constitution, does not have a retrospective effect accorded it by the lower court.

It said that the crux of Prof Gana grievance that members of the party from southern part of the country who

have produced the National Chairman of the party was not qualified to produce President, or contest the primary election, was also in error, because none of the sections of the party Constitution bars any of its members from a particular zone of the country from contesting for any position.

The Court of Appeal further held that the Presidential primary election were held under the guidelines provided by the SDP 2011/ 2012 Constitution which was amended on October 6, 2018 by the National Convention .

It said , thought the 2011/1012 SDP Constitution was altered on October 6, 2018 that alterations did not take effect until October 8, 2018 when the party communicated the amendments to the Independent National Electoral Commission for registration. So, the claim by Prof Gana that he relied on the amended Constitution did not give him any cause action in filing the suit in the first place.

“It is obvious that as at June when the guidelines were issued the 2011/2012 constitution prevails and Duke right to contest accrued to him.”

Mshelia kicks off campaign in Borno, promises to return dignity of state Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo, Lagos

Gubernatorial Candidate of the Zenith Labour Party in Borno State, Captain Ibrahim Mshelia has said he is on a mission to rescue the devastated state and provide the basics to help return the dignity of the people of the state.

Mshelia made this known in his speech on Sunday when he flagged off his campaign at the El Kanemi Stadium in Maiduguri promising the indigenes of the state that he intends to provide free education at least from primary to secondary level as well as construct new roads and rehabilitate existing ones if voted to run the state.

Mshelia who was received by thousands of youth at the stadium clearly stated that he intends to run a clean and civilised campaign where peace will be the watch word, said the reason why education is paramount in his campaign is because he got similar offer when younger and it changed his life.

“I am personally a lucky citizen of Borno because I received a good care while growing up and was supported by Borno State Government to go to school up to my being a pilot. I am grateful to our past leaders who then had conscience and fear of God,” he said.

“Today, as I drove through our biggest city of Borno to this venue, I could hardly hold back tears of pain, seeing our teeming youth in the state of abject poverty and neglect, not to mention the decay in infrastructure.”

Akwa Ibom Deputy Gov, Ekpo lauds Copyright Commission’s strides Andrew Orolua, Abuja As Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) braces up to mark its 30th Anniversary in August, the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State and pioneer Director-General of the Commission, Mr. Moses Ekpo has lauded the progress made so far in the actualisation of its statutory mandate.

Mr. Ekpo, who as the first DG of NCC rose to the status of President of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from 1995 to 1996, gave this commendation during a courtesy visit to the new Director-General of the Commission, Mr. John Asein in his office in Abuja.

The Deputy Governor, who served as DG NCC from 1996 to August 2000, expressed delight that the Commission has sustained the vision of its establishment in August 1989 for the protection of the rights of authors and growth of the creative industries in Nigeria.

Mr. Ekpo noted that the appointment of Mr. Asein as Director-General was meritorious, adding that the purpose of his courtesy visit was mainly to congratulate him and encourage the staff and stakeholders of the Commission to support the new Management in realising the Commission’s mandate.

Gov Umahi donates N5m to APC guber candidate for posters, billboards Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki President Muhammadu Buhari (right) with Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (left) and the bouquet bearer, Princess Daluchukwu Nnaji, during the airport reception for the President by the state government, when he visited the state for his presidential campaign, yesterday.

NCPC to build prayer camp in Israel - Rev Uja Prays for general election in Nigeria

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) Rev. Uja Tor Uja has revealed that the commission has concluded all arrangement to build a prayer complex in the holy Land, Israel.

The Commission along with the entire pilgrims also held a prayer section for the success of next month’s general elections in Nigeria.

It also prayed God to bring an end to the killings in the country as well as to rescue those still in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.

Uja Tor Uja disclosed that in its bid to encourage spiritual activities of Pilgrims in the holy land, the complex would enable Nigerians who embark on pilgrimage have a specific place of worship in the holy land.

The Executive Secretary who spoke in Jerusalem during the 2018 pilgrimage described camp as a “kingdom heritage investment”, called on Nigerians to invest

in the project saying; “The church needs to think of how to invest its strength in bringing back the glory of the country”.

He said the camp will not be built for prayers alone but for other social activities to make Nigerians feel relaxed in the holy land expressing hope that with the collaboration of the commission, the Church and other relevant stakeholders in Nigeria, the complex will be built with ease.

Uja urged the leaders to sensitise and encourage people on the essence of Christian pilgrimage, adding that it transcends beyond spiritual aspects but also help in building nationalistic spirit.

He explained that pilgrimage helps in work ethics and encourages the development of productive capacity through skills acquisition, especially for the youths.

Commenting on the benefit of the complex, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) commissioner in the FCT, Rev. Israel Akanji said the heritage camp will boost the spiritual upliftment of pilgrims

while in Israel and also make Nigerians have the sense of belonging in the holy land.

Rev. Akanji said: “I am happy the NCPC is thinking towards this direction, because when you have an establishment in a foreign land, it means you are also part of that country”.

Speaking during the prayer sessions in Jerusalem, the executive secretary Rev Tor Uja, called on pilgrims to leverage on the pilgrimage exercise and pray for themselves, leaders and the country.

Uja also urged pilgrims to pray for the country’s leadership especially President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said, “Only the Nigerian Church has the capacity to change the world because God has placed Nigerians among other nations that is why we need to lead the way.

Let us go back and promote oneness in our nation.”

He urged the youths to shun politicians who would want to use them as thugs during the elections.

As Ebonyi state governorship campaign heats up, Governor David Umahi, has donated N5 million to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Sonni Ogbuoji for the printing of his posters and billboards ahead of the forthcoming election.

The governor made the donation known in Ishielu LGA while addressing the crowd in a rally he organised to canvass for votes in the area, said he was constrained to make the donation because the posters of the APC guber candidate and his running mate, Justin Ogodo, was not good for the image of the state.

The governor directed his Chief of Staff, Dr. Offor Okorie, to release the money immediately to Ogbuoji and his running mate.

The gesture was however, opposed by PDP supporters in the rally who immediately chanted “no! no! no! no! to show their disagreement with the governor.

“Tell my brother, the one who said he is contesting governor with the so-called deputy to change their pictures (referring to their posters). People will think that is how Ebonyi people look like.

Oby Ezekwesili withdraws from presidential race Adebisi Oyindamola, Abuja Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Oby Ezekwesili yesterday announced her decision to withdraw from the presidential race and focus on a mission to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come February 16.

Ezekwesili took to her twitter handle to announce this decision stating that “Following the reactions of Nigerian citizens home and abroad to the 2019 Presidential Debate held on Saturday January 2019, and after extensive consultations with leaders from various walks of life across the country over their past few days, I have decided to step down from the presidential race.”

She said will now focus on helping to build a coalition for a viable alternative to the “APCPDP” in 2019 general elections.

According to her the coalition has become an urgent mission on behalf of the citizenry and a task she had been strategizing on for over 3 months.

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Anglican Bishops of Niger Delta declare Short News support for Gov Wike’s 2nd term INEC trains 60,000 people living Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

Anglican Archbishop and Bishops of the Province of Niger Delta have declared that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike deserves a second term for his outstanding developmental strides.

The Bishops made the declaration during a programme for an evening of worship and prayers at the Government House Chapel of Everlasting Grace, Port Harcourt.

The clerics who took different prayer points invoked God’s protection and guidance for Governor Wike and other PDP candidates during the 2019 polls.

Leading the prayers, Archbishop of Anglican Niger Delta Province, Most Rev. Tunde Adeleye, said that

Governor Wike represented a rare breed in the Nigerian political space.

He said the Rivers State Governor was needed in the state to consolidate on his good works.

According to him, the infrastructural development projects of Governor Wike had reshaped Rivers State and the Church firmly stood by the governor.

“God is with you and we will continue to pray for you. We will come again for thanksgiving. God does not institute prayers for nothing,” he said.

Archbishop Adeleye alleged that Federal Might was full of deceit and lies, noting that no power could stand in the presence of God. He wondered why “some unpatriotic politicians are pushing a tired politician to continue because

they want to mismanage the resources of the country.”

Prayers were said for peaceful elections, credible polls, and success of Governor Wike and other PDP candidates at the polls.

Responding, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, expressed gratitude to the clerics for standing with the people of Rivers State.

He said that it was edifying to realise that the Church was standing by them ahead of the general elections.

Governor Wike noted that after the two major elections, all PDP candidates would return to the Church for thanksgiving. He said that the Church would never be abandoned in the state.

The programme was attended by all the PDP candidates in Rivers State.

with disabilities in Adamawa Dan Garba, Yola

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Adamawa State has trained more than 60,000 people living with disabilities towards the forthcoming general elections.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Kassim G. Gaidam, said as a responsive Electoral Management Body (EMB) it was in order to train the people living with disabilities so that they will participate in the elections.

He said the Commission has put in a framework for access and participation of (PWDs) where all citizens will be involved in the process including those with disabilities to be actively involved in the elections.

He said the Commission recognises the rights of all the people according to the 1948 Article 1 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights to be free and vote the people of their choice.

Barrister Gaidam said other visually impaired voters would be provided with magnifying glasses to enable them vote.

Give APC 4 more years to consolidate its economic agenda - Gov Abubakar Samuel Luka, Bauchi As the 2019 general elections draws more nearer, electorates in Bauchi state have been urged to give the All Progressives Congress ( APC) another for years and to also elect credible leaders who will help President Muhammadu Buhari to complete the Economic and Restoration Agenda set by the party in 2015.

Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar who made the appeal to the people of Bauchi state said, “ensure that those elected to the national assembly and all other levels in the forthcoming general elections are people that will help President Muhammadu Buhari to complete the economic and restoration agenda initiated by the APC in 2015”.

The Governor who stated this on Wednesday at a campaign rally in Dambam local government area of the state lamented that having the wrong people controlling the leadership of the national assembly had slowed down most of the items on the economic and change agenda, as well as policies and programmes of the APC.

2019 rainy season: FCT Minister urges farmers, others to embrace NiMet data Idu Jude, Abuja

L-R: Chairman, Board of Trustees, Red Star Foundation, Tonye Preghafi; Director, Red Star Express, Sule Bichi; Head, Central Admin, Abdul Koguna and government officials during the donation of a borehole by Red Star Foundation at Koguna, Kano State...recently.

Taraba, Benue Govs move for peace among Tiv/Jukun Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom have assured to support the peace move among the Tiv and Jukun nations of both States.

The two Governors made their positions known during a peace forum initiated by Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama and the Most Rev Fr. James Bature, held at the Federal University, Wukari in Taraba State yesterday.

Daily Times reports that the Peace Forum, initiated by the two Clergies was to ensure socio-cultural and economic development among the Tiv and Jukun tribes of both States.

Speaking, Gov Ortom lauded the efforts of Bishop Ignatius Kaigama and Fr. James Bature for using their

friendship to cement the Tiv/Jukun relationship and promote peace among the people.

Ortom stated that there was no basis for fighting between Jukun and Tiv as the two tribes have lived together since the days of Benue Plateau state.

Benue Governor further commended the revolution in the traditional institution in Taraba by Governor Ishaku and called for the recognition of Tivs in Taraba by giving them Chiefs in the state as it was done in Benue for the Jukun.

Also speaking, Gov Ishaku called for peaceful coexistence among the people as no one knows how he came into the world and how he would exit and must therefore, work and live in peace with one another.

Darius Ishaku however, challenged those in the academics to come out with well researched books on

topics that would enhance peace and promote good neighbourliness in the country.

Highlight of the occasion was the public presentation of a book “TivJukun Relationship: The Model of a Jukun Bishop and a Tiv Priest,” written by Bishop Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jos and the Most Rev. Dr. James Bature, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi.

Kaigama, a Jukun and Bature, a Tiv priests had met in the seminary over 40 years ago and have since maintained a good friendship which they have decided to document into a book to promote unity and love among their different ethnic groups.

The occasion was also graced by traditional rulers from Taraba and Benue as well as religious leaders from the two states.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has called on farmers in the territory and other parts of the country to leverage the 2019 seasonal rainfall prediction made available by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in planning their farming activities for the year.

Bello who made the call in Abuja Thursday, during the unveiling of the 2019 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) by NiMet, said the call has become necessary to ensure that climate smart agricultural practices are promoted.

The FCT Minister also advised other institutions and communities to use the available professional data and information to improve their activities, as well as prepare against disasters.

The Minister, commended the Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet and the Ministry of Aviation for living up to the mandate of providing valuable meteorological information for aviation and nonaviation sectors of the country, said their activities are consistent with President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda of improving the process of governance with available technology,

Lassa fever outbreak: Kwara health workers suspend strike Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

The Congress of the Coalition of Health Sector Unions, Kwara State branch has suspended its indefinite strike due to the outbreak of Lassa fever, Yellow fever and Polio in some parts of the state.

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Joseph Adekanye, Chairman, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, and Murtala Olayinka, Chairman of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, in Ilorin on Thursday.

The Daily Times, of Nigeria reports that the health workers had embarked on an indefinite strike across the 16 local government areas of the state on January 21.

The workers were agitating over the non implementation of the 10 Consolidated Salary Structure for workers.

The statement reads: “The strike is suspended due to the current outbreak of Lassa fever, Yellow Fever and Polio virus in some parts of Kwara, to allow the participation of our members in efforts to curb the spread of diseases.

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Buhari inaugurates multi-billion naira CBN’s Post-Graduate Centre at UNN Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the world-class Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) constructed and donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a which he lauded for making huge investments for the overall development of the country.

Speaking shortly before he unveiled the commemorative plaque and cut the ceremonial tape to formally inaugurate the building, President Buhari said the construction of the project by the CBN had also underscored the Federal Government’s commitment to providing a conducive environment for learning at all levels of education.

The President said his administration placed a premium on education to ensure, among other things, its affordability, stressing that education remained the bedrock of societal progress.

While stressing that the Federal Government would not rest on its oars in boosting the quality of education, he urged the CBN to go beyond providing physical infrastructure to the university to increase partnership with the institution in terms of funding support.

Earlier in his remarks, the Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele disclosed that the aim of the Bank, being a knowledgebased and visionary institution, was to build human capacity for the financial system in particular and the economy in general.

He explained that the project was mainly to ensure that students at post-graduate levels in Economics, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration and Statistics study in a serene environment that would stimulate effective learning with a view to building human capacity for the financial services sub-sector.

He disclosed that the project, which was the product of an N10 billion Endowment Fund instituted in 2006 that has grown to over N23 billion, also aimed at checking brain drain as well a strain on the country’s foreign reserve used for funding educational pursuits abroad. According to him, the project was an expression that the Government, through the CBN, was contributing to education in the country.

Emefiele further disclosed that the centre of excellence would also enter into collaborative studies with ivy league institutions in the United States and Europe in order to attract the best brains in Finance, Accountancy and Economics.

While thanking stakeholders in the Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission (NUC) and the University of Nigeria for their support in making the project a huge success, the CBN Governor urged the university to take maximum advantage of the project in order to produce graduates that are able to compete favourably in the global market.

The world-class Post-Graduate School project comprises a Faculty building and a 133-room hostel, as well as a 500-seater auditorium, four lecture and four tutorial rooms, traditional and e-libraries, and a telepresence room.

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DBN lifts 35,000 MSMEs, disburses N31.4bn in one year Targets N70bn loan disbursement in 2019 Motolani Oseni The Managing Director, Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Mr. Tony Okpanachi yesterday disclosed that the bank in its first year of operations exceeded its projected performance with a total loan disbursement of N31.36 billion to 35,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

This is even as the wholesale lender determined to support more MSMEs with total loans disbursement projection of N70 billion in 2019.

Presenting a scorecard of the bank’s performance in its first year of operations to the

media yesterday in Lagos, Okpanachi stated that the N31.364 billion disbursed to-date exceeded the firm year-end projection of N30 billion, and the total number of end borrowers stood at 35,000 MSMEs, as against 20,000 targeted MSMEs at the end of its first year of operation.

The Development Bank of Nigeria, which formally commenced lending operations in October 2017with just two Participating Financial Institutions, (Micro Finance Banks) now has a strong on-boarding exercise it carried out within the year, with a total of 29 Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) which includes commercial banks at various stages of engagement.

“Our total disbursement-to-date stands at N31.364 billion thus exceeding our year-end

projection of N30 billion. A total number of end borrowers stands at 35, 000 which also exceeded our year-end target of 20,000 MSMEs.” “Women accounted for 73 per cent of the endborrowers of the DBN loans and received 27 per cent of the total amounts disbursed”, he added.

Spurred by the achievements attained in its first year of operations, Okpanachi hinted that the bank’s disbursement target for the year 2019 has increased to N70 billion and is expected to help deepen the bank’s penetration in the MSMEs sector of the economy.

As a proof of the bank’s professionalism, the DBN boss also noted the bank has been recommended for various ISO certifications such as Information Security- ISO 27001;

Business Continuity ISO 22301 and IT Service Management ISO 20000.

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) was set up as a wholesale development finance institution (DFI) to provide sustainable financing through eligible Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs), who would, in turn, lend to end-borrowers - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for the development of that segment.

With a vision to be Nigeria’s primary development finance institution; promoting growth and sustainability, DBN seeks to fulfill three key mandates which include, Lending activities to MSMEs, Partial Credit Guarantees and Capacity Building.

Telcos: Ensuring appropriate customer service, consumer treatment our biggest headache – CPC Ladesope Ladelokun Following complaints about what is perceived as unwholesome practices by telecommunications operators that range from questionable charges to poor services, failure of timely responsiveness to lack of transparency in billing, the Director General of the Consumer Protection Council, CPC, Barr Babatunde Irukera, says ensuring the appropriate customer service and consumer treatment in the telecoms industry has been one of the most challenging issues the CPC has been engaged in for almost two years.

While expressing understanding about the constraints companies face, Irukera , in an exclusive interview with The Daily Times, says the CPC believes the lack of transparency in billing, failure of timely resolution of consumer complaints are absolutely inexcusable and unconscionable, noting that these have nothing to do with infrastructure deficits as the billing is either opaque or arbitrary, especially for value-added services and forced subscriptions or multiple billing for the same service.

Commenting on why CPC’s efforts while making marginal progress has not yet achieved the industry-wide sanitization that will really make an impact and promote customer satisfaction, the CPC helmsman says the CPC and Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) have yet to secure alignment on how to proceed and hold operators accountable in a fair manner, adding that both regulators launched a jointed investigation which was the outcome of over one year of back and forth between agencies.

He, however, admitted that proceeding under the rubric of the joint investigation itself had not been as successful as anticipated, adding that the CPC was continuing efforts to gain this alignment, and confident that in the absence of the mutual understanding, CPC will do everything within its law to ensure the narrative changes.

On the findings of the joint committee that comprises the NCC and CPC that was recently set up to investigate and address issues of unwholesome practices of telecoms operators, Irukera said, “Again like I said earlier, there have been many meetings and exchange of information, but the investigation

remains inconclusive because both agencies have got to a point where there are fundamental differences in approach. As such, there are no findings yet. At CPC, our investigative approach is broad and deep.

“We as a matter of necessity always confront subjects of complaints or targets of investigations with the complaints or perceived inappropriate conduct for their responses as a critical part of both the inquiry and resolution.

We believe only such an approach will result in meaningful outcomes and stand the scrutiny of the legal process. In the absence of that, we strongly believe that the outcomes will either not address the underlying issues, or stand the test of time if legally challenged. This is the process CPC intends to pursue, either in collaboration, or alone.’’

Reacting to the claim by telecoms operators that state governments allegedly stifle the growth of the sector with obnoxious taxes and illegal charges and the likelihood that the burden will be passed on to consumers, Irukera says the primary telecommunication regulator is the NCC, stressing that the focus of the CPC is narrowly tailored to consumer protection.

According to the CPC boss, the council considers pricing from a free market standpoint and would support any NCC regulatory methodology and free market principles in regulating the negotiation of fair pricing between operators and subscribers in the marketplace. However, he said the CPC would not condone any conduct that is exploitative, unscrupulous or obnoxious, adding that regardless of the factors contributing to pricing, the council would intervene where necessary.

Meanwhile, Chairman of National Telecommunications Subscribers(NATCOMS), Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, and the Chairman of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigerian (ALTON), Mr. Gbengo Adebayo, have called on governments at all levels to create a friendly business environment for telecoms operators do business and save more telecoms companies from dying. They decried the situation where state governments impose obnoxious taxes and other illegal charges. According to Ogunbanjo, telecoms companies pay at least 25 different taxes, describing it as unacceptable.

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ABCON, NFIU train BDCs on anti-money laundering reporting Motolani Oseni The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) and Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have concluded a four-day joint nationwide training/sensitization programme on AntiMoney Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) reporting for Bureaux de Change (BDC) operators.

The training, which has been ongoing since December 11, 2018, focused on the obligation of registering and filling reports on the NFIU goAML -Anti-Money Laundering portal. A session was held on January 5, 2019, in Kano and another session held on January 22, 2019, in Abuja among others.

As part of the NFIU/ABCON partnership, ABCON has taken the train-the-trainers training of the NFIU to the six geopolitical zones of the country in order to strengthen capacity for over 4,000 BDC operators nationwide.

Speaking at the end of the training, ABCON President, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said the anti-

money laundering training is intended to familiarize BDC operators with the process of money laundering — the criminal business used to disguise the true origin and ownership of illegal cash — and the laws that make it a crime.

He said that money laundering and terrorist financing pose not only a threat, but are enormous threats and challenges to the economy, security, and social life in Nigeria, the region and globally.

In a statement by NFIU commending ABCON for the training, Ibrahim Pindar, said: “We wish to congratulate the ABCON on the attendance recorded on the concluded training of BDC operators on the key Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) obligation of registering and filling reports on the goAML -Anti-Money Laundering portal”.

The NFIU advised ABCON to train BDCs regularly so as to cover AML/CFT knowledge-gap identified from most operators and also ensure that their members register on the goAML portal.

NFIU recommended that: “Those trained by the NFIU team should be engaged by ABCON to train

their members on a continuous basis. Any change of Compliance Officer should promptly be reported to the NFIU. ABCON should ensure that the operators have alternates for their compliance officers for succession planning and continuity.”

Gwadabe said that the training was also meant to help BDCs maintain a minimum standard of record keeping and increasing level of investors confidence for the economy.

The ABCON and NFIU also advised BDCs to engage services of Designated Compliance Officers to handle all their compliance-related issues.

Gwadabe said the policy on the recruitment of the Designated Compliance Officers by BDCs is already being implemented by ABCON and remains part of the association’s vision to revolutionalise BDC operations in Nigeria for global competitiveness and transparency.

The training, Gwadabe added, will create awareness on the need to check money laundering and terrorist financing in this period of electioneering; ensure that BDCs are not used to launder funds by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). It will also upscale

BDCs’ compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) for Banks and Other Financial Institutions in Nigeria Regulations, 2013.

He said the training will enable BDCs to understand how to raise the Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) to know when to submit such reports. He said these reports are raised by operators on suspicious activities of individuals and are submitted to Financial Intelligence Unit.

He said the training was also meant to increase BDCs participation and awareness on the reporting portal of NFIU which is www.goaml.nfiu.gov.ng.

It is also expected to address the low level of skills in the BDCs sub-sector to prepare them for global competition and partnerships.

The ABCON boss said the training is also backed by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and Central Bank of Nigeria (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism for Banks and Other Financial Institutions in Nigeria) Regulations, 2013.

SEC wants states to revive moribund industries through capital market Temitope Adebayo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged state governments to take advantage of the enormous opportunities available in the capital market to revitalise moribund companies in their state in a bid to create wealth for the citizens.

Acting Director General of the SEC, Ms Mary Uduk stated this in Akure, Ondo State at an e-dividend enlightenment campaign, Thursday.

Uduk represented by Head, Zonal Offices Coordinating Department, Mr Edward Okolo said some of the companies still have potentials adding that the capital has instruments to revamp such companies through private equity funding and

partnerships.

The Acting DG also urged investors to take advantage of the on-going e-dividend registration as well as the regularisation of multiple subscription accounts in a bid to reduce the unclaimed dividends profile and increase liquidity in the capital market and the economy.

She disclosed that the forbearance window for shareholders with multiple subscriptions has been extended by another year from the December 31, 2018 deadline previously communicated and consequently, enjoined those who have not come forward for the regularization of shares purchased with multiple identities, to do so.

According to her, “The essence of the E-Dividend Mandate Management System is to eradicate or

reduce to the barest minimum the incidence of unclaimed dividend. The unclaimed dividend is an undesirable feature of the Nigerian capital market which denies investors/shareholders the gains of participating in the capital market. It denies the economy access to the huge amount of money which should have accrued to shareholders and would have gone into circulation to oil the wheel of the economy.

“It is a consequence of the bottlenecks which are inherent in the erstwhile paper dividend warrant regime such as postal system inefficiency, change in investors’ addresses, poor fidelity and human fallibility in dividend payment processes, among others.

She stated that the E–Dividend regime bypasses

these limitations by ensuring that dividends which do not exceed 12 years of the issue are credited directly to an investors account after the declaration by the paying company and within a stipulated payment period through simple inter-bank transfer.

In his paper, Head of Lagos Zonal office of the SEC, Mr Stephen Falomo said over the years, the quantum of unclaimed dividends, within the Nigerian Capital Market, has witnessed tremendous growth. As of January 2018, the total amount was confirmed to be over N100 billion.

“Companies would continue to declare dividends, this figure is expected to further grow. The huge figure and continuous growth of unclaimed dividends clearly suggest an urgent need to stem trend” he said.

No discrepancies in 2019 budget, Budget Office clarifies Mathew Dadiya The Budget Office of the Federation has said that the 2019 budget proposals have no discrepancies, contrary to the allegation by a member of the House of Representatives.

A member of the House of Representatives

had during its debate on the 2019 Budget Proposals on Wednesday, alleged that the 2019 appropriation bill contained errors and discrepancies.

But the Director General of the Budget Office Mr Ben Akabueze refuted this on Thursday saying that it was instructive to note that the presentation format of both the appropriations

bill and budget details for 2019 were consistent with prior years.

Earlier Thursday, officials of the Budget Office of the Federation met with the Secretariat of the House Appropriations Committee to review the honourable member’s observations.

The outcome of the review was that “there are no errors/discrepancies as alleged by the

honourable member.

“Although we are yet to receive any formal communication from the National Assembly on these observations, we have written a letter to the House Appropriations Committee Chairman, and are issuing this statement in view of the wide coverage the observations have received in the media.”

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SAA partners AWA to give Nigerian travellers seamless flight connection to Washington Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo South African Airways, Africa’s most awarded airline has signed an interline e-ticket agreement with Africa World Airlines to offer Nigeria travellers seamless connection to Washington DC, USA via Accra.

The South African Airways and Africa World Airlines partnership will result in one flight ticket issue to intending passengers flying to Washington from either Lagos or Abuja in Nigeria.

With 37 frequencies weekly flights from Lagos and Abuja to Accra, Africa World Airlines provides veritable connection service to feed the 4 weekly South African Airways Accra Washington flight.

According to Ohis Ehimiaghe, South African Airways Regional Manager, North, West and Central Africa, “The South African Airways and Africa World Airlines partnership is the shortest gateway to travel to Washington providing about 11 hours trip from West Africa to Washington. And with the core values of reliability and exceptional service, both airlines are poised to give passengers wonderful flying experience.”

South African Airways through the interline agreement with Africa World Airlines is permitted to issue the direct ticket from either Lagos or Abuja to Washington via Accra.

The South African Airways Accra Washington flight is serviced with state-of-theart Airbus A330 aircraft fitted with High quality ondemand inflight system. The Business Class seat have a flat-bed design that is almost two metres long when fully extended alongside exquisite dining while the slim-line economy seats have generous leg-room for travelling comfort.

This interline agreement is the beginning of a stronger relationship with Africa World Airlines as South African Airways is in continuous discussion with the airline for a full codeshare agreement soon,” Kemi Leke-Bamtefa, South African Airways National Sales Manager Nigeria stated.

Kingsley Chima, Africa World Airlines Country Manager Nigeria described the interline agreement as a “winwin development for both airlines and most importantly, the passengers now have a seamless connection from West Africa to Washington, USA.”

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We are backing Buhari’s re-election because he has shown a better Nigeria is possible - Umohinyang Emmanuel Umohinyang, a social commentator and analyst is the convener of Re–elect Buhari Movement (RBM).

He recently had an interview with some journalists and speaks on national issues and why he is passionate about getting President Muhammadu Buhari re-elected for another term. PATRICK OKOHUE was there.

What is the mission of RBM and why are you very much passionate about the forthcoming presidential election?

After our great leader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi contested the presidential election in 2003 and decided not to contest the 2007 election; he called us and told us to give our support to the current President of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari. It was widely reported then. He raised Buhari’s hand as the man he endorsed for the 2007 presidential election. Outside that endorsement from our great mentor, we have equally taken our time to look at Nigeria from 1999 till 2015 and we couldn’t fault that position taken by that erudite lawyer. So, we have watched events in the country; the coming of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. His government was in place for eight years and Atiku Abubakar was his deputy. We also watched the brief period of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

We also saw the five years of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

I think the last administration gave us the zeal that we mustn’t continue to sit on the fence. Let us join hands to ensure that our country does not go the way the elites want it. On that note, in the month of June, we called ourselves and decided that we must see what we can do to contribute to help the country move forward from this path of destruction that we find ourselves. So we threw our weight behind President Buhari, the candidate of the APC. To the glory of God and, support of Nigerians and coupled with the technology that was introduced in 2015, he won the election. If you look at what President Buhari has done between 2015 and now, you cannot compare it with the 16 wasted years of the PDP. So, RBM became a child of destiny. Seeing the good works being done by the Buhari administration, we also felt a need to project these good works. RBM may be a political pressure group but we belong to different political parties.

Some of our members are members of other political parties, like myself. I am not a member of APC. Our focus is to support President Buhari to get reelected, not for any particular gain, but to ensure that the pattern the government had taken to rebuild and sustain our country is sustained.

He has laid a solid foundation. We want him to consolidate on that foundation for the next four years. I think that is why RBM was formed.

It is strictly formed for President Buhari’s reelection hence the name Reelect Buhari Movement. I also

Umohinyang

want to assure you that by the grace of God by the time President Buhari is reelected on the 16th of February 2019, we will shut down the platform called RBM. Why do you want to shut it down?

Like I said, the group was formed strictly to drum up support for President Buhari’s reelection. It was not formed to galvanise support for candidates of any political party.

The focus is President Buhari and we have consistently maintained that focus. I can assure you that the focus will not be broken.

You are from the South- South region. Why didn’t you support a man from your region, Goodluck Jonathan especially during the 2015 presidential election?

Fortunately, I come from the South- South part of the country even though I don’t play ethnic politics.

Let me give you an illustration.

In 2010, when former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to go and campaign in Anambra, he stood at Onitsha Bridge and said if he does not finish the Second Niger Bridge in 2015, he will go on exile. As much as we love Jonathan as our brother, it is not enough to support him if he is not doing the right thing. That is one of the problems plaguing this country. If a leader from our region is doing something wrong, we keep supporting him because he is our

brother instead of calling him to order. Also, cast your mind back to when he launched the Electricity Roadmap here in Lagos. Also, when you look at his brief history on the 18th of September 2010 when he was declaring for presidency and he brought in the famous ‘I had no shoes’ doctrine. One could say for a man, who had gone through this situation in life, the masses will be his focus. To his credit, he may have meant well, but the government was

hijacked from him. Under Jonathan, we saw the worst kind of government that one can ever imagine. It was under that administration that corruption developed legs and was walking round the system.

It was also under his administration that many of our soldiers were killed because there was no money to procure weapons.

The story of Jonathan will not be told now.

A time is coming when future generations will open the register and all the atrocities committed by that government will be brought to the front burner for all to see.

So, it would have been convenient for me to say ‘Oh, I come from that zone, let me see what I can do to protect my brother’.

But in reality, who is my brother? It is the man who puts food on my table. It is the man whose policy has helped to drive development in our country. It is the man who will make our education work so that I don’t take my children to private schools paying exorbitant fees. That is my brother. So, we must begin to focus on who can perform and someone who has the capacity to develop the country.

We have gone around the country and from what we have seen, we can attest to the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has done extremely well in three and half years. It is only normal that we say let us give him a second chance to continue this good works. We have seen other candidates who have shown up; I think about 73 of them. We are not saying they cannot perform but we are saying that President Buhari has done well and should be return to office to consolidate on what he has started and do more for Nigeria.

The PDP said under its government insurgents were attacking soft targets

Under PDP, insurgents took over several local governments in the North East, their flags were everywhere. They were not just collecting taxes, if you fail to pay, you are dealt with ruthlessly. Our constitution was desecrated and it was obvious to the whole world that our sovereignty was under threat. They failed woefully. The Buhari administration may not have gotten it hundred percent but I am certain it has gotten 85 percent pass mark in terms of security.

I challenge the PDP to bring out their score cards for Nigerians to compare

but under the Buhari administration, they are attacking military formations.

How do you react to that?

It is ridiculous that the PDP is still talking about a government not performing. We are all in this country when Force Headquarters was bombed, United Nations house in Abuja was also bombed. What about the Nyanya bomb blast? For several years, Eagles Square was avoided by former President Jonathan. He was even afraid to hold any party inside the villa. It was that bad. All ceremonies were held inside the house with battalions of soldiers protecting him.

So, when PDP begin to tell you efforts they made to curtail insurgency, it is a lie from the pit of hell. Under PDP, insurgents took over several local governments in the North East, their flags were everywhere.

They were not just collecting taxes, if you fail to pay, you are dealt with ruthlessly.

Our constitution was desecrated and it was obvious to the whole world that our sovereignty was under threat. They failed woefully. The Buhari administration may not have gotten it hundred percent but I am certain it has gotten 85 percent pass mark in terms of security. I challenge the PDP to bring out their score cards for Nigerians to compare. I can assure you that come 16th of February, Nigerians will rise and ensure that these people called PDP don’t find their ways back to power either through the front door, back door or even through the window.

But there is the argument that most of those who were in PDP and allegedly destroyed Nigeria in 16 years are now in the APC and close to the President, some of them are even key figures in the president’s re-election campaign?

You have raised a valid point that some of the alleged looters are now in APC, but you see it is very easy for one to allege, it is for you to prove, secondly those you said are now in APC have their cases been stopped? The constitution makes provision for freedom of association and I do not think as a political party that when a man wants to defect from one party to another you say no, don’t come here because you have a case in court, they have not been convicted, even those who have been convicted still enjoys the right to associate with whosoever they want, what I am saying is that of those that defected to APC not one of them that his case in court or those with cases in EFCC or any other agency has the President said should stop investigation, I am not aware of any, I am not also aware that there is anyone with a case that the President has said that for the fact that he has joined us your sins are forgiven, I have not seen, all these people are still going to trial, even a former governor who defected to the APC was even convicted, so this is a sincere government.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. NICHOLAS IFEANYI OWEN- CHAIRMAN 2. BERNARD EMECHETA ESQ- SECRETARY 3. NKEIRUKA OKORO 4. CHIOMA SONIA OPARAH

TRUSTEES: 1.OLADIRAN GBENGA JOHN. 2.OLADIRAN IBUKUN ADEOLA. 3.OLADIRAN TAIWO FRANCIS. 4.OLADIRAN KEHINDE DENNIS. 5.OLADIRAN IBUKUN IDOWU.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO CATER FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 2. TO ADVANCE THE COURSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AMONGST PEOPLE.

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

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: BARR EVELYN NATHAN

FEKE JENNIFER AGIDEE’S FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. PROF. MICHAEL PETER OKOM - CHAIRMAN 2. HON. CHIEF BARR EGBALA EDOM - SECRETARY 3. VIVIAN MENSAH TREASURER 4. DAVID SAVI MARVIN - FIN. SECRETARY 5. GIDEON CYRIL ARYEEQUARE - MEMBER. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP EDUCATE , DEVELOP, AND EQUIP THE DISABLED AND CHALLENGED IN THE SOCIETIES AND ALSO THE YOUTH IN THE STREETS, BROKEN HOMES, PRISONS , BORSTALS, YOUTH CUSTODIES, ORPHANAGES, REHABILITATION CENTRES, SLUMS, LAKE COMMUNITIES, VILLAGES AND THE SEVERELY DEPRIVED AREAS SO AS TO TRANSFORM ALL OF THEM TO BE USEFUL NOT ONLY TO THEMSELVES BUT ALSO TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B. 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

EGBEWOLE BANJO FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EGBEWOLE QASIM AFOLABI 2. FAWOLE SAKA ADELEKE 3.BADMUS ALIU ALABI 4. EGBEWOLE ABDULWAHAB OLASUPO 5.BANJO SIKIRU BABATUNDE 6. EGBEWOLE RAHMAN OLALEKAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION 2. TO RENDER HELP TO ORPHANS, WIDOWS,AND LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY 3. TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR AND PROVIDE HEALTH FACILITIES AND SUPPORT TO INDIGENT CITIZENS. 4. TO ORGANISE FREE IFTAR DURING RAMADAN THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE ADDITIONAL OF TRUSTEES UNDER THE PART C OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

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TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKORIE PEACE CHIOMA 2. OKORIE BLESSING UCHECHI 3. OLOMU BENEDICT OGAGA

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MISS. EDISEMI SYLVIA AGIDEE; 2. MISS. BIBOBRA PAULINA AGIDEE; 3. MRS. PREYE VIVIAN AGIDEE-ADEBAYO; 4. DR. JOSEPH ADONYEBO AGIDEE; 5. MR. ILOH IZUCHUKWU MOSES; AND 6. MR. ADEWALE ENIOLA ADEBAYO. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CREATE AWARENESS, EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN WOMEN ACROSS NIGERIA ON HYSTERECTOMY AND ON THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FIBROID. 2. TO ASSIST, AID AND EMPOWER LESS-PRIVILEGED CHILDREN WHO LOSE THEIR MOTHERS DURING OR AS A RESULT OF HYSTERECTOMY OR FIBROID SURGERIES. 3. TO EDUCATE, COUNSEL AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN WITH DEPRESSION AS A RESULT OF CHILD BEARING ISSUES IN MARRIAGES. 4. TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPATE IN FORA ON TOPICS RELATED TO HYSTERECTOMY AND FIBROID. 5. TO PROACTIVELY FOSTER PROGRAMMES TARGETED AT ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERING WOMEN WITH REPRODUCTIVE CHALLENGES IN THE BID TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. 6. TO ESTABLISH CONTACTS AND AFFILIATE WITH OTHER GROUPS, PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS EITHER WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. 7. TO FOSTER AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ANY ASPECT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION AND ITS WORK AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 (TWENTY-EIGHT) DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

PUBLIC NOTICE 1N THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE ASTON MOTORS LIMITED (RC 1058501) IN COURT’S ORDERED (WINDING -UP)

ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 427 OF CAMA. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FINAL MEETING OF ASTON MOTORS LTD SHALL HOLD ON THE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2019 AT SUITE 86 DOLPHIN PLAZA, CORPORATION DRIVE DOLPHIN ESTATE, IKOYI, LAGOS AT 10.00AM TO TRANSACT THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS: AGENDA: (1) TO LAY BEFORE THE MEETING THE REPORT OF THE WINDING UP OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY AND TO RECEIVE ANY EXPLANATION THEREOF. (2) AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS SIGNED BY LIQUIDATOR.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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AGRIDOR INT’L LIMITED 41, EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA

LR NDCA POWERCOM LTD 41, EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004

NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF AGRIDOR INT’L LIMITED RC:1245770 (IN VOLUNTARY WINDING UP)

NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF LR NDCA POWERCOM LTD RC: 1236449 (IN VOLUNTARY WINDING UP)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 468(2) OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004, THE FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ABOVE NAMED COMPANY WILL BE HELD AT THE REGISTERED ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY, 41 EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, ON 26TH FEBRUARY, 2019 AT 10:00AM FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING BEFORE SUCH MEETING THE FINAL ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANY AND GIVING ANY EXPLANATION THEREOF.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 468(2) OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004, THE FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ABOVE NAMED COMPANY WILL BE HELD AT THE REGISTERED ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY, 41 EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, ON 26TH FEBRUARY, 2019 AT 10:00AM FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING BEFORE SUCH MEETING THE FINAL ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANY AND GIVING ANY EXPLANATION THEREOF.

DATED THIS 21ST JANUARY, 2019.

DATED THIS 21ST JANUARY, 2019.

BY ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATOR JOVITA IBE-KHANOBA

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

BY ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATOR JOVITA IBE-KHANOBA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS BY THIS NOTICE INFORMED THAT THE ORIGINAL RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY TO PLOT NO 401 CADASTRAL ZONE CO2, GWARIMPA 1 IS MISSING. ALL EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SAID DOCUMENT PROVED ABORTIVE. ANY PERSON WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE ORIGINAL OF THE SAID DOCUMENT SHOULD PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED. 08115394861/ 08035020070 KINGDOM WORLD WIDE MINISTRIES CAC/IT/NO/21099

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR 1. THE REMOVAL AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES, 2. AMENDMENT AND ALTERATIONS OF ITS CONSTITUTION AND 3. CHANGE OF SECRETARY UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE (1) PASTOR ADOLPHUS NEEKA NGBEE (CHAIRMAN) RETAINED (2) EVANGELIST MICHAEL UWAME OKPARA - REMOVED (3) EVANGELIST KEME BENJAMIN OGOH - REMOVED (4) BROTHER IBE NATH WOLUGBOM - REMOVED (5) SISTER EBERE ELEMELE - REMOVED THE NEW TRUSTEES ARE (6) ELDER LEBA NWIGBARA (SECRETARY)- NEWLY APPOINTED (7) PASTOR (MRS) NWAKAEGO MARGRET NGBEE - NEWLY APPOINTED (8) DR. LEZIGA KINANEN - NEWLY APPOINTED (9) PASTOR PRINCE LEDUM NGBEE - NEWLY APPOINTED (10) DR. NABIE NUBARI FRANCIS - NEWLY APPOINTMENT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAINS THESAME ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS 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

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SUN POWER WORLD WIDE LTD 41, EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004 NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF SUN POWER WORLD WIDE LTD RC:1356358 (IN VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 468(2) OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004, THE FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ABOVE NAMED COMPANY WILL BE HELD AT THE REGISTERED ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY, 41 EUPHRATES STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, ON 26TH FEBRUARY, 2019 AT 10:00AM FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING BEFORE SUCH MEETING THE FINAL ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANY AND GIVING ANY EXPLANATION THEREOF. DATED THIS 21ST JANUARY, 2019.

BY ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATOR JOVITA IBE-KHANOBA

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OKOYE IFENYINWA I FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS J. IFENYINWA CHIKEZIE, NOW WITH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OKOYE IFENYINWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

VERONICA ALABA I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALABA VERONICA OYEDEJI AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS VERONICA ALABA MAKINWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OZ UKETADE TOMIKE ELIZABETH AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKUNDAYO TOMIKE ELIZABETH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

UGWUEZE MICHAEL

ALI UKAMAKA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAURETTA CHINYERE EZE. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALI UKAMAKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS OSSAI STEPHEN JUSTICE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DURUIBEROSI OSSAI STEPHEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWEZE MICHEAL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWUEZE MICHAEL ONYEKACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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GILGAL CONCEPTS LTD 202 FORT LAMNY STREET WUSE ZONE 6, ABUJA

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTER ACT, 1990 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF GILGAL CONCEPTS LTD RC: 434847 SPECIAL RESOLUTION FOR WINDING UP BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 408 OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 AT THE EXTRA-ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE ABOVE NAMED COMPANY HELD AT ITS REGISTERED OFFICE, 202 FORT LAMNY STREET WUSE ZONE 6, ABUJA ON THE 21ST DAY OF MAY 2018, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE PROPOSED AND DULY PASSED. 1. THAT THE COMPANY BE VOLUNTARILY WOUND UP. 2. THAT MR. DANDISON AKURUNWA OF SUITE D9 BOBSAR COMPLEX MICHIKA STREET AREA 11 GARKI ABUJA, BE AND IS HEREBY APPOINTED AS LIQUIDATOR FOR GILGAL CONCEPTS LTD RC: 434847 FOR THE PURPOSE OF WINDING UP THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY. DATED THIS 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2019 SIGNED: SIGNED: FABIAN OZOEMENA

OZOEMENA NWACHI DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR

ONITSHA SOKOTO ROAD TRADERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. OGBUSA MICHEAL UZODIMMA 2 AHANONU ANAYO CHRISTOPHER 3 OHALEHI UZOMA PHILIP

4 JULIE UCHECHUKWU JACKSON 5 ONUOHA OZOR JOSEPH

6 ASUZU UCHE PRINCE

7 OKAFOR AMAECHI FRANCIS

8 UWAOMA ERIC NDUKA

-MEMBER -MEMBER -SECRETARY -MEMBER - MEMBER -MEMBER -CHAIRMAN -MEMBER/PATRON

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS 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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE. (1)APOSTLE EZEKIEL OYEH - FOUNDER/GENERAL OVERSEER. (2) PASTOR MRS OYEH, ELIZABETH - SECRETARY. (3) EVANGELIST JOHN .O. ESIEBERE - TREASURER. (4) SISTER VICTORIA OYEH - FINANCIAL SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS. 3. TO PROVIDE HELP/SHELTER/FACILITIES FOR OLD PEOPLE, CHILDREN AND DISABLED PERSONS FOR THEIR WELFARE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS 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

EKUNDAYO TOMIKE

DURUIBEROSI OSSAI

19 Classified

MRS EGBUJOR EMMANUELLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IWUJI EMMANUELLA TOCHUKWU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS EGBUJOR EMMANUELLA TOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE CONFIRMATION OF NAME AND CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH. 1. THAT I AM KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY KAYODE OLANIPEKUN USED ON MY NATIONAL DIPLOMA RESULT. 2. ALSO KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY KAYODE ON MY WAEC RESULT. 3. SUNDAY KAYODE OLANIPEKUN AND SUNDAY KAYODE. OLD DATE OF BIRTH:3RD SEPT 1992.

CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH: 22 SEPT 1992.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. JAYKAR GIRISH KAMALAKAR 2. SANKHE SUDHIR PURUSHOTTAM 3. CHALKE SATYAM VASANT 4. MAGONE NITEEN BAPUSAHEB

TRUSTEES: 1. OJUOLUWAMBE, JOSHUA KOLAWOLE 2. OJUOLUWAMBE JOSHUA KOLAWOLE 3. OLADELE, JOHNSON OLATUNDE 4. OLUWAMBE KEHINDE ABIGAIL

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ACTIVATE MEMBERS INTEREST IN THE PROMOTION OF GENERAL WELFARE OF RESIDENTS THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 2. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION 3. TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AMENITIES IN THE ESTATE, ENSURE SECURITY AND ORDER IN THE ESTATE AND MAKE THE ESTATE LIVABLE.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2. TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. 3.

TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. 4. TO EMPLOY AND DEPLOY, TRAIN AND ORDAIN MINISTERS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS 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

LUMINOUS PEAKS FOUNDATION

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS 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: BARR EZEKIEL VEM SOLICITOR

WENA SUPPORT INITIATIVE

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

TRUSTEES: 1) MONYE NGOZI 2) CALLISTA AZIE CHIOMA ONYINYECHI 3) WILLIAMS OLAIDE ALEXANDA

TRUSTEES: HAJIYA AISHA BABANGIDA (CHAIRMAN) MR. ADEYEMI ADETUNJI BELLO ( SECRETARY)

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIVES OF THE LESS PRIVILEGE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VARIOUS SKILL ACQUISITION IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM SELF RELIANT

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE THE LOSS OF THE LAND DOCUMENTS BELONGING TO LATE COL. OJO OLUSEGUN HARRISON, IN RESPECT OF THE LAND AT THE LEKKI EKPE EXPRESS-WAY, ONISANGO VILLAGE, WITH PLAN NO. DOT/LA/1382/103/2008, IBEJU-LEKKI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE. ALL EFFORTS MADE TO TRACE THE LAND DOCUMENTS PROVED ABORTIVE, IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION. THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ANY OTHER AUTHORITY CONCERNED TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE. ANNOUNCER AYO HARRISON

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.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

-PRESIDENT -VICE PRESIDENT -SECRETARY -MEMBER

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

PRAISE PRAYER PROPHETIC AND EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

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.

OKAH TEMIDAYO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAH TEMIDAYO WITHNEY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAH TEMIDAYO ELOHOR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOBORIOWO ABIGEAL OLUWASEYI AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOBORIOWO ABIGAIL SEYI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLUCHI CHINEDU

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUCHI CHINEDU OBASI AND OLUCHI PRECIOUS OBASI. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUCHI CHINEDU ANAGA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MAHARASHTRA MANDAL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

DYNAMIC CHURCH OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABU NUSA HONESTY - CHAIRMAN 2. ISICHEI - OKAFOR, ISICHEI - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. UMEH, UCHENNA OBUBA - SECRETARY.

MRS NGOZI GLORIA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NGOZI GLORIA OKEKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NGOZI GLORIA NWORAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TECHNICAL UMUNZE AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AKINLAPA OPEYEMI EZEKIEL PRESIDENT 2. ELIZABETH OLUWATOYIN OLUWATOYIN OYETORO 3. SAMUEL OLUSEGUN 4. ADENIYI ADEBUKANLA ADENIYI

A PEEK INTO MY HEART FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION 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. MISS AWONBIOGBON AJOKE TEMITOPE 2. MRS UZOR ONYIA DAMILOLA RUTH. 3. MISS IDOWU OMOYENI OLUBUSAYO. 4. DR MRS MOTOJESI MODUPEOLA OLUGBEMISOLA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE EMOTIONAL HEALING AND GET THE NEEDED HELP. 2 . TO ENLIGHTEN INDIVIDUALS ON DIFFERENT WAYS TO OVERCOME TRAUMA WITH PRACTICAL STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED. 3. TO COMMUNICATE TIPS THAT BUILD EMOTIONAL WELLNESS WITHIN OUR CUSTOMISED SUPPORT GROUPS. 4. TO ORGANISE COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT PUT A SMILE ON THE FACES OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR TARGET AUDIENCE. 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

BETTER SOCIETY BEGINS WITH ME INITIATIVE 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. OLASUNKANMI OSO 2. PHARM. PHILIP BENU 3. DR. ADEMOLA FAWIBE 4. MR. SAMUEL NWAOKO 5. MRS. REMILEKUN ONIPEDE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL MANKIND 2. TO PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF ONENESS AMONG CHRIST FOLLOWERS 3. TO RENDER SPIRITUAL,MORAL AND FINANCIAL TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE WELFARE SERVICES TO VULNERABLE KIDS AND PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINES. 2. TO PARTICIPATE IN NATION BUILDING THROUGH YOUTHFUL AND SELFLESS SERVICES TO HUMANITY 3. TO ENGAGE TEENS, YOUTH AND THE AGED IN VALUE DRIVEN AND TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMES.

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.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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CHRIST PROVIDENCE CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL

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. DANIEL BENSON FUNSO(GENERAL OVERSEER) 2. ALLI ESTHER OLAOLUWA(SECETARY) 3. DANIELS ABAYOMI STEPHEN, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO TEACH AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY FOUCHEE, BAKANA & ELEM IFOKO FITTERS AND WELDERS ASSOCIATION. 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 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. HENRY PEPPLE AYANATE - FITTERS CHAIRMAN 2. OGIRIKI IMOMOTIMI - FITTERS SECRETARY 3. SAMUEL PAKAYE EWAT - WELDERS CHAIRMAN 4. OGBONNA WILLIE KANU - WELDERS SECRETARY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF WORKERS. 2. TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INDUSTRY. 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.

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NOBLE ROYAL BROTHERS CLUB

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 1990

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 IZUNOBI FABIAN UZOCHUKWU 2 EJIMKONYE ALAGBOSO 3. NWAWULU IFEANYI LEVI 4. OKAFOR MOSES CHUKWUEMEZI

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. DIMKPA, EMMANUEL - CHAIRMAN. 2. EMMANUEL, SONIA NJIDEKA - SECRETARY.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED 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

THE CHARITY CONNECT INITIATIVE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OWOLABI ABIODUN EMMANUEL - CHAIRMAN 2. REUBEN BUEMENEBARI RUTH - SECRETARY 3. OPARAH STANLEY CHIMA - TREASURE 4. IGAH KAINE ROSELINE - WELFARE OFFICER 5. GEORGE RUSSELL SIGMOND 6. ABOLARIN ADEBOYE OLALEKAN 7. CHINEDU OPURUM - LOGISTIC OFFICER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CONNECT OR LINK THE NEEDY AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN OUR COMMUNITY TOWARDS SELF SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE ACT OF CHARITY. 2. TO BRING POSSIBLE EQUALITY AMONG LESS PRIVILEGE, THE NEEDY AND EQUATE THEM WITH THE SOCIETY 3. TO DRIVE TOWARDS GIVING PORTABLE DRINKING WATER TO EVERY COMMUNITY WITH NO ACCESS TO PORTABLE WATER .

4.TO FUND GIRLS CHILD EDUCATION AT ELEMENTARY ,SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FEE. 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

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

BRIDE TOMORROW TODAY OUTREACH

TRANS AMADI BLOCK MOULDERS ASSOCIATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. KOROYE-EGBE AYAKORO (PRESIDENT) 2. EGBE OSAIGBOVO

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1.TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY FOR PROPER TRANSITION AND INTEGRATION INTO MARITAL LIFE 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

ESOBITO HALAWANY FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAME FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ESOBITO INEH ONORIODE 2. HALAWANI LIBBY KEREN

- CHAIRMAN - SECRETARY

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS ON ISSUES RELATING TO EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2. ORGANIZING SEMINARS & WORKSHOP FOR SKILL ACQUISITION 3. TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL IDEAS ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ELDER J. K. NANA (J.P) CROWN KINGS CONSULTANCY CO. 08037769526

TOSAADECWORLD FOUNDATION

NEW GREEN VISION NIGERIA INITIATIVE.

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

AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY AND ALSO EMPOWER THE YOUTHS OF NIGERIA THROUGH HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDINGS .

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.

CHRIST MESSAGE OF GOD 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. SUNDAY ODOKO (PRESIDENT) 2. ODOKO EVELYNE (SECRETARY).

3. ANTHONY BODI EWEKE

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS. 2. TO ESTABLISH AN INSTITUTION FOR THE VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN 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

UGOGOMARUITSEKIRIROYALUNITYASSOCIATION

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 1990.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. EKWELEM BENEDICT IKECHUKWU - CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. KUKU DORIS 3. MR. OKORO CHRISTOPHER ONYEMA 4. MR. NDU MFON

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EMIKO VICTOR 2. SEA ORITSEWEYINMI OLUFEM 3. SIFO ORITSEGBUBEMI PATRI 4. AGHOMOTSEGIN TERRY 5. AKPENEYIN DANIEL 6.MOSES EROMOSELE ALUYA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO BRING BLOCK MOULDERS AROUND TRANS-AMADI BUSINESS DISTRICT TOGETHER IN LOVE, UNITY, AND PROGRESS. 2. TO EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER IN ALL WAYS POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE HARD WORK, INDUSTRY, AND GOOD CONDUCT. 3. TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN ALL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. 4. TO ENCOURAGE COLLECTIVE BUSINESS PROGRESS AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 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: MR. EKWELEM BENEDICT IKECHUKWU (CHAIRMAN)

THE PREMIER CLUB OF IDOANI

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. AUGUSTINE ADETULA ALABI. 2. SAIDU AYODELE BALOGUN 3. DANIEL ADEYANJU OJO 4 . JACOB OLADAPO OSHATI. 5. GABRIEL OLUFEMI AYODELE 6.SAMUEL OLABANJI AJE 7. ALDRED OLOGUN ADELE 8. SOYE OLUREMI ONIAGBA 9. JOHN FEMI OLOMOFE.

- CHAIRMAN - SECRETARY - P. R. O - FINANCIAL SECRETARY - TREASURER - ADVISER/CONSULTANT

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE UNITY, PROGRESS & ONENESS AMONG MEMBERS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAINLY DEALS WITH EMPOWERMENT. TO ENCOURAGE AND ENFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL IDEAS ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ELDER J. K. NANA (J.P) CROWN KINGS CONSULTANCY CO. 08037769526

POWER OF THE LAST LAST DAYS REVIVAL MINISTRY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR BROWN SEUN GODWIN -GENERAL OVERSEER. 2.MRS. BROWN, JOSEPHINE ANWULI - SECRETARY.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY.

RURAL NURTURE INITIATIVE

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1.PREACHING THEREVIVING GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WITH THE PURPOSE OF REVIVING THE GOD GIVEN POWER OF THE CHURCH IN THESE END TIMES..

2.BRINGING THE CHURCH TO HER PLACE OF POWER BY THE REVELATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY.

ASSOCIATION OF GROUNDWATER EXPLORATIONISTS

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART’ C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART’ C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART’ C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. TOSIN ADEWUYI-KOTTI - CHAIRMAN 2. MRS OLAIDE ADEWUYI -SECRETARY 3. DR OLUFOLAKE EUNICE ADELAKUN 4. MR OLABIYI ABOLADE ADESHINA

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. IYIOLA DAMILOLA FAIDAT - PRESIDENT 2.APAPA KEHINDE HAMIDAT -VICE PRESIDENT 3. MUSTAPHA KARIOLA KEHINDE – SECRETARY 4.ADELEYE JOHN IFEOLUWA -TREASURER 5. AGBOOLA HAPPINESS OPEYEMI -PRO

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. ABUDULAWAL LUKUMAN 2. OYERINDE ADEYEMI OLOYEDE 3. OLADUNJOYE MICHAEL ADEYINKA 4. AKEREDOLU OLUWASEUN OYEWOLE 5. OJO OLUWASHEYI ABEL 6. OYELADE ADETOYESE YOMI 7. ADEDAPO OLUMIDE JEPSON

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED:TRUSTEES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS FOR THE POOR AND PRO-POOR. 2. TO BRING MARGINALIZED RURAL COMMUNITIES INTO DEVELOPMENTAL LIME LIGHT.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS.

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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS TAIWO OLUWATOYIN JOLAOSHO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ABIODUN TAIWO OLUWATOYIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FAUSTINA HARRISON

I FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS FAUSTINA HARRISON OMOGBAI. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS FAUSTINA HARRISON NWAOKOLO. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EJEZIE UZOCHUKWU

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJEZIE MAGNUS UZOZIE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJEZIE UZOCHUKWU MAGNUS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS NDFION DAMIAN OGAR. INSTEAD OF NDIFON DAMIAN OGAR. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 9TH NOVEMBER, 1997.

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ANAEKE MARY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EVANS MARYJANE CHIDINMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANAEKE MARY JANE CHIDINMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ALABI BUSHRAH

MRS AKINLOLU RACHEAL

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ISMAILA RASIDAT ASANI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKINLOLU RACHEAL INIOLUWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ENYINNA FRANKLIN

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MRS. AMAECHI DEBORAH

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KUNNU WHENU

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AKILO OLAMILEKAN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKILO OLAMILEKAN LATEEF NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKILO OLAMILEKAN TUNDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AHMED FATAI

LIAFEEZ KEHINDE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AHMED AMEERAH OLAMIPO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AHMED FATAI ADEMOLA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONYEANUNA CYNTHIA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHILAKA CYNTHIA ADAEZE , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEANUNA CYNTHIA ADAEZE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OPADELE FAITH

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OLALEYE AJIBOLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPEYEMI ADEDAMOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLALEYE AJIBOLA MICHAEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC AND KING’S GUARDS KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

YESIDE OLABOMI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EROMOSELE FAITH ENUWAMAGBE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPADELE FAITH ENUWAMAGBE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADEWUNMI HABEEB

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ESEZOBOR STELLA

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YESIDE OLABOMI OREDUGBA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YESIDE OLABOMI GBENRO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

USMAN ABDULLAHI

. I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FESTUS OLISA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS USMAN ABDULLAHI BUCHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OGENE VICTOR

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MOSES ATONOPWA

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SUNDAY FAVOUR

. I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EREMA KALU LIZZY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY FAVOUR ERIMA. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 10/01/1991 NOT 01/10/1991.

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OKAFOR JOSEPHINE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEAGBAZI JOSEPHINE UGOCHUKWU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAFOR JOSEPHINE UGOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME.

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEOKOLIE LUCY CHIBUMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGENONU LUCY CHIBUMA. BY VIRTUE OF MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ABANISE MEMUNAT

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OLOWOPOROKU MOYOSORE

WAFAILU-BELLO I FORMERLY KNOWN AS BELLO ZAINAB WAFAILU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WAFAILUBELLO ZAINAB. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

. I FORMERLY KNOWN AS PICOLO OKUKU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKUKU ITA EMMANUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OPOOLA INCREASE

MRS ARO ABISOLA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKO NATASHA OKPINI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS HEART NATASHA OKPINI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS, AGENCIES & GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 25, 2019

Ebola survivors fight disease as DR Congo outbreak rages on

Protests began in mid-December over price hikes, but have morphed into calls for Bashir’s ouster

Sudan protests spread as death toll rises to 29 A 24-year-old man has died of his wounds during protests in Sudan as thousands of demonstrators continued their protests across several cities, calling on longtime ruler Omar alBashir, to step down.

Family members of the latest victim, Maawiya Bashir, told The Associated Press that he was shot in his home as he tried to shelter protesters being chased by government security forces.

With the man’s death, the number of fatalities since protests broke out in Sudan in mid-December has now reached 29, according to the governmental investigatory committee spokesman, Amer Mohamed Ibrahim.

According to the slain man’s son, Yahya, his father had just returned home from prayers when several protesters ran through the front gate behind him.

He said his father agreed to shelter the protesters, and shut the door behind them, then tried to prevent armed members of government security forces from entering.

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ground.

Seham Maawiya Bashir, daughter of Bashir, is demanding justice for her father.

“He didn’t go out to the protests or do anything. He was in his home, how could a bullet come through the door and hit him, if he wasn’t even a protester. The bullet hole is still in the door,” she said.

Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall, reporting from Khartoum, said that there have been at least 10 areas confirmed by Al Jazeera to have held protests on Thursday.

The protests, he said, were “larger than ever before” in Khartoum and at least three major cities, including in Port Sudan.

There have also been reports of protests in smaller villages.

“By far, we can say that this is the biggest turnout of protesters across the country since the beginning of this movement.”

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power for 29 years, to step down.

Since then, authorities in Sudan have used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and batons to quell the unrest.

Authorities have imposed emergency laws and night-time curfews in some cities and suspended classes in schools and universities in others.

They have also arrested opposition leaders, doctors, journalists, lawyers and students along with some 800 protesters.

Rights groups said as many as 40 people, including children, have been killed in the clashes, most by gunshot wounds.

Al-Bashir’s government has acknowledged only 24 deaths.

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Dozens of Congolese Ebola survivors are dispelling rumours and caring for patients and lone children in the world’s second-deadliest outbreak, health workers said on Thursday.

The virus is spreading fast in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with 713 confirmed and probable cases and 439 deaths. It is surpassed only by the 2014-2016 outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in which more than 11,000 people died.

Nearly 250 patients in the DRC have recovered since the outbreak began in July. Research has shown that the disease gives survivors immunity.

“I like this work very much,” said Lydie Besolo, an 18-year-old in the town of Beni who survived Ebola and now spends her afternoons after school working as a nurse in a health centre run by medical charity Doctors Without Borders (known by their French acronym, MSF).

“I tell (the patients) my story. It helps them,” she said, adding that she hopes to be a doctor someday.

Health workers say one of the biggest challenges in this outbreak has been dispelling rumours about the disease. Suspicious of foreign intervention and political plots,

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locals have attacked volunteers and refused vaccines.

Ebola struck during a politically tense period in Congo, ahead of December’s election to end President Joseph Kabila’s 17-year rule.

At the last minute, the electoral commission cancelled voting in Beni and other Ebola-stricken areas, which are opposition strongholds.

“I tell them that it’s not politics, it’s a real disease,” said Modeste Kasereka Kikopo, 26, a survivor who works in the MSF centre as an electrician and helps spread awareness.

The charity said that about 20 survivors work in its centre in Beni, mostly looking after patients.

Twelve survivors work in a nursery for children who have been separated from their parents, said the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF, while up to 40 survivors are part of community engagement efforts run by the Red Cross.

“Ebola survivors are a critical entry point to build trust in the community,” said Jamie LeSueur, head of operations for the Ebola response for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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SPORTS TIMES g Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 25, 2019

Gernot Rohr expresses worry over Francis Uzoho’s club status

The Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has expressed worry over the teams goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho’s inability to maintain the number one spot in his Segunda Division Club, Elche.

Rohr made the comment on the side-lines of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 4 between MFM FC and Rangers International FC of Enugu.

NAN reports that the Super Eagles gaffer was in the stands to watch out for outstanding players among the NPFL players.

Reports have it that the Uzoho, 20, and Eagles number one shot stopper who recently quit bachelorhood has fallen down the pecking order in the goalkeeping role for his club in Spain.

The lanky goal tender is now used sparingly after the club, Elche procured the

services of another goalkeeper during the winter transfer, a development the FrancoGerman coach is not comfortable with.

Rohr said that though Uzoho remains in his plan, his inability to peg a starting role for his club is a source of concern.

“I am watching the development of our number one goalkeeper, Uzoho, because his club has bought a new goalkeeper and he is now in second place with them.

“I will like to see him as number one goalkeeper and not a substitute in a Spanish second league. I know that the level is high in Spain.

“We also have other players in Spain doing very well because I do monitor them to see how they are doing, their progress and fitness,” he said.

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that some other players plying their trade in Spain are having the needed playing time and doing well with their clubs.

“Samuel Chukwueze and Kenneth Omeruo are presently doing well and I am happy with that because they are part of the main team.

“When I first invited Chukwueze to the team, many were surprised with my action, but then, I knew his level, that he has lots of quality and he is already showing that.

“Same thing with Omeruo when he played the last game for us in South Africa, he is a good central defender and I am happy he is being recognised in his club.

“We also have Moses Simon who did very well in the game against Barcelona FC in their last game. We also have him in our plans too,” he said.

Gernot Rohr: Mikel Obi still Super Eagles captain

The Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, says that the status quo still remained in the national team over the captainship, adding that Mikel Obi still leads the team until he makes a formal request that he wants to leave.

The Franco-German tactician made the comment on the sidelines of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 4 between MFM FC and Rangers International FC of Enugu.

NAN reports that the Super Eagles gaffer was on the stands to watch out for the outstanding players among the NPFL players.

Mikel on the other hand recently penned a new deal with the English Championship side, Middlesborough after he quit Tianjin TEDA in the Chinese Super League.

The former Chelsea star, Mikel, 31, claimed that he wanted to be close to his family living in London, hence his decision to choose the North East Club that currently sits on the fifth

position in the Championship.

Rohr said though Mikel had yet to play for the national team since their exit from the World Cup during the group stage, the dependable midfielder not only remained an integral part of his team, but the leader as well.

“We are very happy with the news about Mikel joining Middlesborough because it has been a long time he played last for the team, but he is a player who really wants to play for the team.

“He wishes to return to Europe to be with his family and find a good club which he has done. Right now, he needs more time to be back in the team because we have yet to see him after the World Cup. “We want him to come back to the national team like other players. If he is playing well with his new team, he stands a chance of coming back to us, but he has not told me he

Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa loses mom It’s a sad day for Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa following the passing of his mother, Sarah Moses, on Thursday.

Musa’s mother died in a hospital in Abuja.

Musa, who is currently in Nigeria is reportedly injured and has been ruled out of action for his club side Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia.

According to reports, Musa is in Nigeria to continue his recuperation from his injury and is aiming to join up with his team-mates before the end of February.

However, the 26-year-old has started the year 2019, with some sad news as he from confirmed his mother has passed away in Abuja after intensive care.

Tonye Jekiri: D’Tigers determined to stay unbeaten

Nigeria and Gaziantep basketball club of Turkey Center Tonye Jekiri has stated that the Nigeria men basketball national team D’Tigers is determined to stay competitive ahead of next month’s final FIBA 2019 world cup Africa qualifiers.

Jekiri who has been called to the national team for the final Group F window alongside 14 other players said in a chat that the Nigeria men basketball national team will not approach the games mildly despite having qualified already for the world cup in China.

Nigeria is still unbeaten in 9 games in the qualifying campaign and intend to keep that record in Abidjan CIV where they will play the final 3 games to complete the qualifying series.

Invited players have been told to travel directly to Abidjan where the team will converge to play.

will quit the team.

“He remains the captain of the team till he says otherwise, we will be happy to have him back for his experience,” he said.

On another Nigerian plying his trade in the Chinese Super League, Odion Ighalo, Rohr said he hoped that the goal poacher finds another club in Europe.

“The same issue like Mikel goes to Ighalo, there is now a big winter break in the Chinese league, even if the league is on, I am not sure that he wants to remain there.

“Ighalo wants to come back to Europe, though he still has a contract with his Chinese club. Right now, he wants a club in England or Turkey, I hope he can play again in a good club, just like other players, I want him to be fit.

“He has also contributed well to the national team, we enjoyed his contributions to the team,” he said.

Mikel Obi expresses readiness for Boro’s promotion battle, wear No 2 jersey New Boro signing John Obi Mikel says Boro’s ambition and mentality helped persuade him that Teesside was the place to be this season.

The Super Eagles skipper was courted by clubs across Europe but says his decision to return to England came after having conversations with the Boro boss about the sort of team he’d be joining.

“For me it’s looking at the project,” he said.

“I spoke to a few clubs and I also spoke to Tony [Pulis], had a good chat with him.

“He’s told me where he wants to go with it and it definitely fits with what I want to do.

“The club wants to get promoted so hopefully, I’m here to help in any way I can.

“It’s a family club and this is what I want. I like stability and this is why I was at Chelsea for a very long time.”

A two-time Premier League and Champions League winner, Mikel developed a reputation with The Blues as a defensive midfielder but has also enjoyed much success further up the pitch as captain of his country.

The player himself says that the team comes first.

“We have to put our heads together and help each other,” he said.

“If anyone knows me from my years at Chelsea, I always played for the team.

The team comes first and that’s exactly what I’m going to do here.

“Here is going to be a challenge, but I love challenges.”

Meanwhile, Super Eagles Captain John Mikel Obi’s Middlesbrough jersey number has been revealed, the former

Chelsea midfielder will wear Number 2.

Mikel rose to prominence in an 11-year stint with Chelsea, making nearly 400 appearances for The Blues and winning a host of honours including two Premier League titles and the Champions League.

After captaining Nigeria in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the 31-yearold most recently plied his trade in the Far East with Tianjin TEDA. He returns to English football with Boro having been a free agent since the end of the Chinese Super League season in November.

Reports had linked Mikel with a host of European clubs including AS Roma and Wolfsburg as well as sides in the English top flight and the Championship, but the midfielder has opted to join The Teessiders in our bid for

promotion.

Boro boss Tony Pulis was delighted to complete the signing of Mikel and he said: “I’m pleased to get him in. He is a man with a lot of experience and quality.

“He has a winning mentality and he wants to be here be a part of what we are looking to achieve.”

Mikel becomes Boro’s second addition of the January transfer window, following the arrival of Rajiv van La Parra on loan from Huddersfield earlier in the month.

He will wear the number 2 shirt.

The 31-year-old has been handed the number 2 shirt at Middlesbrough and will be unveiled on Wednesday.

Mikel has spent the past two years at Tianjin TEDA in the Chinese Super League after he later terminated his contract with the club early January 2019.

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Was pan- Africanism a brilliant but unworkable idea?

In terms of definition, Pan-Africanism is a movement that seeks to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent. The concept is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress of Africa and her people and therefore aims to “unify and uplift” people of African descent. It went further to say that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined and so African both on the continent and in those in Diaspora share not merely a common history, but a common destiny.

According to Wikipedia, Pan-Africanism seeks also to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its Member States and to promote global relations within the framework of the United Nations.

But scholar have gone ahead to situate Pan-Africanism from a philosophical point of view, saying that it represents the aggregation of the historical, cultural, spiritual, artistic, scientific, and philosophical legacies of Africans from past times to the present.

There have several moves by African leaders and scholars of African descent in the United States to build or create movements that champion African unity with the most recognizable bring such groups as the African Association which was later renamed the PanAfrican Association which was established by Henry Sylvester around 1897 and organised the First Pan-African conference in London in 1900 When gained independence in March 1957, Kwame Nkrumah was elected as the first Prime Minister and President of the State. He, Nkrumah later emerged as a major advocate for the unity of Independent Africa and championed what was known as “quest for regional integration of the whole of the African continent.” With many countries gaining freedom from colonial rule, the era was called the “Golden Age of high panAfrican ambitions.”

With that burning spirit, Nkurumah in April 1958 hosted the first All-African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Ghana with delegates consisting of political movements and major political leaders. All

Independent States of the Continent attended except South Africa.

A significant factor of the conference was the segregation between those considered Arabic states and the black African regions but it however espoused a common African Nationalist identity, among the States, of unity and anti-Imperialism. It was so exciting that many freedom fighters and journalists attended the conference including Frantz Fanon, a freedom fighter and journalist.

In 1959, Nkrumah, President Sékou Touré of Guinea and President William Tubman of Liberia met at Sanniquellie and signed the Sanniquellie Declaration outlining the principles for the achievement of the unity of Independent African States whilst maintaining a national identity and autonomous constitutional structure. The second pan-African conference followed quickly In 1960 called the All-African People’s Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with Cameroun, Guinea, Nigeria, Somalia and the United Arab Republic attending due to their independence. There, Nkrumah called for a political and economic union between the Independent African States but his position was not supported by many. He felt disappointed because for him, that was the heart of the panAfrican. It was the disagreement arising from that Conference that gave rise to two rival factions within the pan-African movement: the Casablanca Bloc and the Brazzaville Bloc.

Because of that rivalry, the African Conference that was hosted by Nigeria on this day, 25th January 1962 in Lagos was attended by 19 African countries including Somalia, Ethiopia, Togo, Ivory Coast, Madagascan, Dahomy, Mauritania and Niger Republic, among others while all the countries that called themselves the Casablanca did not attend. They include Ghana, Egypt, Guinea, Mali and Morocco, the same with the colonial territories of Algeria, Angola and Central. The full implication was that out of Africa’s 200million population as at that time, countries that participated represented a total of 130million people leaving 70million unrepresented.

Following the death of Kwame Nkrumah in 1972, Muammar

Qaddafi assumed the mantle of leader of the Pan-Africanist movement and became the most outspoken advocate of African Unity, consistently calling for the advent of a “United States of Africa,” just like Nkurumah did.

But the movement was a goner by that time because, in addition to the existing division, many African leaders, especially those with diplomatic and economic ties with the United States and some European countries openly distanced themselves from Gqaddafi who was seen then as a promoter of terrorism.

Another factor that led to the failure of efforts to unite Africa was that most of the advocates like Thomas Sankara and Nkurumah held communist views which made them a nogo-area with the West, ironically Africa was dependent on the West for economic survival them as it is now.

In addition, there was envy and total lack of trust among African leaders on themselves, even as individual African countries formed allies based on self preservation.

The failure of African states

to unite and form formidable block has been a major setback in the region’s economic and socio-political development.

From Organisation of African Union (OAU) to the current African Union (AU), every colouration given to efforts to unite Africa has ended in the dustbin. Therefore Africa has continued to be a dumping ground for other continents with its large population living far below minimum standard while America, Euro and many countries in Asia are enjoying economic boom and prosperity.

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