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To win corruption war, society must be merit driven –Oshiomhole

Tony Ailemen Abuja

ÏÏÏ Immediate past Governor of

Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, declared that the current war against corruption will not achieve impact unless the society is merit driven. Speaking on the value system and how Nigerians perceive the war against corruption, Comrade

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Oshiomhole noted that the society gets the quality of leaders it deserves, saying that situation where people do not get to leadership positions on merit will make it difficult for such people to appreciate the need sound value system that promote corruption free actions. Comrade Oshiomhole, who was

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Paris Club refund: We did nothing wrong -Govs

Tony Amokeodo and Lateef Ibrahim, Ï d ƕè ózƆ Ɨ ƋƋ ƆƅƆ Əƕ ƍƍƏ ƒ Ƌ Ɛ ƅƐ ƈ Ɛ Ɔ ƌ ƆƏ ƓƆ ƗƈƗô Abuja Ï 9 ƈ Ƒ Ɛƈ ƄƆƈ ƌ ƗƆ ƅ ƅƆƏ ƈ ƌƆ ƒƆƏ Ə ƑƐƏƈ Ɛ ƌƈ ƅ ƈƆƇ The Nigeria Governors Forum Ï ó ƋƋ ƍƍƏ ƒ Ƌ è ƑƐ Əƈ Ɛƈ è ƐƆƏƌ Ƈ Ɔ ƆƌƆ Ɛ Ɨ Ɨƈ ƄƑƏ ƆƌƆ Ɛ ƍƏ ƍƆƏƋƕ Ɨ ƅƑƌƆ ƐƆƗè ƒƆƏƈƇƈ ƄƋƆ ÏÏÏ (NGF), the umbrella body for the thirty-six Governors of the Federation, Ï 01è ƢÕ 1 ƒ è ƅ ƑƋƐ Ɛ ƆƆƊ ƑƐé Ƈéƅ ƑƏƐ ƆƐƐƋƆƌƆ Ɛ ƒƆƏ MǀƢêÕƤƄ ƍ ƕƌƆ Ɛ on Monday, maintained its earlier po-

I never imported any bullet proof car –Saraki

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INEC denies suspending 202 staff indicted by EFCC 7

Certificate saga: Dino Melaye is ABU graduate, 6 says VC

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FG to borrow $6.1bn to complete all rail projects ÏÏÏ

The Federal Government has concluded plans to borrow 6.1 billion dollars from Chinese Exim Bank to complete all rail projects in the country by 2019. The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. In a statement issued by Yetunde Sonaike, the Ministry’s Director of Public Relations, Amaechi was said to have made

this known during the Ministry’s 2017 budget proposal defence at the National Assembly in Abuja. Amaechi said that the Federal Government had targeted the construction of Lagos – Ibadan, Kano – Kaduna rail projects and the first phase of the Coastal Rail (Lagos-Calabar) in the 2017 budget. He said that President Muhammadu Buhari insisted that all rail projects in the country that

had been awarded by previous administrations must be resuscitated and completed on or before the December 2019. Amaechi said that rail projects needed to be completed due to the economic importance of these projects and the benefits to be derived by the generality of Nigerians. “Our plan is to complete the Continued on page 12

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Hausa/Yoruba Clash: Aregbesola inaugurates commission of enquiry Sodiq Adekunle, Osogbo

ÏÏÏ Governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the promotion of communal peace in the state, just as he called for cooperation with security agencies in the process of unravelling those behind the March 8 mayhem in Ile-Ife. The governor stated this in a speech shortly after inaugurating a five

man judicial commission of enquiry into the disturbance of public peace in Ile-Ife on March 8. Members of the commission who have been given four weeks to work are Justice M. A. Adeigbe, who is the chairman; Mrs. Bose Dawodu; Barrister Ismail Ajibade; the State Commissioner of Police, the State Director of Department of State Security (DSS); and Mr. Bisi Babalola who will act as the secretary. The governor charged

the commission to investigate and determine the remote and immediate cause of the disturbance, identify the perpetrators and extent of involvement, determine the extent of injury sufferd by any individual or group. They were also mandated to recommend appropriate civil or criminal action to be taken against the perpetrators, make appropriate suggestions to the State Government towards the prevention of future

occurrence and also recommend appropriate monetary sum as compensation(s) for damages or injuries that may have been suffered by any individual or group of individuals in respect of matters received by it. The committee has four weeks to carry out its assignment. The governor said that report that small arms and light weapons were deployed freely during the crisis was disturbing and frightening.

“It has implication for security of lives and property and the potential for more conflicts beyond the immediate theatre of war, if not nipped in the bud. The governor warned against a pre-empt of the outcome of ongoing investigation, saying it will be prejudicial to the efforts of the law enforcement agencies, he however expressed confidence that the crisis is not an inter-ethnic, inter religious or inter regional conflict.

He described the mayhem as just an ugly development, a breach of public peace, masterminded by hoodlums and criminals which resulted into loss of lives and property. In his response, chairman of the judicial commission of enquiry, Hon. Justice Moshood Adeigbe who thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve the people of the state, promised that the commission will discharge its job without fear or favour.

FUNAI excel in Varsity debate, public speaking competition Moses Oyediran

ÏÏÏ The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi state has emerged second and fourth at the 2017 Inter-tertiary Institutions Debate and Public Speaking Competition. Receiving the students in his office yesterday, the Vice Chancellor of FUNAI, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, praised the gallantry of the students, assuring them of the University’s support in future engagements. Nwajiuba further

charged them and other students of the University to study hard in order to be the best, noting that, as soaring eagles they should soar above their contemporaries in all aspects of life. The University was represented at the competition organized by the Nigerian Debating Society at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, by Agbafor Joshua, Ibe Timothy (300-level), Okeke God’s great (200-level) and Uche Joseph (200-level), all of the Department of Biology/Microbiology/Biotechnology.

Professor Johnbull flays bogus campaign promises in Glo-sponsored sitcom ÏÏÏ

The spate of false promises made during campaign rallies by politicians have become worrisome to the electorate who get disappointed when these promises are not fulfilled. This unpopular trend, if not checked, may cause the teeming populace to lose confidence in certain individuals and may result in voters apathy. In this week’s episode of the Glo-sponsored sitcom, Professor Johnbull, this cunning behaviour by unscrupulous politicians is ridiculed. Titled ‘Campaign Promises’, the episode which will air today (Tuesday) on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8:30p.m. critically x-rays certain ideologies such as ethnicity, political manifes-

to, acrimony, and campaign funding. Watch Olaniyi, played by Yomi Fash-Lanso and Etuk (Imeh Bishop) lock horns in a tussle for the chairmanship of the hospitality board in their locality. The episode will also feature other regulars of the sitcom such as Professor Johnbull (Kanayo O. Kanayo), Caro (Mercy Johnson Okojie) Churchill (Jnr. Pope Odonwodo), Flash (Stephen Odimgbe), Mai Doya (Funky Mallam), Samson (Ogus Baba), Abadnego (Martins Nebo), Ufoma (Bimbo Akintola) and Jumoke (Bimbo Kosoko). The exclusive sponsor, Globacom, in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday encouraged viewers to tune in to the programme as it promises to be entertaining and educative.

L-R: Managing Director, VDT Communication, Mr. Biodun Omoniyi; Director of Strategy, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Tenu Awoonor; Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu; Managing Director, Pinet, Mr. Lanre Ajayi and Managing Director, VODACOM Nigeria, Mr. Lanre Kolade at the Pinet Insurance Conference in Lagos… on Monday.

No ghost worker in Imo LG –NLC Val Okara, Owerri

ÏÏÏ Hundreds of angry local government workers in Imo state stormed the state headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Owerri on Monday to protest their unlawful sack by the state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha. The sack of the local government workers by the state government followed an unsuccessful move to sack about 3000 civil servants in the state last year after they were deemed to be redundant. The workers, who carried placards with various inscriptions matched to office of the NLC on Edede Street Owerri from where they marched to the of-

fice of the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) at the state secretariat, Port Harcourt Road. Presenting their grievances to the state chairmen of the NLC, Austin Chilakpu, and Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC), Comrade Aloy Iwuanyanwu, the chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Oru East, who was also affected by the sack, Comrade Ngozichukwu Chikwendu, said they received the suspension letters on January 15, 2017 but had been waiting for the state NULGE chairman, Mr. Ucheghara Ndubuisi and his executive council to act on their behalf but to no avail. He alleged that the leadership of NULGE had disappeared

into the thin air. He added that they decided to take their protest to the NLC which is their father union to assist them address the situation having been abandoned by NULGE, adding that they embarked on the demonstration to show they were not ghost workers as they were being portrayed. He called on the NLC boss to assist them address the matter because, they had been denied of salaries since January. Addressing the aggrieved workers, the state chairman of the NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu, commended them for being mature enough in their peaceful protest. According to Chilakpu, the leadership of the organized labour had met with

the state governor over the issue and that he (the governor) agreed to set up a committee to look into the matter and that he was surprised that the committee was yet to commence work only for the Local Government Service Commission issued sacked letters and suspension letters to workers. He insisted that there are no ghost workers in Imo local government areas, because, “if the government termed this number of workers as ghost workers because their attendance to duty was not up to 60 percent in 2016, he should remember that he gave waiver for the workers to come to work only three times in a week and for them to use two days for farms.”

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as far as the disbursement of the Paris Club Refund to states and the consultants are concerned. The NGF disclosed that it has all necessary approvals to act in the manner it did, stressing that the misinformation in the media about the disbursement and insinuations being made concerning some Governors that are being mentioned is outright mischief. The Forum, in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Abulrazque Barkindo, in Abuja, stated that the approval for the release of the second tranche of the Paris Club refund by President Muhammadu Buhari is indicative of his confidence in the NGF for the manner it handled the dis-

bursement of the first tranche of the fund. The NGF maintained that it played an altruistic and patriotic role in ensuring that it aided, as directed, approved and authorised by the Presidency, Federal Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Debt Management Office (DMO) and all other necessary agencies of government, the disbursement of the funds to entities and individuals lawfully entitled to it. It insisted that all approvals, authorisation, terms of engagements and disbursement were properly documented and are verifiable by anyone, including the general public. The NGF’s statement reads:

“Our attention has been drawn to publications in the media which are believed to have emanated from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) about a purported report the antigraft agency submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari, on March 10, 2016. “The report is said to have indicted the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and imputed illegal dealings in the disbursement of the Paris Club refund payment to states of the federation as handled by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). “While the NGF will not want to repeatedly join issues with the EFCC on the disbursement of the first tranche of the Paris Club refund, particularly after its of-

ficials have been interrogated by the anti-corruption agency and we provided all necessary and required details and documents regarding disbursement to states, including harmonising the number of consultants and payment made to them, we are constrained to once again state the following for the benefit of members of the public: “It is true that Melrose General Services Limited was one of the consultants that was duly engaged and documented to facilitate the disbursement of the Paris Club Refund. The consultant was also paid an amount commensurate to the services it provided, among other numerous consultants that were involved in the process. “It is not in the NGF’s purview

to determine how Melrose or other consultants disburse or utilise the consultancy fee paid to them. The NGF should therefore not be dragged into how its suppliers, lawyers, contractors and consultants spend their legitimate incomes and revenues. “It may interest the public to know that the NGF is still being inundated with claims from many other consultants from all over the country who had earlier been engaged and promised commission by the respective states. “The NGF maintains its earlier position that it has done nothing illegal as far as the disbursement of the Paris Club Refund to states and the consultants are conContinued on page 7

Certificate saga: Dino Melaye is ABU graduate, says VC Chris Emetoh, Abuja

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Ambode launches whistle blower scheme Benjamin Omoike

ÏÏÏ Lagos State Governor, Akin-

wunmi Ambode, says the state has officially launched the whistle blower scheme, where any person who gives relevant and useful information regarding curbing crime in the state, will be handsomely rewarded. He made this declaration on Monday at the Agege Stadium, Lagos, during the launch of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC). “On August 15, 2016, I assented to the law that created the Neighbourhood Safety Corps. The Corps is designed to provide a second layer of policing in order to ensure our state and communities are more secure. “Special hotlines have also been created direct to the Executive Secretary and senior management of Safety Corps agency for easy communication with our communities in the event of any

crime. Any valuable information given to the Corps will attract handsome rewards from the State Government. I therefore call on all Lagosians to join hands with us to say a final no to crime in our State. “Today’s formal presentation of the Neighbourhood Safety Corps is a giant step towards enhancing security all over our dear State and a vital part of our continuing security and justice sector reforms. I thank the Speaker and members of the Lagos House of Assembly for their exemplary work on the law that set up this Agency. It clearly shows that this is a listening Assembly that is committed to the safety and welfare of Lagosians,” he said. Governor Ambode said the Nigerian Police had been very supportive to his administration in the last two years and thanked them immensely for their commitment to fighting crime in the State.

He, however said he had identified that due to the huge population and unique challenges in Lagos, the Police needed the support of his government to complement their efforts especially in areas of community policing. He made it abundantly clear that the Neighbourhood Safety Corps was not in any way in competition with the regular Police Force. In actual fact, he said, they were expected to assist and complement the Police by providing useful intelligence for crime prevention and to facilitate the arrest of perpetrators of criminal activities in communities. “In realisation of the fact that nothing can be more important in Law enforcement than educating those who enforce it, this crop of elite’ corps have been trained and equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills to complement the good work of the Nigerian Police. Continued on page 7

ÏÏÏ Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, has cleared beyond all doubts that Senator Dino Melaye graduated from the university in 2000. The VC, who appeared before the Senate Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions Committee, chaired by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, (PDP Imo East), on Monday, said that Melaye graduated from ABU with a third-class degree in Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Geography. According to the Vice Chancellor, “Dino was a student of ABU with the name Daniel Jonah Melaye and I affirm very strongly that he is an authentic graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.” Garba spoke shortly after the committee mandated by the Senate to investigate the alleged certificate forgery against Senator Melaye as raised by the former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, began sitting. At plenary last week, Ndume, APC, Borno South, urged the Senate to investigate the matter which he said bothers on the integrity of Senate. He arrived the National Assembly at around 12:30pm on the invitation of the Senate committee. He was however excused from the hearing room to allow members of the committee interrogate Senator Melaye on the allegations raised against him. Senator Melaye while testifying under oath before the committee with some of its members present including Tayo Alasoadura, Mao Ohuabunwa, Matthew Uroghide, Ibrahim Gobir, Akpan Bassey, Peter Nwaoboshi and the

Senate Deputy Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, affirmed his stand on being a graduate of ABU. He went further to tender before the committee, documents backing up his claim. The documents he presented included an admission letter for a Bachelor Degree course of the university, dated September 6, 1994; a copy of his acceptance letter; statement of result certifying him to have graduated from ABU; his Level certificate; NYSC call up letter and discharge certificate. “And for avoidance of doubt, I served at the Police College in Kaduna in 2001,” he said. Prof. Garba, who was later readmitted around 1:40 pm to clear doubts on the claims or otherwise, told the committee, “In my honour, I reaffirm the fact that Dino Melaye graduated as Daniel Jonah Melaye in 2000 with a thirdclass degree in Geography (Bachelors of Art) of the ABU.” The Committee had on Thursday last week written and summoned the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Garba to appear before it on Monday to explain his side of the story regarding the alleged certificate scandal leveled against Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West that he did not graduate from the institution. Ndume, while responding to the development on Monday, said he was satisfied with the Senate probe panel’s handling of the matter and the outcome. He however explained that raising the matter before the Senate at plenary was not personal. “The decision to investigate the matter wasn’t mine, it was that of the Senate. The issue I read was raised in Punch and an online medium. I didn’t know it Continued on page 7

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To win corruption war, society must be merit driven - Oshiomhole

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the lead speaker at the first National Anti-Corruption Stakeholders Summit, held at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Academy, Karu Abuja, noted that for the war to achieve the desired results, Nigerians must cooperate with the government. The former Governor of Edo State, said the EFCC should use the strongest weapons available to deal with the issues of corruption if the current decadence in the Nigerian society must be reversed. He said: “You cannot fight corruption without casualties. The soldier who carries gun knows that the

gun is not a toy and that he is trained to fire at the enemy and the only evidence that he has shot at the enemy is the resultant casualty. “Some people must be made to pay. Members of the public also must understand the linkage between corruption and economic deprivation resulting from such actions. “You need weapons of mass destruction to wipe away corruption from the society”. Comrade Oshiomhole, who also made case for inter-agency collaboration to ensure the success of the war against corruption, wondered why there are

conflicts amongst agencies saddled with the responsibilities of carrying out similar activities. “We are indeed in serious trouble. If we cannot enforce a law, there is no need making the laws in the first place, because when the system collapse, all of us become vulnerable”. The Acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, in his opening remarks, called for collaboration with other agencies for the war against corruption to succeed. Magu, who spoke on the topic, “Together against Corruption,” noted that “the summit became nec-

Ambode launches whistle blower scheme Continued from page 6 In addition to the induction on orthodox community policing techniques, the corps have been trained in the following skills; “Mediating disputes and the art of negotiating for peaceful resolution, balancing communal interest in resolving disputes and proactive policing engagement instead of reactive policing.” “I will also like to state that in order to further strengthen security in our State, a new executive bill will be sent to the State House of Assembly to regulate the employment of

domestic workers and security guards henceforth. “This bill will prescribe regulations for these set of workers and other details to monitor their activities. There is no room for child abuse or under aged workers. It has been discovered that domestic workers are largely undocumented and pose a grave security threat in the State. The recruiting agencies must be licensed and regulated henceforth. Our safety is now non-negotiable,” he said. The governor added that the state had invested heavily in providing them with state of the art equipment and accessories which in-

clude 177 salon cars and vehicles equipped with necessary communication gadgets to be distributed across all the Local governments and LCDAs He said motorcycles with full rider’s protection kits such as helmets, knee and ankle guards to ensure their personal safety for each of the 377 wards across the state and 4000 bicycles to quietly patrol and engage our communities, had also been provided. He added that through the initiative, the State Government had created over 7,000 jobs for officers of the Corps, artisans and other support staff.

Certificate saga: Dino Melaye is ABU graduate, says VC Continued from page 6 would generate unnecessary issues. I thought that since the matter bothers on the integrity of the entire Senate, I should point

it out, and which I did in good faith. It is a simple issue, if they say you have no certificate and you know very well that you have it, then you simply do that and let the matter rest

from unnecessary escalation…..and now that the Vice Chancellor has said that Dino Melaye is an authentic graduate of ABU, I think it’s Ok,” Ndume noted.

INEC denies suspending 202 staff indicted by EFCC Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, dismissed report that it has suspended the 202 staff indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Commission, in a statement by its Secretary, Mrs. Chinwe Ogakwu, explained that it is in the

process of investigating and interviewing the staff concerned in accordance with the principles of fair hearing. The Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC stated that in line with the Commission’s staff conditions of service, no disciplinary action can be taken until the conclusion of the process. The Commission therefore called on Nigerians to disregard the report

that it has suspended the 202 staff indicted by the EFCC.

essary because for a long time, the various agencies have, encased in their individual silos, often taken separate and sometimes conflicting paths on the road to liberating our nation from the stranglehold of corruption”. He appealed to the other agencies not to “allow our corporate and individual interests to pull us in different directions, while the wellbeing of our fellow citizens takes the back seat”. Magu noted that the time for genuine synergy is now, assuring that EFCC is totally y committed to winning the war against financial and economic crimes. Chairman, Senate Com-

mittee on Economic and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, however challenged the EFCC to ensure compliance with the rule of law and fundamental human rights in its quest to rid the nation of corruption. Utazi, who chided the EFCC for what he described as over sensationalisation of arrests and trials of suspects, said such action portray the antigraft agency as unserious in the eyes of the international community. Renowned lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome, in his remarks, also challenged the EFCC acting Chairman to

make examples of some corruption politicians serving in the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for Nigerians to take them serious. “Corruption is 37th State and probably the wealthiest state in Nigeria, but for Nigerians and the international community to take you serious, you must take an introspection and I dare you to make an example of one person in the current administration. “ For people to key into what you are doing, you also need to declare how much you have so far recovered, where they are kept and how they are being expended,” he said.

M ƈƋ Əƈè ƅ ƒƈƅƐƆƗ ƆƔ Ɨ ƌ Ɠ ƒè Ə ƐƆƗ Ƅ ƈƋ Ɔ ƋƐ Ə Ƒ Ɨ ÏÏÏ Justice Nathan Musa of Yola High Court, on Monday, granted bail to Mr. Bala Ngilari, former Adamawa State Governor, on health grounds, after he appealed against his recent conviction. Ngilari was granted bail in the sum of N100 million with two sureties, who must deposit Certificates of Occupancy of landed property owned in Yola. Musa said that the former governor would enjoy

his bail pending the determination of his Appeal. Recall that Justice Musa, on March 6, sentenced Ngilari to five years in prison, without an option of fine, for violating the Public Procurement Act in the award of contract for the procurement of 25 vehicles. The vehicles, which were for commissioners, were purchased at the cost of N167 million. Musa, in his judgment, had declared that due pro-

cess was not followed in the transaction. Ngilari, having appealed the sentence, went back to the same court that convicted him, and asked for bail, pending the determination of his Appeal. Justice Musa, after listening to arguments of counsel to Ngilari, Mr. Sam Olugunorisa (SAN) and that of EFCC, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, in the motion for bail pending Appeal, granted Ngilari’s request.

Terrorists will never seize any part of Nigeria, says Buhari ÏÏÏ President Muhamma-

du Buhari has vowed that never again will terrorists take over and occupy any part of Nigeria’s territory. He made the vow in Sambisa Forest on Monday while declaring open the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship, NASAC. Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, Buhari noted that holding the championship in the forest was an affirmation that government was “resolved to stamp out all activities and operations of the Boko Haram insurgents from our territory.” He said: “This champion-

ship is a showcase of the clear effect and degradation of the Boko Haram terrorist group with the destruction of Camp Zairo in the heart of the famous Sambisa forest. “I can say categorically that never again will Boko Haram occupy any of our land. “I want use this opportunity to congratulate the Nigerian Army for this achievement and reiterate at this point by noting that it is a case of professional training that brought the Nigerian Army to this length.” Buhari restated that through the Presidential Committee on North-East

Initiative (PCNI), government would reconstruct facilities and structures destroyed by the terrorists so that the people of the region could enjoy the dividends of democracy. Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, said the championship was held at the forest to consolidate on the gains achieved by troops in the north-east so far. “This championship is therefore held here at the heart of the Sambisa forest as part of Nigerian Army’s plans to effectively dominate all hostile territories in the North East”, Buratai said.

CBN introduces new Foreign exchange rates

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Nigeria on Monday introduced new Forex rates, saying it will no longer trade the naira at N375 per dollar for invisibles, such as school fees, medical bills and travel allowances. The apex bank said Nigerians can now get the

dollar at N360 across all commercial banks within the country. “The CBN (is) to sell forex to banks at N357/$1, while banks will sell to their customers at N360/$1 for invisibles (BTA, medicals, fees, etc),” the regulator said on Monday. “CBN directs banks to

post new rates in the banking halls of their branches immediately. CBN examiners to visit banks to ensure the new rates are implemented. “CBN prohibits banks from selling forex funds meant for invisibles to BDCs,” the apex bank added.

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Three feared killed, six injured in herdsmen fresh attack on Delta farmers Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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Three persons were feared killed in a renewed attack allegedly launched by Fulani herdsmen in Emuhu community, Ika South local government area of Delta, while six others sustained degrees of injuries. It was gathered that the activities of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen operat-

ing in Ika South axis and in some parts of Edo state, had placed residents of the areas in perpetual fear. Besides, the herdsmen have also reportedly taken over some farm lands. A resident of Abavo, one of the communities in the LGA, David Silvia, told our reporter that the current horrendous activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the community, had been untold, particularly the al-

leged destruction of their farm crops. “We are tired and sick of the herdsmen. They have virtually taken over our farmlands, raped our women and killed those who object to their activities,” the resident lamented. In the early hours of on Monday, the people of Emuhu community took to the streets in the area, demanding the state government’s urgent interven-

tion to their ordeals in the hands of the Fulani herdsmen who they described as “wicked, rapists and killers.” The protesters displayed placards with different inscriptions: ‘Herdsmen must leave our community,’ ‘Enough of the destruction of our farm crops,’ ‘Stop raping our women, killing of our farmers,’ ‘We need Okowa to urgently intervene,’

Leader of the protesting group, Mr. Bright Umunede, alleged that the herdsmen had taken over their community’s faming lands, and have allegedly killed their farmers and raped their women. One of the victims, Chuks Okoyen, who claimed to have been injured with a dagger, said “the herdsmen moved to us with their daggers, and we tried to defend

ourselves, we saw guns with them and took to our heels. Three of us were however mauled down and are at the point of death.” The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, confirmed that the police have arrested six suspected Fulani herdsmen in connection with the recent attack on the farmers, adding that investigation was ongoing.

Ugwuanyi swears in members of reconstituted electoral commission Moses Oyediran,

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ÏÏÏ Governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Monday, swore in the chairman and members of the newly reconstituted the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) whose appointments were announced last week. The chairman of the commission, Dr. Mike Ezegwu Ajiogwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and the other members of the state electoral body, took the oath of office administered by the state solicitor general, Mr. Victor Umeribe. Speaking after the new electoral umpires were sworn in, Governor Ugwuanyi said their appointments were based on their track records, adding that there was a clear need to fill the existing vacancies in the commission following the end of tenures of the former chairman and some other members of the body. He explained that this was in accordance with Section 3 (2) of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission Law. Furthermore, he explained that in line with section 13 (1) of the Enugu

State Independent Electoral Commission Law, a new secretary in the person of Mr. Tagbo Nnama, was appointed from the State Public Service to the commission. “I am confident that the appointment of these men and women of high repute, competence, and experience as the chairman and members of ENSIEC would usher in a new era of efficiency and progress in the discharge of the commission’s mandate”, said the governor. He noted that with the new development, his administration will now proceed to tackle the issues of funding and other logistics that will pave the way for the immediate commencement of political activities at the third tiers of government in the state, urging the members to live above board in the discharge of their responsibilities. Dr. Ajiogwu who responded on behalf of the others expressed their appreciation for the appointments and told the governor that they were aware of the enormity of the responsibility required to discharge their new assignment, pledging that with God on their side, they will not fail.

L-R: Chairman, Parents Teachers Association, Pilot Science Primary Masaka, Nasarawa State (PSPM), Chief Danjuma Aboki; a member, National Youth Service Corps, Batch B stream1, Miss. Oreoluwa Ebofin and Head Mistress, PSPM, Mrs. Lois Aribi, during the donation of learning materials to the school by Oreoluwa Ebofin in Nasarawa state… recently.

Group appeals to Obaseki, Oba Ewuare 11 to investigate the detention of its leader in Oko prison Titus Akhigbe, Benin

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Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) has appealed to the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the arrest and detention of the president of the movement, Comrade Curtis Ugbo, saying that the recent protest was against oil companies operat-

ing in the state but have marginalized the Benin people and not against the state government. It would be recalled that Comrade Ugbo and Chief Odion Olaye were remanded at the Oko prison last Thursday following the protest they led against the management of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and other oil companies operating in the state, after the group alleged that the oil companies have failed to fulfil

their social responsibilities to the oil producing communities. Reacting in a statement signed by the public relations office of the movement, Marxist Kola Edokpayi and Comrade Hope Enogieru, stated that “some persons are only trying to blackmail our movement just because they want to put our people in prison. That is why we are appealing to our father, the Oba and our governor to investigate this matter properly so

that innocent people will not suffer. “The protest was very peaceful and we were only asking these oil companies to employ at least 1,000 of our Benin people instead of hiring people from outside. We did not kill anybody, we were not armed. We recall that similar protest occurred in Rivers state that same day, the protesters were armed and the police and the governor went them to address them before peace reigned.

Herdsmen/Farmers’ Clash: KWSG appeals for calm, vows to apprehend culprits Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

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the recent clash between herdsmen and farmers in Yashikira community of Baruten local government area of Kwara state, the state

government has appealed to all aggrieved parties to remain calm and refrain from taking law into their hands. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who made the appeal in a statement on

Monday, condemned the clash and vowed that those involved in the unfortunate incident will be apprehended and be made to face the law. “The Kwara state government is backing the State Police Command and

other security agencies to apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators of the acts of violence with a view to bringing them to justice,” he said. Alhaji Gold added that the state government remains committed to pro-

tecting lives and property in line with the constitution and the rule of law and will not hesitate to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone or group found to have instigated or taken part in any act of violence.

The SSG, therefore, called on all citizens and residents of the State to remain calm and go about their lawful activities without fear as the state government remains resolute in the task of maintaining law and order.

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PDP crisis: Can Dickson’s reconciliatory efforts endure? Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja The leadership crisis bedeviling the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), no doubt, has lingered on for long. The crisis has been on for close to one year now. The disagreement within the opposition PDP, which started following its botched national convention in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, in May 2016, like a joke, had become so intractable. It appears to have seemingly defied all solutions, whether political or legal. Many political observers and pundits are worried that a party, which, not quite long ago, held sway politically in the country for solid sixteen years (between 1999 and 2015), could find itself in this kind of political logjam. The crisis, without mincing words, has sharply divided both the leadership and the teeming members of the party along two distinctive groups-those loyal to the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led court recognised national executive and those sympathetic to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee (NCC). Both run their affairs from two separate locations. They are fast becoming like two parallel lines that will never meet. It therefore came as a cheering news, when information filtered in last Thursday that representatives of the two groups have, at last, resolved to meet with the National Reconciliation Committee of the party under the chairmanship of the Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The time for the meeting was 2pm. Venue was Bayelsa State Governor’s lodge. Journalists covering the party had ‘invaded’ the venue on time to make sure that no aspect of the meeting was lost. The meeting was a closed door one. It lasted for some hours. When it was finally over, members of the fourth estate of the realm were invited in. From the smiles on the faces of those in attendance at the meeting, it was evident that the party was about to start finding its feet again as well as moving closer to resolving the crisis that had torn it apart. A communique was issued at the end of the reconciliatory meeting. The lot of reading the communique fell on the deputy national chairman of the reconciliation committee and former Deputy Senate Pres-

Gov. Dickson

ident, Alhaji Ibrahim Nasir Mantu. The reason for this was because the Chairman of the committee, Governor Dickson had lost his voice following series of meetings he had been holding with various leaders and stakeholders of the party. Some of the meetings were held in the day time, while others were nocturnal. The communique indicated that members of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led national executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Senator Ahmed Makarfiled National Caretaker Committee (NCC), of the party have resolved to work together with the party’s National Reconciliation committee with a view to engendering peace and genuine reconciliation. The decision came almost one year after the leadership crisis that has been rocking the party and which had sharply divided the leading opposition party into two groups. The communique also directed the warring factions to desist from making derogatory, inflammatory and divisive statements against party officials, stakeholders and members. It was signed by two representatives from each of the groups as well as Governor Dickson . According to the four-point communique, as read by Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, “The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party chaired by His Excellency Henry Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa State, in its on-

Sen. Makarfi

going peace and reconciliation efforts has met with key actors across board and the following resolutions where reached: “That all actors of the party should desist from making derogatory, inflammatory and divisive statements against party officials, stakeholders and members. “That the party should not dissipate her energy amongst itself, but to focus on how to unite and be a formidable opposition capable of taking over power from the failed APC led government. “That all key actors in the ongoing peace process should henceforth desist from making public press statements attacking each other and statements insinuating negative acts capable of dragging the party to the mud. “In conclusion all key actors in the PDP have agreed to work together with National Reconciliation Committee led by Governor Seriake Dickson to engender peace and genuine reconciliation,” it said.

Sen. Sheriff

Hon Ahmed Gulak, the Chief of Staff to Sheriff and Hon Bernard Mikko, the acting National Publicity Secretary to the party signed on behalf of the Sheriff’s group, while Prince Dayo Adeyeye, then National Publicity Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee, and Hon Dave Iorhemba, the Legal Adviser to the NCC and former Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly signed for the Makarfi’s group. Also on the same Thursday, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the party, Senator Walid Jubrin warned that selfish ambition of individuals should not be allowed to destroy the party. Senator Jubrin gave the warning while receiving the report of the National Reconciliation Committee of the party under the chairmanship of Gov. Dickson. Equally, Governor Dickson cautioned the two factions, led by Sen Sheriff and Sen Makarfi, to drop their ego and ambition for the unity of the party.

We will also not be failing to point out that whether we succeed or how soon we succeed will be based on the collaboration of all of us. Let us leave all personal grievances and ambitions behind. This party is not about Makarfi and Sheriff alone. Let us all unite, leave ego and ambition

According to the BoT Chairman, “Selfish or personal ambition should never try to destroy this party.” He however dismissed plans by some aggrieved members of the party to form a new party. His words, “Any attempt by any member to leave PDP for an unborn party is not a good decision. You cannot build a solid house and abandon it mid way. “We must never behave as never do well. We must resolve our differences. We need two strong parties, PDP and another one,” he said. He noted that while judiciary is doing its best to resolve the problem legally, the political solution is also welcome. Jubrin assured that the BOT will meet with other organs of the party, “So that we can call our convention before or latest by June”. Continuing, he said, “I want to assure our members that peace will return to PDP and all our differences will be resolved.” In his brief remarks before submitting the report to the members of the BoT, Dickson had said, “We will also not be failing to point out that whether we succeed or how soon we succeed will be based on the collaboration of all of us. “Let us leave all personal grievances and ambitions behind. This party is not about Makarfi and Sheriff alone. Let us all unite, leave ego and ambition”, he admonished. The governor disclosed that the Continued on Page 10

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Age limit, a barrier to quality leadership in Nigeria - Group Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Advocates of the #NotTooYoungToRun campaign have said that the constitutional age limitation as enshrined in the Nigeria constitution robs Nigeria of a lot of talents required to move the country forward, calling for its abrogation from the constitution. The group therefore urged Nigerians across the 36 state of the federation and the FCT to call their legislators at the National Assembly and ask them to support the bill. This call came at the weekend during an immersion meeting convened by the Youth Initiative

for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), in collaboration with other youth groups advocating for the passage of the bill to provide information about the campaign. Ibrahim Faruk, Senior Programs Officer at YIAGA stated that #NotTooYoungToRun, sought to address the constitutional exclusion of young people from decision making and electoral politics. He stated that the constitution is the major barrier to young people’s participation in politics, adding that passing the bill will enhance the nation’s democracy. The group also said that it has set aside April 4, 2017 as a National Day of Action and would

Udom assures A/Ibom people in Lagos on development of state ….lays foundation for AKISCOM Lagos secretariat, Iniobong Iwok Governor Emmanuel udom of Akwa Ibom State, Saturday performed the foundation laying ceremony of the Akwa Ibom State community in Lagos (AKISCOM) plaza and secretariat. The event which was held at the proposed site of the building on Adeniyi /Durojaiye, Itire, Surulere was attended by several indigenes of the state from all works of life resident in Lagos, including Noollywood actor and a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Eliot, and husband of the late former music queen Christy Essien Ibekwe, Joe, both of who have wives from the state. In his speech at the event, Governor Udom expressed appreciation to leadership of AKISCOM for making the dream of previous leaders of the union a reality by finalising modalities for the building of a secretariat. Udom called for unity among indigenes of the state in Lagos, stressing that progress can only be achieved where there is unity and peace. The governor stressed that there had been massive investment in infrastructure in Akwa Ibom State since he assumed office, which have resulted in the rapid industrial growth, adding that his administration was also investing in sports, actualisation of a seaport project in Ikot Abasi which is expected to generate about 150,000 jobs. He said: “This vision represents what our fathers preached that we must see ourselves as one before any other person, not as from different tribes, the greatest asset we

have is our people. “We have invested in sports, free education and we are equipping stadiums, the other day an Akwa Ibom indigene won gold in Commonwealth games. We are building seaport in Ikot Abasi from which we are expecting about 150,000 jobs to be created” Udom said. Earlier in his speech, AKISCOM President, Chief Elijah Ifot, called for support from all indigenes of the state towards the completion of the building, he stressed that the association had strived to forge unity among indigenes of the state in Lagos. Prominent indigenes of the state who have contributed to the development of the country and humanity were honoured and inducted as patron of the union. The event also witnessed the award of scholarship to some students and indigenes of the state who are studying in different tertiary institutions in the country.

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embark on a peaceful march to the National Assembly to appeal to the lawmakers to consider the bill with expediency. Faruk said, “In advocating for the #NotTooYoungToRun, we identify our people, the issues and the actions we can take to solve them. Passing #NotTooYoungToRun will promote inclusion, deepen intergenerational dialogue, as well as enhance competitive politics,” he said. Mark Amaza of MindCapital, also stressed the need for the bill to be passed without further delay noting that so many young people in their 20s have distinguished themselves in their various endeavors hence, age should not be used as yard-

stick for occupying any political office. He decried the negative term, “youthful exuberance,” used to describe young people in Nigeria. “In Nigeria, we have many young people who have done so well for themselves. Youthful exuberance isn’t limited to young people alone. It is unfair to taint all young people with the brush of youthful exuberance. In politics, advocacy, as well as business, many young people are distinguishing themselves. Young people who run for office while underage shows the eagerness of young people to run for office,” he added. Ukachi Chukwu, a member of YIAGA, noted that the bill

is geared towards opening up the space, allowing the youth to participate will give them the opportunity to gain more experience and contribute in governance of the state. The #NotTooYoungToRun Bill which was presented to the National Assembly in July, 2016, seeks to reduce the constitutional age for running for elective office in Nigeria. The bill also seeks to mainstream independent candidacy into Nigeria’s electoral system. The bill is currently under review by the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee. The bill has also passed first reading in the Senate

PDP crisis: How far can Dickson’s effort go? Continued from Page 9 court recognised National Chairman of the party, Senatorn Sheriff has written an undertaken to allow the convention committee free hand to operate and for party officers holding offices to resign ahead of the convention. Few hours after the decision of the reconciliatory meeting where the two factions agreed to work together, members of the National Caretaker Committee, sympathetic to Senator Makarfi , repudiated part of the peace deal. The caretaker committee, in a statement issued and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said, “The attention of the National Caretaker Committee led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has been drawn to some publications in the news media misinforming the public that the parties have reached a ‘political solution’”. “This is not true and we wish to state that the agreement signed yesterday before the Governor Dickson’s Reconciliation Committee was only to stop further media attacks on officers, elders and other stakeholders of the PDP across the internal political divide. “For the record, the agreement was not a Political Solution but rather an understanding reached urging representatives of “the key actors” from both groups not to dissipate energy amongst themselves, but to focus on how to unite as a formidable force capable of re-gaining power from the failed All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the 2019. “The agreement also implored both parties to desist from making public derogatory remarks against each other that could cause inflammatory reactions capable of dragging the party to the mud.

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“It is instructive to note that the National Caretaker Committee and all the organs of the party are working hard with the Reconciliation Committee ably led by the governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson with other stakeholders to reach a lasting political solution. “However, this effort is without prejudice to the appeal before the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the Court of Appeal Judgment of February 17, 2017. “We call on all our members, teeming supporters and lovers of democracy to continue supporting our party leaders, elders and other critical stakeholders as we work assiduously to bring the party crisis to an end,” the group said. With this development, will it be correct to say that the PDP has com-

menced a process of true reconciliation with a view to ending its leadership crisis or that that peace deal may have collapsed even before it fully takes off ? Can this crisis within PDP, the leading opposition party in the country, be resolved anytime soon? Whichever way it goes, the PDP must know that a lot of Nigerians, within and outside the country, are eagerly looking up to it to provide that credible and robust opposition to the governing All Progressives Congress for the next two years before the next elections are held in 2019. This is because it is only a virile opposition that can effectively put the ruling government on its toes, hold it firmly accountable to the people and make it to fulfill its electoral promises to the people. A word is enough for the wise.

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Don, lawmakers seek involvement of youths in nation building Stories By Patrick Okohue A Senior lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Dr ‘Tunde Adeoye, has called on the government to utilise youths in positive direction for accelerated national development. Adeoye made the call as a keynote speaker during a Leadership Breakfast Session tagged “Take the Lead: Redefining Leadership Among Nigerian Youths”, organised by StoneBridge platform in honour of Hon Dayo Saka Fafunmi, representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly. According to the lecturer, Nigerian constitution defines youths as young people within the age bracket of 18 to 35 years, but these set of people are not well represented in government. He said that youths had been negatively used with resultant effect of youth unemployment, restiveness, widespread kidnapping, militancy, oil theft, violence from Boko Haram. “Youths are the building blocks of every developed nation. The stronger the youths of a country, the more developed the country. “In order to redesign youths leadership in Nigeria and make them contribute meaningfully to nation building, it is a duty for all; the government, parents and youths themselves. “The energy and brightness of the minds of youths act as torch bearer for national development.

The countries which utilise their youth in positive direction are more developed. “The youths of a nation are the trustees of posterity,” Adeoye said. He decried the neglect of youths in the scheme of things by successive administrations, stressing that such development had been the bane of national growth. “The future of the youths has been mortgaged for selfish gains when youths have been denied benefits of good education and when their minds have been infected with low morality and loss of values. “Why won’t it be so when government’s plans and readiness to revive youth unproductively is but a mere lip service? “They only engage the youths during election and turn them into electoral thugs instead of building enough schools and creating adequate employment opportunity. “The youth are the architect of their misfortune because they have internalised the wrong precedence of corrupt politicians. They are ideologically bankrupt and in a state of confusion. “They chose violence instead of peace and mutual co-existence and comfort of the moment instead of striving for self-sacrifice that will guarantee the freedom of this country. “Many chose highway robbery instead of classroom, guns, knives and axes instead of pen, paper and hard work. They lack character and morality,” he add-

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ed. One of the panelists, Hon Rotimi Olowo, a lawmaker representing Somolu I in the Lagos State House of Assembly corroborated the advocacy for youth involvement in leadership. Olowo, who stressed the importance of youth education and capacity building, said that the country was bereft of committed and patriotic leaders. “Nigeria has been recycling old, tired and retired hands in its political sphere without giving ample opportunity for youths,” he said urging the youths to come

together with prerequisite education, knowledge and training. According to him, a leader must be selfless, loving, sacrificial and visionary. Hon Saka-Fafunmi, in whose honour the event was organised said the solution to the problem of Nigeria could come from the youths, urging the government to bend over backward to invest more in education sector to curb vices most youths engaged in. He said that the programme was borne out of the need for the youths to take the lead instead of taking the back seat.

Federal lawmaker tasks youths on Literacy The Federal lawmaker representing Ifako Ijaiye Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Nurudeen Akinwunmi has stated that concerted efforts need be put into grooming literate minds, describing it as a vehicle to drive even development in any given society. Akunwunmi made the assertion at a one day seminar on UTME, he organized for over 2000 candidates in his constituents preparing for the examination. He noted that the increasing rate of examination malpractices has led to a culture of laziness among students, hence destroying educational system and eroding the quality value attached to literacy in time past. “We have all seen the level of progress recorded in climes where the percentage of the literacy is high compared to places where illiteracy is predominant. There is no limit to the danger that illiteracy can foist on a society. “Everybody should be involved in addressing the menace of examination malpractices in this country. Parents who choose “special centres” or give money to their children to pay for “special centres” should stop it. It is a societal problem that we all must rise up to tackle as we cannot

pass the buck on government alone to proffer solution. “All stakeholders in the educational sector-parents, schools, teachers, students, examination bodies must be involved. It is a problem everybody must stand up and decisively deal with. We are all involved. We are the problem of education sector.” He also took a swipe on the society’s connivance in the clear-cut derail of the education train, stressing that mediocrity is inevitable when meritocracy is mellowed down. “We can only get better in our education, if merit is given a place. We must continue to put in efforts towards reducing examination malpractices.” Akimwunmi said that the seminar which was organised to commemorate his 100 days as a Federal lawmaker, was borne out of his love and passion for the educational future of students in the community. He said: “The ultimate goal of this seminar is to ensure that most, if not all these intending UTME candidates pass this qualifying examination. We have put together those who know what it takes to pass, to put them through. No doubt, passing a qualifying examination requires more than being brilliant. “There are millions of brilliant candi-

dates out there who have sat for UTME two or three times and have not got admission. We want to implant in them necessary things that would make them pass UTME as education is important to human development. Also speaking at the seminar, Hon. Babajide Jimoh, a federal lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland at the House of Representatives said that education remained the best legacy to bequeath to children. Jimoh said that Akinwunmi was giving back to his constituency what could guarantee great future for the children. One of the facilitators, Mr Jide Johnson, Deputy Provost, Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba harped on the need for prospecting candidates to be studious and manage their time well. One of the participants, Master Isaiah Olatunji said: “This seminar is quite encouraging, impressive and inspiring. Some people have lost hope in JAMB having failed the exam severally.” Miss Mary Ajamu, another participant said that she had been encouraged by the seminar having lost hope in JAMB in 2016 after passing the exam and post UTME and was denied admission at University of Ilorin.

Herdsmen killing: Benue indigenes in Lagos stages protest Piqued by the deliberate unleashing of mayhem on hapless people of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen, indigenes of Benue State resident in Lagos on Friday staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly to galvanise speedy halt to the incessant attacks. The indigenes carrying several placards some of which read; “no more herdsmen,” “disarm all Fulani herdsmen,” and “PMB say something about the killing,” called on government to intervene in the interest of peace. The protesters, who were in the Assembly under the auspices of ‘Mdzough Tiv Lagos State’ presented a protest letter on the issue, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari to the lawmakers. The letter which was cosigned by the association’s BOT Chairman, Chief Alfred Ubee, President, Hon. Kwaghbo, Coordinator, Ichul Wisdom and another Co- ordinator, Engineer Benjamin Kua, demanded the immediate evacuation of all Fulani herdsmen currently occupying the ancestral home of the people of the state in line with the directive of the Benue State governor. They also demanded that the government must not be seen as partial as, according to them, ‘the death of one man is our collective death.’ “All bills/enactments pending at the National Assembly as well as the Benue State House of Assembly that are aimed at finding a permanent solution to these killings be given accelerated attention. “They should be harmonised and passed into law with immediate effect. This should be done without unduly favouring any segment affected by such a bill/ enactment,” they said in the letter. In addition, the protesters demanded an immediate and conclusive investigation of all incidents recorded in the area so far, adding that all the perpetrators should be made to face the full wrath of the law. Addressing the protesters, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that the House was known for peace and that it is an advocate of peace. Obasa, who was represented by Hon. Jude Idimogu representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II, said: “All we want is peace. We know that the Federal Government is trying; however, the government has to do more.

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ÏÏÏ Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied ever importing any bullet proof car contrary to the report laid before the Senate. Saraki made the denial when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions in Abuja on Monday. He said he had nothing to do with the vehicle under reference, adding that the allegation was an attempt to malign his person. “I am not (an) importer and at no point did I import an SUV Range Rover. As you know, this is a vehicle that is not a personal vehicle. “It is a vehicle which was processed through the National Assembly. “I don’t know anything about the importation; I did not appoint any clearing agent or anything like that. “Most of the vehicles that are here you only know when it is delivered to you. None of this did I import or getting any agent or going to the port. “This is not true, those that said it know it is not true, (the) Customs knows it is not true. “This is because we all know that all treated vehicles have end user certificate and there it states clearly who the importer is and these documents are available and there is no document anywhere that shows my name. “So, I want to state categorically that this is not true and it is important that I come here and clear

my name and put this matter to rest. “We all raised the issue of the policy that is anti-people in the interest of Nigerians. “This policy that really had no value at all and that was why this motion came up and we debated it in the interest of Nigerians. “Unfortunately those who want to fight back went and thought there was something to blackmail us with. “I know the documents you have will show clearly that it has nothing to do with me’’, he said. The Senate President commended the committee for giving him a fair hearing. He said the process would further strengthen the institution as well as protect the country’s democracy. “I believe that this process is good for us. It will further strengthen our institution. “It is a great day for our democracy for me to come before you as the President of the Senate. “We must protect this institution. As members, we will come and go but we must protect this institution. “To ridicule an institution of this magnitude is not something we should take lightly and that is why I have taken the time to be here. “Today, it is me but tomorrow it will be another person. “I think it is part of the sacrifice we are making in the work that we are doing that we have this kind of case that did not hold

water. “We must protect this institution because this is the only thing we can leave. The difference between military rule and democracy is the parliament. “For as long as the parliament is weak, our democracy can never be strong’’, he said. Saraki reiterated that democracy could only be strong with a strong parliament. He added that the parliament would only be strong if the lawmakers respected the Standing Order and the Constitution. The Senate President noted that it was his belief in the institution of the National Assembly and the legislature as a whole that motivated him to appear before the committee. He pointed out that “that is why I told myself that I must come here no matter how ridiculous I felt it was “because the docu-

ments are clear. “There is no where it said I imported it; it is not my private vehicle. The importer of the car, Tokunbo Akindele, said it was imported on behalf of Oando Plc in 2015. He denied allegations that Saraki had any link with the car. According to him, the car was imported by the company for the various operations it had around the country. He also explained that “at no point did we submit any fake document for the clearing of the car. “We followed all due processes in terms of payment to the company which handled the entire process for us. “In 2015, on behalf of the firm that I work for, Oando PLC, we imported a Range Rover Bullet Proof SUV vehicle. “We imported it as the company that needed to use it for the

various operations that we have around the country. “The car took longer than was expected and by the time it reached Nigeria in 2015, September, we decided that we will no longer be using the car, so we effectively parked it. “We mandated a company offshore to buy the car, amour the car, ship the car, clear the car with Customs and just deliver the car to us as a full-fledged service. “We received the car in September 2015 assuming that all of these things were done. “All payments were made for the acquisition, the armouring, the shipping as well as the clearing of which we have necessary evidence.’’ He further explained that at no point did the company receive any documentation from the National Assembly in the process of clearing the car.

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rail projects in 2019. “Once our borrowing plan of 6.1 billion dollars from the Chinese EXIM Bank is approved by the National Assembly, we will be able to access the loan from the Chinese Government and work will commence in earnest. “The 2017 total capital budget of the Federal Ministry of Transportation is N243.74 billion. “The 2016 total capital budget of the ministry was N171. 65 billion out of which N42 billion was released, representing 24.5 per cent,” he said. According to the minister, some vital projects for the year 2016 considered ongoing includes the completion of the Mainline and Ancillary Facilities with Electric Power Supply, Freight Yards in Idu and Regasa. He said the Locomotive Workshop, Rolling Stock Deport and provision of operational facilities for Abuja – Kaduna Rail line, remobilisation and resuscitation of the Central Rail line Project of Itakpe – Ajaokuta – Warri has also been captured in the 2017 budget

for construction. “The minister said that the ministry will ensure that efforts are directed towards achieving a roadmap with the implementation and development of some key projects, such as infrastructural development through Airport Concession. “Establishment of National Carrier, Establishment of Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities, Development of Agro-Allied Cargo Infrastructure and Establishments of Leasing Company, Establishment of Aerospace University with the support of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). “The essential focus of the ministry’s 2017 Budget is to provide effective and efficient means of transportation for the nation, thereby, contributing to national development. “The consequent effect of the implementation of this budget is to guarantee mass employment opportunities for Nigerians and to ensure wealth creation, more revenue generation and less pressure on the Nigerian roads,” he

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ÏÏÏ Mrs. Taiwo Obasanjo, one of the wives of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has filed a suit at an Ikeja High Court seeking a court order to stop the wedding of their son, Olujonwo Obasanjo. The hearing for the suit with number ID/262FPM/2017 has been fixed for April 10 for hearing before Justice Lateefa Okunnu. Obasanjo and father of the bride, Sir Kessington Adebutu, aka ‘Baba Ijebu,’ the lottery business mogul, are the respondents to the suit. Mrs. Obasanjo, who is the twin sister of Chief Kenny Martins, the former coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund, is seeking for a postponement of the

wedding of her son, Olujonwo Obasanjo to Tope Adebutu, which is slated for May 11 and 12. She wants a wedding date to be fixed after June 1. Mrs. Obasanjo is seeking a court declaration that as the mother of the groom, she has parental rights to take part in the deliberations, decisions and activities leading to the forthcoming ceremony. According to Obasanjo, wedding invitations have been issued and she has not been involved in the preparations for the upcoming wedding. She also stated in the documents before the court that prior to the fixing of wedding dates, she had a premonition regarding her son who turns 34 on June 1. According to her, she also re-

ceived prophesies and spiritual warnings to the effect that Olujonwo should not undergo any elaborate celebration before his birthday which is two weeks after the wedding to avoid any impending calamity. Mrs. Obasanjo stated in court documents that she commenced the suit to compel Adebutu and Obasanjo to shift the wedding to a date beyond June 1. She also claimed that she appealed to Adebutu, the father of the bride, Mrs. Rosemary Dacosta, the mother of the bride, Tope Adebutu, the bride-to-be as well as her twin brother Chief Kenny Martins. She however, said her pleas were not heeded and she was insulted by members of the family.

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Editorial Growing cervical cancer cases in Nigeria

f there is any disease mostly dreaded by Nigerian women, it is cervical cancer. Available statistics show that more than 100,000 women die every year in Nigeria from the disease, even as this is particularly tragic because the vast majority of the cervical cancer deaths in the country are preventable. According to Professor Oladapo Walker of the Department of Pharmacology, Babcock University, Ilisan Remo Ogun State, the increasing spread of the disease is traceable to poverty of ideas and mind of the victims. The medical expert revealed that the disease has a long gestation period of no less than 20 years and normally starts with a chronic infection of the Human Papilloma Virus, type 16 or 18, which are the casilogenic ones. Experts define cancer of the cervix as cancer of the entrance to the uterus (womb). The cervix is the narrow part of the lower uterus, often referred to as the neck of the womb and occurs most commonly in women over the age of 30. In addition, there are two main types of cervical cancer: squamous cell cervical cancer and adenocarcinoma of the cervix, even as risk factors include smoking, giving birth at a young age and having a weakened immune system. Others include having had at least three children in separate pregnancies, long-term use of some common contraceptive pills, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and experiencing high levels of stress over a sustained period. Moreover, cervical cancer-causing HPV types can be transmitted through sexual contact with an infected person. However, women who have had many sexual partners are at higher risk of infection with HPV, which

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“The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.”

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”

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Ogun NLC chairman drags Amosun to court over wrongful dismissal Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

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The Ogun state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Akeem Ambali, on Monday dragged the state government before the National Industrial Court (NIJ) sitting in Lagos for what he termed as wrongful dismissal from the Ogun State public service. Ambali, who was a

deputy director, Social Welfare at Sagamu local government area of the state, was dismissed last November, over accusation of portraying the government in bad light in his address during the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration. The NLC boss, in a suit No: NICN/LA/41/2017 supported by statement of fact and affidavit, prayed the court to declare his dismissal as illegal and

unconstitutional. The case was instituted against the Local Government Service Commission, Civil Service Commission and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively. He also sought an order compelling the defendants to re-instate him and also direct the defendants to pay outstanding salaries and allowances owed him

from October 2016 till the determination of the suit. Ambali told the court that he addressed the audience during the celebration in his capacity as the state chairman of NLC and not an employee of the state government. He claimed that he spoke on issues of the suspended registered labour unions in TASCE, scrapping of Local Government Joint Accounts and Occasion Committee

and outstanding payment of workers’ gratuity since 2012. Ambali faulted the state government for not granting him fair hearing before his dismissal from service despite a letter of appeal written to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, dated November 25, 2016. The case was mentioned on Monday before Justice K. I. Amadi of Court 6. Lead counsel to the claimant, Mr. Femi Fa-

lana was represented by Ahmed Gbadamosi while A. O Ajidele, a deputy director, Civil Education, State Ministry of Justice appeared for the defendants. Ajidele prayed for more time to file court processes in response to the suit. Having listened to the plea of the counsel to the defendants, Justice Amadi, adjourned the case till June 28 and 29 for hearing.

College of Agric Mokwa to be upgraded –Gov Bello Saka Bolaji, Minna

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L-R: Director Research and Development, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND); Mallam Aliyu Na’Iya; Executive Secretary TETFUND, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa and Vice Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano, Prof. Mohammed Yahuza Bello and others, during the commissioning of TETFUND projects at Bayero University, Kano... recently.

No impact on education since declaration of state of emergency -NUT

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The chairman of the Adamawa state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr. Rodney Nathan, said the state of emergency declared on education by the state governor has not had any positive impact on the state since its imposition. Nathan said this at the weekend during a data capture exercise of some teachers in the state who have not being in the e-payment scheme of the state. According to him, the declaration came at the right time as there were huge problems created by the past administrations most especially in the primary schools to the extent

that teaching facilities were none existent, teachers’ salaries were unpaid, promotion stalled, and pension and gratuity owed for several months and even years. He however opined that the present government under the leadership of Governor Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, have a very good intention but seems to lack the zeal and the focus to do the needful as there are no signs of seriousness in pursuing it to the latter. He called on the government to take all major steps to actualize the dream of why it’s been declared a state of emergency. “After the declaration, we were thinking much attention will be given to the education sector as in other

sector like road, but to be honest with you we have not felt the impact of the state of emergency put in place by the Governor,” the NUT chairman said. “What we are expecting after the declaration is not what we are seeing. With the declaration, we are still having outstanding salary arrears, we are still having leave transport grand arrears for five years, we’re still having dilapidated classrooms, we are still having outstanding promotions and still having pupils being taught under shed of threes,” he lamented. He lamented that the government has schemed out teachers in the state, stressing that they (teachers) were expecting to be officially invited to plan

with the state government as one of the stakeholders but are turned to be onlookers to merely witness how it unfolds. “We were thinking the first approach is to invite the NUT since the union represents teachers. We were even thinking we will be asked to submit a proposal to know our opinion on what the government should do during the period of the state of emergency declared on education,” none of this he said, happened. He stressed that the government should have first taken care of the teachers’ needs as there cannot be a proper state of emergency without taking care of the major stakeholders of the education sector.

The Niger state government has said that it would expend over N500 million to upgrade the entire infrastructural facilities of College of Agriculture, Mokwa to create conducive atmosphere for learning. The state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, gave the assurance when he paid an unscheduled visit to the institution at Mokwa local government of the state, stressing that giving priority to agriculture fund to be the only alternative to oil sector. He expressed dismay at the level of decay and long abandonment of the college, adding that concentrated effort will be made on the water supply project to ensure easy access to water in the school to avoid outbreak of any kind of water borne diseases.

The Provost of the institution, Dr. Aliyu Mohammed, said that the school is not secured, lacked lots of facilities and needed to carry out a total renovation of the college. He added that the school has about 900 students on its admission currently therefore appealed to the governor for a quick intervention. Dr. Mohammed applauded the numerous achievements of the present administration despite recession especially in the areas of education that has been his major priority that can be seen and touched. One of the student interviewed Blessing decried of inadequate and decayed facilities like hostels, library, poor clinic, lack of good access roads within the school and access road to the college, charged the state government for urgent intervention.

UNICEF tasks community leaders to include women in peace, security building process Chijioke Kingsley, Jos

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northern Nigeria have been charged to include women in peace and security building processes, aimed at speeding up peace mechanism and check-mating their marginalization in decision making, especially in violent issues that affects the female gender directly. This was stated in a one day workshop tagged ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria,’ under the auspices of United Nations Women, funded by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and European Union (UN). The workshop submit-

ted that a baseline survey agreed in peace initiatives holds that women are conspicuously marginalized from the top hierarchy of decision-making structures and mainstream peace and security bodies, adding that women representation in position of decision-making is very low, particularly in elective posts, rating Gombe as low as zero percent, Adamawa, 6.3 percent and Plateau 9.2 percent. Speaking at the roundtable interaction, the Gender Technical Advisor on Women, Peace & Security Programme of UN Women, Ms. Sewuese Surma, stated that violence against women and girls are covered up, denied or silenced by under-reporting, societal stigmatization of victims.

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Amaechi presents N243.7b budget, targets Lagos-Kano rail, Lagos-Calabar/Onne Sea Port Idu Jude, Abuja

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Federal Government of Nigeria, has said that its administration, will be targeting the construction of the Segment 2 and 3 of Lagos – Kano Rail projects and 1st phase of the Coastal Rail line (Lagos-Calabar) with extension to Onne Deep Sea Port in the 2017 budget. The Minister of transportation, right Honour-

able, Chibuike Amaechi, on behalf of the Federal Government, stated that some vital projects for the year 2016 considered ongoing which include the completion of the Mainline and Ancillary Facilities with Electric Power Supply, Freight Yards in Idu and Regasa. In a statement issued by the Chief press secretary Mrs Yetunde Sonaike, The Minister, revealed that part of Government plans is

for the provision of Locomotive Workshop, Rolling Stock Deport and Provision of Operational facilities for Abuja – Kaduna Rail line, Remobilization and Resuscitation of the Central Rail line Project (Itakpe – Ajaokuta – Warri) has also been captured in the 2017 budget for construction this year. He further said this during the Ministry of Transportation’s 2017 budget proposal defense at the Joint House of Representatives

Committees on Aviation, Land Transport, Maritime, Safety and Administration and Ports, Harbours and Waterways at the National Assembly. According to the statement, Rotimi Amaechi President Muhammadu Buhari insisted that all Rail projects in the Country that has been awarded by previous Administrations must be resuscitated and completed on or before the December 2019

due to the economic importance of these projects and the benefits to be derived by the generality of Nigerians. “Our plan is to complete the Rail Projects in 2019. Once our borrowing plan of 6.1 billion dollars from the Chinese EXIM Bank is approved by the National Assembly, we will be able to access the loan from the Chinese Government and work will commence in earnest on these projects”, he said.

The Minister gave the 2017 total Capital Budget of the Federal Ministry of Transportation as N243, 746, 507, 321.00 with a breakdown for Land Transport, Maritime and Aviation Sectors as N216, 509, 320, 755.98, N828,005,236.00 and N26,409,181,229.02 respectively. He noted that the 2016 total Capital Budget of the Ministry was N171, 652,299,451.00 out of which N42, 000,000,000.00 was released

Economic recession: Marketing organization plans to lift Nigerians ÎÎÎ In its determined ef-

forts to help majority of middle class Nigerians to survive the present economic recession, a marketing organization, Happy World Meal Gate, has unfolded series of plans to come to their rescue. The plans, according to the organization, included provision of sustainable food and rewarding system. The National Coordinator of the Organization, Mr. Suleman Lento, who disclosed this at a seminar organized for about 100 participants in Abuja, explained that the programme will embrace civil servants, traders, artisans,

Jawara dancers performing during a new year celebration in Nasarawa State… on Monday.

pensioners, farmers, students and a wide array of low income earners. Lento pointed out that as soon as anyone registers on the portal of the organization and meets the requirements they will be rewarded with so many things in addition to generating much needed income and in the process drive their feeding expenses to the barest minimum. According to him, “The compensation plan is aimed at ameliorating economic hardship especially the silhouette of recent rising food prices, declining currency value and spiking inflation”.

Soroptimist International Ghanduje did not speak on install 21st national president Magu, Ali - Kano govt Gbubemi God’s Covenant Snr

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Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland, the Soroptimist International of Nigeria (SINA), on Sunday, installed its 21st National President at the Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The Installation/Change of Insignia event witnessed the handing over of office from the outgoing/immediate past president, Soroptimist Bona Okigbo-Udebiuwa, to the SI Surulere product, Barrister (Mrs.) Nneka Chris Asoluka, the first ever Soroptimist from the Surulere Club to mount the stable. The event which had political economist and management expert, Professor Pat Utomi, as special guest speaker, also paraded notable personalities like former Interior Minister, Capt.

Emmanuel Iheanacho, Rear Admiral Allison Madueke, Mr. Stanley Amuche, Nnamdi Obi and Chief Goddy Uwazurike, among others. Chairman of the occasion was Mr. Ken Orji ably supported by husband of the 21st National President, Dr. Chris Asoluka, and Dr. Oparaugo Udebiuwa among other dignitaries. In her acceptance speech, SI President, Mrs Chris-Asoluka said she felt honoured and proud that members of this great association have voted her worthy to lead the association for the next two years. She commended IPP Soroptimist Bona Okigbo Udebiuwa, and thanked her “for your dedication to service, diligence and thoroughness with which you stayed on top of all issues.” Speaking on the organ-

isation, the new President said SI is a global international volunteer movement working to transform the lives of women and girls worldwide. “Through our network of over 80,000 club members in 133 countries and territories, we have earned the prestigious consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations which oversees all UN activities and policies in promoting human rights. This status in the UN gives us a seat to lend our voice to important discussions and allows us attend discussions on status of women in New York in March of every year.” Their activities, she said, cuts across the local and international levels to achieve their tripartite goals to educate, empower and enable opportunities for women and girls.

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missioner for Information, Mr. Mohammed Garba, has faulted a media report which claimed that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje hailed the Senate over its action on the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hammed Ali. Garba, who stated this in Kano yesterday while faulting the media report, insisted that the governor never spoke on the two distinguished officials. A Lagos-based national newspaper had on page 8 of its Sunday edition, came up with an headline - “Ghanduje hails Senate over rejection of Magu, Ali”.

But Garba has faulted the media report on the grounds that the body of the story did not support the headline, saying that the story is contrary to the headline. According to the commissioner, the governor only spoke on the need for the faithful to ensure the supremacy of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Garba said,” Governor Ghanduje could not have been speaking on what transpired in the Senate as he is the elected governor of the state. His Excellency is a very serious governor whose only concern is how to develop and transform Kano State. “ The report is mischievous as the headline is quite different from the body of the story. Governor Ghanduje has tremendous

respect for government officials including the two distinguished officials and will not disparage them. “The governor only spoke on party supremacy and the need for the party faithfuls to promote the interest of the ruling APC and ensure its supremacy accordingly. “No where in the story is the governor quoted as commenting on the two individuals and what transpired in the Senate. The governor is a respected elected public official and he is a man of impeccable character who abhors pettiness and frivolities. “ As a journalist and former president of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), I urge my colleagues to exercise restraint and be circumspect on the reportage of national issues”.

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Lagos lawmakers salute Tinubu at 65 Alade Tasma

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Lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday saluted the political courage and doggedness of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as a true leader and an enigma as he turned 65 years of age on Wednesday. Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu, who is representing Eti-Osa constituency 02, described Asiwaju Tinubu as a good and caring father, a role

model, visionary leader and a mentor. He said it is a thing of joy that Tina is celebrating 65 years of age, adding God has blessed Nigeria through him and that he is a leading light of Nigerian modern politics. “He is the pillar of Nigerian modern democracy. He is a tenacious man; his upbeat spirit has helped him to carve a niche for himself in the society. His policy is to liberate the people from oppression. “Today, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become

a household name because of his passion for the grassroots. He is a man with dignity and vision. He is a leader, he is a divine leader, and a spiritualist. “He is a kingmaker, a courageous, and fearless leader, a patriot and a motivator, a builder of men and women, a strategic thinker, a trailblazer. I don’t need to dwell much on what he has done because people are aware of these. He is a humanist, those of us that are close to him know that he never wanted to see anybody suffer or leave anybody be-

hind,” Yishawu stated. The lawmaker who chairs the House Committee on Waterfront Infrastructure maintained that Tinubu remains a crusader of change, which according to him, brought President Muhammadu Buhari into office. “Tinubu is a crusader of progress, good governance and development,” Yishawu added. Saying as a lover of the grassroots, he believes that it is good governance that can bring development to the people. “He is a great apostle of

power. He once said that power is not served ala carte. But he uses power to benefit mankind, Nigerians and the people of Lagos. He doesn’t use power for self-aggrandizement, he doesn’t acquire power for the sake of power, he acquires power for the progress of our society. “I want to wish him a happy birthday and we hope to benefit from his fountain of knowledge for long by the grace of God. We draw inspiration from him, we wish him prosperity, we know he has prospered, but he will not go down by the

grace of God.” Also commending and congratulating Tinubu at 65, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Publicity, Hon. Tunde Braimoh described Bola Tinubu as an exceptional democrat who changed the political and economic landscape of Lagos. “He has been a colossus, he has made an indelible mark in Lagos. When the history of Lagos would be written, it would not be complete without a mention of this charismatic enigma.

Obasanjo to host ECMC conference in Abeokuta Titilope Joseph

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Alleged Armored SUV with fake custom papers, Senate President, Bukola Saraki (r), appearing before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions at the National Assembly complex Abuja… on Monday. PHOTO: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

Anambra election: Ideas, merit rather than money will determine winners — Aspirant

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rant in 2017 Anambra election, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has said that ideas and merit rather than money would be the major determinant of winners in the election. Obaze, who is vying for the top job on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this on Monday while addressing newsmen in Awka. He said he was confident that the electorate in the state were wiser and would not allow moneybags with little or no plans for them to buy their votes. “Campaign financing here has certainly become an albatross for the qualified but not-so-rich aspirants; we intend to alter that mindset. “Politicians with deep

pockets tend to seek to buy their way into office. However, when it’s all over, the people suffer. “This time the election and politicking will be issues and candidate-focused; we will appeal to the enlightened self-interest of the people. “I believe our people are wiser; they will surprisingly be more introspective this time around; those who want good governance and development must find ways to support the most eminently qualified candidates.” Obaze, who is from Anambra North Senatorial District as the incumbent, said he was not bothered about the endorsement of the governor by the people. “The so-called Anambra North Peoples Assembly

(ANPA) endorsement reflects the views of less than 1,000 people who were consulted in the seven local government areas of the North. “As I see it, political endorsements are makebelief and make-happy episodic events. “Ironically, it is somewhat an elitist mindset that does not always reflect the reality on the ground and at the grassroots where the presence of government is not being felt and where the votes will be cast. “Our view from the North is that we should be given the opportunity to complete our second tenure. “However, if our South and Central counterparts insist on upending us and ousting the incumbent,

then we are obliged to enter the fray and offer credible alternatives.” He expressed confidence that the election would be free and fair while urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be above board in their responsibilities. “The notion of rigging, though a reality in our body polity, should not feature prominently or be accorded credibility. “INEC must consistently pass the litmus test of conducting elections that are sufficiently transparent, credible, free and fair at every juncture.” According to Obaze, five other candidates, including the governor, all from the North, are in the race for the Government House.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is set to host a two-days Embassies and Consular Missions Conference, ECMC in Abeokuta, Ogun state. The conference organised by Worldwide Economic Development Agency Limited, WEDAL is a gathering of all Ambassadors in Nigeria, Foreign Missions, Consulars, Diplomatic Staffs, Government Agencies and captains of industry. The theme of the conference is “Enhancing the relationship between foreign Missions and Nigeria.” In a statement made available by the Media Of-

ficer of the conference, Mr. Henry Ojelu, the event is billed to hold at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Complex in Abeokuta. According Mr. Ojelu, those expected at the event includes Professor Pat Utomi, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Foreign Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Consul Generals, Captains of Industries amongst others. He also noted that the event has the full support of all relevant stakeholders including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Missions in Nigeria and security agencies.

Ogun mobilises contractors back to site the landscape of ÎÎÎ Ogun State Governor, change Ogun State completely,” Senator Ibikunle Amosun has announced that contractors working on all the ongoing projects across the state have been mobilised back to site. Amosun, stated this while briefing journalists after the weekly State Executive Council meeting held at the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, yesterday. “Contractors working on all our ongoing projects have been mobilised back to site across the state in the last one week and activities will now resume fully in all those places,” he said. The governor, who assured that no project would be abandoned, said his administration would make meaningful impact in all the sectors, especially education, housing, agriculture and health. “We are determined to

Amosun said. According to the governor, the projects for which the contractors were mobilised include, Magboro-Arepo road; Ilara-Ijoun-Ilase road; Ejinrin-Oluwalogbon road; Ijoko-Akute-Alagbole road; Lafenwa-Ayetoro road; Enugada-Adatan road, Ikangba-Ilese-IteleIjebu Mushin road that strtches across four Local Government Areas; Ijebu Igbo bridge; Ilisan-Ago Iwoye road; Folagbade-Ibadan garage-Imowo road and Sagamu-Ogijo. Also mentioned by him are Atan-Agbara-Lusada road; Ilo-Awela road; IlaroOwode road; Ilaro township road; Ilaro township bridge and Ojuore Ota bridge among others. Amosun added that pedestrian bridges would also be constructed in Panseke, Mowe and Ibafo areas.

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Nigeria, others move from resources to knowledge, innovation based economy Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Indication has emerged that Nigeria and other countries in the continent of Africa are now moving from a resourcebased economy to knowledge-based, innovation driven economy. This is the kennel of the chat, the Executive Vice Chairman, Verdant Zeal Group, Mr Otunji Olugbodi had with the Daily Times at an aside during the recent Innovation Series 2017 with the theme “How Technology is driving Africa’s new narrative” held Civic Centre in Lagos. Olugbodi said that internet penetration in Africa has been gathering momentum over the decade as the continent seeks to close the gap on ICT with western climes, stressing that Nigeria is expected to be among the top 10 Internet using countries in the world by 2018. He cited the statistics updated in June 2015 to buttress how a lot of African countries have embraced technology as a driver of development, adding that Africa has 28.6 percent Internet penetration with Nigeria having 11.3 percent of the total penetration

in Africa. According to him, Nigeria is now a big player in the African market and this has impacted on the youths as more of them above average are exposed to the Internet, sharing ideas, content and commercial opportunities seamlessly across the globe despite government red tape bureaucracy. He lamented, however, that amidst the giant strides in technology a large demography of young people, mostly women in the rural and semi urban areas live below the poverty line and are unable to tap into this new economy. Executive Vice Chairman, Verdant Zeal Group revealed that the Innovation series has set out to address this by proffering pragmatic ways of helping the African young, yet vulnerable population gain the requisite skills to lift themselves out of poverty and participate in the global economy now dictated by technology. He affirmed that the SMEs who are key to Africa’s growth also need to efficiently harness the power of technology to make a quantum leap so that they can contribute to helping Nigeria and Africa in general develop on a continental scale. Mr Otunji Olugbodi, Executive Vice Chairman, Verdant Zeal Group

ICT, panacea for growth of insurance market–Shittu The Minister of Communications, Barr. AbdurRaheem Adebayo Shittu has said nation’s insurance sector has not leveraged on Information and Communication Technology, (ICT) to grow the potentials of the industry in Nigeria. The Minister made this disclosure while delivering a keynote address at the e-Insurance Conference organised by Pinet Informatics Ltd at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, in Lagos titled, ‘Driving Insurance penetration with Information and Communication Technology’. Shittu noted that the nation’s insurance sector, which provides support to the financial institutions has not been fully explored, adding that “the Insurance sector despite being a major driver of business growth that provides a critical support system to the financial market has not fared well given the current size of the Nigerian economy and population. “Information available to me indicates that there are less than 1.5 million insurance policyholders, representing a paltry 0.9 percent of a population of well over 170 million citizens. Similarly, the gross premium of the sector is said to be less than 500 billion naira, implying that the sector contributes less than 1 percent to

Barr. Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications

national GDP”. He expressed confidence in the performance of the ICT sector as the fourth pillar of the Nigerian economy, haven recorded positive growth in 2016 in spite of the recession, stressing that ICT tools could be utilised to develop innovative solutions to improve insurance

practice, increase product development and expand market activities in the insurance sector. According to the minister, process through ICT could be leveraged by the insurance sector includes improved operational efficiency(smooth communication between clients and company officials), office automation and optimisation, digital marketing and online marketplace for assessment and purchase of insurance packages. The minister said that in other climes, e-insurance has already been fully adopted and various insurance products can be obtained through online insurance portals, which are programmed to tailor unique insurance packages to the distinctive individual requirements of prospective customers. Some aspects of insurance that have been adapted to e-Insurance, he added, include auto and car insurance, health insurance, home insurance and life insurance. The minister who was delighted with the organisers

of the conference promised that government will continue to introduce and drive policies that will propel Nigeria to attain the status of a knowledge-based nation. He revealed that the ministry will further seek to grow the ICT sector contribution to GDP, expanding broadband infrastructure and consequently resulting in improved quality of service, continuous capacity building to create a smart public sector workforce, and use ICT tools to increase government revenues, block leakages and reduce waste, while fostering transparency and accountability. Earlier in his welcome address, Engineer Lanre Ajayi, the convener said that the Conference was to drive home the need for technology and insurance sectors collaboration to drive penetration. Ajayi, the Managing Director of Pinet Informatics said that they saw the gap and came up with the initiative so that successes recorded in the telecommunications sector can be replicated in Insurance industry.

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Nigeria to spend $143bn on ICT imports in 2019 –DG NITDA By Tony Nwakaegho Except the trend of importation of ICT products is stopped or at least reduced to a barest, Nigeria would be spending a whopping $143.8bn on Information Communications Technology (ICT) imports in 2019. Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) made this assertion in Abuja, recently while speaking to the press, adding that the importation of almost every ICT software and hardware was exterminating the local IT industry and draining the country of foreign exchange. He revealed that the country loses nearly N1.52trillion, (about $3.8billion) every year via the importation of ICT products, services and software. The NITDA DG said: “We want to solve the problems bordering on local content in the ICT sector in the country. We are not happy at all that Nigeria loses so much on importation of IT products and services as well as software. Approximately, $2.8billion are being lost

service, according to him is by looking thoroughly into the IT projects being embarked upon by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). “I realised this is the best way to fight corruption in Nigeria. Most of the MDAs insert IT projects in their budgets not because they need it, but because it is the easiest way to circumvent the questions of Senators or House of Representatives at the National Assembly,” he revealed. He also disclosed that some civil servants who designed budgets for MDAs used IT projects as a conduit to siphon government money, which NITDA had detected and was set to put an end to it.

Nigeria commences online visa-on-arrival

Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim, director general, NITDA

annually from importation of ICT goods and services, including $1bn spent also annually on importation of software into the country. This is huge; if we

Tony Nwakaegho don’t act quickly to reduce this, the survival of our local industry will be at risk.’’ The best ways to prevent or reduce corruption in the civil

UN Broadband Commission seeks new global broadband deal Tony Nwakaegho Arising from its 2017 Spring Meeting in Hong Kong, SAR of China the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development restated its commitment for concrete actions that will spur the roll-out of broadband around the world, as a new deal needed. Currently, some 5 billion people are without mobile broadband access, which entails

that the paths to access digital services and applications are presently blocked for much of the world’s population, thereby holding back progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Co-Chair of the United Nations (UN) Broadband Commission, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, disclosed this at the end of the meeting, highlighting the need for a new deal between all broadband

Co-Chair of the United Nations (UN) Broadband Commission, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

‘’NITDA is the clearing house for all IT projects. The Federal Government has mandated all MDAs to seek for NITDA clearance before embarking on any IT project. We have recorded some successes in the enforcement of this policy and we need to maintain the tempo,’’ Dr Ibrahim affirmed. NITDA, he said was already filtering the ICT products and monitoring all software being imported into the country in a bid to reduce capital flight and build local industry. He noted that the agency’s Act stipulates that any CEO of any MDAs who deployed any IT project without NITDA clearance is liable to one or three years imprisonment.

stakeholders, adding that this will bring about roundly debate, and renewed commitment to work towards full global connectivity and digital transformation. The Commission underscored the remote and rural areas, especially to support Least Developed Countries, which represent the biggest challenge and where barriers to access also need to be viewed through the prism of affordability and content, notably local and multilingual content. “ICT and broadband are linking everyone and everything for the betterment of economies and societies. We are motivated by wanting to have the global community connected, especially the billions of unconnected. We will succeed when we work together: government, industry and civil society leaders,” Kagame said. On his part, the SecretaryGeneral of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and co-Vice Chair of the Broadband Commission, Mr. Houlin Zhao, noted that “Our central conviction is that broadband and ICTs are critical if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it has introduced a liberalised online Visa on Arrival (VOA) facility to the public, especially foreign investors willing to invest in Nigeria. Mr. Babandede who made this known recently in Abuja said the measure was part of the resolution of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) aimed at attracting foreign investors to the country. “As a critical member of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), the NIS has automated its visa application and processing services at all entry points. “This is to ensure that all genuine requests for Visa on Arrival facility from any part of the world are processed and issued within 48 hours (two working days),” he said. The NIS Comptroller-General explained that the online VOA application and processing facility is a product of robust visa reforms regime intended to bring Nigeria in tandem with global best practices and attract Foreign Direct Investors and skilled professionals into the country. He said the new process was designed to eliminate all unnecessary bureaucratic visa processing procedures in Nigerian Missions abroad, as well as serve the interests of would-be visitors from countries where Nigeria does not have a Mission. He said that a dedicated e-mail address oa@nigeriaimmigration.

gov.ng had been deployed where visa applicants, their representatives or companies could forward their requests and details. He advised applicants to use functional e-mail addresses where copies of approval letter shall be forwarded upon a successful process and payment. “Applicants are, however, to note that successful payment online is not an approval and should not proceed to Nigeria until you have received “Visa on Arrival Approval letter” duly issued by the NIS Headquarters, Abuja,” he said. According to him, a VOA desk had been opened at all international airports in the country where visas would be issued upon the presentation of all the necessary travel documents and evidence of visa payment. He expressed optimism that the VOA process and the introduction of the harmonised arrival and departure cards would go a long way in attracting investors to the country.

Muhammad Babandede, ComptrollerGeneral of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

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UKELLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE This is to inform the general public 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 ARE: 1. Engr James Inaku, 2.Chief Mrs Martina Idiom, 3.Barr Alex Ebi Edim, 4. Mr Vincent Ogar, 5. Chief Stephen Ebi Ngburo, 6. Mr Ugo Ugbem, 7. Mr Lawrence Ochada, 8. Mr Sylvernus Okosi, 9. Insp. Festus Ekwok, 10. Mr Stephen Lukpata, 11. Mr Julius Inaku. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To pursue the development and unity of Ukelle people, 2. To promote education and peace in Ukelle. Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

ARTISANS SKILLS EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. Trustees are: 1. Prof. Danladi Matawal 2. Prof. Ode Ojowu. 3. Mr, Amos Abeni Ominyi - Chairman 4. Mr.Phillip Marvelous Ugbem 5. Pst. Ikeorha Dele Offiaji 6. Mr. Chris Ngozi Ukaegbu 7. Mr Solomon Gwomkudu 8. Barr. Joseph Ode Ali 9. Ann Nenadi Dogo (Mrs)- Secretary. 10. Chinyere Uzoka (Mrs) Aim and Objective: To build capacities of Nigerian Artisans through skills acquisition and empowerment, ; job and wealth creation for national economic advancement. Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission; plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Barr. Joseph Ode Ali

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FORWARD NIGERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT INITIATIVE This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Barr Alex Ebim Edim, 2. Hon Simon Mwadkon, 3. Mrs Elizabeth Danja, 4. Hon Pam G. Dagyat, 5. Emmanuel Dangana, 6. Prince Innocent Kure 7. Hafsatu Yusuf, 8. Mr Ochuko Kokofe, 9. Olori Ogheneovo Benjamin, 10. Hon Idris Karshi, 11. Mr Obiora. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To promote development in Nigeria 2. To promote peace and security in Nigeria. Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission; plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SILICON VALLEY 2 ESTATE & BANANA ISLAND APARTMENTS PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap, C20, LFN 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Esther Moninuola GBADEGESIN (Chairman) 2. Onagite David EFERE (Secretary) 3. Winston Powell ALILE (Treasurer) 4. Jimmy Olusesan AWOSANYA 5. Oladipupo Gbemi OGUNBONA 6. Juliana Ibironke ONAMUSI 7. Chidi Basil IKE 8. Oluwayemisi Adebola FAYEMIWO 9. Abayomi Solomon IDOWU 10. George Nnaemeka NWOKOCHA AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. To create and promote healthy interaction among members and devise policies, directives and guidelines for the efficient, cost-effective and skilled management of SILICON VALLEY 2 ESTATE & BANANA ISLAND APARTMENTS in consultation with any facility management company determined by the Association. 2. To ensure that the aesthetics, facilities and amenities in SILICON VALLEY 2 ESTATE & BANANA ISLAND APARTMENTS are installed and or maintained to the highest standards possible. 3. To prevent unjustifiable exploitation of members of the Association, and ensure SILICON VALLEY 2 ESTATE & BANANA ISLAND APARTMENTS and environs are safe, and remain safe. Any objection to the registration of the aforementioned Association should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama, Abuja within twenty-eight (28) days of this publication. SIGNED: BABUNDO OMORDIA, ESQ. (SOLICITOR TO THE TRUSTEES)

THE AMAZING MOTHERS MINISTRY

THE SKYLIGHT CLUB 15 OF LAGOS

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) Sowemimo Abosede Olatunde. (Mrs) President (2) Sowemimo Oluwadimilola Efunyemi. (Miss) Secretary. (3) Sowemimo Sofela Idini. (Mr). (4) Olukunga Paul Olayiwola. (Very Rev.)

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To serves as guidance and counseling to the society. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

RESTORATION OF VALUES FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Olutoye Babafemi Philips 2. Bashir Baba Shehu Umar 3. Onwuegbuzie Emmanuel Ogochukwu 4. Achoba Micheal M. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO MONITOR GOVERNMENT POLICY AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION. 2. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR YOUTHS THAT HAS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

FIRST CUPID GLOBAL FOUNDATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) ALHAJI AKARAKIRI HASSAN KEHINDE 2) ADESANWO BASIL ADEWALE 3) ALHAJI DELEGUN ABIODUN GANIU 4) ADEKOYA BABATUNDE OLUWAROTIMI 5) BELLO MUKARAM OLAWALE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO Render humanitarian services to the less privileged in the society. 2. To make use of the club resources for the academic, social, physical and moral development of the society. 3. To foster unity among members ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: M.O. ENIFENI ESQ

MARANATHA SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 Trustees: 1. Dr. Joseph Serumun Korna 2. Dr. Tavershima Adyorough 3. Dr. Magdalyne Dura 4. Mrs. Tina Yua Doughdough 5. Mr. Iorfa Mker 6. Mr. Emmanuel U. Doughdough 7. Mr. Augustine Mando Aim and objectives: 1. Providing quality and affordable housing for the poor in the rural communities 2 providing quality and afford educational for less privileged children. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed: VICTOR BENISON MOMOH ESQ RICH-BENISON LAW FIRM SUITE 04 1ST FLOOR PEACE MASS TRANIST HEAD OFFICE, PLOT 39A AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET UTAKO-ABUJE, FCT

POWER OF TRINITY EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Dada Modupe Christianah 2. Origbo phina Nwando 3. Akinsika Bamidele Basil

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Prophet / Evangelist Ajibade Mathew - General Overseer 2. Deaconess Ajibade Janet Morisade 3. Elder Jesutoki Daniel 4. Deaconess Jesutoki Bunmi - Secretary 5. Adeosun Olugbenga 6. Mrs Olayemi Yemisi

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To cater for the needs of aged and the less privileged In the society. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To propagate the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ at all times 2. To preach repentance of sins to unbelievers in the society 3. To help the needy and poor ones in the society through the word of God. 4. To reach out to unbelievers through weekly publications and evangelism. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Secretary

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THIS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING, LAND USE AND ALLOCATION COMMITTEE DIVISION, IN PARTICULAR, THAT THE ORIGINAL COPY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY NO. 66/66/54 IN RESPECT OF PLOT 3, BLOCK II, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAYOUT SITE C, IPAJA, ABESAN, ALIMOSHO, LAGOS STATE AND REGISTERED AS NUMBER 66 AT PAGE 66 IN VOLUME 54 OF THE FEDERAL LAND REGISTRY OFFICE, IKOYI, LAGOS, WAS STOLEN AND MISSING IN ENUGU ABOUT THE YEAR 2003. SINCE THEN ALL EFFORTS TO LOCATE/FIND IT HAS PROVED ABORTIVE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE AND WATCH OUT FOR ANY FRAUDSTER. SIGNED: BARR. OGBONNAYA OFONG

AWOLU COMMUNITY EJINRIN FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Elder Sangosanya L Adeyemi (J P) Olori Ebi - President 2. Chief Ogunsanya E .A. Omo Ebi - Member 3. Mr Adesanya Fatai Omo Ebi - Treasurer 4. Mr Ibraheem Ahmed A. Omo Ebi. - Secretary AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To Foster Unity among Members 2. To Promote and Sustain Good Relationship among the Community Members 3. To Assist the Less Privilege 4. To Improve Social Economic Condition of the Community ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

ADMIRALTY CLUB 16 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLURANTI OLUKUNLE SAMUEL 2. OGBEIFUN OSAZEE GODWIN 3. ODUNEWU OLUWATOBI ISMAIL 4. OLUKWU CHUKWUNWENDU REUBEN 5. CHIBIKO GODSON ONYEJI 6. TOPE FOLORUNSO. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FOSTER FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP AMING PEOPLE OF LIKE-MIND IN THE ACTIVITIES OF RE-ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY AND CITIZEN OF NIGERIA 2. TO MAKE USE OF THE CLUB RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY 3. TO PROVIDE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE TOWARDS ANY DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE IN THE COMMUNITY ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OLAYINKA ONIYIDE ESQ

LIGHT OF CHRIST LIBERTY PRAYER MINISTRY This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990. Names of trustees: 1. miss Aniwaru Chidinma Gloria. 2. Orji Ephraim Chidi. 3. Egbe Ogbu Gabriel. 4. Friday Gabriel Ebere. 5. Gideon Bright Chimizie AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Secretary

BLACKSMITHS, WELDERS, IRON BENDERS AND METAL TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. Alhaji Ola Suleman (Fagba) 2. Alj Ganiyu Aranse 3. Alj Alimi Okunloye 4. Alj Hassan T. Aderonmu 5. Pastor Oluwatosin Owoseni 6. Alj Isiaka Salako 7. Prince Sunday A. Ogunyebi AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To cater for the welfare of members 2. To promote technical work in all ramification ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED Secretary

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MOTEPOJERE PALM OIL DEALERS ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OGUNNIYI ABIMBOLA KEHINDE 2. MUJIDATU ISHOLA 3. OMOWUMI ADEBISI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To promote and cater for the welfare of its members ANY OBJECTION TO THIS RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PETER ONUH ESQ 08065669570

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RAINBOW BOOK CLUB (CAC/IT/NO: 67541)

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEE WHO HAS RESIGNED AND IS THEREFORE REMOVED IS: 1. OLUTOYIN FOLASADE OLAWOYE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARRISTER MIMIHEMBA NOMHWANGE 08036798703

THE WORD AND MIRACLES MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

OLD NAME: FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION BADAGRY CAC/IT/NO/17748 NEW NAME: GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS AND MARITIME ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF NAME, REMOVING, RETAINING AND APPOINTING OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE:1. STEPHEN UZOR -------------------------------- RETAINED 2. MR. JOHN HARUNA -------------------------- REMOVED 3. HRM DEWHEND AHOLU-MENU TOYI-GBAGY ------- RETAINED 4. OBIORA EZEOKE ------------------------------ REMOVED 5. NNAMDI MOSES ------------------------------- REMOVED THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BARR. MRS CELESTINA OGBODO 2. BARR. RICHARD NWANKWO 3. BASIL OBIORA AKUKWE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE OF NAME, REMOVING AND APPOINTING OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. MRS. UGOCHUKWU NDEGWE-OGBINNA

OLATUNDE ALARAPE FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. FR. VALENTINE ANAWOEKHA - CHAIRMAN 2. MR. MOKIDI SIMON - SECRETARY 3. MR. NOBLE OKHIDEMEH 4. MS. MAUREEN KADIRI 5. AKPOKHIO JOY E. 6. REV. FR. THOMAS OSHIOAKPEMHE 7. ALAHJI MAHMUD GARUBA

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) PASTOR VICTOR ERIOLUWA ANABOLIC 2) DADA OLAYINKA JOSEPH 3) VICTOR IDOWU ELIZABETH

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Yomi Alarape - Chainman 2. Tobi Alarape - Secretary 3. Tooni Alarape 4. Emmanuel Alarape 5. Queen Alarape

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To protect the right of less privilege in the society

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To provide aid and to widows, old persons and the less privileged. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: PRESENTED BY ALEXANDER IKHANE ESQ 08033635355

HEART FOR ALL FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOY ACHA 2. MR. MICHAEL ACHA OKPE 3. MR. PATRICK ACHA 4. BARR. OLIH MONI 5. MR. ENECHE ACHA 6. MR. OGBOLE ACHA 7. MR. GODWIN ACHA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE COMMON COMMUNICABLE AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 2. TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF ORPHANS, WIDOWS AND INDIGENT MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 3. TO INITIATE PROGRAMMES FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE YOUTH, WIDOWS AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE VIA SKILL ACQUISITION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. : SECRETARY

ASSOCIATION OF SIL ESTATE PROPERTY OWNERS THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. WASIU OLAJIDE - Chairman 2. TUNDE OLAWOYE 3. ATIM TERKAA 4. MOSES OMOJOLA 5. MARTINS CHUKWULOBE 6. DR SAHEED ALIMI 7. SHONOIKI GANIU OLAWALE - Secretary THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE PECULIAR-DEAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEE 1. Revd. Adeyemi Dean Junior 2. Mr Oyewale Kehinde 3. Pastor Oyewola Paul 4. Mr Fatokun Olawale 5. Miss Busari Omowumi AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To propagate the kingdom of heaven 2. To advocate for moral consciousness in the society 3. To encourage women and youth empowerment ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: Opeyemi Ajekigbe Esq

DUSK TO DAWN SPORTS CLUB THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. ADEYEMI ABUBAKAR 2. ICHIE ADOLPHUS ADUGBA CALLISTUS 3. ENGR. JOHN TOM 4. MR. EZEIFE UCHE 5. MR. EMMANUEL CHUKWU 6. MR. AZEEM OLATUNJI ABIOYE 7. MR. IKECHUKWU ONYEACHONAM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND RELAXATION FACILITATES FOR MEMBERS. 2. TO PROVIDE SPORTS FACILITATES FOR MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED : Barry Emma 07035047971

EMMANUEL FOOD BANKING FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. BANJO ADEDOTUN 2. MRS. BANJO DAMILOLA 3. MR. BANJO OBAFEMI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE FOOD THE LESS PRIVILEGED. 2. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE MASTER’S FOUNDATION

LOST OF DOCUMENT

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE MINISTRY OF FCT ABUJA THAT THE ORIGINAL OFFER OF TERMS OF GRANTS /CONVEYANCE OF APPROVAL LETTER IN RESPECT OF PLOT 342A CHIKAKORE (BYAZHIN) KUBWA LAYOUT ABUJA, DATED 25/07/2006 WITH FILA NO IM55208, ORIGINALY BELONG TO EMMANUEL EZEMA, LOST BY IKENNA UZONWU. ALL EFFORTS MADE TO FIND OR RECOVER IT HAS PROVED UNFRUITFUL AND ABORTIVE. Signed IKENNA UZONWU MOTUS HEALTH INITIATIVE THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 Trustees 1. DR. ELIJAH EZENDU. - PRESIDENT 2. DR. BABAJIDE ONANUGA. - SECRETARY 3. PROFESSOR. OLUKAYODE JEBODA. 4. DR. OLUBANKE ILO 5. DR. ABIMBOLA MUINAT JIMOH Aims and objectives: 1. To provide premium health care service to the un reached and less privileged individual in the society. 2. To provide effective tools and resources for health promotion for individuals in rural and semi-urban communities 3. To provide access for skills and knowledge acquisition for medical and paramedical personnel. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION Signed: N. A. WEYINMI. & CO

THIS IS TO INFROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C20 LFN 2004. TRUSTEES: Current Trustees: 1. E.A Adeboye; 2. Fola Aboaba; 3. Eskor Mfon; 4. Cecilia Ibru; 5. Erastus Akingbola The Trustees to be appointed: 1. Fola Aboaba (Chairman) 2. Seye Kosoko (Secretary) 3. Felix Ohiwerei 4. Idowu Iluyomade 5. Ben Akabueze 6. Ernest Ebi 7. Dr. Toyin Phillips ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CAC, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAIMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

WOMEN OF POWERFUL GRACE INTER -DENOMINATIONAL FELLOWSHIP THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FELLOWSHIP HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 Trustees: 1. Nkemdilim lilian Adenuga 2. Apostle Dr Prince Dan winner 3. Chuks wisdom Ahaneku 4. Oluchi Grace wisdom 5. Nnenna Etu Okparaugo AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ 2. To protect the welfare of members ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION Signed: Barr. YETUNDE

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IDOWU YUSUF

AKPAN SUNDAY MONDAY

ISMAILA SABO

I formerly known and addressed as SUNDAYAKPAN, now wish to be known and addressed as AKPAN SUNDAY MONDAY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as SABO MOHAMMED, now wish to be known and addressed as ISMAILA SABO. Date of birth is FEBUARY10, 1968. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. OKWUAGWU FLORENCE EBELE

MRS. SONENI OBAMWONYI

IDOWU IBUNKUNOLA DAMILOLA

I formerly known and addressed as MISS ONAH OKPOR FLORENCE. EBELE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OKWUAGWU FLORENCE EBELE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS SONENI MADLUNGA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SONENI OBAMWONYI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. DAMILOLA SEUN OLOWOKANDE

SARUMI RASHIDAT IBIWUMI

I formerly known and addressed as YUSUF BELLO, now wish to be known and addressed as IDOWU YUSUF. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OLURIN IBUNKUNOLA DAMILOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as IDOWU IBUNKUNOLA DAMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ONABOLUJO ONARA MOJOYINADE

I formerly known and addressed as ONABOLUJO ONARA OPEMIPO, now wish to be known and addressed as ONABOLUJO ONARA MOJOYINADE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. ASUQUO-OBO ANTIGHA OKON

I formerly known and addressed as ASUQUO ANTIGHA OKON, now wish to be known and addressed as ASUQUO-OBO ANTIGHA OKON. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

Public Notice OLUFEMI OYETAKIN

ABOIRAH EVELYN OMONYE

I formerly known and addressed as TOSIN JOHNSON. AKINDURO, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUFEMI OYETAKIN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ABOIRA EVELYN OMONYE, now wish to be known and addressed as ABOIRAH EVELYN OMONYE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AKINGBALA ABIMBADE OYEDEJI

MISS. AUGUSTINA ARIAJEGBE OYAKHILOME

I formerly known and addressed as AKIN LAWAL, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINGBALA ABIMBADE OYEDEJI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MRS. ALEGBE AUGUSTINA. ARIAJEGBE, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS. AUGUSTINA ARIAJEGBE OYAKHILOME. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ABBASS RASHIDAT MORENIKE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

REMOVEVAL OF NAME

MOHAMMED BABA MOHAMMED

I formerly known and addressed as ABASS RASHIDAT MORENIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ABBASS RASHIDAT MORENIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

My name was arranged as IKECHUKWU UGOCHI KIZITO instead of IKECHUKWU KIZITO UGOCHI, now wish to be known and addressed as IKECHUKWU KIZITO UGOCHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

That I was bearing EMMANUEL JOY BEATRICE and I wish to remove BEATRICE now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL JOY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as IBRAHIM MOHAMMED EGI, now wish to be known and addressed as MOHAMMED BABA MOHAMMED. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS DAMILOLA SEUN OLOWOKANDE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. DAMILOLA SEUN OLOWOKANDE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MORUFU BASHIDAT IBIWUMI, now wish to be known and addressed as SARUMI RASHIDAT IBIWUMI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ADEYEYE OLUWAKEMI COMFORT

AKINWANDERUKAYATMORILIAT

MRS. ONUIGBO JOYCE

EMMANUELLA ANNIE UDOH

MRS FOLORUNSHO OLUWATOSIN

OKOWOGA FRANCIS JAMES

I formerly known and addressed as AKINWANDE MORADIYA, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINWANDE RUKAYAT MORILIAT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS IBINGHA JOYCE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ONUIGBO JOYCE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as EMMANUELLAR OKON UDOH, now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUELLA ANNIE UDOH. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS FOLORUNSHO SAMUELSSON OLUWATOSIN GUNNEL, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS FOLORUNSHO OLUWATOSIN AGBEJE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MUSA ALECHENU JAMES, now wish to be known and addressed as OKOWOGA FRANCIS JAMES. All former documents remain valid, general public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS OLAWOYIN ABOSEDE ADUFE

I formerly known and addressed as AINA OLUWAKEMI COMFORT, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEYE OLUWAKEMI COMFORT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ADEYEYE KEMISOLA VERONICA

I formerly known and addressed as AINA KEMISOLA VERONICA COMFORT, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEYE KEMISOLA VERONICA. All former documents remain valid, general public should take note.

EMMANUEL OYESHINA ADEGBENRO

Formerly Known As Oyeshina Adegbenro Faniyi Now Known As Emmanuel Oyeshina Adegbenro Faniyi Johnson.All Former Document Remain Valid General Public Note. ABATI ABIMBOLA CECILIA. . Formerly known and addressed as SOFIOYE ABIMBOLA CECILIA, now wish to be known and addressed as ABATI ABIMBOLA CECILIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME My name was wrongly written on my Bank documents as IROHA ODINAKACHI ANTHONY-SANDRA and IROHA ODINAKACHI ANTHONIA -SANDRA instead of IROHA ANTHONIA ODINAKACHI. My correct name is IROHA ANTHONIA ODINAKACHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

IGWE ELVIS ONUOHA.

Formerly known and addressed as UGORJI ELVIS ONUOHA IGEWE, now wish to be known and addressed as IGWE ELVIS ONUOHA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

EKUFIA BLESSING NGOZI.

Formerly known and addressed as AKAHARA BLESSING, now wish to be known and addressed as EKUFIA BLESSING NGOZI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLABAMIJI KEHINDE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as OLUBAMIJI KEHINDE, now wish to be known and addressed as OLABAMIJI KEHINDE. All former documents remain valid, general public should take note.

That I am the same person bearing IROGBE OSIGBE and DANIEL ADEOYE AGBAJE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AGBAJE IBRAHIM AYOMIDE Formerly known as IKUDAISI OLALEKAN now wish to be known As AGBAJE IBRAHIM AYOMIDE. All former document remain valid. Zenith Bank and general public please note.

ADDITION OF NAME

That I, AREMU ALABA want to add OYEKANMI as my last name now wish to be known and addressed as AREMU ALABA OYEKANMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

That I, JUSTICE OSARO want to add AKHIMIEN as my

MADUABUCHI OKORIE.

MRS. OSAKUNI SOPHIA ADANNA.

OBAJEMINIYI FEMI JONATHAN

Formerly known and addressed as ABUCHI OKOLI, now wish to be known and addressed as MADUABUCHI OKORIE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. ORIJIOCHIE CHIKA CHINELO.

Formerly known and addressed as UDEAJA CHIKA CHINELO, now wish to be known and addressed as ORIJIOCHIE CHIKA CHINELO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. ODIONYE ANASTECIA IJEOMA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. EKE SOPHIA ADANNA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OSAKUNI SOPHIA ADANNA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

ADDITION OF NAME

OLAYIWOLA MUIDEEN AKINOLA and OLAYIWOLA MUIDEEN OYETUNDE refer to one and same person. Any documents with my names captured as stated above are valid. General public take note.

and addressed as AKHIMIEN JUSTICE OSARO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OBAJEMINIYI OLUWAFEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OBAJEMINIYI FEMI JONATHAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

Formerly Known As MISS AFOLABI ABOSEDE ADUFE now known as MRS OLAWOYIN ABOSEDE ADUFE. All Former Documents Remain Valid General Public Note.

Formerly Known As MISS AKINDELE FUNMILOLA MARY now known as MRS AFOLABI FUNMILOLA MARY. All Former Douments Remain Valid General Public Take Note

MR. OLAYIWOLA JOSEPH OLUMUYIWA FAVOUR

JOHNSON FUNMILAYO JANET

Formerly known and addressed as MR. SANNI YUSUF, now wish to be known and addressed as MR. OLAYIWOLA JOSEPH OLUMUYIWA FAVOUR. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as JAMES FUNMILAYO JANET, now wish to be known and addressed as JOHNSON FUNMILAYO JANET. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

YOVOH MONDAY AYOKUNLE

EKWUNIFE EDOZIE EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA.

Formerly known and addressed as MONDAY PAUL YOVOH, now wish to be known and addressed as YOVOH MONDAY AYOKUNLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKUNLOLA BOLANLE ABIDEMI.

Formerly known and addressed as OKPALA MARTINS, now wish to be known and addressed as EKWUNIFE EDOZIE EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SHODIYA ALIMOTU RONKE

THIS IS TO STATE THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN ON MY BANK ACCOUNT AS ANIOBI FABIAN. THAT I NOW WANT TO ADD ONOVO. THAT MY FULL NAME IS ONOVO ANIOBI FABIAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

This is to confirm that UDEDIKE RACHEAL NGOZI and UDEDIKE RACHEAL PETER is one and same person but now wish to known and addressed as UDEDIKE RACHEAL PETER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ISICHEI BOLANLE ABIDEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OKUNLOLA BOLANLE ABIDEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ALABI MURITALA

CHIBUEZE EMMANUEL PRAISE

ENE-ONAZI DIVINE ADOGA

I, formerly known as ENEONAZI DIVINE EGWURUBE now wish to be known and addressed as ENE-ONAZI DIVINE ADOGA. All former documents remain valid. Please general public should take note.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSA UMAR FAROUK NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSA PETER. REASON FOR CHANGE: CONVERSION FROM ISLAM TO CHRISTIANITY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

A DV E R T

ADVERT

S PAC E F O R

SPACE FOR

SA L E

SALE

Formerly known and addressed as IGWEGBE ANASTECIA IJEOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as ODIONYE ANASTECIA IJEOMA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MURITALA AKANNI RAFIU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALABI MURITALA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

Formerly known and addressed as CHIBUEZE EMMANUEL IWUOHA, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIBUEZE EMMANUEL PRAISE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AKANBI JIMOH ASINDEMADE

TIAMIYU AYODELE IBIWUNMI

SAHEED ADEBAYO LAMIDI

Formerly known and addressed as JIMOH ASINDE AJAO, now wish to be known and addressed as AKANBI JIMOH ASINDEMADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS AFOLABI FUNMILOLA MARY

I formerly known as Balogun Ayodele Ibiwunmi Now which to be known as Tiamiyu Ayodele Ibiwunmi. all former documents remain valid .The general public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Saheed Soliu Adebayo now I wish to be known and addressed as Saheed Adebayo Lamidi and my correct of birth is 21 july 1983, was wrongly written 16 January 1985. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ALIMOTU RONKE RONKE, now wish to be known and addressed as SHODIYA ALIMOTU RONKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

MUSA PETER

Public Notice 24 MERCYSTEVENS INT’L FOUNDATION This is to inform the general public that the above named “FOUNDATION” has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under the part C of Companies and Allied Matters Acts 1990.

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INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

ATUN ORISE TRANSPORT OWNERS ASSOCIATION This is to inform the General Public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. NWANKEGO CHARITY IRINOYE 2. IRINOYE ABDFATTAH BABALOLA 3. QUADRI ABDULWASIU A. 4. YAHAYA MUHAMMED KAZEEM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To ensure that there is no stress/burden on members 2. To improve the members’ welfare economically while he/she is active in the association 3. To prevent members from becoming liability on friend ,family, larger society and the government

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO EMPOWER WIDOWS,ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 2. TO EMBARK ON PEACE ADVOCACY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION 3. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO INDIGENT CHILDREN 4.TO MOBILISE AGAINST WOMEN,CHILD TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION 4. TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID DURING CRISIS 5. TO LIASE AND PARTNER WITH OTHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. Any Objection(s) to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, PMB 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. Signed by: TRUSTEES.

This is to inform the General Public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. PEARSE GABRIEL ADETOKUNBO ( CHAIRMAN) 2. LAWAL FEMI MARK AFRICAS ( Secretary) 3. VERMEER WILLEM FILIPPUS 4. BINDAWA ABDULLAHI 5. CHIBUNDU ,PROFESSOR EMMANUEL 6. AGWUNOBI JONATHAN CHUKWUMA 7. OTITOJU OLUWATOSIN HELEN 8. ILORI, OLUKEMI OLULOLA, 9. AGINIGHAN POWER ZIAKEDE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.To achieve enduring peace through enterprise and development 2. To foster peace and development through entrepreneurship and interactive programmes Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

JENNIFER ESE WOWO’S FOUNDATION

EXCELLENCY OF GOD CHARITY 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 , 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) ESE OSASAH WOWO ~~PRESIDENT (2) GBENGA FREDRICK EMMANUEL~~SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) Okere Steven Emeka (2) Okereke Ngozi Dominica

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To asist the poor, needy, the orphans, the widows, the sick in the society. (2) To provide tools and materials that can help younger generations in their daily education.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To help the less privilleged in the society 2. To bring assistance to victims of natural disasters 3.To preach the gospel of Christ

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED BY :- SECRETARY

SIGNED BY :SECRETARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1. OGBA EBERE IFEYINWA 2. STEVE OJI 3. UDENKA GODWIN 4. OFURUM IFEOMA

Affairs Commission for CHANGE OF NAME From INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST To REDEMPTION INDEPENDENT HEAVENLY MINISTRY, AMMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION And CHANGE IN TRUSTEES as stated below under part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act of 1990. THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE:1. REVEREND/SHEPHERD ADEJUMOBI ELIJAH ADEKUNTE (JP) - RETAINED 2.ADEJUMOBI FELICIA ADENIKE- REMOVED 3. REV.(DR) SOLOMON OLATUNDE AKINSANYA (JP) -REMOVED 4. REV.(DR.)ALAAYE AKIRAN (JP)- REMOVED 5. HON/ASSIT. SP. EVANG. SOLOMON ADEOLUWA OTUNUBI-REMOVED 6. ADEJUMOBI CELESTINAH OLUBUNMI -RETAINED THE NEW TRUSTEES ARE:1. REVEREND /SHEPHERD ADEJUMOBI ELIJAH ADEKUNTE(JP) -RETAINED 2. ADEJUMOBI CELESTINAH OLUWABUNMI -RETAINED 3. ADEJUMOBI EBENEZER OLUSEGUN -NEWLY APPOINTED 4. AJIBOYE OLUWAKEMI ELIZABETH-NEWLY APPOINTED THE AIMS AND ABJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to the CHANGE OF NAME, AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION AND CHANGE IN TRUSTEES should be forwarded to the Registrar General,Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Aguiyi Ironsi Street,Maitama,Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

MUSTARDSEED DELIVERANCE HEALING CHURCH OF GOD

NWADIUTO SOCIAL CLUB OF NIGERIA.

THE ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE SALVAGE BUYERS OF NIGERIA

This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990.

This is to inform the General Public that the above named CLUB has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. CHRISTIAN IKEDIACHIE 2. IFEYINWA IKEDIACHIE 3. PETER MAMMEL

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. CALISTUS OKORIE... CHAIRMAN 2. IFEANYI DILIBE. .... SECRETARY 3. OBINNA UMEZINWANNE 4 . UCHE NEBO 5. EKENE OBELE 6. ONYEKA NWOBODO 7. MINTUS NNANNA 8. EMMANUEL NWAOJI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To promote the welfare, happiness and security among members 2.To foster unity and harmony among members

Trustees are: 1. Chief Onuorah, Martin Chinyelu 2. Apostle Adeoti, Segun 3. Mr Yekini, Kamoru Abiodun

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ through out the world. 2. To counsel and deliver humanity from spiritual bondage through prayer. 3 To plant churches for worship in Nigeria and abroad. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. SIGNED BY :- SECRETARY

SUPREME DIVINE LIFE WORLDWIDE CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE 1.TONY OTU-Pastor/founder 3.EDMOND OKWONG - Secretary AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To preach and propagate the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2.To win souls for Christ Jesus Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication. SIGNED: Victor O. Ogoli Esq Onyeabor Ogoli & Associates 20 John Olugbo Street off Toyin Street Ikeja lagos Nigeria

URBAN FOOD BANK INITIATIVE

OKUOKPERE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Chief Jonathan Eruteyan 2. Hon Atawe Henry 3. Jonathan Oke 4. Mr Palmer Atawe 5. Mr Mathew Eduvie 6. Mr Goddy Atawe 7. Mr Gabriel Eduvie 8. Mr Adjekaya Bogard AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To promote community development in okuokpere community 2. To promote holistic community development in nigeria 3. To build neighborhood capacity 4. To advance community development education and practices 5. To promote the settlement house concept in the development of social work in nigeria 6. To promote sustainable development goals 7. To promote social justice 8. To organize meetings, seminars and conferences aimed at promoting community development, community practices and social work. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY.

POWER & GLORIOUS GRACE ASSEMBLY

Aims and Objectives 1. To foster unity among members 2. To Cater for the welfare of members Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication Signed Trustees

TUVIA KINGS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION to the corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Tuvia Chiamaka Onyinyechi Eze 2. Benjamin Chibueze Nwankwo

Chairman Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES T o inspire and fertilize the minds of the African youths to conceive, understanding themselves as key, stake holders in building a better future for themselves and the Nation. Any objections to this application must reach the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

CHRIST FOR THE LOST SOULS EVANGELICAL MINISTRY This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration of its Trustees under Part C of the Companies and allied Matters Act, 1990.

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

The TRUSTEES are : 1. KUDIRAT ABIOLA THOMPSON - CHAIRMAN 2. THOMPSON OLAWALE YUSUF -SECRETARY 3. THOMPSON ABIODUN ADESOLA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) AGHARESE ELIZABETH - CHAIRMAN/GENERAL OVERSEER (2) AGHARESE ENDURANCE DUZA - SECRETARY (3) EKHATOR OSAMWONYI - MEMBER (4) OBARETIN LILIAN - MEMBER.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : To help the less privilege

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the word of God worldwide 2. To win souls for Christ Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: THE TRUSTEES.

Signed: Secretary

Any Objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Irosi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: TRUSTEES

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Prophet Dr. Solomon Adebowale Bankole - President 2. Lukmon Oluwadamilare Bankole - Vice President 3. Esther Omotunde Bankole - Treasurer 4. Oseh Florence Onyenike - Secretary 5. Adeparusi Oluwakemi Ruth

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OLARENWAJU BINEY OYEBADE.

I, formerly known as Olarenwaju Biney Qudus, now wish to be known and addressed as Olarenwaju Biney Oyebade. General public please take note. All other document remains valid

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

THAT IAM THE PERSON BEARING OWOLABI OLAKANMI KEHINDE AND OWOLABI ANTHONY KEHINDE. THAT NOW I WANT TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OWOLABI ANTHONY KEHINDE.

ADENIKE FELICIA OYEBANJO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Adenike Adedoyin Oyebanjo, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Adenike Felicia Oyebanjo. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

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ONYEMA NWAFOR

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MRS KEHINDE KALEJAIYE.

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SALAWU RASHEED AKANNI

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MRS KEHINDE KALEJAIYE.

RAFIU TEMITOPE OLAWUNMI.

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MRS EDWARDS SYLVIA NGOZI. EDEH: I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EDEH SYLVIA NGOZI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS EDWARDS SYLVIA NGOZI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. NWAUBANI MARGARET CHINYERE

MRS ONYIA UZOAMAKA CHARITY

MRS NNENNA CHIDIMMA IBEKWE

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ANEKE: I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANEKE UZOAMAKA CHARITY, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ONYIA UZOAMAKA CHARITY. All former documents remain valid. UNTH ITUKU OZALLA and General public should please take note.

ENEH: I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NNENNA CHIDIMMA ENEH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NNENNA CHIDIMMA IBEKWE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ADEGOKE JANET FUNMIKE

CORRECTION OF NAME ON BVN

CORRECTION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS ABDULFATAI SADIAT FOLAKE

This is to confirm that Odusanwo Segun Oriyomi is the same person answering Odusanwo Segun and Odusanwo Olusegun Oriyomi, now wish to be known and addressed as Odusanwo Segun Oriyomi. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ISAAC NWOKOLO

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CORRECTION OF NAME I, OBIOSIO FRIDAY ETETE, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, FRIDAY ETETE ETETE, instead of, OBIOSIO FRIDAY ETETE, in my BVN details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, OBIOSIO FRIDAY ETETE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS ABIDOYE SADIAT FOLAKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ABDULFATAI SADIAT FOLAKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GEN. PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. IZEKU PRISCILLIA IVIE

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OMAHA AMOS.

OKORIE: I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORIE MARGARET KALU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWAUBANI MARGARET CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

That my name was wrongly written as AFINNI FATIMA OLUWAFUNMILAYO instead of AFINNI BINTU OLUWAFUNMILAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MR.ANYIKA DANIEL NODIRIM

TAIWO MODIU ADESHINA

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS EJIKUNLE JANET FUNMIKE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADEGOKE JANET FUNMIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OKAFOR EMEKA ON MY BANK DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF OKAFOR ROMANUS EMEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS NNONYELU OLUCHUKWU ROSEMARY ACHEBE: I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ACHEBE OLUCHUKWU EBUBE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NNONYELU OLUCHUKWU ROSEMARY. All former documents remain valid. N-Power, Banks, Ministry of education and General public should please take note.

MRS BLESSING YAKUBU AKEWO.

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UGWU PRAISE NNAMDI.

RAFIU TEMITOPE OLAWUNMI.

ORJINWEKE NGOZI OMOWUNMI

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ABIMBOLA WILLIAMS

ALADE DEBORAH ANUOLUWAPO

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MOMOH AMINA CHISOMAGA

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MRS ANI STELLA EZIDIMMA

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EZE DORATHY NWAKAEGO

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CORRECTION OF NAME

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CHUKWUCHEBE KENECHUKWU ANAYOCHUKWU.

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This is to inform the general public that my name CHIELO AGATHA CHUKWU was wrongly written when opening account but now wish to be corrected and addressed as AGATHA OKWUDILICHUKWU CHIELO. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I MR. JOSEPH UWADIEGWU NWODO of Umuossai, Onitsha Enugu Ezike hereby announce the loss of my Building Certificate of Occupancy, 1 January 1981 and registered as No. 19 in page 19 in volume 543 in the lands Registry, Enugu. The general public should take note.

MRS OKAFOR AMARACHI HAPPINESS.

ADDITION OF NAME

ADEKUNLE OLADELE ADAM

Formerly known and addressed as MISS UWANDU IWUALA AMARACHI HAPPINESS now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKAFOR AMARACHI HAPPINESS. Date of Birth-23rd Sept, 1984. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

My names were formerly written as EYUBE FIDELIS now I am adding TOTOR to my name. I now wish to be known and addressed as EYUBE FIDELIS TOTOR. Correct Date of Birth-21st MARCH, 1943. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

KAZEEM YUSUF OLABISI

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MRS ADEBAYO MODUPE DEBORAH

CHIMA-DURU CHINONYEREM

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RAYMOND RHODA BARA

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I, IHEKA CHEKWUBECHI, IHEKA KENNETH C., IHEKA KENNETH CHEX, IHEKA KENNETH CHEKWUBE, AND IHEKA CHEKWUBECHUKW KENNETH refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, IHEKA CHEKWUBECHUKWU KENNETH. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, KAMARU BASHER AJENIFUJA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS,OLAREWAJU EMMANUEL AJENIFUJA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN DURING MY BVN REGISTRATION AS SAVIOUR OKON DANIEL, INSTEAD OF SAVIOUR NKPONNEH DANIEL AS APPEARS IN ALL MY DOCUMENTS . THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS SAVIOUR NKPONNEH DANIEL. THE GENERAL PUBLICSHOULD PLEASE NOTE.

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NWAJI PRINCE EMEKA I, formerly known and address as NWAJI PRINCE EMEKA IS SAME PERSON AS NWAJI EMEKA. Now wish to be known and address as NWAJI PRINCE EMEKA. All former document remai valid . Bank and greneral public should please take note.

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Times Against Corruption

ICPC takes anticorruption crusade to NURTW, RTEAN In its effort to bring the anti-corruption crusade to various sectors of the Nigerian society, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), through its National Anti-Corruption Coalition (NACC) organised what it tagged: “Grassroots Anti-Corruption Campaign” for members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Cross River State recently. The objective of the campaign was to strengthen the NURTW and RTEAN members through information sharing, training and education on the ills of corruption while cultivating their active participation in the fight against corruption. In attendance at the event also were officials of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Ministry of Transportation. The ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, who was represented at the event by the South-South Zonal Commissioner of the Commission, Mr Henry Emore, described corruption as the “breaking of rules for personal benefit”. He also observed that corruption was a criminal and corrosive worldwide epidemic found in every facet of people’s lives which deprives them of their fundamental human rights while increasing poverty. Mr. Nta regretted that the extortion of money from motorists on the roads by law enforcement agents seemed to be on the increase and advised that it should be stopped forthwith. He also called on members of the NURTW and RTEAN to ensure that they follow due process to obtain their driver’s licence and vehicle particulars while observing that most of those documents in the possession of motorists were fake. On his part, the representative of the Commissioner of Transport, Cross River State, Mr. Chris Haij Ajong, stated that corruption on Nigerian roads was a menace that should be tackled. He said that there were many identified corrupt practices on the roads which everyone was aware of, and that was the reason for organizing the campaign to fight against such practices. He advised everyone present to steer clear of corrupt acts to make the country better. Also at the event, Mrs. Florence Osang of National Orientation Agency(NOA), pointed out that corruption manifests in different forms, not solely in money matters, explaining that it could also be in the form of perverting a system or policy of government. She further called on the participants to go back to the society’s core values of integrity and uprightness which are captured in stanzas of the National Anthem of the country.

I don’t have houses in MaitamaMagu Ïj ƏƆ ƐƆ ƋƆ Ƌ ƅƐƈ ƈ Ɛ ƆƓ ƍ ƍƆƏ Tony Amokeodo, Abuja

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has denied owning any house or houses in the Maitama area of Abuja. The EFCC boss further asked a national newspaper and its author to retract the story of face legal action. Magu stated this in Abuja while reacting to a media report in one of the national newspapers (not The Daily Times). The newspaper had in its edition of Saturday with a story captioned “Magu Under Fresh Probe over 2 Abuja Mansions”, alleged that Magu was under probe over two mansions in Maitama area of Abuja reportedly linked to his wife. But the spokesman of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, had in a statement made available on Monday in Abuja faulted the story on the grounds that it is baseless and unfounded.

Uwujaren added that there was no iota of truth in the story, saying that the story is a work of fiction. The EFCC statement reads in part: “Relying on ghost sources, the newspaper claimed that “the houses being investigated are located in Danube Street, Maitama and Missouri Street, off Colo-

Magu

rado Close, Ministers Hill.” It added that “the two houses were said to have been bought last year.” But Magu stated that neither himself nor his wife own any property in Maitama. He urged Nigerians to disregard the report as false and designed by the authors to achieve motives that are obvious. The EFCC boss said: “I don’t have any mansion anywhere in Maitama. Would I have two mansions in Abuja yet chose to live in a rented apartment in the same community? The Sun can take over the properties if they have evidence that they belong to me or my wife”. The acting chairman further disclosed that he is taking legal action against the newspaper. He said: “This is another calculated attempt to smear my reputation. They may have gotten away with such false reports in the past but I will not let this go unchallenged. I have already briefed my lawyers to institute legal action against The Sun newspaper.”

Nyako: How N1.2bn was diverted to private companies - Witness The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through its seventh witness, presented documents to show the transfer of about N1,384,525,000 diverted from the Adamawa State government, during the tenure of Murtala Nyako, to the account of Crust Energy Limited. Nyako, a former governor of the state is facing a 37-count charge along with his son and serving senator, Abdulaziz, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. They are alleged to have committed the fraud using Blue Opal Limited, Se-

Murtala Nyako

bore Farms & Extension Limited, Pagoda Fortunes Limited, Tower Assets Management Limited and Crust Energy Limited, as conduit pipes. The witness, Chinedu Ayogu, a compliance officer with Diamond Bank, while being led in evidence by O.A. Atolagbe, told the court that the bank received request with respect to some companies linked to the defendants. “We received a request from the EFCC to provide the account opening packages of Sentinel Production and Exploration Limited and the statements of account which consisted of the Naira and Dollar accounts, and we complied,” Ayogu said.

Ayogu identified the various documents sent to the EFCC in response to the anti-graft agency’s request, which were subsequently tendered as exhibit against them. There was no objection from counsels to the defendants, as to there admissibility, and they were accepted and marked as exhibit AD. Under cross-examination, Ayogu revealed that at various times, several amounts of money were credited into the account of Crust Energy Limited. Ayogu said: “On May 2, 2013, Crust Energy Limited was credited with N160 million, N79 million on May 13, 2013, and another N79 million on May 14, 2013, N150 million on May 23, 2013, and another N150 million on June 7, 2013, N120 million and N100 million on July 16, 2013, N508,500,000 on November 19, 2013, and N38,025,000 on December 10, 2013.” According to Ayogu, the documents also indicated that “on August 13, 2013, Belmark Ent. IFO Sentinel Exploration was credited with $4,500,000. On November 19, 2013, Belmark Ent. IFO Sentinel Expl was credited with $3,000,000. On December 12, 2013, Sentinel Exploration E/O Belmark Ent. Was credited with $220,000”. While adjourning to May 2, 2017 for continuation of trial, Justice Abang fixed March 28, 2017 to hear an application brought by Abba seeking for a release of his international passport.

27 Times Against Corruption How Badeh used N800m NAF Fund for shopping mall - Witness A prosecution witness, Nuhu Dalhatu, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that about N800 million used for the construction of a shopping mall linked to Alex Badeh, a former Chief of Air Staff, was traced to the Nigeria Air Force, NAF’s account. Badeh is standing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption to the tune of N3.97 billion brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. While being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, Dalhatu, a forensic analyst with the EFCC, told the court that investigations were carried out on a number of properties, linked to Badeh, one of which was the shopping mall located at 2, Oda Crescent. “I was asked to investigate the procurement scam that was linked to the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, and Nigeria Air Force arms procurement contracts,” he said. Dalhatu, who is the 17th prosecution witness, told the court that the property located at 19, Kumasi Crescent, was linked to his son. According to him, his son was invited for interrogation, during which it was discovered that the property was bought at about N260 million through a former NAF Director of Finance.

EFCC arraigns businessman for N7m land scam The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned a businessman, Ibrahim Kamba, before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi on one-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. Kamba is alleged to have been involved in a land scam to the tune of N7 million. The count reads: “That you Alhaji Ibrahim Kamba ‘M’ on or about September 2008 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N7,000,000 from one Ali Hudu Iliyasu under the pretence of selling plot no 3027, Cadastral Zone A04, in Asokoro district to him knowing full well that you had already sold the same land to one Zira Maigadi ‘M’ in 2007”. The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when it was read to him. Prosecution counsel, Dalyop Vou, while asking for date for trial to commence, urged the court to order that the defendant be remanded in prison custody. Kamba’s counsel, Hassan Liman, SAN, however, moved his application for bail, dated March 20, 2017. “The defendant has been on administrative bail since September 2015 and so I urge the court to grant him bail on same conditions,” he said.

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ICPC plans journal of anticorruption studies Stories by Anthony Ailemen

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to launch the first edition of the Nigerian Journal of AntiCorruption Studies. Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN), the research and training arm of ICPC, Professor Sola Akinrinade, made the revelation recently in Abuja during a courtesy call to the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Professor Akinrinade said that the first edition of the journal is expected to be published by middle of 2017, and it is hoped that it would enhance policy-oriented research and publications which would in turn help in the formulation of knowledge-based policies. Speaking on ACAN, Akinrinade stated that apart from the training of ICPC staff and staff of other anti-corruption agencies, the academy has the mandate to provide training for public officials and the general public on matters relating to good governance, accountability, transparency, integrity, ethics and all issues

relating to anti-corruption and corruption prevention. He added that the Academy was in the first phase of its activities with the principal focus on generating attitudinal change in the society on matters relating to corruption and mobilizing support for the anti-corruption war. Akinrinade called on NNPC to partner with ICPC to fight corruption, pointing out that “the war against corruption

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cannot be won by ICPC alone. The war against corruption is something which we need a lot of people on board, we need stakeholders to join us, it is not something that ICPC can do on its own; it is something all of us together can do.” The Provost further noted that ACAN was still new and young. He therefore called on the support of critical public sector agencies to enable the Academy go far in achieving its objective of becoming a model manpower development institution in the anti-corruption effort. In his response, the GMD of NNPC expressed the willingness of his organisation to partner with ICPC. “We will surely partner with you to ensure that corruption is stamped out of Nigeria and in our processes, which is very much in line with the principal drivers of this government where Mr. President has continuously reminded the populace that fighting corruption is cardinal and needs to be sustained,” he stated.

EFCC plan to nail former aide to Dasuki suffers setback The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) plans to nail a former top aide of Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Nicholas Ashinze, and three others suffered a major set back last weekend. This is just as the case of an alleged N3 billion unlawful transfer currently before the Federal High Court in Abuja was suspended over an alleged falsehood and media trial engaged by the anti-graft agency against the military officer. Mr Ashinze, a serving colonel, was Military Assistant to former National Security Adviser, retired colonel Sambo Dasuki. Counsel to Mr Ashinze, Ernest Nwoye, had at the resumed trial protested the press statement issued by EFCC in which the defendant was reported to have been indicted by the court for diverting and misappropriating a whopping sum of N36billion. Apart from the alleged N36bn said to have been diverted and misappropriated, the EFCC statement also referred to Mr Ashinze as a retired officer. The counsel, who drew the attention of Justice Gabriel Kolawole to the offending EFCC press statement, tendered the statement and the newspaper publications at the court to establish bias and misrepresentation of the court proceeding of March 7, 2017 by the anti-graft

agency. Mr Nwoye told the judge that Mr Ashinze was never charged by EFCC for any offence on N36billion diversion and misappropriation and wondered where EFCC Media team, that was not present in the court, got its proceeding that the defendant had been indicted for the amount. The counsel urged the court to frown at media trial the defendant is being subjected to as such action if not checked, will lead to misrepresentation of facts by the general public. Mr Nwoye also tendered newspaper publications that emanated from the EFCC press statement issued by Wilson Uwujare who claimed to be the Head of Media and Publicity in the EFCC. Mr Nwoye said both the complainant and the defendant are bound by court records of proceeding and any attempt by one of the parties to concoct lies to prejudice the order is against the rule of law and natural justice. Justice Kolawole, who was taken aback by the EFCC’s press statement, asked the EFCC counsel, Ofem Uket, if he was aware of the press statement and if he ever issued any. The EFCC counsel denied ever granting press interview in respect of the trial but admitted receiving letter of complaint from Mr Nwoye and that he consulted with EFCC and discovered

that the press statement was actually released to the media. Mr Uket, in his defence said contrary to the charge of N3billion alleged transfer, evidence from witnesses have shown that about N5billion was involved. However, Justice Kolawole, who was not impressed by the argument of the EFCC’s counsel, told him that the proceeding would have to stop pending the time the EFCC put its house in order by stopping to mislead the public on court proceedings. Justice Kolawole in a short ruling on the protest from Mr Nwoye said “it is unfair for EFCC as a complainant in this trial to resort to self-help by engaging the defendant in the media trial at the same time in the court trial. “If you want to try the defendant in the media, you have to limit yourself to the media. You have to stop misleading the public in the fact of this trial. Let me say it for the sake of emphasis that EFCC must stop the use of journalists to distort proceedings in my court. You cannot be engaging in two trial: one in the court and one in the media at the same time. If you are not satisfied with my decision to stop this trial pending the time the EFCC retract this offending press statement of my court proceeding, then you can take your case to another court

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Abia Warriors superb against Pillars, says Adetunji

bia Warriors’ Sunday Adetunji has praised his side for their performance in the 3-0 thumping of Kano Pillars on Sunday afternoon. The former Shooting Stars forward found the back of the net in the Matchday 15 Nigeria Professional Football League clash at the Umuahia Township Stadium. The forward believes his side’s ‘hunger and focus’ was all that made the difference against Kadiri Ikhana’s men. “We were superb. I think the whole team played well and so we won 3-0. We kept it up for the whole 90 minutes, which was great,” Adetunji stated. “When you play with hunger and focus, you’ll always score goals. Now we need to keep on going. “It’s always fun when you’re winning. We went ahead at the right time and pressed on from there; we made it look pretty easy in the end. “We didn’t score in the first five minutes but we created a lot of very good opportunities and there was plenty to build on from the performance.” Abia Warriors have 22 points from their first 15 games and are sixth in the NPFL table.

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Song returns home after recovery Cameroun legend Rigobert Song is expected back home in Cameroun on Saturday according to reports. Song has been in France since October 2016 when he was airlifted in critical condition after suffering from a stroke. The plane carrying the legend is expected to touch down on Saturday evening at the Younde International Airport shortly after 9:00pm EAT (10:00CAT). The 40-year-old was admitted to La Pitie Salpertriere Hospital in France after falling unconscious in what doctors at the hospital termed as suffering a cerebral aneurysm in October at his home. The football world was quick to unite in support of the popular ex-player, who won 137 caps for Cameroun and a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics. Song also had spells with English clubs Liverpool and West Ham. Before his sickness, he was working as a coach for Cameroun following his departure as Chad coach.

Boboye not keen on winning NPFL title

ennedy Boboye says he is not keen on winning the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title with Plateau United this season. The tactician, who joined the Jos outfit before the commencement of the 2016/17 league season claims his aim is to pick as many points so as to finish in a very comfortable position at the end of the season. “Ever since I started, I have never said to anyone that Plateau United is thinking of winning the league, the only thing I keep saying is that we plan to fight very hard anywhere we go

to pick points,” Boboye said. “And if we pick points the way we have agreed, by the time we end the season and calculate all these points, it is going to tell people where Plateau United will end, whether as the league champions or as the runners up. That is our biggest focus.”

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gue Management Comhe Delta U-16 Elite Lea er five committees to mittee has put togeth to position the league fully strategise in order mittees ooth take off.The com in anticipation of a sm urity, sec ue/ ship, technical, ven are marketing/sponsor lfare/facility. media/publicity and we ement ed by the League Manag eas rel In a statement been e hav ms tea , Sam Sodje Committee Chairman, ation icip ant in ly ate edi rk imm mandated to get to wo will the league kick-off which for the proposed date for , ent tem n. According to the sta be announced very soo exis e igu headed by Frank Eh the technical committee dem the league format in tan h wit pected to come up gue lea the up g ives of settin with the ideals and object in Delta State. the urged eligible clubs in The statement further dia sta the of any at ms on for state to collect registrati . gue m participate in the lea in the state to enable the

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he international friendly match between Nigeria and Burkina Faso which was scheduled to take place in London on Monday, England has been called off. This is after Burkinabe contingent failed to secure entry visas into the United Kingdom. The match was scheduled to be played at the Hive Stadium. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical and development committee chairman, Barrister Chris Green confirmed the news. “We regret to announce that the second friendly match we had sched-

uled for the Super Eagles as part of preparations for the remaining matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying series and the beginning of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification race would no longer take place on Monday, 27th March 2017,” Green said. “The match in question is called off due to no fault of either the organizers or the Nigeria Football Federation. “We will announce further plans for the Super Eagles’ preparation for these two important qualifying campaigns in due course.” Nigeria played to a 1-1 stalemate with Senegal in an international friendly match which was played at the Hive Stadium in London on Thursday night.

ivers United’s Stanley Eguma believes his side’s experience in the CAF Champions League will give them an edge over Rayon Sports in their Confederation Cup ties. The Nigeria Professional Football League side crashed out of the continent’s elite championship after losing 4-3 on aggregate to Sudanese outfit, Al-Merrikh, and the tactician assures that they will work harder this time to ensure they win their home game convincingly ahead of their return leg in Rwanda. “We have to work harder, our experience in the champions league ouster is a big loss to us, but we have to work extra hard and then ensure we don’t make mistakes again,” Eguma told reporters. “We also have to ensure we win with a wide margin because anything can happen any day, anytime.” Eguma also apologized to Nigerians on their disappointing performance in Sudan, but added that they will ensure such performance does not repeat itself in the African second-tier tourney. “One thing in Nigeria is that we are friendly with our opponents, we treat them very well but when we go away, they treat us like animals, like we don’t deserve to live. Salman

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Dilapidated court rooms attract Gov. Ikpeazu’s attention ÏÏÏ In

L-R: Vice President Yemi Osibanjo; Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu; His deputy, Sir Ude Okochukwu; Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Kanu; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelama; and IMinister of State, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu, during a Town Hall Meeting to interface with some oil producing communities of Abia State at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia...on Friday

FG committed to making Abia capital of manufacturing – Osinbajo

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The Federal Government says it is committed to working with Abia State Government in making the state the capital of manufacturing in Nigeria. Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo disclosed this in Umuahia during a town hall meeting on Friday, stating that this will be in alliance with the state government. His words: “We are committed to working with the state government in making this state the capital of manufacturing in Nigeria and we will support the state to ensure that it is successful and that young people and entrepreneurs and all those that intend to be involved in commerce and industry and create the opportunities for others”. The VP stated this while responding to agitations from the Abia Elders Advisory Council, Ukwa Youths Congress, Ukwa Women Association, Centre for

the Eradication of Rural Poverty, and representative of the Traditional Rulers Council. Others include former Senate President, Sen. Adolfus Wabara, for Abia Elders and National Assembly members from Abia South Senatorial District, including Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe and Rep. Uzoma Abonta. Others were Eze Young Ogbonna, for traditional rulers, Mr. Chima Nwogu, Ukwa Youths, Chief Don Ubani, Centre for the Eradication of Rural Poverty, Sam Nwogu, a former Abia State representative on the NDDC board, and Comfort Jite of Ukwa Women. They had informed the VP about neglect by oil companies, non-employment quota for them, abandoned federal projects in the area, including roads and electricity projects, no representation in NDDC, occupation of premier school by the army in Ukwa land, and no scholarship quota for them. Others include non-inclusion of Abians in the Federal Gov-

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ernment amnesty programme, land degradation, influence of gas flaring on the health of host communities, lack of federal institution in the area, and other federal presence. Responding, Osinbajo said: “In November, 2016, NDDC visited the president at Abuja and submitted a 16-point roadmap on how to develop the oil producing communities. The president therefore decided that he must undertake visits to all of the oil producing areas in the country to engage with the leadership and the people of these communities, to hear them, to seek a better understanding of their problems and concerns and also to present a new vision to the people of the oil producing communities. ”There is no question at all that the majority of people of these communities, including the Asa community and several parts of the oil producing states of this country have heard of oil wells and the prosperity, while most have not benefited from that well”. He emphasised that one of the things that has happened in the past few months is that the Federal Government has designed a new partnership with

oil producing communities, a partnership of the Federal Government, state government, local government and the oil producing communities, as well as indigenous and foreign oil companies. Not just a relationship between the Federal Government and the oil producing communities, but anybody that is concerned with oil production as well is involved in creating this new vision. This, he said, focuses on the need to see that the people see the benefit of the worth of the oil of the land. Osinbajo disclosed that the government will ensure that all the oil producing communities, including the Asa community are beneficiaries of the modular refineries. According to him, the Federal Government noticed that in oil communities, especially in Asa over the years, there has not been any sabotage of oil pipeline or oil facilities in this particular community, describing it as a vibrant and productive approach adopted by the people of the area, adding that it is a mature approach and the right thing to do. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

view of the dilapidated nature of some state institutions, particularly the courts in the state, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State says plans are underway by the his administration to renovate court rooms and schools infrastructure in the state in the coming months. Ikpeazu disclosed this when he received in audience at the Government House, Umuahia, a delegation of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Abia State, who called on him, stating: “The process of renovating court rooms is receiving attention. In the next 3 months something will be done”. The state governor said that with the dry season window coming to an end, attention will shift to other areas. “During the coming months, we will face other areas such as school infrastructure and court buildings. By the end of 2017, the story of dilapidated court buildings will be a thing of the past”, he said, assuring that his administration is working hard to come up solutions to the car problem confronting the magistrates even as he said that the issue is not peculiar to the judiciary but promised to look into the issue of their withdrawn allowances. Earlier, leader of the delegation and the Chief Registrar of Abia State Judiciary, Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Chukwu, thanked the Governor for the support the judiciary enjoys under him and for giving approval for renovation work on court rooms in the state and pleaded with him to address their challenges including lack of vehicles and deductions from their salaries. Speaking also, Chairman of the association, Chief Magistrate Obia Ngozi, thanked the Governor for being judiciary friendly and urged him to extend his hands of fellowship to magistrates in the state.

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ASEPA boss, Prince Apugo prays for childless couples ÏÏÏ Childless couples have been

advised to wait upon God for their problems to be a forgone issue. The General Manager, Abia State Environmental Sanitation Authority ASEPA Prince Ikechukwu Apugo made this passionate in Umuahia after the dedication of his little Miss Onyinyechi Faith Apugo at Winners Church, Ihie Ndume Ibeku. Speaking with the Abia Times on the occasion, Prince Apugo prayed God to favour those who are looking and waiting upon him for the fruit of the womb, stating that this will be the occasion for a marriage to be consummated. The ASEPA boss, while expressing his joy, said God has done it again for him as it is not easy for a woman to carry the burden for nine months and deliver safely. He thanked God for His mercies upon the life of his family and that of Prince Benjamin B. Apugo entire family, pleading with God to listen to the cries of his brothers, friends and relations who are in the need for the fruit of the womb for their joy to be complete. The occasion featured a gathering of who is who in the country and beyond, including Ministers, members of the National Assem-

bly, especially, Hon. Minister of State for Steel and Power, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, members of the Abia State executive council led by the Deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, members of Abia State House of Assembly, LGA chairmen, and renown politicians, including serving and retired politicians. Others include service chiefs, including that of the Army in the state, DSS, Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence, Navy and other security agencies and Zone 9 Police Public Relations Committee executives led by its chairman, Collins Obi. Captains of industry, business gurus, professional associations and international merchants were not left out and state football managers, especially, Emeka Inyama of Abia Warriors FC, Umuahia Who is who in the entertainment industry, including the renowned actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known by the movie name, “Aki”, Aliga Joseph and Magic Mouth. The Abia State cultural troupe was there as well as other traditional and cultural dance groups including live bands and the Ibeku Egwu Asaa led by its President General, Princewill Ukaegbu and the Traditional Prime Minister of Ibekuland, Chief Uche Akwukwuegbu (BAWAS).

Abia House set for 4th Speaker within three months …As constituents recall Speaker, chide Ikpeazu

Stories by Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

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the Abia State House of Assembly (ABHA) will once again be forced to choose another Speaker as the constituents of the current Speaker, Chikwendu Kalu, wants him recalled over “bad reputation”. This was sequel to a “Recall Action” statement/release by his Isiala Ngwa South constituents made available to the Abia Times which called on Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Kalu to “voluntarily resign and save his constituency of the headache of going through a recall process”. Referring to a past publica-

tion of a national daily (not The Daily Times), the release said: “On the 27th of February 2017, Nigerians, Abians and in particular the good people of the Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency woke up to read a shocking publication at page 29 of a newspaper being the extract of the Direction given on the 9th day of September, 2013 by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Body of Benchers in a matter of stealing and theft involving the member representing the good people of Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency in the Abian State House of Assembly, Mr. Chikwendu Kalu”. “The people of Isiala Ngwa

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (right) with Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, during a town hall meeting with Abia stakeholders in Umuahia...on Friday

Ikpeazu hurries contractors over road projects ÏÏÏ In order to realise his desired

projects without delays, the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the Commissioner for Works, Rt. Hon. Eziuche Ubani, to ensure that all contractors working at various sites across the state are made to redouble their efforts at their respective sites in anticipation of the 2017 rainy season. Governor Ikpeazu who gave this directive in Umuahia, also stressed that lazy contractors will certainly be sanctioned in the state as a way of making them understand the importance he placed on such projects. The Governor, who further commended the effort of the contractors working on the five cluster of roads off Ngwa Road Aba for ensuring the completion of the

roads before the onset of rains, expressed his happiness that the contractors are on course and urged them not to relent, assuring that his government would ensure that the necessary conducive environment is provided for them to work. Ikpeazu also sought for the cooperation and understanding of Aba residents, urging them to bear with the government as they experience various discomforts due to the acceleration of various reconstruction works aimed at renewing the Enyimba city and SME capital of Nigeria. He assured that his administration is committed towards ensuring that they move freely in the city and other towns in the state with ease and minimal discomfort due to bad road.

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On the appointment of the commissioner for Abia State in the NDDC, he said the Federal Government will do so shortly, pointing out that it is not only Abia, but also Ondo. On the abandoned road project, he said the Federal Government will certainly pay attention to that, stating that the government has ordered all contactors back to site within thirty days or face prosecution. He promised that the Federal

Government will supervise the projects so that the roads are completed. Minister for Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enenamah; Minister of State, Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu; Senior Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty Programme, Paul Boro, and Minister of NDDC, Pastor Usang Uguru, who were at the town hall meeting defended and expounded the positions of their ministries.

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South State Constituency are particularly miffed and horrified that the facts and existence of this Disciplinary Committee, LPDC entered in 2013 was totally hidden and hushed in the run-up to and the conduct of the 2015 general elections in one of the worst cover-ups in our history”, the constituents said stating further, “The people Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency never knew that the former Barrister Chikwendu Kalu had been probed, investigated and tried by his peers and colleagues, found to be a common thief and rogue and his name struck off from the roll of legal practitioners”.

Sanitation: Methodist Church women comes to the rescue of Umuahia .Ikpeazu, Commissioner, ASEPA, council chairman excited

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Ahead of 2017 Women’s Day celebration, the entire women of Methodist Church Nigeria, Umuahia Diocese last Saturday joined in the March edition of the state’s monthly cleanup exercise by cleaning and evacuating various refuse heaps that dot Umuahia metropolis, especially Umuahia city centre. Speaking during the exercise, Public Relations Officer of the Women Fellowship Organisation of the Diocese of Umuahia Methodist Church Nigeria, Mrs. Oluchi Goddy Ezeocha, said that by implication, by the time they are cleaning the environment, they are also cleaning themselves. She said also that by coming to clean the environment, the Lord is also spiritually cleaning their hearts and planting new health in them, pointing out that the state is dirty and is not as clean as it should be and that by coming to the assistance of the state government in sanita-

tion matters, health issues will be on the better side. While urging other people to help Umuahia to be clean, she disclosed that the Women Fellowship group decided to also commemorate their 2017 Women’s Day with the exercise and as a way to partner the state government to ensure the good heath of residents. Speaking while monitoring the exercise, the state Commissioner for Environment and Solid Minerals, Gab Igboko, commended the Methodist women over the initiative and urged other women groups in other churches to emulate them. He expressed his excitement that the support is coming from the diocesan women led by the wife of the Bishop few weeks after their enthronement and described it as a welcome development. He said he would not underrate the force of women in the church and the society and thanked the wife of the Bishop,

Ezinne Alice Opoko, for organising the women of Methodist Church to compliment government efforts in keeping the state clean. Also speaking, the State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, thanked the Methodist Church women for coming to the assistance of the state government in keeping the state clean. In a telephone interview, the General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Prince Ikechukwu Apugo, who spoke for the Governor, said the state government is happy over the initiative and expressed the readiness of the government to partner the women and others in other churches over the exercise. He stated that the cleanliness of the state is a priority of the state government as the governor cannot preside over unhealthy citizens who must be healthy before talking of other infrastructures.

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ÏÏÏMid-way into his first tenure

Elder John Nwamgborogwu (right) and others during the Thank You visit of the Okezuo Abia Organisation to one of the senatorial districts in Abia State recently

Abia to be included in FG amnesty programme – VP Stories by Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

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bajo has promised that the Federal Government will take urgent measures to include Abia State in the amnesty programme designed for oil-producing areas. Osinbajo made the promise on Friday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, during a town hall meeting with representatives of different groups from the oil-producing communities in the state, comprising traditional rulers, women and youth groups. He said that the Federal Government and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs would work hand-in-hand with the state government to ensure that beneficiaries of the amnesty programme hailed from Asa, the oil-producing area of Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state. Osinbajo was reacting to the protest by the people of the area at the meeting that the state was not included in the programme.

The people publicly disowned the purported list of 237 indigenes from the oil-producing communities alleged to have benefitted from the programme. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, said at the forum that the record available to him showed that 237 people of the area had so far benefitted from the programme. The vice president, however, expressed concern over the alleged discrepancy in the list and the agitation that Abia was excluded from the programme. “It is clear from what happened here that somebody somewhere is doing something funny,” Osinbajo said. He therefore assured the people that there would be closer rapport between the federal and Abia governments to ensure that the state benefitted from the programme. Osinbajo also assured the people that government would also include Asa in the cleanup exercise as was being done in other Ni-

ger Delta regions in the country. He further said that oil-producing communities in the country, including Asa, would also benefit from the modular refineries being planned by the Federal Government to integrate local refineries. He said that the Federal Government had ordered contractors handling road projects in different parts of the country to return to site within 30 days or face prosecution. He restated government’s commitment toward job creation and technical training for the nation’s youth, saying that no fewer than 2,000 Abia youths were registered in the N-Power programme. On the agitation for the establishment of a federal university in the oil-rich area of the state, the vice president said that it could only be achieved through collaboration between the federal and state governments along with the Nigeria Universities Commission.

as the governor of Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu Campaign Organisation says it has not started any campaigns for the governor who is still battling with numerous court actions against his governorship mandate. Director-General of Okezuo Abia Organisation, Elder John Nwamgborogwu, stated this when he led members of the organization on a Thanks You tour of senatorial districts of the state, Abia North, Central and South, stating that the organisation had only come to thank those who supported Ikpeazu through then organisation to become the governor. As he did tell people at Arochukwu, Ohafia, Umunneochi and Isuikwuato LGAs, “If you support Ikpeazu, you have no choice than to support the platform that brought him in”, stating that with the tour, guided by the center point of its philosophy, “together we can”, the organisation was moving to appreciate its members from the 17 local government areas of Abia State, who stood solidly behind the principle of equity and justice in the making of the 2015 gubernatorial election. “In Okezuo Abia, we embrace everybody”, he said, appealing to Abians to embrace the spirit of sportsmanship in any elections. He pointed out that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu would have achieved more for the state, if he had not been dragged back by series of litigations instituted against him by those who aspired/contested the governorship seat with him. He denied the insinuations in many quarters that Ikpeazu has started campaigning for 2019 bid, stating: “Our mission has nothing to do for or against anybody. It is about choice of fairness and equity. Okezuo Abia is all about justice and equity and there will be peace when there is equity”, recalling that at the inception of the organisation, it took the initiators more than eight hour to come up with the name. “We called for help for people to help put in Ikpeazu and he later won. Having been here to beg you, we are now here to thank you”, he said.

According to him, “the weed sown by the enemy has grown with the corn through series of court actions. God answered us and we believe he will win on 12th May, 2017”. He however said that even with the court cases, Gov. Ikpeazu has within the years under review, achieved a lot for the state, stating: “If the governor can achieve a lot for the state even when he is under chains, then think of what he would have done in the absence of court cases. “We should join hands in the preaching of spirit of sportsmanship, this will help our state to grow rapidly. It is good to congratulate your fellow contestant who emerged victorious in any contest, instead of dragging him from one law court to the other. It is not helpful. We need to change from that attitude. If not that Dr. Ikpeazu is a man that is determined and focused and is very passionate about his commitment towards the development of Abia State, I assure you, we would not have harvested anything so far. “But think about what we have already experienced from him in terms of developmental projects. He will do more and much better if we get out of this thing and by God’s grace, as we have already claimed it by faith, we have emerged victorious”. Elder Nwangborogwu said the organisation was using the opportunity to tour round to see its friends and “will later initiate our micro-economic support programme which we have started in some LGAs. When the beneficiaries handle the items with sense of sacrifice, it will then grow”. He stated that after winning, the state governor had commissioned the Isuikwuato regional water scheme as he promised during his campaign. The campaign DG, who lamented that the court cases also affected the appreciation visit which was earlier scheduled shortly after the election victory, commended members for their perseverance and consistency and appealed to them to remain steadfast and prayerful, so that Governor Ikpeazu will lead Abia State to its rightful destination.

My hotel is my modest contribution to development of Abia – Enweremadu ÏÏÏ In his efforts to assist the

state government in reducing unemployment in Abia, Rt. Hon. Christopher Enweremadu, says his hotel is his modest contribution to the development of the state. Speaking in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, when his ultra-modern hotel, Confidence Hotel, was officially opened by the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Enweremadu said the es-

tablishment of the hotel was through the instrumentality of the state governor who created the enabling environment for hospitality industry and other businesses to thrive in the state as well as others who in one way or the other assisted him, including the immediate past governor of the state now the senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji. Enweremadu disclosed that Sen. Orji had “in many ways

helped in my growth (politically) and in the realisation of the project”, stating that he named the hotel after his wife, Uchechi Confidence Enweremadu, over her support to him in his numerous ventures. Responding, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu expressed happiness over the establishment of the hotel in the state rather than setting it up outside the state, stating that his administration had provided the enabling environment for hospitality indus-

tries to thrive in the state. He called on other Abians at home to emulate Rt. Hon. Enweremadu and come home to help develop the state, stating that the state government will assist the hotel to move it forward. Earlier in his goodwill message, Sen. T.A. Orji expressed excitement over the project, stating that the project was not an easy one. Represented by a former

Commissioner Works in the state, K. O. Mgbeahuru, Senator Orji commended Rt. Hon. Enweremadu for the initiative, urging other Abians to follow his footsteps. Rt. Hon. Christopher Enweremadu was a former Speaker of Abia State Houser of Assembly, a former House of Assembly member representing Isiala Ngwa South and a former Board Chairman of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.

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Ikpeazu becomes first Visitor as ASCETA matriculates 121 students ÏÏÏAbia State Governor, Dr. Okezie

Victor Ikpeazu, was last Friday officially installed and decorated as the Visitor of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, just as the school matriculated over 121 students into its various fields of study. Speaking during the occasion, Governor Ikpeazu warmed the hearts of the school management, teachers, parents, students and the entire Abians by directing the school to submit the report of the harmonisation committee on the school’s staff salaries for necessary action on its implementation. Government, he said, is aware of their predicament in the area of salaries arrears and is also doing everything possible to enable workers in the state receive their salaries promptly. Ikpeazu, who was represented by his Deputy, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, said in its bid to train graduates and arm students with skills to enable them be on their own, the government has established what he called Education-for-Employment and urged the students to take their studies serious. According to him, being a student of the school is a step in the right direction, pointing out that the government is looking up to them to graduate and contribute meaningfully at all sectors of the state economy. According to him, the state in particular and the Federal Government in general need the products of the school, warning that many graduates are not employable, noting however that in ASCETA, the

students will be armed with skills to be self-sufficient. The state, he informed, has education as one of its pillars with education-for-employment E-4-E as a one of its components. He commended the management of the school for the rapid transformation going in the school, with particular reference to the fish pond the Rector established and which the governor said is capable of providing the state with the fish it needs. He urged all the 17 LGAs in the state to “put on their thinking cap” by generating revenue to supplement what accrues to them from the federal or state government. He thanked the school for the investiture as the first Visitor to the school as well as the host community for the conducive environment they provided for the school to function. Earlier in his address, Provost of ASCETA, Dr. Philip Nto, said that in keying into the Ikpeazu-led administration E-4-E policy, the school has in the last one year, made the school the habour of technological skills acquisition through the introduction of innovative programmes to assist students by affiliating them to the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike for the award of degrees after a 4-year programmes among others. According to him, his administration has the intention of making the school to be amongst the best in the country, and appealed for a better welfare for the staff of the school to encourage them and assist him realise the vision of his administration for the school.

NOA partners UNICEF, others to sensitise Abia women

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women in most churches in Nigeria celebrated Mothers’ Day, the Abia State Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), at the weekend, partnered other relevant agencies, especially UNICEF on important roles played by mothers in the development of children in families. This, NOA said, was aimed at sustaining a healthy living condition for the people, especially those living in rural areas and was in collaboration with the UNICEF. Speaking at the one-day sensitisation programme for women in Abia State held at Iyom Ozu Abam Hall, Ozu Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state anchored by the Abia State Director of National Orientation Agency, Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Uduma, officials of Ministry of Health Abia State, National Population Commission as well as representatives from Non-Govermental Organisations (NGOs), the NOA Abia State director urged

women to extend the teachings they received to others in the community. In her speech, leader of the Iyom Ozu Abam Mrs. Comfort Ebere thanked the National Orientation Agency and the UNICEF for the lifechanging sensitisation programme which she said came at no cost for them, promising to ensure that women of her community lived a healthy life through the implementation of the health tips they received during the programme and pleaded for a sustained visit by NOA to communities in the state. On the issue of 6-months exclusive breast feeding lecture, some of the participants, Mrs. Priscilla Josiah, Mrs. Ngozi Onuma and Mrs. Hannah Mbaka complained that it is not easy for most nursing mothers to complete the 6 months exclusive breast-feeding period suggested to them, pointing out that sickness of a mother after child delivery could affect the stipulated 6-months suggested for exclusive breast-feeding. According to Mrs. Rose Imoh, 67, the 6 months exclusive breast feeding method is worthwhile, stating

that she would encourage young mothers to embrace it. Speaking with newsmen later, Director of NOA in Abia State, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Uduma, said the relevance of such programme was to step down the message to the people living in rural areas, stating “One of the things that Social Mobilisation and Technical Committee (SOMTEC) does is to choose communities where we can go to and step down the essential family practices, as it concern women and children” and this, she said, takes place at the end of every month”. The programme witnessed large turnout of women and young mothers and was used to tackle some important health issues affecting the people like prevention of Malaria, Exclusive breast-feeding, handwashing habit, prevention/management of HIV/AIDS, balanced food in-take, accurate population records as well as the importance of adequate immunization for babies and nursing mothers which when put in practice would help in guaranteeing a healthy society for the people.

What Nkem Owoh told me about Gov. Ikpeazu – Media aide ÏÏÏ Recently, the National Union

of Local Government Employees (NULGE) held a solidarity rally for Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, and later honoured him with an award. A veteran actor, Nkem Owoh (Osuofia) was in the state to anchor the programme. Gabriel Aguwa Paul is a Special Assistant (Media) to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and in meeting with the humorous actor, narrated to Abia Times in Umuahia how he felt. “15 years ago, during a P Collins Production movie set, I met African’s finest and all-time most expensive actor, Nkem Owoh popularly known as Osuofia. “I cannot remember my character name in that movie, Akirika, which we shot around Ugwuaji Awkunanaw in Enugu State, but I still remember vividly, the nickname, “Cable” Nkem Owoh gave to me on that set. “That name became what he chooses to call me every time and everywhere we meet. “Osuofia has a wonderful retentive memory, as he is the only actor I can remember that calls an actor he has acted with the name the character was called in a movie in real life.

“How he does that, I don’t know because he has acted with over 3000 actors and he calls each by his or her character name. “So when we met at the International Conference Center, ICC Umuahia, where he came to anchor the Abia State NULGE solidarity rally for Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Osuofia was so elated to see me and shouted “Cable my boy, long time no see...what are you doing in Umuahia... ?”. “And when this movie comic actor Nkem Owoh got to know that I work with Governor Ikpeazu, he said, “Wow! What a privilege? You are so fortunate, Dr. Ikpeazu is a good man and he is humane and kind...” “Well, Osuofia’s impression of my Governor is just a fraction of who Dr. Ikpeazu is. “Dr. Ikpeazu is a selfless leader that has the interest of his people above his. I can categorically state this because in the last 20 months plus, the Governor has been at the helm of affairs in Abia State and it takes only a man with the interest of his people, a man that listens to his people to know where it affects them most, to turn things around like he is doing.

Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor of Abia State, Chief Ukpai Agwu Ukpai (3rd right); Rev. (Dr.) Onyema Agba; Board Chairman, Abia State Passenger Integrated Manifest/Safety Scheme (1st right) and others during the 16th Inter-House sports competition of Federal Government College Ohafia...recently

Abia is a model state in fight against corruption – ICPC boss ÏÏÏ The Chairman of the Inde-

pendent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Barrister Ekpo Nta, has described Abia State as a model state in Nigeria in the fight against corruption and corrupt practices. Barrister Nta made the remark recently at the ICPC Headquarters, Abuja recently while declaring open, a training workshop for Local Government Chairmen and officials in Abia State on Anti-Corruption Best Practices. The ICPC boss recalled that

Abia State hosted an AntiCorruption Summit in January and was the only state that sent all members of its House of Assembly to a seminar for Legislators organised by the Commission, underscoring the seriousness it attaches to the fight against corruption. In his goodwill message, Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, assured ICPC of the unwavering commitment of the Abia State Government to the fight against corruption. Governor Ikpeazu, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Com-

munications, Mr. Sam Hart Esq, thanked the ICPC for its decision to procure all its conference materials from Aba. Participants at the 3-Day Training Workshop had in attendance, 4 delegates from each of the 17 LGAs in Abia State comprising the Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen, Heads of Service and Treasurers and officials of the Abia State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs led by the Permanent Secretary, Pastor Iheanyi Enyinnah.

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$184 million Crude Swap deal: NNPC pledges regular update

… As Aiteo settles $202m outstanding obligation

L-R: Mr. Kayode Lawal, Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc; Mr. Harish Verma, Chairman Aarti Steel Group Africa; Mr. Grama Narasimhan, Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc and Mr. Adeoye Paul-Taiwo, Business Executive, Corporate Banking Group, during a courtesy call on the Bank by the Executive Management of Aarti Group in Lagos ... Monday.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has pledged to provide members of the public through the mass media with up-to-date information on the ongoing effort by the Corporation to sanitize the record books through the painstaking reconciliation of the transactions executed during the defunct crude for product swap regime. The NNPC in a release by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu said in line with the ongoing reforms in the industry, the Management of the Corporation under the leadership of Dr. Maikanti Baru is committed to ensuring transparency and adequate public information on the ongoing recovery effort. The NNPC affirmed that so

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far, two of the companies involved in the reconciliation exercise namely: AITEO Energy Resources and Televaras Group of Companies have registered their commitment to settle all outstanding obligations. The Corporation further clarified that already Televeras has agreed to make a tranche payment of $17.2 million. It however noted that unlike AITEO and Televaras which have made

firm commitment to the recovery process, the NNPC is yet to obtain any such commitment from Ontario Oil & Gas Limited. Nonetheless, the NNPC said negotiation with Ontario remains in progress. The statement emphasized the determination of the NNPC Management to achieve full recovery of the outstanding $184 million crude-swap-product under-deliveries as well as the full

The Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice R.P.I Bozimo, has reiterated the importance of the judiciary and all stakeholders in the financial industry to support the activities of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and its debt recovery efforts because of the huge positive impact of that to the Nigerian economy and its ability to correct the economic flaws of the past, which led to the establishment of AMCON. Justice Bozimo, who spoke yesterday at an interaction conference of Federal High Court Judges, which held at the insti-

tute’s complex in Abuja said the call had become necessary because of the critical but difficult assignment of AMCON to recover huge debts as mandated by its establishment Act. The theme of the conference is “The AMCON Regime: A Paradigm Shift in Debt Recovery.” She informed that it was based on the importance of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON attached to AMCON as an integral component of the financial safety net system that made him to graciously grant approval of the interaction. To this end therefore, Jus-

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value of stock of its missing petrol in Capital Oil depot which currently stands at 82 million litres amounting to over N11 billion Following extensive reconciliation between both parties across their business transactions and subsequent agreement by the parties therefrom, the Corporation wishes to state that AITEO Group has paid in full all its outstanding indebtedness to our downstream entities amounting to $202,344,838.62. The amount includes AITEO’s share of the $184million total indebtedness by three companies on crude swap obligations plus AITEO’s other downstream liabilities. Aside AITEO, two other companies are involved in the crude swap under deliveries. They are: Televaras Group of Companies and Ontario Oil Gas Ltd. It would be recalled that following its engagement with the NNPC on the issue, AITEO Group has demonstrated cooperation and commitment towards a successful recovery process. Already, Televaras has pledged to make a tranche payment of $17.2 million. However, the NNPC is still engaging Ontario Oil & Gas Limited for mutual settlement. The Corporation shall continue to provide further update on the recovery process.

AMCON needs effective judiciary resolution mechanisms –Bozimo

tice Bozime said acknowledging Nigeria’s critical economic status; acquiring the intellectual competence of promoting the financial system stability and ring fencing the integrity of the macro-economy from fragmentation, should be encouraged and supported especially by our Justices and Honorable Justices of the Appellate courts. Again she said, “My Lords, the relevant mechanisms and approaches inherent in complementing AMCON judicial and judiciously to accomplish its primary mandate in the area of liCONTINUES ON PAGE B2

Price of 5kg cooking gas increased 5% in February – NBS OpeOluwani Akintayo Latest monthly report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, indicates that average price for refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) increased by 5.48 percent monthon-month, from N2,567.56 in January to N2,708.38 in February. Market report released on Monday, also stated that the highest average price paid for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas in Edo was (N3,030.00), Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Zamfara, Rivers and Kebbi (N3,000) and Delta (2,984.62). According to it, states with the lowest average price were Osun (N2,393.75), Oyo (N2,376.47) and Ondo (N2,372.73). Similarly, average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas decreased by 2.95 per cent to N5,345.87 in February 2017 from N5,508.16 in January 2017. States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas were Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Kebbi, Rivers, and Yobe (N6,000.00), Delta (N5,923.08) and Borno (5,833.33). States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder were Lagos (N4,797.22), Ogun (N4,777.28) and Oyo (N4,322.22). NBS report for January had stated that price of kerosene in Nigeria rose above 87% in January 2017 , as Kano, Oyo, Abuja paid more for gas. According to the report published on February, Nigerians bought kerosene at N434 per litre in January. As at December 2016, the product was sold at N231.85. The report titled “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (January 2017)’’, the average price per litre paid by consumers for Kerosene increased by 87.12 percent year-on-year, while it increased by 93.19 percent month-on-month to N433.84 in January from N231.85 in December, 2016. “States with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Sokoto which sold for N647.62; Niger, N625.00 and Edo which sold for N560.19.

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Sterling Bank obtains $15m ICL facility In recognition of its contribution to the growth of Islamic banking in Nigeria and Africa barely four years after it commenced operations and its ability to use non interest banking contracts to structure transactions in the most unique manner, the Non-Interest Banking unit of Sterling Bank Plc has attracted a $15 million facility from the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the private sector (ICD), a multilateral devel-

opment financial institution and a part of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. It would be recalled that the bank in 2014 and 2015 also received a line of US$25 million from the International Islamic Finance Trade Corporation (ITFC) and US$30 million from the ICD. Both institutions are members of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group. In the same vein, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved an

array of innovative non-interest financial instruments in 2016 which will keep the franchise ahead of industry performance. ICD was established in November 1999 to support the economic development of its member countries through the provision of finance for private sector projects, promoting competition and entrepreneurship, providing advisory services to the governments and private companies and encouraging cross border

investments. The Bank in a statement noted that ICD extended the facility to the Bank in view of its ability to use non interest banking contracts to structure transactions in innovative ways and the judicious use of past facility extended to it, adding that the fund would provide much needed liquidity to finance additional projects for the benefit of the public. While assuring that the Bank would make good use of the facil-

ity extended to it, it also stated that the Bank will continue to support the overall objectives of ICD which is mainly to finance projects and provide a wide range of financial products and services, support the development of Islamic financing in Nigeria and beyond through business expansion and complement the role played by ICD in the promotion of the private sector as a vehicle for boosting economic growth and prosperity.

Railway system’ll expand commercial activities in Nigeria –NRC

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quidity support, assumption of troubled loans and compliments to businesses, should be encouraged and supported by all stakeholders. Hence, the roles of judicial officers in aiding AMCON to achieve its statutory objective are very key.” To drive home the point, the NJI boss said the institute in the future would collaborate with AMCON to ensure that all its judicial officers are exposed to the novel prescriptions in the AMCON Act. She argued that this development was understandable considering that judges and justices must be effectively and constantly informed to enable them accomplish their tasks with desired precision, efficacy, efficiency and competence. Earlier in his contribution, Mr. Ahmed Kuru, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of AMCON who attended the event with Dr. Eberechukwu Un-

eze, an Executive Director with the Corporation said AMCON recognized that the judiciary are the greatest and most important stakeholder in the pursuit of its statutory mandate, which was why AMCON would continue to seek the support, association and collaboration of the judiciary all through its lifespan. Kuru said his assertion was based on the fact that when all other resolution strategy fails, AMCON resorts to the courts in order to exercise AMCON special enforcement powers. According to him, “We understand the crucial role of the judiciary, which is why we always look forward to opportunities like this where we can share some of our unique experiences towards ensuring that justice is done in all of our cases based on a thorough understanding of the unique regime under which AMCON was established in 2010,”Kuru affirmed.

Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that the establishment of an efficient railway system will expand commercial activities and boost the socio-economic development of Nigeria. Okhiria made the remark in Umuahia on Monday when senior officials of NRC and a team of railway system consultants had a meeting with Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. He also said that a good rail transport system had essential role to play in Nigeria, because it would serve as a catalyst for nation building. According to him, the Federal Government is rehabilitating the old rail lines as well as constructing modern ones with higher speed and 14.35mm standard gauge track system. “Presently, we run train twice a day from Port Harcourt to Aba and once a week from Port Har-

court -Aba-Umuahia-EnuguMarkudi-Kafachan-Kano. “We are looking forward to when NRC will run trains through the length and breadth of Abia,” he said. Okhiria, who noted that rail transportation was cheaper, safer and faster with the capacity to spur the development of the mining sector, assured the state that of NRC’s supports in its rail programme. “We are ready to support Abia rail programme to ensure that it becomes a reality.” Also, Mr Jetson Nwankwo, a Railway System Consultant, said that the rail system would provide unparalleled reliability in mass delivery of goods and an environment-friendly means of transportation. “The rail system is not here to compete with other means of transport.It is here to complement and its benefits are endless,” Nwankwo said.

Job opportunities in lottery limitless, says expert

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Following the continued increase in the unemployment rate in the country which has affected virtually all sectors of the economy, a gaming expert has described lottery as a tool with diverse opportunities to end the scourge Enumerating these opportunities recently in Lagos, MD/ CEO of Lotgrand, operator of Grandlotto and FirstBet, Niyi Adekunle said that job opportunities in lottery are limitless; adding that the technology aspect of lottery business offers more jobs than one can imagine. According to him, “The thermal paper used daily in the business is more than 30,000 rolls. These are imported from overseas. Likewise, the points of sale [PoS] terminals are also

imported.” The industry, he said, is wide enough to the extent that it can generate employment for specialists. “The terminals commissioned daily are exposed to wear and tear. These terminals will be out of service someday. They would need repairs. Expertise is required in that area and more jobs can be created as a result”, he said. Adekunle said that if the lottery industry is well managed, it would contribute to the advancement of the economy to the magnitude that it would be difficult for the country to plunge into economic recession again. He therefore cited Croatia as a country that in 2015 funded 19% of its budget with revenue accrued from lottery. He said that ‘‘the current high patronage noticed in lottery by more

Nigerians is not because of the economic recession as it is commonly speculated’’, insisting that the ‘’economic recession is a recent occurrence.” He listed Morocco, Dubai, China and Singapore and other countries that are frontline lottery nations ‘’are not in economic recession’’. For about four years, he noted, lottery was the major source of funding for Croatia. “Lottery generates huge revenue in Croatia. In Asia, the continent earns billions of dollars from lottery. So it is all about planning and putting in place good policies.” He explained that with London’s population of 8.6 million people, there are 38 companies running lottery and sports betting. “That is why the 2012 London Olympics Games was solely financed by revenue from lottery”, he revealed.

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CBN sets new forex rate for school, medical fees Stories by Motolani Oseni The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday introduced a new forex rate for consumers needing to pay foreign school and medical fees at N360 after the local currency firmed sharply on the black market. The regulator said Nigerians can now get the dollar at N360 across all commercial banks within the country, as it will sell dollars at 357 to the banks, while they resell to customers at a 3 naira margin for foreign school fees, medical bills and travels. On the official market, the bank has also been weakening the naira to converge rates, traders say, but it has not provided a target rate. The naira was quoted at 315 on the interbank market.

The CBN has been selling the U.S. currency on the official currency market to try to narrow the spread with the black market rate, which was at 390 last Friday, albeit down from 520 to the dollar a month ago. Meanwhile, the CBN will send examiners to commercial banks across the country to ensure the new foreign exchange rates are duly implemented. The CBN sold Forex to banks at N357/$1, while banks will sell to their customers at N360/$1 for invisibles (BTA, medicals, fees, etc). CBN also directed banks to post new rates in the banking halls of their branches immediately. The naira has in the past week seen a geometric appreciation following interventions by the

central bank. The Naira recorded an appreciation of 12.36 per cent at the parallel market in the last one week. While the Naira appreciated, the leader of bureau de change operators in Nigeria said his members lost N130 million due to the mode of Central Bank’s intervention in the past week. Bureaux de Change operators sold dollars bought from the central bank to individuals at 399 naira per dollar, while the black market naira firmed to 390 last week, Aminu Gwadabe has said Gwadabe said retail operators had incurred a foreign currency loss of 130 million naira based on the rate differential after the central bank sold $25 million to his members last week.

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Money week: FirstBank reiterates support to drive financial literacy In its determination to continue supporting the financial literacy campaign of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), First Bank of Ni-

Chronic debtors pay N681b to AMCON in six years – MD The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has recovered over N681.5 billion from chronic debtors in the last six years of its operation, its Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, said in Abuja on Monday. Mr. Kuru, who made the disclosure at an interactive session with Judges of the Federal High Court, said the amount was recovered from the debtors in form of cash, properties and shares. He said most of the recoveries were made possible through courtsanctioned settlements or outright judgment. Mr. Kuru revealed that

AMCON had at least N1.7 trillion worth of assets under litigation across the country, adding that “this underscores the need for an effective resolution mechanism through the courts’’. AMCON was primarily established to tackle the issue of non-performing loans from the books of banks and to restructure such banks. It has special powers to ensure that recalcitrant debtors are unable to deploy legal technicalities to slow the pace of legal process. According to Mr. Kuru, the judiciary remains the most important arm in the realisation of the cor-

poration’s mandate. “We realize that when all other resolution strategies fail, we have to resort to the courts in order to exercise our special enforcement powers. “We understand the crucial role of the judiciary, that is why we always look forward to opportunities like this where we can share some of our unique experiences towards ensuring that justice is done in all our cases based on a thorough understanding of the unique regime under which AMCON was established,’’ he said. He reassured that the agency would continue to partner with various arms of government espe-

Control Risks, an independent, global risk consulting company, has insisted that the foreign exchange (forex) crisis, which has complicated the actual value of the naira in dollar terms, remains a major setback for investments inflow into the country. Control Risks, an independent, global risk consulting company, has insisted that the foreign

exchange (forex) crisis, which has complicated the actual value of the naira in dollar terms, remains a major setback for investments inflow into the country. The development, according to the company, is keeping investors on the sidelines, as there are elevated fears that devaluation might catch up with investments. The company’s official also raised

doubts over the source of the rising profile of the nation’s forex reserves, saying it does not inspire confidence, as its sustainability cannot be ascertained. Africa analyst at the company, Gillian Parker, said the challenge of repatriating profits by companies is a concern and explained that holding down the devaluation option will only inflict more pains.

Forex remains challenge for economy – Control Risks

cially the judiciary in furtherance of its mandate. The Managing Director expressed the hope that all AMCON matters brought before the courts would continue to receive the urgent attention they deserve. “We hope that there will be more opportunities for collaborations like this in the future,’’ he added. Mr. Kuru said the presentations would focus on the role of AMCON as an intervention agency of the Federal Government in rescuing banks and saving Nigeria’s economy from collapse. According to him, three topics meant to enrich the understanding of the judges in appreciating the scope of AMCON’s mandate and its application in real life situations, had been selected for discussion during the interactive session. The topics are, Receivership under the AMCON Act, scope and application; Role of the Judiciary in Effective and Efficient Recovery of AMCON Debts and Comprehensive Appraisal of the Special Powers of AMCON under the AMCON Act and the AMCON Practice Directions.

geria Limited is joining the rest of the world in celebrating the 2017 Global Money Week, to engage children and youths on the rudiments of financial literacy. As part of the activities to commemorate this year Global money week, is themed, ‘Learn. Earn. Save’ is scheduled to take place from the March 27 – April 2, 2017. However, the bank has said that it would send delegations to 30 schools across the geopolitical zones of the Nigeria to empower the students with requisite knowledge on Financial Literacy. The Bank said it has embedded in its Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility initiatives the FutureFirst programme to empower secondary school students between 13 to 17 years with the knowledge of financial literacy and entrepreneurship. The Managing Director/CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Subsidiaries, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, will lead one of the delegations to teach the students the basics of money and empower them with the financial knowledge they need to be relevant in the global economy. Beyond the financial literacy day event, FirstBank is also collaborating with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to commemorate the 2017 Global

Money Week and enhance financial literacy among the youths. The NSE events include a half-day seminar, excursions, distribution of a financial literacy brochure and school outreach programmes in 6 States outside Lagos State. According to him, the Bank would continue to support causes that drive financial literacy and financial inclusion in Nigeria. “With our extensive branch network and alternative service channels, we would continue to extend our services to the under-banked, businesses, communities and individuals across the country. Particularly, we would continue to engage our youth with the principles of financial literacy, fully aware that they will be the ones to drive the economy of our nation in the future’, he further enthused. FirstBank has participated in the Financial Literacy Day since 2014 teaching students in different states of the federation including Imaguero Secondary School Benin City, Edo State; Tinuola College Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State and Harmony Secondary School Lokoja, Kogi State; reaching over 10,000 students with knowledge of financial literacy via this platform. The 2017 edition is designed to reach about 3,000 students in thirty locations across the geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

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Equities market opens week bullish, as capitalization grows by N11.2bn Afolabi Adesola Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed the last full trading week in the month of March upbeat, posting an increase of N11.2 billion in Market capitalization that settled at N8.818 trillion on Monday. Key index of the stock market, the All Share Index recorded a growth of 0.12 percent to close at 25,485.17 points, as other sectoral indices posted varied increases, except

the Industrial index that shed 1.13 percent on account of a 2.71 percent decline in the share price of Lafarge (WAPCO) in the course of Monday’s trade. Price movement chart showed that market breadth was positive (17 gainers vs 12 losers) on Monday. 7up that closed at N80 per share, recorded an increase of 5.25 percent to lead the day’s market gainers. It was trailed by Unilever that appreciated 4.95 percent to close at N33.90 per share. Third on the day’s gainers list was Trans-

nationwide Express that increased 4.40 percent to close at 95 kobo per share. This is even as the company’s proposal for a rights issue of 298,230,000 ordinary shares of 50 Kobo at N0.80 per share in the ratio of 3:2 ordinary shares held received the NSE’s approval last Thursday. On the other hand, the day’s top three losers were led by Champion Breweries which closed at N2.28 per share following a decline of 5 percent from previous trading price. Fidelity Bank was next with a decline of 4.94

percent to close at 77 kobo, while Livestock fell 4.23 to close at 68 kobo per share. Most actively traded stocks on the Exchange were STACO with the sale of 333.6 million units worth N166.8 million, Zenith Bank was next with 52.9 million units at N724.6 million, Fidelity Bank was third with 37.9 million units worth N29.9 million, Stanbic came fourth by trading 23.1 million units of its shares valued at N407.9 million while Guaranty transacted 18.4 million shares worth N487.4 million.

Unilever assures shareholders of sustained growth Afolabi Adesola Following the release of its full year audited financials for the year 2016, management of Unilever has assured shareholders of its commitments to ensure sustained and steady growth. In a statement released by the company, Unilever Nigeria told shareholders that efforts to achieve better returns on their investments is being intensified by the company’s operations to sustain and steadily grow the company’s operations. “Although Unilever Nigeria has not been insulated from the tough economic environment, we have remained focused on our short and long term growth ambitions with clear emphasis on operational intensity, cost efficiencies and growing market share across key categories”. The statement read.

Unilever Nigeria’s recently released audited results for the year ended 31st December 2016 showed a significant leap in Profit After Tax (PAT) from its 2015 position of N1.19bn to close the year with PAT of N3.07bn, representing an increase of 157 percent. The Company’s results further shows a 17.8 percent increase in turnover from N59bn in December 2015 to N69bn in December 2016. A feat the company said was a result of increase in production volume. Cost of sales however increased by 29.6 percent from N38bn for the period ended December 31, 2015 to N49bn for the year ended December 31, 2016 reflecting rising costs particularly raw material costs that are significantly exposed to foreign currency volatility. The cost of sales also reflects an exchange revaluation loss of N1.7bn in 2016.

Champion Breweries grows FY 2016 profit by 587% …. As shareholders sustain agitation for value creation Bonny Amadi, Adesola Afolabi

Trading at the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Sokoto cement 2016 profit rose to N1.25bn Bonny Amadi Sokoto Cement Plc has reassured its shareholders of future robust earnings, as its performance indices continue to soar irrespective of operational challenges. The company’s result for the period ended December 31st, 2016 released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Monday showed that even as selling and distribution expensed continue to increase, profit and loss lines keep gathering momentum. The company’s turnover grew to N14.087 billion from N13.038 in 2015, reflecting N1.05billion change or 8 per cent growth, cost of sales rose to N10.151 billion , against N9.185 billion posted in the preceding year , showing N965.83 million or 11 per cent increase. The company’s cost of sales according to the audited financial statement rose to N10.15 billion, from N9.19 billion in 2015, its gross profit stood at N3.95 billion, from N3.85

billion in 2015, Selling and distribution expenses N367.64 million, from N113.90 million Profit from operations rose to N1.81 billion, over N1.88 billion in 2015 posted in 2015, Profit before taxation accelerated to N1.74 billion, from N1.55 billion in 2015, while Tax expenses N486.72 was recorded in 2016, which in 2015 was N348.49million. Sokoto cement posted Profit for the year of N1.25 billion, against N1.20 billion in 2015. Gross profit rose to N3.94 billion, over N3.85 billion in 2015, accounting for N83.88 million or 2 per cent growth. Profit before taxation N1.74 billion , from N1.55 billion in 2015, reflecting N190,93 million or 12 per cent growth, while profit after income tax was N1,253 billion, over N1.20 billion in the previous year, showing N52.70 million or 4 per cent increase. Dividend paid N125.67 million, from N439.84 million, showing N314.169 or 71 per cent drop in dividend payout. The company’s total assets dur-

ing the period grew to N20.02 billion, from N17.15 billion in 2015, showing N2.88 billion or 17 per cent growth. Non-current assets rose to N10.53 billion, against N10.12 billion in 2015, reflecting N408.65 million or 4 per cent growth. Total liabilities stood at N8.54 billion, which in 2015 was N7.00 billion, indicating increase by N1.53 billion or 22 per cent. Shareholders’ funds rose to N11.49 billion, from N10.14 billion in 2015, reflecting N1.35 billion or 13 per cent growth. The company’s cost of sales rose to N10.15 billion, from N9.19 billion in 2015, its gross profit stood at N3.95 billion, from N3.85 billion in 2015, Selling and distribution expenses N367.64 million, from N113.90 million The result showed that profit from operations dimmed to N1.81 billion, from N1.88 billion in 2015, Profit before taxation stood at N1.74 billion, over N1.55 billion in 2015, Tax expenses stood at N486.72 from N348.49 in 2015, while Profit for the year N1.25 billion, against N1.20 billion in 2015.

Champion Breweries Plc has demonstrated future growth and earning potentials with release of its shareholders with 2016 audited financial result which reflected growth in key measuring indices. This was coming as cross section of shareholders of the company continue to demand for value from their investment , as the brewing company has maintained non dividend policy even after conceding majority shares to Heineken . The result for the period ended 31st December 2016 released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday showed that the brewing company’s profit grew by 588 percent to N530.4 million from N77.1 million recorded in 2015. Champion Breweries was incorporated in Ni-

geria as a limited liability company on 31 July 1974 and was later converted to a public limited liability company on 1 September 1992. The Company’s principal activities continue to be brewing and packaging of Champion Lager Beer and Champ Malta as well as provision of contract brewing services to Nigerian Breweries Plc, a related party within the Heineken group. Heineken, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Raysun Nigeria Limited, holds 60.7 per cent majority equity stake in Champion Breweries. Akwa Ibom State holds 10 per cent equity stake while other Nigerian shareholders hold 29.3 per cent The company’s shares currently listed on the consumer goods sector of the NSE consequently fell 5 percent on Monday to close at N2.28 per share.

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Labour B6

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Technical education, panacea for global unemployment – Experts Stories by Joy Ekeke Experts have advised future job seekers to acquire technical education in order to stand a chance of employability or self-employment as global unemployment figures for 2017 hits 200 million. Quoting ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook and National Bureau of Statistics respectively, the MD/CEO, Lagos Water Corporation, Engr. Muminu Adekunle Badmus said: “The global unemployment figure for 2017 is above 200 million, as 70 per cent of 80million youths are either unemployed or underemployed.’’ Badmus, while delivering the keynote address at the 11th Convocation of Lagos City Polytechnic, lamented that the youth are running away from polytechnic education where technical or vocational training skill could be acquired. Speaking on, “Enhancing the Standard of Technical and Vocational Skills in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria” maintained that the only way to widen the employment net and make our youths not only economically independent, but employers of labour, is by enhancing the standard of polytechnic education. He said: “We are bat-

tling with economic recession, if we are serious and committed to solving the problems, we need to rejig our vocational education as one of the crucial elements in enhancing productivity. This the only way we could have economic competitiveness that will bring us out of current recession.” In the new economic environment, he averred that technical education is expected to produce an educated, skilled, and motivated workforce that will use specific skills to drive the country econo-

my to the greatest heights. Commenting on technical education, he said Nigeria has the largest number of polytechnics system in sub-Saharan Africa, adding that the Federal has 25, States 41 and 42 private which supports numerous graduate programmes towards human capital and technical development. “The system embraces much of the country’s research capacity and produces most of its skilled professionals,” he said. According to him, when you need technically pro-

ficient hand, you can find in the polytechnic graduates. Speaking in the same vein, chairman, Governing Council, Lagos City Polytechnic, Engr. Babatunde Adewale Odufuwa disclosed that 700 graduates received National Diploma and Higher National Diploma. He said: “312 Diplomats shall be conferred with National Diplomas while 388 shall be conferred with Higher National Diplomas totalling 700 candidates from the School Engineering and Applied Sciences and

School of Business and Management Studies.’’ Odufuwa, while motivating the graduating students on the need for hard work, charged them to learn from the ants, business life, adding that there is no limit to education. According to him, self-improvement is the first step to any form of improvement, adding that you cannot improve anything around you without first improving yourself. “You are not qualified to correct anyone except you have corrected yourself,” he said.

Unions to shut down MDAs over unpaid arrears Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has vowed to shut down Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) at the federal level over unpaid promotion arrears, outstanding salaries and other allowances if not addressed quickly. The ASCSN SecretaryGeneral, Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, lamented that more than a year after the promotion arrears were computed by a Presidential Committee and report submitted to the Presidency, the government

has continued to drag it’s foot on payment. “The issue of unpaid entitlements of workers have remained unattended to for some years now and was indeed brought to the attention of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buahri, sometimes ago for necessary action. “Thereafter, a circular was issued by the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation directing all MDAs to compile the total sum involved in respect of the unpaid

entitlements of their employees for settlements,” the union added. According to Lawal , the debts owed some categories of federal public officers include promotion arrears outstanding in some cases since 2007; first 28 days in lieu of hotel accommodation; and Duty Tour Allowance (DTA). Others are mandatory training allowance for training organised by the Office of the Head of the Federation (OHCSF) in 2010, burial expenses, and repatriation allowances, among others. “He said the reason for

this statement is to alert the general public that the nation may be witnessing series of industrial actions in the public service if no concrete steps are taken to commence the payment of these indebtedness as the general feeling amongst workers is that government is not prepared at all to pay what it is owing them and that its only interest is to pay what it owes contractors. “Moreover, the Federal Government had bailed out state governments more than three times in the past one year including the recent one courtesy of

the loan refund from the Paris Club to be able to settle their workers’ entitlements. The same Federal Government has decided to leave its own workers in the cold for no just reason. This is strange,” he said.

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Workers group condemn privatisation of utilities The privatization of public utility establishments has drawn condemnation from the Public Services International (PSI), as being unfavourable to workers. PSL Vice Chairman Comrade Adeyemi Peter, speaking at the African regional council meeting in Lagos, said the privatisation process was detrimental to workers’ welfare. He said: “As a result of privatisation, employment is no longer secured, what you see is abuses against the workers. Virtualy every utility in our country is being privatised, there is this mentality that government has no business in business and everything has to do with the private sector but we are aware that most of our national assets have been sold to individuals. ”We also know that most of this privatisation that has been embarked upon with the country have not succeeded. The so-called privatisation has failed, and collapsed. ”We have privatisation of power in Nigeria, despite all the protection along all the struggles, those in government decided to go ahead to privatise but after, the privisation leads to complete collapse of our appraising. “We have to use the hard money of the tax payers to bail them out of it and ironically even water is no longer free, it is something that is giving workers concerns. If we do not stem it this time, we might likely get to a point where even the air we breathe will be paid for.” He urged the government to respect an average worker’s right and draw up an agenda on way out of workers maltreatment in the country. The United Labour Congress (ULC), President Joe Ajaero said there was a need for government to stop assets sale as a way out of recession.

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CBN, Journalists brainstorm on monetary policy in recession Simon Ugwu

Monetary policy management has become a very big challenge in the period of economic uncertainty, exchange rate volatility has not helped matters in this regards. To this end, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) assembled experts and journalists to xray the issues and proffer solution to the challenge. Speaking at the 23rd CBN seminar for Business Editors and Finance Correspondents in Sokoto State with the theme: Monetary policy management in the period of economic uncertainty, the Special Advisor to the Governor of CBN on Financial Markets, Emmanuel Ukeje, who spoke on the sub theme: Enhancing Domestic production as a Panacea for Growth and Foreign exchange conservation, said nonetheless, the Bank has developed initiatives that has helped to reduce the persistent foreign exchange demand pressure at the interbank foreign exchange segment, adding that foreign exchange management has been very challenging, a situation he said compounded by dwindling resources and the inadequate diversification of the economy. He maintained that there must be genuine commitment and strong will by the fiscal authority and monetary policy committee. Against this backdrop, he said, the current coordination between fiscal and monetary authorities remains paramount and should be sustained. “Nigeria, like some other jurisdictions has transited from one regime of foreign exchange management to another; ranging from fixed to flexible exchange rate, accompanied by different institutional and legal frameworks,” he said. The choice for or against any regime at any point in the economy’s history according to him is influenced by the desire of the monetary authority to maintain the external reserves that safeguard the international value of the legal tender currency. “Notwithstanding the regime of foreign exchange poses a challenges if not well managed. Experience in this sphere is mixed, resulting in adopting of both conventional and unconventional mon-

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etary policy. Economic uncertainty impedes the monetary authority’s ability to achieve its goals,” he stressed. “Presently, monetary policy implementation of the CBN has witnessed some challenges, owing to the interplay of many domestic and external factors, namely; dwindling government oil revenue, fragile recovery of developed economies, declining foreign exchange reserves, increasing inflation, declining growth of the gross domestic product - the economic recession” The Advisor pointed out that aside other negative impacts on the economy, foreign exchange rate seems to be worst affected due largely to its unique place in monetary policy implementation – it is inextricably linked to interest rate and inflation rate. He stated that the apex bank had through its policy actions in the foreign exchange markets reduced the hardship expe-

rienced by the end-users in the source of foreign exchange. Its circular on this, which took effect from February 20, 2017 addressed issues of PTA, BTA and Tuition Fees. Ukeje listed factors that affect the exchange rate to include lingering challenges of global financial crises and impact on the Domestic FX Market, decline of Crude oil prices; the main source of forex to the economy and reduced accretion to the external reserves. With the announcement of possible reduction in the asset purchase programme by the US Federal Reserve Bank in May 2013, he said, the US dollar strengthened against some other currencies. So also yields went up and prompted disinvestments from emerging markets, as investors moved their funds from riskier markets to the United States and repatriation of investments by foreign portfolio managers in both the capital and

money markets. The advisor, stated that the security challenges were among other factors that domestically affected the growth of the foreign exchange market. So also insecurity in the country, especially in the northeast and south-south region as well as the economic landscape has continued to cast doubts on the quick recovery of the fragile economy. Also speaking with the them: Monetary Policy Management in Nigeria Today: Issues in Recession and Stagflation, the Director, Monetary Policy Department CBN, Moses Tule, said the negative economic condition has been partly attributed to continued disruption of oil production especially in the Niger Delta region and contraction in the non-oil sector, so also the poor GDP growth recorded in 2016 were also driven by worsened scarcity of the dollar which has weakened the domestic currency. This, he said, has further driven up the prices of imported goods, especially raw materials, plants and machineries which feed into the production process. He stated that the Communiqué No. 107 of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting, May 23 and 24, 2016 pointed out that the prolonged budget impasse denied the economy the timely intervention of complementary fiscal policy to stimulate economic activity in the face of dwindling foreign capital inflows. “The Committee recalls that in July 2015, it had hinted on the possibility of the economy falling into recession unless appropriate complementary measures were taken by the monetary and fiscal authorities. Unfortunately the delayed passage of the 2016 budget constrained the much desired fiscal stimulus, thus edging the economy towards contractionary output,”

The choice for or against any regime at any point in the economy’s history according to him is influenced by the desire of the monetary authority to maintain the external reserves that safeguard the international value of the legal tender currency.

he said. Mindful of the limitations of monetary policy in influencing structural imbalances in the economy, the Committee stressed the need for policy coordination with the fiscal authorities in order to effectively address the identified pressure points. Also speaking at the occasion, the Director, Research Department, CBN, Dr. Uwatt Uwatt who spoke on the theme: Interest rates behaviour in a period of economic uncertainty said interest rates management is key to rapid economic growth and development. He stated that factors determining interest rate developments in the country cut across policy and non-policy variables and efforts to narrow interest rate spreads are also highly diverse. “Management approach also need to be multifaceted, involving the central bank, the fiscal authorities and the banks,” he said. Cutting interest rate according to him needs deliberate policies to narrow interest rates spreads; effective monetary policy, direct intervention schemes, exploring development functions of the Banks and moral suasion. The director, however listed factors affecting interest rate to include high Inflation Rate, degree of risks and uncertainty faced by economic agents, shallow financial market, the structure of the banking system, high government borrowing and high cost of operations for the Banks. The head of Banking and Finance Department, Nassrawa State University, Dr Uche Uwaleke who is also a Financial Economist and an Associate Professor of Finance at the University stated that the petroleum products imports statistics for the full year 2016, show that 18.8 billion litres of premium motor spirits (PMS), 4.89billion litres of automotive gas oil (AGO) and 713.79 million litres of household kerosene (HHK), valued at N2.01trillion, N505.8billion and N70.7billion respectively, were imported into the country (NBS Q4 Report 2016) In view of the huge import bill amidst dwindling external reserves, he said that the CBN introduced

some policy measures to help conserve foreign reserves as well as facilitate the resuscitation of domestic industries. These, he said, include excluding 41 items (including toothpicks) from accessing the official window of the Nigerian foreign exchange markets. The measures also involve Interventions in Agriculture, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Infrastructure “Specifically, the interventions include the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF),the Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS), the Agricultural Credit Support Scheme (ACSS), the N300 billion Real Sector Support Facility (RSSF), the N 220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF), the Small and Medium Enterprises Refinancing and Restructuring Facility (SMERRF), the N75 billion Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), the N 213 billion Nigeria Electricity Market Stabilization Fund and only recently, the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme,” he said. Speaking in the same vein, head, Financial Markets FSS2020 Secretariat, Dr. Charles Ohamara listed the challenges hampering the operation of the financial services sector to include, inadequate skills for financial products development (Capital Market), inadequate collaboration of regulators and stakeholders, unavailability of investible fund for long term financial products, increasing cost of transactions and operations, weak risk management and low level of card usage on POS and high ATM usage for cash transactions Others are physical insecurity and prevalence of financial fraud, low level of financial literacy and inclusion, low acceptability of mobile money at merchant locations, non existence of sound collateral management, inadequate legal and regulatory framework for the commodities market and the NIFC, unwillingness of Private companies to go public, inadequate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and non-existence of an Integrated Credit Scoring System

Energy B8

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Shell International accuses Shell Nigeria of hiding data on spill hazards in N/Delta OpeOluwani Akintayo A new health report by a German geologist contracted by the Dutch-British multinational, Shell, said its Nigeria subsidiary “fiercely opposed” environmental testing and is hiding data showing that thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in Nigeria. An environmental study found “astonishingly high” pollution levels with soil “literally soaked with hydrocarbons,” geologist Kay Holtzmann wrote in a letter to the Bodo Mediation Initiative. The report then recommended that the people of Bodo should get urgent medical tests and treatment. The Niger Delta cleanup was stopped 17 months ago. It was part of a British out-of-court settlement in which Shell paid $83.5 million to 15,600 fishermen and farmers for damages from two oil spills caused by old pipelines in 2008 and 2009. Shell Nigeria said it was only 1,640 barrels and initially offered the community $50,000 in compensation. The agreement was reached through British law firm Leigh Day, which said it has received no response to a Jan. 30 letter to Shell asking for the data from Holtzmann, who was hired by Shell to manage the cleanup. “Leigh Day has been pushing for the cleanup of Bodo, health screening of the population and testing of the water supply since 2011 - all to no avail,” it said. “This letter shows that

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even those who were employed by Shell are deeply concerned by their behavior and their lack of transparency.” Holtzmann’s letter revealed that children bathing in creeks are in danger of harm from toxic substances, likewise people who drink from hand-dug wells. Amnesty International called Shell “deeply irresponsible ... Shell has a responsibility to share this information with the

community to ensure they can take steps to protect themselves and their children,” a statement from the rights group said. Cleanup conducted by Dutch government began in June 2015 but were stopped within months because of community disputes and problems with contractors. Holtzmann’s letter urged, Bodo Mediation Initiative cochair Inemo Samiama to publish the data, noting that the initia-

tive’s committee had insisted on the tests “against fierce opposition from SPDC.” Shell Petroleum Development Co. is the subsidiary in which Nigeria’s government is the majority shareholder. The country is one of Africa’s largest oil producers. The environmental tests were carried out in August 2015 with support from Shell’s headquarters in The Hague, the letter said. Holtzmann said his intent to

publish the findings in a scientific magazine last year was quashed by Shell, which said his contract did not permit publication. Samiama said in a telephone interview that residents’ health will be better served by getting on with the cleanup. After a challenging four-year process, “we are on the verge of getting contractors back to the site,” he said.

... As SNEPCo undertakes turnaround maintenance at Bonga

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has commenced turnaround maintenance at Bonga, executing statutory activities that will ensure continuous optimum operations at the deep water field which began producing in November 2005. Production from the field was shut down on March 4, 2017, and is expected to resume at the conclusion of the exercise next month. “This is the 4th turnaround maintenance since Bonga began production,” said Bayo Ojulari, Managing Director SNEPCo. “The exercise will help ensure sustained production and reduced unscheduled production deferments. For the Bonga team, this is another opportunity to excel having won the ‘Asset of the Year’ Award 2016 in the Shell Group, followed by runners-up in Norway

and Malaysia. We are pleased that the award recognised the continuing collaboration towards optimum production with a focus on safety, cost and Nigerian content development which will be invaluable in the maintenance work.” The turnaround maintenance

involves inspections, recertification, testing and repair of equipment as well as engineering upgrades with Nigerian companies and subsea professional playing key roles. A major focus is the Bonga floating, production, storage, offloading (FPSO) vessel,

which is at the heart of Bonga operations. The Bonga FPSO has the capacity to produce 225,000 barrels of oil and 150 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. Bonga is Nigeria’s first deep water development in depths of more than 1,000 metres, and is

located 120km offshore Nigeria. SNEPCo expanded the project with further drilling of wells in Bonga Phases 2 and 3 and through a subsea tie-back that unlocked the nearby Bonga North West field in August 2014. Bonga Phase 3 achieved first oil in October 2015.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC and some non-OPEC countries met last weekend for a review of their production cuts, the central bank of Russia said the country is preparing should oil crashes near $40 a barrel. In March, oil prices declined by 10 percent amid supply woes. “The Finance Ministry, the cabinet and the central bank are leaning on the cautious side in terms of their expectations regarding growth, driven still to a

large degree by oil,” said Piotr Matys, an emerging-market currency strategist at Rabobank in London. “It’s better to be conservative and to be surprised on the upside than too optimistic and end up disappointed.” Russia’s Finance Ministry similarly highlighted the $40 level in January when it announced that the central bank will start buying foreign currency on its behalf when crude exceeds that level in order to insulate the exchange rate from oil volatility.

The price of $40 is additionally being used to calculate the country’s budget in 2017-2019. Late 2016, the Federal Government set the fundamental assumptions for the 2017 budget. According to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, at the presentation on the 2017-2019 medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) to civil society groups in Abuja, 2017 budget was based on oil benchmark of $42.5 per barrel and average daily oil production

output of 2.2 million barrels per day. As part of the key assumptions, the Minister said crude oil benchmark price and production under the 2018-2019 MTEF would be at $45 per barrel and $50 per barrel respectively. However, the Senate adjusted the benchmark to $44.5 per barrel. Nigeria relies on the export of about 70 percent of its oil production capacity to raise revenue to fund its budget.

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The reign of Local Rappers!!!

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Behold three kings of local raps It has been a feud in the music industry over a couple of years on who truly are the local rappers in the industry. We tend to see that these guys, the Local Rappers, have found

they are already taking over with every single move they make. As for me, I have my own pick and without contradicting your own list, of course, here are my kings of the local rappers. Olamide Yes. You guessed it. There is, no doubt, that Baddo is taking the number one spot for the king of local rappers on the music scene. From his breaking single ENI DURO that hit the market in 2011, Olamide brought about the local indigenous rap that made way for a lot of other rappers; who we would be talking about much later; to make it into the lime light. Olamide can be regarded as the king of the local rappers. He has shown this as he has prestigious awards, and won at least twenty including ones like “Album of the Year” and “Rap Act of the Year” by the Nigerian Entertainment Awards. Olamide is known to have created most of the “movements” that have been sweeping through the country, the continent and even the globe at large. Movements like, “LEAVE TRASH FOR LAWMA”, “SNEH”, and the very present one “PEPPER THEM GANG”, a track off his very resent album, “THE GLORY”. Olamide has bagged endorsement from big brands such as Telecommunication Company, Etisalat and sport beating company, Sure bet. Olamide already has six studio

albums in his record along with one compilation album he created together with Phyno; our next topic on the list. Phyno Our Igbo Monarch has to be the next on my list. Coming into the music scene as an Igbo rapper hailing from the east side of Nigeria, Enugu state to be precise. Phyno has come to crown himself the overall King of the igbo indigenous rappers. Beginning his career as a producer in 2003, He switched and took to rapping when banging tracks, “MAN OF THE YEAR”, “PARCEL”, “GHOST MODE” from his debut album NO GUTS NO GLORY was released in 2014. Phyno has three studio albums in his record; alongside 2 KINGS which he work on with best friend and business associate, Olamide. Phyno has been nominated for twenty eight awards with which bagging endorsement deals from big companies such as beating company, Naira Bet and Telecommunication Company, Airtel.

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Reminisce The third person that has to take the throne on this list of Kings is Reminisce, also known as ALAGBA IBILE. Taking the Yoruba language as a tool for rapping, Reminisce made it into the music industry in 2008 when he performed a rap verse on a track sophomore album titled “GONGO ASO”. He then went on to release his

story about his life up until that very

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moment. Reminisce has three studio albums in his record. Reminisce has been nominated for three award with which he has won three. He aslo has bagged his own share of endorsements from big companies

such as ORIGIN, a popular herb and liquor cocktail and SAMSUNG. This ladies and gentlemen are my top pick of the three monarchs ruling the music industry in their own unique ways and styles.

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Eyola

Beauty Sins 1ne Rubbing your eyes. Continuously rubbing your eyes can contribute to dark circles, cause eye infections and intensify the itching sensation. Either rely on your tears, which contain lysozymes - or use eye drops or a soothing eye wash. 2wo Washing your face with hot water. It is a common misconception that you should wash your face with hot water, Exposing your face to varying temperatures can cause dryness and irritation. Keep your skin happy by sticking to one temperature when you wash your face: either cold or lukewarm water. 3hree Drinking through a straw. Continuously drinking through a straw or straight from water bottles will eventually form deep wrinkles around the mouth. Stick to a glass, cup or mug instead. 4our

Sleeping with cotton pillows. Pressing your skin against a pillow while you sleep can cause wrinkles. Pillowcases accumulate a build-up of bacteria and residue from your scalp, causing acne. Swap your cotton pillowcases for a silk or satin one and wash your pillowcases regularly. 5ive Washing your face with full makeup on. For your skin to be clean and clear, remove makeup before you wash your face. Be sure to never use expired makeup, which can cause skin infections and breakouts. 6ix Rubbing your face dry. Regularly rubbing your face with a towel after washing will eventually cause the skin to lose elasticity, and can also cause wrinkles and irritation in the long term. Pat your face dry instead. Try using a clean face cloth each time you dry your face to avoid the spread of bacteria.

7even Using your mobile phone. While boiling water kills bacteria, bacteria grows faster in heat. The heat generated by your mobile phone is the perfect environment for dirt, bacteria and germ to breed. Failing to clean your mobile phone regularly can cause skin rashes and could even make you ill. Simply wipe your phone with anti-bacterial wipes every few days, or as often as you can. 8ight Washing your hair too often. No matter the price tag, shampoos and conditioners strip the hair of its natural oils. Shampooing your hair too frequently can result in dandruff and breakage. Follow Eyola on Facebook: /Eyola and Twitter: @ WorldEyola

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Abigail

Diary of a scorned Teenager By: Daniel Nwaokocha Late into the month of April in my nineteenth year, my senior sister decided that I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house. And I spent my free time reading the same novel over and over again. But I have to admit, John Green does know how to capture true stories that touch the heart. I spent most of my time reading, the fault in our stars. No; any sickness that could be treated medically or Neither did my mom. It was just me and my Dad and my best friend, Jennifer. My kind of sickness was emotional. And before help could get to me, I was already dead. FEB17/2017 (the beginning) Dear dairy. My name is Abigail. My later than I should have. I had always kept procrastinating about it until the incidents became

want to go anywhere. All I wanted was to lay in bed and listen to Jon Bellion. He gets me. Little did I know that Jennifer had her own scheme planned out and she wanted us to go to the mall and see Logan as it had just came out. I was on the third track of the Human Condition Album (All time Low), when the song began to get low, I knew I was receiving a phone call. I hated it. I ing that I was a reserved person. So the phone rang and it was Jennifer. She has been my best friend since primary school. She has been able to stand with me through all the incidents that have happened. “Hello” If you were in the room you could have felt the reluctance in my voice. I had already known she would ask me to come out of the house. “ABIGAIL!!!......” She shouted across the line. edly. One core reason why I always wanted her around was because she as always agile and active. She was the positive in our relationship. I was the negative. “Nothing much. Just the usual. Im home listening to Jon Bellion.” I told her.

“Hey. I promised you fourteen years ago that I She interrupted “Yes you did.” I replied her.

personal driver. You see my parents are rich.

control of the situation. She continued.

Jennifer and I to go to Dubai and back in two days for shopping. cluded.

the eye. “Yes. Sure. No problem.” He said smiling. She handed him her phone. He could tell that it came from wealthy people as he admired the casing and the customization on the body of the phone. He typed in his number and returned the phone back to Jennifer. “Thank you. Bye”. Jennifer said, as she turned around and held my hand and pulled me away.

“Good. I love you.” She said and hung up. I tossed the phone away from me as I whispered, I love you too. Thirty minutes past nine, Jennifer came into the house. She helped me get clothes to wear. ten minutes past ten and got to the mall about see Logan. And just I felt, the world was putting me in trouble, I sat beside a boy who paid more attention to me than he paid to the movie. At the end of the movie I pulled Jenifer by the hand and pulled her out of the cinema. He ran after us.

called back laughing. I could hear a group of laugh at him as he turned and walked away. They seemed as his friends because they kept clapping and praising him as he advanced towards him. Jennifer called Abu and he brought the car around and picked us at the gate of the mall. As he drove us home, Abu and Jennifer

me back to stop.

Jenifer off at her house. Before she got down from

“Hi.” He said as he advanced towards us. Fine he was handsome and okay. Slim and tall, with blue eyes and neat hair. I almost liked him in that instant. “Sorry to bother you. I wanted to talk to your friend.” He said as he pointed at me. nifer playing hard to get, inquired from him. talk. Shes angry at me for some unknown rea-

and come back over when she got undressed. I got home and ordered ice cream and pizza. The power was on. I crawled back into my bed and turned the television on. Abu had gone to pick Jennifer when it began to rain. She came to my room and got into the bed and we cuddled until it was late and we slept in my bed. I was forever thankful for Jennifer. She always knew how to keep up with my boring lifestyle and keep me happy at the same time. Tomorrow we plan to go back to the mall and see another movie. row. Good night.