How 4 banks raked N309.48bn profit from FG Bonds, T-Bills As CBN expects Naira appreciation Optimistic on overall confidence index on macro-economy
Motolani Oseni, Lagos Not less than four commercial banks operating in the country have recorded a total sum of N309.48 billion profit raked from Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds and Treasury Bills (T-Bills),
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L-R: Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; his wife, Dolapo; Mother of the Vice President, Mama Olubisi Osinbajo; former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha ; his wife, Funmilayo, and former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, singing a hymn during the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Interdenominational Church Service at the National Christian Centre Abuja...on Sunday
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four considered banks was higher by N40.7 billion, when compared to N268.78 billion interest generated from Bonds and T-Bills in the financial year ended in31st December 2017. Commercial bank investment in risk free business and high yield Investment securities were on a mixed outcome in 2018 over Federal Government plans to reduce its domestic borrowing in favour of foreign borrowing to finance budget. T-Bills are short-term debt instruments issued by the Federal Government through the CBN to provide short term funding for the government. They are by nature, the most liquid money market securities and are backed by the guarantee of the Federal Government. Therefore, industry experts believe that in the last five years, commercials lenders in the country have increased their investment in government securities investment, which is contributing to the dwindling loan-to-deposit ratio of some of the Nigeria banks. However, The Daily Times notes that the commercial banks in 2018 reported a rise in the interest generated from different securities, as yield most especially T-Bills was not attractive due to high inflation rate during the year under review. For instance, GTBank interest on securities dropped by 8.2per cent from N113.8 billion in 2017 to N104.5 billion in 2018, while Zenith Bank interest on T-Bills and Bond dipped by 0.14 per cent to N152.99 billion as against N153 billion reported in 2017. But UBA interest on T-Bills investment and Bond rose by 35 per cent to N156 billion from N115.57 billion as FBN Holdings generated N150 billion interest on fixed securities in 2018, 13 per cent below N173.3 billion reported in 2017. The Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) had urged commercial banks to increase lending to stimulate the economy or have access to a near-risk-free way of making money choked off. Members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the meeting last week pointed out to commercial banks to get away from parking their cash in high-yielding government securities to divert these funds to the private sector. Commercials banks in the bore the brunt after sliding crude prices three years ago triggered a surge in bad debts, making the allure of state debt that pays average yields of 14.4per cent more appealing. “For us to achieve growth, those whose responsibility it is to provide credit must be seen to perform that responsibility,’’ Governor Godwin Emefiele told reporters after a meeting of the MPC in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC wants the apex bank “to provide a mechanism” for limiting the ability of banks to put customer deposits into government securities, he said. Meanwhile, a survey conducted by the CBN revealed that the Nigerian currency, Naira, is expected to appreciate from this month. The “May 2019 Business Expectations Survey Report” by the apex bank on Friday revealed that “majority of the respondent firms expect the naira to appreciate in the current month, next month and next twelve months as their confidence indices stood at 28.5, 40.1 and 50.1 index points, respectively.” The report highlighted the power supply, high interest rate, unfavourable and economic climate among others are major business constraints in the country. According to the report, “The surveyed firms identified insufficient power supply (69.3 points), high-interest rate (56.4 points), unfavourable economic climate (55.2 points), financial problems (54.3 points), unclear
economic laws (51.7 points), the unfavourable political climate (48.3 points), insufficient demand (45.4 points) access to credit (44.4 points), competition (44.0 points) and lack of equipment (33.1 points) as the factors constraining business activity in the current month.” The apex bank said May 2019 Business Expectations Survey (BES) was conducted from May 6-10, 2019 with a sample size of 1050 businesses nationwide. “A response rate of 97.0 per cent was achieved, and the sample covered the services, industrial, wholesale/retail trade, and construction sectors. “The respondent firms were made up of small, medium and large corporations covering both import- and exportoriented businesses.” On the business outlook for the month under consideration, the survey disclosed that, “At 29.7 index points, respondents expressed optimism on the overall confidence index (CI) on the macro-economy in the month of May 2019. “The business outlook for June 2019 showed greater confidence on the macroeconomy with 62.7 index points. “The optimism on the macroeconomy in the current month was driven by the opinion of respondents from services (15.7 points), industrial (9.7 points), wholesale/retail trade (2.8 points) and construction (1.4 points) sectors. Whereas the major drivers of the optimism for next month were services (36.6 points), industrial (18.7 points), wholesale/retail trade (4.9 points) and construction (2.5 points) sectors. “The positive outlook by type of business in May 2019 were driven by businesses that are neither import- nor exportoriented (20.8 points), both import- and export-oriented (5.3 points), import-oriented (3.0 points), and those that are export-related,” the report added.
‘US visa drop box projects Nigeria in bad light’
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L-R: Imo State Governor-elect, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, and Imo State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, during the Interdenominational Church service on Sunday to kick-start the Inauguration/Swearing-in ceremony.
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State and chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs Bolanle Ambode (L) and wife of the Governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu (R), displaying the handing-over documents after signing, during the handing-over ceremony wife of the in-coming governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, over the weekend.
L-R: Wife of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mrs Janet Adeyemo; Wife of the Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi; Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Revd Joseph Akinfenwa; State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; and his Deputy, Chief Moses Adeyemo, during a thanksgiving service to mark the end of the governor’s eight-year tenure, at St James’ Cathedral, Oke-Bola, Ibadan... on Sunday. Photo: Governor’s Office
Some Nigerians abused drop box waiver - US sources Talks ongoing to resolve issue, says FG
Doosuur Iwambe, Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Reactions have continued to trail the recent disclosure by the United States Embassy announcing an immediate and indefinite suspension of interview waivers for visa renewals for applicants in Nigeria known as “drop-box.” Nigerians while reacting to the development in an exclusive interview with The Daily Times described the process as unfair and aimed at projecting country
in bad light. According to a security expert, Inoh T.O, the drop box has a more damaging effect on genuine visa applicants because a lot of those will be turned down. “This whole issue emanated from people overstaying their welcome and not obeying the rules of the land they find themselves. Globally, Nigeria constitutes about 10 per cent of the people in that category. So as it stands, Nigeria is seen in a bad light,’’ Inoh said. Also, an Abuja based lawyer,
Gbenga Akin, who lamented that the process will incur costs as well as create inconveniences for Nigerians intending to renew their visa, described the development as unfair. He said that ‘’the new process will subject Nigerians to hardship. Apart from spending money, they will stand on the queue outside the embassy with no provision for their comfort.’’ Meanwhile, the US fixed visa non- refundable fee is $160 (N76, 000).
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May 29: Review your leadership style, Onaiyekan tells Buhari Mathew Dadiya, Abuja
As the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari gets set for a second term inauguration on May 29, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has urged President Buhari to review his leadership style to engender a society of equality and fairness. Cardinal Onaiyekan pointed out that the administration has not done enough in tackling the issues of poverty and insecurity in the country, adding that hopelessness and helplessness stares citizens on the face, even as they watch in frustration the affluent cruising in a different world of their own. Onaiyekan said this on Sunday at an the inter-denominational church service for the 2019 presidential inauguration held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, The cardinal, who represented the President, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, said he takes full responsibility for his comments. According to him, the state of the nation is such that does not call for rejoicing, especially as the ranks of the poor are swelling by the day. He also said that it was too early to celebrate the outcome of the general election as there were many court litigations trailing the process. He took his sermon from Deuteronomy 30:19 with the theme: “Let us choose life not death”. His words: “This interdenominational Christian service is an important agenda on the complex programme of events marking the transition from one government to the next, the inauguration of the second term of our president and his team. “We are gathered as Christians in this Holy space, as we place ourselves before the Throne of God’s Grace, praying for ourselves, for our nation, and in a special way for all those whose duty it is to lead our nation in the way of peace, harmony and prosperity. May the Lord hear our prayers, Amen. “First, we have to thank God. It is the Christian thing to do in all circumstances -1 Timothy 2:1-2. We thank God that despite much fears and anxieties, we have arrived at
this stage in relative peace. The last elections have left behind thick clouds of acrimony that are still to clear. “We are still waiting for the final verdict of the tribunals, on which we now rely, in a spirit of peaceful contest, guided by the rule of law. We thank God who has led us thus far. This is no time for celebration of victory or for lamentation over defeat. Rather, it is time to pull efforts together, with the grace of God, to tackle the serious challenges before us. “At this moment, we would do well to acknowledge our failure to do things in the right way. Here, the words of the Psalmist should challenge each of us: “If you Oh Lord should mark our guilt, who would survive?” The blame game of pointing accusing fingers at others will not carry us far. “For a positive change to take place, we must all be ready for a sincere change of heart, from the lowest to the highest, but especially at the highest levels. Empty boasts and bare-face denial of the realities around us cannot build a nation. “We are in the house is God, and before God we must tell the truth. The Lord Jesus has told us that “The Truth will make us free.” The truth is that our nation is not in a state for us to rejoice. The ranks of the poor are swelling by the day, hopeless and helpless, as they watch in frustration the affluence of the very few cruising in a different world. Such wide socio-economic disparity has led to anger, tension, violence and outright criminality in the land. All is not well. “But all is not lost either. As we embrace a new term of government, it should be for us a new opportunity to change ways and review habits of governance, for a better Nigeria. We can and we should do this. God has endowed us with adequate resources to achieve this, resources that we unfortunately turn into crises and problems. Ethnicity and religion are two cases in point. “At this moment, we should do well to acknowledge our failure to do things the right way. Here the words of the Psalmist should challenge each of us: ”If thou oh Lord should mark guilt, who would survive?” The blame game of pointing accusing fingers at others will not carry us far. For a positive change to take place, we must all be ready for a sincere change of
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heart, from the lowest to highest, but especially at the highest levels. Empty boast and bare faced denials of the realities around us cannot build the nation. “Our ethnic diversity is God’s will and gift that we ought to appreciate and celebrate. We should beware of those who seek to manipulate this in a game of divide and rule, for selfish interests. In our emerging global world, we should be building on our long experience of living together across ethnic lines, if we are not to allow ourselves to be left behind in our fast developing modern world. “We are living in a world where many are abandoning faith in God, at great cost to humanity now and in the future. We do well to commend ourselves for our generally high level and of religious fervour. But if this is to translate into a righteous nation, we must all seek the will of God for good human relations. This cuts across our religious differences and affiliations. Religion is good, but not enough. It is useful, and can even be worse than useless. If it does not promote good human behavior (James 1: 27). We cannot deceive God. We may, by our human failure, give religion a bad name. But God will always be the Holy and Religious One. “Religion evokes a strong emotion that ought to be deployed for solving the ills of our nation, not compound
them. Those who manipulate religion for their selfish political interest end up destroying religion and harming the nation. Our constitution is not perfect. But it’s basic provisions about freedom of religion are valid and must be scrupulously respected by all, especially by those who control state instruments of corrosion. “The greatest of God’s gift to us, life itself, is in danger all over our land. Gunmen- and women-unknown and known- have been sowing death, destruction and misery almost everywhere. Property, well-being, harmony and peace are endangered by generalized insecurity. Before God, this is the truth and not political propaganda mounted to discredit the government. The nation must be mobilized to join hands to face the disaster looming over all of us. “Again, here we must tell the truth. For too long, we have been seeing what seems to be a policy of polarization of the nation along primordial fault lines of ethnicity and religion. The result is that we have been indulging in the risky game of ’dancing on the brink of chaos’. We do not know for how long we can continue to get away with this. But the handwriting on the wall is quite clear for all who care to see. It is sad that no condition is permanent: certainly not the present state of our nation. “In this new term of office, there is need for a drastic change of government
Aisha Buhari’s N500bn fraud revelation vindicates us - PDP Charges NASS, anti-graft agencies to commence forensic investigation
Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it has been vindicated that there is huge corruption in the Buhari administration by the revelation made by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, that there is humongous fraud in the N500bn Social Investment Programme and the N16bn Mosquito Net Project of the APC government. The party in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, insisted that the administration is deceitful and a pretentious citadel of corruption. The PDP said Aisha Buhari’s
revelation has further shown that the party has not been crying wolf by insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari must account for the trillions of naira stolen under his watch in the last four years. It described as disheartening, the fact that the said funds were meant for the welfare of the poor, whom Mr. President had always claimed to represent in government. “Unfortunately, these poor Nigerians have been waiting endlessly for the failed social investments promised by President Buhari only to have their hopes dashed as revelations by Mrs. Buhari had shown that the money provided
for the programme had been stolen”, the party said. Asserting that now that the truth has been revealed by no lesser Nigerian than Mr. President’s wife, the PDP charged the National Assembly and all anti-corruption agencies to immediately commence forensic investigation on how these funds were dispensed and utilised. It said that “Nigerians can now see how the same administration presided over by ‘Mr. Integrity’ has been using the names of innocent poor Nigerians to loot our national treasury and fritter away billions of naira to finance their wasteful lifestyle while Nigerians wallow in abject poverty.
“It is indeed appalling that the Buhari administration would be sitting on such colossal corruption and continues to thrive in evil concealment while diverting public attention from their rot by hounding innocent opposition figures on trumpup corruption charges. “The PDP had always maintained that no matter how much deceit and falsehood appears to thrive, the truth must prevail at the end of the day”. The party, therefore, charged President Buhari to speak out on the matter and immediately commence the process of recovering the money and channeling it for the benefit of the poor Nigerians.
system, if our nation is to be saved from imminent chaos. The sad fact is that many have already lost all hope in the future of this nation. According to them, we are to get ready for the worst. Frightful conspiracy theories are making the rounds in the social media, shaping and twisting the attitudes and minds of many people. In this situation, the serious warnings from well-intentioned wise elders should not be ignored, less still denigrated without due respect. “There are, we hope, many more people who still believe in our ability to build a united nation under God, and thus to realise the dream of our constitution. Doing nothing but complaining and pointing accusing fingers at others is to wait for the worst to happen. The positive and responsible option is to stand up to be counted and get involved in building the nation of our dreams. The Lord has put before us a choice between death and life. He urges us to choose life, for our own good and for His greater glory. “Let us end on a note of prayer. We pray for the wisdom and the courage to regain and strengthen our sense of national cohesion, in the midst of dangerous rumours of war and chaos, from within and from outside our national borders. It is God’s will that his children live in security in this land of ours. We pray that all those whose duty it is to keep us safe will do their duty, with no more excuses or compromises. “We pray for Mr. President. May he live up to the Christian and Muslim principle that all authority and power belong to God, and must be exercised under His will. May he be liberated from bad advisers and unhelpful associates. May he see the wisdom of bringing on board every segment of the nation, for an improved sense of belonging, without which the problems of the nation will not be successfully addressed. God has given us a beautiful nation and wonderful people. May he give us the wisdom and the good will to make a success of it”. Meanwhile, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, countered Cardinal Onaiyekan when he said that despite gloomy situation, there was still bright prospect for the country. According to Osinbajo, Christians and Nigerians are to take the lead in giving hope to others, just as was characterised by God’s creation of the earth. The Vice President said: “Our days will be better and better. This is the reason why I am so confident; our ministry is that of reconciliation. We must not permit anyone to take advantage of the fault lines. Our country stands at the threshold of phenomenal greatness, at the end of the story there shall be light and joy. We begin with darkness and confusion but the end of our story is bright, the future of our nation is bright.” Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon urged Nigerians to pray for President Buhari and all the leaders so that they will give good governance and look after the interest of all Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, faith or believe. He urged Nigerians to “love your country and defend it in whatever way we can. Let us have peace in the land and let us ensure that this nation continues to survive to eternity, God being our helper.”
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Ihedioha charges citizens to work together to actualise dream Transition c’ttee denies receiving N150m from Okorocha
Val Okara, Owerri The Imo State Governor-elect, Hon Emeka Ihedioha, has urged the people of the state to work together and love one another in order to actual the dream of the state. Ihedioha, who spoke on Sunday during the interdenominational church service, held at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, said : “If we work together and love one another, we will build Imo of our dream. “Imo should not weep anymore because God has answered our prayers. God used the people to effect changes in leadership to assist make Imo State shine again.” According to him, the state had been stagnated in the last eight years in growth and development as a result of bad governance. In his homily, the Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, said that it has been over 10 years he came into the stadium, saying things are becoming normal again. He urged leaders to serve the people in humility, wisdom and fortitude and decried greed and covetousness on the part of Nigerian leaders. He said: “There is blood guilt in Nigeria and Igbo land, hence, peace is still far from Nigeria where bloodshed happens every day.” The Archbishop said that relative peace though has
returned to the state after the elections but urged the people to keep praying and asking God for forgiveness to bring a lasting peace to the state. He, therefore, urged the governor and deputy-governorelects to shun sycophants, false prophets, cultists and occultic powers that may keep them far from the worship God, saying that Ihedioha’s victory was occasioned by God and no other deity. He stated that the state needs a true servant leader and others, who will be imbued with the wisdom and fortitude of Christ to create wealth, bring equity, fight for the people, build quality long lasting roads, long awaited factories and industries, . He urged the people to tap from the humility and spirit of forgiveness and come together to move the state forward and in the spirit of the holy family to build a united family. Meanwhile, the inauguration and handover committee of the governor-elect has raised the alarm over alleged attempts by some hirelings to blackmail the in-coming governor with baseless and spurious assertions. Chairman of the committee, Chief Chris Okewulonu, who briefed newsmen in Owerri on programmes slated for the inauguration, dismissed as misleading, recent media reports that the out-going Governor Rochas Okorocha administration released the sum of N150 million to facilitate the inauguration
Ihedioha exercise of the governor-elect. “Let me restate for emphasis that no such money was ever released to the committee or to anybody who is part of the incoming government of Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha”. He disclosed that the committee had not received any form of assistance whatsoever from the out-going government in the state. Okewulonu, a former secretary to the state government and exmember of the State House of Assembly, is piqued at futile attempts by some individuals to take underserved glory for the wonderful achievements the incoming governor had recorded ever before assumption of office. “While it is not our intention to join issues with the out-going
governor, we still consider it imperative to put the records straight for record purposes. “It should be known that we are committed to organising a befitting inauguration ceremony in line with our mandate”. According to him, the inauguration events started on Sunday, May 26, with an interdenominational church service at the Grasshoppers International Handball Stadium Owerri, by 12noon, to be followed by Art Exhibition, Monday, May 27th by 11am and a Novelty Football Match by 4pm at the Dan Anyiam stadium, Owerri. He added that on Tuesday, May 28, an inauguration lecture and a mega youth concert would take place at the Grasshoppers International Handball Stadium.
Dangote still most admired African brand in fresh survey Dangote Group, from Nigeria has for the second year emerged as the most admired African brand, of African continent origin, by consumers ahead of the telecommunication giant, MTN, in a survey of 100 Africa best brands announced in Johannesburg at the weekend. According to the South Africa based Brand Africa in a survey carried out in collaboration with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the seventh edition which was released at the weekend, of 15,000 brands mentioned, Dangote ranked first brand when consumers are prompted to recall the most admired African brand. In the top 100 list, the United States sports and fitness mega brand, Nike, a non-African brand retains the overall number one brand in Africa spontaneously recalled by consumers. South African telecoms brand, MTN is the number one African brand spontaneously recalled brand, while surging Ethiopian brand, Anbessa Shoes, at number two, swopped positions with Nigerian conglomerate, Dangote, which is the number three most admired brand of African of origin. However, when consumers are prompted to recall the most admired African brand, Dangote retains the number one position. Just last year, Dangote brand was named the most valuable brand among the top 50 brands in Nigeria for 2018 by Brand Nigeria.
Further analysis of the ranking indicates that Overall, the 2018/19 Brand Africa 100 list, which is calculated from 15,000 brand mentions illustrates a very diversified range of brands in Africa and shows year on year consistency with 80 per cent of the top 100 brands having been in the top 100 Most Admired Brands in previous years. Overall, African brands faltered to an all-time low 14 percent share of the top 100 most admired brands in Africa. However, MTN (South Africa), Dangote (Nigeria) and Safaricom (Kenya) are the most admired highest listed brands on sub-Sahara’s leading bourses, the JSE, Nigeria Stock Exchange and Nairobi Securities Exchange respectively. Faced with a relentless focus on the African opportunity and investment by non-African brands, Africa’s share of the most admired brands has been rapidly declining over the past three years from a high of 25 percent in 2013/14 to lows of 16 percent in 2015/16, 16 percent in 2016/17 and 17 percent in 2017/18. “Today at the JSE, at an event with industry leaders from across Africa, hosted by the JSE in partnership with Geopoll, Kantar and Brand Leadership, Brand Africa announced the Top 100 brands in Africa in their 7th annual Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands. Nike, MTN, Dangote, Ecobank and BBC were recognised as the most admired brands on the continent,” a statement from the Brand Africa read.
The Brand Africa 100 rankings are based on a survey among a representative sample of respondents 18 years and older, conducted in 25 countries across Africa. Covering all African economic regions, collectively these countries account for an estimated 80% of the continent’s population and 75% of the GDP. In a reconfigured category listing where technology and electronics and telecoms categories were separated and new categories of luxury and personal care were introduced or re-introduced, the Top 100 is dominated by technology and electronic brands (18%) and telecoms (7%), consumer (non-cyclical) (16%), auto manufacturers (11%), luxury (10%), automobile (11%), apparel (8%), retail (7%), food (4%), nonalcoholic beverages (5%), personal care (4%), sports & fitness (4%) and media (1%) categories are the top categories. Thebe Ikalafeng, Founder and Chairman of Brand Africa and Brand Leadership, said of the outcome of survey “It is disappointing that despite its vibrant entrepreneurial environment, Africa is not creating new competitive brands to meet the needs of its growing consumer market. Brand Africa 100 was developed by pan-African branding and reputation advisory firm, Brand Leadership Group supported by GeoPoll, the leader in mobile-based market research throughout Africa,
and strategic analysis and insights by Kantar TNS, the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. In his reaction, Group Chief Corporate Communication Officer of the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, said the management was not unexpected of the ranking because the company has a long standing reputation for quality, relevance compliance and social stewardship. He said: “Our mission and vision engage and inspire us to by extension connects us to with both our internal and external stakeholders. “We fervently believe that only Africans can develop Africa, and this gives us stronger sense of relevance in all the countries where we have our operations. we are touching lives by providing their basic needs and empowering Africans more than ever before creating jobs reducing capital flight, helping government conserve foreign exchange drain by supporting different industrial infrastructural projects of African government.” Chiejina stated further that Dangote Cement has been producing high quality and affordable cement, reducing poverty, engaging in unprecedented philanthropy and above all respecting the laws of the land where we operate. “All these are our credo and we do not compromise it, it is our way. And the ranking is just an acknowledgement of all these by our stakeholders, We keep our brand promise and stay authentic.” he concluded.
‘US visa drop box projects Nigeria in bad light’ Continued from page 3 Reacting to this, a business woman, Moji Balogun, who is currently undergoing the process of renewing her visa, wondered why those in authority would allow foreigners take advantage of their citizens. According to her, there is no basis why the US should be so hard on Nigerians after all the profit it makes from Nigerians from the non- refundable visa fee charged. ‘’Have you ever sat down to calculate how much the US embassy makes from Nigerians from the non -refundable visa fee? I don’t blame them because if we are a country that loves and protects its citizens, foreigners will not be taking such advantage of us. It is only in Nigeria that such can happen. “If only our leaders would make a sacrifice and make this country better again, no one will talk about leaving this country, not to talk about going to the US. “It’s because the drop box section may affect them somehow, hence they have raised concerns and started panicking. If it’s only the poor common immigrant seeking Nigerians, they will never say a word. “The only reaction expected from a responsible government is to improve on the economy and turn things around for the better in the home country,” she added. However, anonymous sources from the US embassy while reacting to the development said that some Nigerians thoroughly abused the drop box waiver by overstaying their welcome once they touched down on American soil. “The US is also worried that Nigerians have been using their visas to march across the border to Canada, a situation that is fast straining diplomatic ties between Canada and the United States. “By showing up in person to defend your visa renewal
process, the US believes it can apprehend some of the criminal elements harming the reputation of Nigerians abroad by denying them re-entries,” the source added. In the meantime, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who spoke on what the Nigerian government is doing to address the drop box visa cancellation said, that the Buhari administration has been in talks with the American government in a bid to resolve the issue in a better way. Hear him: “We are discussing with the Americans and we are trying to see what can be done to make things easier and what they have agreed is to have a mechanism for expedited interviews for certain Nigerians who they are familiar with and that have credibility. “So that’s the way forward but hopefully, we’ve always encouraged that Nigerians always obey the law, should not overstayed visas because it makes it difficult for genuine visitors. “But we are still discussing with the Americans and hope that there will be better flexibility.” On whether the Americans don’t have confidence in Nigerians, he said: “They (Americans) have statistics, they said that ten percent of all global visas overstays in America are Nigerians. That’s credibility right there,” adding that a lot of African countries need to reinforce and strengthen their democracy. Onyeama however, lamented most of the unpleasant migrant decisions taken by some countries were triggered by the negative perceptions about few Nigerians who do not obey the rules of those countries. With the recent development, renewing United States visa as a Nigerian, such an applicant must appear at the location specified when applying for the visa renewal.
ICPC recovered N26bn in 4yrs - Chairman The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recovered N26 billion from 2015 till date from public officials and companies. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the recoveries included cash and houses. He said during the process, monies were traced to houses, noting that recently, the commission recovered 32 houses from a civil servant. “There are situations whereby our efforts lead to recovery of assets, though much has not been done in terms of conviction. “Anti-corruption is not measured only by convictions alone. “If you look at our law for example, it gives us powers to do enforcement which means we can investigate and prosecute. This is what leads to conviction. “And the biggest part of what we are supposed to do is prevention to stop the crime from happening,” the chairman said. Owasanoye said public officers who had embezzled public funds usually did not act alone but in
concert with owners of companies. “When we are recovering, we can trace to wherever the money is, which sometimes is in the hands of a company. “If we follow some of the corruption cases very well, we realise that when you find a public officer, very rarely will they put the money in their account. “They cook up a process where the money is stolen either by awarding contracts to themselves, by claiming Duty Transport Allowance (DTA) which they did not attend and by diverting money from an approved vote to somewhere else. “But when you are doing recoveries, irrespective of how it was initiated, and you follow it to whoever is holding it to the end point that your investigation can reach. “It can be a company, you can trace it to both liquid and hard assets,” the chairman explained. On alleged level of corruption in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Owasanoye said that “not all the allegations are validated. “There are a lot of allegations of corruption against agencies that interface with the public.
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PDP blames spate of suicides, misery Short News on Buhari’s govt Wike sets up panel to probe LGs finances Tunde Opalana, Abuja
Concerned by the rising spate of suicide among Nigerians, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government should be blamed for its style of governance that increases misery, depression and despondency. The party said that the news media has been awash with horrible reports of teenage suicide in the country in past few months and described as a national tragedy, the rising spate of suicides, slavery mission abroad, divorces, child abandonment and other social degeneration occasioned by the worsening economic hardship, poverty, hunger and rising insecurity under the APC administration. It said that such social ills, which are direct response to bad governance occurs when citizens are overwhelmed by gloom, with no hope in sight. According to the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on
Sunday, the party laments that Nigerians are now battling with the worst kind of siege mentality as a result of incidences of banditry, insurgency, marauding, bloodletting and kidnapping which have almost become daily occurrences. “Constitutional violations, human rights abuses, arbitrary arrests, extra - judicial killings, assault on perceived dissenting voices and the attempt at annexing of our institutions of democracy, particularly, the judiciary signposts a nation in dire straits. “Misery has set in. This is evident in the shrinking of our nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 2.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2019. “It is saddening that at the time Nigerians ought to be celebrating; they are rather forlorn, committing suicide and exiting the country in droves. “Most Nigerians have become downhearted in the face of an administration that wrecked our once robust economy and divided our people; in the face of worsening joblessness, piling
bills, hunger and disease; in the face of incompetence, lies, and unfulfilled promises of free homes, monthly allowance to unemployed youth and myriad of other false promises. “Instead, what our nation has witnessed is an official entrenchment and elevation of incompetence, deceit, propaganda, failure and cabal mentality on the corridors of power; a situation where the only achievement is the foisting of economic recession and mortgaging of the future of our nation with the accumulation of N24.39 trillion debt, with no tangible project to show,” the party stated. It went further to accuse the Buhari administration of obstinately refusing to allow any scrutiny of its books, knowing that they are catalogues of corruption, treasury looting, violations, impunity and acts that have brought the nation to its knees. The party charged Nigerians to uphold and support one another in love, at this trying time, to check the rising social degeneration in the nation, particularly acts of suicide.
Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt Ahead of the May 29 inauguration for a second tenure, the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike at the weekend approved the setting up of a committee to investigate and audit the finances of the 23 local government councils of the state for the past one year. The mandate of the committee is to cover the financial transactions of the local government areas from May 2018 to May 2019. The membership of the committee is as follows: the Deputy Governor, Dr .Ipalibo Harry Banigo (chairman); Dr. Zaccheus Adango, Isaac Kamalu, Mrs. Bunmi Akaakar, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku and Mrs. Inime Aguma, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Information who will serve as secretary. The committee will be inaugurated by the governor on May 28 by 11am at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House, Port Harcourt.
How security guard killed collegue in LASPOTECH Chioma Joseph, Lagos A private security guard, Cletus Williams, employed by the management of the Lagos state Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, has been arrested for the murder of his colleague, John Okoro. Williams, who was on night duty with Okoro last Friday, is said to have allegedly killed Okoro for ritual purposes. The suspect had slit Okoro’s throat with a knife, cut off his right wrist, and attempted to escape shortly after committing the crime. He was given a hot chase and caught by the campus security guards who discovered what he had done. The school authority immediately alerted the Shagamu Road Police Division, who came and arrested Williams. An eyewitness account has it that Williams had hit Okoro on the neck with a heavy metal before he later slaughtered him with a knife. “Very early on Friday, we heard the noise on campus that another person has been killed by one of the security guards. It was after we moved near the scene of the incident that we saw how gory the whole thing was. “Okoro is the guard at the chemical engineering department while Wilson works at the computer engineering department. After slaughtering his victim, Williams also cut his hands. He was about to escape with the body parts before he was caught in the bush by other security men. “He was handcuffed by the police and his photograph taken as he sat beside the corpse on the open field where the corpse was deposited,” the eyewitness added.
Edo moves to prevent climate change crisis Titus Akhigbe, Benin
L-R: Wife of the governor of Lagos State & chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode and wife of governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, during official handing-over ceremony of In-Coming First Lady, at The State House, Alausa, Lagos... on Sunday. Photo: Olawale Rotimi.
Two storey building collapses in Owerri Val Okara, Owerri Owerri, the Imo state capital was on Sunday thrown into confusion following the collapse of a two storey building that left four persons critically injured. The incident occurred at 4:34pm at Number 10 Amaram extension Street, few meters from the Dan Anyiam Stadium, where the governor-elect held a non-denominational church service earlier in the day. When our correspondent visited the scene of the incident, rescue workers, including
policemen and residents were busy rescuing victims trapped in the rubble. A source who does not want his name in print, told our reporter that four persons, including a female occupant of the building were rescued from the debris. “On arrival, we saw people already on a rescue mission. We quickly swung into action and rescued four persons. Two who are critically injured have been rushed to the hospital,” the source said. One of the survivors, who identified himself as Paul, said
that he had to jump out from the building after he heard a strange noise. An eyewitness said “this building has remained uncompleted for over 20 years. This is highly unfortunate. The blocks have soaked too much water leading to its collapse. Surprisingly the owner of the building left this place 15 minutes ago. “It is my suggestion that buildings that have stayed long without being completed should either be demolished or taken over by the government. This is a death trap.”
Edo state government has expressed its readiness to partner a non- governmental organisation, Health Promotion Education and Community Development Initiative (HPECDI) to ensure a total transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy so as to prevent climate change crisis. Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Omoua Alonge Oni-Okpaku made this known while receiving members of the group who matched from Museum Ground, King Square to her office to seek the ministry’s collaboration in actualizing a cleaner environment. Addressing the gathering through the Permanent Secretary, Lucky Wasa, the commissioner said that over the years, Edo state has demonstrated its readiness and willingness to support a healthier and friendlier environment. He said that the ministry has been engaging youth in the protection and preservation of the environment in line with the state government’s ‘keep Edo clean’project. Oni-Okpaku noted that the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is actualisable, though it was going to be a gradual process, while assuring the group of government’s support. Speaking during the rally, the Coordinator HPECDI, Charity Aienobe-Asekharen said that AfrikaVuka rally in Benin City is to raise the consciousness of the people and government on the urgent need to transit to renewable energy. “The AfrikaVuka Event is a platform to fast track a fossil free society through collaborating bodies; community after community and state after state.
Group urges Buhari to probe $2bn arms fund misappropriation Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja
A non -governmental group, Egalitarian Coalition of Nigeria has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to re-examine the composition of the $2 billion fund misappropriated during the last regime of President Goodluck Jonathan. The group in an open letter to President Buhari, frowned at the appointment of the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and ammunitions for the armed forces from 2007 till date. In the petition, signed by Dr. Suleiman Attahiru, executive director and Fabian Aigbosua, secretary respectively, the group declared that domiciling the powers to constitute the committee in the office of the national security adviser was wrong since Mungono was part of the rot in the system at the time. Also, it said that that senior members of his cabinet who were involved in the alleged fraud cannot be judges in their own case, “Mr. President, there is no way the NSA, Babagana Mungono can feign ignorance of all the underhand dealings in the purchase of arms and ammunitions in the period under review because of the strategic positions he occupied. ‘’Mr. President and as predicted, the NSA did well to cover his tracks by taking charge of the proceeding of the committee and ensuring that underhand deals linked to him while he was within the corridors of power were left untouched by the committee. All of these are in the public space.
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If Buhari is really serious
Niran Adedokun
If President Muhammadu Buhari truly desires to leave Nigeria much better than he met it, he would need to get more hands-on and visionary as he takes office for a second term in six days’ time. It is sad to say that there are ominous signs that things may not be significantly different but as Emily Dickson says in the poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” hope perches on the soul of the living, singing songs that inspire Nigerians to aspire for better days. But a lot of what happens will depend on how President Buhari handles the first 100 of days of his new term in office from May 29. A major determinant of where Nigeria would be headed in the next four years is the first few appointments that Buhari makes in the hours immediately after his inauguration on Wednesday. Hopefully, the country will not be waiting days on end to know the next Chief of Staff to the President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation given the critical roles that these ones play in giving direction to government. Nigerians are also full of hope that the President will not wait for six months before naming a cabinet to till the ground with him over the next four years; that he will find the grace to discard the largely unproductive collection of humans he had indulged in his cabinet these past years and inject fresh blood capable of breeding life and making sense out of the rhetoric of change he has sold to the country for four years. Four years on, the President must have realised that a man cannot go beyond the quality of his company and would do well for himself and the country by engaging new company that can help him sharpen his vision and execute policies and programmes with dispatch. The President and his party, the All Progressives Congress, do not seem to have learnt much from the fiasco that the scramble for leadership in the 8th National Assembly imposed on the state and that is unfortunate. If they did, they would avoid the blatant insistence on the candidacy of just one of those who have
legitimately aspired for offices in the two chambers of the National Assembly without little room for consultation. Of course, by hook or by crook, the candidates of the party are likely to emerge and that is where President Buhari needs the most wisdom. When it happens, he must wean himself of that superiority complex, which bred the aloofness that dug the wide gulf between him and members of the 8th National Assembly. A frosty relationship that was both ill-advised and avoidable but central to the largely undistinguished performance of the administration in the first term that ends on May 29. It is doubtful that the President and his handlers have come to terms with how much they failed in the task of harnessing the resources within the grasp of the APC in 2015. A little over one week ago, Buhari, while addressing legislators-elect on the platform of his party, acknowledged the unhealthy relationship that existed between his executive and the outgoing National Assembly quite alright, but he habitually painted the picture that all the fault belongs to the other party. That is not just totally wrong but indicative of the type of self-introspection that would see him provide leadership needed for the next four years. In an article published on September 3, 2015, I had admonished as follows: “Another reason why the first 100 days is important is the belief that the President is able to have a good hold of the legislature within this period as altercations between both arms of government are common and usually become an impediment to the delivery of good governance. Second, in environments like ours where scheming for elections four years down the line starts in earnest after the conclusion of one, politicians do not have the luxury of time to go slow and steady. Unfortunately, this administration has not even started on that front. It has lost every opportunity to consummate a healthy relationship with the National Assembly, which is ironically led by the same APC!”
This counsel is still expedient today. In essence, no matter how the elections of principal officers for the National Assembly ends, the President must move like a statesman, bury every jot of self-righteous ego and rally everyone round to work for the country. The President must also address the frightening state of education in Nigeria frontally. When he was asked about plans to revamp primary education during one of the debates preceding the last elections, he conveniently situated the responsibilities for primary education and secondary education in the local and state governments respectively. Of course, his position which was based on the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and Nigeria’s federal structure is correct, but this country is in an emergency currently and extraordinary steps are needed to forestall the dangers ahead. With between 10.5 and 13 million Nigerian children are out of school, Nigeria runs the risk of breeding a whole generation of unlettered and uncultured people who are sure to unleash unprecedented anger on the country in future. Such evil will surpass any of the insurgency, kidnapping and other violent crimes that the country currently grapples with. And when that happens, it would rubbish any claim that the Buhari administration may lay to performance. The President must realise that the future of this country is not only in the building of infrastructure or the recovery of billions of dollars from those who have cheated the country. On the contrary, it is the proper education and preparation of the Nigerian child for the challenges that the future has in stock. The same argument goes for health care delivery. To start with, the President must repent of his penchant for medical tourism and lead a revolution for the revamp of the country’s health sector. Members of his current cabinet from the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, have displayed such abominable emotions like lack of will to perform and selective ignorance in the
past four years that the President cannot continue to condone. So, what does one expect of President Buhari on the education and health fronts? First, the appointment of honest and conscientious professionals to lead these two ministries. Second, the galvanisation of a national action on these fronts. Just like the education of a citizenry impacts one way or the other on the future of nations, their state of health impacts on the national productivity. The new Federal Government must therefore creatively utilise all possible platforms to ensure that Nigeria increases its capacity to deliver to its citizens. The country must address the gap in the education of its children and that is not just by the elaborate school feeding programme that this administration prides itself with. There is a need to review the national curriculum to produce employable young people as there is a also need to improve the training and welfare of teachers. As the National Health Council meets to ensure that the federation is one in the implementation of policies that would democratise access to quality healthcare, the President must deploy political initiatives that would encourage governors to prioritise these very important areas. Most importantly, President Buhari must be a father to all Nigerians. That “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody” soundbite Nigerians got from him in 2015 must now be seen rather than just said. He must give every Nigerian a sense of belonging in words and indeed. Regardless of what the government achieves in all other sectors, national integration, which can be established by the President’s conduct, is fundamental to the development of the country. The level of ethnic distrust, violence, hunger and despair across the country currently gives the Buhari administration a unique opportunity to redeem itself. My prayer is that the President finds the courage to do right by Nigeria, if only for the sake of his own legacy.
We must all be Fulani
Fredrick Nwabufo
Conspiracy theories are the palm oil of Nigeria’s politics. They give taste to falsehood, tension, fear and unrest. And often, they are ignorantly eaten, regurgitated and spewed by the unwary. On December 11, 2013, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a caustic missive entitled, ‘Before it is too late’, searing former President Jonathan and his administration. He alleged that Jonathan was “clannish” and that he was promoting an Ijaw agenda. He also alleged that the immediate past president was arming militants, and that he had pencilled down 1000 people for crucifixion. Obasanjo surmised that Jonathan was training a special killer squad like that of Abacha which would dispatch political opponents to the place yonder. Hear him: “…Allegation of keeping over 1000 people on political watch-list rather than criminal or security watch-list and training snipers and other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons to match for political purposes like Abacha and training them where Abacha trained his own killers….”
“Mr President would always remember that he was elected to maintain security for all Nigerians and protect them. And no one should prepare to kill or maim Nigerians for personal or political ambition or interest of anyone.” Obasanjo’s conspiracy theory turned out to be a hoax of cataclysmic proportions. But it became evident that he conjured this ruse from his pouch of tricks for political reasons, and that it was deployed in the desperation to get Jonathan out of office. Now, the former president suggests there is a “West African Fulanisation and Islamisation” agenda – by extension Nigeria. In his words: “It is now West African fulanisation, African islamisation and global organised crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change.” Conveniently, Obasanjo’s statement resonates with conspiracy theorists who have always accused the Buhari administration of promoting a Fulani and Islamist agenda.
One thing is clear, Nigeria is a deeply fractured country; so fractured that the ethnic group of the leadership and other nationalities will always be at one another’s jugular. In fact, there will always be recriminations and accusations of ethnic dominance for as long as the present unwieldy structure is propped up. As a matter of fact, fears of ethnic dominance are as old as Nigeria’s politics. It was one of the reasons for the 1966 coup; it was one of the reasons for the pogroms in the north; it was one of the reasons for the civil war, and it is the reason for the groundswell of conspiracy theories today. If tomorrow, there is a president of Igbo extraction; naturally, there will be accusations of “Igbonisation and Christianisation” of the whole country and institutions. This is how divided Nigeria is. However, there have been crimes – kidnapping and banditry – perpetrated by some persons of Fulani extraction across the country. But sadly, this criminality has been shaded as the “invasion and expansionism agenda of the Fulani”. Really, what has given voice
to this flawed theory is the ethnicity of the current leadership of the country. I think, it is injudicious to link these criminals to a grand plot of ethnic colonisation hatched by the government. However, I must admit, these suggestions have been enabled by the poor handling of the security challenge by the leadership. By and large, as I said in my interview on Newsday on BBC World News Service, London, in January, the Fulani common folk have been largely abandoned on the fringes of society for so long. Some of them are without knowledge of government or any institution. How do we integrate them into society? How do we make them functional members of society? We cannot keep ignoring and stereotyping them? We must think Fulani and understand that all Nigerians matter. We will only kindle the fire if we keep spinning theories of hate and fear. The Fulani herder who takes his cattle on a stroll in the field is not your enemy; your enemy are those who pit you against the herder, but sit in the national assembly raking in millions without making laws that will make the country workable.
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Buhari: How the elite hold Nigeria for selfish interest
Times Guest Columnist Tope Ajayi
I have heard and read about Elite Consensus and how it has been used at different epochs from time immemorial to save a society. In many countries of the world, the elite across the divides have had to work to change course of history and fortune of their nations for good. In South Africa, it was the elite Consensus that ended apartheid in 1990. It was elite consensus that ended slave trade and colonialism at different times in history. Barack Obama’s Presidency was made possible in America in 2008 because the elite in America decided to bring closure to long history of racial discrimination against the blacks. Germany reunification and tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was an outcome of elite consensus to apply a break and recreate a nation. Rwanda, the poster child of development in Africa is making steady progress because her own elite decided to chart a progressive path different from the ruinous Genocidal path of 1994. Sadly, Nigeria does not have elite who can unite and put all differences aside for the love of their country and for higher purpose national objective. The Nigerian elite is all about the pernicious pursuit of personal and group interests across social, economic, ethnic, political and religious spectrum. Three distinguished Nigerians, in their books, addressed this issue. Ambassador Olusola Sanu, in Audacity On The Bound, A Diplomatic Odyssey, touched on elite conspiracy against Nigeria in cahoots with foreign interests. Bishop Mattew Hassan Kukah in his book, Witness To Justice, brought a fresh perspective to the political and economic order in Nigeria, social justice, especially, in matters of Ogoni, Niger-Delta and other stressed points. Bishop Kukah recasts the Ogoni crisis in different light and at the end of the day, Ken Saro Wiwa did not smell nice at all. He was in real sense not the Hero and Saint the Civil Society, Human Rights Communities, the media – both local and foreign projected him to be. General Ibrahim Babangida, commissioned a Venerable Journalist, Dan Agbese to write his Biography. In ‘Ibrahim Babangida: The Military, Politics and Power in Nigeria’, Dan Agbese was very unflattering. He was very penetrating and piercing in his revelation of the Babangida administration and the underbelly of the elite’s gang rape of mother Nigeria. Agbese was very instructive in his construction of the way the elite operate in Nigeria from 1960 till date. Same pattern. Same entrenched interests control the civil society, media, Academia, religion and ethnic cleavages. All the elite care about is their economic interest and they will bring down any government that moves against their economic interests. By the time Buhari took over on December 31, 1983, Nigeria had a Foreign Reserves that could not fund one week import. The country was defaulting in paying its foreign creditors. Letters of Credit from Nigeria were no longer accepted abroad. Shagari administration had crashed the country. Factories were closing down due to lack of raw materials and spare parts importation. Shagari was negotiating IMF Bailout Loan with all the conditionalities and was about signing when the Military sacked him. Buhari inherited the mess and got himself with his team immersed in cleaning the Augean Stable. The Buhari administration was clear on its objectives. The business and political elites excesses and waywardness that crashed the country in 4years under Shagari will be tamed. All their enabling sub and super structures in Trade Union, Media, Traditional, Religion and ethnic constructs will not be tolerated. No distraction from these quarters will be allowed according to Buhari. He set to work. First, the Buhari administration rejected IMF loan and all the conditionalities Shagari was ready to sign. The administration had solid Cabinet with men like Professor Gambari, Professor David-West, Dr. Onaolapo Soleye as the Finance Minister among others. To avert
total shut down of the economy, the government introduced Counter Trading with key Trading partners. Since Nigeria does not have Foreign Reserves to finance importation of Raw materials and other essential commodities, Nigeria will give crude oil to certain trading partners and they will give Nigeria identified industrial raw materials, industrial machines, spare parts and other commodities. Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and Organised Private Sector players will tell government all they need. Government will then do counter trading to get them. It was a measure to solve a chronic economic problem instead of IMF loan. The administration promulgated Decree 2 to regulate the press and also Drug Trafficking Decree with death penalty. Within 3 months, the elite saw that Buhari administration will not play ball. They were set to replace it. They started using Trade Union especially ASUU, NBA, NMA, Media, CAN etc to mount campaign against the administration and all the policies. It didn’t matter that the Buhari administration was paying off the debt and obligations he inherited from Shagari’s administration. It didn’t matter the administration was given monthly update and briefing on the state of the economy. The Media and Civil Society were unleashed against the administration that was resetting the country. According to Agbase in IBB’s Biography, everything the media, civil society, the business class, NLC, CAN, ASUU, NBA, used against the Buhari Military administration, IBB did worse yet no whimper from same set of people and groups. Within 20 months, sufficient damage had been done to the Buhari administration and the populace had been turned against the government. It was designed by the elite as a pretext for the IBB Coup in 1985. Ambassador Sanu wrote how as Nigeria’s Ambassador to United States, dubious American business men will fly into Lagos and got mouth-watering deals in collaboration with local business men/women and politicians. Even the basic check with the Mission in Washington to run a check on these companies to be sure of their provenance would be ignored just because of personal interest of individuals. The country was committed and paid millions of dollars in many dubious transactions. IBB came to a rapturous public eureka! Nigerians have seen the end of an unsmiling and ‘wicked’ Buhari and Idiagbon. Welcome to a new Nigeria. First, IBB spurned the title of Head of State which previous military rulers from Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi used. He called himself President. He repealed Decree 2 to seduce the media and abolished the Anti drug trafficking Decree to get public applause. One of the main reasons for IBB’s move against Buhari according to Agbase in the Biography was the Counter Trade Policy. IBB and his boys in the Military felt Buhari and Idiagbon and some people were making so much money from the deal without them. They have got some Economic experts to discredit the policy when Buhari was Head of State. Agbase wrote that IBB did many and more things NigAs President Buhari prepares for his second tenure, he owes it to himself and future generation to ensure he sees to the end many of his good programmes and policies in areas of revamping critical infrastructure, deepen industrialisation and continue with programmes to diversify the economy. This, he will be able to do with smarter Cabinet and Advisers than the outgoing cabinet. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government will focus more on education in the second tenure by working more with the States. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu announced earlier this week that National Secondary School Commission will be created. I don’t know how this will help education and if it won’t be another bureaucracy. Whichever way, education should get better attention at Primary and Secondary levels in Buhari’s second term in office.
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ASUU and the threat of another strike Barely three months after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its strike, the union again on Thursday, May 23, threatened to embark on another strike over Federal Government’s failure to keep its own side of the bargain with regards to the 2019 Memorandum of Action. ASUU’s national president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi said that the N25 billion which the Federal Government, through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said it had approved for the union was meant to be a part-payment of the Earned Academic Allowances is yet to be released. Going by the reports, while ASUU points to poor funding of education and the Federal Government’s failure to adhere to previous agreements as their reasons for embarking on industrial action, ProGovernment positions are of the views that the era education is solely funded by the government has gone while some Nigerians with critical interest lampoon ASUU’s reasons for embarking on strike action as vague, misleading, and overused propaganda designed to unduly gain sympathy from students, parents and the general public in their fight for private benefits. However, whatsoever the true position may be, the stunning thing about this ‘cat and mouse’ relationship’ between ASUU and the Federal Government lies in its frequencies coupled with the fact that it is happening at a period when other nations are redoubling their emphasis in the funding education sector and when education is presently considered the world over as ‘an extremely valuable strategy for solving many of the society’s ills. Admittedly, it is an unhappy truth that the government cannot single-handedly fund education in the country a case that makes it a collective responsibility for all Nigerians/corporate organisations. But the inability of the same government to comply with agreements reached with ASUU as claimed by the body, in addition to their age-long indifference to the United Nations budgetary recommendation for education, has become grievous offences that the Federal Government must share in its guilt. Consequentially, Nigerians with discerning minds have expressed worries that except something urgent is done to arrest the situation, these agonizing national crises may perpetually keep Nigeria which hitherto prides itself as the giant of Africa at the base of the economic pyramid. These worries cannot be described as unfounded because aside the visible marginalisation of the budgetary allocation to education in the nation’s
2018 budget, the statement credited to ASSU that they ‘met with the Minister of Education in line with their tradition to honour all invitations with openness to meaningful discussion of issues contained in their demand, but observed that nothing concrete has come out of the meetings as it was still a projection of their talking’ culture,’ evidently remains a reality that all should worry about. Sadly, while exhibiting character, a point that the Federal Government failed to remember is that this habit of ignoring a group such as ASUU in the past has crystallized the Nigerian workers’ resolve to fight back at the Federal Government - who they now view as their common enemy. In the same token, wisdom borne from similar ‘reluctant respect’ to agreements by the government has made not just ASUU but the entire Nigerian workers to learn that concession made by the Nigerian civil servants are always irretrievable and whatever they concede, they lose forever. This, no doubt, is the reason why negotiation between government and civil servants has become difficult if not impossible. It is important for the Government to recognise that globally ‘the relationship between employers/ employees is always strained, always headed toward conflict. It is a natural conflict built into the system. Unions do not strike on a whim or use the strike to show off their strength. They look on strikes as costly and disturbing, especially for workers and their families. Strikes are called as last resort’. And any government that fails to manage this delicate relationship profitably or fails to develop a cordial relationship with the workers becomes an enemy of not just the workers but that of the open society and, its society will sooner than later find itself degenerate into a chaos. Viewed differently, it is not as if the Federal Government has not at different times and places taken appreciable steps to improve the lots of the nation’s tertiary institutions with their various intervention programmes such as the TETFUND- a consolidated fund for capital projects in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria - that have accounted for the building of lecture halls, labs, hostels, offices, and other physical structures in the tertiary institutions across the country. That notwithstanding, if nothing urgent is done to correct this human tragedy called incessant industrial actions on the nation’s tertiary institutions, it has the capacity to render the efforts of the government in the time past useless.
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650m people to live without electricity in 2030 - Report Joseph Inokotong, Abuja
An estimated 650 million people have been projected not to have access to electricity in 2030 despite significant progress made in recent years. The report explains that nine out of 10 of those people lacking access to power will be living in sub-Saharan Africa. This projection is contained in a new report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The report states that more people have access to electricity than before, but the world is falling short of sustainable energy goals. According to the new report, despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030. “Ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 remains possible, but will require more sustained efforts, particularly to reach some of the world’s poorest populations and to improve energy sustainability,” the
report stated. It pointed out that notable progress has been made on energy access in recent years, with the number of people living without electricity dropping to roughly 840 million from 1 billion in 2016 and 1.2 billion in 2010. India, Bangladesh, Kenya and Myanmar are among countries that made the most progress since 2010, the report disclosed. “However, without more sustained and stepped-up actions, 650 million people will still be left without access to electricity in 2030. Nine out of 10 of them will be living in sub-Saharan Africa,” the report further said. The report also shows that great efforts have been made to deploy renewable energy technology for electricity generation and to improve energy efficiency across the world. Nonetheless, it states that access to clean cooking solutions and the use of renewable energy in heat generation and transport are still lagging far behind the goals. “Maintaining and extending the pace of progress in all regions and sectors will require stronger political commitment, long-term energy planning, increased private financing and adequate policy and fiscal incentives to spur faster deployment of new technologies,” the report
added. The report tracks global, regional and country progress on the three targets of SDG7, namely access to energy and clean cooking, renewable energy and energy efficiency and identifies priorities for action and best practices that have proven successful in helping policymakers, and development partners understand what is needed to overcome challenges. On access to electricity, the report pointed out that “following a decade of steady progress, the global electrification rate reached 89 percent and 153 million people gained access to electricity each year. “However, the biggest challenge remains in the most remote areas globally and in sub-Saharan Africa where 573 million people still live in the dark. “To connect the poorest and hardest to reach households, off-grid solutions, including solar lighting, solar home systems and increasingly mini grids will be crucial. Globally, at least 34 million people in 2017 gained access to basic electricity services through off-grid technologies.” The report also reinforces the importance of reliability and affordability for sustainable energy access.
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Short News Obi charges Matawalle, others work for Zamfara people Tunde Opalana, Abuja The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election Peter Obi has urged the Governor-elect of Zamfara state, Dr. Bello Mohammad Matawelle, National Assembly and state legislators to see their victory as a challenge to work and to uplift their state. Obi said in a congratulatory message to the governor- elect that God must have a reason why it has to be him that should take the mandate of the people of the embattled state now. He said in a statement from his media office in Abuja on Saturday that the fallout from Zamfara state should teach politicians a lesson that God has the final say on who gets what position. The former governor of Anambra state told the victorious Zamfara state leaders that the security situation of the state at this time throws up a huge challenge to them to go and resolve. Obi said that being a beneficiary of the rule of law they should do everything while in office to uphold the sanctity of the judiciary as critical component in a democracy. He also had some words of commendation for the judiciary for always being there to right the wrongs of politicians which is why the system created separation of powers. Obi finally urged politicians to see the fallout from Zamfara as a reason to believe in the supremacy of God in their political struggle for political positions.
APC chides INEC for arresting staff with 4 card readers in A’Ibom Isaac Job, Uyo The Akwa Ibom state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has lambasted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resident electoral commissioner in the state and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the arrest of its staff found with four card readers few months after the general elections. Addressing a press conference in Uyo at the weekend titled: “What will Mike Igini say this time?” the Chairman of the APC in Akwa Ibom state, Ini Okopido said the arrest of the INEC staff with the card readers after the elections has vindicated his party of all its claims that the electoral umpire colluded with PDP to rig the elections. “First, we wish to thank the police for their diligence and hard work in making this arrest which has undoubtedly brought to the fore dubious machinations of INEC under Mike Igini. We believe that the card readers found with Ejike Nwankwo were some of those pre-loaded card readers used in rigging the elections in favour of the PDP and Udom Emmanuel,” the APC chairman said. Okopido said since the arrest of the INEC staff, the commission has tried to give flimsy explanations on the illegal possession of the devices by their staff, adding that such excuses were not only laughable, but ridiculous and full of lies. “We have read the press release issued by INEC in Uyo desperately trying to explain the illegal possession of these devices by their staff. Their
explanation is laughable, ridiculous and full of lies,” he added. He said one of the explanations of INEC on the matter was that the suspect Nwankwo used the card readers to train ad hoc staff before the election after which he (Nwankwo) fell sick and could not return the machines. Okopido queried why the suspect did not call his colleagues in the information technology department of INEC to retrieve the equipment and wondered what he was doing with such sensitive election material in secret. “The lies told by INEC are too glaring. We request Akwa Ibom people to discountenance these fabricated tissues of lies by INEC and we request the police to get to the bottom of this stranger-than-fiction drama,” Okopido added. He accused the PDP and Akwa Ibom state government of mounting pressure on the police to suppress the case and warned PDP chieftains to desist from insulting Senator Godswill Akpabio as many of them were beneficiaries of his generosity. It would be recalled that the Akwa Ibom state police command last week paraded a staff of INEC, Ejike Nwankwo for allegedly been in possessing of four card readers in his car. Since then, the APC and PDP have been engaged in a war of words, alleging that the card readers were used to rig the 2019 general elections in the state. But, INEC in a press statement said the card readers were used to train ad hoc staff for the 2019 general elections.
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SARO AGRO SCIENCES LIMITED
AGRICULTURAL HERBICIDE: GOBARA 1L, UPROOT 1L, SELECT 1L
24-May-19
315.00
98,000.00
2
SARO AGRO SCIENCES LIMITED
AGRICULTURAL HERBICIDE: GOBARA 1L, UPROOT 1L, SELECT 1L
24-May-19
315.00
516,995.74
3
SARO AGRO SCIENCES LIMITED
AGRICULTURAL HERBICIDE: GOBARA 1L, UPROOT 1L, SELECT 1L
23-May-19
357.60
50,000.00
4
MINL LIMITED
SPARE PARTS - BLOCK FOR UNCOILER
23-May-19
357.60
860.00
5
ROYAL POWER AND ENERGY LIMITED
CKD INVERTER SYSTEM IN SETS
23-May-19
357.60
30,600.00
6
SARO AGRO SCIENCES LIMITED
AGRICULTURAL HERBICIDE: GOBARA 1L, UPROOT 1L, SELECT 1L
23-May-19
357.60
50,000.00
7
DE UNITED FOODS INDUSTRIES LIMITED
SEASONING FOR SPECIALIZED AND FRANCHISED(INSTANT NOODLES)
23-May-19
357.60
50,000.00
8
NATURAL PRIME RESOURCES NIGERIA LIMITED
SODIUM CARBONATE (DENS), ACUTEX, ODORIFEROUS SUBSTANCE , OPTICAL BRIGHTENER DMS, ENZY006S
23-May-19
357.60
80,000.00
9
LUCKY FIBRES LIMITED
SYNTHETIC FILAMENT TOW (ACRYLIC ACRA III)
23-May-19
357.60
323.28
10
VIK INDUSTRIES LIMITED
RAW MATERIAL - PP COPOLYMER
23-May-19
357.60
900.00
11
VIK INDUSTRIES LIMITED
PROPYLENE COPOLYMER, POLYPROPYLENE & LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
23-May-19
357.60
727.50
12
ROYAL POWER AND ENERGY LIMITED
CKD INVERTER SYSTEM IN SETS
23-May-19
357.60
7,100.00
13
SUNRISE PRODUCTS LIMITED
EXXONMOBIL ENABLE 4002 MC PLASTIC RAW MATERIAL
23-May-19
357.60
28,014.25
14
SUNRISE PRODUCTS LIMITED
NORTEK XN03DA-02 CALCIUM CARBONATE
23-May-19
357.60
25,000.00
15
SUNRISE PRODUCTS LIMITED
RAW MATERIAL FOR INDUSTRIES. ARTIFICIALRESINS. LDPE SABIC HP2023JN
23-May-19
357.60
11,840.00
16
SUNRISE PRODUCTS LIMITED
RAW MATERIAL FOR INDUSTRY ARTIFICIAL RESINS
23-May-19
357.60
21,094.97
17
CBN
WHOLESALE RETURNS
23-May-19
356.86
143,540.00
18
DE UNITED FOODS INDUSTRIES LIMITED
SEASONING FOR SPECIALIZED AND FRANCHISED(INSTANT NOODLES)
23-May-19
357.60
50,000.00
19
SACVIN NIGERIA LIMITED
PP HOMOPOLYMER HRV140
23-May-19
357.60
1,320.00
20
BSV INDUSTRIES LIMITED
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
23-May-19
357.60
223,680.00
21
CBN
WHOLESALE RETURNS
23-May-19
356.86
225,000.00
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STERLING BANK
24-May-19
314.50
614,995.74
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CBN
23-May-19
357.10
1,000,000.00
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TOTAL AMOUNT
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AVERAGE AMOUNT
1,614,995.74 807,497.87
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Anambra sets up panel to probe Onitsha building collapse Nkiru Nwagbo, Awka The Anambra state government has set up panel to probe the recent collapse of a four -storey building under construction at the commercial city of Onitsha. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Don Adinuba, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Awka, said that government has charged the panel among other things to find out both the immediate and remote causes of the building failure, the calibre of personnel and quality of materials used as well as verify the approval granted by the appropriate regulatory body. According to Adinuba, determining the cause(s) of the building collapse will go a long way
to prevent similar occurrences in the state, asserting that “this is part of the overall strategy to make sure Anambra remains the safest and most peaceful state in Nigeria. “Governor Willie Obiano has stated that members of the panel will be drawn fromthe Nigerian Institute of Building, the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Anambra Raw Materials Testing Laboratory and the State Emergency Management Agency as well as the police. “The government of Anambra state regrets that the collapse of the building at 9, Ezenwa Street, Onitsha, that led to the death of two persons, including the site engineer. We condole with the families and friends of the victims. The state government will underwrite the medical bills of victims who are receiving treatment in the hospital.”
He added that the state government appreciates the efforts of individuals and organizations that worked tirelessly to save the lives of victims of the building failure and ensure that the incident did not result in chaos. “We thank individual volunteers, the police, the National Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Federal Radio Safety Corps, the Anambra state Road Traffic Agency, the State Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross as well as the Anambra state Road Maintenance Agency for their heroic roles. “These individuals and organizations demonstrate continually that we are a caring society. This is in keeping with our philosophy and tradition of being your brother’s keeper,” Adinuba stated.
Short News Imo transition committee to submit report to Ihedioha today
The Imo state Transition Technical Committee will today May 27 submit its report to the state Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha at the Protea Hotel, New Owerri. The submission of the report according to a release by the Secretary of the committee, Mazi Chinedu Okpareke, follows the completion of its report in line with the mandate of the governorelect. Expressing confidence that the governor-elect will pay serious consideration to the report, the Chairman of the committee, Ernest Ebi, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said his confidence is built around Ihedioha’s zeal for the rebuilding and transformation of Imo state towards realising the collective dreams of the people of the state. Mazi Okpareke noted that the focus of the report drafted by an assemblage of technocrats, captains of industry, policy makers and accomplished public servants drawn from all socio-economic sectors in Nigeria, is to present the current assessment of the state and recommend short and long term actions for the smooth take-off of the incoming government and successful delivery of dividends of good and responsive governance to the people of Imo.
Niger trains 400 youth on plastic bottle building Saka Bolaji, Minna Arrangements have been concluded for the training of about 400 youth from Niger state in the areas of plastic bottle building and save stoves at the cost of N316, 800, 000 to reduce youth restiveness in the society. State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Samaila Ibrahim disclosed this when he fielded question from journalists at the end of the state executive council meeting. Ibrahim added that it has secured N38, 112, 000 to commence pilot scheme of 50 beneficiaries to include starter packs provision because the success of the pilot scheme will determine the plan of training 1,000 youth every year. Also, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammad Dukku announced the procurement of 20, 000 metric tonnes of fertilizer for sale and distribution at government approved price of N5, 500 per bag. Dukku said that the exercise will soon be flagged -off by Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello, stating that the state government is partnering with Morris Fertilizer Company for the distribution of the fertilizers. In another development, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Danjuma Sallau stated that the state government is planning to construct two kilometres of roads in all the headquarters of the 25 local governments in the state.
Bayelsa: Group tasks parties on internal democracy Akam James, Yenagoa
L-R: Former Nigeria President, and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; IITA Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, and Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi during the commissioning of projects in IITA, Saturday.
Olujimi denies mocking Fayose/Eleka over Supreme Court verdict Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti Senate Minority Leader and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Biodun Olujimi has described a statement being circulatedon social media that she mocked former Governor Ayo Fayose and his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka over the Supreme Court verdict on the Ekiti state governorship election as the mischievous conjecture and figment of the imagination of the writer. Sen. Olujimi, who described the purported statement as embarrassing said that “such statement can be easily affirmed as a figment of the imagination of
the writer and his cohorts and a miscalculated attempt to fan the embers of discord within the PDP.” A statement signed by Olujim’s Special Assistant on Media, Chief Sanya Atofarati and made available to Daily Times on Sunday said, the alleged statement is aimed at causing division within the PDP in the state. “For me, considering my very busy schedule l would not have dignified these rants with any response, but in the overall interest of the unsuspecting citizens whom this statement might mislead, hence, the need to set the records straight. “It is on record that Sen. Biodun Olujimi’s efforts in uniting the party have been commended at all levels and could never have issued
such a disuniting statement through a traditional leader of repute. “Also, prior to the governorship election, Sen. Olujimi did not only spend her personal resources to mobilize and ensure the success of the party in the governorship election, but also rallied across the 16 local government areas and the 171 political wards of Ekiti state with the Prof. Olusola Eleka whom she has always enjoyed smooth relationship with. “The general public, especially PDP members are hereby urged to disregard such statement and see it as one orchestrated by agents of political blackmailers out to malign the hard earned reputation of sportsmanship built over the years by Olujimi,” the statement added.
A socio-political group, The Bayelsa Consolidation Movement has appealed to the various political parties in the state to deepen internal democracy within their respective parties, as the state prepares for the conduct of the governorship election in the state. The group advised that transparency, fairness and equity should be upheld by the parties in their choice of gubernatorial candidates. The group made the appeal during a press briefing for the official reintroduction of the group at the Seisei Ikoli Press Centre, Yenagoa, at the weekend. Addressing the media, Director General of the group, Tony Ere, further stated that the zoning formula needs to be adhered to by the parties, as it was the turn of Bayelsa Central to produce the next governor. “We call on the political parties to strongly consider the principle of zoning in choosing their flag -bearers. We are also of the view that the central senatorial district, made up of Southern-Ijaw, Kolokuma/ Opokuma and Yenagoa Local Government Areas should produce the contenders. “Also, Southern-Ijaw which produced the first civilian governor should concede the privilege by allowing the remaining local government areas to produce the next governor,” he stated. The group however, stated that after assessing all those interested in the governorship race, even though the various aspirants are qualified and competent to hold the office, one man stands out in the person of Reuben Okoya.
Saraki mourns ex- police minister, Lame Tunde Opalana, Abuja
Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed sadness over the death of a former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, described the late Lame as an astute educationist, parliamentarian and a patriotic Nigerian who played leading roles in the socio-political development of the country. “Senator Lame was a man of many parts. He rose from humble beginnings into national limelight. His contributions to the upliftment of the nation’s education, party politics and the Nigeria Police remain legendary. We shall all miss him,” Saraki stated. He stated that the Bauchi-born politician would be remembered for his humility, hard work and philanthropy. The Senate president commiserated with the immediate family of the deceased and the government and people of Bauchi state over the painful and irreparable loss. He prayed that the Almighty Allah grants the deceased a place among the righteous in Aljannah firdaus and his loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss.
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ITF trains over 450, 000 youths in 2 years - DG Short News Saka Bolaji, Minna
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), an interministerial agency of the federal government has trained and equipped over 450, 000 Nigeria youth nationwide in the last two years. Of these numbers, over 650 youth from Niger state benefitted from the training programmes. This was made known by the ITF Director - General, Joseph Ari, at the closing ceremony of the National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP) held at the Idris Legbo Kutigi Conference Centre, Minna, Niger state at the weekend. He said the skill development programme was one of the numerous skill acquisition intervention programmes introduced and implemented by the ITF to facilitate the achievement of the present administration’s policy on job and wealth creation. The programme, he further stated focuses on skill acquisition to create jobs to stem the unemployment rate and breed a new generation of entrepreneurs in order to transform the economic landscape of the country. Ari restated that the commitment of the fund to skill acquisition was based on the fact that “it
is the most sustainable solution to combating unemployment, reducing poverty and youth restiveness in the country.” The director general noted that it is incontrovertible that any society that neglects the development of its human capital is bound to retrogress in terms of growth and development. “In Nigeria, the situation is especially worrisome as even in the face of existing vacancies in several sectors of the nation’s economy, as revealed by surveys conducted by the fund and other organizations, several youth still roam the streets without any form of gainful employment, thereby giving rise to crime and other social vices that beset the nation,” he said. Ari assured that the ITF was determined to change the negative consequences by supporting the federal and Niger state governments by initiating consequential skills acquisition programmes. The ITF, he said consider the graduation ceremony as a giant steps in achieving its target with the benefitting participants presented with start -up kits. According to him, the target is to vigorously work to equip Nigerians with lifelong skills in the agriculture, construction, transport and services sectors that were identified by
the survey to have greater potentials for job creation. Beneficiaries of the skill development programme were trained in welding and fabrication, plumbing and pipe- fitting, tailoring, aluminium, tiling, plaster of Paris (POP) as well as photography. In his goodwill message, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Ahmed Marafa, noted that the communities, states and nation depend on the youth, lamenting that vast majority of the nation’s youth are unskilled and unemployed. He commended the ITF in its drive to train the youth, empower them with the necessary skills and equip them with the necessary start -up tools to contribute more positively to the economy of their localities. The speaker who was represented the Chairman, House Committee on Youth Employment, Isah Mohammed, however, advised that the ITF should collaborate more with state legislatures as representatives of the people. He said the legislators were in the best position to identify youth that deserve the kind of training the ITF offers, adding that it’s vital to monitor, assess and evaluate the trainees after graduation to ensure that the graduates apply the skills and tools acquired to good use and go further to train more youth in their localities.
Police arrest 43 suspects in Bauchi Samuel Luka, Bauchi The Bauchi state Police Command said it has arrested 43 suspected criminals for offences ranging from banditry, kidnapping, drug abuse and armed robbery since the assumption of office by the new Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani. The police commissioner stated that out of the 43 suspects arrested, eight have been convicted, while 35 others are awaiting trial, adding that the police has launched a new strategy to improve security in the state. Speaking during the launch of the sectoral community policing in Bauchi, Sani said the command would oversee 42 operational/patrol sectors for effective joint patrols by the police and volunteer outfits in Bauchi metropolis. He stated that sectorization of community policing is necessary to ensure that only people from a community are engaged in policing the people. According to him, the partnership would be proactive, preventive in orientation and conducted within the context of public ownership.
Association distributes inputs to over 40, 000 Niger rice farmers Saka Bolaji, Minna The Niger state Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has flaggedoff the dry and wet season distribution of inputs under the 2019 CBN Anchor Borrowers Scheme to over 40, 000 farmers in the state. Chairman of RIFAN in the state, Alhaji Idris Abini speaking at the flag off ceremony in Makunkele, Bosso Local Government warned the benefiting farmers that the distribution of the inputs is not free, but as loans to be repaid. Abini applauded the kind gesture of the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, who gave agriculture the desired priority and for te prompt release of funds and inputs which he assured will be distributed to actual farmers in the state. He lamented the lackadaisical attitude of some farmers in the repayment of loans to enable other farmers benefit from the scheme, disclosing that N20 million has been recovered from the 2018 beneficiaries of the programme. The Central Bank representative, Hajiya Hassana Mohammed in her remarks charged the benefiting farmers to repay their loans promptly, explaining that anchor borrowers scheme is the federal government’s policy of ensuring economic growth in the nation. The state Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Nuhu Dukku commended the foresight of the federal government in initiating the scheme as agriculture is the only alternative to oil for economic growth.
Aiteo pledges N500m support to Bayelsa education fund Akam James, Yenagoa The management of Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company has bemoaned the frequent sabotage of the 97 kilometre Nembe Creek Trunkline linking its oilfields in Bayelsa state to the Bonny Export Terminal. Managing Director of Aiteo, Mr. Victor Okoronkwo, expressed the concern of the oil firm during a fund raising ceremony for the Bayelsa Educational Development Trust Fund in Yenagoa. It will be recalled that the 150,000 barrels per day export pipeline which evacuates crude oil from Bayelsa for export has been shut down intermittently three times since March and is currently shut due to another breach on April 21 which led to death of six vandals. Okoronkwo, who represented the founder of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters pledged a N500 million donation to the education trust fund, L-R, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk with Dr Mohammed Isa-Dutse during the Inauguration of the declaring that Aiteo shares the aspirations of the Bayelsa state government under Gov. Seriake Dickson to use education as a tool to fight youth Steering Committee of Project Lighthouse in Abuja, weekend. restiveness. He noted that the oil firm was elated at the pledge of the state government to provide an enabling environment for the operations of the oil firm.
Court remands alleged child trafficker in prison Isaac Job, Uyo
An Uyo Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Effiong Effiong has remanded a middle-aged woman, Miss Adiaesup Okon Etukudoh in prison for alleged child trafficking. Adiaesup is alleged to be a member of a syndicate of human trafficking gang now at large that specializes in using fake pregnancies and newly born children as a ploy to extort money from top politicians in the state who have shared close relationship with them. Investigations revealed that some of the politicians have been subjected to blackmail for fear of public ridicule in their extra -marital affairs and remained enslaved financially by the syndicate. But, the shady deals of Adiaesup were blown open when she attempted to trap another top government aide in her
machinations landed her in trouble. The magistrate while remanding the suspect in Uyo Prison directed that the two children must be brought to the court at the next adjourned date. It was learnt that trouble started for Adiaesup when she claimed to be pregnant for a senior aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel and demanded for N400, 000 from the aide for her and the babies upkeep. Sources disclosed that the politician ignored her request forcing her to cause a stir at the residence of the governor’s aide as she was denied entry into the compound with the twins. She was however, arrested after being tricked by the politician’s lawyer under the pretext of giving a cheque a check for the upkeep of the children. Police sources say that the lady does not show any evidence of having undergone ante-natal services in any hospital, failed
to disclose the hospital where she was delivered of the children and refused a DNA test to ascertain the children’s paternity. Our correspondent gathered that the officers investigating the matter want to get to the root of the matter by ensuring that the actual parents of the two children in the middle of the drama are located to unravel how their children found their way into the custody of the suspect. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Mcdon said the police have investigated the matter and had charged the suspected child trafficker to court. “As I am talking to you, we have finished our investigation and hands off the matter, the suspect has been charged to court. Her fate will be decided there; it is no longer within us and I will not comment further on the matter since it is now in court” he concluded.
Niger builds 20 -bed female hostel IBBU, Lapai Saka Bolaji, Minna The Niger state government has approved the utilization of N110 million proceed from the sale of City Centre Mall building to build a 20 -beds female hostel at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Commerce and Investment, Alhaji Mohammed Mundi when he briefed newsmen, on the outcome of the last council meeting at Government House, Minna He said that the Niger state Development Company (NSDC) has been directed to handle the project and its commercial operations for 25 years at the cost of N110, 722, 200 before it will be handed over to the university authority, adding that the building will consist of 20 rooms with four beds per room. Mundi explained that the university authority will take charge of the provision of road network, security services, water and power supply and others for the smooth running of the hostel. Meanwhile, the state government has reviewed the ongoing two and half kilometre road construction at Bosso Estate from an initial N289, 820, 750, 31 to capture culverts and drainages with additional N189, 786, 351, 23. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Zakari Haliru Jikantoro said that the variation became necessary to ensure standard and durability of the project.
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ANSAA to prosecute culprits for unpaid obituary/marriage banners, posters Stories by John Ndu,
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Awka Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) has declared that henceforth all obituary and marriage banners as well as all manner of posters not accredited by the agency will be prosecuted in the court of law. The agency noted with utmost dismay the indiscriminate and uncultured manner of pasting announcements at various locations across the state without due processes from the agency. Managing Director of the state signage and advertisement agency, Sir Jude Emecheta, said it was most pathetic and worrisome the way people by-passed the agency to erect signage without due
remittance to the state coffers. Emecheta, who spoke with our correspondent in Awka, at the weekend, concerning the agency’s 2019 strategic goals, maintained that the state government has lost over N300 million to revenue defaulters in the state, stressing that the agency was poised to recover all debts owed the state government through court processes. He said that the agency has tried to partner local authorities like the President-Generals as it concerns obituaries and marriages but expressed worry that the local authorities were not forthcoming as many thought the state government has opened a revenue source for them to enrich themselves. According to him, the agency has obtained court order to prosecute about 300 persons from Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka over tax default. He, however, made case for revenue courts to be operational in the state
to enable the agency to intensify its revenue drive for the state government through the revenue courts. Emecheta, who disclosed that the signage and advertisement agency projected about N500 million as its 2019 target, expressed confidence that the agency might surpass the projection for this year should everything go according to plan, pointing out that government required financial resources to execute its developmental programmes. The ANSAA boss recalled that electioneering activities of last year really affected revenue drive as most politicians were reluctant to make remittances to the agency because they were not sure if the pendulum would swing in their directions. He further disclosed that politicians and some other individuals who declined paying taxes during the elections would be compelled to pay or face prosecution.
He maintained that the major challenge facing the agency at the moment was to get officials of the agency re-orientated as well as instill discipline and civility in them to aid them in the discharge of their duties and obligations. He said they were re-engineering to open up more revenue windows and wider scope for the state government to source revenue for its projects just as he said also that the state government would not rely on federal allocations but on its Internally Generated Revenue. Emecheta said the agency was planning a workshop for its workers on best practices on revenue collection and that the agency was developing more areas to source funds for the state government while urging the people to make their payments in the banks and desist from cash transactions with anybody.
APGA state congresses: Norbert Obi, other executives re-elected in Anambra
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (right) presenting a Certificate of Recognition to the newly elected traditional ruler of Ihiala, HRH Igwe Thomas Obidiegwu, (Oluoha XVII & the Clan Head of Ihiala Kingdom) ( centre left), at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia.
No party can stop APGA from ruling Anambra - Ifeanya
The state secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Barrister Tony Ifeanya, says no political party can stop APGA from taking firm control of Anambra State. He said that at the end of Governor Willie Obiano’s second term in office, it would be 16 years APGA has continued to deliver democracy dividends in Anambra State. Ifeanya’s confidence in APGA retaining Anambra State was borne out of a statement credited to the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, one Basil Ejidike, who purportedly stated that APC would end APGA’s rule in Anambra State. The state secretary of APGA who spoke to our correspondent at the weekend in an exclusive interview at the party secretariat, Government House, Awka, stressed that the APC chairman was building castle in the air as well as day-dreaming because he believes that APC has no root in Anambra State.
He said: “The chairman of APC is a dreamer because no party can boast of pushing APGA aside in Anambra State because we have over the years consolidated our hold on Anambra State because of our good performance. “Peter Obi served two terms in APGA and he did very well. We have been here since 2006 and by the time Obiano completes his second tenure, we would have been 16 years in the governance of Anambra State.” According to him, ex-Governor Peter Obi did a good job and handed over to Governor Willie Obiano who he said was currently doing a better job judging from his pragmatic approach to human and infrastructural development. Ifeanya pointed out that the third phase of Governor Willie Obiano’s N20 million community choose-your-project scheme was currently in progress across the state. He said the first and second phases of the grassroots development initiative had been completed across Anambra and that every
community could now boast of indigenous projects built by them courtesy of the state government’s grassroots development initiative. The APGA chieftain also took cognisance of the fact that agricultural revolution was ongoing in the state and that Obiano’s dogged approach to security of lives and property in Anambra was second to none because he disclosed that the governor was currently rated the best security conscious governor in Africa. He said: “Anambrarians have crossed the red sea and they can never go back to Egypt again. Any attempt for them to set us back will be resisted because we are seeing the dividends of democracy under APGA and the Governor is willingly working.” The former local government chairman of Ayamelum noted that Anambra is the headquarters of the APGA and that the party could not afford to relinquish its hold to any other political party let alone the APC.
Former Executive members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State have been reelected for another term with some minor changes at the just concluded Congress of the party. The Congress which took place at Professor Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre Awka attracted major APGA stakeholders in the state, delegates from the twenty-one local government areas, as well as other government functionaries. Speaking shortly after the Congress, the re-elected State Chairman of the party, Sir Nobert Obi, while appreciating party faithful for the confidence they reposed in him, assured of more commitment to the progress of the party. Also, the re-elected State Secretary of the party, Mr. Tony Ifeanya, who commended the credibility of the Congress, maintained that he will ensure that the peace and progress the party is enjoying is sustained. Congratulating the re-elected executive members, the member elect for Anambra East and West Federal constituency, at the National Assembly, Chief Chinedu Obidigwe, who charged them to show greater commitment to the overall well-being of the party, noted that the second opportunity given to them was as a result of their wonderful performances during their first term in office. On their parts, the Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Mike Okonkwo and his Commerce, Trade, Market and Wealth Creation counterpart, Dr. Christian Madubuko, noted that APGA as a party has provided good governance for Ndi Anambra over the years.
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Obiano presents Certificate of Recognition to Igwe Ihiala
… Gives certificate of commendation to ABS boss
Anambra State Governo, Chief Willie Obiano, has presented a Certificate of Recognition to the newly elected traditional ruler of Ihiala, HRH Igwe Thomas Obidiegwu, (Oluoha XVII & the Clan Head of Ihiala Kingdom). The presentation which took place at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, attracted various traditional rulers in the state. They are, HRH Dr. Nnaemeka Achebe of Onitsha, HRH Igwe Engr. S.I. Okafor of Okpuno, HRH Igwe Anukwu of Mbaukwu, HRH Igwe Rowland Odegbo of Nteje, HRH Igwe Peter Uyanwa of Ukwulu, HRH Igwe Emmanuel Nnabuife of Iseke, HRH Igwe Chukwuemeka Ilouno of Ifitedunu. Presenting the certificate, Governor Obiano advised Igwe Obidiegwe to see his traditional stool as a veritable opportunity to ensure peaceful existence among the people of his community. Gov Obiano urged the traditional ruler to set up a special committee that would checkmate the activities of the youths, to curtail crime and criminality. In his speech, the Commissioner for Local government and Chieftaincy Matter, Mr. Greg Obi, stated it was a continuation of Governor Obiano’s excellent leadership style. He explained that the community has been torn apart due to rulership crises since the demise of their late king two years ago, prompting Anambra State Government to set up a panel to look into the matter and make recommendations on the way forward in line with the customs and traditions of the people. The traditional ruler of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, in an admonition, stressed the need for people of the community to rally round the king to enable him succeed. Responding, the new king, Igwe Obidiegwu assured that he will lead his people with the fear of God. Also, Governor Willie Obiano has presented a Certificate of Commendation to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS), Nze Uche Nworah, for his dedication and commitment in transforming the station. The Certificate tagged “Certificate of Commendation for Dedication and Sterling Performance” was awarded to him at the weekend at the Exco Chamber, Government House, Awka. Presenting the award, Governor Obiano noted that Nze Uche Nworah had justified the huge capital the state government had invested in the station. The Governor stated that his administration would continue to provide adequate facilities to further advance the station. He disclosed that he had determined to launch the station on the DSTV platform as well as 24 hours broadcasting, calling on the staff to continue to give him the needed support. Chief Nworah, who appreciated the Governor and members of the State Executive council, pledged to justify the confidence reposed on him.
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FAAN boss, Yadudu unveils AFSCMS’ N100m secretariat Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Captain Hamisu Yadudu has charged members of Airport Fire and Safety Cooperative Multipurpose Society (AFSCMS) to continue to uphold integrity in the discharge of their duties. Yadudu speaking at the unveiling of AFSCMS N100m secretariat at the airport over the weekend, commended the management for fulfilling their promise to members for a better working environment where they could meet and discuss issues in moving the cooperative to greater heights. “This edifice is worth celebrating knowing what it was before it was demolished and now we have this beautiful building here. I thank all the management of the cooperative L-R: General Manager, Air Solutions, LG Electronics West Africa Operations, Mr. Cholyong Park; Matron, Lagos State Motherless Babies Homes, Lekki, Managing for what you doing, we expect that more Director, Fouani Nigeria Limited, Mr Mohammed Fouani, Managing Director, LG Electronics West Africa Operations, Head of Corporate Marketing, and LG Electronics innovation will come particularly with this West Africa Operations, Mr Hari Elluru during the donation to the Orphanage in Lekki, Lagos…recently. new edifice, we have a good place to answer to all staff and a good working environment.” Captain Yadudu represented by the General Management, Environment, Mrs Omere Janet, said the cooperative had given members relief and had helped them and had made the workforce stronger. “It has brought relief when you have a worthy cooperative that they can really run to it gladdens and makes the workforce to be strong and I will only ask that integrity for which you are known to please continue so that people will be motivated to continue, Records $632.69m transactions turnover in 3 days we have more members because I know over the years there has not been any problem As CBN lifts Forex market with $210m of embezzlement or corruption. Since you have built this cooperative on integrity he eventually end the week high segments, the Naira was flat market injected $210 million (Yadudu) expects you to continue in that at a better rate of N360.39 to the against the US dollar at N359 into the interbank foreign Motolani Oseni form.” dollar. per Dollar and N361 to a Dollar exchange market. The President of AFSCMS Mr Richard The special FX window, respectively. From the $210 million sold Tella, speaking on the investment of the The Nigerian currency, Naira however, recorded a total Meanwhile, the Naira gained to the forex traders at the Society shortly before the unveiling, on the last trading day of last transactions turnover of $632.69 for most of the foreign exchange Secondary Market Intervention said N300m had so far been paid for the week, appreciated marginally million in just three days of the forward contracts; spot rate, 1 Sales (SMIS), the apex bank acquisition of the Cooperatives Housing against the United States Dollar last week. month, 2 months, 6 months and allotted $100 million Wholesale Project at Agbara, Lusada in Ogun State. at the Investors & Exporters FX The breakdown of the figure 12 months’ rates fell by 0.02 per SMIS, while $55 million was He assured that payment of the project (I&E FX) window, gaining by showed that the FX window, cent, 0.13 per cent, 0.10 per cent, given each to Small and Medium would be concluded early next year 0.04 per cent to close at N360.39, traded total turnover of $72.95 0.43 per cent and 1.29 per cent Scale Enterprises and invisible. while work would soon commence at the compared to N360.52 traded the million on Wednesday, but to close at N306.90/$, N362.90/$, According to analysts at cooperatives proposed ultramodern Hotel at previous day. improved significantly the N365.84/$, N379.04/$ and Cowry Asset, in the new week, Beesam in Lagos. The Naira, had on Wednesday following day to $342.66 million, N397.70/$ respectively. they “expect appreciation of the According to Tella, the ultramodern stood at a lower rate of N360.80 before dropping to $217.08 on Although, during the week Naira against the Dollar in most secretariat was conceived as a result to the dollar at the I&E FX Friday. under review, the Central Bank market segments, especially at of structural defects noticed on the old window, before closing at an At both the Bureau De Change of Nigeria (CBN) in its bid to the I&E segment as CBN sustains secretariat and the cooperative decided to improved rate of N360.53 and (BDC) and the parallel market sustain liquidity in the forex its special interventions.” reconstruct in order to ensure safety. He explained that the new building would provide more space for materials and comfort for workers of the Cooperative. is the way to go especially in base by drastically increasing the are not able to effectively track With over 4,000 members across various Joseph Inokotong, Abuja this digital age, as when there is Company Income Tax and Value the implementation and impact of aviation agencies, Tella disclosed that available data, information can Added Tax compliance, bringing these policies and thirdly, we lack Air Peace workers would soon join the be shared and that will increase additional taxpayers into the tax data to help guide the revision or cooperatives and the modalities were currently being worked on, adding that the The Securities and Exchange compliance level as well as improve net, and increase Tax to GDP ratio optimization of these policies. from the current 6 per cent to 15 She said in response to the opening of the edifice was a sign of good Commission (SEC) has pledged revenue generation,” she said. to co-operate with the Ministry of The Acting DG said low revenue per cent by the year 2020. aforementioned challenges, the things to come. Finance on Project Light House generation is a source of worry as Ahmed said that in the last few Federal Ministry of Finance Project Lighthouse He urged members to remain dedicated recently inaugurated by the when the government does not months, major steps have been initiated and supportive assuring them of better Minister, to assist the Committee meet its revenue generation targets, taken to address the Nation’s whose first phase involved mining achieve set objectives. it will be difficult to provide critical chronic revenue challenges among of data from multiple sources to programmes ahead. Acting Director-General of infrastructure that will encourage which is Strategic Revenue Growth support the implementation of Also speaking in the same vein, the Initiatives (SRGI), formulating the Voluntary Assets and Income General Secretary of the society, Alhaji SEC, Ms Mary Uduk who stated investment in the country. She, therefore, pledged the policies and fiscal matters, Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). Sadiq Saheed, explained that the interest of this weekend in Abuja, also, commended the Minister on the full co-operation of the SEC to preparing annual estimates of “Following the ratification of members remained ensure that relevant data are made revenue and expenditure for the Project Lighthouse at the Federal paramount and that the society was out to initiative. Uduk emphasized the need available when needed by the Federal Government, among Executive Council on Wednesday, assist the needy in terms of welfare. others. May 9th, 2019, the Ministry of Sadiq said many members have benefited for collaboration among relevant committee. In her address, Minister of According to Ahmed, “ Despite Finance is entering into a postfrom the cooperatives through the loan agencies to assist the government facilities which had enabled them to own in its revenue generation, adding Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed the fact that we live in a technology VAIDS or phase 2 of the project. their houses and other personal belongings. that Project Light House is a said one of the key economic and data-centric world, we have However, Project Lighthouse policy objectives of the current not had a culture of using data is being positioned as a single The cooperative scribe described the positive step in that direction. “It is clear that data and administration, as contained in the and information to guide the source of truth for revenue and inauguration of the secretariat as key, timely and a pride to members of the cooperatives information will certainly aid the Economic Recovery and Growth formulation, implementation and tax-related intelligence that will generation of more revenue and Plan (ERGP) is improving overall impact assessment of our initiatives support the Ministry, its agencies, society. revenue agencies, tax authorities According to Sadiq, “the executive is on in the long run all agencies will be Federal Government revenues by and policies “This modus operandi presents and other stakeholders to be better top their game in terms of taking care of better for it as there will be more targeting and increasing revenues a number of challenges. Firstly positioned to address the revenue members. I urge members to keep hope alive resources for government to carry from non-oil revenue sources. She said it also aims, among our policies are not usually challenges we are facing”, she as they will never be disappointed but we out development “Data gathering and sharing other goals, to increase the tax empirically based, secondly, we said. will add value their life.”
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Experts lament lack of Govt support, measurement as challenges facing OOH Godwin Anyabe Experts in the Out of Home, OOH, industry have decried the inability of the Federal Government to create an enabling environment and invest in critical areas that would boost the industry. They also argued that the inability to have an accurate measurement matrix was another major challenge facing stakeholders in the industry.
L-R: Wife of Oyo State Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Governor Abiola Ajimobi; and his daughter, Abimbola, during the unveiling of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s circular road named after the governor, at IITA, Ibadan... on Saturday. Photo: Governor’s Office.
Osinbajo, Danbatta, others renew call for investments in telecom infrastructure As ICT stakeholders bemoan industry multiple taxations Ladesope Ladelokun In view of the aspiration of Nigeria in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, potentials of emerging technologies, and affordability of enablers of economic growth like broadband infrastructure and services, Vice President Osinbajo and stakeholders in the telecommunications industry have renewed calls for more investments in the sector. The call was made at the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit, held in Lagos over the weekend, with the theme, “Repositioning the Nigerian Telecom Industry For the Future: Prospects and Challenges”, saw key stakeholders dwell extensively on investment opportunities, challenges and prospects of the $70 billion industry. Commenting on the importance of the telecommunications and Information Communications Technology (ICT), Osinbajo said the sector had become a key enabler to businesses, social interactions and quality governance, noting that telecommunications had become indispensable in virtually every aspect of human life. Osinbajo explained that the huge contributions of the telecom industry to the economy could not be contested. He stated that the contributions of the industry to the national Gross Domestic Product(GDP) had continued to grow, saying that the sector contributed
an impressive N1.9 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2018 to the Nigerian economy, adding that the sector must be encouraged, supported and protected. On how the Federal Government intends to support the sector, Osinbajo, who was represented by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, said, “Telecommunications and ICT would occupy a pride of place in the implementation of Next Level economic blueprint. This administration has taken concrete steps to provide support and encouragement to the telecom industry under the purview of the Ease of Doing Business Programme, we have initiated some Executive Orders, aimed at stimulating growth, and creating an enabling business environment that will give a fillip to sensitive sectors like the telecom sector to thrive.” In his welcome speech, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta says the argument for more investments in the telecom sector has become more compelling, given that the industry is capitalintensive with competition for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) becoming fiercer among different nations. Danbatta submits that broadband is of critical importance with its potential to improve the economy of many nations. According to Danbatta, the empirical study by the world bank
suggests that every 10 per cent growth in Broadband penetration results in 1.34 per cent growth in GDP in developing countries, stating that it explains why the commission has developed the regulatory and a licencing framework to accelerate broadband availability, accessibility and accessibility. The NCC EVC explained that the telecom made a 10.11 per cent contribution to GDP as of the first quarter of 2019 with contributions of Telecommunications and Information services to GDP standing at about N1.9 trillion as at fourth quarter of 2018, according to the figures from the National Bureau of Statistics. His words: “These figures are very impressive. They are indicative of a very fast growing and resilient sector of the economy. However, no such industry with these characteristics can be sustained over a a long period of time without a corresponding injection of more investments. Investors, on the other hand, are not attracted to environments where returns are in doubt.” Meanwhile, the keynote speaker, former minister of Communications, Dr Omobola Johnson, harped on the need for Nigeria to experience a digital revolution, expressing worry that the issue of multiple taxes still rears its ugly head long after she left office. While commending the NCC for its strides, she charged the commission to be more forceful in its quest to sanitise the
industry. “NCC has done a tremendous job. The role of the regulator has to change. The industry has changed. It is no longer a telecom industry; it is a digital industry. We need a regulator that is ahead of the industry. It is disappointing that since 2015, we are still talking about multiple taxes. We need a regulator that will be more forceful. Engagements have not worked. I engaged governors when I was minister, and four years down the line, we are still engaging. It’s not working. We need to begin to do things that are innovative. The NCC needs to be more engaging and collaborative”, she said. Also, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Mr Gbenga Adebayo and President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr Olusola Teniola, expressed worry about the protracted issue of multiple taxation. According to Adebayo, Telecom operators pay not less than 39 different taxes. He lamented the situation where only telecoms operators are singled out for taxes other companies and government agencies don’t pay .Adebayo says Nigeria may not attract the kind FDIs it desires in the sector if the current business environment remains hostile, adding that observers outside Nigeria are following developments in the sector.
Wema Bank expands branch network to Kwara Motolani Oseni
As part of its strategic reach expansion, Wema Bank has launched a new branch at 155 Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Ilorin, Kwara State. The new branch, designed with innovative features for improved customer experience, will strengthen the bank’s business in Ilorin and also provide local
residents and business owners with their banking needs. The 24-hour ATM foyer is available to customers after bank hours. The Managing Director of Wema Bank, Mr. Ademola Adebise said, “We are excited to open a new branch which will help us as a bank meet the growing demand for financial products and services by the residents of Ilorin.” “For us, it is not about just
opening branches, we are targeting communities where there are opportunities.” With the new national status, the bank has reopened formerly closeddown branches in the North and South East. Some of the cities with reopened branches include Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Minna, Lokoja and Aba. The bank also plans to launch new branches in Gombe, Onitsha and other leading cities in Nigeria.
In addition to its expansion, Wema Bank is also providing financial services through digital channels such as ALAT by Wema and *945#. Through these channels, Wema Bank has been able to onboard more customers and provide easy banking services with its digital channels. The bank is also providing agency banking to meet the needs of customers all over the country.
They disclosed these at the 2019 Brandcomfest themed: “Digital Disruption & The Future of Brands & Marketing Communications”. The event was held recently in Lagos Lagos. The Managing Director, Ocean Outdoor, Babs Fagade, lamented that the Federal Government has not created an enabling environment for the OOH to thrive, adding that the level of investment in the industry is abysmally low. Mr Fagade pointed out that poor client base is also a major problem as most billboards in Lagos State had stopped running because there was little or no patronage from clients. “The government is not doing enough in helping the OOH industry. They have not done a lot of investment. Government funding in terms of infrastructure is really a course of concern to us as stakeholders in the OOH industry,” said. Also speaking, the Managing Director, Inventmedia, Kunle Adesina stressed that accurate measurement metrix is one of the biggest challenges because clients are more aggressive about their Return On Investment, ROI at the moment. Mr Adesina pointed out that in the last 24 months, a lot of advertising spend has moved from the OOH sector to other sectors of the IMC because of the challenge of measurement. “We need to learn how to work with Google analytics. There are so many data around us. We really need to measure the ads on our billboard to give value to our clients. These days, clients dictate to us and they want their campaigns measured and for so many years, we were making money but we did not see the need to invest in various tools that we can use to measure our campaigns and this is affecting us right now”, he said.
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What’s unique about 12 incoming governors? (5) Buni set to expand frontiers of development in Yobe Patrick Okohue, Lagos he emergence of Mai Mala Buni, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor-elect of Yobe State during the 2019 general election can best be described as providence. That Mai Mala Buni was on his way to ascending to power became evident from the moment he clinched the APC governorship ticket in the state, as it was doubtful, if not almost impossible to find any governorship candidate in Yobe State who can match the political machinery of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to talk of defeating the party’s candidate, Mai Mala Buni, in the election. This is because the APC had become a sort of melting pot in Yobe State politics over the years and it could not be imagined that the party can possibly lose election in a fair electoral contest in the state. Born on November 11, 1967, Mai Mala is a thorough bred party grassroots politician, who rose through the ranks to become the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Legislative Matters, the pioneer Chairman of the APC in Yobe State as well as the National Secretary of the party. He played a stabilising role in the APC, which earned him a re-election into the post. Mai Mala Buni developed a political network of friends across the country particularly when he served as the National Secretary of the APC. A silent operator, Mai Mala has been described as an asset to Yobe State because of his capacity to bring the state into national political limelight and attract various projects from the Federal Government. Though Yobe is a rural state with various challenges of development, especially bedeviled with the challenges of its own bitter taste of the
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Boko Haram insurgency, which practically stalled development in areas that have direct impact on the human capital development indices, the state under Mai Mala is still expected to glow among the comity of states. It is believed that in the face of the security challenge that faced the state, the out-going Governor Ibrahim Gaidam is generally believed to have performed excellently in building the confidence of the citizenry in the government as well as the provision of infrastructure and social services ranging from health care delivery to schools, roads, agriculture, etc, which many say will be an added advantage to the incoming governor. All eyes are now on Mai Mala Buni to consolidate on the achievements of Governor Gaidam and equally expand the frontiers of development in Yobe State. The victory of Mai Mala Buni of the APC in Yobe State was actually not unexpected as the APC, being an amalgam of the legacy parties including the defunct ANPP, which though had been in the opposition between 1999 and 2015 at the national level, when it clinched the presidency; it had indeed dominated the political landscape in Yobe. Even with the federal might of the then ruling PDP, backed by political heavyweights from the state, the highest the PDP could ever get in the state was the seat for the Southern Senatorial Zone. This, many believe, has set the stage for the governorelect to hit the ground running as there is already a groundswell of support urging him on in the state. The ANPP in Yobe State, which formed the APC, had its roots in the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), which formed government under the diarchy rule of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1992 with Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim as the governor. Therefore, it is safe to say that the APP, which later metamorphosed into the ANPP and then became APC, has been governing Yobe in a democratic setting since its creation in 1991. Therefore, the emergence of Mai Mala Buni as the governor of Yobe State in the 2019 general election is a fait accompli because of the rich history and political exploit of the APC and the galaxy of rated politicians who populated the party in the state and this many believe the governor-elect should build on to achieve success for the state within a short time. Of course, leading the way in the campaign for Mai Mala is no other person than Governor Ibrahim Gaidam himself, who is ably supported by Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Ibrahim Bomoi, the Senatorial candidate for the Southern zone, Party Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Chilariye, Alhaji Idi Barde Gubana, and the Deputy Governor, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, among other politicians. The unity of purpose in the Yobe APC was amply demonstrated when other aspirants of the party’s governorship ticket sacrificed their ambitions and agreed to rally round and work for the victory of Mai Mala Buni at the polls. With such a formidable structure, which gave him victory at the poll, it is only reasonable to expect that the state is heading to another era of delivering of democratic dividends to the people of the state.
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Empowerment of youths, insecurity top Matawalle’s agenda in Zamfara Tunde Opalana, Abuja The issuance of Certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle as Governorelect of Zamfara State today alongside his deputy, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau and elected national and state legislators, marks the beginning of a new dawn in Zamfara politics as power shifts from the Progressives to the conservatives. Fortune smiled on Matawalle when on Friday, May 24, the Supreme Court of Nigeria in a landmark judgement invalidated all votes scored by candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 General election on the ground that the party failed to conduct primary election in picking its candidates for governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly positions. Recall that INEC had declared Alhaji Mukhtar Shehu Idris of the APC as governor- elect having polled 534,541 while his closest rival, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle of the PDP polled 189,452. The candidate for the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Senator Dansadau, scored 15,177 while Abdullahi Shinkafi of the APGA garnered 3,865. Matawalle is coming to governance at a time Zamfara State is war thorn, passing through an unprecedented security crisis of armed banditry, cattle rustling and kidnapping. The situation became so worsened to the extent that the outgoing governor, Abdulaziz Yari at different fora called for declaration of emergency in the state, a clear indication that security agencies are overwhelmed and there is no relieve in sight. The governor-elect, no doubt, has a herculean task on his hand to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. He needs to hit the ground running immediately by meeting with stakeholders to find solutions to the teething problem. Dr. Matawalle should not play politics with the fate of his people by not being antagonist to the APCled Federal Government, but do all possible to rally the support of Federal Government in getting more military presence in the state. The governor-elect, it is expected, should latch on the opportunity of having PDP legislators from the state in both chambers of the National Assembly to bring reconstruction and reconciliation to the state through parliamentary Interventions. Dr. Matawalle, a three times member of the House of Representatives, is also expected to use his legislative connections to curry favour from National Assembly for the development of Zamfara State. As youth-friendly politician who commands great respect among youths in the state because of his numerous youth empowerment programmes and philanthropy, he should be able to reach out to restive youths fomenting crisis in the state. Matawalle has to warm himself into the mind of religious and community
leaders across local governments in the state to engage them in dialogue with a view of arresting the ugly situation. Being a wealthy politician, he needs to deploy larger part of his security votes as Governor to truly finding security measures. He should be ready to find and equip state based vigilantes to assist security agencies in gathering intelligence to curb the festering of insurgent activities. To make his government memorable, Matawalle promised to carry all party members along in the processes of governance. He added that his administration will prioritise youth empowerment through the creation and provision of employment to the teeming youths of the state. Bello Matawalle began his career in politics in 1998, having joined the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), contested for National Assembly membership and won the seat before they were dissolved. From May 1999 to May 2003, he served as Commissioner, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Commissioner, Ministry for Environment, Ministry for Rural Development and then moved to Ministry for Youth and Sport under Zamfara State Government. Between May 2003 – 2007, Matawalle was elected as member representing Bakura/Maradun Federal Constituency under ANPP. In the House, he served as chairman, House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, the position he held till 2007; Deputy Minority Whip and Ad- hoc Chairman, House committee on Marine Security and Safety Commission (National Security Adviser’s office). Between 2007- 2011, Matawalle having been re-elected as member representing Bakura/Maradun Federal Constituency decamped from ANPP to PDP which he did in the year 2009. He emerged as the winner after April, 2011 general election to go back again on his third term as member representing his people (Bakura Maradun) under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Matawalle emerged the consensus governorship candidate of the PDP as the stakeholders zeroed on him as the most outstanding candidate to neutralise the forces drawing back the hand of the clock for more than three years. Bello Matawalle (Matawallen Maradun) was born in Maradun, the headquarters of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State to the family of Alhaji Muhammadu Sharu on the 12th December 1969. He studied at Thames Valley University, London, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, VTC Bunza in 1984 and Maradun Township Primary School in the year 1979. He worked under the Ministry of Health Sokoto (in former Sokoto State) and worked as a teacher in Government Girls College Moriki and Kwatarkoshi before joining Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Abuja until he decided to join politics in 1998 under defunct UNCP.
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Ninth House of Reps: Arewa youths endorse Nwajiuba for speaker Patrick Okohue The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has endorsed Chukwu Emeka Nwajiuba for the position of the Speaker for the ninth House of Representatives. AYCF in a statement said Alhaji Yerima Shettima, its national president, who made this known in an interactive session with newsmen in Kaduna, said the group’s support was purely in the interest of “national stability, fairness and balance towards our neighbours in the South East”. Shettima further explained that one of the best ways to strengthen national unity and cohesion was lending a hand of support and friendship across the nation. He added that Nwajiuba “is already broadminded politician with several years of experience in legal work, administration and lawmaking.” The Arewa youth leader noted that Nwajiuba had made significant impact when he was in the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003, representing Ukigwe South Federal Constituency of Imo State. “He performed wonderfully as Chairman House Committee on Land and Housing. While he was away gunning for governorship seat between 2003, 2007 and 2011, he lost by a narrow margin of votes, because of acceptability. “Beyond being a professional lawyer with a Master’s Degree and PhD in Law, he served diligently as secretary of the Constitution Drafting Committee that produced the APC itself,” Yerima added. He went on to say that the AYCF believed in having “young breed of politicians in strategic positions of leadership at the level of the higher
law-making body in the country.” Shettima also noted that on a scale of competence, the likes of Nwajiuba “have all it takes to launch us into the digital world and help the law-making business break away from the analogue world.” He also stressed that if the current race for the 9th House of Representatives Speaker would be based on a candidate that is naturally consistent and a nationalist “Nwajiuba will be simply unbeatable.” The AYCF National President then urged all the members-elect of the current House of Representatives to rally round Nwajiuba “on grounds of years of experience and ability to deliver on his assignments.”
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Ambode’s wife hands over COWLSO to wife of governor-elect Benjamin Omoike Wife of the Lagos State governor and Chairman of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Bolanle Ambode, has officially handed over to the wife of the Governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, urging her to take the Committee to higher heights. At a brief handing-over ceremony in Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Mrs. Ambode lauded the vision of the founding mothers of the Committee, which is to compliment the efforts of government, in critical areas that are women and children- friendly. She reflected that the Committee under successive chairmen, had continued to walk in that great vision, leading to remarkable improvement in the lives of women, girls and children, in vital areas of health, empowerment, education and others. Speaking further, she recalled some of the achievements recorded under her chairmanship in the last four years: “My lovely women, with all sense of modesty, we happily recall some of our collective
achievements in the health sector of the state, by way of interventions in maternal and child health, year after year. “The various phases of intervention led to the sponsorship of goiter surgery for 30 women, free hearing aids for 15 children, 3 women and 2 men; as well as the upgrading of the ENT Department of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos. We also purchased and installed state-of-the-art audiology equipment, including Otoread OAE capable of detecting hearing defects in newborns”. Still speaking on COWLSO’s achievements under her, Mrs. Ambode said: “Other phases of intervention saw the procurement and donation of two Transport Incubator Ambulance to Gbagada General Hospital and Island Maternity Hospital, coupled with the donation of 32 neonatal incubators to 13 General Hospitals and 6 fully fitted Birthing Suites for AmuwoOdofin Maternal and Child Centre, Epe General Hospital and Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, among others.” She copiously thanked members of the committee for their robust support for herself and the Ambode administration
over the past four years, while also appreciating her predecessors for their kind advice and words of wisdom. Responding, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, commended her for taking COWLSO to its current enviable height, promising that she would not deviate from the founding ideals of the committee. She said, “I thank my big sister, Her Excellency, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, for the great steps she has taken to move the committee to its current level. I thank her for the words of encouragement, that I should not be scared about the challenges of that office. I will do my best, God helping me, to move COWLSO to the next level.” Mrs. Sanwo-Olu, who also praised Governor Ambode for his generous attention to the committee, noted that governance was a continuum, adding that the in-coming administration would work hard enough, to move the state to the next level. A major highlight of the event, was the presentation of charity grants to 29 orphanage homes and those for the less privileged
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Zamfara: Legal practioneer says Supreme Court ruling has taught politicians bitter lesson As reactions continue to trail the Supreme Court ruling which sacked all elected All Progressives Congress (APC), candidates in Zamfara State on Friday, a legal practioneer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Okutepa SAN, has said that Nigerian politicians would learn a bitter lesson from the development. Speaking with an online news medium in Abuja on Sunday, the lawyer explained that Nigerian politicians lack respect for the feeling of others, a situation, he said, made them to always twist due process to their favours. He noted that the judiciary would always intervene in disputes arising from elections, warning that if such intervention was abdicated, there would be anarchy in the country. “It’s fantastic. It will impute sanity into the insanities of the Nigerian political class who do not believe in the rule of law and due process, even those who want to eat their cake and still have it which is impossible. “When the rule of law is sent to the graveyard, then anarchy will take over. “When politicians refuse to allow justice to prevail, those of us who are trained in dispute resolution will have to take over. “The legal profession is the only profession with divine qualification. When you leave politics in the hands of people who don’t have
respect for other people’s feeling that is what you will have. “So, I congratulate the Nigerian judiciary and the Supreme Court. I’m sure politicians will learn from the Zamfara case, if at all they will learn because this is not the first time that it is happening.” Okutepa also said that the electoral umpire was culpable as some electoral officials compromised with politicians to perpetuate illegality. “They should also put a check on INEC properly, because those of us who are legal practitioners, you will see two or three different sets of certified true copies of the same documents coming from the same institution. “So, a time has come when we should use the necessary process and avoid the rigmarole of what they call due process. All things are being compromised in this country. We compromise criminality; we compromised iniquity and so on and so forth.” Following the Supreme Court judgement, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday acted in line with the apex court’s position, ensuring that all the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates who were the first runners-up numbering about 37, including the Governorelect, would be issued with certificates of return on Monday.
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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 NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES NAME: 1. HASSAN HAUWA HALIRU, 2. MAHMOOD HAUWA ADAM, 3. KAZAURE DAULA IBRAHIM, 4. ZAKARI SALAMATU, 5. GARBA RAKIYA AHMADU, 6. ACHIMUGU AMINA NINA, 7. AHMED HAFSAT, 8. YAHAYA HAFSAT JUMMAI.
Classified THE AGURA CLUB
THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. MAKU UWANOGHO GODSWILL 2. ATOTUOMAH MATTHIAS OMASAN.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CHILDREN IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE DEPRIVED, THE ABUSED, THE DESTITUTE AND THE HOMELESS
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: TO FOSTER UNITY, FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG MEMBERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED: SECRETARY
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
OAKS GIRL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION
PENIEL POWER ASSEMBLY INT’L
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 NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. AKUNDARE, ESTHER ABIDEMI - CHAIRMAN 2. AKUNDARE, EMMANUEL BONGO – SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO RESCUE THE GIRL CHILD FROM ALL FORMS OF ADDICTIONS AND UNGODLINESS 2. TO CREATE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR GIRLS TO CONNECT, SHARE STORIES, PLAY GAMES AND BE EQUIPPED WITH LIFE SKILLS 3. TO ORGANISE PICNICS, EXCURSIONS, TRAININGS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS ETC. FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE GIRL CHILD
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 NO.1 OF 1990. NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE: 1) APOSTLE JAMES OLUWATISINA ADEBIYI 2) PST MRS RACHEL JAMES 3) MR SOLOMON AJELOGO 4) MR JOHN SUNDAY 5) MRS EUNICE EMELE 6) MS OLUCHI OKOYE 7) MR SUNDAY PAUL AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED: BARR. VINCENT ODJE
SIGNED: SECRETARY
INITIATIVE FOR YOUTHS RESOURCE 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 NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. ISONARAE, OSAZEE SAMMIE 2. OLUFAYO, AFOLABI OPEYEMI 3. MPAMA, IKECHUKWU JOSEPH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO EMPOWER YOUTH-CHILD IN NIGERIA WITH RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, VOCATIONAL SKILL EMPOWERMENT.
AGULUZIGBO DYNAMIC YOUTH FORUM
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 NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. NWAOKOLO CHRISTIAN SUNDAY. ....... PRESIDENT 2. OBINWA TOCHUKWU BARTHOLOMEW..... SECRETARY 3. UMEH MAXIMUS UCHE 4. AGULUEFO FRANKLIN EMEKA 5. AHACHIE MADUABUCHI CHUKWUNONSO 6. OKOYE EMMANUEL CHUKWUNONSO 7. OZOBIALU CHINONSO JOHN 8. NWANNENEME JUDE CHIBUZO 9. ANYAOGU HYACINTH CHIWEUBA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
SIGNED: BARR ANULIKA ODIBENUA 08032186666
MOUNTAIN OF JEHOVAH SHALOM GLOBAL MINISTRY
AL-MUTMAINAH CARES FOUNDATION
INTERFAITH INITIATIVE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN NIGERIA
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 NO.1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. ODUMOSU BUNMI ADIJAT 2. ALABI AKINTUNDE MATTHEW AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2. TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE WEAK THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD 3. TO EXPAND GOD’S KINGDOM 4. TO RECOVER LOST GLORY
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. RAUF ADEOLA LATEEF - CHAIRMAN 2. NOSIRU OLAKUNLE JAMIU - SECRETARY 3. SHEFIU ABDULKAREEM MAJEMU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) PROVISION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY (2) GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATION (3) PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE NEEDY. (4) EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SKILLS ACQUISITION AND VOCATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
THE GOOD WAY FOUNDATION
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IKOKWU CHIOMA OBIAGELI (CHAIRMAN) 2. OSUNDE KIKA-OSE ADERONKE (SECRETARY) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISEASE, STRESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY. 2. TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THEIR SKILLS AND SPONSORING THEIR EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT. 3. TO ADVANCE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, PMB 19B, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES
GRACE OF CHRIST RESTORATION POWER MINISTRY
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SHEFIU ABDULKAREEM MAJEMU - CHAIRMAN 2. ISONG EMMAH GOSPEL - SECRETARY 3. TAWO EKUBE TAKON. 4. ANDREW OKU ITA. 5. IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA MUSA 6. ALEDEH SULAIMAN ALI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN NIGERIA. (2) TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER CITIZENS THROUGH AWARENESS CREATION AND ADVOCACY (3) TO USE INTERFAITH PLATFORMS TO CONSOLIDATE EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARDS THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, AND (4) TO IDENTIFY, CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLE MODELS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES
DE GREAT DEALERS OF IRON ROD AND STEEL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AWOTIDEBE OLUWAGBEMIGA - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. AWOTIDEBE ABAYOMI SAMUEL - ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER 3. OLUWAGBEMIGA BUSAYO ISAIAH - SECRETARY 4. AWOTIDEBE VICTORIA ABOSEDE - TREASURER 5. OLUSANYA OLUWASESIN ISAAC - ELDER MEMBER.
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BAKARE JAMIYU IRORUN - CHAIRMAN 2. BAMIGBOLA KAYODE JAYEOLA - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. BELLO YISA - SECRETARY 4. ABIOYE YINUSA BOLA - TREASURER 5. AWOYALE GBENGA - PRO
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE INTEREST OF OUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESSES.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES
Classified 20 THE MESSENGER OF HOPE FOUNDATION
Daily Times Nigeria Monday, May 27, 2019
GREAT COVENANT AND GRACE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY
THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: OGBUJAHCHINWEHAPPINESS OGBUJAHNKEMDIJOY OZOEMELAMSTELLAR NGOZI OKOHHAYENICHUKWUCHIDINMA FASIPECOMFORT LAMI NDUBUISIROSELINE O.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE ARE: 1 THE FOUNDATION SHALL ENGAGE IN HOLISTIC EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF LEARNING AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS/AIDS,RENOVATION/CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,LIBRARIES, ICT EQUIPMENT /LAB,GIVING OF BURSARY/STIPENDS AND OTHER FORMS OF AIDS TO INDIGENT AND UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. 2 THE FOUNDATION SHALL ENGAGE IN/SUPPORT HEALTH IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES, PRIMARY HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS USING ONE OR MORE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MEDICAL OUTREACH, ENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAMS. 3 IT SHALL WORK WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING THROUGH TRAININGS AND AWARENESS INITIATIVE, INTERVENTION PROGRAMS 4 THE FOUNDATION SHALL WORK ON PROJECT THAT PROVIDES SOCIAL AMENITIES IN RURAL AREAS SUCH AS WASTE/ ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS,RENEWABLE ENERGY, CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION OF ROAD NETWORKS AND GENERAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. 5 IT SHALL ENGAGE IN YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS,SKILL ACQUISITION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS. 6 THE FOUNDATION SHALL ENGAGE IN/SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE CAUSES AS PROVIDING RELIEF MATERIALS TO IDP’S, PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, SUPPORT TO ORPHANAGES AND OLD PEOPLE’S HOMES. 7 IT SHALL WORK ON PROJECTS, INITIATIVES AND INTERVENTION AND ALSO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND ZERO HUNGER IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
THE TRUSTEE ARE; 1.ABIODUN OLUWAFEMI SAMUEL 2.OLAMIDOKUN OLAWALE MICHEAL
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA DISTRICT, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY SECRETARY
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE SEMINAR ON WEALTH CREATION FOR FREE. 2. TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POOR AND DISPLACED PEOPLE. 3. TO PROVIDE HELP TO THE LESS PRIVILEGE FOR FREE. 4. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND TRAINING TO RURAL FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL FARMER.
ANY OBLECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION
ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFFAGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
SIGNED: TRUSTEES
10, AIYETORO STREET, AKOKA, LAGOS, NIGERIA. TELEPHONE: 0802 316 7355, 0805 586 9476
THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. AKINTUNDE OGUNFEMI 2. MR. ADEBAYO LUQMAN BAKARE 3. MS IFENNAMAKA EZINWA UMEIKE 4. MR. ABDULLATEEF B. YUSUFF 5. ENGR. ADEYOMBO SAMUEL ADEWALE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO: 1. TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, PROMOTE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION. 2. PROTECT AND DEVELOP OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD INTEREST AND AWARENESS ON ISSUES RELATING TO OUR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. 3. WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY, CLEANLINESS, QUALITY AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. 4. INTERACT AND GET TO KNOW RESIDENTS OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE MEMBERS AMONGST US. 5. CONTINUALLY TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT, BEAUTIFY, ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR – GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC). PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
F O R M E R LY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABUBAKAR ALI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABUBAKAR ALIYU TARABA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
TARABA
PURSUANT OF SECTION 457 OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT
TRUSTEES: 1. BALOGUN ABOLORE MODUPEOLA 2. MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM ADISA
At the Extra Ordinary general meeting of the above Company held on the 24th day of May, 2019 at its head office, the following special resolution were proposed and duly passed:
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: PROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT TO SICKLE CELL PATIENTS. ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
1. That the shareholders are satisfied that the Company can no longer continue its business and consider it advisable to wind up the business, and it is hereby resolved that the Company be wound up voluntarily in accordance with the Companies and allied Matters 2. That ENGR. BENEDICT ADEYILEKA of address No 25 Adekayode Street, Mende Maryland Lagos, Nigeria be and is hereby appointed as liquidator for the purpose of the winding up
I FORMERLY KNOWN AS UJAH ONYEMOWO JUSTINA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS UJAH SUNDAY JUSTINA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE
CHINONSO OLAMMA CHESA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS CHINONSO CHESA OKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE
MRS OGBUODEBE
MUSBAU I,KNOWN,FORMERLY CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OLAMILEKAN SUCCESS OLUWASEGUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MUSBAU OLUWASEGUN OLAMILEKAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
KNOWN ONYEMA FORMERLY AND ADDRESSED AS AMAHIRI BLESSING AND ONYEMA BLESSING ADANMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEMA BLESSING OPEYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
CORRECTION OF NAME
JUSTINA
Dated this 24th day of May, 2019
__________________ DIRECTOR
SIGNED: SECRETARY
FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKOROAFOR NGOZI MAUREEN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS CHUKWUONYE NGOZI MAUREEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS ONYEKWELU CHINENYE MIRIAM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS MRS OGBUODEBE CHINENYE MIRIAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTER ACT, 1990 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL AVATION COLLEGE ILORIN
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAMED MISSION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C
SIGNED: ILEOLA CHAMBERS 14, SECOND AVENUE, BEACHLAND ESTATE. TINCAN ISLAND, APAPA, LAGOS.
MRS CHUKWUONYE
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION COLLEGE ILORIN LAGOS ROAD BY ILORIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ILORIN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
SHALOM SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.
F O R M E R LY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JACKSON TOYIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DIPO TOYIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
TRUSTEES ARE:1. OKESON CHARLES CHUKWUDI - CHAIRMAN 2. OKOLO CHARITY NNEKA - SECRETARY
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE RURAL DWELLERS AND REACHING OUT WITH SUPPORT ITEMS PRACTISING WHAT WE PREACH/TEACHING AND RENDERING HELP THAT SUPPORT OR STRENGTHEN ONES FAITH
GREENWATCH BAY FOUNDATION
DIPO
AMA-OBI FOUNDATION 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.
FORMERLY CHINONSO IKNOWN AS
I , FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AYANFUNSO TAIBATU FUNLOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ENYINNIA NGOZI FUNLOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OWERRI, BANKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
MRS ENYINNIA
MRS ONYINYE EZEIDEI
FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLUYINKA KIKELOMO JAIYESIMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OLUYINKA KIKELOMO EGO-MARTINS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
MRS OLUYINKA
MRS VICTORIA OBIWULU
________________ DIRECTOR
F O R M E R LY K N O W N AND ADDRESSED AS OJAJUNI ABIMBOLA MARY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS FABIYI ABIMBOLA MARY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
MRS FABIYI
MRS MIRIAN NWOKEDI
FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ONYINYE TOCHUKWU OKOLI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ONYINYE TOCHUKWU EZEIDEI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS VICTORIA NNENNA UGAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS VICTORIA NNENNA OBIWULU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS MIRIAN OGOCHUKWU OGUKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS MRS MIRIAN OGUKA NWOKEDI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ODDIH IGWE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ODDIH PEDRO. THAT I WAS BORN ON THE 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 1981. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN GENUINE AND VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHRISTINA OLUFEMI METIBEMU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHRISTINA OLUFEMI ALAKIJA. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN GENUINE AND VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OLUWATOBI ELIZABETH AWOLAJA INSTEAD OF OLUWATOBILOBA ELIZABETH AWOLAJA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
F O R M E R LY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS UZOEGBU AGATHA IFEYINWA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKABUSI AGATHA IFEYINWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
FORMERLY ABUBAKAR IKNOWN AS
DANIEL
MUHAMMAD SANI HABIBULLAHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ABUBAKAR SANI HABIBULLAHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.
I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORO CHRISTIAN CHIMOBI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DANIEL CHRISTIAN CHIMOBI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE
CORRECTION OF NAME TMH ATY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS IMASUEN PRINCEWILL OSAKPOLOR IN MY BVN REGISTRATION. MY CORRECT NAME IS MASUEN-IKEKHUAMHEN PRINCEWILL OSAKPOLOR. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERN PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
OGUNBIYI
I FORMERLY KNOWN AS OGUNBIYI TEMITOPE OLAMIDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, AS OGUNBIYI TEMITOPE ANNA. ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE
I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUBI MICHAEL OLADIMEJI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUBIRE OLADIMEJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE
KALEJAIYE
F O R M E R LY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADIPO AYOMIKUN OLUWAFEYIKEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS KALEJAIYE AYOMIKUN OLUWAFEYIKEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.
THE TRUSTEES NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1. AGHA TOBIAS 2. VINCENT FAVOUR CHINAZA 3 FRANCIS UCHE MAN THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1 PROVIDING HEALTH CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND GLOBAL TRAINING CENTERS FOR SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES. 2 . ZERO EXTREME POVERTY THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND INNOVATIVE ALLEVIATION PROGRAM. 3. PROVIDING A STRONG PLATFORM BASED ON RESEARCH AND SOUND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTHCARE, SCHOOLS, FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH INSURANCE
THE TRUSTEES NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1. BOLDEN TERRI SUTOM-TRAVIS - CHAIRMAN 2. GAMBARI OMAR BOLAJI - SECRETARY 3 APPIAH-KORANG NANA AFOAH THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1 TO SOURCE BOOKS FROM DONORS AND ARRANGE FOR THEIR DELIVERY TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO HELP INCREASE THEIR LITERACY LEVELS IN NIGERIA.
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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. NWAMARA CHIBUZOR PASCHALINE 2. NWAMARA KELECHUKWU PASCHAL 3. OKORAFOR PASCHAL CHINONYELUM
- CHAIRMAN - TREASURER/PASTOR - SECRETARY/PASTOR
THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. RAISING A GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS THAT WILL BUILD A BETTER CHURCH FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD. TO PREACH AND BRING DELIVERANCE TO THOSE WHOSE JOY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY THE ENEMIES AND RESTORE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS, JOY TO THE SORROWED AND LIGHT TO THOSE IN THE DARK TO PREACH AND TRAIN CHRISTIAN TO POSSESS THE GOOD CHRISTIAN VIRTUES AND SHINES AS LIGHT IN THE WORLD AND SALT OF THE EARTH ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ELDER J. K. NANA (J.P) CROWN KINGS CONSULTANCY CO. 08037769526
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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 COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. TAOHEED BALQEES ADENIKE(CHAIRMAN) 2. OBAYEMI OLAWUMI FRANCISCA (SECRETARY) 3. EMERUWA VALENTINA TOYIN 4. AKINOLA OLANIKE ATOLANI 5. NELSON-ADENIYI CHRISTABEL SOTONYE 6. AYO ESTHER FRANCIS. 7. AJAJA ABIMBOLA FEBISAYO 8. BIFARIN IBITOLA JOY 9. TUNAU HAUWA ABUBAKAR. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS IN NIGERIA. 2. HELPING AND SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THE ART AND CRAFT OF CROCHETTING AND KNITTING. 3. ORGANIZING FAIRS, EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE AND PUBLICIZE THE ART AND CRAFT OF CROCHETTING AND KNITTING.
Classified ISLAMIC VALUE INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1. UMAR MUHAMMED MUDASHIRU 2. OPATOKUN HABEEB OLAWALE 3. SALAWU NASIRU AYODEJI 4. MUSTAPHA KAYODE KAREEM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CREATE AVENUE FOR YOUNG MUSLIM TO DISCOVER AND SHOWCASE THEIR POTENTIALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM. 2. TO CREATE AND DEVELOP A TRAINING CENTRE TO PROMOTE ENTERPRENEURSHIP SKILLS IN MUSLIM. 3 TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY OF ALLAH IN THE USE OF THE HOLY QUR’AN FOR THE HEALING NEED OF MANKIND 4- TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY OF ALLAH IN THE USE OF THE HOLY QUR’AN FOR THE HEALING NEED OF MANKIND PATIENTS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TOTHE REGISTRARGENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED:- TRUSTEES
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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, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION
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KENDY ATUZIE LOVE FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BOBUCHIM KENDY PAULVIN-ATUZIE 2. SHERIDAN CHISOM OKPALA 3. DANIEL A. ODIWE 4. PERPETUAL O. OJUKWU 5. GIFT C. OJI 6. AKINOLA AKINLOYE
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THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS: TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA AND ABROAD.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED WITHIN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS. 3. TO CREATE AWARENESS ON SOCIETAL ILLS AND ADVANCE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE.
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SIGNED: PRESIDENT
SIGNED BY: SECRETARY
SIGNED; CHAIRMAN.
ST. CATHERINE’S CLASS OF 1979 ALUMNI FOUNDATION
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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 1990.
THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. MRS VIOLET AKABOGU - CHAIRMAN 2. LADY CHINYERE VICTORIA OFODU 3.LADY BLESSING IFEATU OBIDEGWU 4. MRS ESTHER NWAOBIARA UYANNA - SECRETARY 5. MRS KEMKANMA NGOZI CHUKWUEKE 6. MRS UZOAMAKA GLORIA EZEANI 7. LADY PATRICIA IFEOMA OKECHUKWU 8. LADY AKU PAULINE ODINKEMELU . AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO CARE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED.
THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. SAMUEL-HORSFALL CHRISTOPHER - CHAIRMAN. 2. PEPPLE, IBITROKO - SECRETARY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO PROMOTE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO RUN CENTER FOR EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT, SPORTS, SOCIALS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ANY OTHER LIKES THAT MAY ARISE TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING FACILITIES OF ALL KINDS.
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SIGNED; CHAIRMAN.
SIGNED; CHAIRMAN.
ASSOCIATION OF GENERATORS’ TECHNICIANS OF NIGERIA
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: IMASUEN JULIUS A. CHAIRMAN OKPE MACSON VICE CHAIRMAN IKENYIRIM ANOSIKE COMITEEE CHAIRMAN ANI EMMANUEL IKECHUKWU SECETARY ONORORAKPENE JACOB DAVID - TREASURER IBENEME KINGSLEY ASST. SECETARY YUSUF HAMMED OLANREWAJU - P.R.O. SIMON SAMSON TASK FORCE IKENNA UCHE TASK FORCE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER PEACE AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY
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Four hundred million Europeans in 28 member states were called to the ballot box over four days
Europe Election polls: High turnout and a changed chamber As voting draws near a close across the European Union, the first exit polls suggest this year’s European Parliament elections have seen a higher turnout than usual, and the power balance is likely to change in the chamber. Taking place against the backdrop of a rise in support for far-right and nationalist parties at the national level in recent years, the election has been largely portrayed as a battle between the pro-European establishment and its Eurosceptic challengers. More than 400 million Europeans in 28 member states were called to the ballot box over four days to elect 751 members of the EU’s only directly-elected body. Brexiting Britain and the Netherlands kicked off the elections, which take place every five years, on Thursday. On Sunday, 21 countries voted and results are expected through the night. The European Parliament is responsible for choosing the next president of the European Commission, shares responsibility for deciding on the EU’s annual budget with the Council of the EU, as well as oversees the work of EU institutions. While it can’t initiate legislation, which is the purview of the European Commission, it can adopt and amend it. High turnout European Parliament elections are normally considered “second-tier” polls by citizens, who have traditionally used them to vent their frustrations with their own national governments with “protest votes”. Turnout has been steadily
declining since they were first held in 1979. But turnout estimates suggest this year might buck that trend. By noon, 14.4 percent of eligible voters had gone to the polls in Poland, almost twice as many as in 2014. By early evening, an EU spokesman put the official turnout estimate at 51 percent for 27 countries except for the UK. At the last European Parliament elections in 2014, 42.6 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. The European Parliament’s two largest political groups, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and the centre-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) are both on course to lose 39 and 38 seats respectively according to an aggregation of 14 national estimates and voting intentions where these were not available - unsettling their dominance and making this parliament the most fragmented so far. The EPP, whose lead candidate is Manfred Weber of the German Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), is currently the largest group in the European Parliament and holds all three EU top jobs. As alliances tend to form on an issue-by-issue basis, this means it might become harder to form majorities. There are eight political groups national parties can currently join. A new group composed by centrist Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE), Macron’s Renaissance movement and Romania’s USR-PLUS so far has more than 100 seats. French polls suggest Macron is second to Marine Le Pen. “For the first time in 40 years, the [EPP and the S&D] will no longer have a majority,” Guy Verhofstadt, the president of the ALDE group, told journalists at a press conference. “No solid pro-European majority is possible without centrist groups.” Another big winner so far compared to the last legislature is the Greens group, projected to take 69 seats, mostly thanks to the German result. “To forge a stable EU the Greens are going to indispensable,” said Ska Keller, the lead European Commission candidate for the group. The centrist, liberal Alliance for Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and the Greens are likely to play a more central role in future decisionmaking. The leftist European United Left/ Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) is projected to lose 10 seats. Far-right parties led by Italy’s firebrand interior minister and codeputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini are projected to win 57 seats, 21 more than in the last legislature. Alongside a number of other Eurosceptic and nationalist parties that are part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group such as the Polish Law and Justice, they wish to take power back from Brussels and devolve it
back to national governments. However, these parties are highly divided on some issues such as the budget, the role of Russiaand migration, raising questions about how coherent a front they can form in the parliament. Preliminary results: watching the socialists In the Netherlands, exit polls put the Labour Party slightly ahead of the ruling conservative VVD party led by Mark Rutte. The two poll at 18 and 15 percent respectively, a surprise result that will bolster first Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, who heads the Labour party and is the S&D’s lead candidate for the presidency of the European Commission. The upstart far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD) and its flamboyant 36-year-old leader, Thierry Baudet, were seen as Rutte’s main rival after the party came first in provincial elections earlier this year. It lags in fourth place. In Germany, the CDU/CSU centreright political alliance which includes Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party remains the largest party with 28 percent of the share, but it’s the Greens who appear to be on course to bring home the best results, polling at 22 percent. “That doesn’t mean we will see dramatic changes in the balance of power of the political forces in terms of what we were expecting a few days ago,” Doru Frantescu, the CEO of the Brussels-based think-tank Votewatch Europe, told Al Jazeera. “We’re seeing changes on the left between the political families, with the Greens taking more seats than expected but taking these seats from the socialists,” he explained, adding that crash of the socialists appears for be bigger than expected, despite the gains made in the Netherlands, which has only five seats in the European Parliament. “This is signalled by the result in Germany, where the Greens have for the first time passed the socialists.” Meanwhile, in Austria, the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) doesn’t appear to have suffered massive electoral losses following the “Ibiza-gate” video it polls third at 17.5 percent, behind the Austrian People’s Party (34.5 percent) and the Social Democratic Party of Austria (23.5 percent). The FPO, a key ally in Salvini’s coalition for a “Europe of nations”, was hit by a scandal after a secretly-filmed video emerged of its leader and Austria’s vice chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, offering lucrative government contracts in exchange for campaign support to a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch. The Austrian government witnessed a slew of resignations of farright ministers and faces a no-confidence vote on Monday.
Libya’s Haftar vows to fight until Tripoli ‘militias’ defeated Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, who is leading a military offensive against the government in Tripoli, said in an interview published on Sunday he will continue fighting until militias in the city laid down their arms. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) began an offensive in early April to take the capital from fighters loyal to Prime Minister Fayez alSarraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA), which is recognised by the United Nations. The LNA, which is allied to a parallel government in the east, has
not been able to breach the southern defences of Tripoli. Haftar justified the offensive last month by saying he was fighting against “private militias and extremist groups” who he said were gaining influence under al-Sarraj. “Of course a political solution is the objective,” Haftar told the Journal de Dimanche newspaper in France. “But to return to politics, we need to finish with the militias. The problem in Tripoli is a security one.” He offered an amnesty to fighters in Tripoli who laid down their arms, saying they would be allowed to
“return home safe and sound”. French President Emmanual Macron asked Haftar in a meeting held in Paris last week to take a public step towards a ceasefire without much luck, a French official told Reuters news agency. ‘Biased’ mediator Haftar also took aim at UN mediator Ghassan Salame who has warned that the country is “committing suicide” because of the conflict that six to 10 foreign states are involved in. “Salame is making irresponsible statements,” Haftar said. “He wasn’t
like that before. He has changed from an impartial and honest mediator, he has become a biased one.” Salame warned Haftar’s offensive is “just the start of a long and bloody war”. More than 75,000 people have been driven from their homes in the latest fighting and 510 have been killed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 2,400 people have also been wounded, while 100,000 people are feared trapped by the clashes raging on the outskirts of Tripoli.
g22 Four killed in new church attack in Burkina Faso
Four people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a string of assaults on Christian places of worship in the region. “The Christian community of Toulfe was the target of a terrorist attack gathered for Sunday prayers,” the bishop of Ouahigouya, Justin Kientega, said in a statement on Sunday. “The attack left four of the faithful dead.” A security source told AFP news agency “heavily armed individuals attacked the church … as the faithful were celebrating Sunday mass” in the town of Toulfe, 240km northwest of the capital Ouagadougou. “[The attack] caused panic in the village and many residents sought cover in their homes or in the bush,” a local resident said. Last week, gunmen killed four Catholics in a religious procession, days after a priest and five others were murdered at mass. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks that threaten to upend traditionally peaceful relations between majority Muslims and Christians who make up one-quarter of the country. The government has blamed unnamed armed groups operating in the country and Africa’s surrounding Sahel region. Raids began in 2015 in the north before targeting Ouagadougou and other regions, notably in the east. Nearly 400 people have been killed since 2015 - mainly in hitand-run raids, according to an AFP tally. Armed groups target Christian clergy as well as Muslim clerics they do not consider sufficiently conservative in a country where traditionally both religions have co-existed peaceably. France has deployed 4,500 troops in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad in a mission codenamed Barkhane to help local forces flush out fighters. French special forces this month freed four foreign hostages in the former French colony during an overnight raid that killed two soldiers. I FORMERLY K N O W N AS UMUNNAKWE OZIOMA MARYANN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS OKECHUKWU OZIOMA MARYANN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE
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WWC: Asisat Oshoala, Chiwendu Ihezuo arrive Super Falcons camp
Spain-based Asisat Oshoala and China-based Chiwendu Ihezuo arrived at Nigeria’s women’s team camp at the Avita Resort in Austria on Sunday. The two Super Falcons forwards were named in the final 23-player squad for the 2019 Women’s World Cup on Friday. Oshoala made history in the Uefa Women’s Champions League final as she became the
first African to play and score despite Barcelona losing 4-1 to Lyon two weeks ago. A week earlier, Ihezuo scored her seventh goal in seven outings as Henan Huishang pipped Nanchang Bayi 3-1 in a Chinese Women’s Football Championship encounter. Having overcome flight and visa difficulties, the Super Falcons duo received a warm welcome by their teammates
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Governor Obaseki shuns Okpekpe marathon race
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was conspicuously absent from the 7th annual Okpekpe 10km marathon road race which held in Okpekpe, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. His absence may not be unconnected to the simmering crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki has consistently denied rumour of lingering in the party, dismissing it as the handiwork of politicians seeking appointments in Abuja. However, the annual event was devoid of the usual glamour, as Obaseki failed to show up, while his predecessor, Adam Oshiomhole, ran a solo VIP race, tagged: “APC Race”, departure from the past. The State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu and Secretary to the State
Government, Osarodion Ogie, ran alongside other political office holders as well as other stalwarts of the party in the state. The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, also participated in another race. The first VIP race led by the Deputy Governor took off at 8:45, while that of the APC with Oshiomhole as the only key participant took off at 9:30.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi make Arsenal’s Europa League final squad Gabon’s PierreEmerick Aubameyang, Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi and Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny have been in Arsenal’s 24man squad for the Uefa
Europa League final. The Gunners will square up against Chelsea on May 29 with the aim of ending their 24-year trophy drought on the
Maurizio Sarri set to quit Chelsea for Juventus Maurizio Sarri is set to quit Chelsea for Juventus, according to report in Italian sources. It is claimed by local pundit Tancredi Palmeri that the Italian tactician will leave Stamford Bridge after the Europa League final against Arsenal on Wednesday.
Bahraini wins 2019 Okpekpe 10km road race In what points to a departure from East African domination of the annual Okpekpe 10km Road Race in Benin City, this year’s edition saw a Bahraini, Fikadu Dawit, winning the male category with a time of 29.03 minutes. Dawit beat two East Africans, Barechanu Tsegu and John Lotiang, of Ethiopia and Kenya who finished in a time of 29:04 and 29:17 minutes respectively. However, the East Africans completed a clean sweep of the female category. Sheila Chalangat from Kenya took the first position with a time of 33:14 minutes, while Tuitoak Jepchirchir also of Kenya and Kasegn Asefa of Ethiopia, returned with a time of 33:18 and 33:31 to emerge second and third respectively. Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, and Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, ran alongside other government officials as well as other stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress in the state in the VIP category. The VIP race also had as
participants, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung; Managing Director, THISDAY, Mr. Eniola Bello; Chairman, Wells Charlton Hotel and Apartments, Abuja, Capt. Hosa Okunbo, among others. While the first VP race that included the deputy governor took off at 8:45, that of the APC race, with the party’s national chairman Adams Oshiomhole participating, took off at 9:30. Delivering an address, Oshiomhole, a former governor of the state, thanked the current governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and the organisers of the Okpekpe 10 km road race for sustaining a tradition that has lasted seven years.
Sarri is highly tipped to replace Max Allegri, it is also claimed that the former Napoli manager has signed a threeyear contract worth £6million with the Serie A champions. Chelsea is tipped to replace Sarri with former player Derby County manager and Frank Lampard.
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European stage. Victory over their Premier League rivals in Azerbaijan will also guarantee them Champions League football next season after their fifthplace finish on the domestic scene. With 31 goals after 50 games this season, Aubameyang will be looking to stretch his dominance as the Gunners’ top scorer in Baku while Iwobi and Elneny will hope to get some playing minutes before joining their countries to prepare for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Iwobi’s Nigeria have been placed in Group B of Africa’s foremost football competition against Guinea, Burundi and Madagascar while Elneny’s Egypt, host of the tournament, are up against DR Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe in Group A.
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