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APC presidential campaign asks Atiku to disqualify self over allegations against Buhari Wants ex-VP, PDP to apologise to PMB’s family over claim of ownership of Etisalat, Keystone Bank

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the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has called on the presidential candidate of the PDP to withdraw from the February election.

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Air Peace Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah, joined by the Assistant Customer Relations Manager, Mrs. Patricia Ebilah (right); Business Development Manager, Tracy Osakwe (2nd right); Corporate Communications Executive, Mr. Temitope Kayode (3rd right); Customer Service Executive, Mr. John Omafu (3rd left); Head of Corporate Communications, Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Mrs. Eniola Ade-Solanke (2nd left) and the Group Executive Director of Bi-Courtney, Mr. Rodger Whittle (left) to cut the tape to flag off the airline’s flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos ...on Wednesday

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APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, who made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the investors’ position “is another indication of the fastcollapsing campaign of the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the PDP.” According to Keyamo, the result of the fact-check which was published in some news outlets, clearly shows the depth of desperation, deceit and debauchery to which the Atiku campaign has sunk.

He said that instead of making a mockery of a serious campaign with such infantile lies, Abubakar should admit it is all over for him and the PDP, throw in the towel and endorse the candidacy of President Buhari.

“We would be sad to see that happen because democracy desires a healthy contest, a serious challenger and a competent opposition.

“But as it is, with nothing more to campaign about, it is the only way for him and

his party to save face and still retain some modicum of honour before the Nigerian people for future engagements - that is if they survive this massive rejection by the Nigerian people as a result of their bare-faced lies,” Keyamo said.

The presidential campaign spokesman said: “They have no moral compass, no scruples, no direction in their present attempt to smear just everyone in sight in order to run a campaign of ‘we-are-allcorrupt.’

“Rather than respect the feelings of Nigerians by offering clear-cut responses to straight-forward allegations of tax-evasion, grand corruption in and out of office, impending sealed indictment waiting for him in the US, Atiku Abubakar has decided to drag the world down with him as he goes down in a blaze of infamy.

“He (Atiku Abubakar) has decided to go wild with wild, unsubstantiated allegations against the President and Vice President, throwing caution to the wind in the process. We

alerted the public about this impending avalanche of fake news a few days ago.

“This is the classic hallmark of a sinking campaign boat, clutching at straws, as Nigerians have woken up to the realisation that these are deceitful people who have nothing to offer. That is how its Vice-Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi was reeling out false statistics with a straight face throughout the Vice-Presidential debate.

“Till today, he has not apologised to Nigerians for taking them for a ride. It is a real shame.”

The Buhari Campaign Council, therefore, called on Atiku Abubakar and the PDP to apologise to Nigerians and especially the family of the President for adopting this unwholesome tactics and telling tales by moonlight that have clearly backfired.

The senior advocate said that the public space “is now full of jokes” about President Buhari buying the whole of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, the National Stadium and even the Presidential Villa.

Video of Police personnel protesting deployment to N’East fake news, says FPRO Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Nigeria Police said on Wednesday that there was no protest whatsoever by any of the 2000 police personnel deployed to North East to complement the military in the fight against Boko Haram.

It said that the video of Police personnel purported to be protesting or fleeing from the front line and training ground was doctored to mislead the public and caused disaffection.

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Officer, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood, stated this in a statement on Wednesday.

He said that “Police personnel have all successfully passed out from training and have been deployed more than a week ago to the front line along with the Military.”

“Police attention was drawn to a video on social media platform doctored to create an erroneous impression that “about 2000 MOPOL undergoing training for Boko Haram dropped their weapons in protest,” he added.

Jimoh said the video was

mischievously doctored and circulated to mislead the public.

“There was no protest by any of the 2000 MOPOL undergoing Special Forces training in the North East. The personnel have successfully passed out from training and have been deployed to the front line along with the Military in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa and are doing well in the operations”.

The statement urged “the public to discountenance the video as untrue, mischievous and a fake news.”

Daily Times loses staff The Management and entire staff of The Daily Times of Nigeria Ltd (a subsidiary of the Folio Communications Plc) regret to announce the passing of their staff, colleague and friend, Mr. John Obigwe, 53, on the 23rd day of November, 2018.

Until his death, Mr. Obigwe was the Property Manager of the company at the operational headquarters, AgidingbiIkeja, Lagos. He first served as the Special Assistant to the Chairman (Special Duties) at Folio Communications Plc. Upon successful bid and acquisition of The Daily Times

by Folio Communications in 2004, Mr. Obigwe was seconded to The Daily Times where he assumed duties as the

Property Manager, a position he held until his death.

A good team player and social mixer, Mr. Obigwe is fondly remembered for his personal interventions to relatives, friends and even strangers. He is fondly called “Johnny B. Good”.

The remains of Mr. Obigwe shall be interred in his family premises, Umuatolu, Umueri in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State on the 3rd day of January, 2019. This will be preceded by a Requiem service at the Immanuel Anglican Church, Umueri same day.

Mr. John Obigwe is survived by his family, relatives, friends and well-wishers.

May His Soul Rest in Peace. Late Mr. John Obigwe

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L-R: APC Lagos Governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo - Olu; Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Grace, Most Reverend Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins and PDP Governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje at the World day of Peace New year day Mass.held at Holy Cross Cathredal, Lagos Island on Tuesday in Lagos... on Tuesday.

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R-L: Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode; APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Lagos State APC Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun during a visit by the governor to commemorate the New Year to Tinubu... on Wednesday.

L-R: Provost of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, Very Rev. Adebola Ojofeitimi; Deputy Registrar, Barr. Olusegun B. Ajayi; Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Rt. Revd. Dr. Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire and Legal Secretary, Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, Mrs. Folasade Adetiba, during the Christmas Service, at the Church’s premises Marina, Lagos…on Tuesday.

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L-R: Secretary of Conference, His Eminence Dr. Michael Akinwale; Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), His Eminence Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka K. Uche and Bishop of Trinity Council, Rt. Rev. Omotayo O. Babalola, during the Church’s New year Service, at the Church’s premises, in Lagos…on Tuesday.

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Forex, T-bills, other turnover hit N165.1trn in 11 months Motolani Oseni, Lagos

As trading activities in the Fixed Income and Currency (FIC) market ended in 2018, not less than a whopping N165.15 trillion has been traded in Foreign exchange (FX), Treasury bills (T.bills), FGN Bonds, among other transactions, between January to November 2018, latest figure obtained from FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange revealed.

This is even as Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Access Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) accounted for 73.313 trillion overall turnovers trading on the FMDQ platform during the same period of 2018.

The report stated that total turnover for the January to November 2018 period amounted to N165.15 trillion with trading activities in Treasury bills contributing the largest to overall turnover, accounting for N65.7 trillion of the market.

Foreign Exchange market transactions (Spot FX and FX Derivatives) accounted for N40.13 trillion while Repurchase Agreements (Repos)/Buy-Backs product categories (Repos/Buybacks) accounted for N26.8 trillion.

Foreign exchange derivatives accounted for N20.5 trillion between January and November 2018. A total of N11.07 trillion and N105.5 billion FGN Bonds and Agency, Sub-national, Corporate & Supranational Bonds were traded between January and November 2018 respectively.

The report explained that “FMDQ continues to avail its credible and efficient platform as well as tailor its Listings, Quotations and Noting services to suit the needs of issuers.

“With the growing interest of corporate entities in the commercial paper (CP) market to finance their short-term funding needs, the OTC

Emefiele Exchange has, following the due diligence of the responsible Board Committee, approved the successful registration of the Mixta Real Estate Plc N15.00 billion CP Programme and the Eterna Plc N10.00 billion CP Programme.

“These are in addition to the approval for formal admission and quotation of the FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited N7.42 billion Series 1 4 CPs under its N100.00 billion CP Programme and the FSDH Merchant Bank Limited N257.57 million Series 7 and N15.08 billion Series 8 CPs under a N30.00 billion CP Issuance Programme on the FMDQ platform.

“By quoting these CPs on FMDQ, these issuers are availed benefits which include, but are not limited to, enhanced investor confidence in the issuer, transparent/relevant information disclosure on the issue, effective price formation, and global visibility.

“As these corporate entities and a host of others continue to effectively and sustainably meet their funding needs, as well as contribute to the

development of the nation’s debt markets, FMDQ will continue to take crucial steps, in collaboration with market stakeholders, towards promoting transparency, governance, integrity and efficiency in the Nigerian CP market.”

The report by FMDQ OTC said 10 commercial banks accounted for 75.77 per cent or N125.14 trillion of the overall turnover in the value traded in 11 months of last year.

According to the report, “The top ten (10) Dealing Member (Banks) accounted for 75.77 per cent orN125.14 trillion of the overall turnover in the market, with the top three accounting for 58.44per cent or N73.13 trillion of this sub-section of the market.

“Stanbic IBTC Bank, Access Bank and United Bank for Africa were the leaders in the value traded for the overall over-the-counter (OTC) market, ranking first, second and third respectively.”

According to FMDQ report, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited came fourth, while Ecobank

Strike: We’re unaware of N15.9bn payment by FG – ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not been briefed on the alleged payment of N15.9 billion to universities by the Federal Government, two months after it embarked on strike.

The union’s National President, Prof.

Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

The unionist was reacting to reports that the Federal Government had on December 31, 2018, released N15.9 billion to universities.

The report stated that the fund was for the payment of shortfall in salaries of universities.

“Well someone actually drew my attention to that newspaper report. I have not received any formal letter from Federal Government, conveying such information to us.

“The only information I got from the Minister of Labour this afternoon when we spoke was that they have done something concerning our demands; what they have done, I do not know.

“The other thing he told me was that there is going to be a meeting between us (ASUU) and government on Monday.

“It is only when we get to the meeting that we will be able to know what government has done and if it is okay by us, then we will convey same to our members who will now take the next line of action,” he

said.

The union on November 4, 2018, embarked on what they had described as ‘comprehensive, total and indefinite nationwide strike’ to press home their demands.

The striking lecturers are protesting against alleged nonimplementation of agreements they entered into with the federal government in 2013 and 2017.

They are also protesting the poor welfare, poor funding, and general decay in education infrastructure, among others.

Since the commencement of the strike, members of the union have met with the federal government six times, to find a way forward to the issues, all ending in a deadlock.

Nigeria Limited and First Bank Of Nigeria Limited came fifth and sixth respectively.

Citibank Nigeria Limited ranked seventh, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc came eight while Coronation Merchant Bank Limited and Zenith Bank Plc were ranked ninth and 10th respectively.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said currency in circulation increased to N2.1 trillion in November, the highest in 2018.

The CBN on its official website said currency in circulation was at N1.96 trillion in October, and between September and August, it was N1.93 trillion and N1.92 trillion respectively.

According to CBN, new Currency notes were issued to deposit money banks through the branches of the CBN, and old notes retrieved through the same channel.

“Currency deposited in the CBN by the banks are processed and sorted to fit and unfit notes in line with the clean note policy. The clean notes are re-issued while the dirty notes are destroyed,” the CBN said on its website.

Hitherto, the CBN had reported that N2.15 trillion was in circulation in December 2017 ending.

The apex bank in 2002 introduced the cashless policy to eliminate the amount of physical cash (coins and notes) circulating in the economy and encouraging more electronicbased transactions (payments for goods, services, transfers, among others.).

Commenting on increasing currency in circulation, currency analyst at Ecobank Nigeria, Mr. Kunle Ezun, had explained to our

correspondent that excess liquidity in the economy was driven by Yuletide celebration that has leveraged growth in currency in circulation, stressing that Nigerians are finding it difficult to embrace the cash policy of the CBN. “The market is liquid and it is due to the current season of the year.”

He explained further that Nigeria is still more of a cash economy, facing infrastructure challenges.

“Someone can blame infrastructure deficit to CBN’s good intention of making Nigeria a cashless society. The infrastructure that will make the cashless policy work is missing compared to what we have in Kenya,” he added.

The Managing Director, Maxifund Investments and Securities Limited, Mr. Okechukwu Unegbu, attributed the growth to Nigerians not embracing CBN’s cashless policy.

According to Unegbu, “The growth in currency in circulation is tied to Inflation and the cost of doing business.

“One of the worst things is that there is no retirement of old currency. Because of the cost of buying new currencies from CBN, no commercial banks keep recycling old currencies,” Unegbu stated The apex bank reported said N1.95 trillion in January; N1.94 trillion was in circulation in February but it increased to N2.04 trillion in March.

The amount of Naira in circulation according to CBN in April 2018 was N1. 96 trillion and closed May at N1.93 trillion.

In June, it dropped to N1.9 trillion and dropped further to N1.82 trillion in July.

Investigate corruption allegations against Gov Ganduje, NANS urges Buhari The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the corruption allegation levelled against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.

Its National Public Relations Officers (PRO), Mr. Adeyemi Amoo, on Wednesday in Abuja, enjoined all well-meaning Nigerians to join hands together in the fight against corruption and called for adequate justice on all corrupt leaders.

Amoo said that it was time for the president to get rid of all politically corrupt office holders in the country and expose their dirty dealings capable of destroying his administration.

“The national leadership of NANS have been monitoring the fight against corruption by President Buhari.

“NANS also watched series of video clips on internet, which

are real time and undisputed facts establishing the high level of corruption excesses of the governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Ganduje.

“No doubt, the videos have proven beyond any excuse nor doubts of acceptance of the allegations.

“NANS has waited patiently enough for President Buhari to take up this highly disgracing and country’s integrity attacking acts from the governor,’’ the students’ spokesman said.

Amoo appealed to the president to take a cue from his predecessors who had to make sacrificial struggles with their beloved loyalists, saying that this would enhance his fight against corruption.

“NANS recalls during the days of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a serving Governor of Bayelsa State, Depriye Alamieseya, was Continued on page 6

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2019: NCAA workers seek God for protection in aviation sector Chukwuemeke iwelunmo The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) staff opened the New Year with songs, prayers and Thanksgiving for the safety, security and progress of the Industry.

Staff in all departments, Muslims and Christians gathered to sing and pray for repentance and forgiveness of sins, for the Management of the NCAA for God to continue to give them wisdom, knowledge and understanding to pilot the affairs of the organization.

General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, who kick-started the prayer session, said the regulatory agency has course to thank God because for over three years now, the Industry has recorded safety and security, adding that the Industry has enjoyed God’s mercies and protection.

Imam of the Airport mosque, Alhaji Ahmad Chindo, in a brief sermon, urged the staff to always be truth, sincere and have the fear of God in the discharge of their duties.

He frowned at dishonest behaviour by staff, alleging that some staff were corrupt for fraudulently collecting money they did not do anything for.

He said: “I know we are corrupt, everybody should search his heart, if our directors or our DG permit it to pay DTA without you travelling, 90% of people here will write for

DTA without travelling, how many people collect money for Training without going? and we keep standing here praying to God”.

“Why is it that we pray to God today and our prayers are not accepted? It’s because we are not clean, we are not good people, this government is talking about anti- corruption, let’s support them, even around this present administration, there is corruption, the last administration was a disaster”.

Chindo called for attitudinal change to enjoy God’s blessings.

“If we are Christians and Muslims, what kind of mosque do we go, what kind of church do we go? Let’s change our ways, some people don’t come to the office till around 11, some senior colleagues don’t come to the office, is that the agreement you signed with government?

And some people will carry their bags at 2pm and go home, is that discipline? Management when you do contract of N10 million, do you put N20 million? Please, let’s change our ways.

Pastor Maxwell Achonwa later took the gathering on a prayer session first by reading 2 Chronicles 4:17 and urged staff to pray fervently for forgiveness of sins.

Dr. Wilfred Haggai, General Manager, Aeromedical, prayed against plane crash and Accident I’m the Industry.

Other prayers offered includes against security attacks, for good health of all staff and rebuke any untimely death and for the peace

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Sirika of the nation.

A special prayer for those who are ill and for family members of staff who died 2018 was also offered.

The unions in the NCAA also used the gathering to again call on the Management of the NCAA to conduct promotion of staff to avoid a total shut down of activities in the agency.

The Chairmen of NUATE and ATSSSAN, who took turns to bare their minds on the continued delay in staff promotion for over three years, stressed that if not for the intervention from above, the regulatory agent would have been under lock.

Comrade Ayodele Sofolahan, ATSSSAN chairman noted that the review of the organogram and staff promotion would not be handled with kid gloves, as the issues yet to be addressed by

Management are very important to the Union’s and their members.

Comrade Lucky Izebhokun, chairman, NUATE NCAA branch, urged the staff to continue in their prayers as there is nothing God cannot do but emphasized that if by two weeks Management is still foot dragging on the matter, the Union will carried out their threat of a lockdown of the agency.

Director General, NCAA, Capt.

Muktar Usman, represented by the Director Consumer Protection, Mallam Adamu Abdullahi, assured the staff and Union leaders that efforts are to ensure the matter is resolved.

He pleaded with them to be law abiding and support Management to succeed in consolidating on the Safety enjoyed in the Industry for over years now.

Expert urges NASS to ensure speedy passage of 2019 budget A Financial Analyst, Mr. Momoh Aliyu, has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to ensure speedy passage of the 2019 budget in the overall interest of the country.

Aliyu, the Managing Director of Cyber1 Systems Network International, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.

The managing director, who was sharing his views on the economic prospects of the country in 2019, said its progress should be the focus of every Nigerian.

According to him, the national interest should be placed over and above partisan and personal interests.

He said that passing the appropriation bill in good time would help to remove

economic uncertainty, though, the president had the constitutional right to spend a certain percentage of the budget before its passage by the lawmakers.

According to him, the delay in preparing and passage of the budget by the Executive and the National Assembly is creating uncertainty for investors and other stakeholders.

“If there is no working document like budget, the economy will be going through a lot of uncertainty as stakeholders will not be able to plan.

“Uncertainty is the bedrock of underdevelopment in any country,’’ he said.

The financial expert noted that the country was expected to have critical 2019, owing to the fact that it had come out of recession and the 2019 budget

was also anticipated to enhance debt repayment.

“Although the country has a moderate growth, but cannot be compared to figures in the last three years budget.

“Global economy has had a moderate growth against expected growth, so Nigeria faced the last oil price crash with little fiscal savings but with a decent level of reserves,’’ he added.

Aliyu noted that Nigeria’s economic growth was well below the population growth, pointing out that no amount of economic boost could easily be seen or noticed in such a situation.

“We have borrowed well over N10.2 trillion in the last three years and this money is meant for infrastructure development and some of these projects are expected to be completed in 2019.’’

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“A strong PDP chieftain, Bode George was alleged of corruption, found guilty and sent to jail. Tafa Balogun, an Inspector General of Police was also sent to jail.

“As such, NANS implores

Infrastructure upgrade, systems review, priority for AIB - Olateru

President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate his predecessors in putting an end to corruption,’’ he said.

Amoo, however, called on President Buhari to as a matter of national and international interest subject Ganduje to necessary investigations on the allegations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that in October 2018, there were some trending videos

on the social media alleging that Ganduje solicited and received bribes from contractors in his state totalling five million dollars.

Also, the Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Nov. 2, 2018, forwarded an open letter to the presidency over the allegation, urging the Federal G to investigate the alleged bribery against Ganduje.

Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer, has taken a holistic assessment of the agency and said he was pleased with the remarkable achievement of the agency in 2018.

He stated that in 2019, AIB will do more in the upgrade of its infrastructure, ensure constant review of its systems, processes and procedure, and invest more on human capital development.

All these, he noted, would make AIB world class institution and an enviable place to work.

He, however, called on the staff to roll up their sleeves, tighten their seat belts and be prepared for greater work deliveries.

He assured that they would do so in the most cordial manner fostering an even better working relationship with dynamism.

In a New Year Message to the workers, the AIB boss disclosed that the feat achieved by the aviation agency was even more appreciable by the laurels AIB was decorated with during the NIGAV awards 2018, stressing that the feat was made possible by management and staff of the agency who worked tirelessly to make the agency one of the most vibrant in the outgone year.

For 2019, Olateru said: “We shall be better than before. We will do more in upgrading our infrastructure, equipment and invest more on human capital development. All these I believe will make AIB a world class institution and make it an enviable place to work”.

“I therefore call on us all to roll up our sleeves, tighten our seat belts and be prepared f or greater work deliveries.

This we shall do in most cordial manner fostering an even better working relationship with dynamism.”

He thanked the entire AIB team for the unalloyed support and cooperation he had

enjoyed working with each and every one of them through 2018.

He further stated that no doubt, year 2018 came with its highs and lows, the sense of community was unparalleled in the way each one contributed to the call to duty.

“I take this auspicious moment to applaud our corporate hard work and synergy and to say well done for a good job in 2018. We will not rest on our oars but must be determined to make more successes than we have recorded,” he said.

The AIB was one of the stand-out agencies in the sector with many of the reforms put together

by Olateru, an aircraft engineer, in less than two years he assumed leadership of the organisation.

The speedy release of accident reports that had gathered dust on the shelf and other measures led to the commendation by the highly revered United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for its rich accident investigation programmes, which are expected to enhance air safety in the country.

The Bureau also achieved a great feat December last year, releasing timely and accurate air accident report in Sao Tome and Principe.

Olateru led his team to submit the final report of the accident involving Cavok Airlines CVK 7087 AN-74TK-100 Aircraft Registered UrCKC, which occurred at Sao Tome International Airport, Sao Tome on July 29th, 2017.

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Turn yourself over to Police, Short News BMO urges Sen Melaye Entrepreneurship: Foundation to Tom Okpe, Abujà

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has advised Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, to end the police siege on his home by turning himself in to the operatives, asking if he is a lawmakers or lawbreaker.

This is in the aftermath of a fourday police blockade of the Senator’s Maitama Abuja home by a police team out to effect a warrant of arrest for what Police Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said is a case of ‘Criminal Conspiracy and Attempted Culpable Homicide’ against Me late.

BMO said in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, on Wednesday, in Abuja that this would be the best way to end a siege that is capable of sending wrong signals about the Nigerian political elite to the local and international community.

The statement said: “As a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dino Melaye swore to an oath to uphold the laws of the land, but for more than five months, he has failed to honour an invitation over the alleged shooting of an on-duty Police officer Sergeant Danjuma Saliu by some

armed men in his convoy on July 19 2018 in Kogi State.

“This is in spite of pledging on national television few days after the incident that he would show up at the state police command to show that their account was false and illogical.

“In that interview, the Senator insisted that the police account was wrong, accusing the police of shooting at his convoy of 20 vehicles on his way to a scheduled event”.

The group said it is concerned that rather than allow the law to take its course, the Senator is resorting to pontificating.

“It is sad that at a time that Nigerians expect Senator Melaye to show a good example, he has opted to play up religious sentiment by quoting a passage in the Holy Bible that has nothing to do with the situation at hand.

“The issue at stake is the near-fatal shooting of a Police operative by men who were said to be in his convoy, so there is enough reason for him to clear his name as a federal lawmaker”.

BMO wondered why the Senator failed to honour the police invitation to at least clear his name even when he had between July and December been involved in legislative duties and other activities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“There was ample time for the Senator to clear his name especially after the Police sent a formal letter of invitation to the Clerk of the National Assembly dated July 23 which was duly acknowledged and is now in the public domain as proof that due process was followed.

“In fact three months later, the Senator joined some leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stage a protest at the Force Headquarters.

“Pictures from the protest showed Senator Melaye, shirt unbuttoned, in a virtual confrontation with mobile police men right in front of the national police headquarters in what could be interpreted as a subtle message to the Kogi Police command.

“The other subliminal message is that members of the political elite can get away with what an average Nigerian dares not do”, the group said.

BMO also hailed the police for their patience, professionalism and maturity in handling a situation that could have been tagged as a clamp down on the government critic adding that “It is instructive that it took the police several months to make a serious attempt to arrest the Senator, and even at that, they ensured they had a valid warrant of arrest before making a move.

empower 500 youths in Anambra

Onwa Igbariam Foundation, an NGO, says it has concluded plans to train more than 500 youths in 2019 as part of its entrepreneurial skills training in Anambra East Council Area of Anambra State.

Chief Chukwunweuwa Anikpeh, Chairman of the foundation, said this during the distribution of gifts to more than 200 women in Igbariam, Anambra State on Wednesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Anikpeh distributed bags of rice to widows and indigent women in the area.

He said that the youths who would be drawn from the 11 towns of the council, would be trained in automobile, panel beating, mechanical and electrical engineering.

Anikpeh said the foundation would be empowering youths because of its experience from developed countries which showed that technology drives economy.

“We shall train not less than 500 youths on entrepreneurship with special interest in mechanical and electrical engineering, automobile and other technical skills because technology leads the world,” he said.

He also said some youths in the council had been given clippers to enable them start off a new life as barbers.

According to him, the foundation is established to assist the needy and less privileged.

‘U.S Embassy, Consulate in Nigeria remains open’

The U.S Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General Office in Lagos will remain open while the U.S Government shutdown last, says the U.S Public Affairs Office.

A statement from the Information Office, Public Affairs Section, Abuja, for the USCGLagosInformationSection, said on Wednesday that normal services at the Consular Sections were ongoing.

The statement explained that speculations of alleged closure of the embassy in Abuja and consular office in Lagos were incorrect.

It however said: “American Centers and EducationUSA offices operating on embassy and consulate grounds that are managed by Mission Public Affairs Sections will remain closed throughout the shutdown.

“American Spaces, such as American Corners operated by partner institutions and located off embassy or consulate grounds, however, will remain open,’’ the USCGLagosInformationSection says.

Kano Assembly confirms 4 commissioner nominees

L-R: Mr. Remi Adelowo, National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mallam Lanre Issa –Onilu and Assistant Director on Media, Mr. Edegbe Odewinge during a Press conference on APC moves in 2019 ahead of party Campaign in Abuja.

Photo: Temitope Balogu

The Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed four commissioner nominees sent to it by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

The Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum had on December 27, 2018, announced receipt of a letter from Ganduje seeking the nod of the house for the appointment of the nominees as commissioners and members of the state executive council.

The house gave the confirmation after they were screened at the committee of the whole.

The lawmakers unanimously considered and approved their appointment as commissioners and members of the state executive council.

Speaking shortly after the screening, the nominees pledged to work hard as expected by Ganduje towards moving the state forward.

The nominees are -Malam Bashir Yahaya-Karaye, Alhaji Mukhtar IshakYakasai, Alhaji Shehu Kura and Alhaji Muhammad Tahir, popularly called Baba Impossible.

the state and imperil the future of the younger generation.

He said: “This land is named after God, Akwa Abasi Ibom state, and He alone dictates, arranges manages, defines and shapes what happens here.

“No instrument of man can change the course of God’s plan for our state and our people, no devices of man or the naysayers, their lies, their much vaunted Warsaw battle cry, their promise to deploy federal mighty to forcefully take over our state will stand”.

“My dear Akwa Ibom people, it is shameful that our so-called leaders can sit and cut deals to mortgage the future of Akwa Ibom State and imperil the future our children just to gain power and they have the audacity to come and tell you they are working to protect

The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) on Wednesday blamed the poor performance of the construction industry and its low contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018 on corruption.

Assessing the sector, NIOB’s President, Mr. Kenneth Nduka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that its performance in 2018 was poor when compared with the preceding years, despite its potentialities in boosting employment opportunities.

Nduka said that the construction industry should be a major contributor to GDP and national development, but the reverse was the case in Nigeria because the sector contributes about four per cent to the GDP. He said it was disheartening that a lot of contracts were awarded to nonNigerians, describing it as detrimental to the development of the economy.

He said that research had shown that only five per cent of construction works done in the country, were carried out by Nigerians.

The institute’s chief said that any contract/construction work executed by the foreigners would add little or nothing to the country’s GDP and economic growth.

He noted that the construction industry had huge potential, explaining that if N10 billion could be spent in the sector, the multiplier effects would be much on the economy.

2019: No conspiracy can change divine plan for A’Ibom, says Gov. Emmanuel Isaac Job, Uyo

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, has assured the people not to bother about the plot by the opposition to take over the state as such conspiracy cannot change the plan of God for the state.

Speaking on Wednesday at the Solemn Assembly with the theme, “You are God, you alone,” organised to usher in the New Year into the hands of God at Ibom Hall grounds, Emmanuel said not even the much touted deployment of federal might by the opposition would stand.

The Governor said it was disgraceful that leaders of the state could sit and strike a deal to mortgage the future of

your interest”.

The Governor wondered how an ordinary mortal could come to them and promise they have answers to their problems and that they alone could determine their destiny in the state.

“For some time now, men, I mean mere mortals have said that they alone can determine the course of your destiny, they have told you they alone have answers to your problem, they have told you if you fail to follow their laid down rules or travel the path they have charted for you, that they will visit violence on you and your children”.

“Do they know that the children they want to use to unleash their planned violence are your children?

Udom asked.

Why construction industry performed poorly in 2018 — NIOB

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, January 3, 2019

Atiku and opening of a Pandora’s Box

Shuaib Shuaib

Whatever their differences, the military men who have dominated politics and governance in Nigeria for the last four to five decades, had something like a code of honour among them. In their quest for money, power and influence, they left each other’s families alone.

It was the only guarantee that the people they cared about the most wouldn’t be drawn into their struggles. But as with everything in life, there is always a first.

And in October 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo had Mohammed Abacha, son of the late dictator, arrested on a murder charge. It was a charge he was later acquitted of.

Obasanjo, then president, made it no secret that his primary purpose was to extract what has today come to be known as the Abacha loot from Mohammed, who eventually spent a number of years behind bars. Still, his was an arrest that set the precedent for what was to come in later years.

A number of political watchers blamed General Ibrahim Babangida, not for instigating the arrest but for not speaking out against it when it happened. He was key to bringing Obasanjo to power after the sudden death of General Sani Abacha and it was to him everyone ran when trouble came calling.

Seven years later, it was Babangida’s son, Mohammed, who Obasanjo went after. In August 2006, Obasanjo had Mohammed arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his suspected ownership of a considerable amount of shares in telecommunications giant, Globacom.

EFCC had not only tied Babangida’s family, but also Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to the telecommunications company. While Babangida was reported to own 24 per cent of the company, Atiku was said to have a 12.5 per cent stake in it.

Obasanjo was driven by his determination to cripple both Babangida and Atiku politically and shut them out of the 2007 presidential election. He succeeded in his quest, but the story didn’t end there. It was May 2008.

Obasanjo had barely been out of office for a year when his daughter, Iyabo, was then the one faced with the threat of arrest. After playing hide-and-seek for some weeks, she was finally detained for a few days. In a way, her arrest settled scores with Obasanjo over his willingness to cross the line and go after the families of his rivals.

But it also brought a sense of closure to the push to reveal the ownership structures of some of the corporate giants many of his political rivals are rumored to have stakes in. Or so it seemed. Years later, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, in his autobiography, raised questions about Obasanjo being a part owner of the massive Obajana Cement company; questions that have remained unanswered till date.

Coming to the present and how the highest office in the land is still being used to take control of some of the most prized private companies: The 2019 presidential election is less than two months away and the Atiku campaign has come out with what, by any standard, should be an earthshaking revelation.

It centres around a family member of President Muhammadu Buhari who today is alleged to be the new part owner of Etisalat Nigeria, now 9moblie, and Keystone Bank. The revelations or allegations are clearly the first step in what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hopes will put an end to perceptions that President Buhari is incorruptible or a man of integrity.

The party is also putting the onus on the president to prove to the world that he is not corrupt. What Atiku is telling us is that under the Buhari presidency, nothing has changed. Friends and families of those in high places are still using their access to power and public office to enrich themselves and gain advantages with privately owned businesses.

According the Atiku campaign, it took at least N1 trillion for the family to acquire the Etisalat shares. From the point of view of an electorate, this is exactly what should be happening. More revelations need to be made. If proxies are being used to acquire public and private asset, Nigerians should

know about these.

Based on available information, the telecommunications company was bought

by Teleology Holdings Limited, which has Nasiru Ado Bayero as chairman and six other people serving as executive or nonexecutive directors. One of them is Adrian Wood, a former CEO of MTN Nigeria.

If there are hidden hands behind the Etisalat acquisition, Atiku and his campaign team shouldn’t play games. If the former vice president means to clean up Nigeria if elected as president, there is no reason for him not to start now. He should call out names and reveal all that he knows about corruption in high places, instead of going around in circles.

Who is he referring to as a family member of the president? It will be in the best interest of Nigerians for him to reveal the name of the individual. And in the age we are living in, it is information the public can handle without losing sight of what is in its best interest, come February 2019.

The Keystone Bank acquisition doesn’t appear to be as straight forward as the Etisalat acquisition. First, there could be a slight conflict of interest in the allegation made by Atiku. At least when it comes to the former Habib Bank, which merged with Platinum Bank and later became Keystone Bank, Atiku was known to have been the biggest shareholder.

While he was vice president, he left a number of close associates, including Koiranga Jada, Shehu Yar’Adua’s family and that of Babatunde Jose, disgruntled by muscling his way to emerge as majority shareholder in the bank. Funny enough and in spite of his much-touted wizardry in business, the bank still failed.

Naturally, the subsequent mergers and acquisitions would have greatly changed the ownership structures of the evolving banks. The most recent, which the former vice president is obviously referring to, suggests the bank was bought by Sigma Golf Nigeria Limited and Riverbank Investment Resources Limited.

Again, the PDP presidential campaign team would be doing Nigerians an

invaluable public service by revealing the real people behind the acquisition and any criminal activity they have engaged in. The names that have so far been linked to Sigma Golf Nigeria are those of Umaru Modibbo and Adamu Modibbo, who founded Sigma Pension Fund.

If the bank was bought by those close to the president under false representations or proxies, it shouldn’t remain buried while we are heading towards an election. The PDP has a duty to report this.

Should Atiku be elected president today, it probably won’t come as a surprise to many people if he ends up owning half of Nigeria. But it would definitely be incredible should anyone even insinuate that Buhari would own half of Daura after his term in office. Yet, it is a possibility, even if a lot of people do not think so.

Over the years, a lot of allegations have been made against both Obasanjo and Atiku regarding their acquisition of publicly owned asset and the concessioning of seaports, airports and a host of other asset. The role of the logistics company, Intels, in the Nigerian ports is well known. So also have there been questions pertaining to the person really behind the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport 2 (MM2) concession. However, there is very little focus on the acquisition of privately-owned asset in the banking and telecommunications sectors.

Maybe it is time for Nigerians to start asking questions. Atiku has opened the door for the demand for answers. And if the Atiku allegations about Buhari’s family are an indication of what is to come in identifying the true faces behind the biggest conglomerates in the country, the voters are in for a very interesting 50 days to come.

A good place to kickoff the revelations would be to have the PDP presidential candidate publicly declare his asset and the periods he acquired them. He doesn’t hide the fact from anyone that he has properties all around the world. In seeking votes from Nigerians, it shouldn’t be too much to ask him how much he was worth in 1999, in 2007 and in 2019.

Varsity poor funding and the need for investment in e-Learning

Chinemelu Nwokike

I had been thinking about writing something on e-Learning and how it could shape the future of education in Nigeria but it is hard to discuss topics other than politics during the campaign season. However, when I came across the following tweet a few days ago I was motivated to do a little research and write this short piece: @fimiletoks: University education is a privilege even in developed parts of the world. Basic education is a fundamental human right. Right to free and compulsory primary education. Right to available and accessible secondary education (including technical and vocational education and training), made progressively free. ASUU should realise that in the scheme of play, they are on the lowest rung of the ladder. The least of our worries.

In tweeting his musings on the ASUU/Fed Govt imbroglio that has become a permanent fixture in our tertiary education calendar the author also echoed the thoughts of many including yours truly. He went ahead to suggest that the federal government should quit subsidizing tertiary education which is supposed to be a privilege and focus more on providing basic and secondary education which should be a fundamental human right for every citizen.

Historically, governments have played a dominant role in funding tertiary education, especially in Africa where the need to bridge the gap created by departing expatriate civil servants at the wake of independence from colonial masters necessitated governments input. The exigency to train a group of professionals was well appreciated thus in the early 1970s the federal government abolished school fees in all the six federal universities and took up the task of funding them.

With the subsequent discovery of oil and the attendant boom witnessed by the Nigerian

economy, all the federal universities in the country were fully and adequately funded precipitating an increase in the demand for higher education, which in turn led to the establishment of additional tertiary institutions. Consequently, the government’s allocation to universities has continued to increase.

This trend has continued to date.

As a matter of fact, a study titled “Higher Education Funding in Nigeria — Issues, Trends and Opportunities” presented at the 2016 International Business Information Management Association Conference in Milan, Italy revealed that the appropriation to federal universities rose from N10 billion in 1999 to over N223 billion in 2013. The average allocation per university equally increased from N500 million to over N5 billion in the same period.

However, a combination of factors such as inflation and the geometric increase in student population has ensured that these increments amount to little. Between 1990 and 1997, the real value of government allocation for university education declined by 27 per cent even as enrollment grew by 77 per cent. In other words, there’s been a lot of movement without commensurate motion or better still backward motion. What’s more, the pressure and competition for limited public resources from other sectors of the economy; including sub-sectors of education have greatly hindered the ability of successive governments to fulfil its funding obligation to these universities. These and other reasons have been responsible for the incessant ASUU strikes embarked on by lecturers in a bid to force the government to meet its commitments.

If we are to go with the Nigeria Universities Commission which put the cost of training an undergraduate to full accreditation at over N1

million per annum, then with about two million enrolled nationwide, funding university education will cost N2 trillion annually. This is figure is more than double the total budgetary allocation for the health and education ministries combined.

And with the Babalakin led negotiation team standing its ground in the current impasse it has become imperative for us to explore other ways of funding higher education more especially now that the demand has moved beyond quantitative to qualitative education. Government is therefore left with no other option than to partner with the private sector if Nigeria is to avoid a total collapse of our already haemorrhaging tertiary institutions.

This much Vice President Osinbajo alluded to in a recent workshop when he stated that “while government funding is important and critical, it is not the only source of funding for education — the second source of funding is from non-governmental sources — these include contributions from sources such as school charges, private donations, corporate sponsors, alumni associations, charitable and faith-based associations and among others.’’

Now while some will criticise the idea of the federal government pulling the plug on tertiary education subsidy as being a capitalist proposition, others will question the rationality of implementing such in Nigeria where an average citizen lives on less than $2 a day. However, the more important posers beg; how has the socialist approach improved the standard of education in our tertiary institutions? How has it improved the quality of graduates churned out annually by our universities? Your guess is as good as mine here.

The world has been reshaped by the internet and e-Learning is already integrated into education in developed nations. Nigeria cannot continue grappling with the paradox of spiralling cost and

the declining standard of education at a time when China is teaching 5-year old pupils coding.

It is time for the government and ASUU to agree on a gradual withdrawal of subsidy from our universities. This will free up funds that will be invested in the provision of basic, vocational and technical education. Partnering with the private sector to invest massively in e-learning will help to achieve this. The benefits are too numerous for the scope of this piece but it will be proper to list a few.

E-Learning makes higher education more accessible to unique populations such as parents with children, service personnel, students with fulltime jobs and those with disabilities. It is also cost saving as it eliminates the often expensive logistics of having the lecturer and students in the same location. I just finished a six-week creative writing course with all the study materials and coursework delivered online.

And gone are the days when it used to be referred to as informal or distance education to be looked down on by employers. More Ivy options are also springing up as the demand for cost-effective alternatives continue to rise. From Cambridge to Yale to Harvard you can now earn a certificate from the dining table in your kitchen and still deploy the knowledge gained competitively among peers who studied in the classroom.

So as we as we march on in our democratic journey it is expected that the next few years will present opportunities for investors and students alike in e-Learning as the federal government continues the search for alternative funding. I have already earmarked courses to study in order to maximise these opportunities as they come and I will be doing a follow-up article on the requisite resources. Keep a date with me for a ride into the future with e-Learning.

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Editorial Commentary Much ado about secularism (II)

Times Guest Columnist Mohammed Adamu

Going by the dictionary definition of secularism as ‘concern with temporal, worldly matters’ to the exclusion of ‘religion’, a nation therefore cannot be said to be secular merely because either by law or by choice it has succeeded in subordinating all forms of organized religion to the whims and caprices of the state. Nor is a nation non-secular only because its constitution expressly provides for the right of the individual to freedom of religion, belief and conscience. This guarantee already exists extra-constitutionally as a fundamental right of all humans –to, among a hoard of very many other rights, decide for themselves the sacred from the profane. Thus the secular or non-secular credentials of a nation are not to be gleaned only from the express provisions of her Constitution disavowing or endorsing religion as state policy, but it can also manifest in that nation being able to maintain sectarian neutrality -or what experts described as ‘a principled distance’- from all forms of organized religion, notwithstanding her Constitution expressly disavows or endorses religion as a fundamental policy of state. Thus a practical separation of state from religion is the veritable hallmark of secularism, and about which we have seen in my previous submission that there is hardly any good example in Europe or in the Americas.

Nigeria’s Constitution neither expressly admits that the Nigerian State is secular nor has it expressly admitted that it is not. And so as it will not be sufficient to argue that Nigeria is non-secular merely because Section 38 of her Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, or that Section 42 prohibits discrimination against citizens on the basis of their beliefs or the circumstances of their birth, by the same token it will not be sufficient to adjudge Nigeria secular only because Section 10 of the Constitution expressly prohibits the adoption of any organized religion as a state religion, or because the Constitution has not expressly disavowed secularism as a policy of state.

But even as the Constitution in many areas appear to radiate secular sentiments, in yet many others, it can be said also that it exudes practically non-secular tendencies. For one the Constitution is essentially faith-blind in its conferment of right to citizens to aspire to or be appointed to public office. It does not demand that those who seek public office must fulfill any faith-based requirements before they can do so.

This is in addition to the fact that the Constitution has provided for the restriction or even derogation of the religious rights of citizens whenever to do so is in the interest of defense, public safety, public order, public morality or for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedom of others.

Nonetheless, the problem of Nigeria’s secular status or her non-secular credentials is not so much in what the Constitution has expressly provided for as it is in what it has opted to be cautiously or inadvertently vague or silent about. Section 10 which prohibits the adoption of any organized faith as state religion, merely infer the secular intention of the Constitution. It does not categorically say that secularism will be the guiding principle of state. Again sections 38 and 42 which, respectively guarantee freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on that ground, may infer nonsecular intention but they have not categorically proclaim Nigeria a non-secular state.

Many experts say that it is this constitutional vagueness occasioned by the centrality of religion in the lives of most Nigerians, and the mutual competition between the two dominant religions in the country, namely Islam and Christianity, that are responsible for the ambivalent secularcum-sectarian approach especially to matters of state. We claim to be secular but we are not about to let go the sectarian privileges that we enjoy ironically from a State that is supposed to have no affiliation whatsoever with organized religion. And as the Constitution remains vague on the precise relationship of State and organized religion, so has the judicial arm too, for tactical reason, remained

not forthcoming with a precise definition of the secular or non-secular status of the Nigerian State.

As many times as Christian rights activists had challenged especially the penal jurisdiction of the Shariah courts –as provided under sections 268 and 277 of the Constitution- as much times too had the judicial arm tactfully avoided the issue by throwing out such cases on the grounds of absence of locus. The courts it appears know too well the implication of ruling carelessly on such sensitive matters because it may open the floodgate of judicial recrimination and counter-recrimination between adherents of the two major religions who, each enjoy one form of sectarian right or privilege over the other.

As Christians say that Islam has been adopted as a de facto state religion in most Muslim-majority states of the north and that the annual tradition of using state resources to fund pilgrimages to Mecca, plus the presence of ajami Arabic on Nigeria’s currency and on some military insignias compromise the nation’s secular status, Muslims too complain that the entire legal and political system of administration in the country are essentially JudeoChristian in nature and thus obviates the need to split hairs over whether Nigeria is secular or not.

In fact they insist that Nigeria is not only NOT secular, but that it is more Judeo-Christian in body and in spirit than even the North can be said to be Islamic. They cite the two weekly work-free days (Saturday and Sunday) declared for public officers in deference to Judeo-Christian tradition and argue that Christians enjoy more sectarian rights and privileges under the Nigerian Constitution than the Muslims do who have to go to work even on Fridays. And they say that with four annual ‘holy’ days, namely Good Friday, Easter Monday Christmas Day and Boxing Day, the Christians also enjoy more annual holidays recognized by law than the Muslims do with only three, namely Eid-el-Fitr, Eid-el-Kabir and Eid-el-Maulud.

And just this week MURIC, a Muslims rights organization has complained that January 1 too is no less Judeo-Christian than the rest of the Christian ‘holy’ days are and that it should cease to be recognized as a work-free day unless the first day of the Islamic calendar too is accorded similar status.

In truth although the first of January originated from a Christian day of feast –according to the Encarta Encyclopedia- it has since transcended that narrow sectarian significance to become a universal ‘occasion for spirited celebration and the making of personal resolution’. And so not many Muslims it appears are in synch with the MURIC demand for the reason, as one FaceBooker, Ahmed Musa Hussaini said, that “Muslims don’t just claim a right because Christians and other non-Muslim groups are enjoying that right…. Muslims do not begrudge other faiths on account of their own rights. All religions have their own peculiarities, have their own social and cultural aspirations... ” Thus in this case MURIC appears now to be as intolerant as some hard line, secular-minded Christians have always been whenever they contest the right of Muslims to be expressive about their faith both in body and in spirit and in private and in public, because the fundamental doctrinal obligation of their faith is that Islam must be practiced as a way of life at home, in the work place, in the market arena, in the school, etc. It is in this context, most Muslims insist, that especially the questions of wearing of the hijab in public schools and the involvement of governments of Muslimmajority states in the building of mosques and the sponsorship of Hajj, must be appreciated. They argue that if the majority of the people who vote in a government and are therefore entitled to a ‘way’, are okay with it, it cannot be any less democratic –provided also that the minority who subscribe to other faiths are not denied other sectarian rights or privileges peculiar to their own unique forms of worship.

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s political campaigns for the series of elections for the long awaited year 2019 begin today, Nigerians are about to witness another round of political fireworks and brickbats, as politicians put final touches to their roadmap to grabbing political power in the new year.

Already political brick bats have started flying across the political divide as politicians and political jobbers try to outdo themselves either to gain political advantage or to help the candidate of their interest gain advantage over others.

Some political party leaders have also thrown themselves into the fray, with the intention of either impugning the character of the opposition political leaders so that the electorates will not see the platform as a credible platform and the candidate not reliable.

This development is already sending ripples across the land and threatening to throw up the kind of bitterness that may not augur well for the polity.

For example, recently a video emerged of the Kano State Governor Abdulahi Ganduje allegedly collecting a bribe of $5million from contractors in the state, an allegation that the governor has denied.

The interesting part of the scandal is that the video was posted by a journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, the publisher of an online news medium, DailyNigerian.

Jafar is said to be a former aide of the former governor of the state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso who has been having a running battle with Ganduje over the political control of the state, therefore many have reasoned that if Jafar, a former aide of Kwankwaso is releasing a scandal video of the governor at a time Ganduje is having a running battle with his former principal, Kwankwaso, it stands to reason that there is a political undertone which may not augur well for the state and the entire political system.

This is especially more intriguing because the said video was about two years old and now surfacing few months to Ganduje’e second term bid.

Now that Ganduje has sued Jafar for defamation of character, it is clear that this bitterness may be taken into the election.

Another development that calls for concern in this period of campaign is the running battle that the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole is having with some governors in his party who are angry that they are not able to have their way during the election.

Now, the battle has crossed party line, as the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has thrown a jab at Oshiomhole, telling him that because of the accusations that his party members are throwing at him, he is no longer fit to lead his party.

But Oshiomhole has also thrown his jab, telling Saraki that he is a disgrace to Nigeria’s democracy.

Oshiomhole who spoke in reaction to Saraki’s earlier statement, said it was pathetic and irresponsible that the Senate president would resort to ‘petty politics’.

He added that Saraki had no moral ground to call for his resignation as the APC national chairman.

The APC chairman threatened to sue Saraki if he failed to provide evidence that he actually took

bribes from aspirants.

While it is granted that at a time like this politicians must work towards using every opportunity to have an edge over others, there is the need to be conscious of whatever they do at a time like this and understand that if indeed their intention is to do that which will be for the benefit of the people, caution must be the watchword.

Politicians must also try their best to play politics by the rule, with the understanding that when they malign anyone there are always consequences which may not end the way anyone can determine or predict.

While we call on politicians to stick to issues as they transverse the land campaigning about their plans for the people, it is also important to tell them to make realisable promises and avoid issues that will impugn on the character of other aspirants.

We will also like to advise the electorates to be circumspect at a time like this and not be taken in by every promise whether realisable or not, knowing that after election, reality beckons.

While it will be difficult to tell electorates not to take money from politicians, it is important to warn that for every vote you sell, you have purchased hardship for the next four years.

We are of the opinion that this is a time that the electorates should be wise and not allow themselves to be deceived by any smooth talking politician eager to gain political advantage, and ponder over the fact that those who made promises in the past, failed to fulfill a better part of those promises and not allow themselves to be deceived again.

S I G N AT U R E Publisher

Folio Communications Plc

The opinions expressed in the articles published in this newspaper are solely those of the authors. Articles may be reproduced, provided that the original source is indicated.

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Don’t be bought over during 2019 Short News polls, Cleric tells Christians Katsina under siege by armed robbers, Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Christian priests and faithful have been advised not to yield to vote or conscience buying during 2019 general elections.

Instead, they have been urged to allow God to determine their political rulers.

The Anglican Bishop of Umuahia and Archbishop of Aba Ecclesiastical Province, The Most Rev Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu, handed down this advice on Sunday after officiating at the St. Matthias Anglican Church, Umuafai Ndume-Ibeku after their centenary celebration, stating that the concern of Christians is that those who honour the Lord should hear direct from the Lord and be instruments of guiding the rest “so that we do not wallow in ignorance to elect people you do not know their background, who also have no plans, no concern for the ordinary people.

You put them there because they promised you money and have given you cars and so on. It is not expected of any real priest of God”.

He said: “A priest of God should not be selfish and you are concerned only about your stomach and you are not concerned about the populace. When

that happens, let the people of God pray and ask God to intervene. When the people pray, God can overturn the plan of the people and establish His will.

“It is happening in Nigeria now and people are shouting “foul” and many Christians are praying, 2019 is not far but far from what can do.

He can overturn these things and we will go back to square one. So let the faithful keep praying, let the faithful prophesies keep coming out, let the false ones not see the light of the day, so that the people of God can elect a righteous man because when the righteous rules, then the people will rejoice”.

Nwosu noted that there is no ruling about centenary celebration as all should live a life of thanksgiving on daily basis for God’s kindness and favours.

He described the Umuafai church ceremony as significant as the community hosting the initial site did not accept and made trouble with early missionaries, thus forcing them to relocate, noting “there are challenges in life and nobody should run away from it. It can make or mare, but has actually made Umuafai community.

“100 years now, all are enjoying

the church, even those who did not want the church in their land”, he said, adding “our forefathers actually laboured faithfully to ensure that whatever was handed over to them they hold it and pass it on. Even then there have been sinners as well as now, even with those laboring faithfully”.

He noted that in Saint Matthias, Umuafai, there are those who can share what they have with the church, while there are those who pose as challenges and more of stumbling blocks to the church pointing out that the church however is still moving on.

He warned that “if Christians allow themselves to be bought over by politicians who are not going to take the people to the promised land, what we desire is that the man of God should be able to discern what God’s will is for the nation and share that with the public”.

Also speaking, a faithful of the church and an adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Grassroots Mobilisation, Hon. Vin Ndumele expressed his happiness that as a son of one of those who established the church over hundred years ago, people did not allow the labours of their forefathers to die down, adding that the church is doing well.

bandits, kidnappers – Gov. Masari

The Katsina State Government on Wednesday lamented that the state was under siege by bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers.

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State said this during the opening ceremony of an extra-ordinary security meeting in katsina.

“The citizens are on daily basis being harassed by bandits and kidnappers that are on rampage in the state.

“The Katsina Government organised this one-day joint security and stakeholders meeting to proffer solutions to the state’s current insecurity challenge.

“Our state is currently under serious siege by armed robbers, kidnappers and armed bandits who arrest rural people at the grassroots at will and demand ransom, which if not paid, they kill their victims.

“The people of Katsina in the 34 local governments now sleep with one eye closed and the other opened.

“Our state is in a dangerous situation. Travelers are afraid of being stopped on the highway and arrested by kidnappers who demand ransom,” Masari said.

NAF aircraft destroys terrorists meeting veune near Baga Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a building being used as meeting venue by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters near Baga in Northern Borno State.

The attack was conducted on Tuesday, 1 January 2019, after series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions confirmed that the building was being used as an assembly point by the terrorists.

Consequently, the ATF dispatched a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the building. A direct hit was recorded on the target leading to significant damage to the structure and neutralization of the occupants.

Entertainment industry needs an enforceable structure - White Lion Mutiat Alli

Fun seekers besiege the Johnson Jakande Tinubu (JJT) Park, Alausa in celebration of the New Year on Tuesday.

The gang -up against Buhari will fail, says APC chieftain Titus Akhigbe, Benin A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Charles Idahosa, on Tuesday, expressed surprise over the sudden endorsement of the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

He said the gang-up is to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari does not win in the forthcoming election.

He expressed his resentment while fielding questions from newsmen in Benin on the preparedness of APC in the forthcoming generation elections.

Idahosa said Obasanjo in his book entitled “My Watch” accused his then vice president, Atiku Abubakar, of looting the country dry, adding that the sudden twist between the duo has become a major source of concern to Nigerians.

“We know what happened in this country in 16 years because I was part and parcel of the whole system. When you now see old leaders, former presidents all ganging up against one person, the first thing you should ask yourselves is, why? Why are they against this man? Atiku was vice president to Obasanjo for 8 years, go and read ‘My Watch’ page 232-234.

“He said this man is a very big thief. He said the money he stole can feed three hundred million people for four hundred years”, he said.

The party chieftain said the sudden romance of Obasanjo with Atiku was borne out of his frustration having failed to garner support for his political ambition and desperation to be politically relevant in the nation’s politics.

“A couple of months ago, he said God will punish him if I ever supported Atiku and God will never forgive him but he went ahead to form a party thinking that he will be able to marshal enough people to follow him. When that one failed, he came back to PDP which

he publicly brought out his party’s card and tore it on television.

“The question you need to ask yourself is, what is the desperation about? So you swallowed all those words, a man you called a thief? You called all sorts of names?

“I was for Atiku when they were fighting and I have granted interviews on this same matter. I was there when Obasanjo prostrated in Rivers State governor’s lodge, begging Atiku to allow him do a second term, in 2003.

“I was not told, I was there, myself, James Ibori and Depriye Alamaseigha. That is what Ibori went to jail for because they mastermind it.

“Atiku was the president of this country already, they did not want Obasanjo to do a second term. He prostrated and knelt down in Rivers State governor’s lodge in Abuja. I was not told. I saw him do that and he has not denied it. So, what is the desperation?” he asked.

With the growing pace of the Nigerian entertainment presently, fast rising Afrobeat singer, Steven Chibuike Igbokwe, better known as White Lion by his teaming fans, has disclosed that despite the fact that the Nigerian entertainment industry at large is blessed with lots of talents who are making international headlines globally, the industry as it stands is in dire need of an enforceable structure garnering up to 100% to enable it bridge the revenue gap evenly among its practitioners.

The Nnewi protege of Anambra State, who started recording professionally between 2012/2013, revealed that while his mentors beyond Nigeria shores includes Jay Z, Drake, Chance thaRapper, Snoop Dogg amongst others, he looks forward to recording with the big names in the industry with the likes of TuBaba, Wizkid, Wande Coal, Timaya, Duncan Mighty and Tiwa Savage.

With a new single titled ‘Fine Girl’ produced by Mdhazz which is currently enjoying massive airplay across radio stations, White Lion hinted that he hopes to bring home the Grammys in five years’ time.

Ekiti Assembly organises prayer for peaceful legislative year, 2019 polls

Memebrs of staff of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, organised special prayer for peaceful legislative and 2019 general elections.

In his sermon, entitled: ”A New Thing,” Guest Pastor, Adebamigbe Adeusi, urged Nigerians, especially the people of Ekiti to always aspire to do the will of God. The cleric, who is in-charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Mount of Abundance, Ikere-Ekiti, said God is ready to do new things.

According to him, such will manifest, if only the people are ready to do His will.

He quoted from the Holy Bible, Isaiah 43: 14-19 saying that “God can make ways even in the wilderness, if men would obey His commandment and show love to one another. “ The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that high point of programme was the offering of prayers for Ekiti state in particular and Nigeria at large to ensure peaceful general elections.

NAN reports that members of staff of the State House of Assembly Commission also joined the congregation at the Assembly complex to offer prayer to God to ensure 2019.

The exercise is an annual event by the Assembly to usher in the New Year.

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2019 polls: Atiku has abandoned his Short News policy document to divert attention - APC I’m not joining APC, says ex-Plateau Tom Okpe, Àbuja

As the 2019 general election approaches and politicking much on ground, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Presidential Candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of abandoning his policy document, spreading fake news as campaign to divert attention.

Atiku towards the end of 2018 launched his policy document titled: ‘Let’s Get Nigeria Working Again,’ listing human capital development, job creation, poverty eradication and infrastructural development as the corner stone of his economic policy, if elected president.

The ruling party, APC on Tuesday, however noted that instead of using the dictates of the document to campaign, he has resorted to churning out lies and making false claims of corruption in the President Muhammadu Buhari led government, saying the present administration is doing all that Atiku is promising to do.

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa- Onilu, in a press conference in Abuja on New Year day said PDP’s Dubai-made strategy has collapsed like a pack of card and their plan to recreate the 2014/2015 scenario when APC pilloried them for their crimes which woke up the electorate to the reality of the disaster Nigerians were headed under the PDP government has failed.

He said: “PDP, led by their discredited presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, paid huge sums of money to some foreign ‘con men’ in Dubai who posed as strategists. They began to spurn daily fake news and make spurious and unsubstantiated allegations against our President, the family members of our President, the Vice President, the APC national chairman, notable government officials, and public institutions to deceive Nigerians.

“Their strategists did not tell them that such would not work when the allegations cannot be proven. Unlike in 2015 when the APC allegations were based on facts, which have been validated by revelations

upon revelations of heist committed during the inglorious 16 years of PDP rule, the opposition’s disgraceful recourse to false alarm as a campaign strategy this time is a wrong approach. Facts are sacred. Falsehood, no matter how fleetfooted, would be overtaken by the truth in no time”.

Issa-Onilu also lamented that, “the year 2018 particularly was a tough year for the APC government as we had to confront the monsters who have found their way into the ruling party during the merger in 2014, pretending to have cured themselves of their insatiable greed and callous selfish disposition.

“These enemies of our country found out that the beats have changed and their strenuous efforts to steer the APC administration towards their ignominious ways, as they practiced under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had become impossible under President Buhari.

Predictably, the forces of evil finally gravitated towards themselves and are now ensconced in their wicked nest, called the PDP.

Gov, Tapgun

Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State and former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, has debunked the rumour peddled by the Plateau State All Progressives Party (APC) that he is among those ‘decamping’ from the PDP to APC in the state.

It would be recalled that the APC had on Monday in a press briefing said the party will be receiving some defectors from the PDP at an event scheduled to hold on Friday, 4th January, with the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, coming Jos to receive the decampees.

Tapgun said: “God forbid bad thing, I can never join APC”.

Tapgun, who is also a former governor of Plateau State, also denied knowledge of any one in the state PDP who is actually contemplating defection into APC, saying it is even strange that some people have gone to the laughable extent of mentioning him as one of those to be received into the APC on Friday.

Entrepreneurship: Centre trains 40 females in ICT, gives out loans Yakubu Salisu, Kano No fewer than 40 females comprising of women and young girls have benefited from ICT/ entrepreneurship training in Kano.

The trainees drawn from various part of the state were equipped with entrepreneurship skills by a Kano based non-governmental organisation, Centre for Information Technology (CITAD) under the centre’s Creating Space for Young Women and Girls on Digital Livelihood programme, supported by the USA Embassy.

The beneficiaries were trained in fields such as film and video editing, photography, graphics design as well as other entrepreneurship skills for self-reliance and assisted with soft loans to help sustain their businesses.

According to the Centre’s Training Officer, Maryam Haruna, the group deemed it necessary to compliment government’s efforts towards eradicating poverty among the women of the state by introducing them to the ICT world, where they could benefit from a whole lots of opportunities.

She said the group also decided to support its students with loans after the training session to ensure that skills learnt at the Centre are judiciously put to practice which at the end, would lead to job and wealth creation among the women and society at large.

Boko Haram: NEMA registers 406 displaced households in Maiduguri

L-R: Assistant Youth leader, R S Bankole/Ifesowapo Community Association, Mr. Caleb Ogundeji; Community leader, Mr. Yusuf Bankole; Youth Leader, Mr. Olamilekan Rasheed; and Chief Executive Officer, Novent Classic and Event company, Mr. Albert Kehinde, during End of the year Carnival of the association in Mowe, Ogun State. on Monday Photo: Olawale Rotimi

Gov Ortom donates N30m to victims of Wadata Market fire incident

The Benue State Government has donated N30 million to the victims of the fire that gutted some sections of Wadata Market, Makurdi, the state capital, early Wednesday morning.

Governor Samuel Ortom who announced the donation when he inspected the burnt section of the market on Wednesday, said the amount was an interim support to the traders.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire which started around 2am raised many shops in the fish, yams, butchers, grain as well as industrial and allied material sections of the market.

Ortom sympathised with the traders and assured the traders that government would assist them in every way possible.

He said the gesture was to enable them to start life, pending the outcome of the

report of a committee he had constituted to inquire into the incident.

The governor said the committee would be headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Tony Ijoh (SAN).

He explained that the committee would find out the remote and immediate cause(s) of the fire and the challenges in the market and recommend how government could address them.

Ortom recounted the damage caused by fire at the Gboko Market on two different occasions recently, and said government was considering ways of addressing the situation.

He directed that boreholes be dug in the market and urged security agencies to adequately guard the place until normalcy returned.

Earlier, the Vice President, Makurdi

Traders’ Union, Mallam Yusuf Abdulahi, said the fire victims were mainly petty traders whose entire livelihood depended on their daily incomes from the market.

Abdulahi further urged the state government to assist the traders in rebuilding their shops and providing other relief materials to them.

He said that statistics on the affected sections and the value of wares lost could not be established immediately, adding that the union had commenced collection of the data.

He also disclosed that five sections – fish, yams, butchers, grain, industrial and allied materials – were burnt.

Military fire officers from the 72 Battalion, Nigeria Army, Makurdi, were on hand to assist in putting off the fire at the time filing the story.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has registered 406 displaced households in Maiduguri, following the resurgence of the Boko Haram insurgents’ hostilities in northern Borno State.

Mr. Bashir Garga, the outgoing Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the agency, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

Garga said that the agency also profiled new arrivals at the Mogolis Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri on Tuesday.

He explained that the displaced persons had earlier taken refuge at Baga, after they were initially displaced from their homes at Abadam and Mobbar local government areas of the state.

Garga added that the IDPs were received by Alhaji Tijjani Tumsa, the Vice Chairman, Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI); officials of NEMA, Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the International Organisation For Migration (IOM).

NASS will ensure speedy passage of 2019 budget – Reps member

The member representing Arewa/Dandi Federal Constituency, Alhaji Hussaini Kangiwa, says the National Assembly would ensure speedy passage of the 2019 budget.

Kangiwa told newsmen on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi that the lawmakers would avoid the mistakes that delayed the passage of the 2018 budget.

According to him, the passage will be in contrast to that of 2018 that was passed amid controversies and disharmony between the executive and the legislature.

“I can assure you that the impasse that trailed the 2018 budget in the National Assembly before its passage will be avoided in 2019,” the APC member, said.

Kangiwa assured President Muhammadu Buhari that APC lawmakers in the National Assembly were solidly behind him in spite of what happened during the presentation of the budget.

“His rice revolution has triggered massive rice production which has drastically reduced rice import to barest minimum,” he said.

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PDP asks Interpol, DSS, EFCC to investigate Short News alleged diversion of military funds 2019: I don’t need to join Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged investigative agencies including the international Police organisation (Interpol) to urgently commence investigation into alleged diversion of N1.032 trillion meant for equipping the military by the Nigerian government.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday on the state of the nation, the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan, harped on alleged diversion of military funds by the Presidency as well as a fresh plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2019 general elections.

PPCO called for an urgent investigation into the alleged link between the reportedly diverted military funds and the N1.032 trillion said to have been used by President Muhammadu Buhari’s family members for

corrupt acquisition in 9 Mobile Nigeria and Keystone Bank Plc. The campaign body insisted on an independent and system-wide investigation by the INTERPOL, Directorate of State Services (DSS), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the alleged links between the two funds.

It said the investigation become imperative following President Buhari’s failure to directly speak out on the allegations against his family members, as well as explain how they came about the sum of N1.032 trillion for the alleged acquisition.

“We make this demand in view of public insinuations that the money may have been sourced from funds meant for the purchase of weapons for our soldiers.

“More so, the Buhari Presidency has blatantly refused to respond to allegations that military fund is being used to finance President Buhari’s re-election campaign which even manifested in the use of military resources to produce APC’s campaign materials, including an electronic momento book by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali.

“The PPCO is deeply worried by the disturbing videos of our gallant soldiers languishing and being killed by insurgents due to neglect and failure of the Buhari administration to adequately equip them in the fronts.

“The PPCO is also unhappy by similar videos, showing our soldiers protesting and threatening to retreat from the fronts, while grumbling against their neglect by the Buhari administration.

“This should not be the way to go for our nation. Our soldiers are brave and have continued to show the highest form of professionalism and unmatched patriotism in risking and laying down their lives in defence of fatherland. Therefore, any action by anybody that is capable of reducing their morale in the fronts must never be allowed”, he said.

The party also requested President Buhari to personally respond to 9Mobile/Keystone Bank allegations, while noticing attempt by the All Progressive Congress (APC) to use diversionary tactics to dismiss allegations of corruption hanging directly on President Muhammadu Buhari.

cult to be governor - Maku

The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nassarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, says will not join any cult group just to be elected governor in 2019.

Maku made the assertion on Wednesday while addressing supporters that paid New Year homage to him at his home in Wakama village of Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state.

According to him, he has resisted all pressures to join “ungodly” groups since his student days.

“I have always relied only on God throughout my life and He has been faithful to me.

“If God has helped and protected me since my days as a leader of students, to commissioner, deputy governor and minister, why should I now rely on a deity that is powerless?

“No power or connection that is not of God that can give me position except God,” Maku added.

Glo promises enhanced network experience in 2019 Ladesope Ladelokun National Telecommunication Company, Globacom, has promised to give Nigerians the best experience in telecoms services in 2019 as it sustains its network renewal and expansion efforts to provide crystal clear voice communication and superfast and reliable data services.

In a good will message to Nigerians, Globacom said: “We shall continue to put the satisfaction of our customers first in 2019, while also connecting with the passion points of all categories of Nigerians”.

The company called for unity among Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion or political leaning. The company urged Nigerians to unite against all forces of underdevelopment, retrogression, economic stagnation and violence which it described as the real enemies of the people.

It also charged Nigerians to work together to achieve peace in 2019, especially as the year opens with a crucial general elections.

Globacom assured Nigerians that it would continue to contribute its part to helping the country accelerate its transformation from a developing to a developed country by providing a platform for technologically-driven governance, health care, education and commerce.

Association targets 5,750 tonnes of yams for export

Workers resume work at Federal Secretariat Abuja.

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Radio interview: Evidence shows Saraki’s disdain for truth - Minister Tom Okpe, Abuja Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has submitted that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has disdain for truth, indicating that available evidence shows his live radio interview on Christmas Day was doctored before it was re-broadcast to remove any reference to the claimed donation of N10 million to victims of the armed robbery in Offa, Kwara State.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday and signed by his special assistant on media, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said he is presenting to the public both the unedited version of the live radio interview as well as the doctored, re-broadcast version so the people can see the extent to which some ‘leaders’ can go to deceive the people, peddling lies just to shore up their dwindling fortunes.

He said: ‘’In the unedited live version, Dr. Saraki, speaking in Yoruba, said categorically

that he donated 10 million Naira when he visited Offa to commiserate with the victims of the armed robbery, when he (Saraki) said in actual fact that about 7 million Naira was stolen from the vaults of the banks that were robbed during the attack. ‘’However, the version for re-broadcast did not contain any reference to the Offa robbery.

Whereas they claimed to have re-broadcast the interview due to popular demand, the truth is that they decided to re-air it without the claim of 10 million Naira donation due to the widespread derision that greeted that phantom claim. These people have a chronic disdain for truth”.

Alhaji Mohammed challenged the Senate President to answer three critical questions or learn to keep his peace.

The first one is did he not say, during the live interview, that that the money in the vault was N7 million and that he dropped 10 million Naira when he went to Offa on a condolence visit?

Did he really drop any money on that

occasion?

And did he or did he not doctor the original broadcast adding, while he would not want to exchange words with Dr. Saraki on who is truly on ground in Kwara, it is important to let him know that six weeks from now, the people of Kwara will answer that question. ‘’On November 17 2018, the people of Kwara gave a hint of their determination to sack the rapacious leaders who have dominated their lives when they voted for the APC in the byelection for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero federal constituency. That crushing defeat so devastated the political warlords, who hitherto claimed invincibility that they started doing what they have never done before: going from ward to ward to campaign! ‘’Unfortunately, the game is up for them, as they will soon learn, because the people have resolved that ‘O to ge’ enough is enough”, noting that “in the meantime, they are free to continue to revel in self-deceit,” the Minister stated.

President, Yam Farmers, Marketers and Processors Association of Nigeria (YFMPAN), Prof. Simon Irtwange, said on Wednesday that the association was targeting 5,750 tonnes of the commodity for export in 2019.

Irtwange gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to him, the association is working on the issues that prevented it from achieving the target it set for itself in 2018.

“We are hoping that the facilitator of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) will bring back yams’ production to its priority list.

“We hope also to strike a good deal with the airlines and DHL, to use their cargo planes to export the product.

“We are also working to ensure that the Ikorodu Terminal becomes a one-stop-shop and a hub for agricultural-produce export in the country,” he said.

PeeJay emerges winner of YesYouCan Reality show Mutiat Alli Edozie Peter, popular known as Peejay, has emerged winner of the N15 million worth of prizes in the 2018 YesYouCan reality TV show.

The winner, who managed to escape sinking all through his stay on the Aforevo ship, proved that yes he could as the name of the reality TV show implies.

According to the Avorevo CEO, Afam Amarawa, YesYouCan is a reality show that blends information, entertainment and lifestyle in a 24 hours nonstop airplay with engaging moments.

The passengers are selected from various branches of art such as comedy, music and movie to spend 8 (eight) weeks on voyage in the Aforevo Ship.

The show had twenty-eight passengers from different parts of the country which saw only 7 passengers to its final stage where Pretty Weyinmi Kingdom Jemirieyigbe became the first runner up and Jennifer George became the second runner up while Peter (Peejay) Edozie became the winner of the N15 million worth of prizes and a two-year movie deal.

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Mug competition: Heritage Bank partners Ikoyi Club 38 Temitope Adebayo Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider; has partnered with Ikoyi Club 38 to host the monthly mugs competition of the golf section.

Speaking at the event, the MD/CEO of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo said the bank partnered the club because, “we needed to pitch our tent where it matters, needed to be visible and to put our footprint in the sands of time.”

Sekibo, who was represented by the Regional Head, Lagos Island 2 of Heritage Bank, Abiodun Agbaje, remarked that while the lender could not do everything at the same time, it was specifically looking at some events that are educative and have high calibre of people to deal with, adding that as a bank, they need to grow their business base with the kind of people that are at the event, who are high-calibre business people.

He said the event was one where a lot of business people gathered together in one place at the same time, stressing that Heritage Bank’s purpose is to create, preserve and transfer wealth across generations.

Also speaking, Joe Oduah, Chief Executive Officer of Resource Churchill, one of the players who contested in the competition, described the mug competition as a monthly tournament played by members only, adding that the winners are usually presented with a gift, which is a mug.

He said it is a medal play, which meant that the player with the lowest net emerged the overall winner, which entitled him to a mug and a special parking slot in the car park of the club.

Oduah, who also doubles as CEO of 3M, a safety equipment stockist and service centre and who has been playing in the tournament for about 10 years and won on several occasions, said generally it is an exciting tournament that brings all the amateurs players together to compete against one another.

In his contribution, Mr. Fabian Kenni, manager of the Golf Section of the Ikoyi Club 38, said the monthly mug competition is a tradition in golf worldwide and is usually done every month, either the first Saturday or the last Saturday of the month.

He said only amateur members who registered when the portal is opened are eligible to play and it is based on handicaps, which is the rating level of the players.

He said handicap starts from one to 28 for men and there are two categories. Category one is from handicap one to 13 while category two is from handicap 14 to 28.

Each category produces two winners, that is, a winner and a runner-up, making a total of four winners every month and each of them is presented with mugs.

Cab operators laud road reconstruction in Benin With reconstruction work progressing rapidly on many roads across the state, cab operators in Benin City have hailed the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration for the ongoing road rehabilitation, which they say has positively impacted their operations.

The state government late last year approved the reconstruction of over 140 roads across the state, after an audit of the roads, with a commitment to deliver them before the start of the rainy season.

Cab operators have described the rehabilitation work as strategic for their operations, noting that the state government’s decision to work on the roads was a step in the right direction.

A cab operator in Ekehuan axis of Benin city, Lewis Asemota, hailed the governor for the rehabilitation of roads, noting that there has been a free flow of traffic in areas where the government has intervened.

He said, “I must say that the ongoing road rehabilitation carried out by the state government has impacted positively on our operations. Unlike in the past, we avoided some routes because of the bad spots.

I am confident that when work is completed on all the road approved by the governor, it will add more value to our bottom line.”

Another cab operator, Andrew Edomwonyi, said the road rehabilitation has opened more routes for their operations, adding, “Before the rehabilitation work on some of these roads, most of us were restricted to plying major roads. Those who struggle to ply the inner roads, end up spending more on maintaining their cars due to the bad spots on the roads.”

L-R: Cluster Head, Ajose Adeogun, Heritage Bank Plc, Kufretido Etim; Managing Director/CEO, Novo Health, Dr. DorothyJeff-Nnnamani; Cluster Head, Lago Mainland 1, Heritage Bank Plc, Betty Eriyo; Convener, The Women More Series/Lead Consultant, Prinsult Global Consulting Limited, Raliat Oyetunde; President, Believe in Africa, Angelle Kwemo and Experience Center Manager, Toyin Street, Heritage Bank Plc, Bolanle Ashiru, at the WomenMore Seminar held in Lagos

Currency in circulation hits N2.1trn in Nov, highest in 2018 – CBN Motolani Oseni The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said currency in circulation increased to N2.1trillion in November, highest figure recorded in the just concluded year.

The CBN on its official website said currency in circulation was at N1.96 trillion in October, and between September and August, it was N1.93 trillion and N1.92 trillion respectively.

According to CBN, Currency issued to deposit money banks through the branches of the CBN, and old notes retrieved through the same channel.

“Currency deposited in the CBN by the banks are processed and sorted to fit and unfit notes in line

with the clean note policy. The clean notes are re-issued while the dirty notes are destroyed,” the CBN said on its website.

Hitherto, the CBN had reported that N2.15 trillion was in circulation in December 2017 ending.

The apex bank in 2002 introduced the cashless policy to eliminate the amount of physical cash (coins and notes) circulating in the economy and encouraging more electronicbased transactions (payments for goods, services, transfers, among others.)

Commenting on increasing currency in circulation, currency analysts at Ecobank Nigeria, Mr. Kunle Ezun, had explained tour correspondent that excess liquidity in the economy was driven by Yuletide celebration that has leveraged growth in currency in

circulation, stressing that Nigerians are finding it difficult to embrace the cash policy of the CBN. “The market is liquid and it is due to the current season of the year.”

He explained further that Nigeria is still more of a cash economy, facing infrastructure challenges.

“Someone can blame infrastructure deficit to CBN’s good intention of making Nigeria a cashless society. The infrastructure that will make the cashless policy work is missing compared to what we have in Kenya.

The Managing Director, Maxifund Investments and Securities Limited, Mr. Okechukwu Unegbu, attributed the growth to Nigeria’s not embracing CBN’s cashless policy.

The apex bank in 2002 introduced the cashless policy to eliminate the amount of physical cash (coins and

notes) circulating in the economy and encouraging more electronicbased transactions (payments for goods, services, transfers, among others.)

According to Unegbu, “The growth in currency in circulation is tight to Inflation and the cost of doing business.

“One of the worst things is that there is no retirement of old currency. Because of the cost of buying new currencies from CBN, no commercial banks keep recycling old currencies.”

The apex bank reported said N1.95 trillion in January; N1.94 trillion was in circulation in February but it increased to N2.04 trillion in March.

The amount of Naira in circulation according to CBN in April 2018 was N1. 96 trillion and closed May at N1.93 trillion.

Minimum wage: NLC restates determination to begin indefinite strike next Tuesday Joy Obakeye Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set January 8 as the date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.

NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the strike would be inevitable if nothing happened before the set date.

He appealed to workers across the nation to support the action to succeed in the interest of their social and economic prosperity.

Wabba called on Federal

Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly for a speedy passage.

He said: “It is unfortunate that the Federal Government is yet to transmit to the National Assembly an executive bill for the enactment of N30,000 as the new national minimum wage.

“Government’s dilly-dallying on the issue has strained GovernmentLabour relations with a potential for a major national strike which could just be days away.

“I want to appeal to the government to do the needful by urgently transmitting the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly.

“We also would like to use this same opportunity to urge workers to fully mobilise for a prolonged national strike and enforce their right.”

Explaining the strike becomes inevitable the last option for labour, the NLC president called on all Nigerians and businesses to understand and support it.

He however assured workers that their labour, patience and diligence would not be in vain.

Wabba said the NLC leadership remains committed to giving all it takes to ensure workers get just and fair wages in a decent work environment appropriate to their well-being.

He added that the NLC

leadership is similarly committed to social protection for workers.

“The new year presents great opportunities for workers, pensioners, civil society allies and their friends and families to put their numbers to good use.

“This is by voting out, not by tribe or religion but purely policy, any candidate that cannot serve their interest.

“In the year that is ahead of us, the NLC remains unequivocally committed to the national and workers’ goals which include the campaign for industrialisation, against selective enforcement of “No Work, No Pay” policy of government, among others”, he said.

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How CBN, ABCON partnership helped naira stability in 2018 Motolani Oseni Considering the closing rate of the Nigerian currency against the US Dollar and three other major foreign currencies at the official foreign exchange market and across different markets, have showed that the strategic partnership between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) on foreign exchange supplies and sustenance of market integrity has helped naira stability in 2018.

The foreign exchange rates collected across different markets and released by ABCON showed that last year’s closing rates in Lagos were buying/selling rates for dollar stood at N358/359.5; Pounds Sterling, N452/N457 and Euro N404/N409.5 respectively.

In Port Harcourt, dollar buying/ selling rates closed the year were at N359/361; Pounds Sterling, N457/N464 and Euro N405/N408 respectively.

In Abuja, dollar buying/selling rates closed last year at N359/360; Pounds Sterling, N464/N467 and Euro N407/ N410 respectively. In Kano, dollar buying/selling rates for last year

were at N359/360; Pounds Sterling, N465/N472and Euro N407/N411 respectively.

Commenting on this development in Lagos, ABCON President, Aminu Gwadabe, said both the apex bank and ABCON worked together in the year to achieve exchange rate stability, which is one of the agenda set by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele at the beginning of his tenure.

Gwadabe said the partnership between both institutions will continue in the New Year to make Naira sovereign in the forex market.

He said: “The strategic partnership between the Central Bank and ABCON continued to make the naira sovereign in the foreign exchange market. The opening market rate N360/361 to the dollar on the two-way quote has been stable. This sustained stability made the Bureaux De Change (BDCs) continue to be the potent monetary policy tool of CBN exchange rate management”.

According to the ABCON boss, the market distortions by forex speculators, rent seekers, currency hoarders and frivolous demand that usually endangered naira stability have been successfully checkmated.

He said it was no longer profitable to attack Naira in the market.

Gwadabe said that ABCON last year created Naijabdcs.com, a live rate engine room created to provide a uniform rate for all BDCs across the country.

The Naijabdcs App displays live exchange rates for different currencies against the naira. “It was created by ABCON to bring about price discovery and transparency in the foreign exchange market. The portal has the support of the CBN, commercial banks, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, Travelex, over 4,000 BDC operators among others,” he said.

He said the App can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store adding that being on the Google Play puts Niajabdcs.com in front of people using billions of active Android devices, in more than 190 countries and territories around the world.

Gwadabe said the local currency stability has also been achieved in the official market, where the exchange rate closed the year at N307 to dollar despite huge campaign spendings by political parties.

He disclosed that both the CBN and ABCON have continually ensured that foreign exchange demands at the retail end of the market were met.

He said that the sustenance of

dollar supply to over 4,000 BDC operators across the country through the International Money Transfer Operations (IMTOs) forex window has helped the status of the local currency.

“The naira remains stable despite political parties campaign spendings across the nation. The strategic partnership, actions, and pre-actions of the CBN and ABCON have stopped distortions to the exchange rate due to ongoing politicking and campaign spendings in the country. ABCON has on its part, ensured that its members continue to make dollar accessible to critical end-users like travelers demanding personal and business travel allowances, school fees and medical bills payment abroad among others,” he said.

He said that going into the New Year, the ongoing ABCON automation and configuration of soft token for forex return rendition by over 4,000 BDCs nationwide will enhance transparency and financial integrity of the operators. “This feat will no doubt strengthen the effectiveness of the technical compliance of the Anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws and help Nigeria’s assessment into the Financial Action Task Force coming up this new year,” he stated.

Excitement as Air Peace begins flight operations at MMA 2 Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo West Africa’s biggest carrier, Air Peace yesterday commence flight services at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, assuring that the extension of its operations to the terminal would afford it the right atmosphere to provide exceptional flight experience.

The carrier, which operates its domestic flights from its hub at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, had promised to move its Lagos-Kaduna, Lagos-Asaba, Lagos-Akure, Lagos-Port Harcourt NAF Base and other flights under its subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper to MMA2.

The airline’s Embraer 145 jet with registration number 5N-BUV took off from the MMA2 en route to Kaduna Airport at about 7.20 a.m. shortly after a brief launch ceremony witnessed by excited staff, managers of the facility, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) and air travellers.

Speaking during the inaugural flight from MMA2, Air Peace Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said the airline was excited to deliver on its promise to move part of its operations to the facility.

He described the MMA2 as one of the best terminals in the country, confirming that Air Peace would eventually move all flights under its subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper to the facility as part of its strategy to position itself for better service to its customers and

deepen its no-city-left-behind project.

“We are quite hopeful that the expansion of our Lagos base to MMA2 will afford us space and convenience to deliver first-class flight experience to our loyal customers. As a customer-oriented carrier, it is only strategic that we seek a better operational atmosphere for seamless passenger facilitation and exceptional customer service experience.

“This exactly is what MMA2 offers with its state-of-the-art facilities and we are indeed proud of our decision to annex it to our Lagos hub”, he said.

For his part, the Group Executive Director of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operator of MMA2, Mr. Rodger Whittle assured of excellent passenger facilitation and experience at the facility.

He said: “It is fascinating for us that Air

Peace has come to MMA2 and we can now happily say that all the airlines in Nigeria operate from the MMA2. It is a fantastic thing for the operator, it is a fantastic thing for the MMA2. It brings the destinations of MMA2 to 24. Air Peace is bringing Kaduna, Akure, Asaba as well as Port Harcourt NAF Base.

“This terminal will offer an excellent set of services to Air Peace customers. It adds tremendous value to the Air Peace proposition and it adds significant value to the traveling experience of the customers.

“Regarding customer experience, we can offer a lot more. We have the comfort and convenience of the terminal, we have electronic technology, we have jetways and direct access to the aircraft for passengers, which is an excellent thing.”

L-R: Executive Director, Cargo Services and Operations, Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO), Mrs. Boma Ukwunna; Managing Director/CEO, SAHCO, Mr. Basil Agboarumi; Non- Executive Director, SAHCO, Dr. Oluropo Owolabi; Vice Chairman SAHCO, Barrister Chike Ogeah; Non-Executive Director, SAHCO, Barrister Kayode Filani; Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, SAHCO, Mr. Olaniyi Adigun as the new corporate logo is unveiled at the Clients Appreciation Dinner in Lagos

Yuletide: BEDC restores power supply to communities in Ekiti, Ondo states Temitope Adebayo The 2018 festive season will be remembered by the ‘Eka Meta” communities of Ekiti state, as BEDC Electricity Plc. restored supply to Erinijiyan, Ipoleloro, Ikogosi of the state, The three communities are at the end of Ilawe/Aramoko feeder with very unreliable supply for several years. However, the supply source of the community was changed whilst the feeder and entire network was rehabilitated and restored by 1.15pm on Xmas day. The feat was achieved in collaboration with Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) under the National Independent Power Project (NIPP).

Similarly, Ode-Aye community in Okitipupa local government area of Ondo South that has been without supply for close to seven years was restored on Xmas day by BEDC. This was after a massive reconstruction done jointly by NDPHC under the NIPP and BEDC. This represents the first phase of the Ondo south restoration, as Okitipupa will be in the next phase.

Following the restoration of power to Ode Aye town in Okitipupa Local Government area, after a long while, the traditional ruler of Ode Aye, Oba William Akinmusayo Akinlade, the Halu of Ode-Aye kingdom has commended the staff and management of BEDC for the restoration of electricity to the town.

Flanked by his subjects all in jubilant move after being reconnected, Oba Akinlade said: “We thank God after a long while light is now on. We thank BEDC. We thank the staff, management and everybody working in BEDC God will bless you all. You will not be put into darkness”.

On Monday, the management of BEDC led by the Chief State Head, Ondo/Ekiti state, Mrs. Kunbi Labiyi had charged the company’s field staff to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that Ode-Aye people enjoy electricity beginning from the 2018 Christmas celebration.

BEDC has announced its plan for the ancient town of Ode-Aye, one of the major communities that have suffered electricity deprivation in Southern senatorial district of Ondo state, with Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, issuing a stern directive through his Technical Committee on Power that everything must be done to end the unacceptable darkness that has enveloped the region in the past twelve years.

It will be recalled also that BEDC had recently during a meeting with the Ekiti state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi assured that power would be restored to the tourism corridor of the state before the end of December. Communities in the tourism hub which have been out of supply included; Ikogosi-Ekiti host of the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort, Ipole-Iloro, the base of Ariata Waterfalls and Erinijiyan Ekiti.

The Managing Director/CEO of BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu had at a press briefing hinted that there was ongoing rehabilitation of Ikogosi/Erinijiyan/Ipole-Iloro on Aramoko 33kv feeder, adding that communities in these areas should have more stable power soon.

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Ezekwesili promises to make Nigeria Africa’s most innovative economy Stories by Patrick Okohue The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has notified Nigerians of her plans in the New Year, one of which is to make Nigeria’s economy the most innovative in the entire Africa as soon as she emerges President.

In a press statement on Tuesday, she said that if wellmanaged, Nigeria’s economy would outshine that of its contemporaries in Africa.

The ACPN presidential candidate said that this was achievable through the creation of a special fund for science and technology and reformation of key financial institutions.

She said, “We will be creating a $1bn Science, Technology and Innovation fund to ensure that science, technology and innovation becomes the enabler for socio-economic development

and structural transformation.

“The goal is to kick-start the process of becoming Africa’s number one innovation and knowledge economy. The STI fund will support the building of a robust national innovation system, carry out reforms and re-organisation of existing institutions, and fund the scaleup of Small and Medium-scale Enterprises and start-ups in the technology space, research and development, knowledge transfer, among others. The fund will function as a partnership between the government and the private sector.”

Ezekwesili also said policies that would ensure increase of technology start-ups in the country by at least 500 per cent in the next four years would be designed and implemented.

“We will set up an Information and Communications Technology programme with a focus on ensuring Nigerians are growing in the remote working and

outsourcing global market. The plan will be to create centres of ICT advancement in all states with a focus on an average of 10,000 developers in each state,” the presidential candidate said.

“Simultaneously, a group of technology ambassadors will be engaging global sourcing centres, providing them with comparative advantage of opening or expanding current operations in Nigeria. The ICT programme will partner the private sector in investing in real estate that allows remote tech workers involved in tech development, data science, Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies to comfortably work.”

Ezekwesili added, “360,000 persons will be impacted directly through this programme; N1.5m Nigerians will be indirect beneficiaries. This plan is to cost N100bn, which will be financed by the STI Fund, which is in turn financed from the oil subsidy savings.”

Buhari group accuses Atiku of using lies, fake news as campaign mantra The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has alleged that the slew of fake news, especially on social media, targeted at the Nigerian Military is the handiwork of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his media organisation.

The group stated that recent claims of terrorists’ attacks on the military, desertion by Police personnel, allegations of corruption scandals in the military hierarchy and the resurfacing of a 2014 claim by soldiers of lack of weaponry are sponsored fake news by the opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar.

In a statement signed by Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke, Chairman and Secretary respectively, BMO stated that the Atiku Abubakar campaign, having no issues to bring forward, has resorted to sponsoring fake news items aimed at tarnishing the image of Nigeria’s Armed Forces and security personnel.

“Atiku Abubakar’s desperation knows no bounds; his recent moves to sponsor narrative through fake news that paint Nigeria’s security personnel as weak and incapable of carrying out their duties, is an example of the PDP candidate’s desperation and lack of patriotism.”

It noted that “the PDP campaign, finding no fault in the current leadership of the Nigerian Army, had began sponsoring old videos from 2014 with the aim of selling a narrative that suggests that the military under President Buhari has not been well-taken care of like it was during their 16 year rule of malfeasance.”

The group highlighted that a recent report by an American firm making claims that the recently slain former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh, was killed to hide corruption under the current Defence leadership was fake news and the handiwork of Mr Brian Ballard, the United States lobbyist Atiku procured at $90,000 a month.

“It is shameful that a former Vice President of Nigeria would procure the service of an American lobby firm to sponsor fake news aimed at attacking the morale and credibility of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.

“In addition to this is the hiring of foreign trolls to man their online handles in a way that is against national interest.

“The whole aim is to destroy national institutions including INEC and cause confusion after realising that they have lost the contest even before the votes are cast.

“This goes to emphasise the fact that Mr Abubakar does not have Nigeria’s interest at heart and must be kept far away from the seat of power.

“The PDP has nothing to sell to Nigerians; it has a candidate who is notorious for corruption allegations and is distrusted across the globe; asides being the candidate of a party responsible for the pillage of Nigeria’s treasury.”

The group called on Nigerians to be wary of Atiku and his party as they would begin promoting fake news items in attempts to compare the Buhari administration to their horrid past.

BMO also accused the PDP

presidential candidate’s media handlers of lying when they claimed that President Buhari has a record of trafficking illicit funds.

“It is a blatant lie that Atiku Abubakar, as head of Customs at the Lagos airport in 1984 stopped the ADC of the then Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, from smuggling in 53 suitcases of looted money.

“This is a matter that was settled back then. The suitcases were the personal belonging of the then Nigerian Ambassador to Libya who was returning to the country after his tour of duty with his three wives and sixteen children.

“The late Ambassador was coming into the country at the same time as the Emir of Gwandu whose son was General Buhari’s ADC and his suitcases were falsely presented to the public as those of the Emir.

“So from all indications, the suitcases which were cleared through Customs by soldiers had nothing to do with Buhari and there was nothing to suggest that illicit funds were being brought into the country.”

It consequently urged Nigerians to be cautious of the opposition party in the run up to the 2019 Presidential elections.

“Nigerians must be wary in the coming weeks. The party which has no agenda to sell would continue promoting lies on the media.

“It would, like one of its recent converts, begin to trivialise the impact of corruption and even attempt to normalise it, Nigerians must fight and reject this.”

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Useni harps on non-violence, hitch-free general election The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Plateau State, Sen. Jeremiah Useni , has charged the people of the state on non-violence and hitch-free polls.

Useni Useni gave the charge on Wednesday while addressing supporters in Mangun during a visit to the community alongside party officials, including Chief Damishi Sango, the state party Chairman.

“I am standing before you as the PDP governorship candidate pleading with you not to be involved in any fight or violence during the electioneering campaigns and the election proper, so as not to spoil them.

“We shouldn’t fight or kill because of the elections; it is not a do-or-die affair and only God gives power to whoever He wants to give it to,” he said.

The PDP gubernatorial candidate

described Churches and Mosques as “our backbones in term of our success as politicians and leaders, because of their prayers and divine counselling’’.

Useni, who frowned at cheating during elections, said such acts shouldn’t be tolerated by any patriotic and God-fearing individuals.

He advised the people to make sure they put their PVCs into good use during the elections to vote for a dependable party of their choice.

Also speaking, the Mwaghavul Paramount ruler, Chief Nelson Bakfur, admonished the people to resist any attempt to drag them into any form of crisis or crime during the impending general elections.

Bakfur noted that the Mwaghavul nation was known for their patriotism and good conduct and expressed optimism that they won’t put the nation into any shame or disappointment. (NAN)

EDUCATION TIMESg Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, January 3, 2019

Solid steps school ends year with most outstanding school award

An outfit, Magnify Media, has awarded Solid Steps International School, Governors’ road in lkotun area of Lagos State, the most outstanding school in Alimosho for the year 2018.

The school received the award recently during its end of year party and carol of nine lessons.

The school Proprietress, Mrs. Julianah Okpor, while receiving the award, said the feat was a product of consistent hard work and commitment over the years.

“I give thanks to God Almighty for making everything happen and advise us all to keep doing we what we know how to do best because surely, you will be appreciated.

“I thank the organisers of the award, Seyi Makinde and Clement Edward of Magnify Media. God will continue to bless and increase them in knowledge,” she said.

On the carol of nine lessons, Okpor expressed gratitude to God for sending his son to redeem the souls of mankind.

She also thanked the school teachers, parents and students for their contributions towards making the event a success.

“With the success of the carol which is our maiden edition, I am so fulfilled and give thanks to God,” she said.

Okpor said following the success of the carol, the school would begin to plan for her inter - house sports which is scheduled to hold in 2019.

“After the second term, we take will take our students out for excursion before preparing for our graduation for the graduating students by third term, “ she said.

On the issue of challenges, Okpor said the major one confronting the school was ability to cope with parents and students from different background and competition from other schools.

“To have this kind of school in this kind of environment is not easy because some people see us as a competitor and so are not happy, whereas we are not competing, we only make use of what we have to be so unique.

“Morally, we try to put our students through and academically, they are doing well.

“While some of them are slow learners and we work on them, the rest of them are very bright, “she said.

Okpor, however, urged parents to advise their children to always do what is right and watch what they do during the yuletide for the safety.

She also encouraged parents to buy gifts for their children to show them love in spirit of the season and motivate them also.

“Despite the situation of the economy, children should appreciate whatever gift their parents gives to them, “ she said.

Okpor thanked her husband for his love, care and support in building her vision for the school.

She appreciated the school management, staff and parents for their unrelenting effort in improving the standard of the school.

Seyi Makinde, on behalf of Magnify Media, said it awarded the school, among others because of its immense contributions towards improving the standard of education within the suburb.

Makinde urged the school not to rest on its oars nor compromise on its standard.

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FUNAAB signs MoU with Greenwich University Commences another with Copenhagen University

L-R : Alhaji Kayode Adumadeyin, Marketing Manager, Radio Lagos Eko FM; Prince Sakirudeen Raji, Board of Trustees, NAPPS Nigeria; Mrs. Yetunde Odejaye, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor Lagos State; Mr. Wasiu Adumadeyin, President, NAPPS Lagos State chapter during the Association 2018 Banquet and Award dinner recently in Lagos.

Sustain high academic standard, discipline, LASG charges Private school owners Stories: Esther Taiwo The Lagos State Government has charged proprietors of private schools in the state not to relent in sustaining high standard of academic excellence and discipline in their schools.

Mrs. Idiat Adebule, Deputy Governor, Lagos State, said this at the 2018 Banquets, Award Dinner and Account of Stewardship organised by the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Lagos State chapter recently.

Adebule, represented by Mrs. Yetunde Odejaye, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor, said this was a potent for better education delivery in support of the vision of the state.

She noted that school owners must also be more proactive by organising activities and programmes that would help broaden the knowledge and enhance the performance of their pupils.

“Despite some challenges you face as

private schools, it is commendable that you still remain committed to better education delivery in support of the vision of the state.

“I have no doubt today’s dinner and award night will to a large extent encourage and motivate more members, individuals and corporate organisations and the awardees to continue to impact the society, “she said.

The Deputy Governor assured that the state would continue to be committed to the provision of free and equitable access to basic education.

She said the state would also continue to focus on an inclusive education policy that seeks to provide quality, effective and functional education for all its citizens.

“I assure you that our amiable governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, will continue to partner with all stakeholders committed to the education and development of our children,” she said.

Adebule, however, congratulated the awardees, noting that their

contributions and being recognised indicates that they have played a very significant role in the growth and development of education in the state.

In his remark, Mr. Wasiu Adumadeyin, President, NAPPS, Lagos State chapter, appreciated the deputy governor for her policies designed to not only improving the quality of education in the state but also enhance participation of private schools.

Adumadeyin said the annual banquet is in line with NAPPS policy of setting out a day for private schools proprietors to dine and appreciate God for a successful end of the year.

He, however, noted that the current administration under his leadership had among other achievements been able to enhance peace and unity within the association and improve the NAPPS financial portfolio.

Thirteen NAPPS members, including Bowen Microfinance Limited bagged the award for meritorious service and commitment to the association in particular and education in general.

UNILAG VC gives scorecard of one year in office Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, has given the scorecard of his one year administration of the university.

Addressing journalists during the end of the year media parley held at the Senate Chamber of the University in Akoka, the VC said the strong understanding that research is one of the core obligations of a university, and the realisation that only the government or university alone cannot adequately fund research, his administration in the last one year has attempted to raise awareness about the need for faculty members to apply and attract more research grants to the university.

“We have insisted that individuals should come together to form cluster groups to undertake multi-disciplinary research. This is already yielding significant results as our faculty members are now attracting more research grants. A total of about N1.25 billion was attracted as research grant by academic staff of the university in period under review”, he said.

He said in November 2018, three members of faculties including Professor Babajide Alo won TETFund grants of over N70 million. Professor Oyibo also won a N17m grant the same month.

“We have also made submissions to some calls through multidisciplinary cluster groups we have created. The African Centre of Excellence for Drug

Discovery, Herbal Medicine and Regulatory Science, headed by Professor Olukemi Odukoya of the Faculty of Pharmacy won a World Bank/NUC call for African Centre of Excellence (ACE) Impact. The grant is worth over $4.5 million (aboutN1.5 billion).

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Ogundipe said his administration has equally strengthened the University’s Research Centres and given them the mandate to pursue research that can attract grants from multi-national corporations and government agencies, adding that four of the research centres were launched within the year under review, two of these are the ARUA Centres for Excellence.

“The ARUA Centres (Centre for Housing and Centre for Entrepreneurship) won the bid to host the ARUA Centre of Excellence in University of Lagos which is to be funded with the sum of $200,000 yearly by ARUA”.

He disclosed that University of Lagos recently won the Ministry of Steel and Solid Minerals Research & Development award and to enhance research visibility the university has collaborated with Vitafoam Nigeria and this led to the donation of a Polyurethane Laboratory worth over N20 million to enhance research in this area and also received some equipment worth $200,000 from the United States to support research in

the Central Research Laboratory.

In the area of Internationalisation, the VC said it is his strong belief that the university can no longer operate in silos, thus, trips have been taken to meet with agencies, foreign government and international organisations as well as universities to create collaborations that can move the University forward.

“For instance, we visited the Finnish, Chinese, German and French embassies in Abuja to share our vision with them and seek their support in actualising the vision. I also led a team from the University to Finland, Canada, China and United Kingdom to establish new relationships that will eventually help us launch into the world knowledge market. I am pleased to let you know that we have made some quick gains,” he said.

On Entrepreneurship, Prof.

Ogundipe said in the last one year, his administration has expanded the mandate of the Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Centre to engage in critical activities to promote entrepreneurship training amongst staff and students of the University.

“I started by visiting students in their various faculties and halls of residence to encourage and charge them with the new thrust of the University in relations to entrepreneurship. We are glad that many of them are now embracing this understanding”, he said.

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Ogun State and the University of Greenwich, United Kingdom have taken their collaboration of over two decades to the next level with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on another strata of development other than the existing ones.

In the same vein, the University (FUNAAB) and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark have also commenced a steady process of signing an MoU that cuts across the former tripodal mandate of teaching, research and extension.

The development was the climax of the University’s Principal Officers and relevant Directors visit to Greenwich University, Kent, U.K. and University of Copenhagen, Denmark recently.

Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the visit to Greenwich University, UK, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Professor Lateef Sanni, who did his Benchwork PhD in the University, disclosed that the two institutions signed 7 points MoU. According to Professor Sanni, the University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kolawole Salako and the ViceChancellor of Greenwich University, UK, Professor David Maguire, signed the MoU in the latter’s office.

However, Professor Sanni quickly pointed out that this particular MoU is unique in the sense that “it goes beyond collaboration in the existing research and teaching, it comes with numerous opportunities for staff of both Universities in mobility and capacity development”.

He emphasised that the 7-points MoU will expand and strengthen collaboration, especially in the areas of staff exchange, sourcing of fund, joint supervision of students, among others.

The newly signed MoU didn’t come as a surprise. The Director of Natural Research Institute (NRI), Greenwich University, Professor Andrew Westby, had said this about FUNAAB. “I was very impressed when I first visited FUNAAB in 1998 by the energy, professionalism and dedication of their staff and commitment to both academic excellence and making a difference in the lives of poor people”.

Similarly, the Director of CEADESE, Professor Kayode Akinyemi has disclosed that FUNAAB ViceChancellor, Professor Kolawole Salako and Dean of Sciences and Agriculture, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Professor John Hanser, and Dr. (Mrs.) Camilla Rump of Department of Science Education have started the process of discussion that will culminate in partnership in the areas of Research, Training, Students / Staff Exchange, Joint research, joint supervision of students, joint organization of conferences, sourcing for fund, among others.

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OXFORD PENTIUM FAMILY TRUST FUND

EKO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION CLASS OF 78

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

TRUSTEES ARE GIWA UNUOGIESO ANDREW ( CHAIRMAN) ANDREW IZEGBUWA ANN ( SECRETARY) IDEWELE MARCUS OSEZOJIE DIRISU AFEOFA PAUL

TRUSTEES ARE 1. AUSBETH NNAMDI AJAGU 2. MR. PATRICK JOSHUA OGBADIM AJAGU 3. MRS. MARY NKECHI AROH 4. ENGR. CYRIL ONYEKWELU UMUNNA AJAGU

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILRGED 2.TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 3.TO ESTABLISH SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRE 4. TO PROMOTE GIRLS AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. 5. TO ASSIST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO BUY, SELL, HOLD AND MANAGE PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUSTEES OR BENEFICIARIES. 2. TO CONTROL AND PROTECT FAMILY ASSETS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATION

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED JOHN OMODU KPAKU, ESQ 08034511802

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SOLA OLUMAYOKUN 2. KOLA OLUMAYOKUN 3. TEMITOPE OLUMAYOKUN 4. OLUWASEYI OLUMAYOKUN 5. OLUWAKEMISOLA OLUMAYOKUN THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B. 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. J. GREG (SOLICITOR)

OLISAELOKA KINGSLEY FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR INCORPORATION UNDER FACTS OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1.IGWE ELOKA KINGSLEY- CHAIRMAN 2. JEMIYO MOTUNRAYO DEBORAH - SECRETARY 3.OBADINA EMMAUEL OLUWATOBI OBJECTS: 1. CHARITY AND HOPE FOR WIDOWS, PROSTITUTE, DESTITUTES, ORPHANS AND PRISONERS. 2. SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT FOR THE LESS-PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO, THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P. M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

GLORIA-DORCAS HOPE FOR NEEDY 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.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1.

NWACHUKWU UJU GLORIA CHAIRMAN/FOUNDER 2.

AMANCHUKWU KENNETH OBINNA MEMBER 3 OKE OLUSEYI OLATUNBOSUN SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO HELP THE NEEDY AND WIDOWS 2.

TO CATER FOR ABANDON AND MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 3.

TO EMPOWER LESS PRIVILEGE PEOPLE

NIGERIA CURLING ASSOCIATION

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. MR. DANIEL DAMOLA 2. MRS. HENRIETTA ONYINYE DANIEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PROMOTE CURLING IN NIGERIA AND BEYOND. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B. 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

“EDOMEN ASSOCIATION OF OGUN/LAGOS OF NIGERIA” THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR INCORPORATION UNDER FACTS OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO 1 OF 1990.

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: (A) MATTEW OJEMEN-------(PRESIDENT) (B) ILENRE EHIMARE STANLEY (VICE PRESIDENT) (C) PAUL LAWRENCE (SECRETARY) (D) IFIDON OYAHIRE (E) KELLY ERAHOMON (F) ORUAME PIUS (G) CHRISTOPHER EHIZOTU (H) JOHN OBOH (I) CLEMENT OARHE THOMAS (J) SADO PHIDELIS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES (1) TO PROMOTE THE UNITY AND PROGRESS OF EDOMEN IN OGUN/LAGOS STATE AND ITS ENVIRONS (2) TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF EDOMEN GENERALLY.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEBAYO JOBI 2. GBOYEGA ADESIGBIN 3. TAOFIK AJAO 4. ADEWALE ADAMS 5. NASIR OLAYIWOLA THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS: 1. TO BRING UNITY, PEACE AND LOVE AMONGST THE OLD BOYS OF 78 CLASS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B. 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. J. GREG (SOLICITOR)

PARADISE ESTATE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, OLOKONLA, LAGOS

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR INCORPORATION UNDER FACTS OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. GABRIEL PATRICK 2. MR. KEHINDE OMAPE 3. MR. IBRAHIM IZUAGIE 4. MR AYO AFONJA 5. MRS. LILLIAN CHUKWURAH 6. MRS. IFEOMA AKAELU. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFITS OF ALL RESIDENTS, BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS RESPECTIVELY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO, THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P. M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: CHAIRMAN.

ALHADJA MARYAM ANIKE ADEJUMO FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR INCORPORATION UNDER FACTS OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ALHADJ HAMEED ADEJUMO - CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. OMOBOLANLE OREKOYA - DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 3. MR. ADEWALE RAJI - TREASURER 4. MR. KOLAPO RAJI - SECRETARY 5. DR. ADEBISI AYOOLA - ASST. SECRETARY 6. ALHADJA OLUJOKE ADEJUMO MEMBER. 7. MRS SABITIYU ADENIRAN - MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. TO PROJECT THE LEGACY OF OUR MOTHER, “ALHADJA MARYAM ANIKE ADEJUMO” THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP GRANT AND WELFARE BENEFITS TO ORPHANS AND CHILDREN IN TWO COMMUNITIES OF AGO ISHONA AND MOLABE QUARTERS IN OYO STATE.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO, THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P. M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO, THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P. M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED SYNTEGRAL LP

MOBILE LIFE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

GLORY GATE ASSEMBLY INT’L

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

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE 1 PASTOR VICTOR OLANIYAN DANIEL – PRESIDENT 2 FASIKU OLUWATOYIN OLUWAFUNMILAYO – SECRETARY 3 BUSARI ADEYOOLA RUTH 4 MAJIYAGBE EZEKIEL ALANI 5 OGUNDIYA ALICE FOLUKE 6 OLOWE SUNDAY OLUMUYIWA 7 PASTOR MRS CATHERINE YINKA DANIEL

TRUSTEES ARE: 1) SENIOR PASTOR AGUNDU CHUKWUEMEKA AGUNDU - FOUNDER/PRESIDENT 2) PASTOR MRS LILIAN AGUNDU - ASSISTANT 3) PASTOR ANI NNAEMEKA - SECRETARY 4) SISTER OLUCHI ONYEMAOBI - TREASURER 5) SISTER EUGENIA EZE - MEMBER 6) SISTER BENEDETH MBA - MEMBER 7) SISTER FRANCA OZOANI - MEMBER 8) BROTHER CHUKWUNONSO ANI - MEMBER 9) BROTHER CHUKWUEBUKA EZEH - MEMBER

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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

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

SIGNED BY SECRETARY

SIGNED TRUSTEES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO PROMOTE THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2) TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE POOR AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED 3) TO CARRY OUT OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND CRUSADES AT LEAST ONCE IN A YEAR ANY OBJECTION TO THE PUBLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES:

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COMFORT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

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PRESSING FORWARD HIGHER ASSEMBLY

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 DR. CHINENYE OBIAGELI COMFORT ANI 2 ALEXANDER OLISAEMEKA ANI

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IBEGBU ONYEKACHI AMBASSADOR - PRESIDENT 2. IBEGBU PEARL CHIAMAKA - SECTARY 3. ODIMUKO JUSTICE CHIMA

AIMS & OBJECTIVES TO PROVIDE THE HEALTHCARE SERVICE FOR LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: DR. CHINENYE OBIAGELI COMFORT ANI

GLOBAL ZAKAT HOUSE INITIATIVE

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO 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: IBEGBU ONYEKACHI AMBASSADOR PRESIDENT

ISLAMIC MERCY AID WORLDWIDE INITIATIVE

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

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ABDULLAH, TAOFEEQ AYINLA 2. MURITALA YUSUFF ADEWALE 3. OYENIYI ABDUL WAASI

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ABDULLAH, TAOFEEQ AYINLA 2. MURITALA YUSUFF ADEWALE 3. OYENIYI ABDUL WAASI

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO COLLECT AND HELP TO DISTRIBUTE ZAKAT TO THE POOR AND NEEDY PEOPLE AND MEANT TO BE PAID IN ORDER TO PURIFY THE WEALTH OF MUSLIMS WHO HAVE ENOUGH WEALTH HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE AMOUNT I.E 2.5% OF THEIR WEALTH. 2. TO FOSTER CHARITABLE GIVING TO ALLEVIATE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF POOR COMMUNITY WITH AN END –TO- END ZAKAK SERVICES AND TO ESTABLISH LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ENSURE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY GROWTH.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE AND TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES IN SOME OF THE NEEDIEST NATIONS OF THE WORLD, STRIVING TO SERVE UMMAH AND HUMANITY GLOBALLY. 2. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND UMMAH CARE,EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES, PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR PERSECUTED MUSLIMS, PROTECTING LIFE AND DIGINITY , SECURE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

HELEN HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES: KROEBER HELEN IWANEGBE UWUILEKHUE OSAYI LOUISA IWANEGBE AMERICA IGUOSADE IRABOR MABEL IWANEGBE IDEMUDIA KING IGUODALA EDETANLEN COURAGE ADE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: PROVISION OF FREE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIP TO DESERVING PERSONS WITH LESS MEANS. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY IN THE SOCIETY. REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF VICTIMS OF DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO YOUTH, WIDOWS AND SINGLE PARENTS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE BUSINESSES. ANY OBJECTION TO THE SAID APPLICATION 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: IDEMUDIA KING, ESQ. TEL: 08034478489

FAITHPEARL GLOBAL IMPACT FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004 TRUSTEES: 1. IDUH EWERE OSARO 2.OKITIKPI ESE ABIGAIL 3. OKITIKPI FAITH UFUOMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO REDUCE POVERTY RATE IN THE SOCIETY 2) TO GIVE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS 3) TO BRING OUT THE POTENTIAL IN PEOPLE 4) TO BIRTH PEOPLE WITH GREATER IDEAS IN SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR SELF RELIANCE AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING THEIR QUOTA TO THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATION AT LARGE 5) TO BECOME A NOTABLE PLATFORM FOR BUILDING SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS AND INTRAPRENEURS WHILE ENSURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA FCT WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. HARRT ELIJAH SOKARI 2. AMALAHA STANLY NNAMDI 3. OTOBO DENNIS IBIY-MBEBARA AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS IN THE SOCIETY 2. HIV AND AIDS AWARENESS EDUCATION 3. CARE AND SUPPORT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE IN THE SOCIETY 4. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WIDOWS AND WOMEN IN THE SOCIETY 5. YOUTHS TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM 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: SECRETARY

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

CHARITY TRUST ORGANIZATION

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ABDULLAH, TAOFEEQ AYINLA 2. MURITALA YUSUFF ADEWALE 3. OMOTAYO RAHAMON OLALEKAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE AND CLEAR PURPOSE TO TAKE FOOD TO THE MOST NEEDY PEOPLE IN NIGERIA AND SOME PART OF THE WORLD. 2. TO PROVIDE VERY GOOD CLEAN WATER FOR THE NEEDY IN NIGERIA AND INTERNATIONALLY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION POT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE :1. KINGSLEY AIGBONA 2. INNOCENT EKELEME 3. MRS IJEOMA ASUELINMEN THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS :TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BRIGHT AND INDIGENT STUDENTS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

OPEN LAW INNOVATION CENTER

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE LOSS OF RECEIPT OF FULL PAYMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY SITUATED AT NO 39 ABEOKUTA STREET, MUSHIN, LAGOS BELONGING TO MADAM TINUADE, HAVING TRANSFERED THE SAID PROPERTY TO HER ONLY BEGOTTEN SON MR LASISI BANKOLE IN A DEED OF GIFT, WHO ALSO TRANSFERED THE SAID PROPERTY TO ONE OF HIS SONS ENGR. FUNSHO DAUDA BANKOLE BY INHERITANCE. ALL EFFORT MADE TO LOCATE THIS DOCUMENT PROVED ABORTIVE.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004.

IF FOUND, PLEASE CONTACT US ON 08037258507 OR THE NEAREST POLICE STATION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TAKE NOTE.

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

AQUINAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE ORGANISATION HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FR. CHARLES OGEDENGBE 2. FR. VALENTINE ANYANWU 3. FR. VINCENT UBILI 4. FR. AUGUSTINE EBIDO 5. FR. GABRIEL ODIN 6. FR. ONWORDI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ACT AS CATALYST FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH WORK PROMOTION. 2. TO PROMOTE A CULTURE OF HIGH MORAL STANDARDS, DISCIPLINE, HONESTY, RESPONSIBILITY. 3. TO PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR HIGHLY TALENTED BUT INDIGENT STUDENTS. 4. TO RAISE FUND FOR UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY. ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS NOTICE. SIR (BAR.) LUKE OKWUCHUKWU ANIAGO

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

THE PROPOSED TRUSTEES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE: 1. DR. BABATUNDE AJIBADE, SAN 2. PROF. BANKOLE SODIPO THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE A NETWORKING AND COLLABORATING PLATFORM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS, WHETHER FOR-PROFIT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, WORKING TO MAKE JUSTICE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL IN NIGERIA. 2. TO PROMOTE THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE JUSTICE MORE ACCESSIBLE IN NIGERIA. 3. TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THE RENDERING OF FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENTS IN NIGERIA. 4. TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENT, LAWYERS, ICT SPECIALISTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE THE LAW MORE OPEN TO ALL IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

AUCTION SALES! AUCTION SALES!!

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IMAMA NEKE OZOM DEVELOPMENT UNION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. PROPHET UBONG JOHN OKON. 2. MR. SIMON NYAH. 3. MR. ITORO JAMES.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DONATUS O. EKWUAZI 2. BONIFACE A. AGU 3. AGUSIGBO UCHECHUKWU ERIC 4. OBIAYO CLIFFORD NWORAH

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO PREACH CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 2. TO LOVE OURSELVES AND NEIGHBORHOOD UNCONDITIONAL. 3. TO RENDER HELP TO THE HELPLESS.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AWARENESS

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED; PROPHET UBONG JOHN OKON.

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ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE GENERAL REGISTRAR COOPERATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION SINGED: EMEKA EUGENE ANEKE ESQ

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MRS SAMUELS OLUBUKOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IDOWU OLUBUKOLA MOSUNMOLUWA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SAMUELS OLUBUKOLA MOSUNMOLUWA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

YOOLA OLUBUNMI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AYOOLA SERAH OLUBUNMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYOOLA OLUBUNMI ABEKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE. OYEYEMI BABATUNDE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEYEMI BABATUNDE YEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEYEMI BABATUNDE QUADRI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

TUNDE QUDUS

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GODFREYELUKE GRACE

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MRS CHINONYEREM JENIFER

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INEH CHUKWUDI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS INE CHUKWUDI ONYEISI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS INEH CHUKWUDI ONYEISI. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 26TH AUGUST 1990. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONYEBUCHI SMART

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NDUBUISI CHINWENDU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONWUZURIKE CHINWENDU EBERE NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSES AS NDUBUISI CHINWENDU EBERE. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

AKANDE MATHEW

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANDE FOLORUNSHO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANDE MATHEW. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

IBUKUNOLUWA BUSAYO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS IBUKUNOLUWA BUSAYO DAHUNSI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IBUKUNOLUWA BUSAYO AJAYI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ADEBESIN ABIMBOLA

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AKINTOLA JULIANA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO SAMOTU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOLA JULIANA OMOYENI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. POLARIS BANK, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OJELADE VICTORIA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SODIPE VICTORIA TAIWO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJELADE VICTORIA TAIWO.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADESIDA ADEKAYODE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESIDA ADEKAYODE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESIDA ADEKAYODE FRANCIS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHUKWUEDOZIE OGOCHUKWU

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONUH OGOCHUKWU RITA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUEDOZIE OGOCHUKWU RITA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS WURAOLA EZINNE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS WURAOLA EZINNE OLABUISI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS WURAOLA EZINNE IRONDI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONWUMERE JIDECHI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONWUMERE JIDECHI JACHIMIKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONWUMERE JIDECHI JOSEPH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ANINWENE CHINWE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ORJI CHINWE MARTHA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANINWENE CHINWE MARTHA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KAREEM ALAMU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAREEM FATAI ALAMU NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSES AS KAREEM ALAMU. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ABDULKAREEM IBRAHEEM

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULKAREEM IBRAHEEM BOLAJI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULKAREEM IBRAHEEM TUNDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUWATOMILAYO ADEBIMPE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS OLUWATOMILAYO ADEBIMPE OLUDIMU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWATOMILAYO ADEBIMPE BABARINSA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FALANA OLANREWAJU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS OLASUNKANMI OLANREWAJU AYOTUNDE,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FALANA OLANREWAJU SEMIU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

TIAMIYU AFEEZ

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LATEEF AFEEZ NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TIAMIYU AFEEZ AKANJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.POLARIS BANK, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS FALADE OLASUMBO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESAN OLASUMBO HENRIETTA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS FALADE OLASUMBO HENRIETTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS IDAHOSA ABIOLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLADOKUN ABISOLA OLUWATOBI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IDAHOSA ABIOLA OLUWATOBI, DUE TO MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IKECHUKWU MUNACHIMSO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IKECHUKWU MUNACHIMSO SOMJO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IKECHUKWU MUNACHIMSO GOODLUCK. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ANI MUKAOSOLU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS KAODIECHI MUKAOSOLU WINNIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ANI MUKAOSOLU WINNIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS IKWUAGU CHIOMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKORJI CHIOMA CHOOSENGOD, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IKWUAGU CHIOMA CHOOSENGOD. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZUGWU VICTOR

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE GERALD STEPHEN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZUGWU VICTOR KOSISOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS. OMOFOUMA AMINAT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. YUSUF AMINAT TEMIDAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OMOFOUMA AMINAT TEMIDAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AKINMOLAYAN PRINCESS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAM PRINCESS KENECHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINMOLAYAN PRINCESS OKAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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OLUWATOMILAYO ADEBIMPE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS ADETOUN FISAYO FAGBEMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADETOUN FISAYO ADELAKUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

MRS THOMPSON PECULIAR

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKORIE PECULIAR CHIGOZIRIM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS THOMPSON PECULIAR CHIGOZIRIM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLORODE FATAI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLORODE RIDWAN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLORODE FATAI ALABI.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID POLARIS BANK, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

HAUWAU MUSA

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MRS ADERANTI ESTHER

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MRS OKOROJI EBUBECHUKWU

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MRS NWANZI ELOCHUKWU

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KALU CHIOMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELIZABETH NMECHA KALU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KALU CHIOMA KALU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT OGAZI VERONICA OGOCHUKWU, AGBOWO VERONICA OGOMUEGBUNAMU AND AGBOWO VERONICA OGOCHUKWU REFERS TO ONE AND THE SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGBOWO VERONICA OGOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

DECLARATION OF AGE

THIS IS TO DECLARE THAT I, ADAMU IBRAHIM WUYEP WAS BORN ON THE 5TH DAY OF MAY, 1993 AT MINNA IN NIGER STATE OF NIGERIA. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 5TH DAY OF MAY, 1993. GENERAL PUBLIC/AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

LORDSON JOHN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, LORDSON IFEANYI JOHN AND LORDSON IFEANYI JOHNPRINCE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, LORDSON JOHN EGBUTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

Classified ASADU LOVELINE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE LOVELINE ONYEKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ASADU LOVELINE ONYEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS OYEKAN GRACE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AYORINDE LATIFAT GRACE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OYEKAN GRACE OREOLUWA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MUTIAT OMOLARA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSTAPHA MUTIAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUTIAT OMOLARA ADEROJU.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID POLARIS BANK, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ADEKEYE CATHERINE

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MRS IKWUAGU CHIOMA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKORJI CHIOMA CHOOSENGOD . NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IKWUAGU CHIOMA CHOOSENGOD. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND GENERAL SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAMES

WE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: 1. MR ANIEKEH MICHAEL CHIBUZO 2. MR CHIBUZO SOLOMON ANIEKEH 3. MR CHIBUZO UGOCHUKWU THEOPHILUS BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: 1. MR CHIBUIKEM MICHAEL NWACHINEDU 2. MR CHIBUIKEM CHINEDU SOLOMON 3. MR CHIBUIKEM UGOCHUKWU THEOPHILUS ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THE FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ONYENEKE EBERE

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ROYAL KENECHUKWU

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT OZOR CHINAZAEKPERE ANNABEL, OZOR CHINAZAEKPERE PAULINE AND OZOR CHINAZAEKPERE PAULINE ANNABEL, REFERS TO ONE AND THE SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OZOR CHINAZAEKPERE PAULINE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ADENIYI OMOLABAKE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMOSUN OMOLABAKE BISOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENIYI OMOLABAKE BISOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AJETUNMOBI YETUNDE

FORMERLY KNOWN AS AJETUNMOBI BLESSING OLUWABUNMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS AJETUNMOBI YETUNDE OLUWABUNMI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLANIYI NURUDEEN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLANIYI NURUDEEN OLASUNKANMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLANIYI NURUDEEN AJANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID POLARIS BANK, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OMOMUMI ISAAC

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOMUMI OLANREWAJU ABAYOMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOMUMI ISAAC ABAYOMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

KALU CHIOMA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELIZABETH NMECHA KALU. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KALU CHIOMA KALU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FAMILY CHANGE OF SURNAME

WE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: 1. DENNIS NNAEMEKA EBEGBULAM 2. DANIEL CHINEDU EBEGBULAM 3. PETER NKEMDIRIM EBEGBULAM 4. PAUL NKEMJIKA EBEGBULAM 5. EMMANUEL UZOMA EBEGBULAM 6. JOY OBIANWU CHIDINMA EBEGBULAM

BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS: 1. DENNIS NNAEMEKA UZOMA 2. DANIEL CHINEDU UZOMA 3. PETER NKEMDIRIM UZOMA 4. PAUL NKEMJIKA UZOMA 5. EMMANUEL UZOMA UZOMA 6. JOY OBIANUJU CHIDINMA UZOMA ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ONWUDIWE OGECHUKWU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OWUSI OGECHUKWU JANE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ONWUDIWE OGECHUKWU JANE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ESOSORI ARINZE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESOSORI ARINZE SAMUEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESOSORI ARINZE JUDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT IKECHUKWU OKONKWO NNAMCHI, UGWU MICHAEL AND UGWU MICHAEL OKONKWO REFERS TO ONE AND THE SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWU MICHAEL OKONKWO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

LUCKY PEACE

ADENUGA OLUWASEGUN EKERINOMO, ADENUGA OLUSEGUN,ADENUGA SEGUN EKERINOMO, ADENUGA SEGUN, ADENUGA SEGUN ALABA AND ADENUGA SEGUN EMMANUEL. THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAMES, HENCEFORTH I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENUGA SEGUN EMMANUEL AND WAS BORN ON 19/10/1985. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THESE NAMES REMAIN MINE AND VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LUCKY PEACE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LUCKY PEACE NNEKA. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ABDULMAJEED AKAWAYA

CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH I, PETER BODAM, WISH TO CORRECT MY DATE OF BIRTH WHICH WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS, 1ST JANUARY, 1991, INSTEAD OF, 3RD AUGUST, 1995. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS, 3RD AUGUST, 1995.

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

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, KADALA SALIHU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, ABDULMAJEED AKAWAYA MATTHEW. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS, 20TH NOVEMBER, 1998, NOT 28TH OCTOBER, 1988.

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

Classified 20 CHIKWE TESSA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, CHIKWE KELECHI GRACE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, CHIKWE TESSA KELECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE. ADEDEJI OLAITAN I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS JOHN OLAITAN CHRISTIANA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEDEJI OLAITAN CHRISTIANA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. JOHN OLUWATOBILOBA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

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I, AZIKA ABEL AND ABEL CHIZINDU OKPARANTA, REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, ABEL CHIZINDU OKPARANTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MCMARTHY IKECHUKWU AGHAERILAM CHINAZO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IHEANAEBOM VITALIS IKECHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

HEANAEBOM VITALIS

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SADC: DR Congo election ‘relatively well managed’

Xi: Nobody can change fact Taiwan is part of China Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that no one can change the fact that Taiwan is “part of China”, adding that Beijing will not give up the use of military force as an option to ensure “reunification”.

Xi made the comments on Wednesday in a speech marking the 40th anniversary of a policy statement that eventually led to a thaw in relations with the self-ruled island.

“We are firmly against those who conspire behind the ideo of ‘Two China’, or ‘One China-One Taiwan’, or Taiwan Independence,” Xi said in a part of his first major speech addressing the people of what Beijing considers a breakaway province.

“We have achieved great victory on defeating any pro-independence or separatist activities. Nobody, and no party, can change the historical and legal that Taiwan is part of China and that both sides of the strait belong to China,” Xi said in Beijing.

China “reserves the option of taking

all necessary measures” against outside forces that interfere with peaceful reunification and Taiwan independence separatist activities, he added.

Tsai says Taiwanese want to maintain self-rule His speech came a day after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China to seek a peaceful solution over their differences, insisting people on the island want to maintain self-rule.

“I would like to call on China to face squarely the reality of the existence of the Republic of China on Taiwan,” Tsai said in a New Year’s Day address, referring to the island’s formal name.

She added that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait needed a pragmatic understanding of the basic differences that exist between them in terms of values and political systems.

China “must respect the insistence of 23 million people on freedom and democracy, and must use peaceful, on parity means to handle our differences”, Tsai said.

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Graham Ong-Webb, research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, said Xi’s remarks on Wednesday were “consistent” with the “message put out by the Chinese government over the last 40 years under the tenure of a string of premiers”.

He noted, however, that the Chinese president in recent years has been delivering “the same message albeit in a more sharp and firm stance for various reasons.”

“At the end of the day, there is a timeline when it comes to reunification and the Chinese government has to achieve this goal at some stage,” Ong-Webb told Al Jazeera from Singapore.

China interference ‘Taiwan’s biggest challenge’ The Chinese government has heaped pressure on Tsai since she took office in 2016, cutting off dialogue, whittling down Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies and forcing foreign airlines to list Taiwan as part of China on their websites.

Election monitors from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have said the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) presidential election “went relatively well” despite chaotic scenes that prevented many from voting.

The qualified endorsement from the regional body on Wednesday countered allegations by opposition candidates that the December 30 vote was marred by widespread irregularities.

Approval of the election’s results

by SADC powers like South Africa and Angola will be critical for the legitimacy of the administration of the next president, who will succeed incumbent Joseph Kabila on January 18.

Pre-election polling showed Kabila’s preferred candidate, ex-interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, trailing the main opposition candidates, Martin Fayulu and Felix Tshisekedi, but both sides say they expect to win.

The election is meant to lead to Congo’s first democratic transfer of power in 59 years of independence.

But more than a million Congolese in opposition strongholds were prevented from voting due to an Ebola outbreak, local factional conflict and various logistical problems.

“Taking into account the range of challenges posed by these elections, the [mission] observed that the elections ... were relatively wellmanaged,” the SADC mission said in its statement.

The election allowed “the majority of the Congolese population to exercise its right to vote”.

Provisional results are expected on January 6, with the final outcome on January 15.

Internet blocked On Monday, the authorities cut off internet cross the vast central African

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country in an apparent effort by the government to prevent social media speculation about the results of the vote.

Meanwhile, Radio France International said on Wednesday the government had revoked the accreditation of one of its journalists and cut off the station’s broadcasts.

Confirming the move, Lambert Mende, a spokesperson for the government, accused the station of stirring up controversy. He said its journalist, Florence Morice, had violated electoral laws.

“We are not going to let a radio station throw petrol on the flames at a time when we are waiting for the compilation of the provisional results,” Mende said.

RFI said its coverage had been impartial.

Also on Wednesday, an African Union observer mission said that election day, which also included votes for national and provincial assembly members, was peaceful yet blighted by a number of logistical problems.

“The holding of these elections constitutes, in itself, a first great victory for the Congolese people,” it said in a statement.

“The mission strongly wishes that the results that will be declared are true to the vote of the Congolese people.”

Kabila’s government refused to accredit election monitors from the European Union and the US-based Carter Center, which said there were widespread irregularities in the 2011 election.

Contested election results in 2006 and 2011 led to violent street protests, and a disputed outcome this time could also destabilise Congo’s volatile eastern borderlands with Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, where dozens of militia groups are active.

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SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, January 3, 2018

Serena Williams inspires working mothers in new message

Serena Williams has posted an inspirational New Year message to mums and dads juggling parenthood with work, saying “anything is possible”.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion began 2019 in Perth at the mixed teams Hopman Cup, with baby Alexis Olympia in tow.

She posted a picture of herself and her daughter to her 10.4 million followers on Instagram, holding her child as she stretched her leg.

Williams, 37, said, “it’s not about what we can do it’s what we MUST do as working moms

and working dads”.

“Anything is possible. I was getting ready for the first match of the year and my dear sweet baby @olympiaohanian was tired and sad and simply needed mama’s love.

“So if it means warming up and stretching while holding my baby that’s what #thismama will do.

“My fellow moms and dads working – or stay home it’s equally as intense – but you inspire me,” she added.

“Hearing your stories makes me know I can do this. Thank you

from the bottom of my heart. This year is to you!”

The last time Williams played in Australia was January 2017, when she won the Australian Open when eight-weeks pregnant.

Last month, the WTA introduced new rules so returning mothers have a special ranking that earns them a seeded position at tournaments, ensuring they do not face a top player in the opening round.

Williams, along with other tennis mums like former world number one Victoria Azarenka,

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had advocated for the changes to help ease the transition back for players who had given birth.

She is partnering Francis Tiafoe for the United States at the Hopman Cup and on Tuesday evening played mixed doubles against Switzerland, with Roger Federer on the other side of the net.

The Swiss team won with Williams calling it “literally the match of my career”.

“It is really great and special to go against the greatest of all time,” she said of facing Federer in a competitive match.

CAFCC: Rangers resume training after Yuletide break Rangers International Football Club of Enugu have resumed training for the Confederation of African Football cup and the forthcoming Nigeria Professional Football League.

Rangers’ next opponent in the Confederation cup is Bantu Football Club of Lesotho and the first leg of the second round will be played on January 13.

The club Spokesperson, Norbert Okolie, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday, saying that the players are back to training.

“We resumed training on Tuesday, Jan. 1, in the evening after the seven days Yuletide break and the most aspect of it was that the players were back injury free.

“Our Confederation cup first leg of the second round against Bantu FC will

come up on Jan. 13, in Lesotho and we will approach it with seriousness.

“The players and technical crew were given 24 hours to settle down after the break which ended on Dec. 30, and after that we swear into training because we do not want to underrate any club,’’ he said.

Okolie said that the players have promised to take-off from where they stop in 2018 with more seriousness knowing that any clubs that reached this stage of the competition is not a push over.

“We are expecting a tough match against the club from Lesotho and that is why we are taking our preparation serious to ensure that we made it to the group stage,’’ Okolie said.

He noted that the club still has the ambition of going all the way to the final

of the competition to ensure that the country lost slots were restored.

The media officer appreciated the players for their doggedness in the field of play in 2018 which takes the club through to the stage they are in the competition and urged them to put more efforts in 2019.

The club also wishes the people of the Enugu State and its numerous fans all over the country and world a happy return from the Yuletide celebration.

Okolie prayed that God of soccer who negotiated the way for them and the Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi to the stage they are to continue his good work.

NAN reports that Rangers edged out Union Sportive Medinat Bel Abbes (USMBA) of Algeria in the first round on 2-0 aggregate in Enugu after 0-0 score line in Algeria in the first leg.

UEFA tips Samuel Chukwueze, 49 others for stardom Villarreal’s Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze has been listed among the top 50 youngsters that will be household names by this time in 2020.

He was the only Nigerian teenage player listed.

According to a report on UEFA .com, Chukwueze made the shortlist alongside, Chelsea’s teenage sensation, Callum HudsonOdoi, Jadon Sancho, Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid and Brazil, Ethan Ampadu of Wales, Gelson Fernandes of Portugal, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco.

Chukwueze who has been likened to the legendary Arjen Robben has been shaking up

the Spanish Liga and UEFA Europa League this term with his skills and aggressive play for Villarreal.

The 19-year-old broke into Villarreal’s first team this season after impressing with the B team and has so far scored four goals from 13 outings in all competitions this campaign for Villarreal.

Chukwueze whose contract is currently due to expire at the end of the season is currently attracting interest from several teams according to his agent Johnny Ogbah.

A FIFA under-17 World Cup winner with Nigeria in 2015, Chukwueze came close to joining Arsenal in 2016 – arrived at Villarreal from Nigeria’s Diamond Academy in August 2017.

Other players that were listed include; Ilzat Akhmetov, Emil Audero, Nicolo Barella, Sander Berge, Josip Brekalo, Rafa Camacho, Giorgi Chakvetadze, CSKA’s Fedor Chalov, Alphonso Davies, Merih Demiral, Moussa Diaby, Joao Félix, Arnaut Groeneveld, Robert Gumny, Ianis Hagi, Amadou Haidara, Kai Havertz, Luka Ivanusec, Luka Jovic, Ozan Kabak, Alban Lafont, Andriy Lunin, Weston McKennie Brais Méndez, Nikola Milenkovic, Eder Militao, Juan Miranda, Nikola Moro, Arijanet Muric, Vitaliy Mykolenko.

Florian Müller, Reiss Nelson, Stanley N’Soki, Dani Olmo, Ricard Puig, Ionuț Radu, Javier Sanchez, Ismaïla Sarr, Mykola Shaparenko, Unai Simon, Oliver Skipp, Smith Rowe, Martin Terrier, Dayot Upamecano and Nicolo Zaniolo.

Gianni Infantino: FIFA should expand 2022 World Cup to 48 teams if possible FIFA should if possible increase the size of the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 from 32 teams, the global governing body’s president Gianni Infantino has said.

Last month, Infantino said a majority of national football federations were in favour of expanding the tournament and a decision was expected ahead of the qualifying draw in March.

Infantino, speaking at a sports conference on Wednesday, also said FIFA was seeing whether it would be possible for some of Qatar’s Gulf neighbours to host some of the matches.

He said last month that it would be “difficult” to stage an expanded tournament in Qatar alone.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt launched a diplomatic and trade boycott of Qatar in June 2017 which has complicated the prospect of sharing the tournament.

The countries accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism.

However, the tiny but wealthy Arab nation has since denied this.

FIFA voted in 2017 to increase the size of the tournament from 32 to 48 teams, starting from 2026.

But, since then, Infantino has been mulling the possibility of bringing the change forward to 2022.

“If you think it’s a good thing to have 48 teams in the World Cup, why not try four years before. That’s why we are analysing whether it’s possible to have 48 teams already in 2022,” Infantino said.

“The World Cup will take place in Qatar with 32 teams. Obviously, if we can increase it to 48 teams and make the world happy, we should try it.”

Qatar said it would not take a final decision on the tournament expansion until it has seen details of a feasibility study from FIFA. The study is expected to discuss aspects of scheduling, the number of required venues, training sites, and

how many games per day would be played under an expanded format.

Qatar has moved ahead with ambitious plan to scale up infrastructure ahead of the 2022 tournament that includes $6 billion to $8 billion on eight stadiums and sporting facilities.

“If we can accommodate some of the neighbouring countries in the gulf region, which are very close by, to host a few games in the World Cup this could be very beneficial for the region and the entire world,” Infantino added.

“There is tension in this particular region and it’s up to their respective leaders to deal with that. But maybe it’s easier to talk about a joint football project than more complicated things.

“If it can help all the people in the Gulf and all the countries in the world develop football and bring a positive message to the world about football, then you should give it a try.”

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, January 3, 2019

Caroline Wozniacki begins warm-up for her Australian Open title defence Caroline Wozniacki began her warm-up for her Australian Open title defence with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-2 win over Laura Siegemund in the first round of the WTA Auckland Classic Wednesday.

With tournament sixth seed Venus Williams an interested spectator, top-seed Wozniacki gave herself a pass mark against German qualifier Siegemund and declared the signs were good.

The 28-year-old Dane, the runner-up in Auckland last year on her way to winning in Melbourne, said she was looking forward to meeting Williams in the Auckland quarter-finals if both get through their second-round matches on Thursday.

“I know how she is playing, and she has been playing well, apparently, so I know she is ready,” Wozniacki said. “Let’s hope we both get there.”

Against Siegemund, Wozniacki broke in the fourth game of the first set and mostly controlled the match from there apart from dropping her

service once in the second set.

“I was a bit rusty out there.

Playing my first match it definitely wasn’t my prettiest match but I just tried to hang in there, and tried to serve well and hit a lot of balls back and tomorrow’s going to be better,” she said.

“I’m just so happy I’m back here and warming up in the same way and hopefully that will lead me to also having good luck in Australia this year.”

Wozniacki will play Canadian qualifier Bianca Andreescu in the second round while Williams plays fellow American Lauren Davis.

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard’s comeback was almost derailed in an error-filled encounter with the 30-year-old Dutch journeywoman Bibiane Schoofs.

Bouchard, the 2014 Wimbledon finalist, dropped her serve seven times but still managed to beat Schoofs 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4 to set up a quarter-final clash with defending champion Julia Goerges.

Goerges, who did not get on court until after 10:00 pm, raced

through her match against fellow German Mona Barthel 6-4, 6-4.

Tournament seventh seed Kirsten Flipkens was stopped in the second round by Spain’s 22-yearold Sara Sorribes Tormo, losing 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 with Sorribes Tormo moving on to play Hsieh Sui-Wei in the quarterfinals.

Ajibola Otegbeye to drag Sunshine Stars to LMC over sign on fee Ajibola Otegbeye has revealed that he’s yet to sign for any club in the Nigeria professional football league, contrary to the reports going on the media that he has joined Abdul Maikaba’s Plateau United.

Otegbeye‘s contract with Sunshine Stars of Akure expired at the end of October 2018 and the Club is ready to tie him down to a long time deal as soon as possible.

The former Shooting Stars of Ibadan attacker is aware of the Owena Whales intentions to keep him, but said he’s not ready to pen anextension if the Club failed to meet the financial obligations in his last contract.

“Sunshine Stars are yet to pay me last season’s contract fee and they want me to sign another one without talking or paying me the previous one. It doesn’t work like that. I have not signed for any team because the story from everywhere is that I have gone to reunite with my father, Abdul Maikaba at the club“.

The former Akwa United star however pleads with the Club to pay his entitlement if he’s to remain with them and insists

he’s ready to take the matter to higher authorities if the management of the Club failed to address the issue.

“I am pleading to Sunshine Stars management to please pay me my contract fee for last season because I heard others have received theirs. I am very much available for Sunshine Stars as soon as they are ready to do what is right but if they are not, I think I will take the matter up.

I am owed last season’s loan fee and some months’ salaries. The loan fee is the most important if they want me to sign anew contract. I am satisfied with what they have said on how the salaries will be paid.”

On his future, Otegbeye added that he’s aware of the interest from Plateau United and ruling out joining the team.

“Otegbeye Ajibola has not signed for Plateau United or any otherclub in the NPFL according to the rumours from the social mediathat I am not a player of the club. I am aware of interest from Plateau United but we have not discussed,” Otegbeye disclosed.“

Jorginho: Eden Hazard can be the best in the world Chelsea midfielder Jorginho says teammate Eden Hazard has the potential to become the best player in the world.

The Belgian forward has thrived for the Blues this season after being deployed in a false nine position by new Blues boss Maurizio Sarri.

The 27-year-old has moved ahead of strikers Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud in the pecking order and has responded with 12 goals and a further nine assists.

Hazard’s contract at Stamford Bridge expires in 2020 and he remains unsure over whether to sign an extension or seek a dream move to Real Madrid.

Jorginho believes Chelsea is still the best place for Hazard and insists he doesn’t have to leave in order to fulfil his career ambitions.

“With the potential he has, if he wants, he can be the best in the world,” he told Sky Sports.

“In the new role he’s playing, he can score more goals in the position he has and he has the potential to do so.”

Jorginho has settled in quickly at Stamford Bridge having joined from Napoli for £50million (€55million/$63.5million) in the summer.

Manchester City were initially favourites to sign the Brazilian before he opted to join Chelsea.

The 27-year-old says he is happy with his decision to move to west London over Manchester and he credits his mother with helping him make up his mind.

“A lot of things happen and then, of course, it comes down to preferences,” he added. “I’m really happy with my choice to be here at Chelsea…what’s happened has happened and I’m happy to be there now.

“My mum was a big influence in me coming here. Every decision, I speak to my mum and this one was the same. My mum has always been by my side for every decision I take.”

Jorginho also says the chance to be reunited with former boss Sarri was a key factor in his decision.

“I think it is easier for me because I

know how he [Sarri] works and I know what he wants from me on the pitch. It has made me coming here easier.

“I think he has already changed a lot. You can see that on the pitch, we’ve improved but there is still room for improvement. We need to keep going, keep improving but keep our feet on the ground and who knows, hopefully, we’ll be able to win something.”

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NADO: WADA must act now on Russia missing deadline The World Anti-Doping Agency should act now over Russia’s failure to meet a December 31 deadline to hand over data from its anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, the National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADO) said on Wednesday.

WADA, whose underfire president Craig Reedie declared himself “bitterly disappointed” by Russia missing the deadline, have scheduled a Compliance and Review Committee (CRC) meeting in a fortnight’s time, but NADO said in their statement it must be brought forward and dealt with immediately.

“NADO leaders now call on WADA to acknowledge the gravity of this missed deadline and call for an immediate review and recommendation from the CRC,” it said in a statement which was supported by the National AntiDoping organisations of 16 countries including France, the United States and Australia.

Former NFF President decries poor publicity of National Sports Festival “After more than three years of review, indecision and compromise in response to the worst doping scandal in the history of sport, the time has come to demonstrate that no individual nor nation is exempt from compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.”

The end-of-year deadline was set in September, when WADA lifted a ban on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), paving the way for Russian athletes to return to competition across all sports after a report which uncovered a state-sponsored doping programme in Russia.

The decision to lift the ban aroused a wave of criticism directed at WADA and especially at 77-year-old Reedie.

WADA personnel travelled to Russia in December but were unable to extract all of the promised data.

WADA said at the time its team

could not complete its mission “due to an issue raised by the Russian authorities that the team’s equipment to be used for the data extraction was required to be certified under Russian law”.

With WADA waiting and the December 31 deadline looming, RUSADA chief Yury Ganus asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene to stave off another ban that put Russia “on the brink of the abyss”.

However, the Kremlin said RUSADA’s concerns about new sanctions were “without foundation”.

“We recognise RUSADA has been working with WADA in an effort to resolve these issues, but the conditions agreed on 20 September 2018 were unequivocal and without the data there can be only one outcome,” the NADO statement went on.

“The importance of this situation does not warrant providing a further two weeks for Russia to comply.”

NADO took a markedly different line to Russia returning to the sporting fold to International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

The German insisted sporting superpower Russia had been sufficiently punished, but his thoughts are not reflected throughout the sporting world.

Organisations such as the governing body of world athletics (IAAF) have said they were maintaining Russia’s ban from track and field.

“A return to international sport should only be considered for Russia once full confidence in a clean Russian sporting culture is restored,” said NADO. “In other words, only once WADA has received and verified the electronic LIMS data as well as access to the samples in the Moscow Laboratory.

“NADO leaders implore WADA to use its full authority and resources to expedite this matter.”

Mauricio Pochettino demands consistency from title-chasing Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says his players need to be consistent if they are to win the Premier League title after outclassing Cardiff City on Tuesday.

Goals by Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Korean star Son Heung-min inside the opening half hour saw Spurs beat the Welsh side 3-0, leapfrog Manchester City into second spot and go six points behind leaders Liverpool.

City host Liverpool on Thursday but Pochettino was keener to focus on what his team can do to deliver the London club’s first league title since 1961.

“I don’t want to see the table. Of course, we are in a good position,” he told Sky Sports.

“We need to be consistent. You must be consistent during the whole season.”

Pochettino, who remains the bookmaker’s favourite to get the full-time job at Manchester United, said the overall performance of his team had delighted him after Saturday’s damaging 3-1 home defeat to Wolverhampton

Wanderers.

“I’m very pleased, the one thing I need to say is we suffered without rest between the games and therefore from the players it was magnificent,” said the 46-year-old Argentinian.

“They deserve full credit. It was a very tough period for us.”

Pochettino, who despite garnering credit for developing young players is yet to win a trophy in his managerial career, says he will be able to fill the large gap that will be left with Son leaving for Asian Cup duty.

“That is football, we knew it would happen,” said Pochettino.

“He will go with his national team but we have players and football is about the squad and surely we will find the solution.”

Eriksen said the victory had eased the pressure on Spurs in terms of the title race.

“We put pressure on everyone and took pressure off ourselves.

It’ll be back on for the next game,” the Dane told Sky Sports.

“It felt like we were 18 points behind but we’re not far off.”

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