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FG, PDP in war-of-words over Plateau killings PDP playing cheap, childish politics with the dead- Presidency No, you lack respect for the dead, PDP tells Buhari

Mathew Dadiya, Tunde Opalana, and Andrew Orolua, Abuja Barely a week after the killing of over 80 people in Plateau State during an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Federal Government and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have engaged in a war-of-words on the issue of sympathy to the dead. https://plus.google.com/+DailytimesNgr/posts

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The PDP had said it would declare a seven day national mourning for those who lost their lives in the attack with its party flags hoisted half-pole across the states of the federation.

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been turned to opportunity to once again play irresponsible politics, particularly by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which said it is declaring seven days of mourning.

According to the Presidency, the PDP would rather dance on the graves of the dead, playing cheap, infantile politics.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Thursday, stated that the comatose and prostrate party is declaring seven days of mourning, during which flags in its offices would be flown at half mast nationwide, “but unknown to the party, those flags had been forcefully lowered since its 2015 loss at the polls, and may remain so for a long time to come, because Nigerians are politically discerning, and cannot be hoodwinked by cheap antics”.

Adesina noted that “these are dolorous times that call for deep introspection on ‘how cheap human lives have become’, and the proffering of actionable ideas on how to get out of the bind.

He said: “A quick checklist of some savage and brutal killings in Nigeria during PDP rule, between 1999 and 2015, for which no national mourning was declared: November 20, 1999. Odi, in Bayelsa State, was invaded on orders of a PDP President. About 2,500 people killed. No national mourning.

“Between February and May, 2000, about 5,000 people were killed during riots over Sharia law in different parts of the North. No national mourning.

In 2001, hundreds of people, including the old, infirm, women and children were killed in Zaki Biam. No crocodile tears.

“Between September 7-12, 2001, Jos, Plateau State, erupted in internecine killings. Between 500 and 1,000 people were killed. Flags were not flown at half mast. In February, 2004, at least 975 people were killed in Yelwa-Shendam, Plateau State.

No mourning by the then ruling PDP. “Between November 28 and 29, 2008, Jos was in flames again, with 381 deaths. No mourning.

In 2010, 992 people killed in Jos. Mum was the word. In 2014 alone, according to Global Terrorism Index, at least 1,229 people were killed in the Middle Belt. No mourning.

“Boko Haram killings in PDP years were over 10,000.

PDP flags were still fluttering proudly in the sky.

“Those who take pleasure in twisting statements from the Presidency may claim we are saying that many more people were killed under PDP than under President Muhammadu Buhari. It would be unconscionable to do so. The intendment of this statement is to show that wanton killings had been with us for awhile; this government is working towards

enduring solutions; and should be given the opportunity to do so.

“Even a single soul is precious, and no man should take a life, which he cannot create. But when tragic situations as had happened in Plateau State occur, such should never be used to play crude politics. Those who are wont to do so should have change of hearts, or lose their very humanity,” Adesina added.

But the PDP has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has no respect for the dead and that it was shocked by the response of the Presidency to the party’s declaration of a seven national mourning in honour of victims of the recent killings in Plateau State.

The party also berated the Presidency for justifying its failure to stem the tide of killings and bloodletting in the country, particularly in the Plateau, Zamfara, Benue, Yobe, Adamawa, Borno, Kogi, Taraba and other troubled states.

The party’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Thursday, said it was disturbing that even in death, the Buhari Presidency still wants to deny these victims of callous murder the honour of being mourned.

The PDP also said it was indeed reprehensible that the Presidency in its usual arrogance and insensitivity to the mood of the nation chose to condemn the PDP for declaring a sevenday mourning and flying our flags at half-mast in honour of the dead and solidarity with the bereaved.

He said, ‘We are particularly appalled that instead of joining Nigerians in mourning the dead and seeking ways to stem the escalation of the bloodletting under its watch, the Buhari Presidency is engaged in morbid reference to past killings as if the lives of Nigerians have no value under President Buhari’s watch.

“The PDP, as a party, will continue to identify with Nigerians at this troubled time irrespective of ethnic, religious and political affiliations and will therefore not allow itself to be dragged into a needless mire with the Buhari Presidency, which has shown by its statement, that it has no iota of regard for the lives of Nigerians”.

The PDP urged the Presidency to confront the challenge of fulfilling the basic responsibility of governance by providing security to the lives and properties of all Nigerians irrespective of their creed, tribe and political affiliations.

The party assured Nigerians that it would not be deterred in speaking out against the killings and the failure of the Buhari administration to take concrete steps to stem this ugly tide.

Soyinka wants Buhari to take decisive action

Meanwhile, a Noble Laureate and renowned playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest and make killer herdsmen pay for their crimes like others five who were sentenced to death for killing a herdsman.

He said that an arrest of culprits and their immediate prosecution would send a strong warning that the Buhari administration would not tolerate forceful land seizure anywhere in Nigeria.

Soyinka stated this in a statement on Wednesday, titled “On demand: A language of non-capitulation, nonappeasement.”

The Nobel laureate said that Buhari’s recent claim that it was unjust for the public to accuse him of being silent on the killer herdsmen’s activities was based on Nigerians’ observation of his “erstwhile language of complacency and accommodativeness in the face of unmerited brutalisation.’’

He added that Buhari had yet to speak in the language that the “murdering herdsmen” understand by exhibiting that forceful seizure of land would not be tolerated in any part of a federation under his governance.

Soyinka said: “That the temporary acquisition of weapons of mass elimination by any bunch of psychopaths and anachronistic feudal mentality will not translate into subjugation of a people and a savaging of their communities.’’

He noted that certain unconscionable events had taken place in the country, which cannot be ignored, adding that entire communities had been “erased from the national landscape,” thousands of family units in mourning and “survivors scarred.

He stated that famine loomed in many areas, even in those lodged in acknowledged bread baskets of the nation, adding that “impunity, gleeful and prideful impunity substitutes for decent self-distancing from once unthinkable crimes – let us not even speak of expressions of remorse and human empathy.

“The instigators, increasingly fingered as directors of human carnage are strutting around, defiant, justifying the unspeakable, daring a nation,’’ ge added.

Noting that land-grab must be reversed, Soyinka said the restored would still require to be defended and aggressors also served a lasting lesson both from the manifested responsibility of governance, and the resistant will of the people.

“Accounting for crimes is also part of that responsibility, and such criminality must not be seen to be rewarded through idealistic solutions that paper over crimes against humanity.

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Lagos tanker fire: 9 persons, 54 vehicles burnt beyond recognition Lagos Govt condoles with families of victims

Joy Anyim, Lagos Tragedy struck on Thursday evening when a petrol tanker driver lost control, exploded on the Otedola Axis of Berger Bridge along Lagos Ibadan Expressway and burnt nine persons to death beyond recognition as well as burnt 54 vehicles.

The ill-fated tanker was conveying over 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), when the incident occurred on Lagos –Ibadan Expressway.

Eye witness account indicated that no fewer than 10 lives were lost and many vehicles with their occupants caught in the inferno which raged with thick smoke.

The incident caused traffic jam as vehicular movement on the bridge was partially restricted to give room for rescue operations.

Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Rapid Response Squad, Lagos Fire Service and others were on ground to manage the situation.

Outward bound passengers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were also caught up in the traffic gridlock.

General Manger of LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu, who confirmed the

incident, said at that at about 5:23 pm, the Agency received a distress call on its Toll free line that a tanker was involved in an accident.

“On getting there, we discovered the tanker actually fell on the bridge, spilt its content which burst into flames. All the vehicles coming from behind and in front were all affected.

“A total of 53 vehicles were affected and nine lives by our count were lost.

Four others were rescued and have been taken to the hospital.

“Right now we are doing recovery and trying to remove the carcass from the road,” Tiamiyu said.

An eye witness told our correspondent that the fuel-laden tanker went up in flames when a car rammed into it.

Most of the commuters plying the road at that time to their various destinations resorted to trekking while commercial motorcycle operators made brisk business conveying passengers.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives and property in the fatal tanker explosion.

The State Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, described the incident

as a sad development, saying that the incident was most unfortunate and regrettable.

“On behalf of the Lagos State Government, we extend our deepest commiseration to the families of persons who lost their lives as well as properties to the incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with them in this time of pain and grief.

“As a government, we would not relent in putting measures in place to ensure safety of lives and property of all residents,” Bamigbetan said.

The Commissioner said that Governor Ambode has directed all relevant agencies to move into the area to normalise the apprehension that had taken over the area and to also ensure that those in need are adequately taken care of.

The governor assured that clearing of the highway of damaged vehicles to establish normal traffic flow would continue throughout the night until the objective is achieved.

He called for the co-operation of all citizens with the officials of the agencies to restore the situation to normalcy.

He also urged motorists to continue to adhere to the safety standard and the State Traffic Laws so as to prevent a recurrence of such incidents.

R-L: President Muhammadu Buhari (right) and King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal 1 during the visit of the Fuji artiste to the State House... on Thursday

Cross River Rice Seedling Factory begins full production after presidential inauguration Gets N2bn orders from stakeholders

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has disclosed that in line with his avowed commitment to make Cross River State the rice hub of Africa, the Cross River Seedling Factory has gone into full production barely 24 hours after it was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari.

This follows the receipt of orders from the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) amongst others.

Governor Ayade said order from RIFAN to supply its members the Cross River vitamized Rice seedlings runs into billions of Naira.

He said : “You can see that the President’s directive has become very clear and it is taking life already because Chairman of the presidential Task force on Rice and Wheat Production, Senator Abubakar Bagudu has confirmed that they are ready to take off every quantity we have got. So we have open order in excess of N2billion already” President Buhari had during the commissioning of the project directed relevant stakeholders in rice production to patronise the factory.

He applauded the governor for the initiative, saying Ayade has become a reference point in his administration’s agricultural revolution.

Buhari said the factory is a testament of his administrations’ giant strides in diversifying the economy and described the factory as “a marvel to behold.”

The President said: “When we assumed the reins of leadership of our dear country, this administration launched a zero-oil economic roadmap as a way of making our country less dependent on oil, while encouraging investments in other sectors of the economy, particularly agriculture.

“I am happy that Governor Ayade keyed into that policy and has today become one of the reference points in our agricultural revolution” The President said he was optimistic that the factory will create employment and that the improved, high yield disease resistant seeds and seedlings from the factory will double national yield and directed relevant MDAs to partner with the factory through the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme to supply

seeds to farmers across the country.

Buhari also expressed optimism about the future of the factory, saying that ,”what we expect is that Seedlings from this factory will improve rice yield from the current national average of 3 to 4 tons per hectare to about 9 to 10 tons per hectare, thus helping to ensure rice sufficiency in the country and doing away with imports and saving foreign exchange for Nigeria.

“The factory is also targeted at creating employment opportunities for the unemployed, I have no doubt that this rice factory will also be a veritable platform for income generation for the people of Cross River State” Buhari further stated federal government’s determination to assist Cross River fully achieve its potentials as number rice farmer in the country. “I therefore, enjoin relevant Federal Government Agencies such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through its Anchor Borrower’s Programme, to partner with Cross River in the area of supply of seedlings to our farmers.”, he said.

The President praised Ayade for seeing the future and initiating projects that will improve the economic base of the state.

Meanwhile, Governor Ayade has reiterated his commitment to decouple Cross River from over independence on federal allocation by establishing income generating industries thus creating employment at the same time.

According to the governor, plans are underway to also get President Buhari to issue presidential directive on the Cross River Garment Factory: “We will in one way or the other get the President to focus on our Garment Factory which was intended to capture the entire uniforms market...imagine what it will translate to in terms of monetary value if we begin to sew for all the paramilitaries including the National Youth Service Corps”, the governor said, adding the president will return; just watch out for his third coming” The Cross River state Rice Seeds and Seedlings factory is an automated plant producing high yielding vitaminized and disease resistant rice seeds and seedlings.

Sokoto loses bid to stop ICPC, EFCC from probing, prosecuting officials Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Sokoto State Government has lost its bid to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating and prosecuting its officials over corruption allegation.

A Federal High Court in Sokoto on Wednesday affirmed that both the anti - corruption agencies were legally mandated to investigate and prosecute any person or authority over allegations

of corruption anywhere in Nigeria.

Justice S. K. Idris gave the ruling in a suit filed by the Sokoto State government, seeking to restrict the ICPC and the EFCC from inviting, investigating, arresting or prosecuting any official of the state government over allegations of corruption. But the judge dismissed the Sokoto state government suit for lacking in merit.

The Court further held that the ICPC and the EFCC were empowered by their respective establishment Acts of Parliament to perform the duties of fighting corruption in all the 36 states of

the federation.

The Sokoto State government had approached the court through the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Suleiman Usman, asking for a declaration and injunction that would stop ICPC and EFCC from carrying out any anti-corruption duties on any official or government department of the state on any matter or issue which the State House of Assembly can legislate on.

The suit specifically seeks to restrict ICPC and EFCC from looking into the financial activities of the state

government between 2008 and 2015 on the grounds that the period under investigation were covered by the appropriation act of the Sokoto State House of Assembly.

Dismissing the suit, the judge held that tagging the activities of ICPC and EFCC as regards the application of government funds in the state, in the period leading to the 2015 general elections, as political intimidation cannot hold because there was no fact from the state government to support the claim.

Justice Idris further observed that the

state government also failed to file an amendment or further affidavit to show any further acts of the alleged political witch-hunt by either ICPC or EFCC since after the 2015 elections.

The judge, while concluding on the matter, held that the Federal High Court was bound by the decision of the Supreme Court in AG Ondo v AG Federation (2002) which upheld the constitutionality of both the ICPC and EFCC Acts as enacted by the National Assembly, being applicable and binding on every state, person and authority in Nigeria, including Sokoto State.

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FAAC: We can’t accept less from NNPC, Adeosun insists N147bn June remittance justifiable - NNPC

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Following the inability of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to distribute the accrued revenue for the month of May 2018, due to discrepancies in figures from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that the federal government will not accept under-remittance of oil revenue from the NNPC even if it would cost delay in payment of June salaries.

The minister said that on her capacity as the Chairman of the FAAC, when she briefed the Governors on the deadlock that they have got currently in the Federation Account and explained what happened and that all have agreed that NNPC must remit more revenue than the N147 billion it remitted to FAAC. Adeosun said this during the National Executive Council meeting on Thursday at the Aso Villa, Abuja.

She said that the federal government operates NNPC as a business, adding that, “We have invested public capital in that business and we have expectations of return and when that return falls lower than our expectations, then the owners of the business, which in this case is the Federal Government and States, need to act.

So, that was what caused the deadlock yesterday and we really felt the figures that the NNPC proposed for FAAC were unacceptable. We felt that some of the costs couldn’t be justified and so we have decided that rather than approve the accounts, we will go back and do further work. “ She disclosed that further negotiations and interactions were ongoing with the NNPC. “However, we did brief both Mr. President and Mr. Vice President on the deadlock and asked for their support and their forbearance in this because of the consequence which is that workers’ salaries might well be delayed in many states as a result of this.

In order to get the accurate figures, that we need, we have asked for forbearance and the State Governors and the Federal Government are all in agreement that we need to get to the bottom of these figures.

“In particular, now that the oil price is $76 per barrel in the spot market which means that bonny light is about $78, we want to aggressively set aside money in the excess crude account. So, we are very very conscious that this period, this window of relatively high oil price might not last and we would like to be able to save.

“If we cannot get into the Federation

Adeosun

Account the sort of revenues we are expecting then we will not be able to save. So, it was a very important point really underscored by all the Governors and they really want action taken and they are fully in support of the positions of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Commissioners of Finance not to approve the accounts until we get further explanations on some of the cost being implemented, “Adeosun said.

On what was the real issue with the NNPC, Adeosun said, “Based on oil price, oil quantity, you can pretty much calculate what you are expecting to see in the Federation Account and if the figure is less, then the right question that any stakeholder must ask is why?

“So, we have been going back and forth with NNPC to try and understand these figures before we can accept them.

Remember that the FAAC figures have to be formally accepted by the Federation Account Allocation Committee and we were simply not comfortable with the quantum of some of the deductions made and therefore we could not approve those figures.”

She further said that there was an interface going on between the Commissioners of Finance Forum, Federal Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General, Central Bank of Nigeria and the NNPC, saying that , “We hope to be able to convene FAAC within next few days.”

The minister also disclosed that the balances in the excess crude proceeds account and stabilisation account in May 2018.

She said that there was an additional credit of $80.6 million that accrued into the Excess Crude Account.

The balances in the Excess Crude Account is $1,916,742,289.60; Stabilisation Account N18, 892,864,216.65, and Natural Resources Account is N133, 715,427,387.37.

Meanwhile, the NNPC has justified its June remittance of N147 billion to the Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee (FAAC).

The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said in a statement that the June remittance was in line with the terms of agreement it reached with governors on the matter.

Ughamadu explained that the agreement NNPC had with the governors was that the corporation would make a monthly remittance of N112 billion to FAAC. “This will be subject to sufficient funds from sales of domestic crude allocation for the corresponding month after meeting cash call obligations on Joint Ventures, (JV) deductions of petrol, cost under recovery and pipeline maintenance.“ He said NNPC was able to surpass the terms of agreement with the governors on the monthly remittance for June by N35 billion by taking from the fund meant for settling cash call obligations.

The NNPC spokesperson said the corporation regrets the governors’ additional request of N40 billion,” saying, it is unfortunate, given the fact that the corporation is set to exit the cash call phenomenon.

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For that is the present actuality.

“Crimes against our humanity have been committed, and restitution must be made.

Nothing less will restore confidence in a government, and reassure the people of its integrity, its commitment to equity in internal relationships and the rightful custodianship of ancient resources,’’ Soyinka said.

The playwright said it was a time of far-reaching, yet immediate decisions, because the nation was dying.

According to him, the time for false pride is over and if the nation lacks the necessary technical resources, then there remains only one blameless, overdue recourse and it is for the President to ‘Get help.’

Soyinka, who bemoaned the recent attacks on Barkin Ladi council area in Plateau State, noted that five young men were recently sentenced to death by a Nasarawa State High Court for allegedly killing a herdsman.

The playwright stated that though he was not condoning murder in any cause or by anyone, it was necessary to insist on transparent and impartial justice.

He said: “The agitating question then is this: since this rampage began, has even one herdsman been brought up before those same courts on a charge of murder, much less sentenced to death at such lightning speed? Shall we wake up and find that they have been hanged? Yet Nasarawa has lost hundreds to the homicidal orgy of these same herdsmen.

There is a skewed application of justicial proceedings here that baffles many, this writer among them.’’

He revealed that when he visited the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, some weeks ago, he bitterly lamented that security agencies had ordered his communities to surrender even the very machetes of routine use in farming.

Soyinka also said what he termed as ‘the Danjuma thesis’ that helpless Nigerians should defend themselves was neither new nor strange, but simply a restatement of the logicality of

human response in the face of aggression.

He said he told the President that he strongly believed that the recent planned massacre had a numerical target which was the formal annunciation of a new law.

The playwright stated: “From now on, for every missing, maimed, even legally seized cow-perhaps for trespassing and damage-one human being shall die, and the commensurate land shall be forfeited. Make no mistake, that is the message!

Berom or Ondo, Tiv or Efik. Egba or Igalla — it makes no difference — this is the language, and if your government does not understand it yet, we, whose field is language, both spoken and symbolic, must decode it for you.’’

Soyinka said he also learnt that a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, whose ordeal of being kidnapped by the “marauders was still fresh in the nation’s mind,” was still under siege by the same forces as neither he nor his workers could routinely attend to the farms.

“An aggressor who sniffs, however faintly, the permissive air of immunity, is near totally beyond recall. Only the stern language of reprimand, manifested in act, will deter him,’’ he stated.

He noted that the language of the leaders of Myetti Allah whom he described as ‘self-vaunting instigators’ in the nation’s herder colonisation was being promoted by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on behalf of the government.

Soyinka added that if an individual qualified to be the guinea-pig for testing the outrageous hate bill speech contemplated by the nation’s lawmakers, it was the ‘unedifying pronouncements of the Minister of Defence, who “continues to defend the indefensible through his arrogant, provocative dismissals of an agenda of ethnic cleansing, dehumanising the victims anew, and camouflaging the failure of the government by his gratuitous blame-passing.”

According to Soyinka, the language of the Dan-Ali is a language that is now being contradicted by the meaning of ‘land grabbing shall be reversed.

CJN orders magistrates to inspect police stations over unlawful arrests nationwide Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has directed Chief Judges of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to order Chief Magistrates to conduct inspection of Police Stations or other places of detention except prisons within their territorial jurisdiction.

The directive is in line with the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, and intended to check complaints of incidents of Police brutality, inordinate arrests, detention and extortion of innocent Nigerians by police nationwide.

A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the CJN on media , Awassam Bassey, said CJN’s directive is contained in a Practice Direction issued on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 on the Role of Magistrates in Curbing Police Brutality Under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. The CJN also directed Chief Judges to set up appropriate mechanisms to ensure compliance with the stated provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act on police brutality and inordinate arrests among others.

Justice Onnoghen said he have observed, and received several complaints of the horrific incidents of police brutality, inordinate arrest,

detention and extortion of innocent Nigerians by officers across the country.

The CJN said, “These incidents have assumed frightening proportions in recent times. The Magistrates’ Courts are currently overwhelmed with cases of such brutality, inordinate arrests and detention of citizens “As we approach election year, it is imperative that we curb these excesses through the instrumentality of the statutory powers of the courts.”

The Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) has given Magistrates oversight functions over Police Stations in their Jurisdictions.

Section 34 (1) of the Act states that “

The Chief Magistrate, or where there is no Chief Magistrate within the police division, any Magistrate designated by the Chief Judge for that purpose, shall, at least every month, conduct an inspection of police stations or other place of detention within his territorial jurisdiction other than prison.”

Section 34 (2) further states:”During the visit, Magistrate may:(a) call for, and inspect, the record of arrest;(b) direct the arraignment of the suspect;(c) where bail has been refused, grant bail to any suspect where appropriate if the offence for which the suspect is held, is within the jurisdiction of the Magistrate.”

“In the above, I hereby direct as

follows:(1)The Chief Judge of every state of the nation, including the Federal Capital Territory, shall direct Chief Magistrates, and, where there is no Chief Magistrate within the Police Division, designate any Magistrate for that purpose, to, at least, every month, conduct an inspection of Police Stations or other places of detention within his territorial jurisdiction other than prison.

(2) The Chief Judge of every state of the nation, including the Federal Capital Territory, shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure compliance with the above provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act”.

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Vision Africa Radio founder charges media on truth Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Media practitioners in the country have been advised to always stand by the truth as the country does not want another war, in order to build a strong and virile society for Nigerian children to enjoy.

The President/founder, Vision Africa Radio, VAR Umuahia Bishop Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha handed down this advice weekend while unfolding the radio’s plans and determination to make Nigeria communities strong for effective development through media training and other outreach programmes.

The VAR outreach programme tagged “Nothing

But The Truth”, the founder said would also accommodate church planting, medical outreach, public lecture, orphanage and media engineering training that will last for ten days.

Flanked by VAR foreign media partners, mostly media pastors (10) from Dallas in Texas of USA, including the Board Chairman of VAR in Dallas, Texas, Thomas Leiser, others from Canada, Congo, Kenya and other African countries, Bishop Onuaha said “We want to encourage the media that we don’t want war, but to build a strong society for our children”.

He further said “There are some truths you tell and the country will be engulfed in

flames. Some truths must be suppressed in order not to set the society on fire”, pointing out that though there are challenges in some parts of the country, especially in the North, stating “it is not particular to the North, but should be looked at globally by the media to be able to deal with the situation”.

“People are making mistakes calling herdsmen ‘Fulani Herdsmen’, but there are some Fulanis that don’t like the activities of herdsmen”, he said advising “Let us call evil by its name than baptizing it”, and urged people to forget about narrow thinking and treat issues as they are, not to affiliate issue to tribe or religion.

The VAR founder/President said the objective of the 2018

outreach was to help build the media in Nigeria and Africa in general on how to build a better society that is diverse, urging that the media is not supposed to be silent at any time, but must be out to tell the truth.

He commended the Nigeria press as doing well in telling the story, stating however, that “the truth may be suppressed but it will surface”.

Bishop Onuoha who is a Methodist by faith used the opportunity to advice media employers that they should know that their media staff and their relations must be happy in order to work effectively, and should therefore be paid.

He also advised media owners that the media industry is not for money making, but

selfless service and urging them to know that their workers are being tormented while on duty.

Bishop Onuoha disclosed that VAR has been helpful to IT students, media workers and others through its media outreach for the young people to have media experience.

Speaking, the Chief Imam of Lagos Street, Umuahia Central Mosque, Imam Misbaudeen Raji said peace can only come from God alone, while commending VAR as a good radio station throughout the south east.

The problem in the country, he said is also global, stating that Prophet Mohammed abhors crime and selfish desires, describing what is happening in the country as “a problem of human society”.

L-R: CEO, Diamond Bank Plc, Uzoma Dozie; Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET) Season 7 winner, Jumoke Dada, and Director, Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Peter Bamkole, of the Pan-Atlantic University at the BET 7 Dinner and Awards Ceremony held in Lagos recently.

NAFDAC wants more rehabilitation centres for drug addicts The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called for establishment of more rehabilitation centres to cater for drug addicts in the country.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye made the call while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Abuja.

Adeyeye explained that Nigeria had only 10 rehabilitation centres, which

was grossly inadequate to rehabilitate drug addicts across the country.

She said that there was the need for the government to provide more centres to take care of drug addicts, especially affected youths.

Adeyeye said at least, 10 centres should be built in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.

The director-general described the rising cases of abuse of controlled drugs such as tramadol and codeine

as unfortunate.

Adeyeye said that the most commonly abused drugs in the country were tramadol and codeine.

The NAFDAC boss described tramadol as a synthetic opioid analgesic used to treat moderate to severe pain and is the most abused medicine among addicts.

She added that its consumption had no effects on the respiratory system but an overdose causes arrhythmias,

cramps, coma and death.

“In Nigeria, it is regulated as the 50 and 100mg dosage strengths but very high dosage forms of between 200 and 225mg have infiltrated the market.

“There is also noticeable increase in smuggling of tramadol capsules. Tramadol use disorder is associated with physical withdrawal symptoms and compulsive behaviour,’’ she explained.

Adeyeye attributed disobedience to the laws of

the land to the rising cases of drug abuse.

According to her, smuggling substances of abuse through the country’s porous sea and land borders as well as corruption and compromises at the point of entries are factors responsible for high cases of drug abuse in the country.

The director-general noted that she had reformed the agency within the short period she assumed duty to ensure the safety of lives.

Marketers urge NNPC to resolve loading challenge at Ejigbo depot Petroleum marketers on Thursday called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to address the loading challenge at the Ejigbo depot to avert fuel scarcity in Lagos and environs.

The Chairman, Petroleum Tankers Driver, Ejigbo Branch, Alhaji Akanni Moruf, said that truck drivers had to vacate the depot when it became obvious that pumping of petroleum products was not likely.

He said: “The disruption to loading has affected us greatly because we are being paid on service rendered. Now that the depot is shutdown, most of us are idle without food to eat.

“Some of us who took the pain to go to Apapa to load had to return due to the heavy traffic on the road. We are left with no option than to appeal to government to help us pump products to this depot.

“We have been assured that the maintenance will not take more than two days but it’s gradually running to a month now.”

Chairman, Independent Marketers Branch of NUPENG (IMB), Mr Adeshina Olagunsoye, appealed to the NNPC to address the marketers on the challenges hindering pumping of products to the depot.

Olagunsoye said this would go a long way in assisting both the general public and marketers to understand the position of things at the depot rather than keeping mute.

“This situation is seriously affecting our businesses and most depots within the SouthWest are also complaining of low stocks.

“I hope the management of NNPC will act fast to avert lingering scarcity because if the situation extends to weekend, it will cause serious scarcity within the western zone,’’ Olagunsoye said.

When a NAN reporter visited on Thursday, the gate of the Ejigbo depot was under lock and key, even though some officials were within the premises.

An official who preferred anonymity told NAN they were still waiting for pumping of products to the depot, and that the maintenance of a sectional line at the depot had been completed.

The Group General Manager, public affairs of NNPC, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, assured that pumping of products would resume at the depot on Thursday.

Ughamadu gave the assurance in his response to NAN, saying repairs were carried out on the pipeline that runs from Atlas Cove through Mosinmi, Ibadan to Ilorin due to sectional failure from vandalism.

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Nigeria, France to sign agreement on film production -Official Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr Chidia Maduekwe, says Nigeria and France will soon formalise a bilateral arrangement on film production.

Maduekwe said this in an interview with journalists on Thursday in Abuja.

He said talks are at the concluding stage between NFC, France and National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), towards finalising the agreement, with a signing ceremony scheduled to hold in Paris in September.

“The formal co-production agreement between Nigeria and France is long overdue, whereas, both nations have robust film industries, with their filmmakers exchanging their film trade and profession over the years.

“Both parties are expected to formally create the necessary environment to enable their film practitioners bring their expertise and experiences to bear in the conservation, cataloguing, restoration and digitalisation of classic and vintage films.

“This will among others, strengthen bilateral relations between France and Nigeria in the transfer of skills and best practices, preservation of films and its exhibition from and within both countries,” he said.

Maduekwe explained that Film heritage and literacy; artistic cooperation, distribution and exhibition were key components of the proposed agreement.

He added that the objectives would be actualised through the use of local locations for film projects, expansion of markets and development of skills between the two countries.

“The few key components within the proposed agreement are significant, when situated in the context of Nigeria’s quest to leverage on bilateral relationships with other film cultures to address several challenges.

“This relationship will bind both countries film practitioners who are expected to bring their creative skills, experiences and other perspectives to bear on the co-production process.

“The agreement document is expected to fit into the UNESCO convention of 2005 on the protection and promotion of the diversity cultural expressions to which Nigeria and France were signatories,” he said.

The Chief Executive noted that co-financing of projects

by Nigeria and French film makers, including training, skills and technical inputs were some areas of mutual benefits under the agreement.

He added that exhibition and participation of films and stakeholders in film festivals of both countries would also be strengthened by this understanding.

Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara ( right) , European Union Delegation, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen ( middle ) and Former Chairman INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega at the #NOTTOOYOUNGTORUN Celebration Conference in Abuja on Thursday 28th June, 2018. Photo : Speaker’s Media Office. Pix 2, Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara receiving a Plaque from #NOTTOOYOUNGTORUN Leadership during their celebration conference in Abuja on Thursday 28th June, 2018. Photo : Speaker’s Media Office. Pix 3, Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara ( middle ), Former Chairman INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega ( 1st left ), European Union Delegation, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen ( 2nd left ), Samson Itodo ( 1st right ), Ibrahim Sanusi (2nd right ) and Cynthia Mbamadu (3rd right) at the #NOTTOOYOUNGTORUN Conference in Abuja . . .on Thursday.

Photo : Speaker’s Media Office.

Union begins indefinite strike over NBTI DG’s reappointment Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Staff of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI), has embarked on an indefinite strike over the reappointment of the Director General /CEO of the Board, Engr. Jubril Mohammed for a second term of four years.

The union alleged that the Director General has embezzled funds meant for capital projects and other recurrent allocations to the agency.

Chairman of the union, Comrade Adolphus Agwu, made the allegations during a press briefing at the NBTI office in Abuja.

Agwu also accused the minister of Science and Technology of misleading Mr President on reappointment of the DG despite numerous petitions written against the Mohammed for non performance and derailing the agency.

He did not disclose the amount of money allegedly embezzled by the NBTI boss, but they alleged that he siphoned funds meant for capital projects and other recurrent allocations released to the Board in the last three years.

The union said that NBTI operates in a rented building and the director general has not paid for the rent since

2015 despite the allocations the board received.

The union leaders said, “we’re on indefinite strike and the offices are under lock and key because our director general who has been on the saddle for the past four years, did not perform well, and he has been reappointed for a second term in office and that is why we the staff members are saying no to his reappointment.

“In the last four years, when Engr. Dr Jubril serves as DG of the agency, it has been a hell. The agency has been eroded, dormant and a liability to the federal government due to lack of adherent to the mandate that established it. The infrastructure have decayed, no working tools, no official working materials, we just come here every day without anything doing. It has not been this bad.

“We have 34 incubation centres across the federation where we nurture inventors, and develop researches but as we speak, the story is that of a sorry state. This is a programme that is meant to create job to teaming unemployed graduates, and end poverty in the country.

“Our fear is that if this thing is allowed to continue, the federal government will wake up one day and shutdown the agency and the entire staff may lose their jobs; these are the grievances of the staff.

We believe that President Buhari was not rightly advised on the performance of the agency especially under the leadership of Engr.

Jubril.

We are pleading that Mr President should kindly reverse the appointment of the DG, and appoint a more competent person that will transform the agency in line with its established mandate.”

Also speaking, the Financial Secretary of the union, Grace Umar said that the staff were shocked that Engr Jubril mohammed was

reappointed as DG of the same board he ruined.

She said, “Prior to his reappointment, we met with the Minister of Science and technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu to register our complaints and grievances on the non-performance of the DG long before the expiration of his tenure and the minister assured us that they were going to look into the allegations.

“But it was shocking to see that the same minister must have been the one that had recommended the former DG for reappointment because

the minister is the eye of the president in the ministry.

The minister is giving us room to think if he has been compromised.

If President Muhammdu Buhari is a fighter of corruption, we don’t expect the same man to be reappointed based on the allegations and petitions we wrote to him.

Engr Jubril Mohammed should have been investigated for misappropriation of funds allocated to the agency.”

All attempts to reach the director general through text messages and telephone calls were unsuccessful.

National Convention: Go to court, APC urges aggrieved parties Tom Okpe, Abuja The secretary of the just concluded National Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ndoma Egba has urged anyone aggrieved on the result of the party’s convention to go to the constituted court of jurisdiction to be heard.

He also said he cannot mention the total money spent or budgeted for the convention until all the sub-committees submit their reports to the secretariat as monies were not disbursed from him but from the party directly.

The Secretary in a press

conference on Thursday told newsmen at his office in Apo that the convention which detractors thought will not be able to hold had come and gone with good memories saying, though there was little schism which was expected in a gathering of more than 8,000 people.

“Our party’s constitution is very clear, the electoral act is equally clear and when the national chairman was announced unopposed, the question was put at the convention so we believe that we satisfied every legal requirement”.

When asked how much was spent on the party convention,

he said: “We are still collating reports from the various subcommittees and one of the things they must address is how much did you receive and how much did you spend after which the accounts will be audited”.

He further stressed that no state was disqualified from participating in any of the elections at the convention; “we had a few states that had issues in court and where there was a binding order and because we are a law abiding party we obeyed the court order and in such states, only the statutory delegates that were not in dispute were allowed into the convention ground”, he said.

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ASUP gives Nasarawa Govt 14 days ultimatum The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia Chapter, has given the state government 14 days notice of strike.

ASUP Chairman of the Polytechnic, Mr Paul Usaini, stated this on Thursday in an interview with Newsmen in Lafia.

According to him, the 14 days ultimatum followed the expiration of the 21 days ultimatum earlier given to the government in line with labour laws.

He said that the grievances of the union include; lack of accreditation of all courses at the polytechnic, implementation of four years promotion and annual increments.

He listed lack of payment of pension and gratuity to retired staff and lack of office accommodation to academic staff among others as other grievances of the union.

He said that all these issues were tabled before the investigative panel set up by the government for redress.

He, however lamented the delay in the release of the White Paper report of the committee for implementation.

“The union believed that the reports will help in addressing issues of lack of accreditation, outstanding promotion arrears and corruption in the system among others,” he added.

He said that the reports should be released urgently in order to save the institution from total collapse because things were currently in bad shape.

The union also condemned the appointment of unqualified persons outside the system into the management of the three institutions.

The union, therefore, advised the state government to follow due process in any subsequent appointments of management staff.

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura had on November 2, 2017 set up three panels to investigate state owned tertiary institutions.

The panels submitted their reports to the government on Jan. 19.

Troops neutralise 6, rescue 33 in Borno Troops on clearance operations have neutralised six Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa and Bama Local Government Areas of Borno.

The troops also rescued 33 persons from the terrorists, including eight men, 12 women and 13 children.

Army spokesman, Brig.Gen Texas Chukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the rescued victims had been profiled and handed over to “appropriate authority.”

Chukwu said that six Ak 47 rifles were recovered during

Pope accepts 2 more resignations of Chile Bishops over sex abuse Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops caught up in the country’s sexual abuse scandal, the Vatican said, bringing to five the number he has accepted so far.

According t a statement, bishops Alejandro Goic of the city of Rancagua and Horacio Valenzuela of the city of Talca would be replaced by commissioners, known as apostolic administrators.

Francis accepted the resignations of three other bishops on June 11.

In May, all of Chile’s 34 bishops offered to resign en masse after a meeting with the pope over allegations of a cover-up of sexual abuse.

Goic, 78, issued a statement

L-R: Two suspected Fulani herdsmen caught with rifles at the scene of killings at Barkin Ladi while the the third suspect is a Berom native during their parade by the STF in Jos, Plateau State. . . on Wednesday

Governors to meet security chiefs — NGF Chairman Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), have resolved to meet with security chiefs to evolve a holistic solution to insecurity challenges confronting the country.

Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, who is also Chairman of the Forum, made this known while briefing newsmen after their meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday in Abuja.

Yari said that the governors also condemned Sunday’s attacks in Plateau State and called for the prosecution of the perpetrators.

“The forum strongly condemned recent attacks in Plateau State and the spate of insecurity in the country.

“Members commiserated with the government and people of Plateau and other states, including victims who were caught in transit travelling to and from neighbouring states.

“Governors unanimously called for the prosecution of

the perpetrators of the attacks and resolved to find a quick and common solution to the security crises.

“The forum resolved to pay a condolence visit to Plateau State to commiserate with the government and people of the state.’’

According to Yari, the governors commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for their quick response and visit to Plateau, to sympathise with the people of the state.

He equally commended Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau for the way he handled the situation.

Yari added that the governors would continue to engage with the Federal Government, leadership of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other relevant agencies to safeguard Nigeria’s energy security.

“We will continue to engage

with the Federal Government, the leadership of NNPC, Director of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the NCS, and other security agencies to curb hoarding, diversion, smuggling and illegal hike in ex-depot or retail pump price, to safeguard Nigeria’s energy security,’’ he said.

He also reiterated the resolution of the governors to implement the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) supply and distribution monitoring system in each state.

Yari explained that the concern of the governors was not majorly on subsidies but to know the actual number of litres being exported or imported daily.

“The governors acknowledged the importance of broadband deployment for both economic development and revenue generation.

“The governors also pledged to work closely with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and

infrastructure companies to remove the impediments to broadband deployment, including unifying right of way charges and addressing multiple regulations and multiple taxation,’’ Yari said.

The forum received briefing on “Energy Security and Cross-Border Leakages; effects on Remittances to the Federation Account’’ by the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, and the Director of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Henry Ikem Obi. Baru, according Yari, was represented by the Chief Executive, Downstream, NNPC, while Mr Idris Abdulraham, Team Leader, Terminal Operation, DPR, stood in for Obi. The Forum also received presentations from the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof.

Umar Danbatta, on broadband deployment in Nigeria.

the operations.

He said other items recovered were four magazines, 52 rounds of 7.62 mm (special) ammunition, one 36 hand grenade and three locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

Also recovered in other locations, according to Chukwu, are two magazines, 22 rounds of 7.62 mm (special), 26 rounds of 7.62 mm (special) ammunition., three improvised rounds of ammunition, three pairs of military uniform and one solar panel.

in May apologising for not acting swiftly when allegations of sexual abuse by priests in his diocese were first brought to his attention.

Valenzuela, 64, was one of four bishops who was trained for the priesthood decades ago

by Father Fernando Karadima, Chile’s most notorious abuser.

Karadima was found guilty in a Vatican investigation in 2011 of abusing boys in Santiago in the 1970s and 1980s.

Now 87 and living in a nursing home in Chile, he has always denied any wrongdoing.

Francis told Reuters in an exclusive interview at his residence on June 17 that he was considering accepting the resignations of more Chilean bishops.(Reuters/NAN)

NCWS calls for calm in Plateau, other crises prone areas The National President, National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Mrs Gloria Shoda, has appealed for calm and restraint in Plateau, where 86 people died in the violence that erupted in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

The police in Plateau confirmed that 86 people died in the violence that erupted on Saturday in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

The violence, allegedly caused by armed herdsmen almost led to reprisal attacks in Jos, the state capital, on Sunday, leading the government to declare a curfew.

According to a statement on Thursday, Shoda, expressed concern over the violence which led to loss of lives and destruction of property.

“As wives and mothers we are saddened by the continuous spate of killings and communal clashes across several states in our country.

“The killing span through Taraba, Benue, Ebony and Kaduna, the most recent is in Plateau.

“Murder and maiming over resources has never solved anything. It only sows further seeds for more mayhem and violence, deepens mistrust and breeds instability and as we can see there are reports of retaliation by the affected communities,’’ she said.

She said that while the security agents were trying to unravel those behind the acts of criminality, youths in the affected local governments should resist from taking the law into their own hands to retaliate.

Shoda condoled with the bereaved called on the leaders in the affected communities to continue to assuage the fears and concerns of the people not to abandon their homes or seek vengeance.

The national president advised the affected communities to allow the due process of the law to take place.

Shoda urged the law enforcement agencies to mount a thorough investigation in order to bring the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity to book and for justice to be served.

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Ekiti guber: PDP fingers INEC commissioner in alleged rigging plot Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over alleged plots by a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and two directors of the Commission to manipulate

the system and rig the July 14, Ekiti governorship election in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party said its investigation reveals that two INEC directors have been holding meetings with the APC members to perfect their plot to rig the election.

The PDP said it was fully aware of how the INEC directors have been meeting with the Fayemi campaign group and an APC governor in the Southwest and other APC leaders in Akure, in the last three weeks, on the directives of the INEC Commissioner as well as details of their plot to

manipulate the process and rig the election for the APC. “The party is also privy of the game plan of the APC to use INEC’s ICT Department to preload card readers and input false results through E-Collation while also using different sets of Forms EC8A to enter fake results in over 503

polling units to authenticate the fake E-collation results,” said Kola Olongbondiyan in a statement on Thursday.

The PDP therefore demands that the INEC officials must not play any active role in the Ekiti election and that they must stay away from Ekiti State as there is no way there can be a free, fair

Without Buhari APC is dead, says Sule Lamido Tunde Opalana, Abuja

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), party as an ad-hoc assembly of politicians whose emergence in 2015 could only be ascribed to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The former governor of Jigawa State said without Buhari the APC is a dead party because it was not firmly knitted as a political party but an amalgamation of politically strange bed fellows, with Buhari, a non- democrat as the arrow head.

According to him, the APC as today is populated by exPDP members, “minus PDP, there is nothing called APC. The party APC has no history, no vision, it is a party of hate”.

Lamido who was at the PDP national secretariat on Thursday to notify the party leadership of his intention to contest the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2019 polls said he is interested in governing Nigeria as a stakeholder in the country.

He said despite humiliation and harassment he suffered in the hands of the present APC government he remained in the PDP, a party he had helped to build and nurtured.

He said PDP is the only political force capable of dislodging the failed APC and leading Nigeria back to her lost glory.

The former Foreign Affairs minister therefore urged the national working committee

and national executive committee of PDP to scrutinise all aspirants and give Nigeria the best option to Buhari in 2019.

Assuring the party of his capacity to fly the PDP flag, he said “standing before you here is not one of the aspirants but the presidential candidate of the party. PDP is in my flesh, my blood and my marrow”.

Responding, the party’s national chairman, Prince

Uche Secondus said as a rebranded party that is ready to set examples of democratic principles in Africa, PDP leadership will give all aspirants from the national to local government levels fair playing ground in the various primaries to be held.

He said with the current leadership, impunity and imposition are things of the past promising to surpass the credible conduct of its

governorship primary in Ekiti State according to the party’s guidelines and constitution.

“We want to assure you that there will be no money politics, there will be no manipulation of the choice of the people.

We cannot be purchased”, he promised.

“With the current NEC, we are ready to send Buhari to Daura to go and rest to improve upon his health,” he said.

The chairman however

earned the APC government against rigging the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti while calling on security agents to avoid being used as accomplice in election malpractices.

“We advised Mr. President to call on security agents not to participate in any ploy to support anybody or party in the Ekiti election because Nigeria has been divided enough,” he added.

Chairman, National Hajj Commission, Barr. Abdulahi Mukhtar Muhammed (l) in a tete-a-tete with the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja during the flag off ceremony of this year Easter Pilgrimage to Israel at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

and credible election, with her in the process.

PDP also called on the international community as well as anti-graft agencies to be watchful of the sinister motives of INEC’s ICT department, as well as others in the Operations unit.

“Let it be known that the people of Ekiti state are not in any way ready to accept any manipulation of the election by anybody whatsoever. This caution goes to all compromised INEC and security officials, who have been assigned to attempt to subvert the will of the people of Ekiti state in this election,” he said.

In a related development, the party has raised alarm that the APC candidate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State should be held responsible for threats on Governor Ayodele Fayose ahead of the election.

The party alleged that Fayemi had recently alluded to threats to life, arrests and continuous harassment of Ekiti people by security forces when he threatened that security sources would “cage” Fayose.

The PDP also charged the people of the state to take note of the threat by Fayemi to practically cage Governor Fayose on Election Day, which is a direct threat to his life and the peace of the state, particularly, considering the popularity of Governor Fayose and the PDP among the people.

“Our investigations revealed that the statement

by Fayemi that Governor Fayose will not be allowed to move around on Election Day is not a frivolous comment, but a product of a grand plot by agents of the APC and the Federal Government to set up the governor and open him up for harm.

“We, therefore, invite all to hold Fayemi responsible should there be any breakdown of law and order or should any harm befall Governor Fayose, any traditional ruler, religious leaders, members of labour unions or any other individual of groups in the state in the course of the election,” said the party’s mouthpiece.

SON raids factory fabricating substandard LPG cylinders in Anambra Standard Organisations of Nigeria (SON) has raided a site where substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders are being fabricated and distributed in Onitsha, Anambra.

The Coordinator of SON in Anambra, Mrs Nwaoma Olujie, told newsmen in Awka on Thursday that the syndicate was producing the cylinders without abiding by standard processes that guaranteed quality and safety.

The organisation raided the site located on Bida Road, Fegge, Ontitsha, and impounded cylinders at

various stages of production as well as equipment loaded in three lorries, she said.

Olujie described the domestic gas cylinders as ‘time bombs’ and added that the fabricators went as far as printing SON quality sign on the finished products, thereby misleading the public.

The coordinator who led the enforcement said no arrests were made as the illegal producers all took to their heels on sighting the SON team.

“LPG cylinders are used in almost every home in Nigeria; these people are fabricating and distributing them without

subjecting them to any form of quality control.

“What they are doing there is production of time bombs which can explode any day and anywhere.

“They fabricate cylinders of different sizes like 3kg, 6.25kg, 10kg, 12.5kg, 50kg and so on. We raided the place to guard against killing Nigerians through domestic gas accident.

“So we raided the place and impounded materials, including welding machines, which are very critical in their operations,’’ she said, Olujie said the team also impounded spraying

machines, compressors and LPG cylinders at different stages of production loaded in three Lorries.

“There was no arrest because when we arrived the scene, they immediately fled upon sighting us, they locked their shops and evaporated into the thin air,” she said.

Olujie said those who wished to produce the items must seek approval from SON and subject their processes to the quality control standards of the organisation.

The coordinator said some of the equipment required for production of the product such as bust pressure test

radiographic to test internal flaws, leak test and material strength test machines were not in place.

She promised that SON would continue to work towards protecting innocent Nigerians from the activities of producers of substandard items.

“There are basic facilities that must be in place to ensure that you produce not only quality cylinders but safe LPG cylinders.

“These are life endangering products and not an all comers affair, it is not something you go into because you are a welder, they are pressure

vessels, people will put gases in them.

“If you must be in this business, you have to operate within acceptable standards; the equipment must be in place and certified by SON. “Manufacturers and importers alike need approval and they get registration number for traceability and inventory but these people are branding their products with SON logo,” she lamented.

Olujie said SON would not relent in exposing manufacturers of unwholesome products and ensuring that markets were rid of such substandard items.

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Suspected herdsmen kill 2, injure 29 in Adamawa Tom Garba, Yola

L-R: Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Nteranya Sanginga and Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Food Security Programme, Prince Joe Okogie, after a meeting with the DG at IITA, Ibadan, Oyo State, on the side-line of the International Workshop on Water-EnergyFood Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. . .on Tuesday

Buhari can’t secure Nigeria, must be changed, says Dankwambo group The current Federal administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari has completely failed to deliver quality service to the nation and therefore must be changed with a more robust and well-focused leadership that would deliver Nigeria from poverty, insecurity and other social plaques facing the country.

The above was the position of a new group, Dankwambo Presidential Project (DPP), after its maiden national meeting in Abuja Wednesday. The group is promoting the political ambition of the current Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo.

Addressing newsmen Wednesday night after their meeting which took place at the Gombe State lodge in Asokoro Abuja, the group’s National Coordinator Barr.

Zach Okoronkwo noted that President Buhari came to power boasting that he had what it takes to solve the nation’s security challenges among other promises, stating however that insecurity has reached its highest level in the country with people being killed like chickens under Buhari’s watch.

Okoronkwo said he is out to persuade Governor Dankwambo to seek the office of the President in 2019 because he has all it takes to rescue Nigeria from bad governance, citing his educational

background, age and quality service delivery at the national level as well as his Eight years as governor of Gombe State.

“Our mission is to persuade Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo that Nigeria is waiting for him, Nigerians are expecting him to run for 2019 because this government of President Muhammadu Buhari is a total failure as it has no solution to the economy, security, education, everything.

“Look at what is happening in Jos where hundreds of citizens are being killed with no one to control the situation.

Look at Zamfara, Benue, Borno, Taraba, everywhere. And this is a government boasting it has defeated Boko Haram when the group is still killing scores of people everyday.

“Nigeria needs a younger leadership and we are asking Governor Dankwambo that he is the right person to do the job.

He has the requisite knowledge acquired through education and other trainings.

“He has proved his capacity both as accountant general of the federation and as governor of Gombe State for about seven years now. Dankwambo is detribalised, he is well enlightened to constitute a government that would be all inclusive. We will persuade him to sun,” the group stated.

Asked if Dankwambo was ready to accept the challenge to contest the office of the President in 2019 in view of

the fact that he has not made public announcement of such intention, Okoronkwo said his group was aware that the governor is consulting like others, adding that Dankwambo does not believe in noisemaking.

“As a politician, he has to consult before coming out to the public and we know that he is consulting. I would like you to know that the governor is interested in the contest otherwise we would not be allowed to use Gombe State office here in Abuja for this meeting.

“So we know that he is interested and that is why we are out to encourage him to come out and declare his intention. There are many problems facing the country currently and he has the answers to those problems.

He has done it in Abuja and in Gombe. It is time to replicate the massive development in Gombe across Nigeria,” Okoronkwo noted.

On the question of capacity to fund a presidential campaign against other aspirants who are said to boast of heavy war chests, the group said though Dankwambo does not believe in flamboyance or extravagance, he would spend money once he is convinced there is a reason to do so.

“Dankwambo is a successful man. He is a technocrat and you cannot call him a poor man. Although he is prudent

in financial and material management, he has the capacity to pick his bills because he is a successful man.

And don’t forget also that presidential campaign is not a one man show.

“The governor is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the party is rich and has what it takes to finance a presidential campaign especially if a credible candidate like Dankwambo is its flag bearer,” he concluded.

Plateau killings: Ensure killers’ trial to appease victims, youth leader urges FG A youth leader, Comrade Usman Tanze Danjuma has said the visits of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to Plateau State following the killing of over 100 persons mostly women and children by suspected armed herdsmen will only be meaningful if the attackers are promptly arrested and prosecuted.

Tanze who is the former Vice President, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), North-central while reacting to the incident also called for the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the violence.

While commending President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo for promptly visiting the state to commiserate with the

government and people of the state, he tasked security agencies to be proactive in preventing such skirmishes resulting to wanton loss of lives and property.

Describing as barbaric the purported claim by the leadership of Miyetti Allah that the attacks were reprisal following the missing of over 300 cows, he insisted that human lives were sacred as such no amount of loss could be compared to human life.

“The Press statement credited to Miyetti Allah in Dailytime. ng and Premiumtimes.com are overtly immaterial to warrant this spade of killings. No one should be above or under the law in Nigeria.

“The security agencies must move quickly in arresting and prosecuting those behind this dastard act to appease the victims and serve as deterrent to others who may be contemplating carrying out similar attacks,” said Tanze.

Tanze further charged the government to ensure reclamation of land annexed by the aggressors, as well as urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to move into the troubled areas to alleviate the sufferings of the survivors.

“The destroyed communities should be rebuilt and security should be permanently stationed to forestall reoccurrence of this carnage”, Tanze added.

Suspected herdsmen attacked Bare village in Numan local government of Adamawa killing two people leaving 29 with various degrees of injuries.

Our Correspondent who visited the flashpoint reports on Tuesday that those killed were attacked on the farm.

He reports that the village was not burnt down by the bandits as security personnel were on ground to forestall normalcy.

The corpses of victims were deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Numan as the injured were also receiving treatment at the same hospital.

Chairman of the Council, Rev. Arnold Ijibla, said he had been in constant touch with all the security agencies in the area.

Ijibila said he had released funds for fuelling of vehicles for patrol and possible quick response to forestall further attacks.

He also said he had provided some funds for emergency medical attention to the victims to the General Hospital Numan.

He called on the people not to take laws in their hands as the security agencies were on top of the situation.

While recounting his ordeals, Simeon Mailaimu, Councilor Representing Bare Council Ward in the local government said that the attack was unprovoked.

Mailaimu, who is the Leader of the Numan Legislative Council, told our reporter in the Bare village that cows invaded a rice farm belonging to a member of the Bare village.

He said that in an effort to chase the cows away the marauders came out from nearby bush to attack the community.

He, however, said the presence of the security in the area would forestall further escalation of the crisis, adding that the Federal Government must rise up to stem these attacks on innocent citizens.

Chairman of the Hunters Association, Nasarawa Demsa and Numan Branch, Alhaji Bala Uba, called on the state government to provide vehicles for their quick response to ward-off killers invasion of the village.

It could be recalled that several villages within Numan have come under several attacks in recent times leading to destruction of lives and property.

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Shooting the messenger: The chilling effect’ of criminalising journalism

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Paul Chadwick

t a time when journalists have never been more needed to explain the complexities of an increasingly integrated world, they have never been more under threat: jailed in increasing numbers by some of the more authoritarian administrations, threatened with prosecution in the countries which have democratic governments.

There is a real possibility that the overreach of national security laws in the west will damage the very commodity that heightened internet surveillance is supposedly designed to protect: security and liberty.

The ultimate absurdity is that the most extraordinarily liberating communications system invented since the printing press could bring the west down by being turned into a tool of oppression and censorship. Created originally as a way for signals between military commanders to withstand the destructive electromagnetic forces unleashed during a nuclear war, it became a beacon for democracy, encouraging an uninhibited flow of information around the planet.

Edward Snowden: ‘The people are still powerless, but now they’re aware’ From a San Francisco newspaper which provided the first online version in the early 1980s, the internet eventually allowed readers to subscribe to just about any newspaper, anywhere in the world. Television went online, transmitting its programs across international borders. Information stored in the world’s libraries was available at the click of mouse.

But now the internet, which couldn’t be shut down by a nuclear attack, is subject to assault from within. The offices of government that played a role in its building want to take back the

control they lost when the public gained access and embraced it as its own.

Yet the clamour in the west is for more controls on those who use the internet for communications, but little control of the governments who use it for surveillance.

The role of journalists is grudgingly accepted by western nations as an inconvenient necessity, a measure of democracy, but the fact is executive government has done all it can to manage the news, to restrict what journalists can reveal about the secret activities of state.

One well-tried method is to “shoot the messenger”, or at least cripple his or her capability to reveal important and unpleasant truths. Which is why laws passed in so many jurisdictions around the world give little cover for journalists carrying out their important role of holding the powerful to account. Journalists and journalism suffer from a “chilling effect” where sources are afraid to speak for fear that surveillance will capture either their movements or their communications, and journalists are worried they may inadvertently reveal the identities of their sources to the authorities.

The fact that during the 10 years he was in office, the US president, Barack Obama, prosecuted more whistleblowers than all the presidents in US history combined is an indication of the increasing threat to journalism.

In 2017 the head of the CIA questioned the first amendment rights which protect free speech, and the US attorney-general threatened that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, would be prosecuted (for what he was not clear). Both are acts of intimidation designed to silence.

It has been argued that governments are not that concerned about most of the work that journalists do so, for most, concerns about surveillance

are unnecessary. But the problem there is that, generally speaking, if governments are not worried about what journalists are doing, the journalists are not doing their jobs.

Reporting local news may be a useful social function, but the issues that arise where nations go to war, or where countries are involved in breaking the law, or plundering the treasure of other nations, are of great importance and need investigating.

Don’t let data protection undermine journalism It is in these significant areas that journalists must be protected from the vested interests of the executive state; where the very people who make the decisions, as in the Iraq war, need to be exposed and held to account before the event, not after it.

What is so disturbing is that the media has often aided and abetted governments and the intelligence agencies – who always want more access to information – as they invoked the fear of terrorism as grounds for introducing tougher surveillance laws.

The most egregious exponents of this form of complicity in spreading the false hope of complete safety can be seen in the UK where right-wing newspapers, in league with a conservative government, prosecuted a nationalist case: the state will guarantee security if the subjects give up their privacy.

Journalists who expose unpalatable issues are faced with hysterical charges of treason for helping expose the blatant disregard for the laws, as revealed

by Edward Snowden.

Where does this leave journalists? Already in a weakened position because of the devastation wrought on the profitability of newspapers and other media

by Facebook and other news aggregators, many have turned to collective action using the internet to work cooperatively.

Organisations such as WikiLeaks

led the way by providing documents and analysis, partnering with newspapers such as the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Sydney Morning Herald, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and Spain’s El Pais to produce outstanding and revelatory journalism.

Snowden’s disclosures came to light through the activities of a then online blogger, Glenn Greenwald, who in turn teamed up with the Guardian. With the Washington Post they produced the greatest series of scoops in the history of journalism, the Panama Papers.

But even the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, whose reports did not deal with matters of state security, needed to be extremely careful about protecting their information and their sources. They used encryption and apparently stored some of their information on computer systems in Iceland, using the friendly environment that exists in that country to protect data and privacy.

It should not come as a surprise that western governments increasingly vilify the use of secure encrypted communications, but it is a dangerous argument, both at home and among the less democratic nations that copy their every move to clamp down on dissent.

Yet here the role of the journalist, with the need for confidentiality, sharply conflicts with the desire of the state for secrecy. States which should be publicly accountable demand privacy, while only allowing limited privacy to those who hold them to account. As we have seen in recent history, there is little new in this dilemma, from the prosecution of those such as Duncan Campbell, who exposed the increasing surveillance powers of the UK government in the mid-1970s, to the presentday hounding of journalists even in the United States, where free speech and the right to publish are enshrined in the constitution.

We need to talk about press freedom before it’s too late

B Lenore Taylor

ut since the days of fax machines and letters gave way to digital transmissions, communication now has only one highway. Since it is largely impractical to use an alternative method of delivering information, it is necessary to change the form that the message takes. A system of encryption is the simplest way for journalists to protect information, from a simple direct message system such as WhatsApp or Signal to the more complex Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). But even encryption, with its greatly increased use since the Snowden revelations, is not foolproof, and can expose the source to the attention of security agencies because their activities stand out

from the crowd as, even now, all too few people use any form of encrypted technology.

What we do know is that information so far made public in the US reveals that dragnet surveillance did not help the FBI to stop terrorists. And a detailed analysis I carried out on the dozens of terrorist attacks on western countries since 9/11 revealed that nearly three-quarters of the people who committed those atrocities were known to the authorities, suggesting that the “collect it all” process is both inefficient and does not protect nations from attack.

Much of the evidence suggests that diverting money from surveillance systems that randomly collect information on everyone on the planet to investigating known suspects would be a more efficient way

to combat political violence.

But the powerful industrialised countries – the most notable of which are the Five Eyes: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – use their unquestioned surveillance powers in cyber space for other reasons: to gather industrial information, and to potentially prepare for cyber war.

As Snowden said in answer to the question why does the US National Security Agency capture all this material: “Forget about terrorism completely ...

This is not effective for [counter]terrorism ... These programs never save lives.”

Stirring up the fear of terrorism simply made it easier to get funding by arguing: “If you don’t do this your children will die.”

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The argument that government intelligence oversight committees can control executive power is provably wrong, given what we know about what happened in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Even a great democracy like the US can be subverted by wilful politicians and a sometimes compliant media.

Unless there is a concerted effort by the west to abandon the surveillance state into which we are all being drawn, it is highly likely that the journalism that relies on dissent to expose the great injustices perpetrated by governments, particularly when they hide behind the cloak of national security, will be journalism of the past. It won’t disappear overnight, but will fade slowly over the years, like the democracy it defends.

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Miyetti Allah, pork barrel and change Times Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

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It was not different from former President Goodluck Jonathan excusing MEND from the October 1 bomb blast in Abuja, even when the group had taken responsibility for its murderous action.

Or as Jonathan did later, blaming the opposition for the deadly attacks by Boko Haram and wondering aloud like a helpless, stranded child, if his government had not been infiltrated by the sponsors

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hey struck again in two different parts of the country on different turfs.

In Plateau, the bloody revenge mission by Miyetti Allah for the right of passage for cows left at least 100 dead.

In Abuja, it came to light, again, that lawmakers who have been a thorn in the side of the public had, after seven months, passed a budget that would feed their greed by N31 million each, and increase the number of the suicidal and walking dead in multiple folds.

In Plateau and Abuja, there is a shared assurance among the perpetrators that no matter the number of their victims or the degree of the brazenness of their actions, they will get away with murder.

For over a decade now, there has been a scourge of killings under different banners: militants, Boko Haram, herdsmen, bandits. Name it.

Turn by turn, these groups have waged a ruthless war on the Nigerian people, killing tens of hundreds of people for nothing. The only thing worse than the tragedies that we have witnessed over the years – including the act of madness in Plateau State – is government making excuses for the killers.

Whereas Miyetti Allah reportedly accepted that the killings in Plateau were carried out by its members as part of “retaliatory killings” for 300 rustled cows and the deadly attacks on a few of its members, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government appears determined to look elsewhere for the culprits.

Buhari’s prompt visit to Jos is a remarkable departure from his aloofness in the past. But he failed to use the opportunity to go beyond the usual expression of condolences and vague promises of justice. He shied away from looking directly in the eye of Miyetti Allah and telling them that “retaliatory justice” is jungle justice.

He should have called out Miyetti Allah and told them, point blank, that both they and anyone else involved in the

killings on any side, will not go unpunished.

The group obviously thinks it can kill its way to statefunded grazing ranches for its cattle. With ten states already earmarked for this expensive indulgence, that time may not be too far away. But why?

In an extract from a court ruling on open grazing on April 17, 1969, sent to me recently, Justice Adewale Thompson of the High Court ruled in suit AB/26/66 at the Abeokuta division: “I do not accept the contention of defendants that a custom exists which imposes an obligation on the owner of farm to fence his farm whilst the owner of cattle allows his cattle to wander like pests and cause damage.

“Such custom, if it exists, is unreasonable and I hold it repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience and therefore unenforceable… in that it is highly unreasonable to impose the burden of fencing a farm on the farmer without the corresponding obligation on the cattle owner to fence in his cattle.

“Sequence to that, I ban open grazing for it is inimical to peace and tranquillity and cattle owners must fence or ranch their animals for peace to reign in these communities.”

No group or individual is above the law. If Miyetti Allah members or their cows were attacked, it is not for them to take the law into their own hands and to justify self-help so brazenly.

Instead of Buhari calling out Miyetti Allah, however, he was inviting self-pity, complaining that people were unfair to him by blaming him for not talking to Miyetti Allah, “because maybe they say I look like one of them.”

Whatever Buhari thinks people may say, he is perceived as patron saint of Miyetti Allah and was, in fact, their advocate in an earlier life. But that’s not

a problem nor is it a crime.

What is baffling, is why Buhari will not publicly condemn the group and take steps to prosecute those that publicly accepted responsibility for the revenge killings.

Not calling Miyetti Allah by name even once during that visit to Plateau was not a slight on Buhari, as he suggested. It was, instead, a slight on the memory of dead and an insult to the injury of the grieving.

It creates serious doubt about where the government’s sympathy really lies.

It was not different from former President Goodluck Jonathan excusing MEND from the October 1 bomb blast in Abuja, even when the group had taken responsibility for its murderous action. Or as Jonathan did later, blaming the opposition for the deadly attacks by Boko Haram and wondering aloud like a helpless, stranded child, if his government had not been infiltrated by the sponsors.

When dozens were killed in Benue in January, President Buhari seemed incredulous.

After a disturbing comparison of the number of the Taraba dead with those who died in Benue State, he advised residents to “try and accommodate their neigbhbours”, only for him to say a few weeks later that he suspected the killers in Benue may have drifted in from Libya.

Whether they are murderous neigbhours, strangers from Libya or members of the opposition as the Presidency now wants us to believe, the question is when would the government stop the killings?

In Taraba, Benue, Adamawa, Zamfara and now, Plateau, perpetrators of violent crimes are roaming free, while government is busy rehashing condolence messages and perhaps waiting for the triumph of the last cow before shuffling the security services.

This is unacceptable.

Until the government brings the perpetrators of these crimes to justice, whoever they are, the killings will not stop, and the impression that the government’s action is borne out of malicious impotence will continue to fester.

Buhari’s response to the Plateau killings is in marked contrast with the blow he dealt the National Assembly over the mess the lawmakers made of the 2018 budget.

If the intention was to ask the National Assembly to go to hell and still keep them looking forward to the trip, Buhari’s budget-signing speech did just that.

After listening to him mention specific allegations of “padding” and other malfeasance, I was eager to hear what the National Assembly would say.

So far, the National Assembly has not disappointed. The reasons given for playing games with the budget are the same reasons why they have a very bad reputation amongst Nigerians.

They didn’t need to tell us that the National Assembly is not the Executive’s rubber stamp.

Bala Na’Allah who spoke for them didn’t need to tell us that the National Assembly is doing “a difficult job.” For N13.5 million monthly allowance as “running cost”, most Nigerians would walk on their heads to get the job done.

The most laughable part of all was Na’Allah saying that they creamed off N14.5 billion from the budget “in order to create a balance between (sic) the six geo-political zones in the country.”

Whereas Buhari named specific projects – across the country – from where the National Assembly had creamed off money and cited priority projects the funds were meant for, Na’Allah (or anyone in the National Assembly) has, so far, not mentioned a single project adjusted for “geopolitical balancing.”

There’ll be no meaningful explanation and no price to pay till the cows come home.

The public is besieged on two fronts: On the one hand, there is Miyetti Allah, an outlaw group determined to purchase the right of way for their cattle at any bloody price; and on the other, there are lawmakers who will rob the public graveyard to line their pockets.

Both Miyetti Allah and the lawmakers are linked by one thing: a shared understanding that whatever they do is completely outside the reach of the Buhari’s promise of change.

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Editorial Commentary OUR POSITION

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Drug abuse and matters arising

ollowing a codeine-propelled high drug addiction problem, the Federal Government in a swift reaction, banned the production and importation of codeine containing cough syrup. The syrup usually taken by millions of youths who mix it with soft drinks, alcohol or illegal drugs, leads to physical and mental reliance on the drug and can be fatal.

It would be recalled that the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had on May 1, 2018 directed the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough syrup preparations.

The documentary which went viral showed some Nigerian youths who were addicted to codeine displaying symptoms of mental illness and confined to an ill equipped rehabilitation centre.

The development however elicited a wide range of reactions from the public as well as stakeholders in the health sector.

It is worthy of note that many individuals and groups had raised alarm over the rising incidence of drug abuse in Nigeria especially among the youths.

This problem is made worse by the chaotic drug distribution system in Nigeria

which has left distribution of drugs largely in the hands of merchants who are usually not trained to handle such.

The fact that the Federal Government waited for a foreign media outfit to broadcast a documentary on this problem before taking such an action leaves a lot to be desired.

The ability of this move to solve the drug abuse problem in Nigeria has been queried by many industry watchers bearing in mind that a more wholistic approach remains the best option.

Its worthy of note that codeine is not the only frequently abused drug as tramadol abuse is also rampant.

It is also noteworthy that codeine is not only used for preparation of cough syrups as such it might not be appropriate to have a complete ban on codeine bearing in mind that this drug is needed for other conditions.

This makes it imperative that a more effective approach is one that ensures that only qualified persons get to handle these drugs.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) which is the umbrella body of practising Pharmacists through her President, Pharmacist Ahmed Yakasai, has again drawn attention of the Federal Government to the continued delay in the implementation of the new national drug

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distribution guidelines which has been shifted on several occasions.

According to Yakassai, the new directive would be better implemented under the new drug distribution guildeline.

The implementation of the new drug distribution guildelines is expected to ensure that drug distribution is always done under the watchful eyes of Pharmacists and that the drug supply chain can be tracked from the manufacturer or importer to the final consumer.

The truth is that this ban is definitely going to decrease the amount of codeine containing cough syrups in circulation but does little neither to bring any sanity to the drug distribution system in Nigeria nor to curtail this public health threat posed by drug abuse.

It is gratifying to note that there has been increased advocacy on the dangers of drug abuse. We believe that there is the need for holistic approach to tackle the menace of drugs abuse while groups such as the Young Pharmacists group, Pharmaguide Nigeria and a host of non-governmental organisations have been quite instrumental in this direction.

We are of the opinion that relevant health authorities should wake up to the challenge by creating more awareness especially among youths on the long effects of codeine.

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Tribute

BRF @ 55: Greying gracefully, going on with gusto Hakeem Bello In November 2010, in a tribute to Stephen J. Solarz, a former nineterm New York congressman, Douglas Martin wrote that he was a “torrent of activity” supporting it with a statement issued by the late lawmaker’s office that “during his first six months in Congress, he made 12 speeches on the House floor, co-sponsored 370 bills, held 11 news conferences, made 24 trips to his district and attended 99 events there, visited 23 subway stations, sent constituents 513,720 pieces of mail and took an 18-day tour of the Middle East.”

In October 2015, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, was honoured amongst seven distinguished personalities with an award named for Stephen J Solarz by the International Crisis Group.

From his eight-year tenure as the governor of Lagos State to his two-yearplus as Nigeria’s minister of Power, Works and Housing, our own BRF has, as theglobal conflict-prevention organisation acknowledged in conferring the honour on him, been a “relentless fighter for the improvement of people’s lives….”

Barely a month after the global recognition of BRF’s “commitment to resolving social, economic and security challenges in one of the world’smost challenging urban environments”, President Muhammadu Buhari tapped him to join him in tackling the nation’s multifarious infrastructural challenges.

Ever since, the three-in-one ministry has witnessed a “torrent of activity”towards the making life more meaningful for Nigerians of all strata.

Has he lived up to the recognition of the ICG and the confidence reposed in him by President Buhari to deliver?

His 55th birthday on 28 June affords us the opportunity to not only answer that question but also look at The Essential BRF. For BRF, results rather than excuses should count towards measuring a leader’s gravitas. So, not for him any argument which suggests that , comparing anexecutive position with an appointive capacity within a complex federation such as Nigeria is like comparing apples with oranges.

Not even if you illustrate with the now-common fiasco over the national budget as an example of a barrier to effective delivery of much-expected services to the people.

Any unbiased but informed observer would, unhesitantly, proffer that, within those constraints, and with the unwavering support from his principal, the minister has demonstrated unflinching commitment to reducing Nigeria’s infrastructural deficit to the barest minimum, one project at a time, across Nigeria’s 36 states.

One thing you can’t take away

Fashola

from BRF is his penchant for, to use a favourite word of his, dimensioning any problem, no matter how seemingly gargantuan. He is the master of drilling down. His staff at the ministry will attest to how, from the day of his inauguration, he has been engaging everyone in marathon consultations, sometimes into the night, to be able to put every problem in proper perspective and then ensuring that the job gets done - without any short-cut.

A DEVELOPMENT MATRIX For him, nothing should be done superficially. Let’s take work on roads.

He starts with the premise that good roads will help reflate and grow the nation’s economy, reduce travel time, cost of transportation of goods and services, and create jobs which will provide the economic means for the worker to live meaningfully. To achieve this, in the short term, would mean starting with roads which can be quickly completed to facilitate connectivity. This should further be guided by choosing first the roads which connect states

together and bear the heaviest traffic such as the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and working the way across Nigeria gradually. By sticking religiously to, and developing this plan, enunciated with his team in the Ministry with necessary policy and budgetary support from the Cabinet led by the President and National Assembly, albeit, with all the “constituency complications,” Fashola has been delivering on his mandate.

On Power, Fashola believes that predictable supply achieved through incremental, stable, and, ultimately, uninterrupted supply of electricity, availability will be a critical and defining component of our economic renaissance, job creation, GDP growth and reduction of income inequalities.

This has formed the basis of the Federal Government’s Roadmap to Power with the accompanying policies and plans like the Power Sector Recovery Programme(PSRP) aimed at strengthening the responsibility of the Ministry as a regulator through the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), so that the

GenCos and DisCos can be held to their contracts with citizens; getting the support needed to complete stalled power projects in the generation, transmission and distribution value chains; and improving the liquidity in the sector.

Coming with a practical experience from Lagos, Fashola believes the construction of houses will complement the economic growth drive by direct and indirect jobs in the housing value chain from construction companies, to artisans, labourers, vendors and many more. The Federal Government’s housing project is currently going on in 34 States of the Federation which have provided the required suitable land for the programme, currently at its pilot stage and poised to address the issues of affordability, acceptability and climatic/cultural diversities which have been the bane of the previous housing programmes.

What used to be the standard question about how one man can cope with the leadership of three ministries comes less frequently in its monotony now because Fashola has continually demonstrated that tackling challenges is his second nature. Never mind that he has had to sleep less than the averagelyrequired hours and do unusual things for instance in 2017 during an inspection of projects in the North East, he led the team to drive on the road by the dreaded Sambisa Forest in the thick of the night -whilst greying graciously but achieving results. By the way, Hamza Idris of the Daily Trust, who was on the trip, had asked him what gave him the courage to travel at that time, he answered as only a BRF would: “Well, I don’t think it is courage. I have a job to do and it has to be done well. If you are building and managing roads, you can’t manage them from slides, you can’t manage them remotely. You must at least see how good or bad those roads are. It gives a sense, either of urgency, enthusiasm, or a combination of both, to be able to really deal with it. The Ministry of Defence is aware that we are here, but the security arrangement is just precautionary. We have seen ordinary Nigerians travelling in their buses. I have seen the Taraba Mass Transit Services, Adamawa Express, Bauchi Express and others. So, life is going on and we just have a job to do.”

There is no better way to end this birthday tribute to this quintessential man who is extremely loyal to his principal, political party and his principles, than quoting his answer to another question on that North East inspection trip: “I am never satisfied with anything I am involved in; I just keep going. It’s difficult to satisfy me, and if you ask me to assess myself, I would continue to push myself.”

•Mr Bello is Special Adviser, Communications to the Hon. Minister.

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How Ebonyi is diversifying economy with Abakaliki rice Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Before the creation of Ebonyi State on October 1, 1996 by late former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, rice had, and still remains the mainstay of the daily living and earning of its people.

For years now, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has been known as home of local rice production not only in Nigeria, but in West Africa sub-region.

Ebonyi State is one of the most agrarian of the states in Nigeria. Made up predominantly of farmers, with savanna and semi tropical vegetation, humid, sandy and marshy soil, the state is blessed with moisture land for growing of varieties of cash and food crops, such as rice, yam, cassava, cocoyam.

Among the agricultural potential, the production of the famous Abakaliki rice has made the state so popular and a beehive of commercial hub. No visitor comes to Abakaliki, the state capital, without testifying to the high quality of Abakaliki rice compared with other rice produced locally and internationally.

The Abakaliki rice is blessed with so many nutritional values, which are gotten from the salinity in the land of Abakaliki rice mill. It is even better and graded higher by those that experienced its nutritional values.

Apart from its nutritional value, the Abakaliki rice is naturally salted with good taste. The reputation of Abakaliki rice is derived from its superior taste. Rice production no doubt has created jobs from which a lot of people feed their families. There are a lot of jobs people do in Abakaliki Rice Mill Industry including technical/ professional and unprofessional/causal works, as well as others who sell their wares in the area.

The Abakliki Rice Mill as it is popularly called is adjudged to be the first indigenous company since the creation of the state. During the creation of the state, at least Abakaliki Rice Mill Industry was equally the only existing industry in the state.

The company started as Abakaliki Rice Mill in 1967 on No. 60-65 Gunning Road Abakaliki. The first milling engine procured for milling of Abakaliki rice was bought by one Mr. Anekwe Best man.

The relocation of the mill to its present site was done under one Hon. P. O. Nwike, who was then the Executive Chairman, Abakaliki Local Government Area in the then Anambra State. Signatories to the statement included the Chairman, Joseph Ununu; Administrative Secretary, Nwede Richard; Secretary, Usulo Emmanuel and Fidelis Igwe.

However, on November 15, 1977, the land used for the construction of the rice mill was leased by the Abakaliki Local Council to Rice Mill Abakaliki, for 99 years upon payment of valuable consideration.

In September1989, the Rice Mill Association Abakaliki was registered as a company with the incorporation name – Rice Mill Company Nig. Ltd with registration number RC.136,800.

But on January 1, 2000, customary right of occupancy with respect to the entire area of land measuring 1938.464 square metres occupied by the company was issued by the Government of Ebonyi State.

Inside the rice mill established in 1957 lies an expanse of land measuring 1938.464 square metres, various workers abound – machine

operators, dust carriers, bag stickers, off loaders, barrow pushers, on-loaders, accountants, water suppliers, security men and a host of others.

Chief Sunday Oketa, said he started the rice mill business at the age of 18.

As a child, Oketa recalled he joined the industry as a “dust carrier” and later trained for one year and six months as a machine operator.

“My father was alive then and he was one of the founders of the rice mill,” he said, adding that the entire family members were trained properly in farming.

“Early in 1971, we sold a bushel of rice at 10 Naira here and by then there was nothing like foreign rice. All Ebonyi people were farmers; we never knew any other handwork except farming. And when you come here, you see enough rice, food stuff such as cassava, yam and that’s why we name Ebonyi State, the Food Basket of the nation,” Oketa said.

He remembered that way back in the 1980s, people from as far as Lagos, Benin, Port Harcourt usually came to buy Abakaliki rice.

“In those days, 15 trailer load of the commodity, 50 to 60 Mercedes Benz 911 lorries, aside other small vehicles such as pick-up vans leave the mill every day,” Oketa said, adding that the importation of foreign rice into Nigeria “is killing business here.”

Indeed, many are familiar with the popular Abakaliki rice which is believed to have a higher nutritional value than the imported polished and parboiled rice, and possibly the best in the world as certified by American experts. The rice is parboiled locally and processed by the small scale milling machines.

A notable rice farmer and Commissioner for Information and state Orientation, Dr. Emmanuel Onwe, noted that more than 80 per cent of Abakaliki rice is grown organically because the soil in vast swathe of areas in the state is so fertile that the need for chemically-based fertiliser does not exist and it’s now government policy to prioritise agriculture in absolute terms, and ensuring that everything else yields way to this policy.

Onwe noted that the drive and target of the Governor Dave Umahi’s

administration was to produce and supply 10 per cent of the over six million metric tons of rice consumed in Nigeria annually.

“The administration borrowed N2 billion to invest in encouraging farmers, public and civil servants as well as the youth and women to undertake farming of a number of crops but especially rice very seriously. The injection of agro inputs and equipment such as seeds, herbicides, fertilizer, tractors, plus the necessary mechanical implements have enabled our citizens to put additional 20,000 hectares of land into rice cultivation this season,” he said.

The rice milling machines were situated in such a way that it formed a cluster and people from far and near bring their rice produce there for milling. Most times, the centre is also a market where people buy or sell rice.

Virtually in all communities and local council areas, milling machines are situated with commercial activities, especially for residents outside the capital city that may find it difficult to access the Abakaliki Rice Mill.

This large cluster of rice milling industry is owned and managed by private individuals and cooperative societies who have their milling machines, while government only collects royalties/levies from them.

Usually, people come from far and near to the mill to buy or sell rice on a daily basis.

People from the north including neighbouring states such as Enugu, Imo, Abia and Anambra states always come to buy rice in Abakaliki in very large quantities.The reason for the high patronage is not only that Abakaliki rice has been identified to have a unique taste when compared to foreign rice and other kinds of rice being patronized by people, it is cheap and affordable.

The price defers depending on the quality of the rice and specie. Currently, due to the ban on importation of foreign rice, the cost of a bushel of rice is sold for N10,000 and above, depending on the quality, as against N4,000 a year ago.

But the continued production of Abakaliki rice became endangered

in the past administration of former Governor Martin Elechi, due to the face-off between the Abakaliki Rice Mill Company and Ebonyi State Government on the planned relocation of the rice mill to the three rice clusters in each of the senatorial zones of the state.

While speaking with The Daily Times, chairman of Abakaliki Rice Mill, Mr. Joseph Ununu, noted that the policy of relocation of the rice mill and its attendant cases of threats and intimidation have brought untold hardship to them and the trauma precipitated the untimely death of 15 rice millers as a result of heart failure.

It was gathered that one of the patrons, Chief Chukwuka Okonkwo, slumped and died shortly after hearing the news of the relocation.

Mr. Elias Nwogu, 40, a father of six, said he has trained some of his children in both secondary and university from the proceeds of the rice business which he has been engaged in since the age of 15.

Okonkwo said he wanted to sell his milling engine, but nobody indicated interest to buy it and that was how the man died. The engine was estimated at N1.6 million, but nobody could buy it even at N300,000 and that broke his heart; because the rice mill is moving out and everybody is afraid,” he said.

Mr. Augustine Obasi, father of four kids is one of the workers at the rice mill and hails from Ezza North local Government Area of the state. Born in the mid-1970s, he said he joined the rice business in 1991 but lamented the government decision to move them.

For Mrs. Eucharia Ogwutor, she said since joining the business in 1989, she has been buying from the farmers to do the final processing.

“Ikwo Village is very far from here.

No buyer would like to carry his money and go to such a distant place to buy. If Governor Elechi relocates the rice mill from here, people should just forget about the Abakaliki rice,” she said.

However, respite came with the emergence of David Umahi as the governor of Ebonyi State. With the dwindling oil revenue, the present administration has re-emphasised the need to revert to agriculture which was

the mainstay of the Nigeria economy before the discovery of oil.

In line with his vision for agricultural revolution especially rice in the state, Umahi has procured 40 tractors for rice production. The Ebonyi State Government has earmarked 40,500 hectares of land for rice cultivation for next year’s farming season spread across the 13 council areas in the state.

Each of the LGAs has 2,500 hectares mapped for the rice production while IFAD has six thousand hectares and FADAMA, 2,000 hectares.

This feat if actualised would boost food security in the state. Already, all public servants have been directed to go into farming. Public primary and secondary schools and teachers have also been directed to have farms as basis for promotion.

Similarly, the state government after procuring 13 graders among other equipment to aid rice production, decided through the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to choose three pilot schools - Girls’ Technical College Agba in Ishielu Local Government Area, Government Technical College, Abakaliki and Ehugbo Technical College, Afikpo, for the implementation of its Schools’ Agricultural programme in the state.

The purpose of the programme is to reintroduce and establish the modern methods of agricultural practices and inspire students at the secondary school level on the need for them to be part of the agricultural revolution making wave in the state.

As this agricultural policies begin to gain prominence across the state, the government has also handed over 292 hectares of land to Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Abakaliki for use as demonstration farms to grow all kinds of crops including maize, rice, tomatoes, yams among others.

In a chat with The Daily Times, the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Barrister Uchenna Orji, stressed that the government was determined to boost rice production across the state, adding that professionalism, commercialisation and mechanised system of agriculture would be adopted as part of its work plan.

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FG faults report on Nigeria’s poverty rating Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has faulted a recent publication on the World Poverty Clock by World Data Lab in Vienna, Austria, indicating that Nigeria’s poverty rating was getting worse.

The Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Budget and Planning, Mr James Akpandem, stated this in a statement made available in Abuja on Thursday.

The ministry added that it has reviewed the report and would assure Nigerians that the report was not based on any recent surveys of the poverty levels in Nigeria and cannot be relied upon as a factual indication of recent trends in Nigeria.

The ministry also stated that the authors of the report claim that the Poverty Clock is an online analytical/

visualization tool that shows the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide and count(s) “excess” poverty - the gap between the actual number who have escaped poverty since end-December 2015 and the hypothetical number of who should have escaped in order for the world to be on-track to reach the global target of ending poverty by 2030.

According to Akpandem , the Poverty Clock does not, and in this case did not, directly rely on household survey data as national statistical offices in most countries do. Instead, as stated in their methodology, they rely on models to estimate poverty rates across countries using data provided by national governments to international agencies.

He said, “The models make assumptions on expected future changes in income, IMF medium-

term growth forecasts and longterm projections and analysis developed by the OECD, all of which are significantly influenced by uncertainty. It is, in essence, just a model based on a lot of assumptions which cannot substitute for field work involving actual data collected from households in a consistent and representative way.

“In the specific case of Nigeria, the Poverty Clock uses as baseline the General Household Survey 2012/13 which was not designed to measure poverty indicators accurately and follows a methodology that can be misleading if relied upon for poverty estimates.

“In line with extant laws, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) remains the statutory agency of government with responsibility for producing Nigeria’s official statistics, including poverty estimates. Like

several other countries, Nigeria’s poverty estimates are obtained from the National Living Standard Survey (NLSS) undertaken every five years, and which was last conducted in 2010.

“While several other household surveys are routinely conducted by the NBS, none are as comprehensive as the NLSS, which is the appropriate household survey to determine poverty estimates. The next round of the NLSS is currently being undertaken by NBS, in collaboration with the World Bank, and this will be concluded in 2019. There is currently no other comprehensive household study on current poverty trends in Nigeria.”

The statement further reads in part, “It is therefore pertinent to note that the World Poverty Clock is a modelbased estimation of poverty, relying on projections and assumptions that cannot substitute for actual

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World Bank boosts projects in Nigeria with $2.1bn funding The World Bank said on Thursday it had approved a total of $2.1 billion in concessionary loans to fund projects in Nigeria aimed at improving access to electricity and promoting governance.

The projects approved by the International Development Association (IDA), the bank’s lowinterest arm, are expected to support Nigeria’s economic growth plan.

Growth rates in Nigeria have bounced back since the third quarter of 2016, when a recession, its first in 25 years, bottomed out.

Growth returned largely due to higher oil prices, with the country relying on crude sales for much of its revenue.

However, growth slowed again in the first quarter of 2018, as the country’s non-oil sector struggled.

The government expects growth

to rise to a pre-recession level of 7 percent by 2020.

The World Bank said more than half of the loans would be used to fund power and climate change projects and boost fiscal transparency. It also approved a $7 million grant for nutrition.

Nigeria privatised most of its power sector in 2013 but retained control of its dilapidated monopoly transmission grid, often

blamed for hobbling growth.

The country intends to raise $2.8 billion of debt offshore to help part-finance its 2018 budget and plans to explore all options to lower costs, the debt office head told Reuters.

The debt office said it could tap capital markets or concessionary loans from the World Bank after the 2018 budget had been approved.

household survey approach which most countries adopt.

“This implies that it is not possible to conclude Nigerians poverty position until the NBS completes the NLSS, as no comprehensive field work has been done in Nigeria, and among Nigerian households, as is required according to standard international methodology.

“It is however important to point out that the Federal Government of Nigeria, in line with strategies outlined in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), remains committed to promoting sustainable economic development through various social investment schemes that will yield positive impacts on poverty and unemployment; and will consequently change the trajectory of poverty in the country.

“Apart from the Social Investment Programme (SIP) which has engaged a lot of youths in entrepreneural and skills training alongside the school feeding programme which has provided balanced meals for millions of school children, government believes that the fastest way to reduce the level of poverty and increase social inclusion is to create jobs.

In the ERGP this administration is committed to creating 15 million jobs in four years by 2020 by developing labour intensive sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, housing and construction.

“Government is also committed, and has been vigorously expanding public works in infrastructure, such as railways, roads and bridges, which is catalysing economic growth, as is evident from the turn-around in the GDP growth numbers.

“In order to support and encourage private sector investment, government has placed emphasis on Made-in-Nigeria products; and public procurement is focused on local content and labour-intensive production processes. Government is also enhancing the ease of doing business and tackling power challenges to attract private sector investment that will in turn create jobs and further reduce poverty levels across the country.

“The impact of these efforts, amongst others, will certainly translate to a reduction of the poverty levels in Nigeria. After emergence from recession in 2017, all major economic indices have turned positive in the last 12 months. We are therefore optimistic that any poverty survey carried out now will show that this Administration is succeeding in turning around the negative trajectory that the Nigerian economy had been on before we took over. And that this turnaround will succeed in lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.

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Sexual harassment, victimisation: NUPENG pickets Forte Oil Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday picketed the Forte Oil Filling Station at the Murtala Muhammed IAirport (MMA), Lagos over accusation of sexual harassment and victimisation of workers.

The union led by Comrade David Smart, the Lagos State Chairman of NUPENG, Petroleum Branch, accused the management of the filling station of anti-labour practices.

He also purported that the manager of the station (names withheld) assault female employees sexually at will and once such an employee refused his sexual advancement, she loses her job immediately.

Smart explained that interventions of the union on the issue had proved abortive in the past one year, a situation, which led to the picketing of the

filling station.

He added that apart from this, the management had in the past one year continues to sack members of the union in the filling station while their dues were no longer remitted to the appropriate quarters.

He declared that the filling station would remain picketed until all the issues identified were addressed by the management.

Smart also decried the poor remuneration of fuel attendants in the filling station and others nationwide across the country, stressing that despite the fact that the attendants go through health hazards; they are paid peanuts by their employers.

He said: “We decided to shut down the operations of Forte Oil because of workers’ intimidation and poor treatment by the management. They hire today and fire tomorrow. A lot of maladministration is going on at this filling station. The manager would employ someone especially ladies and the next thing is to attempt to sleep with such a lady irrespective of

your status and once you refuse him, that is the end if your job in this place.

“We have issued the management several letters intimating them of the anti-labour practices in their orgnisation, but they never responded to any of our letters. This is going to be an indefinite action that we have taken against this organisaion.

“Specifically, we are looking at the dues the workers are ready to pay, but the management is stopping them from doing so. As soon as they remit the dues to the appropriate quarters and correct the anomalies, we will leave them to continue their operations, but until then, this place remains locked.

“The pump attendants are treated poorly despite the fact that crude oil is the mainstay of our economy, I think the pump attendants are the major drivers, but they are paid peanuts and victimised. The workers wanted to join the unions, but the company is stopping them from joining us because they don’t want all their atrocities to the exposed to the public.

Market indices dropping further on Dangote cement loss Dangote Cement on Thursday topped the losers’ chart on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), forcing the market indices to drop for the fourth consecutive day.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stock lost N5 to close at N225 per share, followed by Okomu Oil Palm with N2.50 to close at N50 per share.

Guaranty Trust Bank lost 65k to close at N40.05, while Dangote Flour depreciated by 25k to close at N10 per share.

NAN also reports that FBN Holdings shed 15k to close at N10.70 per share.

Consequently, the All-Share Index dropped by 230.49 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 37,733.44, compared to 37,963.93 posted on Wednesday.

Also, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.752 trillion lost N84 billion or 0.61 per cent to close at N13.668 trillion.

Conversely, Lafarge Wapco led the gainers’ table for the day, improving

by N2 to close at N42 per share.

Unilever followed with a gain of N1.25 to close at N52.25, while Flour Mills appreciated by N1.15 to close at N32.20 per share.

Nestle gained N1.10 to close at N1, 501.10, while Nigerian Breweries appreciated by 60k to close at N111 per share.

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SGF lauds PAN resilience in automobile industry Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has commended Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN) for remaining resilient, active and still keeping to the standard of good model in automobile industry over the years.

This SGF gave the commendation on Wednesday when he received the newly reconstituted Board of Directors of PAN led by its chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Munir Ja’afaru on a courtesy visit and a

corporate presentation to him in his office in Abuja.

Mustapha extolled the company for its resolve and determination in producing good brand of vehicles and still keeping to its historical and traditional standard despite the past economic crises that forced other Assembly Plants in the country to go comatose.

He however, went down memory lane and bemoaned the present state of the textile industry in Kaduna, Kaduna State when it was the admiration of all.

“I feel sad about the state of the Kaduna Textile

Manufacturing; it used to have thousands of many workers in its employ”, the SGF said.

He expressed optimism that, with good policies, those glorious days will come back again for PAN for the purpose of employment.

He assured that government has now created an enabling environment for all forms investments to thrive in the country.

Speaking earlier, the new chairman of the PAN’s board, Munir Ja’faru said that they were in the Office to make corporate presentation to SGF on their operations and areas of concern.

NANTA tackles fraud with introduction of identity card The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, NANTA, has taken a bold step to sanitize the business of the downstream sector of the aviation industry with the launch of an identification card.

The card tagged: Nigeria Travel Practitioners Identification Card, NTPIC is to address the complaints of defrauding/swindling of unsuspecting customers of their hard-earned money by fraudulent travel agents.

At the launch of the NTPIC in Lagos, President, NANTA, Mr. Bankole Bernard said the business had been flooded by fraudulent individuals who were bent on undermining the professionalism of

serious minded consultants within the industry and threatening the existence of a business whose primary focus was to distribute inventories on behalf of the principals which were the airlines.

He said, “this appalling act has continued for several years, the travel business in Nigeria has become one for all and sundry with absolute disregard for professionalism”.

“In knowing the anomalies in the industry, the Executive Council of NANTA , the umbrella body responsible for all travel agencies in Nigeria, decided to think of a lasting solution to the industry that contributes billions of Naira to Nigeria’s economy. For instance, in 2017, a total of 504 billion

Naira was contributed”, he added.

The Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Muktar Usman said the matter became a concern for the NCAA as the regulator of the industry with the many complaints received on issues varying from fraud and cyber crimes, to agencies defrauding/swindling unsuspecting customers.

Captain Usman represented by the Director, Air Transport Regulation, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA retired group Captain Edem Oyo-Ita, said the need to curb the trend and know who is who in the travel business became necessary so as to trace these anomalies.

Amidst fears and concerns over the federal government’s delay in signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement which already had been signed by 44 out of the 55 African countries, the chief executive officer of Jumia Nigeria, Juliet Anammah has assured the FG that, among other benefits, the trade pact will encourage partnerships among eCommerce firms within the continent, and impact the country’s growing economy significantly.

The scope of the pact covered agreements on trade in goods, services, investment, and rules and procedures on dispute settlement, including a range of provisions to facilitate trade, reduce transaction costs, provide exceptions, flexibilities and safeguards for vulnerable groups and countries in challenging circumstances.

Annamah made the remark while fielding questions from journalists in Lagos on the implications of the Trade Agreement and the possibleimpact on eCommerce’s operations in Nigeria and Africa, wherein Jumia has established an unrivalled presence, and has earned the Alibaba or Amazon of Africa’s title.

According to her, a diligent review of the structural trade barriers, establishment of the right trade agreement, cross border and taxational cross border tariffs, will foster partnerships amongst eCommerce companies within and outside the continent.

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Grand Oak condemns adulteration of spirit, partners NAFDAC Stories: Ladesope Ladelokun Determined to checkmate what it describes as the adulteration spirit, the Managing Director of Grand Oak Limited, Aare Fatai Odesile, has expressed

worry over the spate of adulterartion of spirits, noting that Grand Oak is in partnership with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to prevent further damage to the company.

Odesile, in an interview with

newsmen recently, partly blamed the surge on the booming trade of recycle bottle business, adding that there was need to constantly communicate to the consumer the need to be on the alert.

“Based on that, we constantly have to

communicate to the consumer to alert him/her, this is the new feature, watch out for the original, go for the original Seaman’s Schnapps and all of that. So, it is a lot of issue confronting the distilleries in particular that may not be as much with other drinks, such as beer, because of the return bottle scheme,” he said Speaking on the challenges faced by the company and the strategy adopted to stay afloat, the MD said that his company had to cut down on wastage and inefficiency sometimes lead to eliminating some jobs and finding people that can handle multiple tasks.

Odesile says that today’s consumer is much smarter and is not swayed by imported mentality, but more by value proposition. So one of the challenges he is faced with is finding out what the consumer wants.

Final winners emerge in ‘My Indomie My Remix’ video contest L-R: Secretary, Lagos State Chapter, Nigeria Association of Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED), Comrade Uweke Kingsley; President, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Pharm Ahmed Yakasai; Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris; Country Director, PharmAccess Foundation, Njide Ndili; Registrar PCN, Elijah Mohammed; National Vice Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Pharm Samuel Adekola, during the Launch of Pharmacy Framework by PCN and Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria with the support of PharmaAccess Foundation in Lagos. Photo: Olatunji Wale

Customs releases container of suspected substandard LPG cylinders to SON The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) made good its existing partnership and collaboration with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) by releasing an impounded 40-feet container of suspected substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders to the latter for further necessary action in a brief ceremony witnessed by members of the press at the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A office of the NCS in Ikeja, Lagos.

In his remarks during the handing over ceremony, the Comptroller FOU Zone A, Mr. Uba Mohammed stated that it was not the first time NCS was releasing such suspicious containers to SON that fall under its purview for

further investigations.

This according to him is in line with government’s policy of inter-agency collaboration in the ease of doing business and protecting the interest of Nigerian consumers. He stated that the suspicious container violated customs procedure through false declaration and trying to shortchange the Federal Government, following which SON indicated interest in the contents.

Receiving the container on behalf of the Director General SON, Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Babatunde Alajogun thanked the NCS for its collaborative effort in releasing the suspicious container of LPG cylinders to SON, stating that the Agency’s interest was informed by the

goods classified as life danger products.

The 40 feet container of substandard LPG cylinders according to the Chief Prosecutor will be subjected to tests and analysis before a conclusion is arrived at as to the quality of the contents and the next line of action.

In his remarks during an interview with the press at the Amuwo-Odofin, Festac ware house facility of SON to receive the container, the Director Iinspectorate and Compliance, Engr. Bede Obayi revealed the importer of the seized container as CramoHill Nigeria Limited, stressing that initial surveillance and investigation has revealed that the address provided on the import documents were fictitious and non- existent.

Indomie Noodles brand has rewarded online sensation, David B-Online, from Lagos as winner of the N1 million grand prize from the final stage of “My Indomie My Remix” Video Contest that saw ace musicians: Sound Sultan and Vector the Viper as judges for the final round. The N1 million cheque was presented to him along 28 other winners who won cash prizes of N500, 000, N200,000 and N50,000 at Indomie Head office in Lagos State recently.

The promo, which started barely a month ago, only required consumers to create their own original and creative version of the My Indomie My Style theme song while cleverly infusing one or more packs of any of the Indomie flavours. They had to then upload on social media and get followers to like, comment and share the video link.

Speaking at the prize presentation, the Group Public Relations and Event Manager, Mr. Ashiwaju Temitope, said,“We are celebrating creativity and rewarding originality. As a brand we are constantly searching for creative ways of expression and more exciting ways to reach out to our consumers.”

Star Lager splashes N400m cash on football fans Consistent with its culture of rewarding and enablingthe passion of Nigerians, Nigerian Breweries Plc, producers of Star Lager Beer have announced the launch of the Star Lager Millionaires Promo. The Promo, which is designed to reward football fans, is expected to be the

company’s biggest with N400 million earmarked for fans between June 15 and August 15, 2018.

Speaking on what inspired the promo, the company’s Portfolio Manager National Premium, Mr. Olayinka Bakare, the brand has always been at the forefront of the campaign for unity since

the first bottle was produced more than 70 years ago.

His words: “Since 1949 when the first Star bottle was produced, the brand has always been about celebrating the unity of Nigeria, rewarding and enabling the passion of Nigerians, and supporting the team we love no matter

what. It is because of this common desire for success and love for the country that we have launched the Star Lager Millionaires Promo across the entire country.”

Among items to be won are free drinks, instant airtime and other items up for grabs.

Also, cash prizes of N1 million,

N2 million, N5 million and the mega dream cash of N10 million naira will be won.

It would be recalled that Star Millionaires Promo comes on the heels of the launch of special edition bottles, which were released in honour of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles.

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Honda unveils 6th generation city car Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo About 37 years after the City was first launched in 1981, and with many editions and a string of successes following over the past decades, an all-new, sixth generation of the highly success car, has been unveiled by Honda.

The new-look sedan builds on its predecessor’s exceptional safety, excellent dynamics, high fuel efficiency, cool design, comfortable spaces, advanced technology and practical equipment.

At a media launch in Lagos, the Lead Sales Marketing Department of Honda Automobile Western Africa Ltd., Remi Adams, said the new City flaunts low-gravity, wide stance and trendsetting styling with remarkable legroom in front and at the rear.

The new arrival, he explained, is totally upgraded to be a 4-door sedan with the best value to catch consumers attention and open new horizons for the urban sedan.

In line with the Honda philosophy of Man Maximum, Machine Minimum, the 2019 City retains the agility of the even as the Up-Class concept was adopted to create a super-sized interior approaching that of medium sedans.

Other features highlighted by the Adams include:

Exterior: The 1.5 litre 2019 City boasts of a completely restyled front fascia with the new honeycomb grille giving it a bold and aggressive look.

The external styling embraces a new design philosophy of low centre of gravity, wide stance for a sportier and more innovative look. Sleek lines on both sides of the body lend a unique look to the new Honda City.

A set of new LED day time running lights (DRL) adds luxury and class that immediately catches attention. In addition to the front exterior changes, the rear bumper now redesigned to give a premium feel. The rear taillights enhance the visibility and stance of the new City making its contour distinct from the crowd.

Other exterior features include chrome front grille, halogen headlights, power door mirrors and shark-fin antenna. The new exterior finishing enhances the new models sense of agility and streamlined aesthetics.

Interior: The all-new City delivers cleverly generated interior space that exceeds its class by further evolving Honda’s “man maximum machine minimum” concept, which aims at maximizing the space available for people and minimizing the space required for mechanical components.

While maintaining compact dimensions and

realising longer wheelbase, efficient use of space have been made for both driver and occupants to create a spacious interior cabin with widest front seat space and rear seat space beyond its class.

The artistry in the 2019 City creates thoughtful interiors, with a new interior colour of black; the 2019 City contains a grand cabin space, extensive legroom, rear a/c ducts and an ergonomically designed cockpit that will delight all users.

The new City measures 4455 mm in length (20mm more than the outgoing model), 1695 mm in width (same as outgoing model), 1485 mm in height (10 mm more than the outgoing model) and 2600 mm as the wheelbase (extended by an additional 50 mm over outgoing model).

Powertrain: Powered by an improved 1.5L 4 Cylinder SOHC i-VTEC petrol engine designed to offer the best balance of engine performance and fuel economy, the new-look sedan has as one of its strongest points an impressive fuel efficiency considered to be one of the best in its class. The engine delivers an outstanding fuel economy at a maximum power of 118 hp @ 6600 rpm followed by a maximum torque of 145 N-m @ 4600 rpm.

The engine is supported with the new generation Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) with a fuel consumption of 20KM per litre.

Germany sets Guinness world record with parade of 632 Land Rovers To celebrate Land Rovers 70th anniversary, 632 vehicles set a new Guinness World Record in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, for the largest parade of Land Rovers.

More than 1,500 customers and fans joined the record-breaking 7.4km parade, to beat the record of 516 Land Rovers set in Portugal in 2014.

The Bad Kissingen parade featured a wide range of models including many classic Defender models. They were accompanied by Land Rover Discovery, Discovery Sport and Freelander models and the complete Range Rover lineup: Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Evoque and Velar.

Commenting on the feat, Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover Germany, Jan-Kas van der Stelt, said: “It was a fantastic atmosphere on the day and a great pleasure for us to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our brand with more than 1,500 enthusiastic Land Rover fans, friends and families. We thank everyone who helped us to bring this together.

Guinness World Records sent an official adjudicator from its London headquarters, who observed and controlled the strict criteria with two independent referees. To set the record, all Land Rover vehicles had to be constantly in motion throughout the parade whilst there could be no more than a gap of two vehicle lengths between cars.

Kia, highest ranked mass market brand in initial quality study

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Dana group, foundation Rotary Club partner on blood donation Cross-section of Dana Group volunteer donors at the recently held blood donation camp in Dana House in partnership with Rotary Club and Sri Sai Vandana Foundation [SSVF] In a bid to save lives and to contribute greatly to the healthcare of Nigerians, Dana Group partnered with Rotary Club and Sri Sai Vandana Foundation (SSVF) on a blood donation camp aimed at bridging the ever-increasing gap between the demand and supply of blood in Nigeria. The blood shortage has reached an unprecedented low in the country owing to the dearth of voluntary blood donors and the misconception of blood donation akin to the stereotypes amongst the people. In line with its commitment to contribute to the community in a meaningful way, Dana group’s partnership with other organizations on the blood donation camp is aimed at saving lives and helping those who are in need by making a difference in the country.

In the recently conducted blood donation camp, a large pool of employee volunteered in the program to help contribute to the Rotary club’s call on corporate bodies to provide blood and meet up with the needs of the country’s population of over 180 million people. The blood donation drive

is to help ensure blood is never missing from hospital shelves and to reduce the surging rise of postpartum hemorrhaging which is the leading cause of maternal mortality, accounting for over 27 percent of all maternal deaths in Nigeria.

Despite medical and technological advances, blood cannot currently be made. The only way of getting hold of it is via blood donations from donors. A report from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) indicates that in most cases, the demand for blood far outweighs the supply. In Nigeria, about 500,000 units of blood are collected yearly out of the required 1.5 million units of blood.

Several studies have shown that this reluctance to donate blood is fueled by religious, spiritual and superstitious beliefs. Dana Group supports the blood donation initiative via an employee blood donor drive themed ‘Blood Donation Camp – Save a life, Give Blood’. The conglomerate’s actions were aimed at dispelling myths and encouraging other companies to follow suit to save the lives of many in need of blood.

The need for blood is constant, so is the need for donations. Every day, all the hospitals and clinics in the world need blood and blood components

to treat patients, since most surgical interventions and a great number of medical procedures require blood transfusions. Transfusions of blood and blood components have become an essential part of healthcare today.

Addressing the camp during the blood donation camp, Mr. Ramesh Hathiramani, Chairman, Dana Group said, “our partnership with the Rotary Club on the blood donation program is consequent upon our increasing efforts to positively impact the communities we’re in. We foster a framework for collaboration with both organizations and the government to recognize local initiatives for expanding the involvement in social contribution initiatives for the country. The gesture is rooted in the objective of Dana Group’s social responsibility to contribute to the development of society as an upright corporate citizen and staying true to the group’s unwavering commitment to saving lives.

We further acknowledge the Rotary Club, Lagos Blood Bank and the SSVF for their dedicated efforts towards the care and treatment of local communities, notably their work to ensure that blood reserves remain ample and lives continue to be saved.”

For the fourth consecutive year, Kia was recognised as the number one non-premium brand by J.D. Power in the 2018 Initial Quality Study (IQS), with a reported 72 problems per 100 vehicles. The good news was announced in the Nigerian market by Kia Motors Nigeria Limited.

Kia maintained its leadership position with segment-leading performances from the Sorento (midsize SUV) and Rio (small car), while Optima (midsize car), Sportage (small SUV) and Sedona (minivan) placed second and the Forte (compact car) placed third in their respective categories.

After winning IQS awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017, Soul was again the highest rated compact multi-purpose vehicle in the study.

Commenting, Michael Cole, Chief Operating Officer and EVP, Kia Motors America, said Ranking number one among all mass market brands for four consecutive years leaves no doubt as to the world-class quality and craftsmanship instilled in every car and SUV that Kia builds. With two segment winners and five additional models finishing in the top three of their respective categories, the evidence of Kias progression and focus on the ownership experience is overwhelming.

The 2018 U.S. IQS is based on responses from 75,712 purchasers and lessees of new 2018 model-year vehicles who were surveyed after 90 days of ownership.

Vehicles were evaluated on driving experience, engine and transmission performance and a broad range of quality issues reported by vehicle owners.

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FAO launches digital fight against Fall Armyworm pest The fight by sub-Saharan farmers against the Fall Armyworm pest, which has devastated crops and threatened food security for 300-million people, has gone digital.

The United Nations (UN) has reported that the new weapon which was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Pennsylvania State University, is a talking mobile phone app named Nuru which can identify the insect which is in fact a caterpillar.

“Many African farmers might have heard about Fall Armyworm but are seeing it for the first time,” FAO said in a statement. “Often they are unable to

recognise it or unsure of what they are facing.”

Thanks to the Nuru app, identifying a Fall Armyworm infestation is as simple as holding a mobile phone next to a sick plant.

Confirmation is immediate, FAO says, adding that the software works on a standard Android phone.

Soon, in addition to English, Nuru will be able to speak Swahili, French and Twi. New languages are also to be added and these will walk the farmers through the process of checking their crops and report back on infestation levels before giving them advice on how to fight the pest.

Another important feature of the app is

that it can work offline so farmers can use it whenever they want.

Fall Armyworm –­ Spodoptera frugiperda – is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

The insect first appeared in West Africa in 2016, then spread rapidly across all countries in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, infecting millions of hectares of maize.

The bug prefers maize, but can feed on more than 80 species of plants, including rice, sorghum, millet, sugarcane, vegetable crops and cotton.

Because of trade and the moth’s strong flying ability, it has the potential to spread further.

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Apple, Samsung end 7 years patent fight Apple iPhone and one of Samsung’s Galaxy S phones Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year-long patent dispute, bringing to an end the long-running battle over the design of their rival smartphones.

The terms were not disclosed.

But it comes weeks after a US jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $539m(£403m) in damages for copying features of the original iPhone.

The fight started in 2011, when Apple sued its South Korean competitor, seeking more than $2bn in damages.

The suit was the first of many that saw the two companies square off in courts around the world.

In 2012, a US jury awarded California-based Apple $1.05bn in damages for the copied features, which included design elements like the screen that displays icons in a grid.

Samsung appealed part of that award, taking its case all the way to the Supreme Court, arguing that damages should be limited since patent infringement involved only certain features.

In 2016, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court agreed, handing a victory to Samsung.

But the justices did not rule on the patents themselves, leaving that decision to a lower court.

That battle went to trial in May, ending in defeat for Samsung, which had argued that it owed only $28m. Instead the jury set the award at $539m - about $140m more than the figure it had appealed.

AfDB ranked 4th best company to work for in Africa Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The 2018 Careers in Africa Employer of Choice Survey has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) the fourth best company to work with in Africa.

Of 100 companies listed, the top four include the World Bank Group, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and the African Development Bank.

Over 20,000 African professionals answered questions about employee engagement and employment conditions.

Opportunities to learn new skills, quality of healthcare provisions, leadership and opportunities for advancement emerged as key indicators of great employers.

Alex Mugan, Managing Director of

the Global Career Company and coauthor of the survey with UK-based firm Willis Towers Watson said: “The importance of making a positive impact came through strongly in responses to the Study. This, together with the ongoing organisational transformation at the African Development Bank, explains the continued high esteem in which the Bank (as an employer) is viewed by many African professionals worldwide.”

Trust in senior leadership, especially leaders that listen, those who set a good ethical example, and who deliver the values of the business, emerged as the top three most important factors in choosing an employer in Africa. “Employees are interested in leaders that push a good mission. Brands whose leaders are very visible doing those things have tended to do well,” Mugan further indicated.

The ranking is further validation of the work of the Board and Management to accelerate critically needed institutional changes and efforts to attract the best and the brightest According to Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the Bank, “the ranking is further validation of the work of the Board and Management to accelerate critically needed institutional changes and efforts to attract the best and the brightest to help implement the Bank’s High-5 agenda to Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa, and Improve the quality of life of Africans.”

The Bank scored high in attracting top talents from across all Africa. It also retained its position in the top 5 of established corporate and multilateral organizations.

The report highlights a shift in the talent

landscape with an increased interest in investment finance from job seekers and a quest for digital savvy experts from employers.

Overall, the survey revealed that job security is considered one of the main reasons to remain in an organization.

In addition to attraction drivers for men, including skills development, the Report suggests that female professionals have a greater interest in healthcare opportunities, flexible working conditions, work-life balance, and ethics.

More than just a listing, the report seeks to shape the conversation around what makes a great employer in Africa, and through that positively change employee experience across the continent.

The 100-list includes banks, oil companies, FMCG brands and mobile phone operators.

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INEC earmarks 119,973 polling units for 2019 elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that Nigeria’s next general elections will be held in 119,973 polling units while results will be collated in 8,809 wards, across the country.

According to INEC the presidential election would hold on February 16, 2019, while governorship and state assembly Elections would be conducted on March 2, 2019.

President Muhammadu Buhari, 75, is standing for reelection and his All Progressives Congress (APC) may opt to return him unopposed.

His closest challengers are expected to be from the ranks of the leading opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Already, Nigeria’s former vice president , Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said he will run against Buhari.

Also a former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has equally expressed his interest in the presidency.

Parties such as African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) have emerged stronger in recent months and may field younger candidates.

With an estimated registered 80 million voters by February 2019 when the elections will start, INEC boss Prof.

Mahmood Yakubu said the commission has its work cut out for it.

“Elections are no longer seen as an event, but a processes which begin much earlier than the election day,” Yakubu said at a meeting with the organised private sector in Lagos recently.

“Numerous activities must begin well in advance leading to election day and beyond. Proper planning means that preparation for the next general election begins from the conclusion of the current election.”

“Realising this fact, the Commission began to prepare for the 2019 general elections with a review, formulation and validation of the Strategic Plan (SP), Strategic Programme of Action (SPA) and the Election Project Plan (EPP) covering the post-2015 five-year electoral cycle 2017-2021.”

He said this was done with the full participation of all stakeholders such as political parties, civil society organisations, the media and security agencies.

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Plateau massacre: SDP wants Buhari to sack service chiefs The Social Democratic Party, (SDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the service chiefs and save Nigerians from imminent genocide.

The party said the security chiefs look confused and have no new strategy to save the worsening state of insecurity in the country.

It also affirmed that for Buhari to watch the daily killing of Nigerians by armed Fulani herdsmen was inexcusable because he is the only chief security officer of the country.

The SDP national publicity secretary, Princess Goldba Tolofari made this declaration at a press briefing in Abuja.

The opposition party was reacting to the recent killings in Plateau State where scores of persons lost their lives and advised Buhari to think twice.

In her words, “President Muhammadu Buhari should think twice about what is happening to the country. And be able to save Nigeria from imminent genocide. He can change the Service chiefs to protect and save the lives of Nigerians. Life is important. Loyalty is not more important.

“Buhari is the Chief Security Officer of Nigeria.

And on this premise, the life and property of Nigerians should be his top priority. So we are worried. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is worried. We are weeping. And as a woman, I am weeping in my heart.”

Tolofari averred that the public image of Nigeria in the international community has come down very low over insecurity. She stated, “When you are travelling abroad in a plane, the first thing any foreigner tells you is ‘I am afraid to come to Nigeria because of insecurity.’

“And we can’t go on as a people like this. This has to stop. The Federal Government has to urgently do something about this waste of human blood. Every life of an individual citizen

of Nigeria matters and is very important. They are not animals, but human beings. The dead are people’s children, brothers, sisters, wives and husbands. As a woman, I am crying out loud.

“I want to commiserate with the people and government of Plateau State over the recent but unfortunate gruesome killing of their loved ones by the Fulani herdsmen. It is terrible that we are now living in our country with the fear of the unknown. The rate of insecurity in the country is worsening day by day. It has become an ugly incident of global discussion.

“Already we are crying over the poor

Buhari

management of our economy, yet, people are being killed every day. See the killings in Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Zamfara and many other states across the country. What a hell is going on in this great country? These killings must stop. Something must be done.”

The SDP, therefore, urged Nigerians to vote out APC come 2019 saying, “The ruling All Progressives Congress, has deceived Nigerians for over three years now.

“Vote out APC so that lives and property can be saved. We need to make Nigeria great again. Nobody should be allowed to put our head down as a country.”

PDP clears 11 aspirants for Osun guber guber poll The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) screening committee for the Osun State governorship election has cleared all the 11 aspirants contesting to be the party’s flag bearer in the September 22 governorship election in the state.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairman of the screening committee, Austin Opara, at the presentation of Screening Certificates to the aspirants at Wadata Plaza in Abuja, said all the aspirants were successful.

The aspirants are Senator Akanbi Abdulrasheed, Oyewumi Olalere, Nathaniel Oke, senator Ogunwale Felix and Alhaji Fatai Akinbade.

Others are Ezekiel Adeniji, Akin Ogunbiyi, Ayoade Adewepo, Rafiu Bello, Senator Nurudeen Adeleke and Adeolu Durotoye.

Opara commended the aspirants and urged them to work as a team for PDP’s success in the election.

The deputy national secretary of the party, Emmanuel Agboh, addressing the aspirants, advised them to engage meaningful discussion on possibility of having consensus candidate for the election.

Agboh, who said that there was no anointed candidate for the election, added that the party had given the aspirants the opportunity to take decision among themselves.

He said that in the event the aspirants were unable to reach a consensus, the party was committed to organising credible primaries that would produce PDP flag bearer for the election.

He stressed that the Prince Uche Scondus-led PDP would not compromise in the entire contest and process that would lead to election of the party’s flag bearer.

He said, “We urge all of you to engage in meaningful discussion and if you are unable to harmonise, the leadership of the party will not fail in organising a free and fair primary election, just as we did in Ekiti state.”

When we were going to Ekiti, maybe because we have a sitting governor people thought we will bend the rules, but we stood our grounds and organised the best primary election in recent time.

“To us at the PDP, the definition of leadership in its context was sincerity of purpose, candidates that play by the rules. We are not going to organise a primary for or against an individual, we are going to do it because that is the needful that we must do to win Osun State.

“This is a golden opportunity for you all, that instead of about 300, 000 members of PDP in Osun State to decide who becomes the party’s candidate,11 of you should go and decide who will carry the party’s flag at the election. We are sure that from the 11 of you here today one of you is the next governor of Osun State.”

Agboh also urged the aspirants to respect the party’s decision by accepting the outcome of the primaries and work as a team for the success of the party in Osun and 2019 general elections.

“By the time any of you emerges as party’s candidate, we expect that all the other tents be collapsed and everyone should accept the result in good faith.

“In other words, collapse all your individual campaign structure into the party structure. We are not only ready to win Osun State we are also ready to rescue Nigerians from the challenges this government has imposed on them.

“We want all of you to support the party to rescue Nigeria in February next year,” he said.

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Ekiti Guber: PDP reacts to Fayemi’s threat to ‘cage’ Fayose during election

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APC Convention: PDP urges INEC to declare Oshiomhole, others’ election illegal • PDP displaying ignorance on electoral rules, internal party election, says APC Stories: Patrick Okohue The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to annul the recent election of former Edo State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claiming that it was not held in compliance with the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.

But, the APC has however described the position of the PDP as pure ignorance on electoral rules, internal party elections.

According to the APC, “It is quite distressing to see that a party that held power for 16 years did not know that INEC has no role in internal elections of a political party. We also wonder which position the PDP contested for at our Convention which entitles them to take it upon themselves to challenge the process.”

The PDP speaking through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan during a courtesy visit by a delegation from his Kabba Bunu community in Kogi State, said, Oshiomhole who emerged unopposed alongside 21 other unchallenged prospective national officers, who were elected by affirmation vote at the national convention of the party held last weekend in Abuja, were not returned through the ballot.

PDP said INEC should declare Oshiomhole and the others’ election void on the ground that they were not returned through the ballot, stressing that the electoral umpire had declared similar action null and void when it elected its officers through voice vote in 2012.

According to Ologbondiyan, “We want to recall that in 2012, we had a convention which INEC declared a nullity because they said we did not follow the rules‎.”

He continued, “As we speak today, the coronation that the APC conducted at the Eagle Square did not fit into any of our electoral laws. And we, therefore, call on INEC to declare it null and void.

“All those who did not go through votes at the convention, all those who were elected by voice votes, INEC must declare their elections null and void, because they did not go through the

electoral laws.”

However, the APC in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said that it was not surprised by the position of the PDP because, “We imagine the utter shock and disappointment the dying opposition party must have felt to see that their prediction of collapse for our party ahead of the Convention did not come to pass. Unable to recover from the shock, they now indulge in ignorant whimper, calling on INEC to help them do what they are best at doing; annulling elections.

“It is quite distressing to see that a party that held power for 16 years did not know that INEC has no role in internal elections of a political party. We also wonder which position the PDP contested for at our Convention which entitles them to take it upon themselves to challenge the process. If the PDP now sees itself as an interested party in our internal elections, we would encourage them to send their petitions to the Convention Appeals Committee of our party. We however do not expect them to understand this process of internal democracy.

“It is clear to everyone that having been kicked out of power, the PDP still has no idea what to do three years after.

However, playing the busybody and so openly advertising their ignorance of basic electoral rules will make it even more difficult for Nigerians to grant them the forgiveness that they have begged for.

“What is PDP’s grouse? That INEC should not recognise the new APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as his emergence by affirmation is according to the PDP in violation of democratic requirements of direct voting by delegates.

“Our election guidelines provide that all party posts prescribed by the party constitution can be filled by democratically conducted elections or by consensus, provided that where a candidate has emerged by consensus for an elective position, a vote of “Yes” or “No” is called to ensure that it was not an imposition. This was clearly adhered to in many positions, including the National Chairmanship position which was unopposed.

“But we understand PDP’s problem.

They are terrified by Comrade Adams

Oshiomhole. They know that with him they will no longer have a breathing space. Hence the baseless allegations peddling and conspiracy theory which we are now accustomed to as part of PDP’s sorry attempt to play ‘opposition politics’.

“It is indeed ridiculous that a party whose convention was a bazaar where delegates were bought and sold with dollars could brazenly allege corruption against our party. They should go ahead and show which governors contributed the amount being alleged to the convention. We have dealt with the issue of membership contributions in an earlier statement.

We however ask this “new anticorruption crusaders” to start with the basic task of producing audited accounts. Till today, APC remains the only political party in the country to have done so. Nigerians know that PDP talking about corruption is like prostitutes preaching sexual morality.

They don’t take them seriously.

“We also find it quite amusing, the PDP’s ill informed attempt to politicise the recent poverty reports by a United States think-tank. Of course we do not expect the PDP to be aware that the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics releases report on poverty rates every year to help the work of policy planners and not to play politics.

“The only difference however is that such reports were never allowed seeing the lights of the day under the PDP administration. Yet, this is the same party under whose Nigeria was not able to achieve a single one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which they conveniently turned to another racket. For avoidance of doubts, we refer the PDP to a similar report by the Fitch International in 2016, which reported that a “constant decline” since 2011 culminating in Nigeria’s 60% poverty rating by 2015.

“The challenge of poverty is a global challenge and not a competition among countries or a race for the bottom. Our party acknowledges this challenge and will continue to work hard with both local and international partners to find solutions. What we will not do is to exploit the reality of poverty to create another ineffectual ‘palliative’ that will end up as another slush fund or ‘job for the boys’,” Abdulahi said.

Ahead of the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the people of the state to hold the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, “directly responsible should the state governor, Ayo Fayose be harmed on the election day.”

PDP made the call while reacting to Fayemi’s recent claim that Fayose will be caged on the day of the election.

In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party charged the people of the state to, “Take note of the threat

by Fayemi to practically cage Governor Fayose on election day.”

PDP said Fayemi’s threat was a, “Direct threat to his life and the peace of the state, particularly, considering the popularity of Governor Fayose and the PDP among the people.”

The statement reads, “Our investigations revealed that the statement by Fayemi that Governor Fayose will not be allowed to move around on election day is not a frivolous comment, but a product of a grand plot by agents of the APC and the Federal Government to set up the governor and open him up for harm.

“We are also privy to plots

by Dr. Fayemi and the APC who, having realised that they have no chance in the

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election, have now designed plots to cause crisis and engineer conspiracies to set up perceived political opponents, including traditional rulers, labour unions, religious leaders, interest groups and other stakeholders, with a view to intimidating the people and subverting their will at the polls.

“What Fayemi and his dysfunctional APC have failed to come to terms with is that there is no way they can intimidate the people of Ekiti State to submission. The people of Ekiti State have already made up their minds to go along with the PDP and no amount of harassment

by Fayemi can change this resolve.

“We, therefore, invite all to hold Fayemi responsible should there be any breakdown of law and order or should any harm befall Governor Fayose, any traditional ruler, religious leaders, members of labour unions or any other individual of groups in the state in the course of the election.

“Finally, we also caution INEC and its observers to note the already established resolve of the people of Ekiti State to be on the side of the PDP, disentangle itself from the vicious web of the APC and ensure only a free, fair and credible election, as the people will not in any way accept any result that do not reflect their wishes and aspirations, as expressed at the ballot.”

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) DR. KEHINDE OSENI BELLO. (2) DR.(MRS.) ABIDEMI OLUBUNMI BELLO. (3) MR. OLUMAYOWA AJETUNMOBI, (4) MR. OLUFIKAYO OGUNDAIRO. (5) DR. PETER ONIFADE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND SCIENCE IN THE PREVENTION OF DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2. TO BE A RESOURCE AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR THE SUBSTANCE AND DRUG ABUSING YOUTHS 3. TO PROMOTE DRUG FREE ,MENTAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN THE COMMUNITY 4. TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES 5. TO SERVE AS AN ADVOCACY GROUP ON THE PREVENTION OF DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN YOUTH 6. TO ORGANIZE TRAINING, WORKSHOP, CONCERTS ON ADVERSE EFFECT OF SUBSTANCE AND DRUG ABUSE IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, P.M.B. 198. GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

MR OLABODE SYLVESTER AFOLABI 2.

MR OLADIPO ANTHONY AFOLABI 3.

MR MARTIN OLAYINKA AJANA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC (NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY) ON DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. 2. TO CREATE AWARENESS ON HEALTH ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO THE PUBLIC (NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY) 3. TO FACILITATE PROVISIONS OF SUBSIDISED/FREE TREATMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES 4. TO PROVIDE EMPOWERMENT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND DISADVANTAGED GROUP IN THE SOCIETY. 5. TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD AID AND FAMINE RELIEF BY LIAISING WITH DONOR AGENCIES WORLD WIDE 6. TO CONDUCT SKILLS ACQUISITION AND LIFE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR THE YOUTHS IN SOCIETY. 7. TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT, FOR OTHER NGO PRACTITIONERS, TO ENSURE QUALITATIVE REALIZATION OF THEIR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 8. TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS, NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: YINKA AJANA, ESQ. (SOLICITOR)

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ATERE OLADAPO VICTOR 2. ADEKUNLE OLATUNDE ISAH 3. ODEDEYI ANTHONY OLUGBENGA 4. AJIMUDA AYO JOSHUA 5. OLOMOYOYO ADEDAYO RASAQ AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. IT SHALL SUPPORT AGED PEOPLE , BUILD AND FINANCE THE RUNNING OF OLD PEOPLES HOMES, SUPPORT MOTHERLESS AND ORPHANAGE HOMES AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OF ELDERS AND THE AGED 2. THE FOUNDATION SHALL ENGAGE IN YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SKILL ACQUISITION AND CAREER TALK ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

ARIKAWE EDUCATION FOUNDATION

GLORIOUS GOD’S FAVOURED ASSEMBLY INT’L.

DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE TRANSFORMATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

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

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1. AKINSULERE STEPHEN ARIKAWE - CHAIRMAN 2. ABISOLA JOANA ARIKAWE - TREASURER 3. ABRAHAM AKINTOLA ARIKAWE II, - SECRETARY 4. ADETORO WILLIAM ARIKAWE - MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ENGAGE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR TRAINING OF EDUCATIONS ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. BISHOP SILVA OBETO, -GENERAL OVERSEER , 2. PASTOR MRS ANGELA OBIANUJU OBETO. 3. DEACONESS ONOME EDOKA. 4. PASTOR PAUL OBETO. -SEC. AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: IFEANYICHUKWU PHILIP CHUKWUDI IFEANYICHUKWU ROSELINE OLUKEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE LOVE AND WELFARE OF MEMBERS 2. TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN WOMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS AND GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARRISTER A.I NWOBODO 08039354748

COLLINS DESTINY MOVERS FOUNDATION

TOTAL MAN FOUNDATION RESOURCE CENTRE

YOUNG CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH, IKATE, SURULERE, LAGOS.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. COLLINS UGOCHUKWU JUMBO 2. ONWUCHEKWA BRIDGET NGOZI 3. JUMBO KANSO GREAT. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES. 2. TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS. 3. TO PROMOTE SKILLS ACQUISITION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING. 4. TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

YIAGA AFRICA INITIATIVE CAC/IT/NO 38820 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 OLD TRUSTEES (1) PROF. JAMES NNAMDI ADUBA (2) SAMSON ITODO (3) CYNTHIA MBAMALU (4) DR. ABDU HUSSAINI (5) DR. CHRIS KWAJA NEW TRUSTEE EZENWA NWAGWU AIMS AND OBJECTIVE REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. MOSES OYEWALE ADEWOYE. 2. MRS. BEATRICE ADEWALE ADEWOYE. 3. DR. SAMUEL OLUMIDE AGBATO. 4. DR JOHN LASUN ARANSI. 5. MR. VICTOR TOLUWASE ADEWOYE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THE SOCIALLY DEFICIENT, UPCOMING, PROMISING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO ENHANCE THEIR STATUS IN LIFE. 2. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF VISION WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING SUCH VISION INTO REALITY. 3. TO EMPOWER PEOPLE SO AS TO BE USEFUL FOR THEMSELVES AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. 4. TO PROMOTE ERADICATION OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTH. 5. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO RELEVANT AGENCIES IN THE AREAS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PRISONERS’ REHABILITATION AND ERADICATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

NDI CHUKWU JI AGA DIAMOND CLUB OF NIGERIA

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

TRUSTEES: 1. OKOYE FRANCIS. O. - CHAIRMAN 2. CHRISTIAN C. ONYEUKWU - SECRETARY 3. MR. IKENNA UGWU 4. NNAMDI OLUCHUKWU OBIKUBE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG MEMBERS 2. PROMOTE THE GOODWILL OF ITS MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES 1. BRO.ADEFOLAHAN IBIYEMI 2. BRO. KOLAWOLE BABAFEMI ERINLE 3. BRO. TAIWO ADEWALE OTUNEYE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD AND PROPAGATE THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. 2. TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO UNDERSTAND VOLUNTARY WORK AND CHARITABLE PURSUITS 3. TO PROMOTE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: UYI WOGHIREN SOLICITOR

DEW LIFE ORGANIZATION

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

TRUSTEES 1. KESSY OHANAMEN MATTHEW - CHAIRMAN 2. KESSY PEACE - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO AID SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE BY EMPOWERING THEM FINANCIALLY IN ORDER TO LIFT PEOPLE ABOVE POVERTY LEVEL. 2. TO BRING LOWER INCOME GROUP AND MICRO ENTERPRISE INTO THE MAIN STREAM. 3. TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF IT’S MEMBER. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HERBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ORIGINALS OF CUSTOMARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY (C OF O) NO KAC/FCDA/LP&S/FCT 5036, ORIGINAL RECEIPT OF PAYMENT, ORIGINAL TDP OF THE PLOT AND ORIGINAL RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY LOCATED AT KUJE AREA COUNCIL, ABUJA WITH PLOT NO. 85A AA1 LAYOUT, BELONGING TO BALA B. HAMMAN WHICH WAS BOUGHT FROM PRINCEWILL CHARLES, GOT BURNT AND WAS DULLY REPORTED TO THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, YOLA. ALL EFFORTS MADE TO STOP THE FIRE PROVED ABORTIVE. ABUJA GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (AGIS), DIRECTOR OF LANDS FCDA, KUJE AREA COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTICE.

WAY FORWARD EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

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

IKECHUKWU IKYKE OKONJII - PRESIDENT 2.

CHARLES OKOH - SECRETARY 3.

ABDULLAHI MUHAMMED BABALELE 4.

DAHIRU ABUBAKAR 5.

GADZAMA IBRAHIM ALI 6.

OBUMA OBASI NWANKWO 7.

AMADEIN CHINYERE ALAERE 8.

HAWA AHAMED MUHAMMAD 9.

ALIYU MUSA USMAN 10. PAUL AKIN AKINDELE 11. HANNATU ABUBAKAR 12. NWAFOR NDUKA NDUBUISI 13. KING OMOBOLAJI 14. ISA MUHAMMED AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTHS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COUNTRY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

UWABO OSEMWOTA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ROMEN AVE MARIA OSEMWOTA -CHAIRPERSON 2. ISAAC EKE OSAKPOLO - SECRETARY 3. OSAGIE ANTHONY OSEMWOTA- TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY 2. TO PROMOTE THE EDO LANGUAGE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

GREATER TREASURES AND PEARLS MINISTRY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. MRS YETUNDE TOLULOPE BELLO - CHAIRPERSON. 2. MISS ADENIKE MONSURAT BELLO -SECRETARY. 3. SAHEED AJIBADE BELLO. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CHANNEL THE LIGHT OF GOD AND HIS WORD INTO PEOPLE’S LIVES. 2. TO BRING TO LIGHT GOD’S PROMISES AND SECRETS SO AS TO MEET GOD’S EXPECTATIONS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: FATI WATAFUA 07034509899.

JOSEPH AKINLAJA FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES: 1. AKINJIOLA IFEOLU-CHAIRMAN 2. AKINLAJA OLUSOLA JOSHUA 3. AKINLAJA ADEKUNLE BADEJO MICHEAL 4. AKINWANDE CHARLES MODIMU 5. AKINLAJA BADEJO BAYO 6. AKINYOSOYE OLUWAGBENRO 7. BENNETT TUNDE JOBI-SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ASSIST THE INDIGENT STUDENTS IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR VINCENT ODJE

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AMAKA NKWOCHA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MARIE NWAMAKA NWACHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MARIE AMAKA NKWOCHA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

KUDIRAT TEMITAYO I FORMERLY KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS RASAK KUDIRAT TEMITAYO. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS JOHNSON KUDIRAT TEMITAYO. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OYELUDE JAMES OLASUNKANMI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYELUDE JAMES ADELEYE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYELUDE JAMES OLASUNKANMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME I, KELOBO DIVINE, THAT MY NAME IS KELOBO DIVINE. IN MY BVN VERIFICATION MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS DIVINE NKECHINYERE KELOBO AND IN MY ACCESS BANK ACCOUNT MY NAME WAS ALSO WRONGLY WRITTEN AS ANTHONY DIVINE KELOBO INSTEAD OF KELOBO DIVINE. HENCEFORT I WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS KELOBO DIVINE. ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID, ACCESS BANK AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

WORLD PRAYER INTERCESSORY REVIVAL MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: (1) ASIOVU LUCKY (2) ASIOVU MERCY (3) AIFUOBHOKHAN GABRIEL AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SHANU ADEDAYO BENJAMIN ESQ. (08033355459)

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS OLUWADEBI AYOMIPOSI GRACE -CHAIRPERSON 2. MR OLUWADEBI JOSEPH OLAWALE 3. DR EKPO SUNDAY 4. DR (MRS) AYO-OLALUSI CAROLINE IRETI 5. MR ADETILOYE JOSHUA SESAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PURSUITS AND DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIALS 2. ENGAGE TEENAGE GIRL IN AFTER -SCHOOL AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS TO BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE IN PURSUING THEIR CAREER 3. PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO PROMISING BUT INDIGENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ACROSS NIGERIA IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS AT QUALITATIVE INSTITUTIONS ACROSS NIGERIA AND WORD 4. ORGANIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAININGS AND SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY TEENAGE GIRLS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY DANIEL ODUPE SOLICITOR TO SUCCESS WAYMARK FOUNDATION

HAAWKA FOUNDATION

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. MR OLUKAYODE RAMOS --- CHAIRMAN 2. MRS ZEINAB OLAREWAJU RAMOS --- SECRETARY 3. HAYAAT KAY-- RAMOS 4. AWWAL KAY-- RAMOS 5. KAMAL KAY-- RAMOS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO CATER FOR THE INTEREST OF THE NEEDY. 3. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE AND BUILD SOCIAL AMENITIES BY GIVING OF SCHOLARSHIP AND RENDERING FREE MEDICAL CARE AND BUILDING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: EZIWANNE A. OKAFOR, ESQ.

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

TRUSTEES: (1) SOLADEMI, OLADEMEJI ABDULMAJEED (2) SOLADEMI, AFOLAKE RISKOT. (3) ABDULGANIYU SOLADEMI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SPORTS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ABDULLATEEF ALANI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BASHIRU ABDULATEEF NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TADESHE ABDULLATEEF ALANI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHUKWU PETER CHIEMERIE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWU PETER EMERIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWU PETER CHIEMERIE ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

STEPHANIE EZEDEI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBIEGBU OBIOMA STEPHANIE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBIOMA STEPHANIE EZEDEI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

STEPHANIE AJIBOYE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS STEPHANIE ESSIEN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS STEPHANIE AJIBOYE ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KELECHI NWOKO FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. NWOKO KELECHI(CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER).

2. AMARACHI NWOKO, 3. IBEAWUCHI CHIOMA, 4. NWOKO ONYINYECHI(SECRETARY), 5. NWOKO ANASTASIA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ENGAGE IN MEASURES THAT WILL PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE MASSES AND GENERAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICES TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN OUR SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ISAAC OKORAFOR FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MR. ISAAC AGWUNSI OKORAFOR -CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. MARY EGU OKORAFOR 3. DR. JUSTIN OKORAFOR -SECRETARY 4. MR. PATRICK OKORE KALU 5. BARR. OBASI ORU NNANNA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ENGAGE IN MEASURES THAT WILL PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE MASSES AND GENERAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICES TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN OUR SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR OBASI O. NNANNA 08037240641

PNEUMASTREAMS MISSION

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. CHIDI OGBONNA OTAMIRI 2. VERA NKEIRUKA CHIDI-OTAMIRI (TRUSTEE/SECRETARY) 3. JASON ODIWONMA MICHAEL 4. SUNDAY SILAS CHUKWUDI 5. IGANI IVOMKPO PETER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. REACHING THE WHOLE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2. RAISING DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST EVERYWHERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. MOGBOJURI OLUWAKEMI

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9142 YOUTH PROGRAMME INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED UNION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC),ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. DR. EMMAN UDE AKPEH 2. DR. DAN AJAWARA 3. SAM UKO 4. NNAEMEKA CHUKWUEMEKA ODOGBOM 5. GRACE OKARO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ORGANIZE YOUTH PROGRAMMES AND INVITE PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER ROTARY DISTRICTS WITHIN NIGERIA AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA. 2. TO RECEIVE AND HOST YOUTH PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER ROTARY DISTRICTS BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION OR ANY OF ITS TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. IFEANYI ONWUANYI. 35 NEW MARKET ROAD, ONITSHA, ANAMBRA STATE.

Companies Registration 26 RECONCILIATION PROPHETIC AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRY INT’L THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES ARE 1.PROPHET ASUQUO DANIEL - CHAIRMAN 2.EVANGELIST CHRISTIANA A. DANIEL - VICE CHAIRMAN 3.EVANELIST CHRISTIANA A.DANIEL - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 2.TO WIN SOULS 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: CHAIRMAN

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

IMO IFEANYICHUKWU 2.

OJIAKU OBINNA HENRY 3.

UWAKWE ESTHER IJEOMA -

SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 2.

TO ASSIST ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED. 3.

TO FOSTER UNITY, PROGRESS, LOVE, SECURITY AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG MEMBERS. 4.

TO ASSIST CHARITABLE HOMES AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR -GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: UWAKWE ESTHER IJEOMA SECRETARY

INRI GOD WILL NOT PUT ME TO SHAME PRAYER OUTREACH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. PRIMATE AYODELE BABATUNDE ELIJAH (FOUNDER/PRESIDENT).

2. BARR AINA BOLANLE OYINLOLA. (SECRETARY) THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO ORGANIZE PRAYER WARRIORS/MEETING AMONG THE MEMBERS. 2.TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

EDU-TALENT CARE INITIATIVE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS BY THIS PUBLICATION NOTIFIED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION WISH TO REGISTER IT WITH THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1. ADELEYE OLALEKAN OWOLABI - CHAIRMAN. 2. DERU OREOLUWA ADEDOYIN - SECRETARY. 3. ADELEYE OMOWUNMI FUNKE - MEMBER 4. AKINSANYA DAMILARE - MEMBER AIM: TO ADDRESS POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA BY APPLYING TECHNICAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. OBJECTIVES: TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES INCLUDING LENDING A HELPING HAND TO THE LESS-PRIVILEGED STUDENTS ALREADY IN SCHOOL BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GREAT INDIVIDUALS AND WITH EMERGING COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. WE WILL DO THIS BY:PROMOTING AND ADVOCATING THE BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN EDUCATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYIROSI STREET, MAITAMA , GERKI , ABUJA WITHIN 21 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

SOLUTION FAVOUR OF GOD MINISTRY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 PROPHETESS AMAH AUGUSTINA UJUNWA 2. MR JEFF DICKSON CHIBUEZE 3 MR. DURU CHINEDU 4 MR. ASONZEANYA CHUKWUMA FRANCIS 5 MRS. NWAKUCHE NGOZI GEORGINA 6 MRS. NWABUEZE JOY UCHENNA 7 MR. OKONKWO VICTOR KAINECHUK AIMS & OBJECTIVES ARE 1. TO WIN SOUL FOR CHRIST 2. TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM BONDAGE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198 GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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NOTICE /WARNING TO ALL TRESSPASSERS

CHRIST THE LAMB INTERNATIONAL CHURCH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFY AS FOLLOWS : 1. THAT LARGE EXPANSE OF LAND LOCATED AT EKWETU-OPKE GBENE(OFIA UBUBA) ALONG AKARI ROAD (DESIGNATED AT THE RIGHT SIDE) OF THE ROAD GOING AMOFA-AGU COMMUNITY AND ALMOST OPPOSITE ONU OKPOGHU SHRINE. 2. THAT THE SAID LAND SHARES BOUNDARY WITH OGOR AFFA COMMUNITY FROM THE BACK SIDE. 3. THAT THE SAID LAND BELONG TO UMUEZEOZUTE ROYAL FAMILY OF UMUEZEONYIA EHE VILLAGE OF AMOFIA-IMEZI COMMUNITY. 4. THAT THE FAMILY WARNS THAT ANY GROUP OF PERSON WHO DEALS WITH A THIRD PARTY IN RESPECT OF THE ABOVE LAND DOES SO AT HIS OWN RISK AND PERIL.

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAME CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE ADDITION OF TRUSTEES AND TO FILE HER AMENDED CONSTITUTION IN ARTICLE 4 TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FOUR TRUSTEES TO THE EXISTING FIVE,THEREBY MAKING IT NINE TRUSTEES, UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20 LAW OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004.

FOR INQUIRY,PLEASE CONTACT THE BELOW: 1. NWEKE IGWE (FAMILY HEAD) 2. PHARM. AMBROSE EZEOBA (CHAIRMAN OF FAMILY) 3. 3.MR CORNELIUS IGWE (SECRETARY TO FAMILY.

THE REASON FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEES IS AS A RESULT OF THE DEMISE OF SENIOR EVANGELIST BIOBELE GALADIMA AND DEATH OF THE FORMER CHURCH SECRETARY IN THE PERSON OF RAPHAEL MAKAGNI AND THE NEED TO AVOID CHANGING OR ADDING TRUSTEES WITHIN A VERY TIME UPON DEATH OR BY REASON OF A MEMBER LEAVING THE CHURCH.

SIGN: PHARM. AMBROSE 08037788345

UNITED PROGRESSIVE CHANGE AMBASSADORS FORUM

OLD TRUSTEES ARE 1.BISHOP DEBORAH ALABRABA CHAIRMAN 2.SENIOR EVANGELIST AISHA GALADIMA 3.SENIOR EVANGELIST BIOBELE GALADIMA 4.EVANGELIST BELEMA BRIGGS 5.SENIOR EVANGELIST TAMUNONIMITIEN BRIGGS NEW TRUSTEES ARE 1.ERO SARAH EGHOSASERE 2.DIEPIRI BOMA GORDON 4.PETERS BANIMI 4.ABUBAKAR IDRIS ASMAU TUTU

ANY OBJECTION ON THIS ADDITION OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA DISTRICT, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

SUPREME WORSHIP CENTER

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. AKPUH IKECHI - PRESIDENT 2. KPALUKUNDA ALEX CHINWEIKE - SECRATARY. 3. BRIGGS IBISO EREKOSIMA .

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1 . TO PROMOTE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; (1) PASTOR MOSES AKIKA IBIH (2) MR. SIMEON PRAYER IKIROMA. AIMS/OBJECTIVE (1) TO PREACH THE UNDILUTED WORD OF GOD TO ALL NATIONS.

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

VINEYARD OF GLORY BELIEVERS ASSEM-

VINEYARD OF GLORY BELIEVERS ASSEMBLY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

OBIAKOR SOLOMON 2.

AKAH EPHRAIM EZIUCHE 3.

OSAI PASCAL CHUMA 4.

ANENE REGINA NKIRUKA 5.

OGBUGO GEORGINIA

-

-

CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 2.

TO BRING MEN TO THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST. 3.

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

AKWA VICTORIOUS SISTERS ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OBOT ANTHONIA JAMES - PRESIDENT 2.BASSEY EUNICE ATIM -VICE PRESIDENT 3.BASSEY CHARLES JACKSON - SECRETARY 4. AKAN ELIZABETH -TREASURER THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.TO FOSTER PEACE AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 2.TO PROMOTE WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE SOCIETY. 3.TO CARRY ALL MEMBERS ALONG AS A FAMILY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

THY BROTHER’S KEEPER FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. VICTOR AKINLOLU OGUNWUMIJU - PRESIDENT 2. MOLLY FEYISOLA OLUWA-WUMIJU - VICE PRESIDENT 3. FOLASADE YASMIN OGUNWUMIJU - SECRETARY 4. YAHAYA JOHN GIMBA 5. OLALEKAN MAYOWA OGUNWUMIJU 6.FOLAKEMI OMOLOLA OGUNWUMIJU AIMS. 1. CATERING FOR THE NEEDS OF ORPHANS, WIDOWS, DESTITUTE, AGED PERSONS, PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THE LESS PRIVILEGED, UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND OTHER CATEGORIES OF PERSONS IN NEED. 2. PROVISION OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AMENITIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ALL KINDS OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAIMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : PASTOR MOSES AKIKA IBIH

CORRECTION OF NAME

THAT ON MY NATIONAL ID CARD, MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS KAREEM BILIKISU OLUWABUNMI INSTEAD OF ABDULKAREEM BILIKIS OREOLUWA. THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS ABDULKAREEM BILIKIS OREOLUWA. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OTUNNUYI OLUWOLE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTUNUYI OLUWOLE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTUNNUYI OLUWOLE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

JOSEPH AMEN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSEPH PEACE PEACE OKOKON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSEPH AMEN OKOKON. THAT ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM MY PARENTS,WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE TRUE,MY DATE OF BIRTH WAS 04/12/1993. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MARIA OLAJUMOKE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJIBOWU MARIA OLAJUMOKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SEGUN-BASHORUN MARIA OLAJUMOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EGEDE WELFARE UNION LAGOS BRANCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMEDHAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1.UBOSI EJIKE AUGUSTINE 2.EZEH ONUKWUBE CLETUS SAMSON 3.NZUTE THOMAS ARINZE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1.TO CATER FOR THE MEMBERS IN THE LAGOS STATE BRANCH 2.TO PROMOTE ,LOVE, UNITY AND HARMONIOUS BETWEEN MEMBERS AND TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR IMPROVING MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA DISTRICT, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

REVELATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD MISSION

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

TRUSTEES. ARE: 1. EKWUNWA CHINEDU JOHN 2. NWAOKOLO ALEXANDER DIKE 3. ANAGO IJEOMA .F. 4. EDWARD JAMES CHIEDOZIE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST. 2. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS 3. TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD 4. TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST IN ALL NATION

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : EKWUNWA CHINEDU JOHN

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OLOFINLADE MORIAM

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYENI MORIAM AJOKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOFINLADE MORIAM AJOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OTULANA LATIFAT

FORMERLY BABALOLA ISHAT ABIODUN NOW OTULANA LATIFAT IBIDAPO. BORN ON THE 16 JUNE 1981. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

OKOLI PIUS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKOLI UGOCHINYERE NWAMAKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKOLI PIUS UGOCHINYERE NWAMAKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZE GODSWILL

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE GODSWILL .N., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE GODSWILL NDUKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZE ROSEMARY

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONWE BLESSING NGBORIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE ROSEMARY NNENWOGO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

TAATA CHINONSO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAATA OKONKWOEDEH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAATA CHINONSO OKONKWOEDEH. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 14TH FEB. 1983. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADEBAYO ADEGBOLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOTOYOSI ADEBAYO ADEGBOLA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAYO ADEGBOLA OLUWATOYOSI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OKAFOR ADEAFOR

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT? OKAFOR QUEEN REGINA ?

IS THE SAME PERSON AS? OKAFOR ADEAFOR REGINA.ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THESE NAMES REMAIN VALID AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS ONE PERSON. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OBIDIASO HOPE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWOYE CHUKWUBE BENJAMIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OBIDIASO HOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ENEMUO ARINZE

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY SPELT, WRITTEN AND STATED AS ENEMUO ARINZE ZAKARI INSTEAD OF ENEMUO ARINZE ZACHARY. HENCEFORTH I WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ENEMUO ARINZE ZACHARY. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 17/4/1975 AND NOT 17/4/1982. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.

ADEWOLE BUKOLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HASSAN BUKOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEWOLE BUKOLA IBUKUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

HASSAN ZAYID

FORMERLY ZAYID AYONFE ADETOKUNBO HASSAN NOW HASSAN ZAYID ADEBUKUNOLA AYOFE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

EGBERONGBE GANIYAT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJAYI GANIYAT ABISOLA NOW KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGBERONGBE GANIYAT ABISOLA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

EMEDOLIBE CHIOMA

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

MENSAH FEMI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AWILO FEMI MENSAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MENSAH FEMI AWILO ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZE COSMAS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE EROCHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE COSMAS ELOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONYIBOR MARY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYIBOR MARYEDITH NWANNEKA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYIBOR MARY EDITH JUDITH . ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANUNOBI FLORENCE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NWAUZOR FLORENCE OYIBO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANUNOBI FLORENCE OYIBO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MGBOLE AMAUCHECHI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKUBUIKE AMAUCHECHI QUEEN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MGBOLE AMAUCHECHI QUEEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OJEKUNLE OLUWATOYIN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYIWOLA OLUWATOYIN OMOBOLANLE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJEKUNLE OLUWATOYIN OMOBOLANLE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLUWAYOMI OLAWALE

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OLUWAYOMI OLAWALE GABRIEL AYOBAMIKE INSTEAD OF OLUWAYOMI OLAWALE GABRIEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADESEYE MABEL

FORMERLY ADEKOYA ADEBUKOLA OMOWUNMI NOW TO BE ADDRESSED AS ADESEYE MABEL MOREL MORENIKEJI . FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

BAYO YEMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RAPHEAL OLAYEMI IBIWOYE. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BAYO YEMI RAPHEAL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OSOGWU KENECHUKWU

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

EDE EBERE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANI MARY EBERECHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDE EBERE ANNA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZEUDE CHIDIOGO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEUDE CHIDIOGO BACKLEY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEUDE CHIDIOGO NZOPUTACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FASASI KUDIRAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ASHADE K. AMOKE , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FASASI KUDIRAT AMOKE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EHIZOJIE EDITH

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ESANBOR EDITH AKHERE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. EHIZOJIE EDITH AKHERE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BILIKIS OLALADE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS (A.) AZEEZ OLOLADE AYINKE (B.) OLOLADE BILIKIS AZEEZ (C)AZEEZ OLOLADE BALIQIS (D) OLOLADE BALIKIS AZEEZ (E) AZEEZ BILIKIS AYINKE OLOLADE , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BILIKIS OLALADE AZEEZ. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 16/01/1997 AND NOT 16/01/1996. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ENEMUO NNEOMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EZEIGWE NNEOMA MUNACHISO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ENEMUO NNEOMA MUNACHISO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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RASAKI TAJUDEEN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAJU RASAKI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RASAKI TAJUDEEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADENIKE TOIDATU

FORMERLY ONADELE TOYIDATU ABENI NOW TO BE ADDRESSED AS ORIRE ADENIKE TOIDATU. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

EDOH ADEKUNBI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOHNSON ADEKUNBI CHARITY. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDOH ADEKUNBI CHARITY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

NDUBUISI ADAEZE

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NDUBUISI DORIS, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD ADAEZE TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NDUBUISI ADAEZE DORIS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTES.

NWALI AUGUSTINE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWALI AUSTINE .M., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWALI AUGUSTINE MONDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AGBASI EMMANUEL

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGBASU EMMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGBASI EMMANUEL OLISEMEZIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FOLORUNSHO EMMANUEL

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FOLORUNSHO ABDULLAHI OLANIYI ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FOLORUNSHO EMMANUEL NIYI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KADURU VALENTINE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KADURU VALENTINE ONWUZURUIKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KADURU VALENTINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ODEYEMI ABISOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEJUMO OLUWABUNMI ABIDEMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODEYEMI ABISOLA OLUWABUNMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OBIOMA AMAOGE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS CHUKWU, AMAOGE SUCCESS NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OBIOMA AMAOGE SUCCESS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ILIYAS NAHEEMAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULLAHI NAHEEMAT TEMITOPE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ILIYAS NAHEEMAT TEMITOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SALAHUDEEN KAFAYAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RASAK KAFAYAT ADEJOKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALAHUDEEN KAFAYAT ADEJOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLAIDE SAHEED

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSEDIKU SAHEED SUNDAY. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAIDE SAHEED SUNDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHIDIEBERE NDIOKWELU

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE NAME CHIDIEBERE NDIOKWELU WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS MY BANK VERIFICATION NAME DURING THE CREATION OF MY BANK VERIFICATION NUMBER (BVN). MY FULL AND CORRECT NAMES ARE CHIMERE ELOCHUKWU NDIOKWELU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UGBO EJIKE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBUEBOR CHINWEOLU VERA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGBO EJIKE VERA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UGWUEZE CELINE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AGBO CELINE CHINASA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS UGWUEZE CELINE CHINASA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OBINNA OKOLO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MADOJEMU EVBOTA EBAHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OBINNA OKOLO EBAHI ELIZABETH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BASHORUN BOSE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SHOGBA BOSE ENIOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS BASHORUN BOSE ENIOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OWOLABI OLAJUMOKE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAJUMOKE FELICIA EDUNFUNKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OWOLABI OLAJUMOKE FELICIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

CHIDINMA FAITH

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIDINMA FAITH EKEKWE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIDINMA FAITH NNOLI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

KAZEEM OLUWAFUNMILAYO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAZEEM OLUWAFUNMILAYO OLUWASEYI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAZEEM OLUWAFUNMILAYO MARIAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

COOKEL OKE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ERHERIENE OKEE, OKE COOKE ERHERIENE AND OKE COOKEL ERHERIENE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS COOKEL OKE GEORGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUWATOSIN OLUFUNK

FORMERLY MALIK OLUWATOSIN OLUFUNKE NOW ALLEN-JAIYE OLUWATOSIN OLUFUNKE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

AMAECHI LUK

WE ENTIRE FAMILY OF AGWU AMAECHI LUKE FROM UMUANIKE ISIAGU AMECHI UWANI ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVT. AREA OF ENUGU STATE, WISHES TO CHANGE THEIR SURNAME FROM AGWU TO AMAECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTES.

ODOH JAMES

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLINYA IKENNA JUNIOR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODOH JAMES IKENNA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ALI YINKA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS UGURU BRIGDET BENEDICTTA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWORIE BRIDGET UGURU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

STEPHEN CHUKWUMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEYCHUKWU STEPHEN CHUKWUMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKECHUKWU STEPHEN CHUKWU. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 10/02/1987. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AYIDEJI MATHIAS

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYIDEJI SUNDAY MATHIAS ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYIDEJI MATHIAS SENAYON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BABATUNDE ABIOLA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BABATUNDE ABIOLA OLAMILEKAN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ... BABATUNDE ABIOLA LUKMAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OYENEYE OLABISI

MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN ON SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS AS OYENEYE OLABISI MERCY INSTEAD OF OYENEYE RAFATA OLABISI. THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS OYENEYE RAFATA OLABISI. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIMA CHRISTOPHER NKEMEAKONA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIMA SOLOMON CHRISTOPHER OGBOGU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

UMEONYIDO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOFIA CHINECHEREM SOFIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UMEONYIDO SOVIAN CHINECHEREM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ISANG MARY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TYGERLILLY MARY FRIDAY. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ISANG MARY FRIDAY. ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. BANKS, NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ENIOLA MATTHEW

SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAMES APPEAR AS,ENIOLA MATTHEW ANUOLUWAPO,ENIOLA MATTHEW,ENIOLA MATTHEW ANU/I AM ONE AND SAME PERSON,I WISH TO BE KNOWN ,CALLED AND ADDRESS AS / ENIOLA MATTHEW ANUOLUWAPO ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

YUSUFF KUBURAT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OGUNDIMU ALABA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS YUSUFF KUBURAT ADIJAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

AKODU RASHIDAT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AFOLABI RASHIDAT TEMITOPE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKODU RASHIDAT TEMITOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ORISA EMMANUEL

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT MR AGOMOH EMMANUEL EMEKA IHEAKACHI IS THE SAME PERSON AS MR ORISA EMMANUEL IHEAKACHI. HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MR ORISA EMMANUEL IHEAKACHI .

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

TETE CHIMA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIMA EZE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TETE CHIMA CALVIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADEBAJO BETTY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJETAIWO BETTY MARY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAJO BETTY MARY ALL DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. BANKS, NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AGIDIGBI EKUNDAYO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ODUSANYA EKUNDAYO YUSUF NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AGIDIGBI EKUNDAYO . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BELLO FATIMA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO FATMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO FATIMA ARIKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED TAKE NOTE.

AYINDE ISMAIL

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SADU ISMAIL ADEBAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYINDE ISMAIL ADEBAYO. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

VISION YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

SUKURA ADIZA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIMI DAMILOLA DORCAS, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUKURA ADIZA IBRAHIM. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 23/04/1983 AND NOT 23/04/1981.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OHNSON CHIJIOKE

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN ON AS JOHNSON CHIMEZIE MONDAY INSTEAD OF JOHNSON CHIJIOKE BRIGHT. THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS JOHNSON CHIJIOKE BRIGHT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

AWOYELU ADIJAT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FOLASHADE OLAMILEKAN TOFUNMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AWOYELU ADIJAT MOSUNMOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JIBI MODUPEOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FASHINA MODUPEOLA ENIOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JIBI MODUPEOLA ENIOLA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IQU0 PIUS

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IQUO PETER UDOM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IQU0 PIUS LINUS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SHONIYI GBENGA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SONIYI GBENGA MUHYIDEEN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHONIYI GBENGA MUIZ,DATE OF BIRTH 6/6/1985. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED TAKE NOTE

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DAUDA MUSIBAU

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FEMI OLAYEMI DAUDA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DAUDA MUSIBAU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ORJI CONFIDENCE

8. FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORJI CONFIDENCE UGOCHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORJI CONFIDENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

YINDAMOLA OLAIYA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYINDAMOLA OLAIYA BUKOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYINDAMOLA OLAIYA JOSEPH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

IDON PHILIPS

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDON PHILIPS GIFT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDON PHILIPS EFOSA .

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

GBADAMOSI AYODEJI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GBADAMOSI AYODEJI OWOLABI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GBADAMOSI AYODEJI DAUD. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

KEHINDE TEMIDAYO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLATUBOSUN TEMIDAYO OSIWAMEBEBE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS KEHINDE TEMIDAYO OSIWAMEBEBE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MEN OF DE JURIES CLUB

AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH ON ENTREPRENEUR SKILL, 2. TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTH HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE. 3. TO REACH OUT TO THE LESS PRIVILEGE

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DURU KINGSLEY - SECRETARY 2. EKEZIE UGOCHUKWU - CHAIRMAN 3. ASHAGWARA NDUBUISI - VICE CHAIRMAN 4. GODSLOVE METU - FINANCIAL SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP THE YOUNG YOUTH TO ACHIEVE THEIR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 2. TO HELP THE ORPHANAGE HOMES AND MOTHERLESS HOMES. 3.TO ASSIST ONE ANOTHER IN ADVICE AND FINANCIAL TERMS.

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; (1) SOKARI GOODBOY SOKARI. (2) MIYIN WARMANN. (3) GREEN DADDY JOHN.

THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF NGWA PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA APPOINTMENT OF NEW TRUSTEES THE FOLLOWING ARE APPOINTED AS NEW TRUSTEES OF THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF NGWA PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR ISRAEL OBIA 2. MR EMMANUEL AZUBUIRE 3. MR CHIDI NKORO ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THESE NEW 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: CHIEF ELDER L.C. NWAUBA. SOLICITOR TO NGWA PROFESSIONALS & NATIONAL LEGAL ADVISER 21, WOROKWU STREET, D/LINE, PORT HARCOURT.

EBONYI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BENIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF HER CONSTITUTION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1,OKORODIKE SUNDAY IFEANYICHUKWU 2,OMABE JOSHUA OKEREKE 3,OGBONNAYA UPROGRESS 4,UBEH JIMNWOBODO JOSEPH 5,MKPUMA FRIDAY AMOS 6,CHUKWU MMADUABUCHI THOMAS 7,CHUKWU CHRISTOPHER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1,TO WORK FOR THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,PLOT 420,TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUYI IRONSI CRESCENT,MAITAMA,ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED PRESIDENT.

ADESEYE ADEBUKOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AROWOLO ADEBUKOLA OMOWUNMI , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESEYE ADEBUKOLA OMOWUNMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

EDEM EYO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDEM BASSEY ATE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDEM EYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADETOYINBO ROTIMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKHATOR DOROTHY EGHONGHON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKHUN DOROTHY EGHONFORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADETOYINBO ROTIMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHITTU KABIR OLAWALE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OGBEMUDIA JOY

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBEMUDIA JOY JIMOH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBEMUDIA JOY OSADION .

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

ABDUL-RAHEEM

I SHIFAU ABDUL-RAHEEM,THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON AS OLANREWAJU RASAKI. THAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS SHIFAU ABDUL-RAHEEM.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OLAYOKUN SAHEED

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYOKE SAMUEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYOKUN SAHEED ABIOLA,ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AFOLAMI IFEOLUWA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OWOLABI IFEOLUWA TOSIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AFOLAMI IFEOLUWA TOSIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

IDOWU ADERONKE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AJALA ANIFAT ADERONKE ABOLORE NOW TO BE REFERRED TO AS MRS. IDOWU ADERONKE ANIFAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS STILL REMAIN THE SAME, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE

AJIJOLA WAHAB

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHEU WAHAB AJIJOLA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJIJOLA WAHAB AYINLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ORISA ANGEL

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IHEMADU ANGELA UGWOCHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ORISA ANGELA UGWOCHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

SOLANKE TAWA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOSUID TAWA YETUNDE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOLANKE TAWA YETUNDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

NGANWUCHU LINDA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NGAH LINDA NGOZI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NGANWUCHU LINDA NGOZI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

OLORUNLOGA MOSES

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEFOGUNLO MOSES GBENGA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLORUNLOGA MOSES GBENGA AND MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 14/02/1980 . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ROBERT-BUKI

THE NAME ROBERT-BUKI OMOSHALEWA AND ADELEYE OMOSHALEWA BUKOLA IS ONE AND THESAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ROBERT-BUKI OMOSHALEWA BUKOLA.FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VELD. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ALABI ALIMOT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEYINKA ALIMOT OMOBOLANLE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALABI ALIMOT OMOBOLANLE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL BANK AND DIAMOND BANK NOTE.

AKINSIKU OLUWATOYIN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADEKANMBI OLUWATOYIN ABIOLA NOW MRS. AKINSIKU OLUWATOYIN ABIOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS STILL REMAIN THE SAME,MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SANCTUARY OF MERCY EVANGELICAL BIBLE MISSION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DURU KINGSLEY - SECRETARY 2. EKEZIE UGOCHUKWU - CHAIRMAN 3. ASHAGWARA NDUBUISI - VICE CHAIRMAN 4. GODSLOVE METU - FINANCIAL SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP THE YOUNG YOUTH TO ACHIEVE THEIR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 2. TO HELP THE ORPHANAGE HOMES AND MOTHERLESS HOMES. 3.TO ASSIST ONE ANOTHER IN ADVICE AND FINANCIAL TERMS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: EKEZIE UGOCHUKWU - CHAIRMAN

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Foreign Affairs British court convicts ‘Voodoo’ nurse Josephine Iyamu of sex trafficking A British nurse has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to “voodoo” rituals.

Josephine Iyamu forced the women to swear oaths to hand over money to her during “juju” ceremonies.

Iyamu, 51, formerly of Bermondsey, was convicted of five counts of arranging or facilitating travel for sexual exploitation at Birmingham Crown Court.

Jurors also found her guilty of perverting the course of justice.

The rituals saw the women forced to eat chicken hearts, drink blood containing worms, and have powder rubbed into cuts, the court heard.

The case is the first in England and Wales in which a British citizen has been prosecuted for sexual trafficking offences committed outside the UK. Her husband, 60-year-old Efe AliImaghodor, was acquitted of doing acts intending to pervert the course of justice.

Psychological control Iyamu declared a modest income of around £14,500 in 2016/17 from her work as an NHS agency nurse, the court heard.

But after her arrest last year

investigators found she was able to afford to spend thousands on air travel and a large home in Benin City, Nigeria.

Prosecutor Simon Davis said by performing rituals Iyamu gained psychological control over the women.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Iyamu had “enlisted the help of a voodoo priest” to put the women through a “juju” ceremony which was “designed to exert control” over them.

The victims and their families were threatened with serious harm if they broke their oath to Iyamu, according to the NCA. The court heard Iyamu was “willing to put the women at risk of serious injury and or death as they made their journey from Nigeria to Europe”.

They were too afraid to challenge her or fail to pay her back tens of thousands of Euros she charged them to be trafficked into Germany, the court was told.

Opening the case, Mr Davis said: “The debts incurred by the women were enforced through fear.

“Each of the women were put through what is known to some as a voodoo ceremony.”

Iyamu, who was born in Liberia, will be sentenced on Wednesday.

Josephine Iyamu

Scores die in Kenyan market fire At least 15 people have been killed in a fire at a market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

More than 70 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the middle of the night destroying many properties.

Gikomba is one of the largest

open-air markets in the city and fires there are frequent, leading to speculation about possible arson attacks, The Standard newspaper says.

However, the cause of the current fire is not yet known.

The St John Ambulance service

said the fire broke out at 02:30 local time (23:30 GMT on Wednesday) and spread to apartments and market stalls before being contained after about 90 minutes.

Some of the victims were burned while others inhaled poisonous fumes as they tried to salvage their

property.

Hospital officials said there were four children among the dead.

The injured have been rushed to different hospitals across the city.

Source: BBC

UK ‘knew US mistreated rendition detainees’ The UK tolerated “inexcusable” treatment of US detainees after the 9/11 attacks, MPs have found.

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said it was “beyond doubt” the UK knew how the US handled some detainees.

The ISC found no “smoking gun” indicating a policy of deliberately overlooking such cases.

The chair of the parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, Ken Clarke, called for an independent inquiry into the UK’s role, “to get to the truth”.

According to the ISC report, the UK continued to supply intelligence to allies in 232 cases where British officials knew or suspected mistreatment.

Prime Minister Theresa May said British personnel had been working in “a new and challenging operating environment” which some were “not prepared” for.

She added “it took too long to recognise that guidance and training for staff was inadequate”, and said British intelligence and the Army were “much better placed to meet that challenge”.

BBC The ISC rejected claims by intelligence agencies that the cases detailed were no more than “isolated incidents”.

The report added: “That the US, and others, were mistreating detainees is beyond doubt, as is the fact that the agencies and defence intelligence were aware of this at an early point.”

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Gernot Rohr wants Mikel Obi to continue as Super Eagles skipper

Mikel Obi: I won’t retire now Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi has revealed that he is not thinking of quitting international football after over a decade in the national team.

The 31-year-old Tianjin TEDA midfielder won his 85th cap in during Nigeria 2-1 defeat to Argentina on Tuesday, at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in their last Group D encounter at the FIFA 2018 in Russia.

Mikel who made his senior his debut for the most African side that have qualified for World Cup in August 2005 against Libya

and he missed 2010 World Cup in South Africa but he made his debut in the Mundial at Brazil 2014.

Former Chelsea man maintained that he is looking forward to feature in next four years tournaments in Qatar.

“I am really proud of the boys, of everybody, of the coaches, for what we have achieved. Thanks for all the Nigerians back home and the ones who came out to support us,” Mikel said after the Argentina game.

“I hope I can still be around. It’s a fantastic

team, I have enjoyed my time with the national team all of my years. I have never been in a team like this before.

“Amazing guys, funny, always nice to be around.

The coach as well, we’ve all had a good time since the coach came in, the team have worked.

“We have a group who listen and want to improve, which is very important for Nigerian football. Nations Cup, we will see, I want to take every year as it comes and see what happens.”

Coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr has made a passionate appeal to team captain John Mikel Obi not to end his international career just yet but to help the team reach the next AFCON in 2019 which is now the target after the elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “This group (of players) is very disciplined. We never have any problems and I have our captain to thank for that. He has made it easy for me to coach this team and I hope he stays on with us into the AFCON,”

the German told a press conference on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Russia moments after the Super Eagles were eliminated from the World Cup. Rohr also said with the team’s ouster, the next target will be the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers which resumes in September.

He said: “We have the AFCON to start preparing for and I hope that we’ll do very well in this competition.

Nigeria must not only qualify, we must also do very well in Cameroon.”

Nigeria have missed the last two editions of AFCON having failed to qualify since winning the 2013 edition in South Africa.

The Super Eagles will face Seychelles on September 7 before playing Libya at home on October 10. The return leg is three days later on the 13th. The last game for the year will be away to South Africa on November 6th before the qualifiers go on recess till march 2019.

Nigeria are currently third in Group E after a Matchday 1 2-0 home loss to South Africa.

World Cup: Odion Ighalo reacts to death threat on family Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has reacted to the alleged death threat issued to his family in Lagos on social media due to his failure to score goals from clear-cut opportunities against Argentina, saying it was not deliberate.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ighalo, who replaced Kelechi

Ihanacho in the second half of the match between Nigeria and Argentina in the ongoing World Cup in Russia, failed to convert a pass from Ahmed Musa had incurred the anger of fans.

NAN reports that most Nigerian fans strongly believed that if Ighalo had scored the goal, it would

have seen the Super Eagles through to the Round of 16 of the World Cup. Speaking through his Social Media timeline, Ighalo, who was involved in Nigeria’s qualification for the World Cup, said that he regretted not scoring the crucial goal.

“It is a great experience to play at the World Cup and I enjoyed every moment of it, but sometimes things don’t work the way you want.

“But life has to go on, I am grateful to God I did not sustain any injury,’’ he said.

He added; that all those, who want to kill him” should remember, he is someone else’s child.

NAN reports that after the match which generated a lot of ill-comments from fans, the Changchun Yatai F.C. of China’s striker, apologised to Nigerians and assumed personal responsibility for the blunder.

Egypt FA: Ramadan affected World Cup The Egypt Football Association (EFA) president Hany Abo Rida says that fasting ahead of the World Cup affected the Pharaoh’s campaign in Russia.

The squad chose to fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that ended the day before Egypt’s opening game.

Egypt lost all of its group games to Uruguay, hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.

“It affected us badly, I talked with them before world cup but they refused (to break their fasting),” Abo Rida said.

“We ended Ramadan one day before Uruguay but the fasting affected them.”

Abo Rida added: “I can assure, many

Arabian countries made their players break their fasting.”

He says the EFA has begun its search for a new coach to replace Hector Cuper, who left his role as coach after the failure in Russia.

However he insisted that they have not tried recruit Morocco’s French coach Herve Renard.

“I know he (Renard) is under contract with Morocco, so we will not talk about him, but if he ended his contract or become free sure I would start negotiations with him to lead Pharaohs.” he said.

Egypt are yet to win a game at its three appearances at the World Cup and now switch their attention to qualifying for

the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The seven-time African champions, who were runners-up in 2017, began their 2019 campaign with a 1-0 loss to Tunisia.

The Pharaohs next Nations Cup qualifier is against visiting Niger in September.

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