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Retains lending rate for 12th consecutive time Wants banks to lend at 9% to real, agric sectors

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised the Federal Government to save for the rainy day especially now that the price of crude oil is relatively high,

adding that the increased Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) distribution to the three tiers of government portend danger to the economy.

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Continued from page 1 Policy Rate (MPR) at 14 percent, Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 22.5 percent and the asymmetric corridor (AC) at +200 and -500 basis points around the MPR. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, who gave the warning while briefing finance correspondents on the outcome of the MPC meeting, said that seven members voted to retain the rate while two voted to reduce and one member voted for increase of the rate.

According to Emefiele, impact of the expected liquidity from the expansionary 2018 Federal Government budget, rising FAAC disbursement in the second half of the year, along with the buildup of 2019 preelection spending were some of the factors that necessitated the retention of the rates.

With this decision, the MPC has retained the monetary rate for the 12th consecutive time since July 23, 2016, while Tuesday’s meeting was the third for the year 2018.

Emefiele, however, said that the MPC noted with satisfaction the fourth consecutive quarters of growth of real GDP and the positive growth outlook in the domestic economy.

“This is shown by the sustained improvement in the manufacturing and non manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indices in the second quarter of the year,” the CBN governor said.

The MPC, however, said

it was concerned about the liquidity impact of the 2018 expansionary fiscal budget and increasing FAAC distributions due to rising prices of crude oil as well as the buildup in election related activities.

“Notwithstanding the positive direction of the output, the MPC reviewed the effects of the sustained policy normalisation in some advanced economies with implications for capital flow reversals, exchange rate and domestic price pressures as well as other challenges to growth in the second half of 2018,” Emefiele said.

The MPC commended the approval of the Federal Government 2018 budget and called for the accelerated implementation to further support the fragile growth recovery.

The committee also called for sustained implementation of the ERGP to further stimulate output growth.

The committee took note of the sustained moderation in inflation pressure, especially the deadline inflation as well as stability in the foreign exchange market.

The MPC expressed concern on the threat posed by incessant herders and farmers’ crises in some key food producing states of the federation, warning that the negative impact on some key food supplies chain, would continue to exact pressures on food prices.

The committee therefore called on the bank to continue to build on the progress already made in arresting the trend to

sustain the moderation in food inflation.

According to the apex bank boss, the MPC also observed with satisfaction, the high level of activities in investors and exporters window of the foreign exchange market which continued to supply liquidity in the foreign exchange market, narrowed exchange rate premium and reduced speculation activities in the market.

Emefiele said: “The MPC noted the continued improvement of deposit money banks and expressed optimism that the moderation in the levels of non-performing loans in the industry will continue.

The committee therefore called on the Federal Government to accelerate the settlement of outstanding contractor debts and also encouraged the banks to ensure strict compliance with regulatory provisions.

“In discussing the economic report presented to the committee, it was observed that as the prices of crude oil increased in 2017 and 2018, the monthly allocation to various levels of government also increased, suggesting that Federal Government was not conscious of saving for the rainy day.

The committee therefore advised the fiscal authorities to build the buffers, especially now that the price of crude oil is relatively high.

The committee said it strongly considered the option of

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President Buhari accompaniedg of Niger-Nigeria Hydrocarbon Pipeline and Refinery Projects in State House on 24th by President of Niger H.E. Issoufou Mahamadou witness the Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding of NigerNigeria Hydrocarbon Pipeline and Refinery Projects by Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Ibe Kachikwu and Niger Republic Minister of Energy Mr Foumakoye Gado in State House...on Tuesday.

L-R: Sen. Dino Melaye; Outgoing Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose and Senate president, Bukola Saraki, during Fayose’s visit to Saraki in Abuja...on Tuesday.

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Organisers of beauty pageants all over the world usually charge specific fees from participants as condition prerequisite for entry. In the past years, those that contested for Miss Nigeria crown had to pay N5,000 each to participate.

Folio Communications Plc, organisers of Miss Nigeria made the disclosure of the free entry from the 2018 edition in a statement made available on Tuesday. The company also alerted the public to beware of impostors who may want to take advantage of the successes recorded in the past to swindle unsuspecting young women in the name of organising Miss Nigeria, adding that official announcement for the commencement of the 2018 entry will soon be communicated appropriately.

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The company however alerted the public to be wary of impostors who may want to capitalise on the successes recorded in the Miss Nigeria pageant so far to swindle unsuspecting members of the public, especially young women in the name of organising Miss Nigeria contest.

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L-R: Senator David Mark; Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, during a solidarity visit to the Deputy Ekweremadu in his Apo home after security operatives laid siege to his house and prevented him from attending plenary in Abuja...on Tuesday.

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2019: Mass defection hits APC Tunde Opalana, Henry Omunu, Tom Okpe, and Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The mooted disaffection in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) blew open on the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday with 14 Senators and 37 members of the House of Representatives dumping the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

With the defection of 14 senators of the ruling APC on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, the rank of the PDP in the Red chamber has now swollen.

While 14 senators defected to PDP, Senator Abdulaziz Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) defected to African Democratic Congress (ADC).

With the defection, the ruling APC now has its ranks depleted in the Senate.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has one senator while 2 seats are yet unoccupied as a result of the death of Senator Ali Wakili (Bauchi Central) and Senator Bukar Mustapha (Katsina North).

The defectors had notified the Senate through a letter read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, during plenary.

The letter reads: “Dear Senate President after due consultation with our constituents and stakeholders in our constituencies, in proper recognition of section 68(1G) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and with the fact our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is hereby emershed in factions.

“We hereby inform the Senate that we the undersigned are changing our political affiliation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“We thank you for your exemplary leadership”.

Swelling the number of PDP senators are Lanre Tejuoso (Ogun Central), Shaaba Lafiagi (Kwara North), Barnabas Gemade ( Benue North East), Dino Melaye (Kogi West), Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara South), Shitu Ubali (Jigawa North East), Isa Misau (Bauchi South), Sulaimon Hunkuyi (Kaduna North), Monsurat Sunmonu (Oyo Central), Mohammed Danbaba (Sokoto South), Bayero Nafada

(Bauchi Central), Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North), and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano).

Hardly had Saraki read the letter when the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, pleaded that the announcement be “quarantined, be contained, to create all avenues for the party to address the issue”.

Lawan said: “Our party, the APC, has its own internal challenges, we have internal disagreement but the disagreement do not translate to factionalisation”.

Pleading with the defectors, Senator Lawan said: “I believe that our senators do not have to move to any other party. I believe that the issue is under discussion by stakeholders in the party. Seriously speaking, this letter should be stepped down”.

In his remarks, Saraki said: “As you know and have seen that the seat beside you is absent.

“As we speak, the Deputy Senate President cannot get out of his house.

“He is under siege. This morning, I could not also leave my street as well all by efforts by some people that believe that today’s sitting must not hold because some members want to move or defect.

“It is not something that has started today; it will not end today; people have gone, they’ve come back.

“But this kind of action does not allow for what you are saying (to Lawan).

“You are speaking as the leader of the Senate, who has been here for many years”.

Also, the Senate flayed security agencies for laying siege on the residence of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, early Tuesday morning, preventing him or any member of his household from coming out of the house.

The Senate as a result called on the Presidency to order security agents out of the house of the deputy senate president and allow him enjoy his constitutional right to freedom.

This decision followed a motion by Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) who came under matter of urgent public importance to call the attention of the Senate to Ekweremadu’s incarceration.

He said the people of Enugu State resident in Abuja defied the rain to invaded Ekweremadu’s house in

solidarity calling for his freedom.

Utazi said the people of the South East region are pained by the development described as uncalled for and inimical to democracy.

Senators Sam Anyanwu (Imo East) and Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South) condemned the action of security agencies.

Bwacha said it is a strange development that has threatened the nation’s democracy and unity.

The upper chamber later adjourned for its annual vacation to resume on September 26.

But controversy is now trailing the mass defections as both the APC and the PDP are claiming leadership of the National Assembly.

Speaking with journalists after a meeting with the APC National Chairman at party’s Secretariat, Abuja on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, said despite the defection of 14 members of the party, the APC still retained majority status in the upper legislative chamber.

Lawan accompanied by key Senators including Aliyu Wammako and Kabiru Gaya told journalists that there was defection to PDP and other parties by some of the party members in the Senate asserting that “what we have come here to do is to brief the National leadership of our party on what happened”.

The Senate Leader stressed that though the APC has lost some of its members to the PDP and other parties but the party still retains the position of number one party with more seats than any other parties in the Senate.

“Presently we are 53 Senators, PDP has 49, ADC has 3, APGA has 2 and we have two vacancies, we lost our colleagues in Katsina and in Bauchi states.

“Those were APC seats, very safe seats and in August probably August 11, elections will be held and by the grace of God APC will claim its seats and APC majority will increase and improve.

“We are also going to work very hard with our leaders here to reach out to our colleagues who have left us to try to explain to them and give them the comfort that APC is the party to work with; we are hoping that at the end of the day, our colleagues who have left will come back

potential relevance, taking into account, the expected liquidity injection from the 2018 budget, and increased FAAC disbursements and election related spending ahead of 2019 general election.

“If this crystallizes, it will increase inflationary and exchange rate pressures as well as return interest rates into trajectory. Moreover, lowering policy rate may not translate to an automatic reduction in market rate due to poor transmission mechanisms.

“The committee is also of the view that loosening will reverse the gains already made with reduced importation which has strengthened the current account balance, and lower bank risk appetite and possible rise in NPLs which could negatively impact on the banking industry stability.

“In the discussion for a hold, it was noted that risk to the macroeconomic and financial environment appears fairly balanced with improvement in output growth and inflation.

“Holding policy at the current stand will support growth and further moderate inflation. However, committee noted the appetite of the public for loosening and concern that hold MPR at 14 per cent since July 2016 and considering the dynamic nature of the market, the rates might have lost its signal effect on the market, hence dampen market expectations,” the MPC stated.

Meanwhile, the CBN governor said that the MPC has introduced a policy that will encourage the Deposit Money

Banks (DMBs) to lend money to the real sectors and agric sectors of the economy at 9 percent.

Emefiele said: “The incentive that we talked about at the last MPC to encourage banks to give credit to the real sector of the economy, the MPC deliberated extensively on the issue of what can be done to encourage banks to increase credit, because at the numbers that we looked at during the May meeting, MPC was concerned that credit to the economy was sliding and we look at means to incentify the money deposit banks to increase credit to the real sector.

“At this meeting we found a somewhat improvement which is gratifying but we feel that we must still do what we need to do. Two approaches were considered.

“The first approach, where we said, in order to achieve the objective of lowering interest rate particularly to those priority sectors- manufacturing sectors, agric sector that we will encourage large corporates to issue commercial papers note to the market and there will be a memorandum that will detailed explanations of what they are going to do with that money. In order to complement the effort of the banks, we will expect that this commercial papers will come at low rate at single digit of 9 per cent or below that. And for long tenor at a period of 7 years with a specific purpose for that loan, if central bank sees that kind of notes in the market, we will complement the effort of the banks through a mechanism to support that bank that lends to that corporate at single digit rate.”

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tightening; believing that would curtail the threat of a rise in inflation even as the injection from the fiscal authorities would still provide the economy with substantial liquidity.

This, the committee believes, will rein in inflationary pressure and moderate inflation rate to single digit levels, increase real interest rate, build investors confidence and further stabilise the country’s exchange rate.

“Notwithstanding the deceleration in headline inflation, the current double digit inflation remains above the bank’s six to nine per cent target rate. In addition, the committee is of the view that tightening will help stem the tide of capital flow reversal in the face of sustained monetary policy nominalisation in some advanced economies.

“On the contrary, the committee is of the view that raising interest rate at this time will weaken consumption and raise the cost of borrowing to investors in the domestic economy.

“In addition, the decision the policy will trigger the reprising of financial assets by money deposit banks and further constricting to the real sector that will promote non inclusive growth without development”.

“In considering the option of loosening, the committee accessed the potential effect of stimulating aggregate demand through lower cost of capital. This could stimulate consumption and aggregate demand.

“The committee however considered its

to continue with the nation building process”, Lawan stated.

He also said that the defection does not imply that the APC has failed in its reconciliatory efforts, dismissing insinuations that his position as Majority Leader was threatened.

“If you look at our standing rules, the party with the majority seats provides the majority leader and I told you that we are 53 and PDP is 49, so you don’t need to be a great mathematician to know that we are the majority”, he said.

In the House of Representatives, the majority enjoyed by the ruling APC in the chamber was reduced from the initial figure of 222 to 185 as a gale of defections hit the party following the defection of 37 members from the APC. While the APC lost 32 House members to the opposing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), four lawmakers from Oyo State joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) citing division within the party in the state and the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Orkey Jev, resigned his membership of the APC but is yet to join any other political platform.

A sign that a political tsunami was in the offing in the National Assembly began to emerge early in the day as PDP House members thronged the lobby of the assembly complex discussing in hushed tones to pending realignment of political forces in the House.

When House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, sauntered into the lobby, PDP lawmakers surrounded him, shouting the slogan of the party.

But the atmosphere became charged when the Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara, made his entrance as the House members chanted his name non-stop while making his way into the chamber.

Apart from the four Oyo State House members, the other 33 defectors are from Kano, Kwara, Kogi, Benue and Sokoto states.

Arrowhead of the defectors, Hon. Abdulrazak Atunwa at exactly 12. 47 pm submitted the names of House members leaving the APC to Speaker Dogara and after exhausting items listed on the day’s order paper, the speaker reeled out the list of decampees.

Shouts of ‘PDP’, ‘PDP’ rented the air as jubilant PDP House members welcomed the returning lawmakers into their fold.

Some of the lawmakers who dumped the APC and defected to the PDP are Reps. Ahmed Chachangi (Kano); Rasak Atunwa (Kwara); Aliyu Madaki (Kano); Hassan Saleh (Benue); Mark Gbillah (Benue); Nasir Garo (Kano); Hassan Omale (Benue); Zakari Mohammed (Kwara); Funke Adedoyin (Kwara); Olaniyonu Tope (Kwara); Abdusamad Dasuki (Sokoto) and Ali Pategi (Kwara).

Others include Reps. Shehu Usman (Kano); Dickson Takhir (Benue State); Bode Ayorinde (Ondo); Aminu Shagari (Sokoto) and Sani Ranu (Kano).

The Oyo State House members who left the APC are Reps. Sunday Adepoju, Olasupo Adeola, Samson Olugbemi and Akintola Taiwo.

Addressing journalists after the defection, House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that in spite of the decamping, his party still holds the majority, saying that the decampees failed to achieve the number of defectors they needed to become the majority party.

Gbajabiamila declared the APC House caucus will encourage the leadership of the party to challenge the defection in court, asserting that based on the Supreme Court ruling, the seat of a member belongs to the constituents who elected him and the party on which platform he contested.

“If ideology was entrenched in our body politics, you won’t see cross carpeting as we see today. Every four years, we witness this. They say survival is the first instinct of every human being, so every four years, everybody is in search of a ticket and l believe that is the bottom line here,” he stated.

In response, the defecting House members led by Rep. Atunwa informed

Oshiomhole journalists that the current number of decampees represent the first batch of House members leaving the APC as more lawmakers would defect in the coming weeks.

Giving reasons for their defection, he said: “This was a party that we all laboured for, a party that we all joined together from our various parties pre - 2015, campaigned heavily for it in 2015 and we formed a government.

“We came together because we believed in what we have proposed to the people of Nigeria, we believed in change, we believed that this country needs to be better ruled, we believed that the youth of this country deserves better, we believed that the men and women of this country deserves better.

“We believed that there ought to be a better method in social integration, we believed that job opportunities must be provided, we believed that there must be respect for rule of law, we believed that there must be a better way for improved education, we believed in all this ideals; so therefore, we came together to form the APC, but sadly no sooner have we formed government in May 2015 that the party set itself on the course to derail itself and that derailment continued up till today.

“So already, some of us have been agitating for us to go back for what brought us together and those are the ideals that brought us together, the party nonetheless didn’t listen, rather the party embarked on victimization and criminalisation of its members; those who it perceived as opponents, those who it perceived as not following the line, those who its felt as having divergent views and therefore it set itself on that course of defection and that defection is what is the first step today.

“Secondly, within the party itself, some of us who were aggrieved came together and brought our grievances to the floor, we were castigated, criminalised and tagged as saboteurs”.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice as well as total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party, for the benefit of the nation.

In his reaction to the developments on Tuesday morning at the National Assembly, the President noted that none of the defecting federal lawmakers of the APC had any specific grievances against him or the government he leads; neither did he harbour anything against any of them.

“As the saying goes, all politics is local. We understand that some of the distinguished and honourable lawmakers have issues with their home states, especially on zoning which bars some of them from seeking another term in their constituencies,” he said.

Noting that the APC had done its utmost to stop the defections, the President commended the leadership of the party for relentlessly working for its unity and ensuring success in the upcoming elections.

President Buhari assured members of the APC of his total support and urged party faithful not to despair but to see the defections as a seasonal occurrence that happens on election eve.

He expressed confidence that no harm or injury will be done to the party and its aspirations by the movements.

President Buhari wished all the defected members the best in their future undertakings.

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Lagos CP bans policemen operating in Short News mufti, commercial vehicles UNN honours Ugwuanyi, Makarfi on ethics Joy Anyim, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command said it has placed a ban on the use of commercial vehicles as well as the wearing of mufti during operations.

However, the Commissioner of police, CP Imohimi Edgal who stated this further disclosed that unmasked vehicles could still be used occasionally for covert operations targeted at a specific individual or group based on credible intelligence.

Edgal who spoke through a press statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the State Police Public Ralations Officer, CSP Chike Oti said, “To ensure that policemen in Lagos are at their professional best always, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi has banned police

operatives in the state from operating in mufti and commercial vehicles such as the yellow buses popularly known as Danfo or other commercial buses.

“Unmarked vehicles will only be used occasionally for covert operations targeted at a specific individual or group based on credible intelligence.”

The State Police boss also disclosed that the Command is not unaware that some unscrupulous individuals impersonate as SARS operatives.

To this end, the CP urges members of the public to take note of the dress code for SARS operatives in the command as follows: “ a black jacket and a fez cap, In the front of the jacket, the word police is written in white at the top right part, at the bottom left part of the jacket, F-SARS 039 is written there.

“Also at the back of the jacket are inscriptions “F-SARS LAGOS,”

“SCORPION” and a red image of a Scorpion, on the fez cap are inscriptions F-SARS and SCORPION.” The Commissioner of police therefore enjoined members of the public to always make their complaints against erring policemen including those who violate the patrol guidelines and the dress code by calling any of the 08067945296, 08063025274 08063104759, 08113615350, 08113683077, 08096283148, 08096283173, 08089781657, 08126404930, 08081426895.

He noted that the Command can also be reached on the social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) via @policenglagos.

Recall that the Command as part of its disciplinary measures recently dismissed eight policemen for various offences against discipline.

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Moses Oyediran, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state and former Kaduna state governor, Sen Ahmed Makarfi will on Wednesday be honoured by the University of Nigeria Nsukka on ethics leadership award.

The Director, Strategic Contacts, Ethics and Publication (STRACEP) Dr. Casmir Ani disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in his office adding that the two were selected based on their track records.

He said, “Gov. Ugwuanyi and Sen. Makarfi were selected based on their ethical leadership have been demonstrating.

“We are given them the award because of the transformation currently going on in Enugu State under Ugwuanyi and which was also witnessed in Kaduna state under Makarfi administration.

Fulani herdsmen raids Nasarawa community, set houses ablaze Augustine Kuza, Lafia Tension has heighten in Kalachi, a Tiv settlement, in Giza Development area of Keana, local Government, in Nasarawa state as Fulani herdsmen raided the community and set three houses ablaze.

The Fulani’s who are also members of that community demonstrated the act even as the Army staged operations in Giza few kilometres from the scene of the incident.

An eye witness Ukula Gwahemba, whose house was also burnt was seen rambled saying, “despite the presence of men of the security operatives around us, we are ransacked by the Fulanis; they burned three of our houses and went back incontestable.” He explained.

2019 elections: Bayelsa gets 2 CPs within 48hrs Akam James, Yenagoa

R-L: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Chairman, Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) Edo/Delta Branch, Dr. Alofoje Unuigboje; Managing Director, Okomu Oil Plc, Dr. Hefer Graham; and the Managing Director, Nomagbon Pharmaceutical, Pharm. E.A Osadolor; during a courtesy visit by MAN to the governor, at the Government House, Benin City. . .on Tuesday

MOSOP, group differ on establishment of NNPC Mega filling station in Ogoni while addressing chapter leaders of Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt the movement in Bori, headquarters of the Ogoniland, said that what the people of the land needed was also The Movement for the Survival of the release of funds for the clean up of Ogoni People (MOSOP), and the Ken the land.

Saro-Wiwa Associates, an international The Publicity Secretary stated: organisation, are at daggers-drawn over “At this very moment, Ogoni people the proposed establishment of a Mega are dying by the day because of the Petrol Filling Station by the Nigeria pollution in the land and if there is National Petroleum Corporation anything we expect the government to (NNPC), in Ogoniland, Rivers State. do, it is first to restore the land.

While MOSOP is kicking against the We expect the Federal Government establishment of the Mega station on the to go ahead with the provision of water grounds of priority needs, the Ken Saro- for the people because we can’t have a Wiwa Associates insists that the station situation where people are dying and and the ancillary businesses that go you are talking about filling station with it, would help reduce the poverty which we already have. level of the people.

However the Ken Saro-Wiwa According to MOSOP, the plan Associates has described the move by by the Federal Government to build the Federal Government as a welcome the station in Ogoniland rather than development, dismissing the rejection providing potable drinking water of the plan by MOSOP. for the people was diversionary and The National Coordinator of the laughable, adding that the building of group, Chief Gani Topba, stated that the the station was not one of the critical building of the petrol station in Boring needs of Ogoni. could not stop the Federal government The Publicity Secretary of MOSOP, from providing potable drinking water Fegalo Nsuke, who made the assertion

and other needs of Ogoni people, saying that the Ogonis should accept the filing station and then insist on other demands.

“Everybody In Rivers State knows that Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates insists that to provide potable water in Ogoniland is very important, alleging “You know that there is bunkering going on which the leadership of MOSOP benefits from and which is destroying our land. They know that the Mega station will discourage bunkering, then create employment opportunities and ensure that the people will shun products of illegal bunkering.”

The National Coordinator also said his group was working with the Federal Government to build a semi loading point of petroleum products in Ogoniland as a way of creating employment and wealth for the people of Ogoni.

“We have proposed to the Minister to provide a semi loading point in a chosen place in Ogoni. These are what will create wealth and opportunities for our people.

“What people don’t understand is that the Ministry of Petroleum is not responsible for the cleaning up of Ogoniland,” he explained.

The sudden removal of the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Don Awunah and the deployment of two Commissioners to succeed him within 48 hours has continue to raise controversy within the ranks of the state police command.

The redeployed Police Commissioner, Mr. Awunah was posted to the state few months ago, and he is described as one of the most functional police commissioner with numerous successes recorded in the area of strategic policing.

The issue of his successor is however bringing confusion with the deployment of Police Commissioner, Joseph Mokain on Monday to succeed Mr. Awunah, and another Police Commissioner, Mohammed Bello was deployed on Tuesday for the same duty.

IGP probes siege on Saraki’s residence Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has ordered a thorough investigation of the claim that the Senate President’s residence was besieged by the police in the early hours of yesterday.

“The investigation is to ascertain the facts in the episode”, a statement signed by the Force Public Relations officer, Ag. DCP, Jimoh Moshood quoted the IGP as saying.

However, Idris said that the force will not allow justice to be perverted by any distraction. He said that the police will ensure that the rule of law prevails in this matter and that the invitation extended to Saraki to appear before it must be honoured.

NAN workers to embark on strike over poor welfare, underfunding Joy Anyim, Lagos Staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) have concluded plans to embark on a three-day warning strike that will commence minute after midnight of Wednesday July 25, 2018.

The three unions, NUJ, AUCPTRE and RATTAWU representing members of staff had earlier written the Management giving them a seven-day notice to address the union demands or they embark on a three-day warning strike.

The union’s demands include: implementation of Condition of Service that was last reviewed 16 years ago, Payment of Promotion Arrears for 2012, and 2017 and payment of shortfall of promotion arrears of 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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Offa robbery: Police insist Saraki must Short News Operation Safe Haven Jos, gets honour invitation The Nigeria Police Force said it would not hesitate to use all instruments of law to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, honoured its invitation.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on July 23, invited Saraki to report to the Head of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on July 24 at 8 a.m. in Guzape, Abuja, over the recent Offa robbery.

Recall that armed robbers attacked five commercial banks in Offa on April 5, during which 17 persons, including policemen and a pregnant woman were killed.

“The Senate President must honour Police Invitation, otherwise the force will not hesitate to use all

the instruments of the Law to ensure compliance with the law,” he said.

The Force Spokesman, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Saraki was being expected to report to the police.

Moshood said the invitation was aimed at the president of the senate to make more clarification following his indictment by five suspects in the robbery.

Meanwhile, the force has denied laying siege at the residence of Saraki on Tuesday.

“The force wishes to categorically state that there was no authorised deployment of Police personnel to besiege the residence of the Senate

President or his deputy as reported in the media.

“The police personnel seen in pictures in the media were those in the convoy of the Senate President and others attached to him,” the police spokesman said.

He said that the inspector-general of police had directed a thorough investigation to ascertain the facts in the episode.

He said that the force would not allow justice to be perverted by this distraction, adding that it would ensure that the rule of law prevailed.

As at 3 p.m when this report was being filed, Saraki had not reported to the police.

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Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has approved the appointment of Major General Augustine Chris Chukwudi Agundu as the Commander, Operation Safe Haven.

He is to take over from Major General Anthony Atolagbe who has been redeployed to Defence Headquarters and appointed Director of Campaign Planning.

A statement signed by the Acting Director Defence Information Brigadier General John Agim said the posting which takes immediate effect is in order to reinvigorate Operation Safe Haven to meet contemporary challenges.

FG, Niger sign oil & gas pact Idu Jude, Abuja The Federal government Tuesday in Abuja signed oil and gas exploration agreement with its neighbouring country, the Republic of Niger on the possibility of taping economic benefits from both countries.

President Muhammadu Buhar and the visiting President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou oversaw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Niger/Nigeria Hydrocarbon Pipeline & Refinery Projects & Inauguration of the Steering and Technical Committees.

This epoch making signing is part of the strategies to reposition Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry.

Daily Times recalled that a roadmap of short and medium term priorities tagged the #7BigWins was developed by the Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu led team at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and launched by President Buhari in October 2016.

Fayemi unveils members of transition committee Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

Guest Lecturer/Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (middle); vice-chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (2nd left); Chairman of the Program, Department of Economics, Professor Ademola Oyejide (2nd right); Head of the Department, Professor.

Risikat Dauda (left); Deputy Vice Chancellor Development Services, Professor Folasade Ogunsola (right), during 2018 Annual Public Lecture by the Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences University of Lagos, at J.F Ade Ajayi (Formerly Main Auditorium), University of Lagos, Akoka Lagos . . .on Tuesday.

FG orders expansion of Apapa/seaport terminal Idu Jude in Lagos In furtherance to the Federal government’s ongoing railway transformation project, the Apapa sea port terminal has been ordered for demolition and expansion to accommodate the huge number of economic goods that will be channelled through the terminal to other destinations.

This is however in agreement with the government policy on ensuring that all rail lines across the country terminates at sea port, as a global practice to decongest the roads of heavy duty vehicles.

Daily Times recall that the VicePresident, Professor Yemi Osinbajo last week on a brief stopover at Apapa, Lagos ordered the immediate evacuation of all trucks blocking the Apapa roads for easy passage of vehicles.

The Minister of transportation Rt. Honourable Chibuike Amaechi, while attending a monthly meeting of the

steering committee on the rail project, Monday ordered that the Apapa terminal needed urgent expansion to accommodate the amount of traffic expected of the place when the project becomes operational.

The Minister during the inspection tour of the facilities indicated that some buildings and shops within the area should go to give way for the expansion work and the provision of major access road.

While updating journalists on the ongoing Lagos, Ibadan rail line, he said the quality of track laid and field work are going well, except the problem in Lagos.

His words, “We have problem in Lagos, Apapa to be precise. Not because there is work done in Papa but because we are going to relocate one of the stations in Apapa.

The problem with Lagos is the relocation of gas and oil pipelines. We will try and award the contract for the water pipelines because they have not finished the technical work for the relocation of

the gas and oil pipelines. This is slowing down the activities of work in Lagos.

At the last meeting in Ajeokuta or Warri, we insisted that they must have culverts in Lagos. We discovered that they just did four culverts and that is not enough”.

Amaechi, however, said the task given to the company is going on well because the contract is in two phases.

He explained “the first phase is the Ebutte Metta to Ibadan and we believe that we should be able to complete that.

The second phase is the Apapa to sea port.

If we are not able to complete that, we will start commercial activities from Ebutte Metta to Ibadan which is the original contract.

“The project is designed for three years. We were just the ones pushing the contractors to finish it in one year. We are just compelling the contract to finish it in one year. I have always insisted that no matter the situation, we will begin commercial activities in Ibadan to Ebutte Metta first”.

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has released a list of eminent citizens of the state that will serve in the Governorship Transition Committee, charged with the responsibility of liaising with the outgoing administration for a smooth transition ahead of the October 16th take off date of the new government in the state.

The 32-member committee is headed by a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as chairman, while a former Chairman of Ijero Local Government Council, Hon Abiodun Omoleye will serve as deputy Chair.

A former Permanent Secretary in the state’s civil service, Mr Ayodeji Ajayi, is the secretary of the committee. The Committee is to be known as the Ekiti State 2018 JKF/APC Governorship Transition Committee.

According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor-elect, Mr Yinka Oyebode, the inauguration of the Governorship Transition Committee will hold at the Conference Hall, AB Hotels, Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, July 25th, by 12 noon.

FG not paying $3000m for 5% share in Nigeria Air Idu Jude Abuja Minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the federal government is not paying $300 million for a five per cent stake in Nigeria Air. In responses to questions raised about the national carrier which was launched on Wednesday, July 18, Sirika said the government is providing start-up capital for the airline.

“The government is not funding the entire project. It’s just providing start-up capital in the form of an upfront grant or sort of viability gap funding. Once the strategic equity investor is in place, they will be expected to build on the initial investment made,” he said.

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Lessons from Ekiti State election

Chinemelu Nwokike

The Nigerian government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan identifies ‘investing in our people’ as one of three ‘strategic objectives. But the ‘execution priorities’ don’t fully reflect people’s needs, prioritizing physical capital over human capital.

To anchor the economy over the long term, investments in infrastructure and competitiveness must go hand in hand with investments in people ~ Bill Gates There is certainly no way anyone can convince me that Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose did not anticipate a defeat in the July 14th, 2018 election to replace him. Likewise, only a greenhorn in the arena of Nigerian political discourse would have anticipated a win for the PDP in that election.

Despite the boldface put up by politicians during the campaigns most of them are often aware of the odds. They know when the odds are for or against them. Just like in the 2015 presidential elections the signs were boldly written in black and white, in Ekiti and a friend succinctly summarised it thus: “APC is in control of Aso Rock. APC controls the South West and Fayose is no longer on the ballot. It will be very naive for any political watcher to expect that APC will lose in Ekiti” The election has been won and lost, now let us attempt an objective interrogation of some factors that determined its outcome and perhaps draw a lesson or two there-from.

Flashback to 2014; In the run-up

to the 2015 general elections former President Goodluck Jonathan was reportedly convinced by the South West PDP stakeholders that the party needed Ekiti to effectively combat the APC in a region that ultimately turned out to be the battleground for the presidential election. Jonathan was said to have dispatched a group of foot soldiers which included Senator Omisore, Chris Ubah and a certain Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh to do the rigging job. Led by the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Defence Musiliu Obanikoro they scandalously but successfully subverted the will of Ekiti people and Fayose defeated the incumbent Fayemi to emerge as governor.

Fast forward to 2018- all who were instrumental to Fayose’s emergence as governor have neither control nor influence at the centre as the baton had changed hands. Omisore who was allegedly betrayed by Fayose in the Osun gubernatorial election of 2014 recently joined the SDP to give it another shot in September. Likewise, Obanikoro has decamped to the APC while Chris Ubah’s relevance in the PDP has somewhat diminished after losing out to Peter Obi in the Anambra state party primaries. Gen Momoh was sacked from the Nigerian Army in 2016.

Locally, Fayose also suffered from self-inflicted injuries. He had promised to leave with his deputy after completing

his tenure but later made an about turn to impose him as the party flag bearer.

This did not go down well with many and triggered the exodus of high profile politicians from the PDP. Leading the way was Cyril Fasuyi, a party financier and the leader of Ido-Osi LGA. Fasuyi’s departure was followed by that of Prince Dayo Adedeye who stepped down for the governor in the 2014 primaries. The former Minister of Works left the PDP for APC with his supporters.

Then just before the elections, Senator Raji-Rasaki delivered the final blow to Fayose when she led a Member of the House of Representatives, the Chief Whip of Ekiti State House of Assembly and the Attorney General of the state alongside thousands of supporters to the APC mega rally attended by President Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It was obvious that Emperor Fayose will dance naked.

Another significant factor that worked against Fayose was his inability to pay salary arrears owed to workers. Fayemi himself owed workers during his time at the government house but Nigerian workers live by the month and couldn’t care less who is in power anyway, most just want to get that alert at the end of the month and were willing to gamble on the ‘previous devil’.

And then there was the alleged widespread vote buying which was caught on camera. It was said that part of the reason Fayemi lost the last time

was his inability to connect with the grassroots and woo them with stomach infrastructure. The man obviously learned his lesson and came back stronger to outsmart Fayose in his game.

But perhaps the most calamitous determinant of Fayose’s cloudburst can be traced to his well-known history of logorrhoea, disrespect, and pomposity.

His predilection for insulting elders is legendary and he definitely crossed the line with his infantile ‘death wish’ advert during the 2015 campaigns which even the PDP denounced.

While its a shame that our politics is still being played in this manner and that an election is often determined by extraneous factors other than the masses it will be realistic to point out two major observations.

For one, the Nigerian workers are increasingly becoming aware of their importance. If you owe salaries then be prepared to lose their votes for as they say “a labourer is deserving of his wages”.

Secondly, when they say that votes don’t count I ask why do politicians buy something that doesn’t count? Again, the same scenario played out in Anambra where the two leading parties induced voters with money but the incumbent still won all the 21 local governments.

Even if it is hypothetical it may not be far-fetched to suggest that the electorate appears determined to take back what they can from politicians but still vote their conscience during the elections.

10 reasons why I won’t invest in Nigeria Air

‘Tope Fasua

We must commend a good initiative.

Even as an opposition leader, I will readily commend whatever incumbent leaders do correctly. The launch of Nigeria Air, in keeping with the promises of President Buhari looks like a commendable move. I will not hasten to throw it out the window. But I believe it needs to be appraised well enough.

Let me start with my experience with Nigeria Airways, which I patronised a bit in its twilight under Kema Chikwe. Nigeria had then signed some sort of wet lease with some British company which provided us with the pilot and crew, alongside the airplane. Nigeria provided the ground staff, backup, food etc.

The plane was then unbranded; it just plain white in colour.

I flew into London one cold Friday but my checked in luggage did not arrive with me. In the flight, the food was flat and cold, while the coca cola was warm. They said there was no electricity to keep the food warm, or the drinks cold. We managed. While airborne, it got quite cold because it was winter, but Nigeria Airways had no blanket. We managed again. When I was returned, the in-flight conditions were better – because they had prepared from the London end.

However, I hadn’t received the luggage I took with me to the airport at departure. Getting here, the luggage I brought back also did not arrive, so I went home very empty handed. It wasn’t until one week later that I was called from London that the luggage I was to take there had just arrived, and it was about the same time that they managed to locate what I brought back. It was hilarious.

Lets get back to the promise to deliver a national carrier. What value does it carry?

I think it is largely sentimental. Buhari – like Obasanjo before him – would usually rue the achievements of the past. The only difference is that he has done that more than Obasanjo and is now ready to give effect to one of those reminisces of his. Obasanjo would also long for the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) and the 25 ships that Nigeria used to own, but never came round to bringing them back. It was Obasanjo that gave final effect to the winding

up of Nigeria Airways, paradoxically. Hadi Sirika, being a pilot is also emotionally attached to this project. Oftentimes, emotions need to be pushed aside when thinking of business.

These are my reasons for applying caution: First, Nigeria’s population does not automatically translate into profitability in the aviation sector. Nigeria’s biggest problem economically is the paucity of non-debts, and non-business foreign currency inflows from non-Nigerians. Unlike what obtains in other African countries, we hardly get much of cheap tourist money. What we get are either foreign portfolio investments or debt capital.

In other words, we need to work on how to get foreigners to visit Nigeria.

Second, Nigeria is one of the few countries in the world where the majority of our aviation traffic consist of indigenes. Check it. At any point in time at any of our airports, the queue of Nigerians returning or departing is always several times longer. In all the countries I’ve been, the opposite is true. This has to do with our externalised view of life, which needs to be changed; curbed, not encouraged. Certainly we cannot build a business on a bad habit that we should otherwise kick.

Third, Tourism is dead – or never really existed – in Nigeria due to our problems with crime, insecurity and a mismanaged reputation.

These needs to be fixed to make Nigeria attractive to foreigners. Our tourist centres are quite moribund right now. We cannot even feed the animals in our zoos! I have done research in tourism in the past. Uganda boasts of a million tourists yearly and you can see them on their streets. Kenya boasts of two million. Ethiopia a little bit more. Here, the tourist footfall is almost non-existent. We have no mention on global tourism databases, only cooked up figures by local ministries and parastatals. Sorry.

Fourth, most of the foreign travel by Nigerians have no business case to them. We should balance our tourist inflow with our own external sojourns. We cannot build a business case on the number of Nigerians who travel for pilgrimage yearly, or public servants who travel to myriad conferences that add little national financial value. If we consider most of

our travels critically, one will conclude that we stay back home and build our country. Then the illusionary air traffic will drop. We need a reality check.

Fifth, aviation investment, due to its capital intensiveness, is long term in nature. If we look at what happened to Arik Air, in spite of the alleged leverage of capital from former Rivers State Governor Odili, the company still owed so much to banks, and had to be taken over from its initial owners. Nigeria does not guarantee long-term investments due to change in government policies.

Sixth, the ever-present corruption is a major turnoff which can alter the Return on Investment (ROI) of such transactions at any time. Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Nigeria quit the Nigerian space allegedly due to demands being made by sundry government officials. If the government of the day can guarantee that no one is making such demands from the new investors they are shopping for today, there is still no guarantee that coming governments will not demand that proceeds from certain number of seats should be remitted to some powerful politician in the near-future. We can see the possibility of a major reversion to prebendalism with a vengeance, with the recent Ekiti election.

Seventh, from the stories narrated above, our backend is where the problem is. Compared to Ethiopia and some other countries that we wish to benchmark, Nigerians have not shown the beginning of any capacity to provide world-class backup to a national carrier. We cannot compete well with tardy, half-baked technical support. And we cannot also afford to outsource these services to foreigners whom we will pay dollars. The moment travelers see that the backup is dodgy, they move to other options and that dents the business – the cash flow drops and business starts to have a going concern problem.

Eighth, Nigerians in general need to begin to commit to excellence in all things before venturing into the aviation business. Yes, there has been an improvement in aviation excellence since the Obasanjo days when planes used to drop from the sky like flies, but excellence and attention to details need

to be a culture in Nigeria. The incumbent government was voted in because of that promise but it slacked out. I am president of the Institute for Service Excellence and Good Governance in Nigeria and this is what we help with.

Ninth, one way to show the beginnings of a commitment to excellence and meticulousness required to run sustainable operations in a national airline is the quality of our airports. Facelifts have been rather cosmetic. But our airports are still a bevy of touts and adhere with no international standards. Compared to airports in say Cote D’Ivoire, Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda and Kenya where I’ve been, our airports are an absolute nightmare for travelers. Fixing the airports and ensuring they are hallowed grounds is a good starting point.

Tenth, lastly I believe we could have done more work on the name. The logo is fine. But Nigeria Air sounds a bit pedestrian. With the problems we have with 419 guys, I wouldn’t be buying any ‘Nigerian Air’. Sounds vapid.

I thought about this and came up with UNITED NIGERIA AIRLINE (UNA). Always good to use this kind of occasion to rescue the splinter of this country. Did Sirika really do a thorough job?

Let me end it here. Any traveller who alights at our airport will at once be accosted and approached by a rugby scrum of 50 unlicensed and un-uniformed taxi drivers any of whom could be a criminal. Then little children selling groundnut when they should be in school (especially in Abuja), recharge card sellers, dollar-pound changers and whatnot. The other time I was approached by a guy who told me he had something for erectile dysfunction.

In an airport! We should start from these embarrassing places. I once reported on the cleaners in Lagos airport who issue Yellow Fever immunisation cards from the toilet, for N2,000. What about the army of people who beg for money from all passengers who have not changed, despite the executive order to clean up the airport space? Where do we start?

I hope Nigeria Air is not just a flight of fancy.

Is there a pun there? Forgive it please.

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Editorial Commentary Dasuki’s bail and the Attorney General Times Guest Columnist Reuben Abati It is more than two weeks now since His Lordship Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave clear, positive and unambiguous orders in the matter between Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) as applicant and three persons - the Director General, State Security Services, the State Security Services and the Attorney General of the Federation as respondents. His Lordship affirmed that the continued detention of the respondent by the operatives of the second respondent, under the instruction of the first respondent since 29th December 2015, without granting him administrative bail, “is a violation of his fundamental right to liberty under Section 35 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999”.

The Court grants Dasuki bail, with clear conditions that must be fulfilled, and even goes further to add that “where there is any interview with the Applicant by the Respondents in respect of those allegations, the Applicant shall not be detained and such interview shall be conducted on working days only between 9.00 hours to 18.000 hours.”

This would be about the fifth time that a court of competent jurisdiction, including the Federal High Court, the Federal High Court of the Federal Capital Territory and the ECOWAS Court will grant Col. Dasuki bail, and the Federal Government will refuse to obey the orders of the court. Commitment to the rule of law is by far, the strongest demonstration of the democratic credentials of a government. Failure to respect the rule of law translates into the rule of men and blatant dictatorship, if not fascism.

It is scandalous that a government whose leader is the only President to have been invited to address the International Criminal Court on issues of justice and the rule of law, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, and who gave a commitment before that Court that his government is indeed committed to the rule of law and fundamental human freedoms, is to be seen abusing the courts of the land and violating the judicial process. This hypocrisy is condemnable.

The disobedience of the courts in the Dasuki case is not the only one of its type; it is a pattern that we have seen since 2015.

What is worse is that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been in the forefront of this entrenchment of a culture of impunity and official lawlessness. When the ECOWAS Court in October 2016 ruled that Colonel Sambo Dasuki’s continued detention was a violation of his fundamental rights, an aide of the AGF reportedly said the Ministry of Justice was studying the judgement. Close to two years later, they are still studying the judgement! In some other instances, they don’t even bother to study anything before telling the courts to shut up. But it is perhaps in reacting to

the latest ruling by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu that the Attorney General fully revealed the mind of the government. He has been quoted as saying, and he has not denied saying so, that the Federal Government will not release Dasuki from detention because according to him, Col. Sambo Dasuki is responsible for the killing of more than 100, 000 Nigerians, and so, he is being kept by the state in the interest of the “larger pubic good”, because “government is about the people and not only for an individual.”

I respect Abubakar Malami. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and as desperate as things may be in this country, we have not yet reached a level where the SAN certificate can be procured at the famous Oluwole market. It is earned.

Senior Advocates are therefore respected because they are at the peak of their chosen profession as distinguished persons.

Malami, SAN, certainly knows the law but with due respect, what he has said about the Dasuki case is sheer, reckless twaddle. Every lawyer, even while serving clients, is expected to be an officer in the temple of justice. The Attorney General of the Federation is the chief law officer of the country, and the chief legal adviser to government. In Sections 150 and 174, the Nigerian Constitution places enormous responsibilities and burdens on his shoulders. Nowhere in that Constitution is he required to engage in beer-parlour talk; serve partisan interests or function as anybody’s sycophant. AGF Malami should know that he cannot by administrative fiat disobey a court of law, to do so would amount to a clear abuse of court, and an act of contempt. If there are any compelling arguments to warrant the continued detention of Dasuki, the best place to canvass those arguments would be in the court of law, and through an appeal process.

Knowing this, the AGF indeed made some reference to the possibility of an appeal, but what he seems to have done is to convict Dasuki. The former National Security Adviser was arraigned on charges of illegal possession of firearms, breach of public trust and illegal diversion of $2.1 billion. Malami amends the charge list, ex facie curiae, when he says the accused was responsible for more than 100, 000 deaths. This is most strange, for, the Attorney-General, no matter how heavy the pressure of his work may be, must be seen to be the chief protector of due process, standards and best practice.

He cannot be seen to be acting as the accuser, the jury and the judge in either the Sambo Dasuki case or any other matter. This will amount to a violation of the doctrine of the separation of powers.

The Attorney General’s personal opinion cannot override the duty of the court to grant every accused person the right to fair hearing.

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Financial autonomy and federalism

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n Nigeria, the principle of separation of powers has to an extent been effective at the federal level as the National Assembly has in various circumstances, served as a check on the executive in accordance with its constitutional responsibilities.

But the reverse has been the case in the states where the legislature has always pandered to the whims of the governor.

That the State House of Assembly has been the puppet or stooge of the governor was clearly expressed in the rejection of the financial autonomy earlier offered them as contained in constitutional amendments carried out by the sixth National Assembly.

With President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent recently, to the Fourth Alteration Bill to the 1999 Constitution which gave total financial autonomy to Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary in 36 states of the federation, these organs of government now have the platforms to perform optimally.

Specifically, with this amendment, the state Houses of Assembly will no longer depend on the state governments for their financing as they can now draw their funds straight from the first line charge. This implies that like the National Assembly, the Federal Ministry of Finance will henceforth transfer their budgetary allocations to their independent accounts.

We welcome this development and hope that these two arms of government in the states will make the best use of the opportunity. Indeed, it is victory at last for the state legislature, an organ of government which has been oppressed and suppressed for several years by the executive. The operations of the Houses of Assembly in various states of the federation since 1999 are best exemplified in how not to be legislatures as theirs had been a sheer opposite of the application of the principle of separation of powers.

What that implied was that the state legislatures did not exist to serve the public interest in accordance with their constitutional responsibilities but rather to serve as an appendage of governors.

Besides, with very little excuse and sometimes for pecuniary reasons, legislators had no qualms about impeaching their speakers. Yet behind most of the impeachments is the overbearing disposition of the executive in these states where the governors lord themselves over the legislative arm of government which they seek to emasculate. Thus, any speaker who tries to be inquisitive on the activities of the executive is quickly impeached under the supervision of the governor and replaced with a favourite one who will be ready to take orders.

It is therefore little wonder that it is never heard that a legislature has exposed corrupt acts by the executive in

any state as provided in the constitution neither is it ever heard that a state budget has been subjected to any thorough scrutiny. Rather, executive bills and nominees in all the 36 states usually pass through the legislatures and returned as proposed. Various studies carried out by the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) on the activities of the state legislatures recently showed that the lawmakers were mere rubber stamps of the governors.

To the extent that the legislature financial autonomy is meant to guarantee their freedom from the overbearing influence of governors, we welcome this cheery development. We hope the Houses of Assembly will summon courage to discharge their constitutional responsibilities in the interests of the people who elected them. It is also the same trend with the judicial arm of government in the states. State governments hardly lose any case they institute or that is instituted against them in the various high courts of their states and it is believed that a major cause of this is lack of financial autonomy.

We are of the opinion that with the President’s assent to this bill, judges like legislators will henceforth have no reason to draw their funds from the state governments and hence, begin to uphold the dictates of their conscience by dispensing justice without fear or favour.

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Drama as court refuses to hear suit challenging closure of school Andrew Orolua, Abuja A mild drama played out yesterday at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court where a vacation Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu refused to hear a suit challenging the closure of a private school by First Bank plc.

All entreaties by counsel to the school, WhitePlains British School, Mr. Chukwuma -Machukwu Ume (SAN), for the court to hear the matter, given that the summer activities of the school have been disrupted by the closure failed.

Meanwhile, teachers, workers, students and parents from the school who besieged the courtroom were dejected as Justice Ojukwu ruled that no amount of pressure would change her position.

Justice Ojukwu refused to hear the case on the ground that another judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Babatunde Quadri has started hearing the matter and it was only proper for him to continue.

“The case is not on my cause list and I am not going to hear it. We have met and decided that once somebody has started hearing a case, he will continue to the end. Another Judge has

started hearing this case and he will conclude it,” said Justice Ojukwu.

While pleading with the judge to hear the case as a matter of urgency, Ume submitted that the summer activities of the school are currently disrupted as a result of the closure.

“My lord, because of the curious development on Sunday, July 8, 2018, when a school was closed against the order of the court, the court has on July 16, 2018 ordered that this matter be heard during vacation.

“Justice Quadri who made the order equally adjourned the case for today, Tuesday, July 24 for hearing. All these orders and other processes have been served on the respondents, who have filed their counter affidavits, so the case is ready for hearing today.

“Although Justice Quadri did not seat today, since your court is equally sitting as a vacation court, it is only proper that the matter be heard my lord, giving that all the parties have filed their processes and are present in court,” Ume submitted.

At this point, counsel to First Bank Plc, Soji Toki, informed the court that Justice Quadri who had adjourned the matter for today could not seat and it had

been further fixed for August 8, for hearing.

The lawyer wondered why counsel to the applicants decided to come before another Judge to hear the case.

Ruling on the issue, Justice Ojukwu said “I am not giving to too much talking. I have made my mind and there is nothing anybody can say that would make me to change my mind. I will not hear it, somebody has started it and I can’t do anything here.”

Senate receives petition to reject Banire as AMCON Chairman The Senate on Tuesday received a petition to reject the nomination of Mr Muiz Banire as chairman of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), who laid the petition at plenary, said “there is a petition here from my constituents on the nomination of Muiz Banire as AMCON chairman.

“Enclosed are the signatures of the three senators from Lagos State against the nomination.’’

In his remarks, President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, asked the lawmaker to lay the petition, and referred it to the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions.

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2019: Ahmed’s aide warns Christians against losing relevance Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin Former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwara state and Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to the state governor, Reverend Cornelius Fawenu has called on Christians in the state to shun any divisive tendency that can impact negatively on their influence in the forthcoming general elections in the state.

Fawenu, who also once served as Assistant Secretary to CAN in the 19 northern states, made the call in Ilorin, the state capital in a chat with newsmen ahead of the public presentation of his book, Recipe for Peace and Good Governance.

Insecurity: Group faults Northern elders, Afenifere The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted allegations of government complicity in killings in some parts of the country.

The group said this in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Mr Cassidy Madueke, in Abuja on Tuesday.

Some senior citizens under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum and Afenifere had recently criticised the Federal Government of not doing enough to curb spate of crises and insecurity in parts of the country.

But the BMO advised senior citizens, who many of them were in their eighties, against making unverifiable claims.

The organisation also accused the sectional leaders who converged on Abuja recently of playing the ostrich at a time they should join hands with the Buhari administration to end the bloodletting.

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ITF empowers NAF personnel with vocational skills Joseph Inokotong, Abuja The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has trained no fewer than 92 personnel of the Nigeria Airforce (NAF) on six basic work skills development that will further enhance their performance.

The trade areas include: plumbing and pipe fittings, welding and fabrication, electrical installation, masonry, air condition and refrigeration as well as computer aided design.

Speaking at the graduation of the trainees yesterday, in Abuja, the Director General of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari said the participants were drawn from various commands and units of the NAF across the country.

Ari, who was represented by Director, ITF Field Services Department, Mrs Adesola Taiwo, explained that the graduands, who are second batch of NAF participants equipped with knowledge and skills, were given startup packs.

According to him, the tools/kits will enable the trained personnel to transfer learning to job, thereby leading to a multiplier effect as other people learn from them.

He opined that the intensive works training, which is collaboration between NAF and ITF marks a milestone in the implementation of the basic works skill development programme.

The ITF boss therefore called on all employers of labour in both public and private organisations to train and re-

Saraki’s aide decries money politics Titus Akhigbe, Benin Senior legislative aide, to Senate president, Douglas Baye-Osagie Tuesday decried excessive spending by politicians in election processes declaring that “money politics is quickly shrinking the nation’s political space”.

Baye said money politics is fast becoming “a key variable in determining who participates in electoral politics and used to garner votes and voices in Nigeria as godfathers openly confess about purchasing electoral victories”.

The Senate president’s aide stated this at the 2nd Quarterly Symposium organized by the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, with the theme: “2019: The Role of INEC, Politicians and Stakeholders in a Credible Election”.

train for continuous improvement in the work setting, thereby improving the Nigerian economy.

Earlier in her welcome address, ITF training manager, Mrs Ayodele Olayinka, said the 3-month programme was designed for 200 NAF personnel as its pioneer participants.

She opined that the programme holds good promises for the future of skills for sustainable work place environment for armed forces.

In a remark, NAF Director of Works, Group Captain Abiodun O. Oyekunle, represented Chief of Air staff, said the training is a reflection of the resolve to provide effective and efficient services.

He commended ITF for what he described as a well packaged training for its personnel.

UNICEF, Northern royal fathers to hold outof-school children conference

The Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Sa’ad Abubakar, on Tuesday in Kaduna inaugurated the planning committee on the forthcoming Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders conference on Out of School Children in the region.

The Sultan, who was represented by the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera, said the committee was mandated to articulate road map for the conference.

He said that the conference would focus on the serious problem of out of school children in the region and come up with workable solutions to address the menace.

Abubakar told the committee members that the intention was not play politics with the problem, but “say it as it is and adopt measures to tackle the issue once and for all.’’

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Short News 10,000 athletes, officials, students to take part in 2018 NIPOGA Games Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin No fewer than 4000 athletes and officials excluding 6000 supporters club (students) from 41 Federal, States and State Polytechnics in Nigeria will take part in the 2018 Nigerian Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA) in Ilorin.

The Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Masud Elelu, the host institution, said this in an interview with the newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin.

He said NIPOGA is the umbrella body of the sports organisation for Federal and State Polytechnics in Nigeria.

Alhaji Elelu explained that the games were borne out of consensus agreement by stakeholders to organise sporting competition amongst all accredited Nigerian Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in Nigeria since 1976.

‘My expulsion from PDP illegal’ Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta The erstwhile Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Engr. Adebayo Dayo has described his purported expulsion from the party as illegal, null and void.

Dayo, who said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital noted that his purported expulsion by the party National Executive Council was between the rule of law and illegality While denying that he has not received any letter on the purported expulsion, the embattled Chairman noted that the provision of the party Constitution signed by the Uche Secondus led executive did not support the process leading to the expulsion.

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Remembering my brother, Olusogo Odusote: 3 years after

By Adeolu Odusote, mni The life of Olusogo Odusote was snatched from us by the surprising hands of death that chilling morning of July 25, 2015. Sogo, as we call him, was one of the eight people who died in the careless chlorine gas leak at the Laminga, Jos, waterworks on that fateful day. We recall the memories of a great life every day since Sogo passed on.

My last moments with Sogo was on July 14, 2015, on a farmland where I was working in Vom,near Jos. On that day, I had picked Sogo from the University of Jos Campus to the farm site in Vom where I wanted to take the advantaged of that rare occasion of our being in Jos at the same time to show him the work I was doing on the farm.Sogo was a lecturer in Physics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, and was putting finishing touches to his PhD dissertation in his work on the effect of tin mining and attendant radioactivity in the process of mining on the environment at UniJos. Driving across the city,and passing through the Rayfields area of Jos, Sogo keenly showed me spots where he had taken samples for his research analyses and the suggestions he had made for the remediation and mitigation of negative effects of the mining processes on the environment. We soon parted after Sogo saw the farm I had taken him to that day.Unknown to me, thatwas the last of him I was going to see on this side of eternity. I had travelled abroad immediately after that encounter only to be told whileaway that Sogo had passed on, somefew days after, in that unfortunate incident at the waterworks.

In a sense, Sogo died as a warrior. He was an ardent enthusiast for a sustainable environment. This informed the choice of his PhD research quest. Unfortunately, he died in circumstances that showed how we mishandle the environment as a people andhow we often

disrespect the sanctity of human lives. If Sogo had had the slightest imagination that he was sleeping near a death trap called a waterworks installation, he would have proffered steps to deal with the challenges therein.

He would not have rested until he was sure that the dangers of death were removed from this waterworks that should otherwise provide living water. Sogo was such a practical man. He would construct contrivances to solve problems often. When he could not get some equipment to carry out part of the analyses required in his PhD research, he got into the market and on scrap heaps to assemble components that he coupled together to get his results.

Sogo leaves us with many lessons about life and death.

At his burial rites, one man who observed proceedings and was taken by the achievements of a relatively short life (56 years) could not help but ask what more were to be expected if he had lived double that age. Indeed, it is not about how long we live but how well. Also, it may not be easily recalled now that the Jos chlorine leakage was one of the early human life catastrophes that this current government faced after its inception in May 2015. There were committees set up both at the state and national levels to look into the matter. No report was made public on this ugly incident since. Could government have been so careless about human lives? The death of any Nigerian due to an avoidable cause is the reduction of every other living Nigerian in a very spiteful manner that must be resisted. The continuing spates of careless deaths around the city of Jos since Sogo died there and the attendant human displacements are far from what Sogo’s life ideals were all about. He would have agreed that a displacement of any Nigerian due to violence must be seen as, at least, a negative shift in the wellbeing of every other Nigerian anywhere else. It is striking that we remember Sogo three years after, just at about the same time a team of young footballers and their coach who got trapped in a cave in Thailand were so graciously rescued in a country that

Odusote vividly demonstrated her value for human lives. It is an opportunity to sound another wake up call for Nigeria to value the lives of her citizens, as Sogo did, in more meaningful ways.

Three years have gone so quickly after Sogo’s death but the lessons of a life so well and so constructively lived remain. I am personally reminded by Sogo’s life to live everyday remaining in my life with purpose and considerations for value addition. Sogo was my immediate junior brother, therefore, I realise that every day I live now is simply in extra time!

We are thankful for Sogo’s family that God has kept so well since he passed on. We appreciate the courage and fortitude God has given Sogo’s wife, Pat, and his children as they carry on with life after his passing. Our prayer is that God’s grace on them will not wane.

Sogo was such a gem, such a gift. We appreciate the opportunity of sharing his life. We treasure the examples of his character. We will, at God’s time, meet again to part no more.

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FCT Police Command gets new helmsman The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Bala Ciroma as Commissioner of Police of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Ciroma resumed duty at the command headquarters last Thursday upon taking over from his predecessor, Sadiq Abubakar Bello, after a handing-over ceremony.

A statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said Ciroma holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Geography from the University of Maiduguri and was appointed into the force in March 1990 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).

“He is an alumnus of Hong Kong University where he bagged a Post Graduate Certificate in Corruption Studies. He is a member of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE),” he said.

Ciroma was recently posted to take over as the Commissioner of Police of Plateau State following recent killings in the state but his posting was rescinded. Before then, he was Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) for the FCT Command.

FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello (right) with the FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, inspecting agro-chemical on exhibition a the pavilion during the recent flag off of Rain-fed farming season in the territory.

FCTA out to create enabling environment for investors - Bello Stories: Idu Jude, Abuja Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Bello, says his administration is out to create enabling environment for prospective investors for the benefit of the capital city.

The minister noted this while cutting the tape on commissioning yet another multinational business mall in the city.

This, however, came months after the FCT Minister commissioned the Fraser Suites Abuja, the prestigious international hospital line and marking its debut in Africa.

The minister stated that the Administration’s investment drive has again netted a $54 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the territory.

The Novare Central Mall, located in the heart of the City, in Wuse Zone 5, was developed by Novare Real Estate Africa, a private investment portfolio involved in

property development across Africa.

The facility consists of 7,178m2 of retail space on the ground floor, housing the popular retail line, Shoprite. Other facilities include grade-A offices, occupying three floors equipped with an access control basement parking and state-of the-art facilities.

While commissioning the world class facility in Abuja, the Minister restated the commitment of FCT Administration to ensuring ease of doing business in the territory.

His words: “Once again, I congratulate the management and staff of Novare Real Estate Africa, for yet another addition to the Novare series. I would like to pledge the commitment of FCT Administration to ensuring ease of doing business in the Territory”.

Malam Bello, who was represented by FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, further used the occasion to call on other investors to take advantage of the territory’s friendly business environment.

He said: “I therefore reiterate my earlier call during the opening of the Novare Gateway Mall on the Airport Expressway for investors to take advantage of the Abuja’s ripe business environment now.”

Earlier in his address, the Chairman of Novare Central Mall, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, remarked that the FCT Administration under the leadership of Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has provided enabling environment for investments.

He said: “Permit me to express our sincere gratitude to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, whose continued support and positive disposition towards Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been most beneficial to the success of this project and investment in FCT.” Harping on the benefits of Novare Central Mall to the FCT Administration, the Chairman disclosed that already 5,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created, in addition to boosting the revenue profile of the Administration.

2018 Hajj: FCT permanent transit camp set to receive pilgrims from Abuja zone The Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board has concluded necessary arrangements to host intending pilgrims from the zone.

The Director of the Board, Malam Muhammad Bashir, gave the assurance at a meeting with stakeholders and officials of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as well as the states of Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue.

Malam Bashir stressed that the board has already mapped out strategies to ensure the security of all intending pilgrims at the permanent hajj camp during their camping exercise.

He emphasised that the board would take the welfare of the intending pilgrims with paramount importance and ensure that the camp maintains

good hygiene by keeping the premises clean at all times.

He assured the commitment of the Administration to provide necessary support for the operation and warned that only intending pilgrims with valid Identification Card shall have access to the camp while visitors who have no business with the camp should stay away from it to ensure hitch free camping exercise.

The Director called for the cooperation of all stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free exercise.

He reaffirmed the readiness of the Administration to improve from its last years’ experience to record more successes in this year’s hajj operation.

About 1500 intending pilgrims from

the FCT are expected to perform the hajj through the Board this year.

The meeting was attended by officials from Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue and FCT as well as National Hajj Commission of Nigeria and other stakeholders.

All the stakeholders expressed their readiness for the commencement of airlift of intending pilgrims from the zone to Saudi Arabia.

It would be recalled that the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria had fixed for the Inaugural Flight with Intending Pilgrims from Kogi State.

Intending Pilgrims from Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue states are expected to be camped at the FCT permanent hajj transit camp on their way to Saudi Arabia from Friday next week.

AEPB prosecutes 104 Wuse residents over dirty environment The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has begun the open prosecution of offenders of environmental issues in Wuse axis of the capital city.

This played out again when no fewer than 104 residents of Locus Street in upper class Wuse Zone 3 were summoned and sanctioned accordingly by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)’s mobile court recently.

They committed environmental offences such as keeping unkempt premises, refusal to acquire requisite refuse bins, having overgrown grasses around their houses, indiscriminate dumping of refuse, dirty stairways and keeping of junk.

Consequently, 70 of the 104 residents that were summoned and prosecuted were fined N3, 000 each and mandated to, as a matter of urgency, procure requisite waste bins for their neighbourhoods in the next two weeks.

The environmental agency moved its mobile court to the premises of high rise buildings at Locus Street when it became apparent that the residents were not ready to abate the nuisance despite repeated presence of sanitary inspectors who were always there to educate them on the importance of a clean and healthy environment.

The presiding magistrate, Omolola Akindele, who took her time to inspect all the flats, even to the tallest of the high rise buildings before delivering her judgment, enjoined the residents to

always do the needful and be committed to cleaning their environment all the time. Commenting on the presence of mobile court in their neighbourhood, one of the residents, Mr. Salim Ahmed, expressed displeasure on how their environment is being handled.

He thanked AEPB for its efforts to ensure that FCT is clean and healthy for living and encouraged the agency to do more by coming to them from time to time.

He said: “To be honest with you, what is happening here is not encouraging. We need to devote more of our time to clean our environment.

I believe we can move forward if we can agree on a particular way of sanitising our environment. The intervention of AEPB is a welcome development even though majority of us are being sanctioned.

“If the presence of the sanitary inspectors can be increased, if they can be coming regularly to put pressure on us, definitely our orientation towards environmental sanitation will change drastically.

“But in terms of cleaning the city, AEPB is trying in an excellent way and I really appreciate its effort to enhance a clean and neat FCT.’’ Head of Environmental Health and Safety Department (AEPB0, Sanitarian Simon Ajueyitsi, who represented AEPB Director, Baba Shehu Lawan, during the court sitting, advised residents to prioritise cleanliness and healthy environment.

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Facebook suspends another analytics firm from accessing user data Ladesope Ladelokun

Facebook has suspended a social media analytics firm from accessing user data while it investigates potential violations of its policy barring surveillance.

The firm, Crimson Hexagon, boasts an impressive list of blue chip clients and claims to have collected more than 1tn public social media posts from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and other sources. It uses artificial intelligence and image analysis to monitor social media and provide customers with insights into public sentiment about their brands.

But the company had its access to the Facebook and Instagram APIs shut off Friday after the Wall Street Journal queried Facebook about Crimson Hexagon’s contracts with the US government, a Russian notfor-profit with ties to the Kremlin, and the Turkish government.

“We don’t allow developers to build surveillance tools using information from Facebook or Instagram. We take these allegations seriously, and we have suspended these apps while we investigate,” said a Facebook spokesman.

“Based on our investigation to date, Crimson Hexagon did not obtain any Facebook or Instagram information inappropriately,” he added.

Facebook introduced a policy banning developers from using public user data for surveillance in March 2017, following revelations that police departments were using social media monitoring companyGeofeedia to track protesters.

At the time, Facebook did not define what it meant by surveillance. More than a year on, the company is still unable to explain what it means by surveillance.

Crimson Hexagon was founded in 2007 by Gary King, director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.

In April, Facebook announced the launch of a collaboration between King,Facebook, and other academics that will grant the researchers access to Facebook data to study its impact on elections.

FG debunks paying $3000m for 5% stake in Nigeria Air Idu Jude, Abuja The Federal Government of Nigeria has debunked paying $300 million for a five per cent stake in Nigeria Air. Minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this disclosure while responding to questions raised about the national carrier which was launched on Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

Sirika said the government only providing startup capital for the airline and not funding the entire project.

“Nigeria just providing startup capital in the form of an upfront grant or sort of viability gap funding. Once the strategic equity investor is in place, they

will be expected to build on the initial investment made,” he said. “$8 million represents startup capital for offices etc required for takeoff. But $300 million is the entire airline cash flow funding requirements (aircraft, operations and working capital) for three years (2018, 2019 and 2020).

“This funding can be in the form of equity or debt. The financial model estimates cash flow requirements as follows 2018 ($55 million – $8 million is included here), 2019 ($100 million) and 2020 ($145 million).

“In order to ensure takeoff of the airline in 2018, the government will provide $55 million upfront grant/ viability gap funding to

finance startup capital and pay commitment fees for aircraft to be leased for initial operations and deposit for new aircraft whose delivery will begin in 2021.”

The minister said the strategic investor will only become known after the public-private partnership procurement process is completed.

Meanwhile the Minister, has explained that the company’s shares will be sold through an initial public offering after which the government will own five per cent equity.

“Government’s equity share held in trust for Nigerians will be devolved to Nigerians via an IPO. “The government will

retain only 5% equity, the list of shareholders then will be available to SEC and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

“The rest of the 95 per cent equity of Nigeria Air Limited will then be owned by the strategic equity investor and the general public.

“At that point, Nigeria Air Ltd becomes a public company subject to SEC, NSE and relevant CAMA rules for public companies.”

Speaking further, he said the airline will begin operations with dry leases and the domain, www.flynigeriaair. ng, will become active soon.

Someone has already registered nigeriaair.ng apparently in anticipation of a buy-out by the proposed airline.

Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (3rd left) receiving the airline’s IATA Operational Safety Audit renewal certificate from IATA Area Manager (South West Africa), Dr. Samson Fatokun at the carrier’s corporate headquarters in Lagos on Friday, while Air Peace Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide and Director of Flight Operations, Capt. Wellington Eyimina look on.

SMDAN DG condoles with Katsina govt, victims over flood disaster Mathew Da: Abuja

The Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda has commiserated with the government and people of Katsina State over the recent flood disaster in Jibia that left in its trail deaths and destruction of properties worth millions of Naira in the state.

In a condolence message to the Governor of the state, Rt. Hon Aminu Bello Masari and

made available to journalists in Abuja ,the Director General who is currently in the United States of America on official duties; described the incident as unfortunate and a disaster too much to bear.

“It’s something we cannot avoid, when it happens . We take solace in the fact that Allah gives and he takes,” he said.

While commiserating with families that lost their loved ones, Dr. Radda commanded the efforts of the state Governor Hon. Aminu Bello Masari for his rapid response to the disaster , he is indeed a proactive personality, I read from this side of the world the

yeoman’s job the governor did during the flood disaster.

He also commended the Federal Government for its quick Intervention through the instrumentality of National Emergency Management Agency NEMA who synergised with the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency SEMA to ameliorate the hardship suffered by the displaced people.

The SMEDAN boss paid glowing tribute to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo who personally visited the state to empathise with the state government and victims of

the flood disaster. He has demonstrated true leadership and his words of assurance to victims would surely go a long way in raising hope for them.

Similarly Dr. Radda has described the death of the former Inspector General of Police and Sardaunan Katsina Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie as a great loss to not only the Katsina Emirate Council but the nation as a whole. Dr Radda who also holds the traditional title of Gwagwaren Katsina noted that the late Coomassie was also passionate about peaceful c-existence among all ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Keystone Bank emerges best innovative bank in Africa Joy Obakeye Keystone Bank Limited, has emerged ‘Africa’s Most Innovative Bank of the Year, 2018’ at the prestigious European Global Banking & Finance Awards held recently in London.

The bank chief, Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, also clinched the Best Banking CEO in Africa Award.

Organized by the European Global, UK, the European Global Banking & Finance Awards, according to a statement from the organizers, reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the Global Financial community.

Keystone Bank and its CEO beat other competitors in Africa to emerge leaders of the continent at the award ceremony.

On Ohiwerei’s emergence as the ‘Best Banking CEO in Africa’, the organizers said that the Keystone Bank boss was chosen in recognition of his exceptional achievements over the last year, which is seen as an inspiration for business and government leaders working to raise Africa’s investment profile.

The judging panel of the award considered excellent leadership skills, enhanced organizational image and innovation.

Since he became Managing Director of the lender, Ohiwerei has spearheaded a number of growth initiatives, which has placed the bank on upward trajectory.

Receiving the awards, the Group Managing Director/ CEO of Keystone Bank Limited, Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei said: “We are honoured to win the ‘Africa’s Most Innovative Bank’ award and to be recognized as the ‘Best Banking CEO’ in Africa.

“These awards mark another milestone for Keystone Bank and is a testament of the diligent execution of the bank’s strategic initiatives on customer service.

“Keystone Bank bank will continue to leverage its local knowledge, global exposure as well as presence to drive positive change in Africa, working actively with the government, local businesses, regulators and other stakeholders in deepening financial services.

“We remain committed to maximizing shareholders’ value and delivering superior and sustainable return, guided by our founding values of Professionalism, Passion, Integrity, Team Spirit, Innovation, Service Excellence, Effective Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship”.

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NCAA cautions 21 airlines, others on flight delays, cancellations The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the agency would no longer tolerate continuous flight delays and cancellations by some airlines in the country, advising about 13 International airlines, 8 domestic airlines to put a stop to the increasing phenomenon.

Airport operators including Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services were also advised on the issue of delays and cancellations.

Use Forex allocation efficiently, NCC tasks telecom operators Ladesope Ladelokun The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked telecom operators in the country to ensure efficient usage of Forex allocation to prevent capital flight.

NCC made the call at a meeting with operators on “Framework for Confirmation of Reasonableness of Service Requests’’ in Abuja on Tuesday, while deliberating on ways to overcome the challenges of FOREX allocation in the sector.

Prof. Danbatta Umar, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC said that as telecom services increased, it was imperative to expand coverage and optimise network capabilities through network elements which often engaged overseas vendors.

Danbatta was represented at the forum

by Mr Bashir Idris, Head, Competition and Tariffs Unit of the Policy Competition and Economic Analysis Department of NCC. He said that these services were priced by the overseas vendors in foreign currencies and Nigerian telecom operators were required to pay for such services in foreign currencies thereby creating significant demand for foreign exchange.

“The CBN, in ensuring monetary and price stability and maintaining external reserves to safeguard the international value of the Nigerian currency, sought our assistance to address the demand for foreign exchange by the telecom industry.

“By virtue of this collaboration, the NCC provides expert advice and vets invoices and international payments to overseas vendors by telecom companies in Nigeria in order to ensure efficient usage of the FOREX allocation.

“This is for prevention of capital flight and round-tripping amongst other things.

“This ultimately led to the development of appropriate rules and procedures for the processing of confirmation of reasonableness of service request/application submitted by CBN to the commission on behalf of Nigerian telecom,’’ he said.

Danbatta said that NCC in performing its role had observed instances of overquoted invoices, double submissions, untenured contracts and demand notices not backed by required valid contract agreements.

The apex regulatory agency, therefore, declared yesterday that the agency is going to observe strictly zero tolerance to flight cancellations/delays that has plagued airline operations within the country.

In an official statement issued on Thursday titled, “NCAA Declares Zero Tolerance For Flight Cancellations/ Delays” and signed by the General Manager, Public Relations Affairs of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, the agency informed that, the declaration was made at the just concluded stakeholder’s forum organised by the Authority at the NCAA annex, Ikeja Lagos.

Adurogboye stated that the forum was attended by 13 International airlines, 8 domestic airlines, and Airport operators - the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and BiCourtney Aviation Services, stressing that airlines operators were asked to enumerate their challenges that could be the likely causes of delays and cancellations.

According to Adurogboye, the

airlines itemised various challenges amongst which are: fuel supply, need for improvement in infrastructure at the airport, unruly passengers and traffic along airport road etc.

The management of the NCAA and FAAN in their response assured the operators that all these challenges will be tackled very soon, resolving that “airlines should be realistic in their flight planning/schedules; disseminate on time information to passengers on flight status; ensure they provide right to care to passengers in times of delays/cancellations in line with the Nig. CARs 2015 Part 19.

The resolution also pointed out that, NCAA and FAAN are to liaise with FMTA to replace fuel hydrants if the old ones will cost a lot of money to be fixed and the supply points should be connected to the airports.

“FAAN/airport operators/owners are to ensure facilities at the airports are functional (lightings, carousels, cooling systems etc); FMTA are to liaise with PPMC on fixing the underground pipeline layout from Apapa to

Lagos airport to minimize surface transportation of fuel while FAAN should beef up security at the airports to prevent unlawful interference.”

According to the resolution, airlines’ representatives should be available to testify whenever cases of unruly passengers are referred to the Nigeria Police Force while the representative of FAAN Management are to ensure that action is expedited on the upgrade of lighting on Runway 18L/36R (MMIA).

Advising that airlines and airport operators should maintain constant Communication, the stakeholders charged airlines to always request for re-imbursement of expenses incurred from third parties/service providers with whom they signed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) as stipulated by the Nig. CARs Part 19.

Stating that FAAN is to ensure that the CCTV cameras are always operational, the resolution also touched the issue of airlines’ inputs which was noted should be considered in the design/construction of airports to avoid a repeat of the mistakes of the

L-R: Head Corporate Communication Ikeja Electric. Mr. Felix Ofulue; Chief Technical Officer Ibadan Electric Mr. Ade Ayileka; Executive Director Research and Advocary ANED Mr.Sunday Oduntan and Head Corporate Communication and Branding Ibadan Disco Mrs. Angela Olarenwaju, during the Press Conference by ANED to Response on the Statement made by Minister of Power, Works and Housing on the Significantly Distorted Picture about Electricity Distribution Company in Lagos...on Tuesday. Photo: Olatunji Wale

Why Nigeria may not have stable power supply in 5 years –ANED The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), says that Nigeria may not have stable power supply in the next five years except the challenges confronting the sector are addressed.

Mr Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of ANED disclosed this at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday.

According to Oduntan, there are challenges inhibiting power sector efficiency and they include liquidity gap of N1.3 trillion, lack of improved generation due to mismatched electricity pricing.

“Lack of much needed investment in transmission and distribution network and rising energy theft among others. “Except these challenges are addressed, we may not have stable power supply in the next five years,’’ he said.

Oduntan said that the illiquidity in the sector must be prioritised because the sector could not afford to collapse.

“If the power sector collapses, many banks will collapse because in 2013 during privatisation, only one Distribution Company obtained foreign loan, others took loans from local banks in dollars. “Privatisation was based on 30 per cent equity and 70 percent loan.

“The model was borrowed from New Delhi, India and it is working as we speak. If it is successful in India, why is it not working in Nigeria,’’ he added.

Oduntan decried the prevalent non-reflective tariff and called on the government to prevail on the military, Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to pay for energy consumed.

According to him, MDAs owe about N72 billion and the

military has refused to pay since August 2017, when the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola say the Federal Government will settle all legacy debts by MDAs. “Afterwards, nothing has been paid by the military. “It is important to also state that the mismatch in electricity pricing has resulted into inability of the Discos to settle their obligations to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Traders (NBET).

“What we get from NBET is usually higher than what the Discos charge to consumers because we don’t have control over tariff.

“Government determines what we charge power consumers. “Until we have a review of electricity tariff which ought to have been taken place every six months, there can’t be cost-reflective tariff and without cost reflective tariff, Discos can’t settle their debts to NBET.’’

Nigeria signs Oil and Gas pact with Niger Republic Idu Jude abuja Federal government of Nigeria Tuesday in Abuja signed oil and gas exloration agreement with its neighbouring country the Republic of Niger on the possibility of taping economic benefits from both countries.

President Muhammadu Buhar of Nigeria and the visiting President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou oversaw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Niger/Nigeria Hydrocarbon Pipeline & Refinery Projects & Inauguration of the Steering and Technical Committees.

This epoch making signing is part of the strategies to reposition Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry.

Daily Times recalled that a roadmap of short and medium term priorities tagged the #7BigWins was developed by the Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu led team at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2016.

The fourth initiative of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources #7BigWins is the “Refinery and Local Production Capacity”, part of which has to do with the establishment of third party financed Greenfield refineries to improve domestic petroleum products sufficiency in the Nation.

The proposed projects for the construction of crude oil pipelines from Republic of Niger to Nigeria and establishment of new refinery at a border town in Nigeria is envisaged to be wholly private sector financed and the proposed Crude Oil Export from the Republic of Niger and Construction of Refinery Facilities posit immense benefits and opportunities for Nigeria.

Speaking shortly after the signing, the Minister of state for petroleum Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, gave a quick summary of general benefits to be derived from these projects by both countries are enormous and include the following part of the points is to bring an improved economic activities and bilateral relations between Nigeria and Republic of Niger.

Petroleum Product availability in Nigeria/Niger on structured legal framework and less carnage on the roads and deterioration (damage) to the road infrastructure, while part of the reasons are to foster the development of small and medium scale industries through backward and forward linkages.

To ensure socio economic development of the rural areas through provision of social amenities by the refinery developments, as well as fostering of downstream value chain business opportunities.

He further said that the refining opportunity in Nigeria is a great initiative. Its impact transcends economic gains for investors and entrepreneurs asides the potential contributions to national development.

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Education

Unique School offers success tips to graduating students Head of Unique Children School, Omole, Lagos, Mr. Gbenga Kareem, has stressed the need for parents to prepare their children by providing them with opportunities to develop generic skills that are needed for them to become global citizens.

Kareem stated this while addressing parents and guardians at the school’s valedictory and prize-giving ceremony held at the Unique Heights School, Isheri, Lagos recently.

According to him, globalisation, the advent of information technology and the development of a knowledge-based economy are leading to changes at an unprecedented rate and scale thus the knowledge children learn at schools will soon lag behind the development of the society.

“In the face of this daunting challenges ahead, we need to equip our new generation to be lifelong learners and with the ability to learn how to learn so that they can keep abreast of changes and become active and valuable members of the society”, he said.

He stressed that while the school is an important place for children’s education, families play an equally critical role in the development of their children, saying “parents, teachers, the society and schools are the mirror through which the young minds see the world”.

The school head urged the outgoing students to see education as a continuous process, adding that with globalisation and the rate of information flow, they must be prepared to shed outdated information and relearn to stay relevant.

Proprietress and Chief Executive of the School, Mrs. Esther Alatise, told the graduating class that they have attained a certain degree of excellence through the drills and the tutelage from the school, adding that their parents have paid to put them on the pedestal of excellence thus excellence is not an exception but a prevailing attitude for them.

“You have to move on from here today with the mindset that you will do something that would stand you far above your peers in years to come. All you need is proper planning and strict adherence to its implementation”, she said.

The proprietress urged them to avoid stumbling blocks that hinder excellence such as laziness, tardiness, procrastination and vices like drug abuse, undue peer pressure among others.

No nation can rise above its education – Oyedepo Stories: Esther Taiwo The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, has stressed that the place of quality education cannot be over-emphasised as it has proved to be the most veritable vehicle for national transformation in human history.

He also added that “No nation has ever risen above the investment in quality education”.

Oyedepo made this observation in his address at the 13th convocation of ceremony for the award of first and higher degrees in the university held at the Chapel in Otta, Ogun State.

He also expressed dismay over what he described as dearth in the leadership structure in Nigeria at all levels.

According to him, there are quite army of men with capacity but mostly Godless individuals, adding that lack of integrity has become the norm among the vast majority of them.

“Covetousness has also become the cancer of our leadership structure across the length and breadth of the country and the vast natural resources have become

the estate of number of our self-centered leaders across board,” Dr. Oyedepo stated.

The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide lamented that Africa is at the precipice of total collapse except a new generation of leaders take over the stage.

Dr. Oyedepo, while giving solutions to the predicament that has befallen the nation, said the country desperately needs the right of education, raising the right kind of leaders, promoting the right kind of values and graduating the right kind of students in order to bring about the quality of transformational changes that the part of the world require.

The keynote speaker at the occasion, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, while speaking on the topic “Influencing Change in Africa: Roles and Responsibility of Emerging Leaders” admonished youths across the country to put humanity before any transaction they make towards achieving success in life.

She admonished the graduating students not to be discouraged with the challenges bedeviling the country and also refuse the temptation to allow it becloud their visions.

“Don’t get entangled in the failures of the older people, as whatever you see

of Nigeria today, is a product of how everyone has handled the country and we all have to be held accountable for it.

Nevertheless you can put the past behind you and look forge ahead to a brighter future” she added.

She told the graduating students that they can become whatever they want to become despite the challenges incumbent in the country, stressing that the challenges are not big enough to stop their driven ambitions.

She made it known to the graduands that life will open at different stages for them but they have to respond to it as it presents itself, as education does not define everything but continuous learning, applying talent must be combined with everything they have been taught.

Awosika urged them to seek knowledge with character and not seek pleasure at the expense of others and also they should be a generation of social scientists with conscience and be the best in all spheres as the country is embedded in everything they need to be great.

The First bank boss encouraged them to empower their mind, think strategically, invest in learning and acquire skills through mentorship.

Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, congratulating the overall best graduating student of the Covenant University, Salami Flourish, during the 13th convocation of the institution.

We’ll ensure satisfaction of all stakeholders- LASU Registrar Moses Oyediran, Enugu Newly appointed Registrar of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Mr. Olayinka Amuni, has promised that the university would be crises free by reshaping the psychology of the management in terms of the way it relates with staff, students and external stakeholders .

According to him, the Registry department which serves as service delivery to the university is going to put itself in the shoes of the stakeholders to feel where the shoes pinch most so that they are able to offer to them what will make them happy to reduce the number of crises. ”Once the happiness of the members

of the institution is guaranteed, the university is sure to be crisis-free. If our personnel are happy, of course there will be low turnover rate in terms of people leaving our system and productivity will improve,” he said.

Amuni said this while speaking to newsmen in his office in Ojo where he stressed that for instance, certificates will be issued to students as and when due while verification of results would be made easy for them as well as attending to their cases within 48 hours.

“The Registry department is a service department that helps the University to achieve its set goals and objectives.

The Registrar helps the university to interpret its rules and regulations, he’s the custodian of information, what I intend doing in the next four years is to provide

qualitative service to students, staff members and external stakeholders”, he said.

In order to ensure quality assurance in service delivery, the Registrar said his office will constitute five committees such that will help look into available facilities and recommend how to improve on them.

He said due to the lean resources available to universities across the country, the Registry department is going to leverage on multinationals and alumni through the committee that will help reach out to them to generate funds.

“Management would also be transparent and consistent in the application of the rules and regulations guiding staff and students. This is necessary to sustain the current peace enjoyed in the university and prevent any

staff or student crisis”, he said.

According to him, most of the problems with labor unions in universities are as a result of inconsistency in the way rules are applied, adding that such is not going to be his style. ”That is not the style of the present Council, the Vice – Chancellor and other staff of the management team, so that is not also going to be my style”.

He said management is going to be sensitive to the needs of staff, students and other stakeholders by ensuring best practices as done in other universities. ”We will ensure that we drive our processes using the university rules and regulation and we will be very open. We will be consistent with what we do by giving the same interpretation to the rules guiding each department,” he said.

UNIUYO VC applauds construction of new road into main campus by NDDC Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Professor Enefiok Essien (SAN), has applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for completing the construction of the dual carriageway entrance into the main campus of the university.

Professor Essien, who spoke in an interview at the Council Chambers of the university, expressed delight at the speed with which the project was completed, noting that the road would make things a lot easier for the university during its next convocation ceremony in terms of entry and exit.

He said: “When you compare the status of the road when NDDC had not intervened and now that it has been completed, you will not fail to appreciate the difference. We are grateful to the NDDC for making this huge difference and we are expecting that finishing touches will be done soon. Specifically, we are hopeful that the street lights would be installed along with other ancillary works on the median.

“Before the NDDC intervened, the entrance to the university was quite bad and we were basically using only one side of the road. The other side was not paved at all and even the single lane that was in use was not good enough. The NDDC made a very significant improvement on the road by upgrading it to a dual carriageway,” he said.

The Vice Chancellor noted that the addition of erosion control project on the road would help to preserve it and ensure a long life span for it.

However, he added: “We are still expecting the NDDC to work on the lighting and the median to enhance the security on our campus.”

Professor Essien acknowledged other contributions of the NDDC to the university, especially its building of a modern hostel that was nearing completion. He appealed to the NDDC to put in more efforts towards the completion of the 500-bed capacity hostel.

He said the completion of the hostel would reduce the accommodation problems that students in the university were facing.

His words: “The university hostel project was started before I became the Vice Chancellor and for a long time, there was a lull in the construction, but the NDDC had since put some energy into it since I came on board. At some point, the project gathered a new momentum and it has reached an advanced stage.

“Work on the landscaping had even progressed to an appreciable level. We hope that before long NDDC will complete the project. When it is completed, it will be a lot of help to our students in particular and the university community in general,” he continued.

The Vice Chancellor observed that the NDDC hostel was just a tip of the iceberg, considering the students population of about 25,000 in the university. “It is like a drop in the ocean. We still need more hostels to be able to accommodate most of our students on campus. And this is necessary for us to be able to police and guide the students. That will help us to enforce discipline. So, we have need for more hostels and offices because we are in a new area,” he said.

According to the VC, the university was still expecting more projects from the NDDC, noting that the Commission had promised to build a conference centre for the campus.

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Stories, Patrick Okohue The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) has finalised arrangement with about 15 leading political parties and movements to effect a merger towards joining forces to effectively dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government by 2019.

The political parties and movement which has already signed on to the deal, expressed a strong desire and readiness to dissolve into a common political platform ahead of the elections.

Some of the gladiators and leaders nominated by NIM to drive the final stage of the merger are Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Engr Buba Galadima, Rt Hon Ghali Umar Naaba, Mr Donald Duke, Col Umar Dangiwa, Dr Abdujalil Tafawa Balewa, Senator Datti Baba Ahmed, Dr John Darah, Dr Olu Agunloye, Mallam Isa Ozi Salami among others.

It will be recalled that NIM and former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM were front liners in the initiative that translated into the grand alliance of some

2019: Agbakoba, Galadima lead 15 political parties, groups to merger talks like minded political parties and movements, which was recently launched as Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP in Abuja two weeks ago NIM in a statement by its National Secretariat in Abuja and signed by its Media Assistant, Mr Olubori Isah Obafemi disclosed that the latest move became inevitable for NIM, as antecedents of electoral alliances in Nigeria has proved to be futile as it has ever barely achieved its purpose, due to political self interest of coalescing parties and their gladiators.

“Nigeria’s political history is clearly replete with failures of electoral alliance, especially as it concerns adopting common platforms or flag bearers of past alliances at the critical point of elections,” NIM stated It said that it is to that extent that its National Secretariat was

Security siege on Saraki, Ekweremadu’s residences, threat to democracy - CNPP The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described the sustained rancorous relationship between the legislative arm of government and the executive as a threat to the nation’s democracy.

The CNPP in a statement jointly signed by its National Chairman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and the Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu urged “all Nigerian security agencies to stop meddling into the political affairs of the country and allow democratic forces to freely operate like in every other democracy.

“The barricade of the residence of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and that of the Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu is the culmination of the altercation between the executive and the legislative arms of government in the country.”

The umbrella body of all registered political parties and associations stated this while reacting to the security barricade of the residential houses of both Saraki and Ekweremadu in Abuja on Tuesday morning.

“No democracy will survive in an atmosphere of unbridled interference by the executive in the affairs of the legislative chambers, using the coercive forces at its disposal to muzzle dissenting voices and distort free flow of democratic forces and freedom to associate.

“The constitution of Nigeria, which both the executive and legislative members swore to uphold guarantees freedom of association and right to hold opinion and it will be detrimental to the deepening of our democracy for security agencies to deny any Nigerian these rights, rather all security forces

Alhaji Balarabe Musa

are to ensure that these rights are respected,” the CNPP stated.

In a related development, frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN has welcomed the development at the National Assembly in which some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators have defected to the PDP, thereby giving PDP a clear majority in the Senate.

Turaki, in a statement signed by Mr. Sola Atere, Director, Media & Publicity, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki Presidential Campaign Organisation described the development as the beauty of democracy heartily welcomed the Senators back to their ‘natural home’.

He said their coming back to PDP will further strengthen the resolve of the party to rescue Nigerians from the despotic, clueless and nepotistic APC government that has unleashed poverty, insecurity, killings and economic strangulation on Nigerians.

mandated in June to embark on a national consultation with leaders of political parties for the purpose of exploring the prospects of initiating a formidable alliance or merger of frontline political parties as well as groups that are yet to apply for registration with INEC or those with pending registration towards an understanding for a fusion into a common political platform for the 2019 elections in order to enable the required cohesion for ousting the ruling political platform in Nigeria “So, in a bid to quickly wrap up the merger deal this week, for parties, which prefer merger to alliance, the National Secretariat of NIM, in a deft move to meet the statutory deadline for merger or fusion of parties in Nigeria.

It is expected to urgently send a formal notice to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in lieu of the 21 days notice required by INEC for the merger of political parties as stipulated by

the Nigeria’s electoral act, since it is very clear to aligning stakeholders that merger of political parties by the law is still achievable and it is the sure bet for defeating Nigeria’s ruling forces in 2019 and this will not prevent cooperation and collaboration with parties that simply prefers to operate only within the electoral alliance of CUPP, NIM assures.

Some of the fresh and neutral political morganisations already agreed by parties and stakeholders involved and to be proposed for INEC approval this week includes; Accord of All Democrats, AAD, Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM, Zenith of Nigerian Patriots, ZNP, Alliance of All Progressives, AAP among others.

However, in the case of a likely delay by INEC, the merging parties have already slated two newly registered political parties for adoption at a joint national convention scheduled to hold in August 2019

Olisa Agbakoba, Buba Galadima

Ogun politician alleges threat to life over State Assembly ambition In a move to ensure the safety of her husband, wife of a grassroots political gladiator in Ogun State, Moyosore, has raised alarm over the safety of her family members and husband, Azeez Babatunde Olanbiwonninu against the backdrop of incessant attacks and threats mounted on her household by her husband’s alleged political opponents over his aspiration to contest for a House of Assembly seat in the forthcoming Ogun StateHouse of Aassembly election.

In an emotion laden statement, the visibly worried mother of two revealed to our correspondent that despite the fact that her husband had left the country, for Canada, his detractors has not relented in their mission to eliminate him.

However, her husband in a whatsapp video call with our correspondent, confirmed the incident saying that he decided to relocate to the North American country when it was obvious that his life was no longer safe as hired assassins were on his trail on a daily basis in his home country.

According to Olabiwonninu, who is the former President of National Association of Ogun State Students, Kwara State Polytechnic Chapter, “I have been a loyal and committed party member since 1998 and was instrumental to the emergence of virtually all our elected representatives such as Hon Leye Odunjo, Hon Olusola Opajobi, Hon Isiaka Bello to mention a few and it was by popular demand that

my constituents picked me to represent them.

“However, trouble started when I indicated my interest to run for the position of a member, Ogun State House of Assembly to represent Ota state Constituency, Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area on the platform of the PDP. “All of a sudden, I began to receive series of threat messages on my phone from unknown persons, warning me to either bury my political aspiration or, otherwise my life would be buried.”

The father of two told our correspondent that he reported the matter first to his lawyer who advised that he should pipe low and suspend his political ambition until the coast is clear He also said his lawyer gave the advice that he should not be in a hurry to report the matter to the police since the police will not provide security considering the present security challenges in the country, saying it would be better to restrain his political activities for the time being.

Continuing, the distraught graduate of Public Administration said it was at this point that the idea of relocating his family to a safer environment occurred to him. ‘’I recalled that in 2017, when the persistent threats to my life was at its peak, the period coincided with rampant cases of assassination attempts claiming the life of one of my political associates and mentor, Late Hon. Gideon Aremu, who was

murdered on July 1, 2017. He was until his death a member of Oyo State House of Assembly representing Orelope State Constituency Area of the state.

He was said to have received several death threats to his life prior to the sad incident even as earlier reports to the police yielded no result.

“It is on record that despite the price tag of N5m placed by the governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on anyone who can provide useful information that would lead to the arrest of the killers, not a single person had been so far arrested till date.

He said further that, “caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, I then summoned courage to go on vacation, a move which was supported by my wife and my lawyer and so on June 21, 2018, I left Nigeria for Canada.

“My intention initially was to stay away briefly, obviously, for cover against the constant harassment and threats to my life and return to the country afterwards, but unknown to me, a bigger problem awaits me and members of my family at home.”

According to Olanbiwonninu, barely few days after he arrived Canada, on June 26, 2018, he got a shocker from his wife in a video call on whatsapp.

His words; “She broke down weeping profusely while narrating her ordeal in the hands of masked hoodlums, six in number, who entered my bedroom breaking through the fence. They ransacked everywhere and turned my bedroom upside down searching for me like needle in a haystack.

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY 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. EVANGELIST OGUERI SUNDAY LAMBERT (CHAIRMAN).

2. MRS. ONYINYECHI EBERE ABAZU (SECRETARY).

3. MRS. IJEOMA OBIAGERI OBIALOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO WORSHIP GOD IN TRUTH AND IN HOLINESS. 2. TO EVANGELIZE THE WORD OF GOD TO THE WORLD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: EVANG. OGUERI SUNDAY LAMBERT (CHAIRMAN).

CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND OUTREACH INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES: 1. DR. FRANK DIKE. 2. MR. MYKE OZURUMBA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO BRING PEOPLE OF LIKE MINDS AND THE GRASSROOTS TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE CORE SOLUTIONS OF PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, THROUGH POLICY RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, MASS EDUCATION, OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND THE EXERCISE OF OUR VOTING POWER WHILE PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY. 2. TO BUILD A STATE-BY-STATE NETWORK OF ACTIVISTS WHO WORK FOR REFORM THROUGH LOCAL POLICY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, LEGISLATION PROPOSALS, AND MOBILIZATION OF THE LOCAL INDIGENES. 3. TO CATALYZE, ENERGIZE, AND ORGANIZE PROGRESSIVE AND POPULIST LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AND FACILITATE THE BUILDING OF A POPULIST ADVOCACY MOVEMENT. 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

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TRUSTEES ARE 1. PASTOR ZAKARI EMMANUEL 2. MRS CAROLINE EMMANUEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2.TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE 3.TO BE A LIGHT TO THE WHOLE WORLD 4.TO MEET THE NEED OF SOULS

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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. GNED: KENECHUKWU OBIEZU ESQ

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THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EZEH MARCELLINUS 2. ANAYO CAJETHAN NWAFOR 3. CAJETHAN SUNDAY IROBIE AIMS TO FOSTER UNITY , PROGRESS AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGBO VICTOR OGUEJIOFOR -PRESIDENT 2. NWAGBARA IFUNANYA SYLVIA -SECRTARY 3. CHIDI-EGWU EMILIA ONYEKA -MEMBER 4. CHUKWU CYPRIAN OMEOGA -MEMBER 5. UGWU JOSHUA CHUKWUNONSO -MEMBER 6. SAMUEL ISAAC -MEMBER 7. OGBODO EMEKA FAVOURED -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO CATER FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES: 1) EVANGELIST CHIMEZIE VICTOR IHEAWOABA-- PRESIDENT (2) EVANGELIST CHIMEZIE DAVIS .E. CHIJIOKE-- VICE PRESIDENT .

(3)OKOYE DANIEL CHUKWUKELO -- FINANCIAL SECRETARY (4)EVANGELIST CHIMEZIE DIVINE OLUCHI-- SECRETARY AIMS /OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH AND TEACH 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, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES ARE: 1) HON. IKENNA CLARENCE MBANEFO -PRESIDENT 2) MS. AMARACHI ATTAMAH -SECRETARY 3) MRS NKIRU IFEOMA MELUDU -WOMEN LEADER 4) IZUCHUKWU GABRIEL ILOH -PRO 5) ENGR. STEVE IKPA -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO PROMOTE IGBO LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND TRADITION 2) TO UPHOLD, PROMOTE, PREACH AND TEACH OBEDIENCE TO THE CUSTOMARY LAW 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: TRUSTEES

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES 1. BASHIR BABATUNDE LAWAL 2. KAZEEM AJOLAYO RAJI 3. ZHU NUREEN OKANLAWON ADEYEMI 4. SULAIMAN AYINDE BELLO 5. TAOFEEK ISHOLA OSENI AIMS TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. BECAUSE GOD CREATED EVERYTHING AND ITS DESTING. 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.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES ARE 1. PASTOR ZAKARI EMMANUEL 2. MRS CAROLINE EMMANUEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2.TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE 3.TO BE A LIGHT TO THE WHOLE WORLD 4.TO MEET THE NEED OF SOULS 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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WE MEMBERS OF THE ESAN FAMILY OF EKITI STATE HEREBY DISSOCIATE OURSELVES FROM MR. ESAN BABATOPE ABIDEMI WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR BELOW AND HIS ACTIVITIES HENCEFORTH FOR COMMITTING AN ABOMINATION AGAINST OUR FAMILY ETHICS. THEREFORE HE SHALL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO ANY BENEFITS FROM THE FAMILY UNTIL THE COMPLIES WITH TRADITION/ DEMANDS OF THE FAMILY. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. SIGNED: ESAN FAMILY

SIGNED: KENECHUKWU OBIEZU ESQ

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 ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. PASTOR AKINWALE ADEMOLA 2. MRS. AYOBAMI AKINWALE 3. MR. OGUNDOKUN LEKE SAMUEL 4. MRS. AKINWUMI FUNMILOLA TAIWO 5. MR. ABIONA TIMOTHY OLUFEMI AIMS: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BOTH IN NIGERIA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAIMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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AL-HUDAH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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 ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. IGE MIRACLE ABIOLA 2. IGE ELIZABETH OMOLARA 3. OLAYODE JEREMIAH FOLARIN 4. AKINTAYO EZEKIEL OLUGBENGA 5. OJELABI WAHEED AREMU

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 ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. MURITALA YUSUFF AKANDE 2. MURITALA ALIU ATANDA 3. RABIU MUFUTAU JOKODOLA 4. MUSLIM NASIRUDEEN ADE 5. IDRIS ABDULAKEEM

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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 ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. GBOLAHAN BELLO 2. OLUSEGUN OGUNYEMI 3. OLAKUNLE ODESEYE 4. RAMONI SAIBU 5. MUSILIU HARUNA ISHOLA BELLO 6. ALUKO AROWOLO TITILOLA 7. OLUWASEYI EFUNUGA AIMS: TO FORM BOND OF UNITY AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAIMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

ANGELS HEART NETWORK INITIATIVE

THE IVORY MEN’S CLUB

DELTA JOURNALISTS FORUM

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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 TRUSTEES. 1. EMENIKE, ANNETTE. 2. OKECHUKWU, ONYEABO. 3. OGBONNA, STEPHANIE.

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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 NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1) OLUGBENGA A. AYODIMEJI (CHAIRMAN) 2) OLUWASEUN ADEDAYO(SECRETARY) 3) AJAYI DAVID OLUSEGUN (MEMBER) 4) ISRAEL- AYIDE ANTHONY (MEMBER) 5) OLUSEYI ODEBODE AYODELE (MEMBER) 6) OJEDOKUN OLATUNJI (MEMBER) 7) OLUWAROTIMI OLAOMO OLANREWAJU (MEMBER) 8) LEMBOYE GBOLAHAN RASHEED (MEMBER) OBJECTIVES; 1) TO INVEST FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF 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 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1) SUNDAY-UDEMAGUNA, ODITA 2) MONYE, EMEKA CHRIS 3) OJI, CHRISTOPHER CHUKWUKA 4) AJELUOROU, ANOTE OZORO 5) EGBELUGHE, KENNETH 6) OSHANUGOR, FRANK SOCHUKWU AIMS & OBJECTIVES A) TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF ALL JOURNALISTS FROM DELTA STATE. B) TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG JOURNALISTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE EXERCISE OF JOURNALISM AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEWS MEDIA. C) TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES ESPECIALLY THE GOVERNMENT OF DELTA STATE D) TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT OF DELTA STATE SO THAT PROMISES MADE TO THE ELECTORATE ARE KEPT. 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

UMUCHINEMEREM CLUB

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AIMART INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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 NAMES OF THE TRUSTEES 1. ONWUDIWE, EMMANUEL GINIKACHUKWU 2. IGBO, HARRISON CHIGOZIE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO FOSTER PEACE, UNITY, LOVE AND PROGRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB AND BEYOND. 2. TO PROMOTE LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE WELFARE AND GENERAL INTEREST 3. TO INCULCATE IN MEMBERS THE NEED FOR DECENT CHARACTER AND GENERAL DISCIPLINE WHICH WILL BE OF IMMENSE BENEFIT TO THE CLUB AND BEYOND. 4. TO CREATE A FORUM FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION, PROMOTE HARD WORK AND RECOGNISE ANY ACHIEVEMENT CREDITED TO OUR MEMBERS. 5. TO ASSIST, ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR VARIOUS AREA OF NEED AS THE CASE MAY BE. 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.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 BARR. (MRS) CHIMFUMNANYA NWANDU -CHAIRMAN 2. BARR (MRS) GINIKACHI ONYENUKPORO -SECRETARY 3. PROFESSOR CHIMDI CHUKA-OKOSA 4. BARR (MRS) IFEOMA ADAGHARA 5. MRS JENNIFER EKWUEME 6. MR. ELEKWACHI CHIMEZIE AIMS & OBJECTIVE 1. INCREASE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN. 2. BUILD CAPACITY IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESEARCH. 3. IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE INTERNATIONALLY TO INFLUENCE POLICY AND SERVICE DELIVERY. 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: BARR. (MRS) CHIMFUMNANYA NWANDU CHAIRMAN

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ILUYOMADE MARTINS AYOKUNLE -PRESIDENT 2. ILUYOMADE OLUWABUKOLA -SECRETARY 3. ADEDEJI ADEOLUWA ABRAHAM -MEMBER 4. ADETOYE ADETOLU AYOFEMI -MEMBER 5. ENE SARAH UNOBE -MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. EMPOWERMENT FOR YOUTHS (MALE & FEMALE) 2. PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ORPHANS 3. MENTORING OF YOUNG BOYS 4. EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS 5. PROVISION OF SHELTER FOR SINGLE MOTHERS, PREGNANT YOUNG GIRLS AND ORPHANS 6. PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES BY PROVIDING DRUG AND PAYMENT OF HOSPITAL BILLS OF THE LESS PRIVILEDGED ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIMS: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAIMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIM: TO BUILD HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS CHILDREN. 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: BARR. CHIDIEBERE KINGSLEY OKEKE

AIMS: TO GIVE SUCCOR TO THE NEEDY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAIMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. INYANGABASI UWEM GODSLIFE 2. UWEM FLORENCE OBIANIBELI 3. STEPHEN PEREOKUSAFA AUGUSTINA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2. TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED 3. TO RAISE UP HEAVENLY MINDED CHRISTIANS ANY OBJECTIONS 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: TRUSTEES

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WE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: CHIDALU EMMANUEL ONYEBUCHUKWU. CHINYERE FLORA ONYEBUCHUKWU. NNEDIMMA JANE ONYEBUCHUKWU. CHISOM JEPHTHAH ONYEBUCHUKWU. PRECIOUS CHINECHEREM ONYEBUCHUKWU. CHIMUANYA MILDRED ONYEBUCHUKWU. GOODNESS CHIBUNDU ONYEBUCHUKWU. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: MRS CHINYERE FLORA EMMANUEL MR. EMMANUEL CHIDALU EMMANUEL. MISS NNEDIMMA JANE EMMANUEL. MASTER CHISOM JEPHTHAH EMMANUEL. MISS PRECIOUS CHINECHEREM EMMANUEL. MISS CHIMUANYA MILDRED EMMANUEL. MASTER GOODNESS CHIBUNDU EMMANUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS ONANEYE OLAYEMI FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS TAIWO OLAYEMI SUKURALILAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ONANEYE OLAYEMI SUKURALILAH.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

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CORRECTION OF NAME/BIRTH DATE

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS FRANKLIN CHISOMAGA INSTEAD OF JOHN FRANKLIN CHISOMAGA. THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS ESTHER JOHN. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 12/06/1985 AND NOT 12/12/1984. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

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BAMIGBADE SHAKIRAT I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUBAIR SHAKIRAT ANIKE NOW WISHES TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS BAMIGBADE SHAKIRAT ANIKE ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

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

MRS VICTOR UFORO I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS USENIDEH UFORO ABIGAIL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS VICTOR UFORO ABIGAIL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS NWAKA JULIET I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ONOH JULIET IFEYINWA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWAKA JULIET IFEYINWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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MRS EZEAMAGU NKEIRUKA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AGBIOGWU NKEIRUKA THERESA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS EZEAMAGU NKEIRUKA THERESA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS DELIGHT OGADIMMA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS DELIGHT OGADIMMA ENWEREM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS DELIGHT OGADIMMA AGHOGHO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ANIUBA EBERECHUKWU I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AMALU EBERECHUKWU FRANCA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANIUBA EBERECHUKWU FRANCA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHUKWUEBUKA OLIVER I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODOH EBUKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUEBUKA OLIVER ODOH. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 15TH JULY, 1991. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ANIOKE VERONICA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ILO VERONICA CHIMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANIOKE VERONICA CHIMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS NWABUEZE CHINENYE I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MIS EZE CHINENYE LOVETH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWABUEZE CHINENYE LOVETH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

NWOBODO NDUBUISI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKACHI NDUBUISI NWOBODO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWOBODO NDUBUISI AKACHI VALENTINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS UDEH TINA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKOLO CATHERINE TINA IFEOMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS UDEH TINA CATHERINE IFEOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANORUO BARTHOLOMEW I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANORUO BARTHOLOMEW NDUKWE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANORUO BARTHOLOMEW UGWUANYA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IKEAGWU CHUKWUEMEKA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYIBE CHUKWUEMEKA EMMANUEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IKEAGWU CHUKWUEMEKA BENJAMIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS, M.T.N AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MISS NWAFOR CHIKAODILI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS CHIKAODILI .N. EDEH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NWAFOR CHIKAODILI GLORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS AUGUSTINE AKUDO I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANYANWU AKUDO VIVIAN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AUGUSTINE AKUDO VIVIAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. SAINT AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, LAGOS, BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHIJIOKE BLESSING I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ILO BLESSING NKEMAMAKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIJIOKE BLESSING NKEMAMAKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONYENAMA JUSTIN I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYENAMAH JUSTIN KELECHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYENAMA JUSTIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

DAVID MARY I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOBAYO MARY OSANEMU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DAVID MARY QUEEN OSANEMU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AMEH SUNDAY I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MICHAEL SAMSON OTOBO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMEH SUNDAY OFU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

GABRIEL IFEANYI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MEBEI SOLOMON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GABRIEL IFEANYI SOLOMON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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ADEPOJU OLUWASEUN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAKANLU IDRIS OLAWALE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEPOJU OLUWASEUN. I WAS BORN ON 30/07/1982. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS OLUFEMI DAVID ADIGUN WHILE IN SOME OTHER ONES IT APPEARS AS ADIGUN TOLUWALASE OLUWAFEMI DAVID. I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING ALL THE NAMES . I WAS BORN ON 12/05/1990. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING ALL THE NAMES ARE VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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DR. LUKMAN AYINDE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LUKMAN AYINDE OLOROGUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DR, LUKMAN AYINDE MUMUNI OLOROGUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

TRUSTEES, 1, PRIMATE,OGUNDIPE SAMSON KAYODE. 2, MRS OGUNDIPE CLARA OMOWUMI. 3, MRS TITILOYE FATIMOH. 4, MRS OLANIYAN KEHINDE MERCY AIM AND OBJECTIVE. TO PREACH GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGN SECRETARY

EFCC invites Ekweremadu over alleged money laundering Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday invited the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, asking him to appear before it over alleged involvement in money laundering investigation.

The anti-graft agency, in a letter of invitation

dated July 24 and signed by the Director of Operations, Mohammed Abba, asked the Deputy Senate President to report to the commission’s office on Tuesday (yesterday) for “ clarification.”

The commission commission added that it is “investigating activities, case of conspiracy, abuse of office and money laundering”, saying that there is the need for the Deputy Senate President to clarity certain issues on the matter.

The letter reads in part, “The commission

is investigating the above mentioned case in which your name featured prominently and the need to obtain certain clarifications from you became imperative.

“In view of the above, you are kindly requested to report and interview the undersigned at 5 Fomela street, Off Adetokumbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II Abuja on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at about 10am prompt.

“This request is made pursuant to section 38(1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.”

Don’t lend your platform for fake news, FG tells online publishers Tom Okpe, Abuja The Federal Government has warned online publishers that they stand to lose credibility if their publications are identified with ‘Fake News’ advising that they should desist from its spread.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave this warning during

an interaction with online publishers and social media influencers in Lagos on Tuesday, in furtherance of the National Campaign Against Fake News which was launched by the Federal Government in Abuja 11 July 2018.

He said: ‘’Your credibility, and indeed your source of livelihood is at stake. If the society loses confidence in the media, especially social media, because of fake news, you will be the worst hit. And we are very close to that point now.

‘’Today, nobody knows what to believe anymore. You read something online, and within a few hours, it is denied. The fake news epidemic is spreading fast”.

Mohammed urged the publishers to lend their support to the campaign, just like the traditional media has done, saying that; ‘’A starting point is for you to put a banner on your various platforms that says: Say No To Fake News! Of course, a platform that abhors fake news will not engage in one”.

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Hot e l s - L e i s u r e - Tours - R e s t a u r a n t s

Cubana Suites

20 Yedseram Street, Maitama, Abuja

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

Interesting Places To Visit Near Cubana Suites Millennium Park (4.5 km)

Silverbird Cinemas (5.5 km) National Mosque Abuja (5.0 km) IBB Golf Course (7.5 km) Aso Rock (7.6 km) Terms and Conditions Check-In: From 09:00 am Check-Out: Until 12:00 pm Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: Children are permitted to stay for free.

Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, and Cash Payments only.

Cubana Suites is a budget hotel in Jabi, Abuja

Kryxtal Suites

120, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2

HOTEL INFORMATION

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

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

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 12:00 PM (ID Required) Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

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

Interesting Places near Kryxtal Suites Wuse 2 Pets: Pets are not allowed.

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

Kryxtal Suites is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

House 14

14 Kudang Street, Off Moronvia Street, Wuse 2, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION House 14 has a total of 27 uniquely well-furnished and comfortable rooms which are of different categories.

Terms and Conditions Check-In: From 1:00 PM (ID Required) Check-Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Interesting Places To Visit Near Children: All children are allowed House 14 (Max. Age: 18).

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

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

House 14 is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

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

HOTEL INFORMATION Grand Cubana Hotel offers a budget friendly accommodation in a very scenic environment at No. 6 Ebitu Ukiwe Street, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria. It is appropriate for both business and leisure travellers.

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

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 3:00 PM Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

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

Grand Cubana Hotel Pets: Pets are not allowed.

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

Grand Cubana Hotel is a budget hotel in Jabi, Abuja

Kryxtal Lounge, Apo Beside AP Filling Station, Near Apo Legislative Quarters Apo.

HOTEL INFORMATION Kryxtal Suites and Lounge Apo is an exclusive hotel located near the popular Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja. The hotel is tastefully finished to create a home away from home for visitors and Abuja residents.

At Kryxtal Suites Apo we have 26 exclusive room types on 2 floors to cater for our guests.

Facilities Spacious suites and rooms

Uninterrupted power supply Banquet hall 24 hours internet service Numerous satellite TV channels Standby car hire service Laundry service Restaurant and bush bar, niteclub, sharwarma, barbeque and conference hall.

CHECK – IN is at Anytime CHECK – OUT is from 12.00 Noon.

Kryxtal Lounge is a budget hotel in Apo, Garki District, Abuja

Treasures Suites

Plot 66, 1st Avenue by Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Opp Federal High Court, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION

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

Turf Arena (1.5 km) Durban Neighbourhood Park (0.95 km) Silverbird Cinemas (2.0 km) DHL Express (1.8 km)

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 12:00 PM (ID Required) Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

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

Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Treasure Suites Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard Federal High Court (1.1 km) are accepted here.

Harrow Park (1.8 km)

TREASURES SUITES is a budget hotel in CBD, Abuja

Barcelona Hotels, Abuja

23 Blantyre Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II HOTEL INFORMATION Barcelona Hotels, Abuja is a 4-Star hotel. It is situated in the heart of town and enjoys proximity to a number of public and private owned institutions.

Barcelona Hotels, Abuja offers a number of spacious and tastefully designed rooms which come in the categories: Standard, Superior, Executive, Executive Twin, Diplomatic, Ambassadorial, Ministerial, Barcelona, Senatorial and a Presidential Suite. Each of these rooms comes with top quality facilities such as flat-screen television with a full cable subscription, sofas, luxurious bed, wireless internet connection, luggage storage and en-suite bathroom with shower facilities.

Barcelona Hotels Abuja also offers guests banquet, event and conference halls; a rooftop sit-out with a breathtaking view of the environs; a restaurant that offers a wide range of tasty dishes plus continental breakfast; an adequate parking space; a 24-hour power supply; gym facilities; a swimming pool and guaranteed security.

Barcelona Hotels is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

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

HOTEL INFORMATION Hotel size: This hotel has 34 rooms Arriving/leaving: Check-out time is noon Required at check in: Credit card or cash deposit required Government-issued photo ID required Minimum check-in age is 18 Travelling with others Children: No cribs (infant beds) Internet Free WiFi in public areas Free WiFi in rooms Transport

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

Caledonian Suites is a budget hotel in Maitama, Abuja

Kapino Suite

128 Aminu Kano Cres, Wuse, Abuja

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

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

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 3:00 PM Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

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

Grand Cubana Hotel Pets: Pets are not allowed.

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

Kapino Suite is a budget hotel in Wuse, Abuja

SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Tour de France halted by protest as riders hit with pepper spray

The Tour de France was briefly halted after cyclists were hit with pepper spray as police broke up a protest.

Several riders received treatment after getting the substance in their eyes during stage 16 of the race.

The protest by French farmers saw hay bales thrown across the road shortly before the leading group passed.

A policeman appeared to use pepper spray on the demonstrators, which then blew into the faces of some of the riders.

Four-time champion Chris Froome and race leader Geraint Thomas were among those who seemed to have been hit.

Several of the cyclists had eye drops applied before

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the race was restarted around 15 minutes after the incident.

It happened about 18 miles (30km) into the 135-mile (218km) leg from Carcassonne to Bagneres De-Luchon.

This year’s Tour de France has been marked by a series of incidents on the sidelines of the race including abuse directed at Froome.

The Team Sky rider has reportedly been spat at during the race, while his teammate Thomas has been booed off the podium.

The Tour will finish in Paris on Sunday, where Froome is bidding to make history by winning it for the fifth time and double Olympic champion Thomas is attempting to win it for the very first time.

Bribery allegation: Nigerian coaches pledge full support for embattled Salisu Yusuf The Nigeria Football Coaches Association led by Ladan Bosso have pledged their full support for Salisu Yusuf after he featured in a sting video aired by the BBC. In a communiqué signed by Bosso, the association said they respect the FIFA code of ethics, but do not believe the coach should be held liable for any wrongdoing.

The coaches also noted the following after they studied the video clip – 1.

It is clear to the blind that the coach’s stand wasn’t distorted by the “trivality“ of the

Godwin Izilien: Falconets must shrug off NFF crisis and focus on U-20 World Cup Former Nigerian national women’s team manager Godwin Izilien has urged the U-20 team to shrug off a crisis in the country’s football federation (NFF) and focus on performing at the upcoming U-20 Women’s World Cup. The tournament, which sees the Falconets and their Ghanaian counterparts representing Africa, will be played from August 5 to 24 in France.

Ghana are in Group A with the host nation, New Zealand and the Netherlands, while Nigeria have been drawn in Group D with Haiti, China PR and Germany.

Nigeria’s preparations for the tournament

may have been affected by a recent leadership crisis in the NFF, but Izilien has urged the women’s U-20 team to put all their focus on performing in France.

“The Falconets need to be determined and focused to play at the World Cup,” said Izilien.

“I am not expecting much from the girls because of inadequate preparations, but because the championship is for young girls from the grassroots, I believe with the right selection and commitment from the players the team would excel in France.”

Nigeria open their campaign with a match against Germany in Saint-Malo on August 6.

pecuniary gift made to him.

2.

The players in question prior to the issuance of the gift had already made the team and were in fact among the pillars of the team.

3.

We do not think that the integrity and reputation of football has been affected by this though we shall investigate further as it dents the reputation of our association and members.

4.

Again, we think that the coach should be commended for stating clearly that players selection is based on performance.

5.

It makes no sense that

our colleague who earns over 3 million Naira would stoop so low for pittance of $750/1000, which does not compare to the salary he earns. The trivial nature of what he received is the issue!

“This our member has debunked in his response to BBC. “To this effect we stand with our member pending further investigations to ascertain if there are any breaches of ethics,” further read the statement.

“As a body we shall investigate further this matter and where need be sanction or caution our colleague.”

Kylian Mbappe, Mo Salah, others nominated for FIFA Best Men’s Player award FIFA have on Tuesday announced the official 10-man shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award 2018.

Brazil superstar and the world’s most expensive player, Neymar did not make it to the list while one African, Mohamed Salah is among the nominees.

Nominees who made the list include, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kevin De Bruyne, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Luka Modric, Mohamed Salah and Raphael Varane.

The award is assessing players for the period between 3rd July 2017 to 15th July 2018.

Kane scoring six goals to take home the Golden Boot. He also netted 30 Premier League goals for Spurs as they finished third.

Salah scored 44 goals to claim Premier League Golden Boot and registered 14 assists in his debut season at Anfield as Liverpool and also featured as Liverpool reached the Champions League final.

De Bruyne won the Premier League with Pep Guardiola’s record-breaking team – surpassing the 100-point barrier for the first time in history – and claimed the Carabao Cup with a 3-0 win over Arsenal.

Hazard also lifted the FA Cup with Chelsea, scoring in the final against Manchester United at

Wembley.

Cristiano Ronaldo has also made the list after helping Real Madrid win an unprecedented third successive Champions League glory. He was the competition’s highest scorer with 15 goals.

Lionel Messi is another candidate for the award having led Barcelona to a league and cup double. The Argentina international also finished the campaign as the highest scorer in Europe’s top five leagues with 34 goals.

Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Raphael Varane have all received recognition after winning the World Cup with

France in Russia.

Mbappe, 19, also won the league and cup double in France – scoring 21 goals and assisting 15 times in his debut season with Paris SaintGermain. He also won the young player award in the just concluded FIFA World Cup. Griezmann led Atletico Madrid to Europa League glory and Varane lifted the Champions League with Real.

Luka Modric who took Croatia to their first ever World Cup final and claimed the Best player of the tournament. He also played a key role in Real Madrid’s historic Champions League victory.

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