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Ă? Says support for Adesina, confirmation of ‘belonging to everybody’

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the battle for the 2019 presidential election gradually becomes more interesting, especially with the recent resignation

of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the uncertainty about the future political ambition of President Muhammadu Buhari, who had hitherto Continued on page 6

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Anxiety as NUC begins probe of Okojie’s tenure � Appoints auditors over alleged violation of due process � To unravel over invoicing, inflation of contracts, frivolous spendings

Augustine Okezie, Abuja

��� The National Universities Commission (NUC) has appointed a team of auditors to probe the tenure of former Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof Julius Okojie, over what it called ’’suspected breaches of due process and inflation of contract sums’’.

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FG, States, LGAs shared N4.55trn in 9 months - NEITI 6 Reps summons 100 banks CEOs, 7 others over breach of shareholders’ rights

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Anxiety as NUC begins probe of Okojie’s tenure Continued from page 1 ment is said to be causing some disquiet, an official in the commission’s audit department also confided in The Daily Times that the team of auditors have already began work on the matter.

The official, who sought anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, added that the auditors are currently perusing contract documents and inviting members of staff especially those who played key role in the finances of the former administration, for questioning.

Top on the level of accu-

sation against Okojie is the inflation of contract costs particularly on electronic advertising charges, payments for publications and projects, eastacode and allowances drawn during inspection of new varsities and other issues.

Okojie’s tenure at the NUC were not without controversial decisions, which often led to collisions with professional associations like Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), office of the Accountant General of the Federation, existing old universities over accreditation of courses and programmes.

For instance, at the twi-

light of his tenure in December 2013, a major blunder by one of the consultants handling the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel & Payroll Information System (IPPIS), resulted in the overpayment of over N220million to 213 staff of the NUC. Though a query was issued to the erring consultant from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), the blunder stirred massive confusion between top management and the affected workers on how to recover and refund the money to government coffers.

Some of the workers who

spent part of the money during the Yuletide festivities were threatened with sack or suspension of salary payment, as the authorities vowed to take drastic sanctions against those who failed to refund the money.

Again in 2016, the President of the Nigeria Academy of Science, who was a former Vice-Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University and distinguished professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, at the convocation lecture of the University of Abuja, questioned the integrity of NUC accreditation of courses in the country’s universities, describing the process as being

embedded in corruption, as he claimed that “brown envelopes”, are often doled out to the accreditation panelists by universities.

He was quoted as saying that “When there are allegations that some of the people who conduct accreditation exercise in the name of (the) NUC receive brown envelopes, the NUC will ask: Are those who give or take the envelopes not your colleagues?

But the NUC forgets one thing, that the accreditation bears ‘NUC’s accreditation’ all true, of course’’.

The Daily Times also recalls that in September 2016, members of ASUU had demanded the removal

of Okojie, declaring that he could not absolve himself and the commission from the rot in Nigerian universities. The union also insisted on scrapping of the commission.

The NUC, according to ASUU, failed to reposition Nigerian universities as shown by the NEEDS assessment report, which the union maintained, was carried out by genuine academics, pointing out that its (NEEDS) report contradicted NUC’s accreditation exercises, which gave ‘controversial’ clean bill of health to most universities through what it called ‘magomago accreditation.’

Finance Minister suspends SEC DG, 2 others over alleged financial impropriety Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

ÏÏÏ The

Nigerian Army medical personnel (left) administering Oral Polio Vaccine (OVC) to children who were among the 212 persons rescued by the troops from the Boko Haram insurgents at Kala-Balge L.G.A in Borno State... on Wednesday.

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has suspended the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety leveled against Gwarzo.

Adeosun said that the suspension was in line with the Public Service Rules (PSRs) 03405 and 03406.

Also suspended are two management staff of the Commission – Mr. Abdulsalam Naif Habu, Head of Media Division and Mrs. Anastasia Omozele

Braimoh, Head of Legal Department who were alleged to have engaged in financial impropriety in the Commission.

In a statement made available on Wednesday by the Deputy Director Press, Federal Ministry of Finance, Patricia Deworitshe, Adeosun said she had set up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry (API) to investigate and determine the culpability of the director-general.

The Finance Minister added that she has directed the suspended SEC Director-General to immediately handover to the most senior officer at the Commission, pending the conclusion of investigation by the API.

Wike recognises King Bob-Manuel as traditional ruler of Abonnema Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

ÏÏÏ The Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Amayanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Bob-Manuel, remained a duly recognised First Class Traditional Ruler in the state. This declaration puts to rest the controversy surrounding the king’s status.

Governor Wike stated that nobody had the authority to depose a First Class Traditional Ruler in the state without the approval of the Rivers State Government.

Speaking during a Solidarity visit by the Ama-

yanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Bob-Manuel and Abonnema Council of Chiefs at the Government House Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, Governor Wike regretted that security agencies had allowed themselves to be used by some persons to illegally intervene in Chieftaincy Affairs.

He said: “Nobody has deposed you (Amayanabo of Abonnema). It is only the state government that has the power to depose a First Class Traditional Ruler and we have no intention to depose the Amayanabo of Abonnema.

“Our security agencies have gone so low that they are now involved in everything, including Chief-

taincy Affairs. Soon, they will involve themselves in husband and wife issues.

Can they carry an Emir like that? Can they carry an Oba like that? We pray they withdraw from such illegal activity,” he said.

Governor Wike charged youths of Abonnema to remain alert in the defense of their traditional heritage, saying no group should be allowed to distort the traditional order.

The governor decried the situation where prominent elderly people from the area had refused to understand the meaning of peace, hence they had resorted to instigating crisis.

He assured that the Abonnema Council of

Chiefs that he would take up the matter with the State Commissioner of Police and also make a formal report at the Nigerian Army headquarters on the illegal deployment of soldiers to arrest the Amayanabo of Abonnema.

He wondered why the feuding Abonnema United Founding Fathers would spread the false report that some persons were planning to kill Chief OB Lulu-Briggs.

“I don’t know whether they know the implication of the crisis they are generating. There is no need for anyone to create crisis in a very peaceful community,” he said.

He stated that the entire Abonnema conflict was

politically motivated and aimed at achieving premeditated political goal and assured the people of Abonnema that his administration would continue to execute meaningful projects in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area.

“Abonnema people supported us totally. We will do more for the people of Abonnema,” he assured.

Earlier, the Amayanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Bob-Manuel said that he had come with Abonnema Council of Chiefs to seek the protection of the governor from persons using the Security Agencies to illegally disrupt the traditional order in the area.

He informed the Rivers

State Governor that plans had been concluded to arrest him on trump up allegations, alleging that the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigerian Army were involved in the scheme.

He added that soldiers invaded Abonnema town with the intent of installing Chief OB Lulu-Briggs as a Regent, but were resisted by youths, women, and elders.

“They are laying the ground for the perpetration of impunity. I seek your protection and that of the Rivers State Government. They want to arrange the basis to infringe on my freedom. I urge the Rivers State Governor to intervene,” he said.

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Buhari gives hints of seeking re-election in 2019 Continued from page 1 had been quiet about it, has become a little clearer.

This is because the President while speaking with members of the Nigerian community in Cote d’Ivoire, hinted that he will yet again need the votes of Nigerians in future.

Buhari told the gathering of Nigerians that he came to the meeting with their governors because “it may earn another vote for me in the future.”

This is the strongest hint yet from the President that he may seek re-election in 2019, even if it came in the form of a joke.

Buhari spoke on Tuesday

night in Abidjan where he attended the 5th European Union-African Union (EUAU) summit.

Apologizing for keeping them waiting, he said he wanted Akwa Ibom State Governor Emmanuel Udom and his Bauchi State counterpart, Mohammed Abubakar to be at the meeting.

Buhari said: “First, I want to apologise for keeping you for too long sitting.

This is because I insisted on the governors attending this meeting. This is why I came along with them so that when we are going to meet you, when you are going to meet the rest of Nigerians, if you tell them that their governors were in the company of the President,

I think that will be another vote for me in the future.

I’m very pleased that they were able to turn up.”

Though the hall erupted in laughter, the undertone was not missed.

The president also gave a cryptic message on former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

He said: “I also thank our leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He has brought me a very beautiful piece of information which I was not aware of it until I sat down and read it this evening (Tuesday night).

Thank you very much for your hard work and I will

discuss that paper with you,” he said, without disclosing what the information was about.

There had been rumours that Tinubu might not support the re-election bid of Buhari.

Meanwhile, Buhari has said that his decision to back Dr Akinwunmi Adesina to emerge as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is an indication of his inaugural speech that he belongs to everybody.

During his inauguration on May 29, 2015, Buhari had said that, “I belong to everybody and nobody”.

But some critics have said his appointments do not reflect the statement.

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola (2nd left); General Manager Jiangsu Wuxi Taihu Cocoa Food Company Limited, Liu Jianhui (right); Interpreter, Yan Kai (3rd right); Osun State Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Ismaila Jayeoba Alagbada (left) and Coordinating Director, Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Mr. Abimbola Osho, during the signing of agreement between Osun State Government and Chinese firm at the Government House, Osogbo, Osun State… on Tuesday.

Buhari stated this on Wednesday while interacting with the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

He said: “The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, who forgot to mention that he was serving in the PDP government as minister but all the same I picked him and recommended him for AfDB. Adesina, who is the first Nigerian to head the continental bank, served as a minister in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government.

According to Buhari, he did not consider Adesina’s ties to the former ruling party when he recommended him for the AfDB job.

He said, “I think it emphasised what I said during my swearing in that I’m for everybody, I’m for nobody.

As long as you are a Nigerian, be prepared to be on the receiving end from me.”

Adesina had earlier expressed gratitude to Buhari for backing him to get the position. He said Nigeria’s economy gained momentum after the president’s health improved.

Adesina said, “Mr. President as you must have noticed, there is a very strong correlation between your health and the economy and when you came back, the economy picked up after that. So we wish you great health so that the economy can continue to pick.

“I also want to congratulate you for the economic growth and recovery plan that you have put in place and the incredible plan that you have put in place to bring the economy out of recession and also in terms of the

fact that Nigeria has moved up in the World Bank ease of doing business index.

“I also want to thank you for your leadership on the Boko Haram issue because to draw investments into Nigeria, you absolutely have to have security. I think that securing our borders is very very important, thanks to your leadership for that. I also thank you for all the efforts you have made in the Lake Chad Basin Area.

“I was with you in Paris where you led the efforts in reviving the Lake Chad Basin. As you know Mr. President, the bank is very strongly behind that. We put in $250 million to support the North-East of Nigeria rebuilding. I know you were criticised for rebuilding but I don’t see anything wrong, if things get destroyed, they have to be rebuilt.”

Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of 10 nominees for Code of Conduct Bureau President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to confirm 10 nominees for the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the President’s letter on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday.

The President told the Senate that his action was in conformity “With section 541 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and in pursuant to sections 1(2) and 1(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau Act, LFN 2004.

Saraki quoted Buhari as saying that, “I write to request for the confirmation of the following nominees for appointment as chairman and members of the bureau.

the higher revenue accruals to the Federation account in these third quarters”.

The document also showed a major highlight of the report- the high degree of volatility in FAAC disbursements between January and September 2017.

For example, the federal and local governments received highest revenues in July recording as much difference as 75% and 58% respectively between the months with the highest and lowest disbursements.

State governments on the other hand got the highest allocations in September with a difference in revenues of about 53% between the high and low revenue months.

“Disbursements to the federal, states and local governments have risen and fallen in alternate months throughout the year, making economic planning and execution of capital projects difficult”, the report stated underlining the need for “diversified sources of government revenue to limit volatility and ensure more stable and predictable revenue streams.”

The report further noted that Nigeria’s revenues in the first half of 2017 were about 49% lower than budgeted figures. While government projected N5.368 trillion revenue flows in its 2017 Fiscal framework for the first six months of the

FG, States, LGAs shared N4.55trn in 9 months - NEITI

Myke Uzendu, Abuja

ÏÏÏ The

Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that the three tiers of government shared N4.545trillion in 9 months as FAAC allocations between January and September, 2017.

In a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday by its Head of Corporate Communications Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, NEITI said that the information was contained in its latest Quarterly Review.

The statement said that out of this amount, N1.757 trillion was shared in the third quarter of 2017 as against the N1.377 trillion

and N1.411 trillion disbursed in the second and first quarters of the year.

NEITI also revealed that the federal government received the highest allocation of N1.851.32 trillion, followed by state governments with N1.509 trillion and the 774 local governments areas with N913.8 billion. The sum of N271.78 billion went to Departmemt of Petroleum Resources, Customs and the Federal Inland Revenue Service as cost of revenue collections.

It was also noted that the revenues shared to the federating units were higher in the third quarter of 2017 which has been the pattern for some years now.

The review, which based its analysis on data ob-

tained from FAAC, National Bureau of Statistics, Federal Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office of the Federation noted that the “Upward trend in the FAAC disbursements to the three tiers of governments are encouraging signs which if sustained will improve government expenditures, help to boost economic activities and move the country further away from recession”.

For instance, while the federal government got N549.41billion in the second quarter of 2017, third quarter figures were N752.79billion, an increase of 37.02%. The trend is the same for the states and local governments areas which received N586.58billion and N363.98 billion in the

third quarter as against N467.13 and 280.42 billion in the second quarter respectively. The percentage increases between the two quarters for the two tiers of government are 25.57% and 29.80% respectively.

The document attributed the reason for the increases in FAAC disbursements to the three tiers of governments in the third quarter to what it called “Positive developments in the oil sector – evident from resurgent oil prices and increased production levels.

It also pointrd out that the third quarter also represents the summer season when global oil demand and consequently oil prices are generally higher than other times of the year and this could possibly explain

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FG, States, LGAs shared N4.55trn in 9 months - NEITI year, actual inflows were N2.712 trillion.

From the report, Federal Government’s half year projections were N2.667 trillion for oil and N2.701 trillion for non-oil revenue.

However, actual revenue for the first half of the year fell short of projections.

“Actual oil revenue was N1.587 trillion, represent-

ing a shortfall of N1.079 trillion, implying a 40.4% underperformance. Nonoil revenue fared slightly worse, as only 41.6% of the projected revenue was realized. Actual non-oil revenue totaled N1.125 trillion, indicating a shortfall of N1.575 trillion.”

The Report also pointed out that while government

projected that the non - oil sector would outperform the oil sector, the oil sector performed better by as much as 41% in revenues generation raking in N1.587 trillion as against N1.125 trillion for the nonoil sector.

Figures for the three tiers of government were not different. The federal

government has hoped for a N2.542 trillion revenue flows for the first half of 2017 but actual revenue was N1.497 trillion. A breakdown of the inflows shows that the oil sector accounted for a larger part of the shortfall with a 60% drop while the non – oil sector underperformed by 49%.

According to the NEITI publication, “Budgeted half-year inflows from the oil sector was N1.061 trillion but actual oil inflows to the federal government was N414 billion. The federal government’s budget estimated half-year non-oil revenue inflows at N705 billion but realized only N352 billion, indicating a 49% shortfall.”

The report also compared government’s earnings in 2017 to 2016 and showed that total revenues were higher in the first half of 2017 than the corresponding period of 2016 by 22%.

The report indicates that all sources of oil revenues with the exception of rents recorded positive improvements in 2017 than 2016 first halves. The same goes for the non - oil sector revenues where Value Added Tax (VAT) was the largest contributor to the revenues with a 16% increase over 2016 figures.

The report attributes the

development to “increase in economic activities, expansion in the tax base and the improvement in performance of revenue collecting agencies.”

But the report notes that there was no revenue recorded from solid minerals and dividends from investments funded by FAAC despite the abundant solid minerals deposits in the country.

The NEITI Quarterly Review further analysed FAAC disbursements to the states in the first three quarters of 2017. It observed that the allocations were 42% lower than the states budgetary requirements.

The report notes that “states will have to aggressively raise their IGRs in order to be able to actualize their budgets. The alternative is increased borrowing. About half of the states (15 states) have FAAC disbursements as a ratio of budgets lower than 20%”

ASUP suspends 15-day-old strike ÏÏÏ The Consulting Cardiologist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Amam Mbakwem (left); Consulting Cardiologist, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Prof, Michael Balogun; Consulting Cardiologist, University of Port-Harcourt, Prof. Maclem Akpan and Consulting Cardiologist, University of Ilorin, Prof. Ibrahim Kabiti during the briefing on Health Disease awareness organized by Health failure committee from different region in the Country in Lagos. Photo: WALE AKINOLA

Reps summons 100 banks CEOs, others over breach of shareholders’ rights Henry Omunu,

Abuja

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House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions on Wednesday summoned 100 chief executive officers CEOs and boards of commercial banks, oil companies and other private companies operating in Nigeria over allegations of corporate governance breaches and abuse of shareholders rights and interests.

The summons by the House committee was based upon the petitions referred to it for further legislative action.

A sub-committee chaired

by Hon Tony Nwulu, is looking into the allegations.

Nwulu, who signed the invitation letters inviting the CEOs dated November 23, 2017, frowned at the previous disregard of the invitation sent to the stakeholders.

Some of the agencies and companies invited are the Securities and Exchange

Commission (SEC), Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc, Academy Press, Champion Brewery Plc, Chams Plc, Chellarams Plc, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc, Continental Reinsurance Plc, Cornerstone Insurance Company Plc, Custodian And Allied Plc, E-tranzact International Plc and Eterna Plc. Others include Eterna Oil and Gas, Evans Medical Plc, Fidson Healthcare Plc, Fortis Micro -Finance Bank Plc, FTN Cocoa Processors Plc, Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Nig Plc, Golden Guinea Brewery Plc, Goldlink Insurance Plc and Great Nigerian Insurance Plc. Also invited are Mobil Oil & Gas, 7-UP Bottling Company Plc, A.G. Leventis Nigeria Plc, Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc, Africa Prudential Plc, African Alliance Insurance Company Plc, Afrinsure Financial Services, African Paints (Nigeria) Plc, Afripaints Industrial Goods and Afrik

Pharmaceuticals Plc. Furthermore, Afromedia Plc, Aiico Insurance Plc, Aluminium Extrusion Industry Plc, Anino International Plc, Arbico Plc, Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Associated Bus Company Plc, Austin Laz & Company Plc, Axamansard Insurance Plc, B.O.C. Gases Plc, Berger Paints Plc, Beta Glass Plc, C & I Leasing Plc; Cap Plc, Capital Hotel Plc, Caverton Offshore Support Grp Plc, Caverton Services and Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc were equally summoned.

“As you may wish to recall, we have of recently written to request for relevant information on public liability companies as it relates to their five year audited reports, corporate governance and shareholding composition.

“Arising from the above and the responses from stakeholders, shareholders and the investing public, we have received com-

plaints and petition against your board, same copied to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the last 18 months, allegedly without any satisfactory action taken to deal with the matters raised by the petition.

“We therefore request you to furnish the committee within two weeks, deadline December 7, 2017 with your written response as part of our investigation into the issues under reference,” the invitation read.

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, announced the suspension of its 15 day-old strike it embarked on November 19, 2017.

The President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, made the announcement in Bauchi during a press conference held at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi.

Dutse is currently in Bauchi to head the 14th National Delegates Conference co-hosted by the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi and the Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi.

He said that the decision to suspend the strike was because of the consideration of impact of the strike on the society, parents and students as well as pleas by well-meaning Nigerians.

Dutse recalled that members of the union had

on November 13, withdrew their services following directive by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union to embark on an indefinite strike.

He enumerated non- implementation of the report of the NEEDS Assessment survey of polytechnics, sustained shortfall in personnel cost, withdrawal of their allowances since December, 2015 and nonpayment of promotion arrears as some of the reasons for embarking on the strike.

He said that ASUP had engaged in series of meetings with the federal government which culminated into an agreement signed between it and the union.

The president said the suspension was to give government an opportunity to implement resolutions agreed upon by the two bodies.

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ÏÏÏ The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday presented a 146billion 2018 Appropriation Bill and Budget Estimates, christened ‘the Budget of Growth’ to the Edo State House of Assembly with the assurance to consolidate on the infrastructural and socio-economic gains of the outgoing year 2017.

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According to the governor, “we have a budget size of N146, 659,830,444 billion, which is a 15% in 2015, Nigerian College es and incidents stated that application is essential to Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo nominal increase over of Aviation Technology it was terrible to be bring- its processes as it extends the 2017 budget. The 2018 Accident Investigation (NCAT) TMB 850, a Bell 407 ing out reports for acci- relationship with users by budget is made up of N66, Bureau (AIB), on Wednes- belonging to one Gitto Con- dents that have happened providing: better access to 797,615,689 for Recurrent day, released reports for struczioni Generali Nige- over 10 years ago stating news and updates, conveand N79, 862,214,754 as four accidents and inci- ria Limited and a Diamond that no lesson would have nience and live reporting Capital expenditure.” by eye witnesses in the dents in the country mak- 42 belonging to the Inter- been learnt.

He explained that the He particularly identi- event of accidents or inciing 12 safety recommenda- national Aviation College “revenue estimates for the fied the accident involving dents. tions to the Civil Aviation (IAC) Ilorin. budget are based on a $45 Olateru who spoke on Gitto Construczioni Gen“Pictures can be upAuthority for the sub secbench mark for crude oil implementation said it was erali stating that the airline loaded on the app. This can tors improvement. and average daily producThis is just as the Bureau key but stated that AIB does has ceased to operate, the assist greatly in investigation of 2.3 million barrels has launched a mobile ap- not have powers of enforce- owner is deceased now and tions. AIB Mobile App as it per day as well as an inplication, AIB Mobile App ment, stating that it is why so there is no lesson to give is called, gives us a new and crease in Internally Genmore convenient way to to give the investigators the body is collaborating to the aircraft owners. erated Revenue (IGR), as AIB in 2017 has published receive Aircraft Accident new and more convenient with the Nigeria Civil Aviaa result of reforms in rev35 safety recommendations Report in real time, thus way to receive Aircraft Ac- tion Authority (NCAA). enue collection.”

The AIB Commissioner and since inception in 2007 increasing promotional opcident Report in real time Obaseki assured that and improve engagement stated that in the last one had previously published portunities with push notithe 2018 budget will build with Nigerians by provid- year, the bureau has pub- 117 Safety recommenda- fications and more which on the recovery witnessed depicts its core objectives ing easy and open access to lished 10 final reports, one tions. in 2017, and stressed that On the mobile app, the of Accident and Incidence the Bureau and its activi- Safety Bulletin and have “We intend to revitalise made 35 safety recommen- AIB stated that in the Infor- investigation reports.” ties. the state economy by in“This app would improve Commissioner AIB, dations of which the indus- mation Age, having a smart creasing capital spendAkin Olateru while mak- try particularly would gain phone is no longer luxury engagement with Nigeriing, hence, we envisage a but essential. ans by providing easy and ing these known presented from. capital/recurrent expenOlateru who released The AIB said that the open access to the Bureau the report for the accidents diture ratio of (54%:46%) involving Aero Contractors causal factors of the crash- development of its mobile and its activities. which highlights our vision to grow, with cash receipts capped at N120, 099,830,443.52 to be sourced from statutory allocation, IGR and grants.”

Analysing the budget estimates, the governor said A pro-democracy and nisms in place in their states onyi, Abia,Kaduna are no- of the key representatives “a larger part of the 2018 civil society organisation – to destroy legislative inde- go-areas for independent of the largely Christian budget will be devoted to Human Rights Writers As- pendence and to seek to set minded non-Governmental Southern Kaduna constitu- the development of physisociation of Nigeria (HURI- up state dictatorships. groups and individuals for encies of Zangon Kataf( Mr. cal and social infrastrucWA), has warned that the The group also accused fear for their lives as there Bitiyong Nkom of PDP) and ture across the state to progressive weakening of the state governors of spon- seems to be some fanatics Kaura (Mr.Danladi Kwasu improve the standard of the legislative institutions soring groups that antago- armed to kill off any visible of the PDP) from the State living of Edo people.

“Our government will of the 36 states of the federa- nize independent platforms opponents of their ‘altar House of Assembly. consolidate on the gains tion by the governors poses and Non-Governmental or- ego’ and political demi-gods Conversely, the Rights we have made in wooing one of the greatest threats to ganisations that are opera- who are currently the state group carpeted Governor democracy in Nigeria. tional in those States with governors”.

Rochas Okorocha for il- investors to the state. AlagBesides, the Rights group the aim of totally muzzling HURIWA specifically legally spending the Paris hodaro Investment Sumhas carpeted the governors and stifling constructive op- criticized the Kaduna State fund refund that accrued to mit was a huge success of Kaduna, Kogi and Imo; positions to the State gover- governor Malam Nasir El Imo State without recourse and I must thank you Mr Abia states specifically for nors.

Rufai for actively instigat- to the state legislature and Speaker and Honourable actively putting mecha“States such as Kogi, Eb- ing the unfair suspension the good people of Imo State. members for your support for the laudable initiative.

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We have been bombarded by enquiries from all over the world after the investment summit as investors have come to accept that Edo is indeed ready for business. This budget is expected to drive growth and progress in all sectors of the state.”

The priority areas in the proposed 2018 capital expenditure framework, he explained “are social and physical infrastructure for which we have earmarked N51 billion. We will take advantage of the Dry Season to reconstruct several bad roads and construct new ones across the state to boost socio-economic activities. We have already commenced the procurement process for the roads through advertisements in major national newspapers.”

To boost employment generation across the state, Obaseki said that “N9.7billion will be spent on economic growth and employment enablers.

Part of which will be targeted at the establishment of a Skills Development Agency responsible for coordinating all the State Government’s human capacity development initiatives targeted at youths, women and vulnerable groups.

“This will enhance the capacity of these individuals for direct employment and entrepreneurship.

Our government will continue with the investment in the development of industrial parks across the state to turn around the fortunes of our economy as an industrial state, from the old narrative of a civil servants’ state.”

He noted that “the import of consolidating on reforms embarked on in the previous year is not lost on us. So, as much as we are committed to accommodating private sector investment inflows, we are equally committed to strengthening the state workforce, processes and institutions for optimal service delivery.

“To achieve this, N7.1bn has been set aside for direct intervention in institutional, law and order reforms which will cover investments in Judiciary, governance and security institutions.

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Navy will not tolerates illegal conduct from officers- FOC Edem Bassey, Calabar

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Nigerian Navy has said it will not tolerate any illegal conduct and bad utterances from senior officers. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Calabar, Rear Adm. Victor Adedipe stated this while decorating seven officers of the command with new ranks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

He told the newly promoted officers of the command to be proactive and alert in the discharge of their duties and urged them to see their promotion as a call to higher duties and responsibilities, adding that the Nigerian Navy would not tolerate any illegal conduct and bad utterances from senior officers.

He said, “First of all, let me acknowledge that promotion comes from God, but the individual too must have been seen to have been very loyal, diligent and committed to his or her work.

“Your promotion is in recognition that you have exhibited the attributes that recommends an individual for promotion.

I urged you be proactive and alert in line with your higher ranks and responsibilities and you must begin to see issues from the policy directive perspective.

“Because, some of the things that would have been forgiven when you were in lower ranks will no longer be forgiven now that you all have attained higher ranks. Promotion comes with enormous duties and responsibilities.

As you have been elevated to higher ranks, it expected that your responsibilities too will increase’’.

He also congratulated the promoted officers and called on them to bring out the best in the discharge of their constitutional duties.

Responding on behalf of the promoted officers, Commodore David Tubonimi, thanked the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas for finding them worthy to be promoted.

He said, “On our path, we will do everything possible to make sure that we don’t disappoint the Nigerian Navy. We pledged loyalty to the service of this nation and the Nigerian Navy in particular. I must also thank our FOC because he played a major role in the success of our promotion’’.

Two officers were promoted from the rank of Captain to Commodore; one officer was promoted from Commander to Captain, while four others were elevated from Lt. Commanders to Commanders.

A cross-section of retirees during appreciation of registered annuitants by Leadway Assurance Company Limited in Abuja… on Wednesday.

SERAP tasks FG over commission of inquiry on slave auction in Libya Peter Fowoyo, Lagos

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the European Union - African Union summit began in Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday, a non governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to push for a joint EU -AU international commission of inquiry in order to investigate allegations of slave auction in Libya.

SERAP also urged the President Muhammadu Buhari to lead other African countries and go beyond condemning the barbaric act but put a stop to the abuses in the sub-Saharan region.

It also appealed to the President not to relent in an effort to save the citizens “especially given the appalling plight of several Nigerians who are among those trapped in Libya.”

In a statement made available on Wednesday by its executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni, SERAP said Nigerian and other African victims of abuses in Libya are crying

out for leadership.

According to the organisation, there is the need for African leaders to act.

It added that with Nigeria’s leadership role in the region, Buhari can provide greater leadership to push European and African leaders to go beyond merely condemning the atrocities and act swiftly to remove Nigerians and other African women, men and children still trapped in Libya from harm’s way.

The statement reads in part: “The international community has so far failed to heed the call for action to end the ongoing abuses in Libya, and Nigerians and other African women, men and children are paying for this failure with their lives.

“Africa now needs strong and principled leadership to address the situation, and we believe Nigeria can and should lead the way. It’s not only the right thing to do, it’s also critical if Nigeria wants to remain relevant in regional and international affairs.

The next two days will reveal whether Nigeria is up to the

test.

“European and African leaders need to take urgent and strong action in response to the dire human rights and humanitarian situation in Libya. Buhari should press the summit to request the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to urgently dispatch humanitarian teams to Libya to help those trapped there to leave the country in a safe and humane manner.

“How many more Nigerians and other African women, men and children must die in Libya before European and African leaders take concrete and meaningful action to end the atrocities? Nigeria and other AU members should collectively push the proposed initiatives at the summit and say “enough”.

“There are serious allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law against Nigerians and other African women, men and children in Libya with

absolute impunity. Family members are denied access to their loved ones or even information on the fate of Nigerians and other African citizens trapped in Libya. Nigerians and other African citizens trapped in Libya cannot afford to wait any longer for African leaders to end their suffering.

“Any such commission of inquiry should be given the mandate to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the slave auction and other atrocities being perpetrated in Libya against Nigerians and other African women, men and children, and to collect and preserve evidence as well as clarify responsibility, including the potential complicity of any governments and non-state actors.”

“Among Nigerians trapped in Libya is 21-year old Victory from Edo state, who told CNN that he was sold at slave auction market. Victory fled home and spent a year and four months—and his life savings—trying to reach Eu-

rope.”

“In a video obtained by CNN, three men were auctioned off to a buyer as “big strong boys for farm work” and were sold for $400 apiece. The men, one of them identified as a Nigerian, are victims of a growing industry of slave markets operating in several locations in Libya.”

“In a case involving the Republic of Niger, the ECOWAS Court of Justice stated that ‘slavery is considered as a serious violation of human dignity and is formally prohibited by all international human rights instruments. Other instruments, such as the European Convention of Human Rights (Art.1 para.

1), the American Convention of Human Rights (Art. 6), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Art. Para. 1.2 ratified by the Republic of Niger) make prohibition of slavery an inviolable right, that is to say an absolute and non-derogable right.”

Tambuwal hails role of Benin Kingdom in fostering national unity ÏÏÏSokoto

State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has urged royal fathers to use their influential status to promote good governance and strengthen the unity of the nation.

Tambuwal spoke while receiving the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II and his chiefs who paid a courtesy visit to him at the Government House in Sokoto.

He said as custodians

of traditions, values and customs, the royal fathers have what it takes to galvanize all Nigerians towards peace, stability and progress of the country.

“I have said it repeatedly that we have every reason to remain together. We are stronger as united people.

We may have differences in tongue of religious creed, but we are united in the need to move our country

forward. Our diversity is our source of strength,” he added.

Tambuwal commended the Oba of Benin for the visit, adding that such visits will help in cementing the unity of the country.

The governor also advocated the sustenance of visits among royal fathers in the country which he said will promote peaceful co-existence in the country.

He also commended Oba Ewuare and the Benin Kingdon for their roles in promoting national unity and enriching the cultural values of Nigeria.

In his remarks, Oba Ewuare said his visit to Sokoto was to thank the Sultan for his support during his coronation ceremony last year and also to cement the warm relationship that

exists between the Caliphate and the Benin Kingdom.

He also used the visit to thank the governor for his leadership qualities of fostering unity among Nigerians.

The Oba was accompanied to Government House

by Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and senior members of the Sultanate Council.

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Politics Myke Uzendu, Abuja.

It will take a while for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to recover from the imbroglio that marked their August 31, 2013 national convention when seven governors led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stormed out of the convention ground, held at the Eagles Square Abuja, citing imposition of candidate, impunity and lack of internal democracy as reasons.

The frustration Atiku suffered was as a result of the desire by former President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election in the 2015 general election which according to the group runs contrary of an earlier agreement that Jonathan should serve a single term while power would return to the Northern part of the country, but they alleged that Jonathan has hijacked the convention so as to raise a National Working Committee loyal to him, who will use the party machinery to ensure his emergence.

Dissatisfied with the PDP, he entered into another marriage with the All Progressives Congress (APC), a marriage which recently turned sour.

However, the entrance of Atiku and his cohorts into the APC was the magic wand that booted former President Jonathan out of office, fractionalised the PDP and left her in a state of paralysis.

At a special dinner organised for Atiku and his followers under the auspices of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Atiku said that the governors who joined the APC made victory possible for the party and ensured the defeat of PDP. Also speaking at the said dinner, Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha described the contributions of the governors as very key to the revolution that saw the historic victory of an opposition party over the ruling party in the country.

“Make no mistake about it, without the five governors that joined the APC in 2013, we will not be here today. Anyone who understands the power and might of the Federal Government, especially under a vindictive leadership, knows the enormous risks taken by Governors Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Aliyu Magatarda Wammako, Abdulfatah Ahmed and the lion-heart Rotimi Amaechi. What happened to our colleague, Murtala Nyako could have happened to anyone of them,” Okorocha said.

In the APC, Atiku was at every moment focusing on his presidential ambition and left nothing to chance, starting with the election of his loyalist like Mr Timi Frank into the APC NWC. He never pretended about his desire to become the number one citizen of the country, an ambition which has hit the rocks four times.

During his sojourn with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), it was evident that he would be excluded from the presidential race through indictments by a teleguided administrative panel, but was salvaged by the court.

He was in court six times and he triumphed.

His ability to confront challenges to his political career aptly underscores his audacity and courage.

In the aborted Third Republic, he was positioned for the prime position by his mentor, the late Shehu Yar’Adua, under the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), when Gen. Ibrahim Babangida excluded Yar’Adua and other politicians from participating in partisan politics.

Later at the Jos convention of the proscribed Social Democratic Party (SDP), Atiku stepped down for the late Chief Moshood Abiola, who emerged as the party’s flag bearer. Although he was nominated as a vice presidential aspirant, his candidature was rejected, following pressures on Abiola that the party’s former National Chairman, Alh-

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Atiku and ghost of August 31, 2013 walkout

ABUBAKAR aji Babagana Kingibe, replace Atiku as SDP vice presidential nominee.

While he was still in the Nigerian Customs Service, the young officer used all his opportunities to gather international linkages that provided the financial backbone for his political movement. He did not hesitate to resign from the service when he felt secured in business and politics.

Ahead of the 2019 election, the Turaki of Adamawa has returned to his hustling. He is building new bridges and gathering his foot soldiers in anticipation of a titanic battle which is nothing less that becoming the president of the most populous black country in the world.

He is a political warrior; wealthy and influential, a consummate politician, great mobilizer, master strategist and crowd puller.

Before his incursions into politics, he had shown traits of leadership, built a network cutting across the business class, the aristocrats, traditional rulers and the political elites across the country.

He has fought many battles in the past, winning some and losing some. When he wins, he consolidates his gains, but always eager to rise swiftly after each fall. He often positions himself as a factor and indispensable political bulldozer.

When democratic institutions were restored in 1999 after several years of military incursions, Atiku became a foundation member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contested and won the office of the Adamawa State governor before he was picked by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as his running mate.

The Turaki of Adamawa galvanized his political machinery in the North to not only secure victory for the PDP, but also worked closely with his boss to ensure that the administration gathers all the support it needed. Among other duties, he was the head of the National Council on Privatization, that sold most of the nations’ critical assets. Some of these assets no doubt were sold to persons close to the Vice President.

In the post-Yar’Adua era, Atiku was perceived as the leader of the influential PDM caucus in the PDP. Other members of the group are the late Chief Sunday Afolabi, Chief Tony Anenih, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Senator Jibril Martins-Kuye, Alhaji Lawal Kaita, Chief Dapo Sarunmi, Olorunfunmi Basorun, Chief Yomi Edu, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, Senator Tony Adefuye, Mrs. Onikepo Oshodi, Mrs. Titilayo Ajanaku, and the late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi.

For his successful election in 1999, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo leaned on the group. He

During the APC Presidential primary election which was held in Lagos in 2015, Atiku witnessed another round of frustration to his presidential ambition as he was floored in the presidential primaries, coming third after now President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Musa Kwankwaso

preferred Atiku to Abubakar Rimi, owing to his political antecedents as a confidant and ally of the late Tafida Katsina. Both of them won the poll in 1999. As vice president, the Turaki Adamawa was the de facto president, controlling all key Departments and Ministry’s like the Ministry of Finance and most revenue Agencies.

With his entrance into the APC, Atiku, increased his stake in the party when he defected with seven governors who were members of the PDP; bringing it to a total 18 APC state governors.

Atiku and his group joined the APC in a carnival and were received by the APC leader, former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu; APC National Chairman, Bisi Akande. Those that crossed with him include then Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso: former Kwara State governor and serving Senate President, Bukola Saraki; former Nasarawa State governor and serving senator, Abdullahi Adamu; former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva; and then Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako.

Others were former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari; then Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi; National Secretary of the PDP, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former Abia State governor, Ogbonnaya Onu; former PDP vice chairman, Sam Jaja;then Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmen and his Niger State counterpart.

During the APC Presidential primary election which was held in Lagos in 2015, Atiku witnessed another round of frustration to his presidential ambition as he was floored in the presidential primaries, coming third after now President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Musa Kwankwaso.

Justifying his intentions, he said that being one of the architects of the democratic dispensation, he was eligible. “I have always fought against military rule. I have also fought for internal democracy. I have always fought against one-party state because it leads to dictatorship.”

But APC stopped at nothing to cut Atiku to size. They started by uprooting all members of NWC loyal to him, culminating in the expulsion of Timi Frank, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, who was denied right of succession when the substantive Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed was appointed CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Mainagate: CNPP gives FG 14-day ultimatum to suspend indicted officials

Idris Ahmed Lokoja.

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to order all its officials named in the ‘scandalous’ reinstatement of former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina into the Federal Civil Service to immediately step aside for proper probe of their involvement in the saga.

Rising from a consultative meeting with representatives of civil society groups drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country in Abuja, the Conference also called for a public enquiry into the scandal to unravel the truth behind the controversial return and reinstatement of the former pension taskforce boss.

According to a statement by the Secretary General of the CNPP, Chief Willy Ezugwu, “there are too many stories, questions, twists and names in the controversial recall game, that it is impossible for any Nigerian to understand the focus of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war.

“For us, the reinstatement of fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina to the Nigerian Civil Service, the naming of the alleged masterminded of the reinstatement as Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, the involvement of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and the Federal Civil Service Commission, the Maina’s clandestine return to Nigeria despite being on an international wanted list and the alleged revelations made by the AGF at the on-going secret probe by the Senate ad-hoc committee, have left every sane Nigerian thinking.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship aspirant, Chief Raymond Dokpesi had the rough side of members of the party in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Monday as he was booed at the Confluence town by irate PDP youths after consultation with delegates at the PDP secretariat.

Dokpesi who was in Lokoja in continuation of his campaign for the chairmanship of his party incurred the ire of the youths for his late arrival and refusal to address them as veritable stakeholders of the party.

The aspirant who arrived Lokoja at about 8.15 pm, gave some unconvincing reasons for keeping them on standby for over 8 hours, apologised for the unnecessary delay urging them to keep faith with the party.

Addressing the few party Executive Committee of the State and the delegates headed by the Deputy Chairman, Hon Sam Abenemi, Dokpesi said that the entire Kogi delegates should consider his role in the 2015 election in the state, pointing out that he was the only one among the aspirants that supported PDP in Kogi State.

The aspirant therefore reminded them of his role in the installation of two governors, Ibrahim Idris and Idris Wada as well as the last Presidential election of 2015.

He claimed to have marshaled necessary resources to ensure victory of the party in the previous elections and therefore urged them to pay back.

Abenemi assured the aspirant that the Kogi chapter of the party will continue to be loyal to the party and has not adopted any aspirant for tor the chairmanship and wished the aspirant good luck.

While departing the premises of the PDP secretariat of the party, the youths booed and attacked supporters of Dokpesi.

Some of the youths were heard in hushed discussions saying that how can Dokpesi, who cannot pay his AIT staff be chairman of the party.

PRESIDENT BUHARI “The AGF was said to have confessed to the Senators that indeed Maina approached him for a meeting when he was in Abu Dhabi as part of the entourage of President Muhammadu Buhari’s official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 2016, but before granting him audience, he sought security clearance from the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura who allegedly gave him the nod on the condition that the Minister must attend the meeting along with a witness.

“The President, we learnt, was also accompanied on that trip by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno; Ministers of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; For-

eign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; Environment, Aisha Mohammed, who is now deputy Secretary General at the UN; State Minister Petroleum, Ibe Kachukwu and that of Power, Works, and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola.

“With all these names, there is now the urgent need for clarity on the part of the executive in view of the confusion associated with its much touted anti-corruption war.

“Every day of the President Buhari administration, Nigerians and the international community get more and more confused about the anti-corruption direction of the government.

“Therefore, for clarity and a proof that the war is not a vendetta and a mere political slogan to win the simple, all the persons involved in the MainaGate must immediately step aside and an independent public probe instituted by the Federal Government to clear the doubts currently gathering in the air.

“This must be done within 14 days if Mr. President is truly on anti-corruption war to sanitise the Nigerian political system for generations unborn to enjoy a Nigeria of our dream or the CNPP and its allies in the civil society will be forced to take a legitimate, but drastic measure to save Nigeria,” the CNPP demanded.

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Minister of Information and Culture.

When he could no longer contain the situation, Atiku Abubakar voiced out that he had been side-lined by President Buhari’s government which he helped to defeat the PDP government in 2015.

Speaking from Yola in Adamawa State where he celebrated last year’s Eid-el- Kabir festival, Atiku said, “Honestly speaking, I’m still a member of the APC; I was part of all the processes, including campaigns until success was achieved.

“But sadly, soon after the formation of government; I was side-lined, I have no any relationship with the government, I’ve not been contacted even once to comment on anything and in turn, I maintained my distance. They used our money and influence to get to where they are, but three years down the line, this is where we are.”

The accusation came same day the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, said she would support the former Vice President as against Buhari if he indicates Presidential interest in 2019.

He has tried as much as possible to avoid public criticism of Buhari’s government and had applauded their successes in the fight against Boko Haram, but said total defeat of the sect has remained elusive to the Buhari government.

He said, “the ruling government had failed in many fronts.

“Yes, there were successes, but not comprehensive success, because the Boko Haram

miscreants are still very active, killing our people and many local government councils in Borno and Yobe are under their firm grip.

People cannot dare go back to their dwellings.

“This thing baffles me; I never imagined that Nigeria will fight a protracted battle with Boko Haram for five years. At a time, we fought the Biafra war, which was more complicated because of the terrain in the South, but the Biafran soldiers were roundly subdued in 30 months. But here we are, fighting an endless battle with the Boko Haram and there’s no end in sight.”

On corruption, Atiku said little has been achieved, asking “How many people were arrested, prosecuted and jailed? How much was recovered from the looters?”

Juxtaposing it with the achievements of the Obasanjo administration where he was the Vice President, Atiku continued, “When we came on board in 1999, I remember we recovered between $4.5 and $4.7 billion from those that looted under (Late Sani) Abacha,” he said.

Before the 2015 poll, Atiku tried to revive his relationship with his boss, Obasanjo following several visits to Ota, but it was fruitless.

When questioned about his credibility, he challenged his accusers to come out with impeccable proof.

“I am not a corrupt politician. Have I been indicted in any way for corruption? I served under an administration that has waged war against corruption,” he stressed.

Atiku’s major blow from the Buhari’s gov-

ernment which informed his final decision to exit the APC may not be unconnected with the recent attempt by the Buhari government to frustrate and revoke all contracts handled by any business entity associated with him.

Buhari’s government recently revoked the boats pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) signed with Intels Nigeria Limited, a leading integrated logistics and facilities services provider in the maritime and oil and gas logistics sectors of the country with links to Atiku, saying that the contract was void ab initio.

Just as the company was strategising to recover from this huge setback, the Federal Government announced the revocation of the residence permits of the Expatriate staff in Intels and five other Nigerian companies.

The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, MFR in a statement, said that the action was sequel to the withdrawal of the operational licenses of the affected companies by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority. It gave the affected staff November 30 deadline to leave the country or be classified as illegal immigrants.

Political analysts have described this development as a witch hunt and an attempt to frustrate Atiku from being vocal and realising his political ambition.

To prepare his eventual re-entry into PDP, many of his men have already returned to the PDP strategising for his eventual return.

Atiku also maintained his allies especially in the South East who refused to dump the

PDP chairmanship: Dokpesi booed in Kogi by party youths

PDP for the APC. Those close to Atiku said his biggest ambition in life is to become the president.

But clearly, actualising this tall dream will be very difficult in the APC, going by recent developments, including Buhari’s recent vigour and the body language of those around him.

If Atiku eventually joins the PDP, then he must first assuage former President Goodluck Jonathan, so that he can key into his programme and also ask for forgiveness for frustrating his re-election. He must also square up with Jonathan, bury his pride and realise that Jonathan by providence is a leader in the party.

Atiku will also face a credibility test as his incessant decamping from the PDP is still a factor to contend with. Many have described him as an inconsistent politician, who jumps ship after losing his presidential election.

Although he stated that he was deceived into joining the APC, he must come down and make amends for his betrayals.

Pundits has also advised the former VicePresident to bury his Presidential dreams temporarily as part of his atonement. He should also champion the cause of rebuilding the party and allow democratic process not financial advantage to inform delegates decisions.

Meanwhile, aspirants like former Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido, Gombe State governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, and PDP National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Ayo Fayose, Senator Ahmed Makarfi are also jostling for the presidency come 2019.

How Atiku intends to floor these aspirants is a puzzle waiting to be solved.

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The worth of economic summits

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hen the first Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) was held in Abuja in February 1993, little did the organisers know that economic summit will one day snowball into an idea that is widely accepted across the country. Today, families, corporate bodies, states and the federal government have embraced the idea and they regularly organise their economic summits.

For state governments, the purpose of economic summits is usually to expose to local and foreign investors the investment opportunities that abound in their states, the enabling environment in place that would make investments thrive in the state and to invite such investors to invest there.

Recently, the Niger State Government organised a two-day economic summit to market the state’s economic potential to investors. Tagged “Impact Investment for Advancing Agricultural Economy and Innovation,” the summit attracted economic experts, industrialists, manufacturers and some state governors across the country. It was organised to attract investors in various fields to boost the state’s economy.

Judging from the interest shown by investors at the summit there is no doubt that the state is poised to become an agricultural giant among the states in the country. Niger State is certainly a state to watch in the area of accelerated agricultural development in the next few years, a situation which made Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to declare that Niger State has the capacity to produce varieties of food crops that will feed African continent.

Among other investors who showed interest in the state, the Dangote group is investing $450 million in the state to establish a large scale rice processing mill to process 200,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice and to establish a stateof-the-art fully integrated sugar refin-

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ing industry in the state. The company will also establish a state-of-the-art fully integrated sugar industry involving the development of 30,000 hectares of sugarcane plantation and the production of about 500,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar. Another company is to establish a N1.6 billion shea butter factory in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state and would engage about 10,000 workers.

To attract the investors the state had put in place various enabling environment measures that would make businesses thrive. Towards this end the state has laws and agencies that encourage private sector participation in the development of the state’s economy. Key among such agencies is its One Stop Investment Centre which the state government uses to put forward to would-be investors its investment potential and priority areas of agriculture, solid minerals, tourism, transportation and energy.

The example of Niger State’s success in wooing investors to the state so far is an eye opener and a pointer to the fact that where there is a will there is a way. It also shows that with a good vision and determined leadership every state in the country can successfully market its potential to investors and turn around the economic conditions of the state, the recession in the economy notwithstanding. Another example is Lagos State government which last year joined hands with Kebbi State to develop Kebbi’s rice fields. It was an instant success. The rice from that joint venture, among others, enabled the Lagos State government to bring down the price of rice in its markets.

Going forward, state governments must know that they are in a healthy race for development of their economies. In doing so, they must learn that through healthy, positive competition, cooperation and learning from each other’s successes and failures, state governments can better develop their state’s economies and bring tremendous development to their people.

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The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

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Libyan slave trade mentality in African leaders

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Bonny Amadi

ecently, the Libya’s UN-backed government said that it is investigating allegations that hundreds of African refugees and migrants passing through Libya are merchandised in modern-day slave markets, many are also killed in the process.

American Singer, Christopher Maurice Brown, AKA Chris Brown, lamented the revelations as it continued to trend on social media, following claims of slave trade boom, alleged killings of migrants and human trafficking going on in the country.

This was coming even as all political leaders across Africa looked the other way, justifying the popular saying “The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.” James Freeman Clarke, American celebrated Unitarian minister, theologian, and author.

Chris Brown noted that Social Media always goes agog on incidents of bomb blast in France and Manchester as well as the flooding in Texas.

The singer shared images of victims of black slaves in Libya on his Instagram, while asking for social media to address the Slave trade in Libya like it does with other world events.

Indeed the stage was long been set, before the intervention of Chris Brown, the United Nations (UN) first drew the global attention to the carnage in Libya, following death of 26 Nigerian girls’

immigrants, in the Mediterranean Sea. Chris wrote,” when France got bombed i see the entire fb saying pray for France, when Manchester got bomb i see the same. When Texas was flooding everyone was saying pray for Texas, but this slave trade is currently going on in Libya and we dno’t see it all over social media.. smh.”

Trending discussions across the globe on raging slave trade orchestrated by Libyans and maybe, fueled by the European community(EU), in the guise to wage intending migrants into their territories from Libya , has continued to generate global storm.

The development however brought to mind, the era of slave trade and its abolition in 1807. Yet ever since, there has been modern day slavery across Africa, occasioned by annexation of mass public wealth by people in government, who in turns subjugate the masses to their whims and caprices, deciding not only, who get what , when and how, but also who lives, who gets justice and who dies and even the manner of death.

Cases abound across Africa, but the most intriguing now which has brought Africa to the global center stage is the ongoing terror ridden trading on migrants across Libya and the trauma some of the victims go through before they eventually die, under the watchful eyes of African leaders and the global community.

Horrible photograph and clips of trauma and torture African immigrants stranded in Libya en- route Europe through land boarders, evokes nausea, goose pimples, nightmare , despicable barbarity commit-

ted under the binoculars of African leaders and ostensibly, the EU. One pix depicted a complete naked woman ostensibly dead, with three Libyan men standing beside her lifeless body, two with each of their legs placed on her head, while the other had his long rod placed on her bare thigh.

Leaders are not only people in government, also in corporate circles, families and organizations, both local and international bodies.

North Korea leader, Kim Jong Un, could be likened to a leader who has turned his people into slaves, while the United Nations (UN) is seen as a global organization, a leader that decided to speak out against the atrocities on African immigrants committed by Libyans under the watchful eyes of the EU. Political leaders control state instruments of cohesion, oppression, suppression, subjugation, terror and also legitimacy, to deal ruthlessly beyond the Libyan slave traders’ extremism, with any section of the country that either didn’t vote for them during lections, expresses rights to free speech, criticisms of poor governance or outcry against marginalization, yet, legitimizes such slavish killings.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein, recently expressed dismay at the sharp increase in the number of migrants held in horrific conditions at detention facilities in Libya.

Speaking out against such evil, the UN chief said in a statement that the EU’s policy of assisting the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept and return migrants in the Mediterranean is inhuman and has helped to worsen conditions of the migrants

held under heartless conditions.

“The suffering of migrants detained in Libya is an outrage to the conscience of humanity. “What was an already dire situation has now turned catastrophic. The detention system for migrants in Libya is broken beyond repair,’’Mr. Al Hussein said.

Understanding the place of leadership in saving the next generation, recently a former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode called out on Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari over his silence on the sale of Nigerians in Libya.

However, the leaders that are expected to lead the people to prosperity, through good governance, appeared to be preoccupied with effort to elongate stay in office, like ousted Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, suppression of opponents like president Faure Gnassingbé of Togo, postponing presidential elections, like President Joseph Kabila’s of Congo and dominating governance of his country for over 35 years like President Paul Biya of Cameroon.

The Leaders and their cronies who thrive on emasculating their people through oppressive rule and deployment of starvation as instrument of governance, constitute more of those who would rather obey a court ruling because it tilts against a political enemy, than respecting the ruling that goes against his personal wish, reflecting Dr DaShanne Stokes famous saying “A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.”. Dr DaShanne Stokes, is a renowned thought leader, sociologist, author, and speaker.

Bonny Amadi could be reached via amadibonny @yahoo.com or 08056607400

On this Rock I build my Church

“ Randie Chima

On this Rock I build my Church”: Matthew 16:18.

This verse in the Bible is well known to we Christians and to Catholics in particular it embodies the creation of the Papacy.

God used Peter greatly in the foundation of the church. It was Peter who first proclaimed the Gospel on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14-47). Peter was also the first to take the Gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 10:1-48). In a sense, Peter was the rock “foundation” of the church. Well over 2000 years the “Church” has flourished and spread all over the world.

Fast forward to our times, it was pomp and pageantry on March 15 2014, (just two days to handing over to Chief Willie Obiano) another Peter was conferred with a chieftaincy title “Okwute Ndi Igbo” translated means “The Rock of the Igbos”.

The title “Okwute” was a unanimous gesture from the 177 Traditional Rulers in Anambra State in appreciation of the then Governors matchless service to the people of the State. Also present was at the elaborate ceremony was Governor Elect, Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano.

The seemingly goodwill engendered by his 8 year tenure as the Governor of Anambra state under the auspicious of the political party All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) is instructive for this

narrative.

It is a well-known fact that APGA was lead by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegu Ojukwu, a major actor in the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, which ended in 1970. The reason for the war was attributed to the marginalization of Ndi Igbo in national issues. So with Dim as its leader, to Ndi Anambra and largely Ndi Igbo APGA symbolizes a way of life, a movement of the people of like heritage and a springboard to advance the political aspirations of the people.

With its symbol as a “Cock’ and slogan “Onye Aghala Nwanne” which literally means, “be thy brothers keeper”, Igbos are encouraged to wake up, smell the coffee and rally around each other for the economic and political advancement of the region. Simply put, “Nke bu Nkayi” (this is ours).

APGA is the party that will advance the economic and political development of the Igbo race.

A Philosophical comparative of both Peters, Unlike Peter in Matthew 16:18 who was charged with the building of the Church has kept the legacy alive. Chief Peter Obi “Okwute Ndi Igbo” was charged with leading the Igbos to the promise land. During the ceremony the Traditional Ruler of Agulu, Chief Peter Obi’s hometown, Igwe Innocent Obodoakor eulogized Okwute as the Moses of Anambra State.

Has Peter Obi lived up to ex-

pectations? The answer is NO! he has failed to foster unity between Igbos. This writer had expected Okwute to lead like Moses in a crusade to ensure all the South East States is ruled by APGA. Barely 8 months later on October 8, 2014 Chief Peter Obi “the Rock” who was charged with leading the Igbos to the promise land, dumped APGA and defected to the People Democratic Party (PDP) that was the major political party at the time holding the federal might in Nigeria.

It is instructive to know that it is on record the Chief Peter Obi swore privately and publicly that he would never leave the party (APGA) that supported during his 8-year reign as governor. In his own words Okwute said, “He will sink or swim” with APGA. To make matter worse Chief Peter Obi witnessed the burning of APGA apparel with Ojukwu image on it, sacrilege some might say!

As expected reactions trailed the defection by many APGA faithful’s, Bianca Ojukwu, wife to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegu Ojukwu had this to say “Everything he is, today, he owes to Ojukwu and APGA. APGA catapulted him literally from obscurity to national prominence. He served two consecutive terms, as governor of Anambra State, a first in the history of the state. This, he achieved under APGA. His decampment is shocking to our party members.

He never gave them any indica-

tion that he was about to jump ship. Close as I was to him, he did not even have the simple courtesy to inform me of this decision but continued to deceive me up until his defection.”

Explaining to newsmen then in Lagos, the only reason Chief Peter Obi gave for his defection was due to his involvement in the re-election campaign of then President Goodluck Jonathan.

However rumors where strife that the “real” reason for his defection was due to “issues” with his successor Gov. Willie Obiano, “issues” we will not want go into.

Fast forward to 2017. The run up to the governorship elections saw Peter Obi in a battle royal of accusations with the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano.

Under the auspices of PDP, Chief Peter Obi who was seen as the political “Godfather” of Oseloka Obaze ran a vile campaign of bitterness, which came across to most as a vindictive. The vitriolic manner the campaign went especially from the Okwute himself somewhat laid credence to “issues” gone sour between both men. With his full weight behind OHO, Okwute toured the state vigorously campaigning against his successor, this many saw as Peter Obi’s attempt to take his pound of flesh and the search of a third term in office.

Randie Chima, Media Consultant/Audiovisual Producer writes from Awka

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On Atiku’s ‘ambition’s

Times Columnist MOHAMMED ADAMU

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Everyone is entitled either to be implacably ambitious, or to be un-stirring bums! And it is to that extent that I think Atiku is more sinned against by those who accused him of ‘ambition’, than he has sinned himself only because he has ‘serially’ hitched his wagon to our farthest star.

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If I can conceive it, and believe it, I can achieve it. It’s not my aptitude but my attitude that will determine my altitude –with a little intestinal fortitude”. –Jesse Jackson Ambition as plague The English playwright John Webster, in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’, said “Ambition… is a great man’s madness”; suggesting that it is not the common man’s disease. But if ‘ambition’ is still to the ‘great’ and not to seekers of greatness, the question then arises, ‘why should ‘greatness’ already secured, allow itself to be troubled by the ‘ambition’ in order to be ‘greater’. What higher station in life must a ‘great man’ seek to attain after having risen to ‘greatness’ already?’

America’s Donald Trump has an answer that can acquit the Atikus: “I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement”. And what can be wrong with that?

Nonetheless, ‘ambition’, if it should be anyone’s ‘patent’, I think it makes better sense to suggest that it should be the hallucination only of the poor -or the delirium of the disinherited. And although Shakespeare has said that “lowliness is young ambition’s ladder”, the tragedy of the lowly ones, as one British labor leader once said, has always been ‘the poverty of their desires’. And so as the great ones are despised for being troubled by vaulting ambition, (seeking always to multiply their superfluous possessions), the ‘small ones’ cannot be praised for being content with meager provisions.

But I do not believe that any ‘great man’ has enough measure of ‘greatness’ not to be troubled by the ‘ambition’ to be even greater.

Nothing despairs more than to have no further station in life to aspire. The Macedonian monarch, Alexander the Great’s must have learnt this the hard way. At the end of all his conquest he was to lament: “No more world to conquer”. But ‘great men’ will still have to do what ‘great men’ will have to do: be ambitious and seek to conquer more. “It is no sin”, Shakespeare said “to labor in thy vocation”. The symptom must match the disease. And as those who are hemorrhaged must bleed, those who are already ‘great’ will have to manifest the symptom of their preoccupation, -ambition. It is what Shylock, in ‘Merchant of Venice’, said to a Christian Venice while justifying his ‘pound of flesh’: “I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?

Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

Deafness of ambition And just as Shakespeare also describes ‘love’ as ‘blind’ because

Atiku “lovers cannot see the pretty follies that they themselves commit”, so is ‘ambition’ itself ‘deaf’ because the ambitious cannot hear the call of moderation -the way that the falcon cannot hear the falconer. And maybe it is the reason that oratorical Mark Antony in the play ‘Julius Caesar’ says that “ambition (is) made of sterner stuff”. And as it is no sin to labor in one’s vocation”, it is in order that the ambitious are tenacious; never yielding to odds, but rising always, to redress odds.

Said the English playwright Philip Massinger, “Ambition, in a private man a vice, is in a prince the virtue”.

And as with ‘prince’, so with ‘politician’; ambitious always to the hilt; either as partisans as aspirants. Says Ralph Waldo Emerson, ambitious politicians, just like ambitious princes, “hitch their wagon (always) to a star”. And like Angus Grossart, the Scottish banker said of them, they would rather “die of exhaustion” aiming to ‘hitch their wagon to a star’ “than (die of) boredom”, because they can no longer ‘hitch their wagon to a star’. What should Atiku do if you say he should no longer ‘hitch his wagon to a star’? Stay bored and die?

Everyone is entitled either to be implacably ambitious, or to be unstirring bums! And it is to that extent that I think Atiku is more sinned against by those who accused him of ‘ambition’, than he has sinned himself only because he has ‘serially’ hitched his wagon to our farthest star.

Said the British poet Robert Browning “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.” Because, as the American poet, James Whitcomb Riley said, “The ripest peach is highest on the tree.” And if we have no reason to reproach bums who settle lower for the ‘greens’, we have no justification to reprimand those who climb high up for the ‘ripest’.

Nor is Atiku any more sinning than the rest because he has also been ‘serially’ unsteady in choosing a platform from which to ‘hitch his wagon’ to his chosen star. PDP, AC, APC are merely names of vessels. And as Shakespeare would ask, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose will smell as good if we call it by another name”. Unless the law expressly forbids change of vessel, every politician is entitled to a choice of party platform as often as the need arises for them to do so.

Hitching his wagon to a star It is sufficient to me that Atiku has never made any pretence about his ‘motive’ for joining politics after a rewarding career in Customs. His goal has always been to climb up on the tree to ‘the ripest peach’ -even in a country where it’s been made virtuous to aim low when you can aim higher. Atiku’s political motive has always been to ‘hitch his wagon’ right to the farthest star, -even in a so-

ciety that makes a fetish of ennobling ‘high hopes’ always for ‘low heavens’.

They say that no sooner had Atiku ‘schemed’ to become Governor than he ‘connived’ to become Vice President. And that no sooner was he number two than he set out bribing the legislature to dethrone his principal. And that when that failed, Atiku had still angled to throw his hat in the ring to contest his boss’ ‘right of first refusal’ –the chance of a second term. Atiku is a conniving son-of-ab**ch, they said. But I say no! Atiku is not the ‘son’ of a ‘five letter’. He is only a scheming and counter-scheming true son of his mother –with an ‘ambition’ –you should know- that is made of the sternest stuff.

Poscript When a trembling, dagger-wielding Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s tragic play ‘Macbeth’, says to his avidly ruthless wife “If we should fail-”, the villain of implacable ambition, Lady Macbeth, only charges forward: “screw your courage to the sticking place” she says, “and we’ll not fail!”.

Screwing his ‘courage to the sticking place’ is what Atiku has, consistently been doing. It is a mettle which even Macbeth has to be nudged by a woman to evoke. But it has always come in handy with an Atiku; -the courage to mount his gilded horse of ambition, and to soldier on; never cowardly asking, like Macbeth, “If we should fail”; because he knows always that as much as a chivalry charge can fail, it can also succeed.

Atiku is ambitious, yes, but he makes our democracy tick. Said the English poet, Edmund Spenser, “he that strives to touch the stars, oft stumbles at a straw”. But in the spirit of good sportsmanship let us pray that even if Atiku does not “touch the stars”, -for the reason that he enlivens our democracy and he enriches our jurisprudence- he does not ever “stumble”. .Re-Teachers or Cheaters? +2348062887535:- “Kaduna State Governor’s action over teachers’ failure to pass common elementary four questions is a welcome one.

Then what are the teachers teaching, since they cannot pass elementary four questions. Who is fooling who?

–in this 21st century! The Governor should send these failed teachers to the farm. I believe they will do better in Agriculture since we are diversifying the economy from oil to agriculture” –Gordon Chika Nnorom Online:- “I have taken time to understand the basis of the Kiambu County Social Studies book that not only contains toxic negative ethnicity content passing off as common knowledge. While the book requires a complete cover to cover analysis and review, it got me thinking perhaps it is time we introduce annual tests for teachers just like they do in Nigeria. Following the dismal perfor-

mance of teachers in the recent tests, some elite have emerged in their defense ; but even this support doesn’t exonerate teachers who fail because they have an enormous responsibility in shaping future leaders and the quality of national conversation. Mohammed Adamu took one head on”.

–Edward Wanyonyi, Kenya Online: -“Sincerely speaking there is nothing to add to prove the wickedness or the hypocrisy of the dastardly and unpatriotic act of desperate politicians , the union and all those against the patriotic action of El-Rifai. All their children are in private schools. We now know the real enemies of progress, the masses and by extension the country. Thanks to our southern compatriots that join us here in the defense of the positive and patriotic action taken by the governor. May Allah grace you with more wisdom, health and ability to continue to add value to your chosen profession (ameeen)”. –Nasir Rabiu Online:- “Prof. that writes from text books that are written by nonprofessors. Leave matter joo.” –Gani Muhammed Ajowa Online:- “The truth must be said.

Mohammed Adamu thank you for exposing the truth. Professor Abubakar Aliyu’s analysis on the yardstick of assessment of teachers is faulty and politically motivated. How did he become a Prof ? Ooh! I am highly disappointed, from this northern man that is supposed to support El=Rufai for exposing the illiterate teachers – he is here saying otherwise using all the grammar that has no meaning to the parents’ dilemma in the north.

And maybe these are some of the people that are always crying that northerners are backward in education. What a shame!” –Viictoria Tabak.

Online:- “Mohammed Adamu more ink to your pen… It is quite educative”. –Ibrahim Dalha Gidan Dukawa Online:- “Mallam, this El-Rufai is so special, you now. With politicians like him there will be no professors like the bloke here. El-Rufai’s sin and crime is his resolve to fight a fraudulently condoned reality of our existence. Indeed the reward for this man’s seemingly solo crusade is more, not in the next election, but in the hereafter”. -Muh’d Rabiu Barde.

Online:- “The Kaduna teachers scenario may just be a random sample of abysmal state of public primary schools in northern Nigeria; and probably the country at large.

Truth be told, poor wages accruing to teachers in states-run public schools do not only make teaching uninteresting, but also stigmatized it to an extent that even parents see their prospective in-laws who are teachers as still unemployed. Stigmatization of the teaching profession has however, shied away troops of potential/ qualified teachers from the noble profession; and that in effect makes teaching an easy do for quacks. It is a common sight to see a trained teacher persistently seeking for another job outside the teaching circle.

This is as a result of ‘neglect’ the ‘teaching class’ has suffered in the hands of successive governments. I was raised in a teaching family, but what I can’t just understand is that primary school teachers here in my State receive their monthly salaries only after all other workers have forgotten when they received theirs; leaving them sometimes with salary shortfalls. Putting all these together, the negative effect can be seen in continuous brain drain and consequent invasion of the teaching profession by quacks and ghost teachers. Mark it, by the time similar tests are conducted for school teachers in other states, Kaduna teachers may even come above average”. –Tauheed Ibrahim.

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Drama as persons with disability seal off NDDC for 48 hrs Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt.

They milled around in their wheelchairs and crutches, virtually laying a siege at the gates of the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on Aba Road Port Harcourt.

As if barricading the gates was not enough, the physically challenged persons blocked both sides of the very busy Port Harcourt-Aba expressway, at the heart of the Garden City.

The unwanted visitors came under the auspices of the National Association of Persons with Disability, Bayelsa State Chapter, and more or less set up camp at the gate of the NDDC for two days.

The protesters not only paralysed business activities at the commission as workers and visitors were prevented from accessing the offices in the Commission’s headquarters, they also disrupted vehicular movement on both sides of the very busy Aba Road for several hours.

The President of the group, Mr. Emotonye Azikiwe, said they were at the commission’s head office to demand the sum of N3million promised them during a recent courtesy visit of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities to the NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere.

Azikiwe complained that some of them came from different states in the Niger Delta, and therefore, needed to be assisted with some money for transport to return to their various destinations.

Curiously, the Bayelsa group came barely three weeks after the NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Ekere played host to the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD, at the commission’s headquarters.

During the visit of the umbrella group, which also witnessed the presentation of automated mobility and hearing aids to people living with disabilities in the region, the NDDC Managing Director formally recognised JONAPWD as the umbrella platform for people living with disabilities in the region.

At that occasion, Ekere had expressed delight at the unification of the diverse groups claiming to represent the interest of the people living with disability. He said: “I am happy that you have come together to engage the NDDC as a unified group. Now that you are together, we will engage better.”

The NDDC Chief Executive Officer then stated that the Commission’s Directorate of Youths, Sports, Culture and Women Affairs was fully mobilised to engage with people living with disabilities, through JONAPWD. He also directed that they be accommodated in the various skills acquisition programmes being rolled out by the NDDC. It was, therefore, surprising that shortly after the engagement with the unified body, other splinter groups are still coming to the NDDC to make all kinds of demands.

In the latest incident, all kinds of people with disability were off-loaded at the NDDC gate by as many as 14 buses from Bayelsa State. They ambled all over the place in their wheel chairs and crutches, waving placards with different inscriptions. One of the messages read: “We want skill acquisition training for physically challenged people.”

Other placards and banners indicated that the physically challenged persons were protesting perceived neglect and abandonment by the NDDC.

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canes, 80 German magnifier hearing aids and 40 crutches, remarked that some physically challenged people were very talented and gifted.

He stated that what such people needed was opportunities and support to live meaningful and sustainable lives.

He said: “The days of sympathy are over.

NDDC will collaborate with people with disabilities and support them. We will take you to a level where you can realise your full potentials.

“What I will like to see is a situation where people with disabilities own cars and employ drivers. To achieve this, however, you need to have a business that will give you sustainable income. We will support you to achieve this,” he had promised.

Ekere said that the NDDC Directorate of Youths, Sports Culture and Women Affairs was fully mobilized to engage with people living with disabilities to determine the best ways to help them through special entrepreneurship trainings.

He advised: “Coming to NDDC to protest will not achieve any positive result. Proper engagement is the only way to get NDDC’s attention and get benefits for people living with disabilities.”

Meanwhile, the president of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Mr. Sokari Akpila,

Flashback to earlier presentation by the NDDC

NDDC boss addressing the invaders

The barricade of Aba Road resulted in a serious traffic gridlock that hurt Port Harcourt residents and those doing businesses in the state capital. Many vehicles had to divert to other routes while passengers had to resort to trekking for long distances.

In an interview with The Daily Times at the NDDC gate, on Wednesday, Chairman of the Niger Delta Great Minds Foundation of People with Deformities, NDGMFPD, Bayelsa State Chapter, Mr. Duoduo Binaebi, said that they were not part of the three groups which the commission agreed to give N3million, during a joint visit.

Binaebi demanded that NDDC pay the groups N7million to enable them celebrate December 3, set aside by the United Nations as World Day for People with Disability. He said the Commission should provide support for people living with disabilities in the region, adding that apart from the N7million, they also needed wheelchairs and other mobility aids to enable them fend for themselves.

Another person on wheel chair, Mr. Faith Joyful, said that those of them in Bayelsa

State did not benefit from the mobility aids distributed by the NDDC. He insisted that they would continue to barricade the NDDC gates until the management did the needful.

Reacting to the development, the Director of Corporate Affairs of NDDC, Mr. Ibitoye Abosede, assured of the Commission’s commitment to providing necessary support for members of the group to earn sustainable living.

He said that the claims of the physically challenged persons were baseless, stating that the NDDC would not have any dealings with any splinter group or faction in the guise of people living with disabilities. He added that all machinery had been put in place to address the plight of people living with disabilities in the region.

The antics of the protesting groups is disconcerting to the NDDC, especially because they had just recently been given mobility and hearing aids.

The NDDC Chief Executive Officer, while handing over the items, which included 80 automated wheel chairs, 80 sensor guide

appealed to the NDDC to create avenues for skill acquisitions for persons with disabilities so as to enable them build the needed capacity for self-employment.

He said that many people with disabilities find that their situations affect their chances of going to school, working for a living and participating as equals in social life. He lamented that physically challenged people experience discrimination from birth, or from the moment of becoming disabled.

Akpila noted that disabled persons in the Niger Delta region were among the most vulnerable groups in the world, as they were prone to recruitment into armed conflicts and militia activities, prostitution, child labour, and other forms of modernday slavery.

He appealed to the NDDC to assist in organising sporting activities, especially wheelchair basketball, to create unity among the disabled community in the Niger Delta region and create awareness to end all forms of abuse against persons with disabilities.

LITERATURE/ART

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Authors move to raise Nigeria’s standard in written, spoken English Gbubemi Gods Covenant Snr, Features editor The intellectual and literary society on Saturday 18th November, 2017, received a boost with the launching of a book titled, ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Usage and Communication Skills – targetted at sanitising and uplifting the propriety of written and spoken English language in today’s highly digital world of mass communication.

Set out in 15 chapters template spread over 271 pages bold, easy-to-read format, the book is authored by Obiageli Georgina Okafor, a lecturer of English language at the Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State.

Of particular interest is that the highly articulated book is coauthored by the author’s biological mother, Madam Pat Okafor, a one time features editor with Poise magazine, a publication of The Daily Times group in the 1990s.

Of the dire necessity for this literary cleanser at this time, Obiageli, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Times on Saturday at the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, venue of the launch, frowned at the level of communication today in the print and electronic medias.

“What I read in newspapers and magazines today and the spoken English I hear from radio and television presenters make me very uncomfortable,” she began.

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Guests unveiling the book

“The standard is so poor and it is worse on air and this has greatly affected the level of communication among the primary, junior and secondary school pupils across the nation and ultimately the society at large. People communicate very poorly and this moved me to rise to make changes by this work.

And politicians are the worse for it; they have created a political language all of their own. “They even use direct coinage from the major Nigerian languages and as a result, their languages interfere with their spoken English.”

Regrettably, the author pointed out that the problem started from our cradle, “Where teachers no longer introduce children

The authors and guests reveal the book to the audience

BOOK LAUNCH to the right tenses, so they grow up mixing up their tenses; even graduates mix tenses up and this has become a norm. It’s really ugly, sad.”

Okafor Georgina Obiageli (BA, MA, MPP), holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a Masters degree in English from the University of Lagos and another Masters degree from the University of Ibadan.

She currently teaches the use of English language and effective communication skills at the Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun

State.

“What I teach in general studies at the Polytechnic is basically the use of English and Communication Skill. Therefore, this book is intended to provide a guide towards the mastering of English Language spoken and written by students in post primary and tertiary institutions. The primary objective of the text is to assist learners to acquire a second mastery of basic concepts and essential elements in language and communication. Diction and finesse in written and spoken English is music to my ears and I am optimistic that this is achievable if we will blaze the trail.”

This is the author’s maiden book but she aims to write more

for the secondary school audience and also for people in higher institutions.

Far removed from politics in her quest, Obiageli envisions she would become a prosperous individual in the future and a much better parent than what she is seeing in the society today. “I look forward to be great in whatever I choose to be in the future.”

A widow from Umuleri in Anambra LGA of Anambra state, the author is blessed with a son now reading medicine in a tertiary institution in the country.

Co-author, Madam Pat Okafor is the author’s biological mother.

A seasoned educationist with many years of experience in the teaching profession, Pat holds a Diploma in Journalism, B.A., Th. She started as a staff writer with former Woman’s World with The Daily Times back in 1988. In 1990 the paper was phased out and the Poise magazine came on board where she was a senior staff writer for seven years before she was elevated to the position of features editor. She is currently a visiting lecturer to the College of Education, Abeokuta, and the West African Christian University.

“Thank God we are where we are today,” Pat told The Daily Times, and added, “With this book, Obiageli and I hope to break new grounds - and move Nigerians higher on the intellectual and literary ladder of written and spoken English language.”

Arthouse steps into global art market Gbubemi God’s Covenant Snr Arthouse, Nigeria’s premier art auctioneer is on the forefront of proving finance minister, Kemi Adeosun right that Nigeria is out of recession for good!

At the 18th edition of the Arthouse auction in May, it would be recalled, a single bronze version of Ben Enwonwu’s famous sculpture series, Anyanwu, was sold for N54.05m (N54,050,000). The sale of the 1962 sculpture boosted the total lots sold at N166,156,00m.

Art lovers note with delight that the auction house has been consistent with sales since the Nigerian economy officially glided into recession in the second quarter of 2016.

For the 19th edition of its auction of Modern and Contemporary Art, Arthouse featured Enwonwu with other modernists such as Uche Okeke, Ben Osawe, Jacob Afolabi, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Chuks Anyanwu, Susanne Wenger, Georgina Beier, David Dale,

Anyanwu three quarters first phase digital

Dele Jegede, Jimoh Buraimoh and Kolade Oshinowo.

The previews of Saturday November 25 and Sunday, November 26, teed off massive sales that started proper on Monday, November 27, 2017 at Kia Showroom, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The auction also featured the

works of artists from the young generations. Such artists, described as ‘leading contemporary,’ include Peju Alatise, Kainebi Osahenye, Rom Isichei, Nnenna Okore, Gerald Chukwuma, Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, Ben Osaghae, Lemi Ghariokwu, Ndidi Dike, and Alimi Adewale, among others.

Confirming the international status of the auction are the non-Nigerian artists, whose works are also featuring in the November sales. Such artists, according to a statement from Arthouse, include Ko Agorsor, Ablade Glover, George Hughes, Nana Nyan Acquah, Ato Delaquis, Amon Kotei and Geofrey Mukasa.

The November sales turned out to be another impressive outing for the pioneer auction house, proving that the economy indeed is out of recession officially.

Apart from Enwonwu’s record sale at the 18th auction, other impressive sales included El Anatsui’s ‘Reflekisi,’ a

wood panel from 2017, sold for N16,675,000m; another Enwonwu titled ‘Ogolo,’ a water colour on paper, dated 1989 that features a figure wearing an Ogolo mask and engaged in vigorous dance movement, sold for N13,800,000m; a mixed media work by Alatise sold for N5,175,000m; and Osawe’s ‘Mask,’ a wood sculpture dated 1987, which takes inspiration from ancient artifacts from Benin and Gabon, sold for N4,600,000m.

With auctions held twice a year in Lagos, Arthouse Contemporary said it aims to create awareness of the scope of contemporary art in the region, encourage international recognition towards its talented artists, and strengthen the economy of its art market.

As contemporary African art moves to become one of the fastest growing global art markets, the 19th Edition of the auction featured both master works from the modern period and cutting-edge contemporary art from the region’s most celebrated artists.

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, November 30, 2017

Enugu is polio-free - WHO Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Enugu State poliofree.Tthis was made known by the country representative, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, he commended Governor If-

eanyi Ugwuanyi for nurturing and sustaining the health programmes in the state.

Alemu made the assertion at the Enugu State zonal immunization campaign tour organized recently by the wife of the governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi, in collaboration with the organization in Nsukka, Udi and

NUT, Taraba disagree on administration of primary school teachers by LGs Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo.

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Teachers under the aegis of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Taraba State Chapter have stormed the Taraba State House of Assembly to protest the proposed local government autonomy.

The State Chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Taraba State Chapter, Comrade Peter Julius while speaking when he laid a rally of teachers on the issues at the House State of Assembly yesterday in Jalingo said the union position is that management, funding and payment of primary school teachers salaries should remain with the state government.

“We want management, funding and payment of Primary School Teachers’ salaries in the state to remain with the state government if autonomy is to be granted to local government in the country.

And as a second option, the union also maintained its earlier stand that salaries of primary school teachers be draw through first line charge from the federal account” he said.

He noted that the call by the Union for payment of salaries of Primary School Teachers

to be managed by the State Government or the Federal Government was to stop the education sub-sector from deteriorating.

“The truth remains that the state government have the obligation to safeguard the right of every child to enjoy basic education and as such would not continue to depend on local government councils for payment of salaries to primary school teachers, who at present lacks the where withal to manage eduction sector” he stressed.

According to him, item 2(a) of the fourth schedule of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) provides “that the function of the local government councils includes” participation of such council in the government of a state in respects to the provision and management of primary, adult and vocational education, adding that the provision does not mean that local government councils should be responsible for the payment of salaries to Primary School Teachers, but a participatory role and not to by any way pay salaries.

Reps urges FG on ending slavery of Nigerians in Libya Henry Omunu, Abuja

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tatives on Wednesday charged the federal government to end the slavery, torture and killing of Nigerians by liaising with the Libyan government to find a solution to the menace of migration and modern day slavery.

The call is sequel to the adoption of the motion sponsored by Rep. Saheed Fijabi urging the Buhari administration to Investigate the inhuman and barbaric act of slave trading involving the auctioning of black Africans in Libya.

Rep. Fijabi in his lead debate, said that African migrants from nations, including Nigeria, Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Niger and Gambia make the dangerous crossing through the Sahara Desert to Libya with hopes of making it over the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and other European

countries in search of greener pastures.

According to the lawmaker, on November 14, 2017, the US Television Network, CNN broke the news of the auctioning of human beings in Libya with a live footage of the auctioning process in which young men were being sold to North African buyers as potential farm hands.

He added that one of the unidentified young men sold off as shown in the CNN footage for as little as $400 (N144,000) is said to be a Nigerian in his twenties.

“The footage of the auctioning of black Africans in the conflict-torn nation sparked outrage across the world with thousands of people taking to the streets of Paris, France to protest against the modern day slavery, and in reaction, the African Union, on November 17, 2017 called on the Libyan authorities to investigate the matter”, Fijabi said.

Nkwo Nike respectively.

The country representative who was represented by the state coordinator, Mrs. Angela Izuegbune, said: “WHO has to express its appreciation to the present administration in Enugu State under His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for providing us with the conducive environment to operate in the state.

“When the administration came on board, Enugu State was 65 percent in immunization, but now Enugu State is 89 percent in immunization rate. In 2016, the immunization survey conducted in the

country placed Enugu State on third position and first in South-East, we hope that with the rate His Excellency and his wife are going, before they leave office in 2023 Enugu State will achieve the required 95 percent on the immunization target.”

He also eulogised Mrs. Ugwuanyi for her pet project Ugo Touch for Life (UTOLF) which he noted has positively affected the lives of society’s vulnerable people.

“We have to commend Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi for her selflessness to humanity, especially women and

the vulnerable. Our mummy has empowered many people through scholarship, skill acquisition, free health care services, health enlightenment programmes like handwashing campaign, dietary lectures, among others,” he noted. He urged women to avail themselves of the opportunity provided by the Enugu State governor by giving their children adequate immunization.

Mrs. Ugwuanyi allayed fears that the monkey pox virus could be contracted through immunization.

“We are here because of what we read in the social

media that monkey pox is caused by immunization. It is a lie, monkey pox has no connection with immunization. It is our duty to immunize our children properly. It is very agonizing when we see children suffering from polio or other diseases associated with non-immunization. So it is very important to complete the five immunization programme as specified,” she counseled.

She also implored the women to attend hospitals for antenatal care during pregnancy and ensure their babies are delivered at recognized health institutions.

L-R: Emir of Dass, Alhaji Usman Bilyaminu; Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Christopher Thornley; representative of Bauchi State Governor, Alhaji Abdu Sule and others, during the inauguration of Nigerian Way Project at Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State… on Tuesday.

Gov Al-Makura presents N122.8bn appropriation bill for 2018 fiscal year ÏÏÏNasarawa

State Governor Tanko Al-Makura has presented the 2018 Budget proposal of N122.8billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.

Al-Makura, who presented the budget in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, assured the state Assembly under the leadership of its speaker, Alhaji Ibrahim BalarabeAbdullahi of the state government commitment to key in to people-oriented projects that would have direct bearing on the lives of the people.

Daily Times reports that the governor tagged the 2018 appropriation bill as “Budget of sustainable development” The budget framework shows an increment of Thirtyone Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-five Million, Two Hundred and Forty-three Thousand, Fifty-three Naira (N31,335,243,053) or 34.25% as against the 2017 appropriation bill of (N91,485,700,231) only.

Al-Makura noted that the budget was aimed at con-

solidating his administration achievements in fighting poverty, unemployment and to ensure even development in the state.

“I make bold to state that the 2017 Budget recorded optimum performance.

Accordingly, the execution of projects and programmes that have direct bearing on the lives of our people remained our major focus. I am pleased to inform this honourable house that most of the roads construction, “Hospitals, sports facilities, schools infrastructure, power and water projects, as well as market facilities among other projects have been completed.

It is our determination to complete all on-going projects in the State within the next fiscal year.

“Similarly, we have committed enormous resources for the welfare of the physically challenged, women and children, as well as other vulnerable groups in our society. This is in line with our policy on inclusive governance.

Post Park “The Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members, I am delighted to lay before you a total budget size of One Hundred and Twenty-two Billion, Eight Hundred and Twenty Million, Nine Hundred and Forty-three Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty-four Naira (N122,820,943,284) only for the 2018 fiscal year. “ A total of Forty-five Billion, One Hundred and Ninety Million, Nine Hundred and Fortyone Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty-four Naira (N45,190,941,284) representing 36.79% of the budget is earmarked for Recurrent Expenditure.

“And the sum of Seventyone Billion, Six Million, and Two Thousand Naira (N71,006,002,000) representing 57.81% of the total budget is earmarked as Capital Expenditure for the year 2018,” he said. Almakura listed areas the budget would focused to include completion of all ongoing project, boosting Agriculture and youth’s empowerment, creation of enabling

environment for informal sector in income generation among others He called on the house members to give the budget proposal speedy passage to enable the state government executes people’s oriented projects for the overall development of the state and the country at large.

Responding, the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Alh.Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, assured the state government of the speedy passage of the budget as he announced to the public that the bill has passed its first reading.

“I want to assure Gov.Tanko Al-Makura, his deputy, Silas Agara, his cabinet members and his Aides as well as the good people of Nasarawa state that the 2018 appropriation bill which has just been presented to us would be given expeditious attention,”.

The speaker called on the MDAs in the state to give the various standing committee of the house total cooperation as they discharge their oversight responsibilities.

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x HELPTORISE FOUNDATION This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990.

Trustees are : 1. Mr. Olowookere, Gboyega Abioye.

2. Mr. Babalola - Amusa,.Olatunbosun Kolawole.

3. Mr. Bamitale , Taiwo Kayode.

4. Mr. Adedeji, Kehinde Adeseun.

5. Mr. Ibitoye, Oyeyinka A. 6. Adigun, Olapeju Felicia.

Aim: To assist the less privileged.

Presented by : Barr: Adewoye Adewale Olugbenga.

4th floor, Left wing, ANCE building, Jericho, Ibadan ALLIED FRIENDSHIP CLUB OF IBADAN THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS OF 1990.

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Companies Registration 21 (Trustees)

DAMILOLA ABOKEDE OBINNA FOUNDATION

SPRING OF MERCY UNITY BELIEVERS CHAPEL

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

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

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. MR. ABOKEDE, OLAYINKA NIYI. 2. MRS. LAWAL, KEHINDE OLUFEMI.

1. Pastor Owotoke Emmanuel Sunday 2. Deaconess Ogunfuye Deborah oluwayemisi 3. Pastor Theophilus Ayodele oluwafunmilayo 4. Pastor Owotoke Olayinka Ayoola

AIM: To assist the less privileged.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Presented by : Barr: Adewoye Adewale Olugbenga.

4th floor, Left wing, ANCE building, Jericho, Ibadan.

CONFRONTING YOUR GIANT EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH INT’L

Aims: To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Trustees

HOUSEHOLD OF GOD’S HOUSE WORSHIP CENTRE INT’L.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, Decree No. 1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Decree No. 1 of 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. OLATUNJI OLAWALE MURITADOR 2. TAIWO OLALEKAN SHERIFF

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1.Okoki, Emmanuel ASUKWO -Chairman/Visioner.

2.Pastor Uweh, Effiong Sunday.

3.Evang. Joanna Etim Johnson -Secretary.

4. Pastor Mfon Asukwo Okoki -Treasurer.

AIMS1. EMPOWERING YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY 2. CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUTH.

AIMS/OBJECTIVES. 1. To empower men to rise up and confront their Giant, Challenges etc via preaching of the word of Liberty in Christ.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. Okoki, Emmanuel Asukwo -Chairman/Visioner.

2. Pastor Uweh, Effiong Sunday.

3. Evang. Joanna Etim Johnson -Secretary.

4. Pastor Mfon Asukwo Okoki -Treasurer.

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

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi, Ironsi street, maitama, Abuja within 28days of this publication.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED; EVANG. OKOKI, EMMANUEL ASUKWO. CHAIRMAN/VISIONER

NEWBREED INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAME

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, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.SIMONPETER UGORI 2.UGORI GLORY

CHAIRMAN

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.DISPUTE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS 2.ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN NORMS 3.RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION OF JOURNALS 4.CAPACITY BUILDING AND SKILLS 5.LIAISE WITH OTHER BODIES ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registration-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: SIMONPETER UGORI (ESQ)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCRAP AND WASTE DEALERS EMPLOYERS OF NIGERIA Behind Alubarika Mosque, Abiola Ways, Abeokuta, Ogun State A CONSULTANT TO OGUN STATE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AUCTION ! AUCTION. ! ! AUCTION ! ! !

This is to inform the General public that, Auctioning of junks Items will take place at Lagos /Ibadan Express Road, Interchange.

LIST OF ITEMS ARE : FORD BUS, LAND ROVER, FREIGHLINER, BENZ 814, CATERPILLAR VITALLIS. CONDITION OF SALES : 1) The highest bidder shall be the Purchaser 2) Payment is Strictly by Cash 3) Purchases Must be backed with Ogun State Ministry of Environment and Auctioneer Receipts 4) Removal of Vehicles Purchased is two Working days after Payment.

DATE OF INSPECTION : Thursday , 29th of November to Monday , 4th of December , 2017.

DATE OF SALES :Thursday , 7th of December , 2017.

VENUE : Lagos /Ibadan Express Road, Interchange .Ogun state TIME : 10 .00am Prompt.

For Further information Please Contact Auctioneer, Alh Owolabi (08033761482)

THE UNDERLISTED FORMALLY KNOWN AS; 1.JOSEPH ONUKWUGHA NJOKU 2.ANGELINA CHINYERE NJOKU 3.ESTHER TEMIDAYO ADAKU NJOKU 4.JULIA UCHENNA NJOKU 5.EMMANUEL OKECHUKWU NJOKU 6.FRANKLIN UCHECHUKWU NJOKU 7.NATHAN UDOCHUKWU NJOKU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ISAAC IN PLACE OF NJOKU HENCEFORTH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE OWERRI WOMEN ASSOCIATION (FEPNOWA) This is to notify the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, for registration under part “C” of the companies and allied matters Act, CAP C. 20 laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.DR. MRS. OBI MAGARET 2.DR. MRS. ANTHONIA NWOSU 3.DR. MRS. LUCY NWORJI 4.REV. MRS. EUCHARIA ANUNA 5.BARR. NKECHI ONYEKWERE

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Chairperson

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Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1..To promote love and unity among the women folk of the institution and beyond 2. To foster mutual respect and support between the women and male counterpart.

3. To promote the welfare, protect the interest, rights and privileges of the womenfolk.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to registrar–General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

FINIMA STUDENTS ASSOCIATION This is to inform the general public that the above name has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and allied matters Act 1, of 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. TAMUNOIBIDIESA JESSE COKER BROWN 2.ERNEST BROWN 3. GIFT BROWN

- PRESIDENT - SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE THE YOUTH AND TEENAGERS OF FINIMA TO HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. 2. TO BRING TOGETHER ALL STUDENTS OF FINIMA YEARLY TO ASSESS, EVALUATE AND COMPLIMENT OUR ACADEMIC STRENGTH AND SUCCESS. 3. TO SORT SCAWT FOR SCHOORLARSHIP,IT AND OTHER POSSIBLE BENEFIT ENTITLED TO THE FINIMA STUDENTS. 4.TO FOSTER PEACE,LOVE AND UNITY AMONGEST ALL STUDENTS OF FINIMA COMMUNITY. 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 daysof this publication.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

AIMS/OBJECTIVES. 1. To establish the congregation for the deep worship of the Lord God Almighty, where the spirit of the Lord minister to his people.

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

SIGNED: EVANG. OKOKI, EMMANUEL ASUKWO -CHAIRMAN/VISIONER.

TESTIFIERS ROYAL ASSEMBLY INT’L The general public is hereby notified that the above named church has applied to the corporate affairs commission for Registration under part ‘c’ of the companies and Allied matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES : 1,OSAGIE KEN IKPONMWOSA 2,OSAGIE JOAN 3,CHIJOKE EME MBA 4,JOSHUA ITOHA FAITH 5,AIGBE IMONTE EMMANUEL 6,ABRAHAM ANOINTING 7,CHRISTOPHER DANIEL ISODJE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1,To preach the Gospel of jesus christ and to plant churches everywhere in the Globe.

Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigirs Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi street, Maitama, Abuja Within 28 days of this publication.

Signed : Chairman

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

This is to certify that ADEOSUN TEMITOPE OPE and ADEOSUN TEMITOPE OJO are one and same person, now wish to be known and address as ADEOSUN TEMITOPE OJO. All former documents remain valid, general public take note.

GOD’S UNITED ROYAL FRIENDS GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP This is to inform the general public that the above name has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and TRUSTEES ARE 1. JAMES GRAHAM 2. PASTOR JAPHET ONDO MONEYMAN 3. KINGSLEY EZE IGWE 4. EJAKPIMI PRECIOUS ERETETE 5. JOYCE CLAUD 6. ABIAZIEM CHINONSO KINGSLEY

PRESIDENT SEC.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO SHARPEN ONE ANOTHER IN STRENGTH OF OUR VARIOUS GIFTS, TALENTS, SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO ESTABLISH THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AROUND THE WORLD. 3. TO SEEK AND OPEN BUSINESS DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR MEMBERS. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar- General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama , Abuja within 28 daysof this publication.

SIGNED PRESIDENT

22 Change of Names

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EZE RITA NKECHI

IDAHOSA DORIS UYI

MR NDUBUEZE SAMSON PETER

I, formerly known and addressed as ILUMA ZUMA, now wish to be known and addressed as ILUMA ZUMA HAPPY. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

My name was wrongly written as OHAEKEM JANE during my WAEC registration instead of OHAEKELEM JANE EZINNE. I therefore wish to be known and addressed as OHAEKELEM JANE EZINNE. All former documents remain valid, the general public should please take note.

That I wish to change my name to IDAHOSA DORIS UYI.that OSAROBO KATE written in my union bank Account, my BVN written as IDAHOSA DORIS UYI, And my international passport is written as IDAHOSA DORIS UYI. That documents bearing OSAROBO KATE should be change to IDAHOSA DORIS UYI. General public and authority concern should please take note.

I,formerly known as MR NDUBUEZE UDODIRIM SAMSON, now wish to be addressed as MR NDUBUEZE SAMSON PETER. All former documents remain valid. The Lord’s Chosen CRM and the general public take note

I, formerly known as IBRAHIM BOSE , now wish to be addressed as : EZE RITA NKECHI . All former documents remain valid. General public take note

OHAGWU RITA NWANNEKA I, formerly known and addressed as OHANGWU NWANNEKA IKECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed OHAGWU RITA NWANNEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

ONYISHI PATIENCE CHIDERA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ONWUFOR EBUBE HELEN, now wish to be known and addressed MRS EJIOFOR EBUBE HELEN. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as UGWUAKU PATIENCE CHIDERA, now wish to be known and addressed as ONYISHI PATIENCE CHIDERA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note

MRS EZE NNEKA SABINA I, formerly known and addressed as MRS UDUCHE NNEKA SABINA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EZE NNEKA SABINA. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note.

MRS NNEKA EVELYN OLEDIBE I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NNEKA EVELYN ANI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NNEKA EVELYN OLEDIBE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKPALA IJEOMA GLORIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKOLI IJEOMA GLORIA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

OYEKEZIE MIRACLE KOSARACHI

AMAECHI CHRISTIAN

MADUABUCHI CHINWE PRISCY

UMEANIKEE IZUCHUKWU PATRICK I, formerly known and addressed as UMEH IZUNDU PATRICK, now wish to be known and addressed as UMEANIKEE IZUCHUKWU PATRICK. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKORIE VIVIAN CHIDINMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ENEBECHI VIVIAN CHIDINMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note

NWODO OGECHI CHARITY I, formerly known and addressed as OKWY OGECHI NWODO, now wish to be known and addressed as NWODO OGECHI CHARITY. All former documents remain valid. General Public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EDEH ROSEMARY CHINENYE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AGUIGWO SCHOLARSTICA NKIRUKA.All former documents remain valid.

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AGHA CHARLES I, formerly known and addressed as AGHA EJIKE CHARLES, now wish to be known and addressed as AGHA CHARLES. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MRS EJIOFOR EBUBE HELEN

ILUMA ZUMA HAPPY

CORRECTION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as EUGENE MIRACLE, now wish to be known and addressed as OYEKEZIE MIRACLE KOSARACHI. ‘’K’’ means KOSARACHI. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MARTINS EDWARD AMAECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as AMAECHI CHRISTIAN. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AUGUSTINE CHINWE PRISCILLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MADUABUCHI CHINWE PRISCY. All former documents remain valid.

General public should please take note

UCHE AMECHI EMMANUEL

MRS CHUKWU CECELIA NKECHI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EZE CECELIA NKECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWU CECELIA NKECHI. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General Public should please take note.

OWOH KINGSLEY KENECHUKWU

I, formerly known and addressed as UCHE MATTHEW OJUMA, now wish to be known and addressed as UCHE AMECHI EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General Public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OWOH KINGSLEY., now wish to be known and addressed as OWOH KINGSLEY KENECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General Public should please take note.

NWEKE ADAEZE PRINCESS

EKECHI CHIDIEBERE

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS

I, formerly known and addressed as IFEANYI CHIDIEBERE, now wish to be known and addressed as EKECHI CHIDIEBERE. All former documents remain valid.

General Public should please take note.

This is to inform the general public that the building certificate of occupancy Registered as 45/45/1045 and power of attorney Regd as 93/93/1206 over plot R/48 Ekulu West Extension Layout Enugu belonging to Dr. Polycanp Oyigbo is missing. If found contact 07177045870 and Ministry of lands and Urban Development Enugu.

I formerly known and addressed as ANOH ADAEZE CALISTA now wish to be known and addressed as NWEKE ADAEZE PRINCESS, All former documents remain valid,banks and General public take note.

DESTINY KELECHUKWU CHUKWUNYERE

MRS OSHIMOKUN TEMITOPE OLAIDE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SHONIRAN OLAIDE TEMITOPE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OSHIMOKUN TEMITOPE OLAIDE, ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE

MRS SULAIMAN SUSAN SEKINAT

UDOH VICTORIA EKWERE

AMANDA OLARAICHE JAHSON I, formerly known and addressed as, OLARAICHE DEBORAH NWACHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as, AMANDA OLARAICHE JAHSON. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as SOLOMON IZUKA OGBODO now wish to be known and addressed as DESTINY KELECHUKWU CHUKWUNYERE, All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, JOHN VICTORIA AKPAN now wish to be known and addressed as, UDOH VICTORIA EKWERE. All former documents remain valid.

General public should please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOW AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SALAU SUSAN SEKINAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SULAIMAN SUSAN SEKINAT,ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE CONFIRMATION OF NAME

KOFFA ARRON I formerly known and addressed as KOFFA AKPI ARRON now wish to be known and addressed as KOFFA ARRON, All former documents remain valid, banks and General public take note.

MRS ENEBECHI VIVIAN CHIDINMA

MRS OKOLI IJEOMA GLORIA

IBAGBI HAPPINESS ONU I, formerly known and addressed as IBAGBI HAPPINESS JOY, now wish to be known and addressed as IBAGBI HAPPINESS ONU. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General Public should please take note.

MRS AGUIGWO SCHOLARSTICA NKIRUKA

MRS OKEIFUFE CHIGOZIE PATRICIA I, formerly known and addressed as NNADI CHIGOZIE PATRICIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKEIFUFE CHIGOZIE PATRICIA. All former documents remain valid.

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JOSEPH EKENE

MRS ANATUNAH CHINONYE HAPPINESS I formerly known and addressed as MISS OBAAH CHINONYE HAPPINESS now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ANATUNAH CHINONYE HAPPINESS, All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

ADENI-AWOSIKA OLUWATOLA ADEBOLA

I formerly known and addressed as NWEJIJI EKENE now wish to be known and addressed as JOSEPH EKENE, All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

ABIMBOLA BILIKI ADEGBITE I formerly known and addressed as BILIKISU BIMBO BELLO now wish to be known and addressed as ABIMBOLA BILIKI ADEGBITE, all former documents remain valid. general public should please take note

I formerly known and addressed as ADENI-AWOSIKA OLUWATOLA now wish to be known and addressed as ADENI-AWOSIKA OLUWATOLA ADEBOLA. all former documents remain valid. general public should please take note

MRS BABATUNDE OMOLARA OLUWEMIMO I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS SODIPO OMOLARA OLUWEMIMO now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS BABATUNDE OMOLARA OLUWEMIMO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

AJOKE TAIWO ADEGBEMILE

OGUNGBAMILA TITILAYO ADEPOJU

I, hereby confirm that ABDULGANIYU LATIFAT TEMITOPE and RAJI LATEEFAT TEMITOPE as was written on my International Passport and my BVN respectively refer to one and same person and NOW wish to be known and called as ABDULGANIYU LATIFAT TEMITOPE. All my former documents bearing these names remain valid.

For record purposes, Authority concerned and general public take note.

I, ONYEMAOBINNA WILFRED IGBOKWE. AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING OBINNA IGBOKWE .

General public should take note.

MY NAME WAS WRITEN AS AJOKE ADEGBEMILE IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS. MY NAME WAS ALSO WRITEN AS AJOKE TAIWO ADEGBEMILE IN SOME OF MY OTHER DOCUMENTS: AND I WISH TO BE KNOWN AS AJOKE TAIWO ADEGBEMILE AND MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 24/11/1973.

ODEJIMI BISOLA SHAKIRAT

OGUNDIPE MARY BUKKY I formerly known and addressed as OGUNDIPE MARY BUKOLA now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNDIPE MARY BUKKY . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as REGINA EIMUEN now wish to be known and addressed as BRIGHT REGINA JASPER . All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

MMADU OLUOMA NORAH I formerly known and addressed as RAPHAEL NORAH now wish to be known and addressed as MMADU OLUOMA NORAH . All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as GODWIN CHINEDU PASCHAL now wish to be known and addressed as ANUNOBI CHINEDU PASCHAL . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some of my documents my name appears as ANUJUE LINDA While in some other ones it appears as ANUJUE CHIGOZIEM NANCY.The names refer to the same person. Now I wish to be known as ANUJUE LINDA CHIGOZIEM NANCY. I was born on 19/11/1990. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note.

NDEEDUA SOLOMON BARIKUI I, formerly known and addressed as, BARIKUI SOLOMON, now wish to be known and addressed as, NDEEDUA SOLOMON BARIKUI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, ONWUKWE MARIA CHINYERE, now wish to be known and addressed as, ONWUKA MARIA CHINYERE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

In first bank open acct my name was written as APEH COMFORT ADA in my National Identity Card my name was written as APEH Comfort ADAH. And I am the same person bear all these name and I wish to be called APEH COMFORT ADA . General public should take note.

EUCHARIA MARY CARLTON I formerly known and addressed as UCHE OKORO MMAHI now wish to be known and addressed as EUCHARIA MARY CARLTON .

I was born on 24/12/1980 not 23/12/1980. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as GANIYU BISOLA SHAKIRAT now wish to be known and addressed as ODEJIMI BISOLA SHAKIRAT . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

KABIRU MUKHTAR TOFA

DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE

ABU DANIEL ANEBI

I formerly known and addressed as MUKHTAR KABIRU SULEIMAN now wish to be known and addressed as KABIRU MUKHTAR TOFA . All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

I, MRS UDOH PEACE MICHAEL ANYASO (NEE EGWUONWU OGBA) wish to state that I got married to MR MICHAEL ANYASO on 22/11/1995 at Amaokwe Item in Bende Local Government Area, Abia State of Nigeria, dowries were paid an the marriage received the blessing of both parents.

General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as DANIEL IFFANYI ONUH now wish to be known and addressed as ABU DANIEL ANEBI . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CONFIRMATION/REARRANGEMENT OF NAMES In some of my documents my name appears as MODINAT OGUNKOYA and MRS MODINAT OLUSEYE TIJANI While in some other ones it appears as MRS MODINA OLUSEYE ONASANYA.The names refer to the same person. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note.

AMARACHI VIVIAN AWAGU I, formerly known and addressed as, AMARACHI CHIKODI VIVIAN UZOHO, now wish to be known and addressed as, AMARACHI VIVIAN AWAGU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. NNODIM JULIET CHIKA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. OTUU CHIKA JULIET. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. OTUU CHIKA JULIET

ORDU IHUOMA EGO

I, formerly known and addressed as, ORDU SAKIKI IHUOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as, ORDU IHUOMA EGO. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

BRIGHT REGINA JASPER

ANUNOBI CHINEDU PASCHAL

Formerly Adepoju Niyilola Titilayo Now Ogungbamila Titilayo Adepoju. Former documents remains valid.

General public should take note.

UDEH JOSEPH ONYEGBULE

I formerly known and addressed as UDEMBANI ONYEGBULE JOSEPH now wish to be known and addressed as UDEH JOSEPH ONYEGBULE . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CONFIRMATION/ REARRANGEMENT OF NAMES

ONWUKA MARIA CHINYERE

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UDIE FELICIA USHIBEMA I, formerly known and addressed as, UBABA FELICIA USHIBEMA, now wish to be known and addressed as, UDIE FELICIA USHIBEMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AKINPELU KAFILAT OMOLABAKE

I formerly known and addressed as DAWODU MORIAM ABIODUN, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINPELU KAFILAT OMOLABAKE. All former document remain valid. General public should please takee note.

INNOCENT OGUBUDE OBI

I formerly known as Innocent Obi wish to be known and addressed as Innocent Ogubude Obi. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, ADAMU SAUDE ABDULAHI, and SAUDE ADAMU ABDULAHI, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, ADAMU SAUDE ABDULAHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ONILENLA AZEEZ ADENIYI , now wish to be known and addressed as ONILENLA AZEEZ SALAM KEHINDE. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as JOY TOM PETER, now wish to be known and addressed as UDOFIA JOY IKWO. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

OLUMIDE AKINWALE YUSSUF EBITI-AKINSEMOYIN I formerly known and addressed as OLUMIDE AKINWALE YUSSUF now wish to be known and addressed as OLUMIDE AKINWALE YUSSUF EBITIAKINSEMOYIN . All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

ADEBAYO GRACE OYEYEMI I formerly known and addressed as OGUNBUKOLA GRACE OYEYEMI now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO GRACE OYEYEMI. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

EMMANUEL DENEWDAVID GBADEJOBA

I formerly known and addressed as OLUWAMUYIWA ABIDEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL DENEWDAVID GBADEJOBA. All former documennt remain valid.

General public should please take note.

ADETUTU OLUWABUSAYOMI ALABI

NLEMCHUKWU NDIDI MARY

UDOFIA JOY IKWO

ONILENLA AZEEZ SALAM KEHINDE

OBI VIOLET IFECHUKWUMELUM I formerly known as OBI VIOLET IFEOMA wish to be known and addressed as OBI VIOLET IFECHUKWUMELUM. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as ADETUTU OLUWABUSAYOMI ADEKUNJO wish to be known and addressed as ADETUTU OLUWABUSAYOMI ALABI. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as ZIMAZI SHOLA ROSE wish to be known and addressed as ZIMAZI OLUWASHOLA ROSALIEN. THAT I WAS BORN ON THE 4TH MARCH,1998. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES That I MALLAM SHEHU USMAN is the same person as ABDULSALAM SHEHU USMAN wish to maintain these names MALLAM SHEHU USMAN. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

That I OHAKA IGNATIUS TOCHUKWU my name was formerly written as OHAKA TOCHUKWU wish to add IGNATIUS to his name, and also wants to be addressed as OHAKA IGNATIUS TOCHUKWU. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as HAKEEM ADE OLUWASEGUN now wish to be known as AKEEM ADE OLUWASEGUN. All former documents remain valid.

General Public please take.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Ogbili Akhere Catherine, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Awomolo Akhere Catherine.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AINA-OWAJU ADEBOLA OLUWAFUNMILAYO I was formerly known and addressed as AINA ADEBOLA OLUWAFUNMILAYO but now wish to be known and addressed as AINA-OWAJU ADEBOLA OLUWAFUNMILAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKUNLADE WASIU AZEEZ OKUNLADE WASIU AZEEZ - I, formerly known, called and addressed as AZEEZ WASIU SEKERE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OKUNLADE WASIU AZEEZ. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

ADEBAYO SOFIAT AJOKE I formerly known and addressed as ADEBAYO SOFIAT IBIDUNNI now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO SOFIAT AJOKE All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

AKINOLA OLALEKAN ABIDEMI I, formerly known and addressed as AKINOLA OLEKAN ABIDEMI now wish to be known and addressed as AKINOLA OLALEKAN ABIDEMI all former documents remain valid, public please take note.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS 2. TO FOSTER UNITY, PEACE AND LOVE AMONG THE MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR AGBOOLA EZEKIEL DAMILOA. G.O 2. EVANG. AGBOOLA TOYIN ESTHER 3. ADEJAYAN OLUWADARE SAMUEL 4. AKINLOYE OLUWOLE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD AND GOSPEL OF LORD JESUS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

AWOMOLO AKHERE CATHERINE

AKEEM ADE OLUWASEGUN

NOTIFICATION OF NAME THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAMES ARE AFUWAPE FOLARIN KODJO OLADIPO AND THAT ANYWHERE FOLARIN KODJO AFUWAPE OR FOLARIN OLADIPO AFUWAPE APPEARS, THEY ARE REFERRING TO ONE AND THE SAME PERSON. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THESE NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS EDIA ANTHONIA AFI HOUNTOJI

OSHODI TITILAYO IYABODE I formerly known as OSHODI TITILAYO DORCAS wish to be known and addressed as OSHODI TITILAYO IYABODE .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as Joseph Emmanuel wish to be known and addressed as Joseph Abraham Emmanuel. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

TRUSTEES: TRUSTEES ARE 1. ALHAJI OYENEKAN SURAJ ABIOLA 2. MOSES AKINREMI ABANISE 3. MOSES BABATUNDE ONOSANYA 4. ALHAJI OLADELE SALAKO 5. ALHAJI SALAKO JAMIU AJANI

FABIYI ABIODUN JOEL OLUWAFEMI

AYELE IYEKELERE PETER

MEDUPIN MURITALA OLABISI I formerly known as Medupin Muri Olabisi wish to be known and addressed as Medupin Muritala Olabisi.

All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as RAJI SULIKHA MODASOLA wish to be known and addressed as BALOGUN SULIAT MODASOLA. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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.

I formerly known as Ayele Peter wish to be known and addressed as Ayele Iyekelere Peter. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as Miss ANTHONIA HOUNTONBI wish to be known and addressed as Mrs EDIA ANTHONIA AFI HOUNTOJI. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

JOSEPH ABRAHAM EMMANUEL

THIS ADVERT SPACE IS FOR SALE

YUSUF RAUFU ATAMATALE I formerly known and addrressed as YUSSUF RAUFU OMOTOSHO, now wish to be known and addressed as YUSUF RAUFU ATAMATALE. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known as Izunagbara Ndidi Mary wish to be known and addressed as Nlemchukwu Ndidi Mary.

All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

BALOGUN SULIAT MODASOLA

ISALE IGBEIN MOTOR SPARE PARTS DEALERS TRADERS ASSOCIATION

I formerly known and addressed as KOFI ABEY KAYODE, now wish to be known and addressed as KOCOU ABBEY KOYE’RE. All former document remain valid.

General public should please take note.

I formerly known as Fagbemi Abiodun Joel wish to be known and addressed as Fabiyi Abiodun Joel Oluwafemi. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

MRS IKEM EWERE GLORIA I formerly known as MISS OJEMUDIA NDUBUISI FAITH wish to be known and addressed as MRS IKEM EWERE GLORIA. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

ADDITION OF NAME

KOCOU ABBEY KOYE’RE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that I, EDON ELIZABETH AND DUBABODE ELIZABETH is one and same person. All document bearing both names remain valid.

General public should please take note.

ZIMAZI OLUWASHOLA ROSALIEN

PEACE OMOJO ABUKE

I, formerly known as Peace Omojo Abuke is now to be known and referred to as Peace Omojo Abuke. My bankers and general public take note.

JUBRIL ADEKUNLE FALILU

I, formerly known and addressed as JUBRIL ADEKUNLE TEMITAYO now wish to be known and addressed as JUBRIL ADEKUNLE FALILU all former documents remain valid, public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I hereby confirm and affirm that I, Emilia Amoma Megberuwaghan is one and the same petson as Emilia Amoma Megberowaka. Megberuwaghan is wrongly spelt as Megberowaka. My bankers and general public take note.

MRS NWOKENNAYA GEORGIANA EKWUTOSI

I formerly known as MISS EGBUCHULAM GEORGIANA EKWUTOSI, now wish to be known as MRS NWOKENNAYA GEORGIANA EKWUTOSI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

OMORIYEBA HANNAH ADEYEMI

MRS QUEEN IBIANGAKE SAMUEL

UDENSI DORIS NNWAKAEG0

I Formerly known and addressed as OMORIYEBA HANNAH ALABI now wish to be known, called and addressed as OMORIYEBA HANNAH ADEYEMI. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. Banks, Nigeria Immigration Service, Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Miss,Queen Etukudo Ukoette.

Now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Queen Ibiangake Samuel. All former documents remain valid. General public should please note.

I, formerly known and addressed as UDENSI DORIS ANABEL, Now wish to be known and addressed as UDENSI DORIS NNWAKAEG0.

All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

MUHAMMAD RABBANI

SHAMA PATRONILLAS

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOHAMMED RABBANI ABDULHADI ABDULLAHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUHAMMAD RABBANI ABDULHADI ABDULLAHI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UDIE PATIENCE IYE NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS SHAMA PATRONILLAS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AUTHORITY CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUKEMI ADEDEJI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOLADE OLUKEMI OLUWOYE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OMOLADE OLUKEMI ADEDEJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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

TRUSTEES: (1) ISHOLA MUSIBAU ABAYOMI (2) LAWAL IBRAHIM AYINDE (3) AJANI TAIWO ISAIAR (4)OJELEYE PHILIP ADISA (5) OGUNBANJO AKIM KARIM (6) WESU RENIE PETER (7) UMAR FARUK HARUNA (8) OBA DR AMINDU SHITU (9) CHIEF T DR ELEANYA HYGINERG (10) ERNEST ESARERI EGURE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG THE MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: (1) BALOGUN EMMANUEL DADA (2) OMONIYI MICHEAL OLUWOLE (3) ADEKUNLE MICHEAL (4) IDOWU FATIMOH AYOKA (5) ISADARE CHRISTIANA ABAKE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

24 Change of Names ARYEETTEY OLASUNBO KAFAYAT

CHINEDU TOCHUKWU CHRIS

ORJI EBERE MILLICENT

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AARON YANA

AYINDE GBEMISOLA AKERELE

OLABANJI ABIGAIL OMOLARA

I, formerly known and addressed as HARUNA SANI, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AARON YANA. All documents bearing my former names remain valid.

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OLANREWAJU IBRAHEEM MONDAY

CHINEDUM BENSON CHIJOKE

ILIEMENE CHARLES EJIKE

MRS ODUSANYA GRACE IGHO

MRS.UZOKA GIFT IFEOMA

ONYEUKWU AUGUSTINE (AUSTINE) CHIEDOZIE

MRS OGAZI RUTH UGOCHI

MRS MARY CHIMEUCHEYA AKAENYI

MRS NOAH TAIBAT OYINDAMOLA

ABRAHAM AYODEJI O’DARE

ELEGBEDE MURAINO OLAOLU

AYODELE ADEBIMPE GANIAT

MRS KUKOYI TINUADE AMANDA

MRS ESEROGHENE EMILY BANYE

FAKOYA ADEBIMPE KAFAYATU

OLANIYAN OLADAYO ADEBOWALE

MRS LINDA ONYINYECHI BASSEYOBOT

MEMEH EMMANUELLA OGOM

MARIA ADARIGHOFUA OGHENEKEWE

DOMINIC RAPHAEL OTUNUYA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ADEWOYE YETUNDE ADEREMI

ALADABA JOSEPH TOLANI Formerly known and addressed as SALVADOR TOLANI MOHAMMED NUHU, now wish to be known and addressed as ALADABA JOSEPH TOLANI. All former documents remain valid.

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ADEYEMI TEMITOPE DEBORAH

EMIOWELE ROSEMARY PERPETUAL

ISSAH ELIZABETH LEILA

ADENIJI GRACE OLUSHOLA Formerly known and addressed as OLORUNNINWO GRACE OLUSHOLA now wish to be known and addressed as ADENIJI GRACE OLUSHOLA. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS ACHONU UCHENNA CHRISTIANA

. Formerly known and addressed as MISS AGUDIKE UCHENNA STELLAMARIS now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ACHONU UCHENNA CHRISTIANA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MISS. EDAGBAMI OLABISI MORENIKE

OBOH SHIRLEY ONOJIEMENSIKE I formerly known and addressed as OBOH SHIRLEY EUCHARIA now wish to be known called and addressed as OBOH SHIRLEY ONOJIEMENSIKE. All former documents remain valid.

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EGEONU CHIDI GERALD

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I formerly known and addressed as EGEONU CHIBUEZE MCGERALD now wish to be known called and addressed as EGEONU CHIDI GERALD. All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF NAME ON MY ACCOUNT AND BVN

MRS. AMOS BLESSING GIFT

Formerly known and addressed as AKINLOTAN YETUNDE ADEREMI now wish to be known and addressed as ADEWOYE YETUNDE ADEREMI. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

VERONICA ALEXANDER

I formerly known and addressed as ESTHER IMAOBONG ALEX now wish to be known called and addressed as VERONICA ALEXANDER. All former documents remain valid. That I was born on 16/03/1988.

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IGWE EMMANUEL

I formerly known and addressed as IGUE EMMANUEL ABEL now wish to be known called and addressed as IGWE EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid.

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IDIRIS USMAN KABALU

ONANUSI TEMITOPE OLUWAKEMI I formerly known and addressed as BALOGUN TEMITOPE OLUWAKEMI now wish to be known called and addressed as ONANUSI TEMITOPE OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

RICHARD JAJA

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CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

That my name was wrongly written on my Account as ADEOTI TAIYE USEN and on my BVN as ADEOTI TAYE OSENI instead of ADEOTI TAYE HUSSEIN. That my correct name is ADEOTI TAYE HUSSEIN. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as BLESSING JOSEPH EKPO, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AMOS BLESSING GIFT. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as IDIRIS USMAN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as IDIRIS USMAN KABALU. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

That on some of my documents, my name appears as OLAIYA NIYI, while on other documents, it appears as OLAIYA NIYI JIMOH. That I am the same person bearing OLAIYA NIYI and OLAIYA NIYI JIMOH. That all documents bearing both names are mine and remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ZAINAB OLAIDE ONIKOSI I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Zainab Olaide Bakare now wish to be known and addressed as Zainab Olaide Onikosi. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Zainab Olaide Bakare now wish to be known and addressed as Zainab Olaide Onikosi. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ZAINAB OLAIDE ONIKOSI

ETIM GODWIN EFFIONG I, formerly known and addressed as PETER OKON NYONG, now wish to be known and addressed as ETIM GODWIN EFFIONG. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as OLUGBAYE MUSA OWOLABI, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OLUGBAYE MUSA RILIWAN. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

OLUGBAYE MUSA RILIWAN

HAANONGUN TERKIMBI GABRIEL

Formerly known and addressed as WILLIAMS TERRY GABRIEL, now wish to be known and addressed as HAANONGUN TERKIMBI GABRIEL. All former documents remain valid.

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BUSARI KAFAYAT OMOSHALEWA

. I, formerly known and addressed as BUSARI SALAMAT OMOSHALEWA, Now wish to be known and addressed as BUSARI KAFAYAT OMOSHALEWA. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH That I was formerly known and addressed as BREVITY MAIJELA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as UBA MAIJELA GALADIMA. That on my Bank Documents, my date of birth was wrongly written as 5th day of May, 1988 instead of 5th day of Nay, 1990. That my correct date of birth is 5th day of May, 1990. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ADDITION OF NAME

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAHEED ABDULBASIT, BUT WISH TO ADD OLANREWAJU TO MY NAMES. THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS SAHEED ABDULBASIT OLANREWAJU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. OLAYINKA OLUGBENGA MICHEAL

I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWOLE OLUGBENGA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OLAYINKA OLUGBENGA MICHEAL. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

EDOGBANYA ILEMONA JOHN I, formerly known and addressed as MUSA DANLADI JOHN and MUSA DANLADI, now wish to be known and addressed as EDOGBANYA ILEMONA JOHN. All former document remain valid.

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NWANGA OKWUDILI THEOPHILUS

I, formerly known and addressed as OKWUCHUKWU THEOPHILUS, now wish to be known, called and addressed as NWANGA OKWUDILI THEOPHILUS. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

OLAONIPEKUN OMOTOLA SARAH

I, formerly known and addressed as OLAONIPEKUN OMOTOLA BUKOLA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OLAONIPEKUN OMOTOLA SARAH. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ADEWALE YETUNDE ESTHER I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FAKIYESI YETUNDE ESTHER, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEWALE YETUNDE ESTHER. AUTHORITHY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UBA AMARACHI

Formerly known and addressed as AMUKAMARA PRINCESS AMARACHI and MARABEL UBA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as UBA AMARACHI. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OGBONNA CHRISTIANA CHINWE - FOUNDER/ PRESIDENT 2. OGBONNA SAMUEL - VICE PRESIDENT 3. OLUKINI OLUKUNLE ABIODUN - SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 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.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. NNADI GODWIN MBADIWE (CHAIRMAN) 2. PAUL CHIEDOZIE EZENWA ( GENERAL SECRETARY) 3. CHINYERE HENRIETHA NNADI 4. NNADI VICTOR CHINEDU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: I) TO TEACH AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD, INSPIRE, MINISTER DELIVERANCE, RESTORATION AND TRANSFORM LIVES

BY ADVOCATING THE GOSPEL OF RECONCILIATION. 2) TO TAKE CARE IF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS, PARTAKE IN HUMANITARIAN WORK AND BOOK PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CHRISTIANITY TO ADVOCATE, SIMPLIFY AND RENDER EASY ACCESSIBILITY OF PAMPHLETS TO ASSIST MINISTERS FOR GOD’S WORK.

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GREATER LUMEN FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. PAUL EZE - PRESIDENT. 2. OGUZIE, CHIGOZIE CHARLES - SECRETARY. 3. EGBUCHULAM, JIMMY CHINEDU - MEMBER. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PLAY ADVOCACY ROLE ON BEHALF OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED PERSONS ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO EQUIP THE LESS PRIVILEGED PERSONS WITH VOCATIONAL SKILLS. 3. TO GROW SUSTAINTABLE AND REALIABLE COMMUNIT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED. 4. TO WORK AND FOCUS ON SPECIAL PROGRAMES TO EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGED TO ACKNOWLEGE THEM ENJOY THEIR RIGHT TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 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; OGUZIE, CHIGOZIE CHARLES (SECRETARY).

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ALHAJI OYENEKAN SURAJ ABIOLA 2. MOSES AKINREMI ABANISE 3. MOSES BABATUNDE ONOSANYA 4.ALHAJI OLADELE SALAKO 5. ALHAJI SALAKO JAMIU AJANI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS 2. TO FOSTER UNITY,PEACE AND LOVE AMONG THE MEMBERS.

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

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.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) ISHOLA MUSIBAU ABAYOMI (2) LAWAL IBRAHIM AYINDE (3) AJANI TAIWO ISAIAR (4)OJELEYE PHILIP ADISA (5) OGUNBANJO AKIM KARIM (6) WESU RENIE PETER (7) UMAR FARUK HARUNA (8) OBA DR AMINDU SHITU (9) CHIEF T DR ELEANYA HYGINERG (10) ERNEST ESARERI EGURE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG THE MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

BRAVE LIONS SOCIAL CLUB IT NO. 79843 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) ABUJA, FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

OLD TRUSTEES: 1. EKENE KINGSLEY OKEKE -- CHAIRMAN-- RETAINED 2. ANAYO OFFIA -- RETAINED 3. SUNDAY OBI -- REMOVED 4. ICHIE NZEGWU -- REMOVED 5. MARCUS PRINCE -- REMOVED 6. OHA NNAMDI -- REMOVED 7. CHINONSO OFORBUZOR -- REMOVED NEW TRUSTEES: 1. EDEH SUNDAY --- ELECTED 2. NWANKWOR ONYINYE INNOCENT -- ELECTED 3. JAMES TOCHUKWU IKECHUKWU - ELECTED -- SECRETARY 4. EZENNA IKECHUKWU MARTINS -- ELECTED 5. ANEKWE ALEX --- ELECTED AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE INCORPORTATED TRUSTEES OF CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY GIRLS’ OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR REGISTRATION OF “THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY GIRLS’ OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION”, UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C 20 LFN 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEDAYO ODUKOYA 2. ADEOLA ADETUGBOBOH 3. OLUCHI OKOOBOH 4. RISIKAT DAUDA 5. EBEHIEJIE MOMOH 6. TAIWO SALVADOR 7. GLADYS OKWUMO AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: A. INITIATE AND EXECUTE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AIMED AT ACCELERATING THE OVERALL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL. B. PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE TO THE SCHOOL AND PROVIDE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR THE STUDENTS. C. FOSTER MEMBERS’ INTERESTS AND LOYALTY TO THEIR ALMA MATER. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF THE ABOVE NAMED TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PMB 198 AREA II GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ADVERT. SIGNED: OLUGBENGA AKINLABI ESQ. BROADRIDGE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & NOTARY PUBLIC NO 8 ALHAJA OLUWAKEMI STREET, OFF ODUNLAMI STREET, ANTHONY (MARYLAND) LAGOS STATE

THE NEW CONVENANT PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST CANNAN CITY

GALANT OVERCOMERS EVANGELICAL GLOBAL MISSION

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. NNADI GODWIN MBADIWE (CHAIRMAN) 2. PAUL CHIEDOZIE EZENWA ( GENERAL SECRETARY) 3. CHINYERE HENRIETHA NNADI 4. NNADI VICTOR CHINEDU

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: I) TO TEACH AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD, INSPIRE, MINISTER DELIVERANCE, RESTORATION AND TRANSFORM LIVES BY ADVOCATING THE GOSPEL OF RECONCILIATION. 2) TO TAKE CARE IF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS, PARTAKE IN HUMANITARIAN WORK AND BOOK PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CHRISTIANITY TO ADVOCATE, SIMPLIFY AND RENDER EASY ACCESSIBILITY OF PAMPHLETS TO ASSIST MINISTERS FOR GOD’S WORK. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ASK A LAWYER LEGAL ROUNDTABLE FORUM

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.

1. QUAKERS, NORRISON IBINABO 2. ONIGBANJO MOYOSORE JUBRIL 3. CAREW KUNLE OLALEKAN 4. AMAGHEREONU, GEOFFREY ONYEMA 5. JAIYE-AGORO, TOKUNBO ABDUL WASIU 6. ADEOGUN-PHILLIPS CHARLES AYODEJI 7. SHITTA-BEY IMRAN OLADAPO 8. ONWUNALI, FRANCES ODOCHI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN BUILDING ENDURING PROFESSIONAL TIES. 2. DRIVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL PRACTICE. 3. SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY. 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.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHRIST THE KINSMAN SALVATION MINISTRY

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) BALOGUN EMMANUEL DADA 2 OMONIYI MICHEAL OLUWOLE 3. ADEKUNLE MICHEAL 4 IDOWU FATIMOH AYOKA 5 ISADARE CHRISTIANA ABAKE

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR AGBOOLA EZEKIEL DAMILOLA. G.O 2. EVANG. AGBOOLA TOYIN ESTHER. 3. ADEJAYAN OLUWADARE SAMUEL. 4. AKINLOYE OLUWOLE

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD AND GOSPEL OF LORD JESUS

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

YOMADE SHARON FOUNDATION

SIGNED: SECRETARY

GRACEVINE GOSPEL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

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.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC),ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

TRUSTEES: 1. MR ADENIYI SAHEED OLUFOWOBI. 2. MRS. ORIYOMI BUKONLA OLUFOWOBI

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ROBINSON OKOH - CHAIRMAN 2. STEPHEN ATIZARA - SECRETARY 3. PETER OKPA 4. EBITONYE NICKSON JOSEPH 5. PATIENCE ATIZARA 6. FIDELIA OBOLO

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE FOOD, SHELTER AND CLOTHING TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN SOCIETY. 2. TO PROMOTE POSITIVE IDEAS, CAPACITY BUILDING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE AMONGST YOUTHS IN SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: AINA, AINA & CO.

SIGNED: YUSUF RIMAMTSO ESQ.

YOUNG ECCLESIA NATION INITIATIVE

GOLDEN GENERATION WOMEN FOR SOUND HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. ESSIEN ODUDU-ABASI NSIKAK – PRESIDENT 2. MISS EDOJA JOY DEBORAH - VICE PRESIDENT 3. MR. ESSIEN MENIM-ABASI NSIKAK - MEMBER 4. MR. OPARA IFEANYI TIMOTHY - MEMBER 5. MR. ARCHIBONG UWEMEDIMO EDET - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS TO YOUNG PERSONS ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS AND RAISE THEM TO BECOME DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. 2. TO ORGANIZE PROGRAMMES SUCH AS TALKS, WORKSHOPS, CAMP MEETINGS, TRAININGS, OUTREACHES ETC FOR THE CAPACITY BUILDING AND MENTORING OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 3. TO HELP MENTOR OTHER CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS ON HOW TO REACH AND DISCIPLE THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MR. ESSIEN ODUDU-ABASI NSIKAK - PRESIDENT – 07087933888

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MAIMUNA YAKUBU MOHAMMED 2. SUSAN ATINUKE HARUNA 3. AMAKA ENEMO 4. PROF. ALBAN MENKITI NANANA ANONYUO 5. BERIKISU MOMOH 6. DR. UCHE OKORO AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CREATE AWARENESS ON HEALTH DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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EGHOSA ANCHOR OF HOPE FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED 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. EVBOSOMON-OMUKORO EGHOSA 2. EVBOSOMON JOSEPH 3. EVBOSOMON RHODA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN SERVICES BY OBTAINING AND DELIVERING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN NIGERIA AND AFRICA. 2. TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, RESOURCE ASSISTANCE, AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION. 3. TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITIES HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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MABEL OLABOPO FASHOLA FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: JEMINAT OMOLARA FASHOLA CHAIRMAN ANTOINETTE YETUNDE ONI SECRETARY MICHELLE NJIE MEMBER OLUFESO ANTHONY ADEWUNMI MEMBER AUDREY ERCELINE MITCHELL MEMBER THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE STANDARD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND HEALTH EDUCATION BY ORGANIZING AGRICULTURAL SEMINARS, EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH CHECK UP AND COUNSELING. 2) TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH SERVICES, PREVENTION AND HEALTH EDUCATION. 3) OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORS/HEALTH SERVICES. 4) TO INITIATE PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND EDUCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTORS AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE NIGERIA POLICE, DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ELEKAHIA DIVISION, PORT HARCOURT, OF THE RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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1. ONE SCRAP MAZDA REG. NO. JJS 13 AA 2. ONE SCRAP NISSAN REG. NO. XZ 285 ENU 3. ONE SCRAP VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT CAR REG. NO. NCH 750 AA 4. ONE SCRAP AUDI 80 CAR WITHOUT REG. NO. 5. ONE SCRAP GOLF 2 CAR REG. NO. GRA 183 XA 6. ONE SCRAP GOLF3 CAR REG. NO. EX 313 PHC 7. ONE SCRAP JETTA CAR REG. NO. AH 206 GBK 8. ONE SCRAP MITSUBISHI BUS REG. NO. XF 361 UMN 9. TWO SCRAP BICYCLES TYRES, A PIECE OF RUSTED IRON, SIX CUTTERS, ONE SCRAP VULCANIZING MACHINE, ONE SCRAP BODY OF SEWING MACHINE, SCRAP LG STANDING MACHINE, SCRAP TELEVISION, SCRAP LAPTOP, SCRAP LG TELEVISION AND SPEAKER, SCRAP FRIDGE, SCRAP PRINTING MACHINE. 10. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU AUCTIONEER

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PUBLIC NOTICE FOR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION/APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CERTIFICATE AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION. THIS IS TO THE INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION EVERY WOMAN FOUNDATION WAS LOST DURING A FIRE OUTBREAK AND THE FOUNDATION INTENDS TO APPLY TO THE REGISTER GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. THE FOUNDATION ALSO WISHES TO APPLY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ITS CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE ITS NUMBER OF TRUSTEES AT THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990 .

THE AMENDMENT PARAGRAPH 10.2 SHALL NOW READ THUS: “THE TRUSTEES ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE TRUSTEES”) SHALL BE AT LEAST TWO (2) AND NOT MORE THAN TEN (10) IN NUMBER AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF “EVERY WOMAN FOUNDATION”.

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TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR KINGSLEY OGBEBOR (CHAIRMAN).

2. PASTOR (MRS) JOY OGBEBOR (VICE CHAIRMAN).

3. DEACON (MR) MATTHEW UBAH (SECRETARY).

4. DEACONESS (MRS) MONICA ONIONS (TREASURER).

5. DEACONESS (MRS) BRIDGET OGBEMUDIA (MEMBER).

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: MR. OHANAMEN MATTHEW KESSY MRS. PEACE KESSY MR. LUCKY CHIBUZOR ECHIEJILE MRS. JOHN-IRUOBE JOSEPHINE

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

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1994 OLD BOY’S ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SCIENCE SCHOOL IHE- AGWU

INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF KINGDOM COVENANT MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKPA EZEUDOKA JUDEKINGSLEY 2. OMENKEUKWU VITUS CHUKWUMA 3. NJEZE OKECHUKWU KENNETH 4. GODWIN IKECHUKWU ANI 5. ENGR CHRISTIAN EJIKE IBEACHU 6. NSUDE SUNDAY KYRIAN 7. OKUGO OKWUDILI HENRY 8. NWATU EMEKA 9. CHUKWUKA - EZE AUSTINE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE LOVE, UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS AMONG THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHEREVER THEY RESIDE ON THE GLOBE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

MBANEFO LADIES EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

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

SIGNED: EVANG. OLAWALE AGBAJE, SECRETARY

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

GADGET SELLERS ASSOCIATION IBADAN

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CARE AND PROVIDE HELP TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

SIGNED: JULIANA OKOH.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MONSURU NALADO BAWA 2. YEMI FASHORANTI 3. SOLOMON SOBOWALE 4. ADEAGBO STEPHEN 5. ANTHONY OKECHUKWU

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ENGAGE IN PREACHING AND EVANGELIZATION OF CHRISTIAN 2. TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BIBLE INSTITUTION TO EQUIP MEMBERS AND CHRISTIAN FAMILIES FOR A CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES 3. TO PREACH GOD’S WORD THROUGH PRINTING PRESS,ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE MEANS 4. TO INCORPORATE PEOPLE TO PRAYERS, PROPHETIC EVANGELISM AND SENDING FORTH MISSIONARIES ETC.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PREACHING JESUS TO THE WORLD. 2. RAISING LEADERS FOR TOMORROW.

SIGNED: AUSTIN PETERS & CO

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

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, ALADURA

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED 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.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CLEMENT MBANEFO 2. IRENE MBANEFO 3. IFEANYI MBANEFO 4. GLORIA OKAFOR 5. LORETTA MBANEFO 6. WINIFRED UZOWULU 7. CHIDINMA MBANEFO 8. UCHENNA MBANEFO 9. ONYEDIKA MBANEFO 10. EBUBECHUKWU MBANEFO AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO PROMOTE THE AFFAIRS OF ITS MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVENAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES PURSUANT TO PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT (CAP C20, LFN 2004).

THE ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ENGR. GESI ASAMAOWEI 2. MRS. CHRISTIE COOKEY ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: DENIS A. DEMA, ESQ. SECRETARY/TRUSTEE

EVERY CHILD FOUNDATION

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION/APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CERTIFICATE AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION THIS IS TO THE INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION EVERY CHILD FOUNDATION WAS LOST DURING A FIRE OUTBREAK AND THE FOUNDATION INTENDS TO APPLY TO THE REGISTER GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. THE FOUNDATION ALSO WISHES TO APPLY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF ITS CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE ITS NUMBER OF TRUSTEES AT THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990 .

THE AMENDMENT PARAGRAPH 10.2 SHALL NOW READ THUS: “THE TRUSTEES ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE TRUSTEES”) SHALL BE AT LEAST TWO (2) AND NOT MORE THAN TEN (10) IN NUMBER AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF “EVERY CHILD FOUNDATION”.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE FOUNDATION REMAINS THE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO REGISTER GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAY OF THIS NOTICE SIGNED: AUSTIN PETERS & CO

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YUNUSA MAIDANKALI FOUNDATION

VICTORIOUS TOWER OF ALL GRACE CHARISMATIC MINISTRY

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABAH, MICHEAL EJEMBI 2. ABAH, FAITH ADDA 3. ADAH SUNDAY.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DICKSON ERUS 2. ERUS-DICKSON ONAJITE EMMANUELLA

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UMAR SANDA GARKO 2. ALH. ADO GAMBO 3. ALI GARBA 4. MOHAMMED GARBA GARKO 5. NASIRU USMAN BABA GARKO 6. ALH. SALEH DANBABA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OTHER INDIGENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH VOCATIONAL, LEADERSHIP AND BASIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS WITH THE VIEW OF EMPOWERING THEM. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF OGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF OGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: JULIANA OKOH.

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National Oral Health Policy: FG reiterates commitment Angela Onwuzoo

To improve oral health of Nigerians, Minister of Health, Prof.

Isaac Adewole has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to promotion of Oral Health Service Delivery in Nigeria.

The Minister who was represented by the Director, Hospital Services, Dr. Wapada Balami stated

this during the 6th Edition of the National Oral Health Week, in Abuja.

Adewole informed that the ministry had supplied 26 Dental chairs to Federal Medical Centres and their outstations across the six Geopolitical Zones of the country, adding that the aim was to strengthen oral health service delivery in Nigeria.

He noted that six Orthopatomogram machines

have been upgraded in the six dental schools in the six Geopolitical zones to facilitate the development of human resource for Oral health.

He further said that the FMOH signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the 2016 Annual National Oral Health Week to reach out to 10 million Nigerian Schools.

He also said that in the last 12 Months, the Min-

istry had successfully reached out to over 4000 schools and 2 million school Children in Lagos, Abia, Rivers, FCT and Delta States.

Prof. Adewole stressed that the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency would conduct an oral health survey to determine the number of PHCs equipped with oral health facilities and their personnel, nationwide.

The minister stated that the ministry was collaborating with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Development Partners such as Unilever, WHO, Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders), University of Maryland Biltmore and other NonGovernmental Agencies to improve the oral health of Nigerians.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, FMOH, Mr. Clement Uwaifo, represented by the Director, Public Health, Dr. Evelyn Ngige, said that the National Oral Health Policy targeted the integration of Oral Health into Primary Healthcare.

He also said that there was need for oral care products nanufacturers to address the common risk factors to oral diseases such as malnutrition, poor oral hygiene, smoking, refined sugars and also provide the basic package of oral care in primary healthcare centres across the country.

L-R: Dr. Boladale Alonge, Mr. David Ebah receiving award as Oral Health Ambassador from The Director,Hospital Services, Dr. Wapada Balami in Abuja.

Court affirms NAFDAC’s power to regulate sale of chemicals Peter Fowoyo

A Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State, has affirmed the powers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to regulate and control the exportation, importation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of chemicals in Nigeria.

Justice Justice E. A. Obile, made the affirmation while delivering judgment on a suit filed against the agency by Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (UNICEM), held that Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act, it is clear and indisputable that NAFDAC has powers to regulate use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical

devices, bottled water including chemicals.

Justice Obile held that cement clinker is a chemical.

The Plaintiff, UNICEM, a cement manufacturing company brought an action against NAFDAC on 22nd of September, 2011 claiming amongst other reliefs that NAFDAC lacks the powers under the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Act to regulate the importation or exportation of Portland cement clinker ‘clinker’ as same is not a chemical for the purpose and intendment of the NAFDAC Act. At the proceedings, the Plaintiff argued that NAFDAC lacks the powers to regulate the importation of cement clinker

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as same is not a chemical.

The Plaintiff further argued that the word ‘chemical’ as stated in Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act must by necessary implication refer only to pharmaceutical chemicals.

According to the Plaintiff, any attempt by NAFDAC to regulate non-pharmaceutical chemicals will clearly usurp the functions of other well-known regulatory agencies of the Federal government.

Arguing for NAFDAC, Adedapo Tunde-Olowu, maintained that cement clinker and that the powers of NAFDAC to regulate and control the exportation, importation, distribution, sale and use of ‘chemical’ extends to all forms of chemical and is not limited to only pharmaceutical chemicals.

He urged the court to give Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act its plain, clear, positive, direct and unambiguous and should therefore be given its ordinary meaning.

However, the court considered the functions and powers of NAFDAC as enshrined in Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act which provides that “NAFDAC shall have the following functions, that is, to regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals.”

He agreed with Mr. Adedapo Tunde-Olowu that there is no ambiguity in Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act and same must be given its simple

and ordinary grammatical meaning.

The Court resolved that going by Section 5(a) of the NAFDAC Act, it is clear and indisputable that NAFDAC has not exceeded her designated powers as it is empowered to regulate and control the importation, exportation, distribution, manufacture, advertisement, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water including chemicals.

In discountenancing the argument of the Plaintiff, Justice E. A. Obile held that any attempt by the Court to state which chemical NAFDAC is to control or regulate will amount to amending the statute which the Court clearly lacks the power to do.

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N3.2bn fraud: How Orji Kalu diverted Abia State money into firm’s account - Witness Peter Fowoyo, Lagos

ÏÏÏA Federal High Court,

Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday heard how former Abia state governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, diverted Abia state government money into his private company account.

A prosecution witness, John Ejim in the ongoing trial of Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and his former commissioner for finance, Udeh Jones Udeogu currently facing trial for alleged N3.2billion fraud yesterday told the Court that the former governor diverted Abia State government money into his private company Slok Nigeria Limited account.

Ejim under cross- examination by defence counsel told the court presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris that the second defendant,Udeh Jones Udeogu used several fictitious names to buy bank drafts in favour of Inland Bank Limited and the money consequently moved to Slok Nigeria Limited account.

Ejim made the disclosure while testifying in the on-going trial of the former governor and two others over alleged fraud.

In his testimony, the witness said the then Chief of Staff, Dr. Theodore Orji, and the Director of Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, were the signatories to the account.

While being cross-examined by Kalu’s lawyer, Chief Awa Kalu (SAN), the witness said the report of the investigation carried out by his team on the matter is in

the EFCC’s file and that he never had any direct interface with the former governor throughout the period of the enquiry.

“The investigation started in 2004 through intelligence gathering activities. The report about the investigation we carried out is in EFCC’s file. I never had any direct interface with the first defendant (Dr. Kalu)”, the witness said.

Ejim further disclosed that he did not know the EFCC official that executed the search warrant on the office of Slok Nigeria Limited, both at Victoria Island and Apapa. He added that he was also not aware of any bankdraft that was raised in favour of Dr. Kalu (first defendant).

He said: “I don’t know the officer who executed the warrant order. I did not see any bankdraft made in favour of the first defendant. No draft was raised or lodged in the first defendant’s personal account”.

The EFCC’s investigative officer had earlier told the court that sometimes in September 2005, the commission received a petition dated September 7, 2005 from a group known as Abia Leaders’ Forum. He said his team was later instructed to investigate the allegations raised by the petitioners.

The witness further disclosed that prior to the receipt of the petition, the EFCC was already building intelligence on all state governors and had already zeroed in on those who were accused of diverting their states’ funds.

FG declares Friday public holiday for Eid-el-Maulud Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

ÏÏÏ The federal govern-

ment has declared Friday (tomorrow) as a public holiday in commemoration of the Muslim Eid-el-Maulud celebration.

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made this known in a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to the statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, the minister urge “all Mus-

lim faithful and Nigerians in general to use the occasion to pray for peace, progress and unity of the nation.

Dambazau, also urged all Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari administration in its efforts at building a virile nation. He wished Nigerians a happy Eid-elMaulud celebration.

Eid-el- Maulud is celebrated every year by Muslims on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi-ulAwwal to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

L-R: Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas; Rear Admiral David Adeniran and his wife, Genevieve, during the decoration of the newly promoted Adeniran at the Naval headquarters in Abuja... on Tuesday. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

Boko Haram: Senate moves to halt escalating security threats in North-East

. To summon service chiefs over increasing attacks by Boko Haram Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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Senate on Wednesday reaffirmed commitment to address the security challenge in the North East as it urged its ad-hoc committee investigating the state of security affairs in Zamfara constituted last week to broaden its mandate to include the entire North East.

The Senate took this decision after adopting a motion by Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) on what it regarded as a worrisome state of security in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.

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tion commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the fight against insurgency in the northeast by the relocation of Armed Forces Command to Borno on assumption, leading to the degrading of Boko Haram in th north east zone.

He expressed concern that the level of attack by the insurgent have escalated to worrisome level since the beginning of this year.

“In the year 2017, more than 357 civilians were killed during 55 attacks in the North East. The deadliest month was in August when the militant group killed 100 people, followed

by November with 76 peo-

ple killed already. Recently, 3 soldiers and a child were killed in Magumeri in Borno, several civilians were killed in Madagali in Adamawa, and eight soldiers were killed in Sasawa in Yobe State,” he recounted. senate’s attention to the fact that up till date, 103 Chibok girls, 10 women from Askira/Uba and lately 3 staff of University of Maiduguri remain in captivity.

According to him, the worrisome cases of suicide bombing in Borno and recently Mubi in Adamawa that killed 50 people and wounded several others has continued to

escalate. pressing worries on the trend of Boko Haram attack in Borno said over 4.8 million people are still affected by the crisis, while the estimated cost of destruction, according to a UN agency report on the atrocities of the Insurgents is put at over $9billion. about 1.0 million returning IDPs without anything to start are now scared of going back to their various towns and villages and therefore forced to remain in Maiduguri camps that are already crowded and over stretched, “ Ndume observed.

Army captures Boko Haram’s leader, rescues 212 captives Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman said on Wednesday that troops have captured Boko Haram Ameer and rescued 212 persons held hostage.

He said the “remarkable feat “ was achieved by troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army, Sector 1, Operation LAFI-

YA DOLE, in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations in conjunction with 22 Mobile Strike Team and some Civilian JTF, on Tuesday, 28th November 2017.

General Usman added that “during the operation, they were able to clear Boko Haram terrorists from their hideouts located at Kala, Jawara, Mada, Mika, Gakulba and Kutilax (Sanga), northern

fringes of Sambisa forest and fringes of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.”

According to him: “ At Sanga, the terrorists on sighting the approaching troops from their observation post, they dashed into the adjoining Amchada forest.”

“The relentless troops pursued them further and neutralized 4 Boko Haram terrorists after a

serious exchange of gun fire, captured one of the terrorists commanders, the “Ameer” of of Chawa, Amman Judee alive and rescued 212 persons held hostage by the terrorists.”

The captured terrorists leader is undergoing further interrogation while the rescued persons are being documented and the underaged children were administered oral polio vaccines.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that all Nigerians stranded in Libya and other parts of the world will be brought home and rehabilitated.

Buhari gave the assurance on Tuesday night in Abidjan while addressed Nigerians in the Diaspora, vowed to reduce the number of Nigerians heading for Europe illegally through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea by providing basic social amenities such as education, healthcare, and food security at home.

In an interactive session with members of the Nigerian Community in Cote D’ Ivoire, on the margins of the 5th AU-EU Summit, President Buhari said all necessary steps will be taken to stem the tide of illegal migration

by Nigerians.

The President, in statement on

Stranded Nigerians in Libya will be brought home, Buhari assures Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that it is very difficult to know the origin of the people who died, while attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, because of lack of documentation.

“When it was announced that 26 Nigerians died recently in the Mediterranean, before they proved that they were all Nigerians they buried them.

“But the evidence I have from the Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, (Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa) is that only three of them were identified as Nigerians. But I’ll not be surprised if the majority of them

were Nigerians.

“For people to cross the Sahara desert and Mediterranean through shanty boats… we will try and keep them at home. But anybody who died in the desert and Mediterranean without documents; to prove that he is a Nigerian, there is absolutely nothing we can do,’’ he said.

Reacting to a recent footage on the sale of Africans in Libya, President Buhari said it was appalling that “some Nigerians (in the footage) where being sold like goats for few dollars in Libya.’’ ‘‘After 43 years of Gadhafi, why are they recruiting so many people from the Sahel including Nigerians? All they learned was how

to shoot and kill. They didn’t learn to be electricians, plumbers or any other trade,’’ he said.

On domestic issues, President Buhari told Nigerians in the Diaspora that there is ‘‘good news from home’’ in the area of security, economy and anti-corruption.

“We are not doing too badly in trying to secure the country, improve the economy and deal with corruption.

“We are doing our best at all levels including security. It is absolute madness for people to blow others up in markets, churches, and mosques. No religion advocates violence. Justice is the basic thing all religions demand and you can’t go wrong if you do it,’’ he said.

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professor of public relations and advertising at the Lagos state university, (LASU) Rotimi William Olatunji has lamented the excessive use of nudity and indecency in media commercial and advertising in the country, while advocating that advertising should move beyond purely for product and service to instruments for advocacy and social change.

Olatunji stated this while delivering the 63rd inaugural lecture series of the Lagos State University, (LASU) titled: Advertising, Advertainment and the rest of us.

Olatunji charged advertisers to inculcate social responsibility message in their media commercials while the various advertising and public relation unions should mount campaign around specific issues.

The dean of the school of communication, stressed that inspite of it controversies the use of women as sex object in advertising remain prevalently in the country, adding that such advertisment often depict women as the receiving end of an equal society where it use as instrument for satisfying the cruel instints of men.

He said” The use of sex in advertising remain a controversial yet a persistent vexing phenomenon. Much of the sociology religion and ethical criticism against the institution of advertising revolve around the use or abuse of sex in advertising .

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ÏÏÏ In its bid to curb the menace of human trafficking in the country, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP has said that human traffickers must be crippled economically by destination countries and international law enforcement agencies.

The NAPTIP Director-General, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while playing host to the new Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Ketil Kathleen.

She noted that the fight will be won only when the accounts of those involved in the act is crippled.

She said, “We must cripple traffickers economically by trac-

ing and freezing their accounts for the benefit of victims of human trafficking. We must take their money and render them impotent” The NAPTIP boss also stressed the need for destination countries to work closely with the Nigerian Embassies in the areas of victims’ identification; language barriers and assistance to victims.

She urged the European Union and her members to consciously deal with issues of pornographic sites, massage parlours and farms scattered all over Europe and where victims of human trafficking from Nigeria and Africa are daily exploited.

She said, “What are the destination countries doing about the pornographic sites, massage parlours, and escort services? You

have the factories, farms, restaurants and you can see them and the exploitations that go on in such places. Do more investigations in the destination countries and clamp down on those businesses. Look into yours as we are looking into ours”.

On the need for equal attention to be focused on the trafficking and exploitation of boys and men by traffickers, Okah-Donli said, “The boys and men are even more brutalized and nobody is doing anything about it. These are the people who when they survive and are deported back home, they become potential armed robbers, hired assassins and engage in other crimes. We need to empower them and help them rather than focus only on the plights of the girls and children’”.

Okah - Donli also harped on the need for stakeholders across the world to address the issues of human trafficking from both source and destination countries.

Speaking further, she said, “We must begin to address the menace from the situations in both source and destination countries.

We must address those things that make prostitution attractive in the destination countries. We must take a look at the legalization of prostitution in some destination countries in Europe and the effect of such legislation on the global efforts to fight human trafficking.

“On our part, we have launched out to the endemic communities across the country as part of our massive awareness creation programme to stem the tide of

human trafficking and irregular migration. We are not only targeting women and girls; we are also taking men and boys into consideration because they are equally victims of labour exploitation, organ harvesting and even sexual exploitation”.

In his remarks, the EU Ambassador Kathleen said that the current increase in human trafficking and irregular migration is an issue of shared common responsibility that must be addressed by all stakeholders in order to arrive at reasonable results.

He stated further that the European nations are deeply committed to the eradication of all forms of trafficking and irregular migration due to its attendant consequences which is always grievous in most cases.

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Nigeria to host FIFA Executive Football Summit

he FIFA Executive Football Summit meeting is expected to hold between November 2017 and March 2018.

Nigeria is expected to host the summit on the 20th February 2018 and the NFF have picked Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island as venue and hotel accommodation for the big event.

The summit is a gathering of representa-

tives of around 20 member associations who are expected to offer constructive dialogue in a two and half-day workshop sessions.

“Nigeria has been selected as a Member Association to host one of the 12 FIFA Executive Football Summit meetings happening between November 2017 and March

2018, as part of FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s vision of ‘bringing FIFA back to football and football back to FIFA,” the NFF President Amaju Pinnick said in a media release on Tuesday.

“This is a very important event on the FIFA calendar. That Nigeria is deemed good enough to be

among the 12 countries to host the FIFA Executive Football Summit meetings is no mean feat. It is another marker of our global acceptability, visibility and reckoning.

“The NFF opted for Eko Hotels and Suites because FIFA officials are familiar with that facility and

its services. It hosted FIFA teams during the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup. Also important is the fact that the hotel has a new facility named The Signature, and which is of 5-Star quality and rating.

“The entire project, including the expenses of all the participants, such as their accommodation, feeding and transportation and all other logistics having to do with the programme, will be bankrolled by FIFA.”

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resident of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has explained that the resolve of the Federation’s leadership to ensure there are no distractions around Nigeria’s 2018 FIFA World Cup preparation and

participation informed the offer of a fresh, two-year contract to Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr.

Franco-German Rohr, signed by the NFF in August 2016, has met the first milestone of his contract, which is qualifying the Super Eagles for a sixth FIFA World Cup finals. Nigeria thoroughly overhauled a so-called

Group of Death, spanking 2012 AFCON winners Zambia home and away and earning four points from home-and-away clashes with fellow 2014 World Cup finalists Cameroon and Algeria. Second-placed Zambia finished six points behind the Super Eagles.

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helsea manager Antonio Conte has admitted that the injury-enforced absence of Nigerian star Victor Moses has been a major blow to his team.

The Super Eagles wideman has missed the last nine matches across all competitions for Chelsea, having picked up an injury in a 2-1 loss against Crystal Palace in mid-October.

Moses began training with the first team last week and was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s

1-1 draw at Liverpool this past weekend.

He could well make his comeback into the team during tonight’s Premier League clash at home to Swansea City.

“He is in contention but at the same time I have to make the best decision for every player,” Conte was quoted as saying by Football.London.

“For sure Victor is back from a bad injury and needs a bit of time to find the best physical condition. He is an important player for us.”

or controversy, and fully resolve each and every possible friction point well ahead of the competition.

“After signing the agreement on payment to the team from expected FIFA income, the next stage was to take care of the Technical Adviser. He has done very well and does not need to go into the World Cup uncertain of his future,” stated Pinnick.

bafemi Martins could have a chance to play at another World Cup if he keeps maintains his scoring form, Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has told KweséESPN. The 33-year-old, who plays in China for Shanghai Shenhua, has scored 16 goals in 39 appearances, with his last goal coming in Sunday’s 3-2 second leg win over SIPG to lead his team to the Chinese FA Cup title.

The Nigerian also scored the only goal of the first leg, which saw Shenhua progress on the away-goal rule.

Martins also boasts a respectable goalscoring record at international level, netting 18 in 41 appearances, but has only played for the Super Eagles four times since 2010, with his last two appearances coming in 2015, despite impressive showings with Seattle Sounders in the MLS and now Shanghai Shenhua.

However, Rohr says he is willing to chat to the Martins to increase his options upfront.

“Yes, the door is open to all our best players, including Martins. He is scoring a lot of goals and we need to get competition for all the positions, especially centre-forward.

“For now, we have Kelechi Iheanacho who is playing not all the time. But we played with Kelechi against Argentina and he did well.

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rsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has said he has had to undergo yet another operation on his foot, delaying his return to the pitch even further.

Cazorla has been sidelined for more than a year after needing eight operations to repair a tendon in his foot but had targeted a return in January.

However, he announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he recently had surgery yet again -- but insisted he still hopes to get back on the pitch one day.

“Due to some discomfort that I had in my tendon in the last few days, I’ve had to undergo surgery. I will have to delay my return to the pitch,” he wrote.

“I maintain my enthusiasm and motivation to be able to again enjoy my great

passion, which is football.”

Spain teammate Sergio Ramos posted on Twitter: “My friend, football is in debt with you. You will return to enjoy yourself and make all of us enjoy it too, I’m certain.

“Head held high and spirits high. We are all with you.

A lot of encouragement and a big hug, bro!”

Arsene Wenger said earlier this month: “It is the worst injury I have known, starting with a little pain in the Achilles and it has gone from worse to worse.

“I know how much Santi Cazorla loves to play football and loves to be out there every day and I feel really sorry for what happened to him because it is unbelievable.”

Cazorla’s Arsenal contract is due to expire at the end of the season.

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confirmed the appointment of Alan Pardew as their new manager.

Pardew, 56, has signed a two-and-ahalf-year contract and will be joined by his former Newcastle United assistant John Carver.

Pardew told the club’s official website: “I’m thrilled with the opportunity Albion have provided and looking forward to getting to work with what I consider to be a talented group of players.

“The immediate challenge will be to get the results we need to pull ourselves up the table, but I’m aware that while I’m joining one of the great, traditional clubs of English football, it is one determined to go forward in the Premier League.

“It’s an exciting opportunity to play a part in that ambition.”

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he Argentine’s prostate cancer surgery on Tuesday was a success and the Liga club will now monitor their head coach’s recovery Sevilla head coach Eduardo Berizzo has successfully undergone surgery for prostate cancer, the Liga club’s medical department have announced.

News of Berizzo’s illness came to light in the aftermath of Sevilla’s stunning Champions League comeback against Liverpool last week, where Wissam Ben Yedder’s brace and a stoppage-time goal from Guido Pizarro secured a 3-3 draw from 3-0 down.

His recovery period will

depend on his post-operative progress in the next few days A statement released by Sevilla read: “The recovery period of the Argentine coach will depend on the post-operative evolution in the coming days.”

During Berizzo’s absence his assistant Ernesto Marcucci will be in charge of first-team affairs.

Eduardo Berizzo Sevilla Marcucci’s first match at the helm comes on Wednesday against Cartagena in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey. Sevilla hold a 3-0 advantage over their Segunda Division B opponents from last month’s first leg.

eymar joining Real Madrid is “not possible” in the short-term, according to the player’s father.

Paris Saint-Germain stunned the footballing world when they secured Neymar for a world-record fee of 222million from Barcelona in August.

The 25-year-old has starred with 14 goals in 15 matches across all competitions for the Ligue 1 leaders but his time in the French capital has already been marked by speculation over uneasy relations with both head coach Unai Emery and star team-mate Edinson Cavani.

Spanish football magazine Don Balon has reported Madrid are planning a blockbusting 250m move for Neymar at the end of this season that would be financed by the sales of Gareth Bale, James

Rodriguez, Karim Benzema and Rafael Varane, while a piece by Diario Gol claimed Los Blancos president Florentino Perez advised Neymar to leave Barca for PSG in order to smooth a path to the Santiago Bernabeu in the long-term.

“Today we don’t have this thought,” Neymar Sr told Fox Sport Brasil when asked about a move to Madrid, a prospect he was careful not to rule out entirely.

“Answering that is feeding an idea that is not possible, I can’t talk not about negotiations in five or six years.

“Neymar has a long contract with PSG and he just arrived. We are three months here and it is already being said that he is going to leave.

“It is complicated for people to respond to this type of thing because it is feeding what is spoken.”

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OPEC meets Thursday on ‘tougher policy’ talks Ganiyu Obaaro, with Agency reports OPEC is heading for tougherthan-expected policy talks on Thursday amid concern that its efforts to rebalance the oil market might overshoot by creating a global deficit and spurring a further price rally.

“It will not be an easy meeting and we always look at various scenarios,” United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazroui said on Tuesday in Dubai before leaving for the gathering of the OPEC in Vienna.

OPEC, Russia and nine other producers are cutting oil output by

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about 1.8 million barrels per day until March 2018, and on Thursday will discuss extending the deal.

The market had largely expected OPEC to prolong cuts until the end of 2018 but doubts have emerged in the last few days.

OPEC’s leader, Saudi Arabia, has signalled that it wants oil to trade at about $60 per barrel as the kingdom prepares to list shares in its national oil champion Aramco and is still fighting a large fiscal deficit.

The Russian government also wants high oil prices ahead of a presidential election in March 2018.

Officials in Moscow have

voiced worries about pricier oil boosting the rouble, which could undermine the competitiveness of Russia’s economy.

As oil rallied above 60 dollars per barrel, U.S. producers aggressively hedged their future production, raising fears of another spike in shale output in the U.S., which is not participating in the global production curbs.

Goldman Sachs, one of the most active banks in commodity trading and oil producer hedging, said on Tuesday the outcome of the OPEC meeting was uncertain.

“The absence of such a consensus is due to the uncertainty on the progress of the oil market rebalancing as well as Brent oil

prices trading at $63 per barrel,” the U.S. bank said in a note.

“The push for a nine-month extension, four months before the cuts end and given an accelerating rebalancing further stands in the face of prior comments that the cuts should remain data-dependent to assess their effectiveness.”

U.S. oil prices fell more than one per cent on Monday and eased further on Tuesday from a two-year high reached.

Goldman said oil might fall further this week as the market had priced in a nine-month extension.

“We continue to expect a gradual ramp up in OPEC and Rus-

sian production from April onward,” Goldman said, adding “as a result, the announcement of an only six-month extension would still initially appear bullish relative to our expectation”.

On Friday, Russia said it was ready to support extending the output-cutting deal but had still to decide on the duration.

On Monday, Reuters reported that a major Russian production project led by Exxon Mobil was preparing to ramp up output by a quarter from next year.

The project is not subject to the global output-cutting deal but the development would signal an obstacle to Russia’s efforts on production curtailment.

Adesola Afolabi An integrated oil & gas offshore support vessel services firm with operations in West Africa, was on Monday, November 27, 2017, listed on the trading platform of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

About 800 million ordinary shares of the company, Global Spectrum Energy Services Plc, were listed on the NSE, adding N4 billion to the capital market value.

The shares are of 50 kobo each at N5 per share. Speaking at the listing on Monday, Managing Director of Global Spectrum Energy Services Plc, Mr. Colm Doyle, stated that the company plans to increase its profit over a five-year period from N847.87 million in 2018 to N2.62bn by 2022.

According to him, as the company continues to implement its expansion plan that will ensure year-on-year increase in profit, the firm has decided to give out minimum of 30 per cent of its profit as dividend to its shareholders.

A five-year review of the company’s performance showed that turnover declined from N986.45 million in 2013 to N934.62m in 2017; while profit before tax

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NNPC retail market shares rise to 14%

The Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Retail Limited, Mr. Yemi Adetunji says the market shares of the company has grown to 14 per cent in 2016.

Adetunji disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while briefing journalists on plans to inaugurate a new ultra mega station along the Shagamu Express way.

He added that the company would utilise the 50 retail stations across the country to further grow the market shares.

He said the Launch of the mega station on Thursday Nov. 30, is

part of the corporation’s effort to ensure steady and availability of product supply in the country especially during the yuletide season.

According to him, the station will have 22 nozzles, with current designs of international standard.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that, “The Mega station will be launched on Nov.30thand it has the state of art facilities, with shops and bank facilities to ensure a complete service.

“The service will be for both car and human needs and it will work for 24 hours every day,’’ he said

He noted that two other Mega stations of such standards would soon come up in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa.

He added the one in Port Harcourt would start test running before the end of the year while the one of Yenegoa is expected to take off by first quarter of 2018.

He said that one of the major focus of the company was to make it a complete marketing company He added that the NNPC retail would continue to support all efforts to ensure the country achieve the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projection of 2.3% Gross Do-

mestic Product(GDP) growth for Nigeria in 2018.

“This Administration has worked hard to put Nigeria back on the part of growth, NNPC will continue to support all these efforts,’’ he said.

He said the major focus areas of the NNPC Retail would be on the New Business model and gas development of the Corporation championed by the Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru.

“We will focus much on growth in the white products that is the Premium Motor Spirit, DPK and others,’’ he said

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Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Partnering private investors is one of the avenues being explored by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to improve on infrastructure at the nation’s airports.

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma, made this known at the just concluded three-day World Aviation Forum (WAF) organised by the International Civil Aviatio Oragnisation (ICAO), in Abuja, where he assured that the agency would collaborate with investors to develop the sector.

The FAAN boss, who agreed that some of the infrastructure in aviation industry required urgent attention, explained that the management was already working on replacing some of the facilities that required changes.

He explained that the airport manager had in place policy to improve the infrastructure at the airports and stressed some of the

FAAN boss harps on partnership for airport development projects were currently outlined, some at designed stage while others were at proposal stage.

“These are some of the things we have to showcase to prospective investors so that they will come and sit with us because you are not supposed to go too far when coming out with details of the developments. Investors who have the money will determine the level of investments.

“Our own is just to tell them where we are and where we want to be. They will sit with us and discuss the details of these investments, identify all the projects that we have and how they want to take the aviation industry forward,” he said.

He, however, noted that cost details of various projects would depend on design, investors, cost of funds and others, adding that before putting a cost to a project, several in-

dices required consideration.

On the projection by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that the facilities on the continent’s aviation industry would be inadequate to catre for air travellers by 2020, Dunoma said that the agency was already planning ahead to tackle the forecasted challenges.

On the on-going construction of terminal buildings in various airports, Dunoma said they were parts of the move to arrest the further dilapidation, emphasizing that FAAN had just finished the repair of the Abuja Airport runway while plans had also reached an advanced stage to commence construction of a second runway for the airport.

He further pointed out that the recent certifications of both Lagos and Abuja airports were pointer

to the fact that FAAN was already planning ahead to tackle any infrastructure challenges.

He added: “Now, we are moving into Port Harcourt, Kano, Enugu and other airports. Government is doing a lot, but we need to do a lot more that is why investments would be required.”

On the recent surveys by an online organisation, which rated Port Harcourt and Abuja Airports third and fifth worst airports respectively, Dunoma said the organisation was largely unknown.

He said the management would be bothered if international organisations like ICAO, Airport Council International (ACI), IATA or even the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), rated the airports low, but said so far, FAAN had received accolades from the organisations.

ECOWAS Parliament adopts 2018 community budget The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted the proposed 2018 community budget of 284.9 million West African Units of Account (UA) (approximately 122 billion naira).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) puts a West African UA at 430.1 naira.

The budget was adopted following the presentation of the Report of the Ad hoc Committee for the Consideration of the Consolidated 2018 Budget of the community.

It was adopted by the parliament at its ongoing Second Ordinary session in Abuja, was presented by the Chairman of the

committee, Mr Orlando Pereira.

The proposed budget depends majorly on the Community Levy of 175.9 million UA (approximately N75.7bn).

The committee noted that the Community Levy represented 70 per cent of the bloc’s source of funding for its activities.

It, however, said that the community budget performance for the 2017 financial year showed a relatively low recovery rate of the levy adding that the non-remittance by member states hindered the implementation of proposed community activities.

It added that member states

only met up with 31.91 per cent of the proposed levy for 2017.

It further called on member states to comply with the payment of their obligations to the Community Levy aimed at funding activities of the sub-regional bloc.

“This situation is mainly due to the non-compliance of the related Protocol.

“To this end, the Ad hoc Committee invites all parliamentarians, of whose states are not up to date in the payment of their obligations, to intercede to their respective authorities to ensure payments of the amount of the collected proceeds.

“The Ad hoc Committee invites the ECOWAS Commission to involve the parliament in their advocacy at member state level to ensure recovery of the Community Levy.”

The committee also called on ECOWAS institutions to explore other alternative sources of funds to “conveniently carry out their activities”.

The proposed 2018 budget indicates a 16.96 million UA increase from 267.9 million UA 2017 budget.

The proposed external funds for the budget was put at about 41.8 million UA (N17.9bn).

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the Federal Government’s 2.3 million barrels per day (bpd) crude oil projection for the 2018 budget is achievable.

The NNPC Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Mr. Bala Wunti, said in Abuja that the projection is realistic.

A statement by Group General Manager Public Affairs Division of the corporation, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu quoted Wunti as saying that 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper placed the current production capacity for the country at more than 2.3 million barrels per day.

He noted, however, that due to the insecurity in the Niger Delta region, the full production capacity had not been achieved over the years.

The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that, “The 2018 crude oil national production projection for Joint Ventures, Modified Carry Arrangement or External Financing, Production Sharing Contracts, Independents, Marginal Fields and Service Contracts is about 2,298,000 barrels per day. ”The 2018 price projection on the long term price assumption was based on price scenarios of $35 (low), $45 (medium) and $55 (high). Most price forecasting agencies thought that the medium price scenario had the highest probability of occurrence which the 2018 budget was hinged upon.

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grew from N165.31m in 2013 to N347.13m by October 2017.

The company financial projection in the next five years showed that turnover is expected to grow from N3.88bn in 2018 to N8.1bn in 2022, while net operating income will grow from N2.04bn to N4.43bn in 2022.

Also operating expenses will move from N1.19bn to N1.8bn, Profit before tax to increase from N847.87bn to N2.62bn in the next five years while company’s asset base will grow to N14.09bn by 2022 from N5.46bn in 2018.

The CEO of the NSE, Mr Oscar Onyema, highlighted the benefits of listing on the local bourse. He stated that, “This step indicates the firm’s belief that our platform remains a veritable avenue for raising capital and enabling sustainable national growth. I commend Global Spectrum for this bold and strategic step.”

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Nigeria has raised $3bn from Eurobond-Adeosun How much has Nigeria raised in the international capital markets and at what price?

Nigeria has raised a total of US$3 billion. The Notes comprise a US$1.5 billion 10-year series and a US$1.5 billion 30year series. The 10-year series will bear interest at a rate of 6.5 per cent, while the 30-year series will bear interest at a rate of 7.625 per cent.

Till date, Nigeria has raised a total of $3 billion from the Eurobond issuance, and Nigerians have been raising questions on why the forex denominated bond was raised as well as its impact on the overall economy and the populace. Nigeria’s finance minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, in this interview captured by BONNY AMADI, provided answers to salient issues and frequently asked questions regarding the Eurobond issuance, excerpts and its impact on the economy. lion approved by national assembly?

The National Assembly approved two separate resolutions. One for US$2.5 billion to fund capital expenditure in the 2017 budget and one to re-finance existing domestic debt of US$3 billion, which is not time bound.

Why did FG raise two different tranches of funding and how do they differ?

By raising US$1.5 billion of 30-year notes, Nigeria has emulated a number of our international contemporaries, including Brazil, South Africa, Argentina and Egypt to issue long dated debt as the basis for long term infrastructure financing and to establish a benchmark for the private sector to extend the tenure of its own financing.

Our intention for this issuance was to meet our short term requirement to fund US$2.5 billion for the 2017 budget.

Following significant investor interest of over US$11 billion, we brought forward a further US$500 million of funding towards the refinancing of existing domestic debt and will assess options for concluding the refinancing process in the New Year.

Restricting this issuance to US$3 billion also enabled us to optimise the price of the notes, which at 6.5 per cent for 10-year and 7.625 per cent for 30-year, are significant improvements to our existing portfolio.

This is critical to delivering an environment within which both the government, and the domestic private sector, can rapidly enhance its ability to fund investments in infrastructure projects and broader project finance.

The full US$1.5 billion proceeds of the 30 year notes are allocated to 2017 capital projects.

Nigeria has raised a further US$1.5 billion of 10 year notes, and following the current issue,” we now have a full ‘basket’ of international debt notes, including 5 year, 10 year, 15 year and 30 year issuances trading in the market” This provides international investors will the full range of tradeable options in Nigeria’s international debt. Of the US$1.5 billion of 10 year notes, US$1 billion will be allocated to the 2017 capital budget, under our US$2.5 billion approval from the national assembly, with the balance of US$500 million allocated to refinancing of domestic debt, in line with our strategy to re-balance our domestic/international debt profile.

Why are you re-balancing the debt portfolio and increasing international bor-

Adeosun

rowing?

Over the last 5 years, Nigeria has been overly focused on domestic debt, which is short term and high cost.

This means that we pay too much, and have to regularly refinance existing debt rather than having the security of longer term instruments.

You can see this clearly reflected in our debt service to revenue ratio, which @ 45 per cent as of Third Quarter (Q3) 2017, is higher than we would like.

Having returned the economy to growth in 2017 and secured a stable and liquid exchange rate regime, we are focused on addressing this issue by diversifying our sources of debt to achieve an optimal balance.

So far, we have moved our domestic/international debt ratio from 18:82 to 23:77 and we expect this to improve to circa 27:73 by year end, with an ultimate target of 40:60. This will deliver significant savings in our debt service costs, with provisional estimates demonstrating savings of up to N91 billion in 2018 alone.

What will the proceeds of the financing be used for?

Can you provide specifics?

The proceeds will be split between 2017 budget capital projects (US$2.5 billion) and re-financing some of our short term domestic debt (US$500 million).

Capital projects under the 2017 budget include road, rail, power and housing projects which are crucial to the deliv-

ery of the economic recovery and growth plan.

How do the 30 year notes benefit Nigeria?

They demonstrate strong investor confidence in the Nigerian economy, and growth story, while providing the long term funding required to finance infrastructure projects at affordable interest rates.

The provision of infrastructure is critical to the long term sustainability of our economic growth, and will provide a more productive economy for current and future generations of Nigerians. They also provide a benchmark for longer term private sector funding.

Why did you not raise the full amount of US$5.5 bil-

Having returned the economy to growth in 2017 and secured a stable and liquid exchange rate regime, we are focused on addressing this issue by diversifying our sources of debt to achieve an optimal balance.

So far, we have moved our domestic/international debt ratio from 18:82 to 23:77 and we expect this to improve to circa 27:73 by year end, with an ultimate target of 40:60. This will deliver significant savings in our debt service costs, with provisional estimates demonstrating savings of up to N91 billion in 2018 alone.

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Stories by Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, Naira, on Wednesday extended its gaining streak at the official foreign exchange market to close at an appreciable rate of 305.75 against 305.80 exchanged on Tuesday, 305.85 recorded on Monday and 305.90 sold last Friday, which represented immediate positive impact of the fresh injection of $210 million by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

But despite lifting the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market by the apex

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Naira gains, as forex market lifted by fresh dollar injection

bank, the parallel segment of the forex market, stood steadied at 364 to the US Dollar at the end of yesterday trading activities, the same rate it exchanged on Tuesday, and was seen unchanged at 430 per Euro and 480 to the Pound Sterling.

At the Investor & Exporter FX window, the Naira, closed at 360.02 per dollar stronger than at 360.32 sold on Tuesday, even though it began trading at stable rate of 359.72 to the US dollar,

which was stronger than 359.93 recorded on the previous day, but weaker than 360.32 earlier in the week.

The I&E FX window, relapsed with a declined transactions turnover of $198.71 million, compared to $227.73 million, against $179.78m exchanged on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, while explaining the sector that benefitted from

the new Forex injection, he said, “the sum of $100 million was offered to the wholesale segment, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got an allocation of $55 million.

However, the invisibles segment (i.e. tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others) was also allocated $55 million.

The apex bank spokes person, noted that the releases were part of effort

aimed at boosting liquidity in the forex market, facilitating trade and easing remittances for legitimate personal commitments.

While attributing the long spell of calm in the market to the interventions of the CBN and the cooperation of all stakeholders, Okorafor said the convergence of rates between the interbank market and the Bureau de Change segments, had all but converged with customers able to buy forex

from either market at not more than N362 to a dollar.

In spite of the development, he stressed that the CBN would continue in its monitoring of the market in order to ensure that authorised dealers abide by the extant rules.

Meanwhile, the naira maintained its steady rate against the United States Dollar, exchanging for N361/$1 in the BDC segment of the market on Tuesday, November 28, 2017.

Ecobank Nigeria appoints Chief Risk Officer Ecobank Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mr. Adebiyi Olagbami as an Executive Director and the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank effective November 15, 2017. Mr Olagbami has 25 years banking experience with over 21 years in Risk Management.

In a statement, the Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria Mr Charles Kie said this appointment is in furtherance of the bank’s repositioning strategy and the enhancement of the risk function in the Bank. The Bank remains fully focused on its strategic objective to be one of top three banks in Nigeria within the next five years.

Mr Kie explained that Ecobank conStanbic IBTC Bank PLC and its holding company, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have retained their AAA national ratings by Fitch Ratings, the global leader in credit ratings, reaffirming their strong fundamentals and stability, especially the ability to meet their financial commitments as they fall due.

The rating agency in its latest report, the lender and its holding company recorded AAA(nga) national long term rating, which provides a relative measure of credit worthiness for rated institutions in Nigeria. The AAA national rating is assigned to an institution with the lowest relative risk.

tinues to realign its workforce to meet its business expectations across all cadres. Only recently the bank had announced the appointments of Mr. Akin Dada as Executive Director Corporate Banking and Carol Oyedeji Executive Director Consumer Banking.

Prior to Mr. Olagbami’s new appointment, he was Chief Credit Officer of Union Bank Nigeria Plc. He has also worked as Chief Risk Officer with Fidelity Bank Ghana; Chief Risk and Compliance Officer with Keystone Bank Limited (then Bank PHB), Head of Credit (CIB) with Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc and briefly as Group Market Risk Manager with Access Bank Plc.

Professor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Founder, Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET) during a recent courtesy visit to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Stanbic IBTC retains AAA national Fitch ratings In arriving at the rating for Stanbic IBTC, Fitch took account of the strong parental support from Standard Bank Group, to which Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC belongs, as the group provides support in such areas as staff training, provision of information technology upgrades and best practice processes as well as strong corporate governance practices.

“Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC’s (SIBTCH) National Ratings are based on potential support from its parent, South Africa’s Standard Bank Group

Limited (SBG/Group; BB+/Stable), if required. Our view of institutional support considers SIBTCH’s strategic importance to SBG, high levels of integration between the parent and the subsidiary, as well as SBG’s majority shareholding in SIBTCH (53.2% through Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited),” the agency stated.

It would be recalled that the lender in 2016 received similar ratings in 2016 and February 2017 after a thorough examination of its credit process and financial results. The bank’s diversified loan portfolio was reviewed, with its impact on various sectors of the economy taken into account.

“One of SIBTCH’s main strengths is its diversified earnings. Noninterest income generation is high

and underpinned by fees and commissions and trading income. Loan impairment charges are high, but manageable in the context of strong earnings. Costs are well controlled.

As a result, profitability metrics are healthy,” Fitch added.

In its report, the rating agency also reviewed the capital adequacy of Stanbic IBTC in compliance with regulations and concluded that it was very strong and compare favourably against peers. “Fitch expects these levels to be maintained.”

The liquidity position of Stanbic IBTC was reviewed and its ability to meet foreign currency obligations as they fall due. The Group was certified as having “good funding profile and very good liquidity” as customer deposits grew strongly by 13 percent

in the first half of 2017 with the bank rolling out new delivery channels.

“Balance sheet liquidity is underpinned by large volumes of government securities. Additionally, SIBTCH’s loans/deposits ratio at 62 per cent is one of the lowest among peers.”

Commenting on this development, Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, Mr. Yinka Sanni, said the ratings are a clear testament of the financial institution’s strength, strong leadership and the unyielding support of its parent company.

He reiterated Stanbic IBTC’s commitment to the Nigerian market and pledged it will continue to provide support to all sectors of the economy in order to keep moving individuals and businesses forward.

Capital Market B5 Stories by Bonny Amadi Shareholders of Global Spectrum Energy Services Plc have been given raised hope for increased earnings from their investment in the company with its listing on Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)a total 800 million ordinary shares.

However cross section of stakeholders of the Nigerian capital market, with the company’s listing on Tuesday, recalled another Port Harcourt based oil services company, Japaul Plc which after listing on the bourse and raising funds, become more or less inactive and of more concern to its numerous shareholders.

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, November 30, 2017

Global spectrum energy raises investors hope with NSE listing Global Spectrum Energy Services listed a total of 800 million units’ ordinary shares on the mainboard of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of 50 kobo shares at N5 per share. The listing added N4 billion to the NSE market capitalization.

The company chief executive officer, Colm Doyle, addressing stockbrokers and financial journalist at a fact behind the listing session, said the company is pioneering leading-edge technologies and innovations in com-

plimentary Offshore Support Vessel Services, Maritime Security, Logistics, Energy and Engineering Services. “We combine our strategic operations with personnel who bring invaluable operational experience and success into the Company” he said.

The CEO explains that Spectrum’s Energy’s mission is to expand and diversify its products base to further strengthen the business capacity and profitability of the company.

He explained that their expan-

sion strategy consists of refined petroleum products supply and distribution tank farm and line pipe manufacturing. Blending of lubricants, vessel fleet expansion, tanker, petrol vessels.

Doyle noted that they have acquired a prime waterfront site in Rumoulumeni, Port Harcourt for the development of a 50 million litres capacity tank farm with storage capacity for refined petroleum PMS, AGO, DPK and a 6,000 metric tonnes LPG strong facility.

L – R (A) shows Bola Adeeko, Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Chief Patrick Ezeagu, Chairman, Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Mojisola Adeola, Head, Council Secretariat, NSE and Stephen Falomo, Head, Lagos Zonal Office, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the Induction Ceremony for Newly Qualified Dealing Clerks today at The Exchange today in Lagos.

ARM Securities wins best stockbroker of the year In recognition of its steadfastness, reliability and credibility in dispensing investors mandates timely equitably and ethically, Arms Securities has bagged Pear award as the best stock broking firm of the year.

Revealing this to its diversified clients recently, Arm Securities said “We are glad to inform you that your preferred Stockbroker has been honoured with the Award for Best Stockbroking firm of the Year by the prestigious PEARL Awards committee” According to the investment firm, the award further confirms “our position as a leader in the Securities industry and attests to the fact that you made the best choice when you chose ARM Securities’” adding that the recognition serves as mo-

tivation to commit more to serving and delivering excellent securities solutions to customers.

ARM Securities Limited started operations in 1994 as a full service brokerage house that offers brokerage services to local as well as foreign private and institutional investors. The company is a dealing member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and is regulated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

ARM Securities is a product of an alliance between Hamilton Hammer & Co. Limited (“HH”) and Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM) Limited. In 2008, HH aligned with ARM a major diversified financial service firm with special interest in asset management, investment banking, real estate and in-

frastructure financing.

The aim of the alliance was to produce a world class brokerage firm that offers superior service; has strong capital base, robust technological platform, strong and efficient distribution capabilities as well as enhanced technical and human resources.

The company said “The needs and objectives of our clients are at the center of what we do at ARM Securities. Because our overall objective is to exceed our clients service expectation, we start our process with our clients by profiling them and analysing their needs.

The aim is to confirm what is important to them; their current financial circumstances; attitude to risk; investment objectives and the time horizon within which to achieve these objectives.”

UPDC REIT positions for dividend payout as PAT grows by 20% The UPDC Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has positioned for dividend payment for the 2017 financial year with keen growth in third quarter 2017, as profit after tax spiked by about 20 per cent.

A REIT is a type of security that invests in real estate through property or mortgages and often trades on major exchanges like a stock. REITs provide investors with an extremely liquid stake in real estate. They receive special tax considerations and typically offer high dividend yields.

The investment scheme’s result for the period ended 30th September 2017 released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on November 28thshowed impressive performance in key measuring indices s total investment income rose to N1, 595,501,282 for the Q3 Period ended September 30, 2017, against N1, 418,654,320 in same period of 2016.

Profit before tax rose to N1, 715,160,412, from N1, 210, 098,389 posted in Q3 216, while profit after tax also rose by about 10 per cent to N1, 316, 180,412, which was against N1.210, 097,389 recorded in Q3 2016.

The result showed that while investments in bonds increased by about 45 per cent to N573,000,000, from N300,000,000 recorded in Q3 2016, investments in treasury bills declined by about 20 per cent to N4,691,501,202, against N5,666,771,688 recorded in third quarter 2016.

UPDC REIT’s funds’ investments in call deposits increased remarkably to N159,626,338 from N8,496,732 posted in Q3 2016.investment in real estate related services increased y over 100 per cent to n240,200,599, against N758,337,532 recorded in same period of 2016, while loan to investor companies increased mildly to N897,670,732, from N758,337,542 in same period of 2016.

Demonstrating the feat in a challenging operating environment, its Operating expenses rose to N280, 349,870 in Q3 2017, from N208, 558,840 posted in the corresponding period of 2016.

Union Dicon Salt consolidates as agribusiness firm Union Dicon Salt Plc in furtherance of its diversification into food manufacturing and agribusiness, with further acquisition of UDS farms Limited.

The company in a statement published by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), announced that following an internal restructuring process, and a board meeting of Union Dicon Salt Plc, on the 14th of November 2017, board endorsed incorporation of its fully owned subsidiary, UDS Farms Limited

to run its Agribusiness operations.

The company also revealed that the board also resolved that Mr. Chuka Mordi the company’s managing Director & Bex Nwawudu will be transitioning to the Agribusiness subsidiary (UDS Farms Limited), to oversee, and expand the operation.

Also, the board endorsed that Col. (Rtd) Henry Mgbemena reverts to the role of Managing Director, of Union Dicon Salt Plc, while Mrs. Florence Iroye remains the company secretary.

Daily Times Nigeria recalls that in July 2016, Union Dicon Salt (UDS) unveiled 100 million dollars expansion programme initiatives aimed at enhancing the company’s profitability level and shareholders’ value.

The company’s Managing Director, Mr Chuka Mordi, disclosed at the “facts behind the restructuring” meeting at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos, that the strategy was aimed at transforming the firm into an integrated food manufacturing and agro-business.

5 Ghana banks attain new ¢400m capital base to beat deadline Bonny Amadi with agency report

Following the regulatory provision by Ghana’s Central Bank for new capital base for commercial banks operating in the country, five of the 35 banks in the West African country has met the new capital base.

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) indicated that

five banks have met the new minimum capital requirement of ¢400 million even before the deadline scheduled to expire 13 months ahead on 31ST December 2018.

According to Agency report, Dr Ernest Addison disclosed this at a press conference that after a meeting last week to review the health of

the economy.

Status of capital increase for banks Bank of Ghana (BoG) earlier this year announced an increase in the minimum capital requirement for commercial banks in the country from the current ¢120 million to ¢400 million by December 2017.

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How brand packaging affects pricing Stories by Godwin Anyebe

All over the world, the issue of brand packaging is not new to brand handlers. On its face value, packaging is a deliberate investment in product presentation, preservation, display and differentiation.

For cost accounting, the interest stretch from its implication on basic cost to the total project cost outlay, through its implication on sales and distribution pricing, to projected return on the entire investment. That means, whereas, the packaging design and production team would concern with thebasic considerations at that level, the ac-

counting team will distill from such input, the appropriate and acceptable cost based on other investment cost components, even including rates and taxes, such that the final total cost of production, within the context of laid out budget, packaging cost will remain considerable.

Finding by Daily Times shows that, packaging is so important to brand success, that its cost implication is a later-day consideration, only after the principal objective of value preservation, brand presentation, brand differentiation, brand positioning, competitive (shelf) presence and appeal, have been considered.

However, pricing is a critical component of brand development with implication on all aspects of the process from the very beginning. It is both rational and emotional in function. Brand management is careful in defining a given brand’s personality and profiling its positioning statement by its pack design. So much consideration is given to its target market perception, and promise.

Speaking to Daily Times on this issue, a brand management consultant, Gbenga Omolaja said; “as trade and marketing tool, packaging is instrumental in tactical brand support activities, among which is sales promotion, consum-

er loyalty reward, trade reward campaign and in fact, brand repositioning.

It is part of the intricacies a few of the carbonated drink brands are engaged in presently. Whereas theevident marketing challenge is depleted consumer purchase power for which, if you ask me, brands should seek ways of helping out with (creative and strategic), they are reacting interestingly differently in ways largely insensitive to the consumer’s plight (my opinion). But clearly, one of the competing brands is being unrealistic; presently it is egoistic in manipulating its packaging and pricing, inadvertently aiding competing brands’ market per-

formance.

I need to mention, at this point, he continued, that the considerations for, and importance of brand packaging is same for tangible and intangible offerings.

Whereas one is defined physically the other is defined by feel and perception. So whether you are considering the value of packaging it terms of TV program, travel and tours, mortgage financing, food & drinks, body-care product range, etc., packaging is important to one and all, equally.

According to him, “to the sales team, same cost input propels different set of considerations, including how it affects retail costs verses competing brands in the

market. The primary concern here is how to deliver on projected sales volume, working price as a competitive element. If sales price (whether wholesale or retail) is antithetic, actualizing target sales figures would be an uphill task.

While speaking on deception in brand packaging and pricing as a profit maximization tool among ‘unfriendly’ brands, a brand and marketing analyst, Samuel Ajayi disclosed that, “characteristic of our local commercial environment largely made up of barely literate and the illiterate, purchase decisions are constrained by information gap and purchase ability.

Firm announces 1 sale on the new app Zoto, a mobile payment app used by over 1 million Nigerians, has announced a new app design. According to company officials, the new app is designed to make Zoto the fastest and most reliable payment app in Nigeria.

An introductory sales offer is also announced on this occasion, and this will enable users to enjoy ser-

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN recently commenced the training of its MSMEs officers nationwide for the implementation of its One Local Government One Product, (OLOP) Programme. nationwide.Picture shows from left Mr Bowie Okimba, Coordinator of the OLOP Programme. Representative of the DG SMEDAN and Director of Enterprises Development and Promotion (EDP), Mr. Wale Fasanya with the Mic. and Mr.Levi Anyikwa at the opening of the training programme in Enugu. SMEDAN PHOTO

A book on selling skills titled, Basic Selling (Reminiscences of a Nigerian Salesman), is set to be launched into the Nigerian market on December 12, 2017.

The book, written by seasoned salesman, Deji Morakinyo, will be unveiled at the Protea Hotel, on Isaac John Street, Ikeja, Lagos.

Basic Selling (Reminiscences of a Nigerian Salesman) is replete with local content examples on the subject of selling and, as such, differentiates itself from many other books in its category.

In a statement made available to journalists recently in Lagos,

new app for a limited period Commenting on the development, recently in Lagos, Oshone Ikazoboh, Zoto’s Co-Founder, said the newly redesigned Zoto App will further improve the experience of payments. He said electronic payments in Nigeria suffer from high failure rate, OTP delays, and poor user experience as existing solutions are not reliable and mobile friendly.

“Zoto promises a delightful payment experience.

Using Zoto wallet, users

can make payments within 5 seconds without going through the tedious process of bank OTP and each payment is secured and complies with CBN policies,” Ikazoboh said, adding that Zoto’s machine learning process also predicts user’s favourite recharge and most frequent payment they are likely to make. He further explained that close to 80% of web traffic in Nigeria comes from mobile and that Zoto’s mobile-focused approach helps provide payment services to masses.

Speaking further, he said the value Zoto brings is convenience and users’ ease of making payments wherever they are. “We all want to maximise our time, so when making a payment we want the fastest, safest way of doing that. This is what motivated the Zoto idea; we want to make payments as convenient as possible,” he said.

Book on marketing skills set for debut Peter Letsuwa, Distributor Management Director at Guinness Nigeria, who wrote the foreword, “the book is timely and relevant to the sales and marketing constituency for coaching, people development intervention and leisure reading. It is also presented in a simple format similar to a “to- do list” for all salesmen.”

The official presentation of

the book will feature a panel discussion on “selling in the digital age,” which will be handled by sales and marketing professionals in different industries.

In the same vein, the President, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Mr. Tony Agenmonmen is billed to deliver the keynote speech while the Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Co-

operatives, Lagos State, Mr. Rotimi Ogunleye will be the special guest of honour and Aare Fatai Odesile, Managing Director, Grand Oak will be the Chairman of the occasion.

On the panel of discussion are Shina Dada, Head, Enterprise Business, South, Airtel Nigeria; Taopheek Babayeju, CEO, I-centra; Peter Letsuwa; Goke Balogun, CEO, So Fresh; and

Ayodeji Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, J Akin George Insurance Brokers.

The event promises to be one of the biggest events in the year and will bring together salesmen, captain of industries and other stakeholders from different industries and companies under one roof to chart a way forward for sales and marketing industry in the country.

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Shocking as imported banana floods Abuja Stories by Simon Ugwu, with Agency reports Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well as the health of consumers.

An investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, at various markets and supermarkets in Utako and Maitama districts of Abuja on Tuesday revealed that the foreign banana was conspicuously displayed on several shelves.

Even the roadside fruit hawkers were not left out, as they apparently gave more priority to displaying the foreign banana than the local variety.

The sellers and buyers said that the imported banana had received high patronage due to certain factors such as its fresh appearance, smooth skin, size, taste and lower prices.

The banana imports notwithstanding, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) identifies Nigeria as one of the largest banana and plantain producing countries in Africa.

Recent statistics indicate that Ni-

geria produces about 2.74 million tonnes of banana annually, making the crop one of the important staple crops in the country.

However, some of the sellers and consumers of the imported variety of banana said that it was receiving high patronage because of its fresh look, packaging, size and taste.

It was observed that the imported banana is usually displayed for sale in a bunch of five fingers, 10 fingers and 15 fingers, depending on the species.

A consumer, Aminu Danlami, said that the imported banana was cheaper than the local species, adding that it also had a longer shelflife when compared to the local banana.

He also said that the unique taste of the imported banana had made it more appealing to most banana consumers.

However, Rachael Oke, another consumer, bemoaned the flooding of FCT markets with imported, low-priced fruits whose sources could not be easily ascertained.

She said that the imported fruits included apples, small grapes, plums and all kinds of exotic fruits.

But Oke particularly frowned

Banana at banana importation, insisting that banana was cultivated in great quantities in many states across the country.

She emphasised that if the trend was not reversed, it could force thousands of banana farmers and traders out of business, while exerting more pressure on the shaky food security of the country.

One of the major banana im-

porters at Utako market, who preferred anonymity, said that he used to import banana and other fruits from Togo, Cameroon and at times, Benin Republic; depending on the security situation and the prevailing currency exchange rates at different points in time.

He said that his banana importation business was very lucrative because he had many retail outlets in Abuja, Lagos, Rivers,

Kano and Kogi states, while the patronage for imported banana was constantly increasing, when contrasted with that of the local variety.

The man also noted that the imported banana could be preserved for a long time, unlike the homegrown species, adding that the same situation applied to other imported fruits like berries, apples and tangerines.

Food security: FG seeks greater women’s role in agriculture The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has joined hands with two not for profit organisations to promote increased women participation in agribusiness and drive wealth creation in Nigeria.

The ministry organised a two-day dialogue session entitled: ‘Nigerian Women in Agribusiness Stakeholders’ Dialogue’ on Friday with the two groups, Technoserve and Synergos Nigeria.

Technoserve is an international organisation offering business solutions, while Synergos –Nigeria participates in States Partnerships for Agriculture.

Speaking at the event, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said women, who constitute half of Nigeria’s population and 75 per cent of agriculture labour force, must be accorded critical roles in the sector.

The minister was represented at the event by the Director, Extension Services Department of the Ministry, Karima Babangida.

“For the present administration’s goals of diver-

Tubers of yam sifying the economy and creating jobs through agriculture to materialise, there is need for more involvement of women in Agriculture,” Mrs. Babangida said.

“There is less than 30 per cent access to productive resources such as land, capital, inputs, technology and information for women in Agriculture and this contributes to productivity gap between female and male farmers in the country,”

she said.

To achieve gender equality, she said there was a need for a National Action Plan on Gender in Agriculture.

TechnoServe Country Director, Larry Umunna, in his remark commended the ministry for supporting women and according recognition to their role in agriculture.

Mr. Umunna stated that TechnoServe has adopted a

policy to ensure that 40 per cent of its project beneficiaries are women.

He said the group had been engaged in tackling rural poverty and offering market solutions to challenges facing crop production.

He said 10,000 farmers, 42 per cent of whom are women, had benefited from its cashew livelihood project in Kwara, Kogi and Oyo states in the last four years,

a scheme he said has raised farmers’ income by 200 per cent.

Mr. Umunna said TechnoServe was providing tomato and rice farmers in four states with inputs such as fertilisers and improved seed varieties to increase their output and income.

He added that the project being carried out in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Plateau states was in partnership with Synergos Nigeria

and that 3000 farmers were being targeted by the project.

For the Agriculture Sector to achieve the needed growth, Mr. Umunna said there was the need for improved data gathering and analysis.

In his remarks, Country Director, Synergos Nigeria, Adewale Ajadi, said women make up between 70 and 80 per cent of Nigeria’s labour force, but lamented that the country was not benefiting fully from its huge women population.

He said for Nigeria to reach its full potential in agriculture, women must be recognised and supported.

According to organizers, the groups are partnering in a project with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to project the efforts and challenges of women agricultural practitioners in Nigeria to relevant government agencies, non-governmental organisations and private institution stakeholders, engaging them to proffer workable solutions in order to create a more conducive ecosystem for women farmers to thrive.

Motoring B8 Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Nissan Almera Sedan has won the 2017 Nigeria Automotive Industry (NAI) ‘Car of the Year (CoY)’ Award, defeating its rivals- Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla, Kia Optima and Peugeot 301.

Lagos- based vehicle valuation and automotive research company recognised Almera, also known as Versa, as the winner in its ‘Car of the Year’ category at the annual event at Eko Hotels and Suites,Lagos.

Nissan recently tweaked the Almera for improved performance, adding a seamless mix of fuel economy, rare blend of comfort with unprecedented cabin space and dexterity that could arguably be the most impressive in its class yet.

These additions, which also include numerous other niceties, are offered without necessarily tweaking the showroom price of this functional sedan that comfortably sits five passengers over moderate distances with adaptable room

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How Nissan Almera wins 2017 NAI Car of the Year award

to stretch even in vexing traffic.

NAI adjudicators had considered these outstanding attributes when prospecting for the nominees for the ‘Car of the Year.’

The organisers said other dynamics, such as

out of pocket expenses like fueling, repairs and maintenance; ownership costs within the first five years coupled with online public ballots also played out in its choice of the award.

Emerging from a slight

makeover, the face-lifted Almera plagiarizes design cues of the mid-sized Nissan Altima, but conveys a proficient and distinctive gaze that could attract fleet managers, sales reps, or anyone with an eye for specifics.

MD, Stallion NMN Parvir Singh receiving the commemorative plaque from representative of FRSC Corp Marshal with (l) Julie Chi-Nwoha, coordinator Nigeria Automotive Industry Award and (r) Stallion NMN Head – Sales and Marketing Amit Sharma at Eko Hotels and Suites.

Stakeholder advocates operational models for local auto assembling A senior lecturer with the Covenant University, Otta, Ogun state, Dr. Oscar Odiboh, has advocated optional implementation models for Nigeria’s ailing auto industry.

Odiboh, who spoke in Lagos recently at the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) monthly industry forum, held in Surulere,Lagos, made his submission against the background of the four years old Nigeria’s automotive industry development plan (NAIDP) by the Federal Government, which has been roundly criticised by industry stakeholders.

According to Odiboh, there is an urgent need to re-jig the implementation style of the policy, hence, he

suggested three implementation models as follows: Joint implementation, Sole implementation and NEED implementation.

Under Joint implementation, (which he outlined into partnership/co-investor model, provider model and cap investment model) the lecturer advocated the involvement of the Nigeria Auto Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Original Equipment Manufacturers and government as joint deciders, sharing the risks and benefits and shared responsibilities.

On Sole Implementation model, he canvased deregulated private sector and regulated public models; while the NEED implementation models covers the Single

need model and multi stage need models.

Nonetheless, Odiboh, who spoke on the topic: ‘Implementation of Nigeria’s Auto Policy: The way Forward’; insisted that industry is divided and may not thrive until the stakeholders collaborate.

He observed that almost mid-term into the 10- year plan, most of the assembly plants set up in the country lacked the standard to compete globally, and can hardly be called assembly plants, He said: “What we have at the moment are not real assembly plants, they are glorified joineries. Average 65 per cent of our assembly operations are manual, while 70 per cent of employees are casual.”

It would be recalled that the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), the federal government agency saddled with the responsibility of implementing the auto policy, has repeatedly claimed that there are over 50 auto assembly firms in the country, hence alluding to the success of the policy.

Odiboh noted that players in the sector were frustrated through importation rules,but added that more than 60 per cent of tools in the sector are manual.

Calling for budget cars, he stressed that the sector’s inability to offer affordable vehicles for mass market would keep used market growing to the detriment of the sector.

Guinness, FRSC hold ‘Ember Months’ anti-drink driving campaign rally Guinness Nigeria Plc, held its 13th annual Ember Months ‘Responsible Drinking’ public awareness rally in partnership with the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), which is aimed at enlightening the public on the harmful consequences of alcohol abuse.

Speaking at the event, which took place recently at the Agege Motor Park in Lagos, Managing Direc-

tor/CEO, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Peter Ndegwa, disclosed that the partnership with the FRSC has been a truly impactful one, making it possible to jointly deliver awareness campaigns reaching millions of Nigerians yearly.

Through our ember months’ campaigns, we want to give our consumers the right information in order to help them make the right decisions around

using alcohol as part of a balanced lifestyle. The message we deliver to consumers through our annual campaigns is consistent with our values at Guinness Nigeria.

“Consumers are at the heart of everything we do as an organisation and are the basis for our existence.

We are therefore interested in using education and awareness as a way to curb instances of alcohol mis-

use and more specifically in this case drink driving,” Ndegwa said.

He also commended the FRSC for the critical role they play in helping to reduce accidents on the nation’s highways saying that. “I would like to specially thank the FRSC for their partnership through the years and for the good work they do every day to ensure the safety of road users in Nigeria.

The Almera is assembled in Nigeria at the Stallion NMN plant at Lagos– Badagry Expressway, and more than 1000 units have so far been sold since 2015 when the first car rolled out of the plant at VON Automobile complex.

Receiving the commemorative plaque on behalf of the company, Managing Director Stallion NMN Parvir Singh said: “We feel honoured by this outstanding award; and we will continue to offer exceptional customer experience in keeping with Nissan tag-

line, ‘Innovation that Excites.’

He said Stallion NMN and Nissan Sub-Saharan Africa had worked sideby-side to achieve this goal and “together, we will rebuild industrialisation in Nigeria and contribute towards the growth of the manufacturing sector.”

Nissan seeks to continue to grow its market share baring the fact that Nigeria is one of the most important markets in Nissan Africa Growth strategy, Mr. Singh said.

Coscharis Motors offers discounts in partnership with Jumia for Black Friday Coscharis Motors PLC, a foremost automobile dealer in Nigeria and sole representatives of globally respected iconic auto brands like Ford, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Morris Garages (MG), etc, in Nigeria, has partnered with Jumia, the largest online shop in Africa to present the most exciting ‘Black Friday’s’ shopping experience so far in this part of the world.

As part of the partnership offering, Coscharis will put forward some of her vehicle brands specially to Jumia customers at heavily discounted rates. Shoppers on Jumia will also stand a chance to win a brand new Ford Figo during this Black Friday event.

General Manager Marketing and Corporate Communications for Coscharis Group, Mr. Abiona Babarinde explained that this is another way Coscharis Motors Plc is giving back to her customers as they warm up for the Yuletide season.

“We will always seek new ways to delight our customers and give them value for their money, no matter the platform on which they wish to patronize us, online or offline.”

Abiona also said, “During the Jumia ‘Black Fri-

day’ Promo period, we will offer a number of our vehicle brands at heavily discounted rates for willing customers to take advantage of. Also, the entry level Ford Figo will be on offer to be won via a raffle draw on the Jumia platform, for those who will patronize the platform during the ‘Black Friday’ Promo period.”

Some of the variants which Coscharis Motors is expected to offer at heavily discounted rates are: Morris Garages - MG 5 COMFORT, MG 6 COMFORT, MG 750 EXECUTIVE Ford - Ford Expedition King Ranch BMW - BMW 640, BMW 218i Active Tourer, BMW X-6 MINI - Mini Cooper Countryman Jaguar - Jaguar XE, Jaguar XJ Land Rover - Range Rover Evoque Coupe, Range Rover Sport HSE On the choice of Jumia’s ‘Black Friday’ platform, Mr. Abiona said “Jumia is one of the best online shopping platforms in our market and offers exciting customer experience to shoppers. These are qualities that resonate with our drive to always add value to our numerous customers.”

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Nollywood has grown in leaps and bound –Remi Oshodi ‘Surutu’ L2, 3

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That we act in indigenous movies does not mean we’re not learned –Remi Oshodi ‘Surutu’ She is known to play her role perfectly well in a movie and has featured in many movies. She started acting in the movie Sparks and Village Headmaster on NTA and in 1985. Remi Oshodi, popularly known as Remi Surutu, came into limelight in the movie in July but despite the loss, the thespian has been able to pull herself together and has begun storming locations. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, she spoke about what she has been up to, her recording studio, and coping with her loss amongst others.

Enjoy…

So we should be expecting an album from you?

With a recording studio, is there plan for a record label soonest?

What kind of album would it be?

What is stopping you from releasing the album?

What are your plans to break even?

You could still have done that The music industry in Nigeria is not properly with any other genre structured and there are several challenges; how do you intend facing the challenges?

A year ago you launched a recording studio, why not the usual trends by your colleagues?

I listened to a song of yours and I wonder why you have not launched out?

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‘My musical album is in the works’ of music?

It is because that has been the way I was raised

am at the airport and when I speak

girl. It was when I grew up that I became a tomboy and you should also know that this acting profession makes you become whoever you want to be. While we were growing up, we would wake up about 6 am to get ready for school but before anyone left the house, we would pray for a long duration of time.

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we had church programmes that we had to attend with our mother. Then on Sunday, we had to go to church, that was very compulsory. Then if you did not freshen up on time, you would have to go to church without eating breakfast. When I became an adult, I was so happy because I felt I could do whatever I wanted, I could sleep till as late as I wanted but I never for once forgot my background.

A lot of times when I am at the bank for a transaction, most of the bankers are quick to greet me in Yoruba but when I reply them in English with my accent, they begin to look at themselves in amazement. When I ask what the problem is, most of them open up to me that they did not expect me to speak so eloquently. I just tell them sorry but they they see in the movies. The fact that we act in indigenous movies does not mean we are not learned; 90% of express ourselves in English needs to stop.

Are you selective in your script?

With so much delivery expectations from you, work with you I can give you bills so that you can just Well for now, you know every other person have their boutique and all that they still go to act, so what is stopping me, nothing is stopping me. Everything is about proper timing.

you because I love to act that very role.

Every Nollywood actor still has his/her dream role, do you still have any dream role that you are No because I have died in a movie, I have gone mad Yes, I am aware. People say that a lot. There are times that

I

know what else.

In the last few years we have seen several

America or Bollywood. They have been doing their movies for ages, we grew up watching Indian movies, and we are still coming up. So at the end of the day, one day we will get there. As a matter of fact, the industry has grown drastically in terms of movie production and technique; we actors are now well groomed. We have competed with top movies in cinemas and came out real good.

If you were not an actress what other professions would you have opted for?

I am not someone that can be easily predicted.

There was a time I used to work at the funeral home, Ebony Casket, to be precise. I dined with the living and the dead. I worked at LASUTH inside the morgue with Aunty Taiwo Ogunsola.

To be honest, I have been on set for a while and I have lost count of the jobs I have been pre-occupied

works lined up for me; presently I am in Ibadan onset of a new TV series.

a long while before you came into this place but I promised that I would hold myself all through this interview. I knew you would ask this question, so I promised to hold my tears but it is quite an impossible task (sobs). I must confess to you, I really miss my daughter, I miss her every day, and I miss her so much because she was my partner and everything.

She had a younger sister and we were all close. I must confess to you, for the rest of my life, I would never forget about her (sobs). I put her clothes in between mine and her shoes as well. So for me not to run mad, whenever I am picking my clothes, I

am picking my shoes, I look at hers and say, “Ayo, look at your shoes here. (Sobs). Please come and pick your shoes.” Some people tell me to delete her messages, videos and pictures from my phone but I cannot, we would live together till we meet again. touches on a foundation in her memory.

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Weirdz joins The Bail Music Company The Bail Music Company, a creative talent and event management company, has signed a talent management deal with music act, Osazee Moses Wilserhun, otherwise known as Weirdz.

Company is a positive move primed to chart a new direction for his career whilst also helping meet his set targets.

Under the new deal, The Bail Music Company will oversee the entire business affairs on behalf of the artiste as well as initiate, plan and execute various innovations aimed at propelling the career of the musician to a new level.

Speaking on the new development, the Weirdz growing company has taken the necessary steps in the right direction.

“We are delighted to have signed a deal try. With this new move, we believe we are in the right direction towards achieving our dream as a brand at the forefront of providing needed support to help talents succeed in the highly demanding industry,” “When we started few years ago, the idea was use our wealth of experience to provide a platform where artistes are discovered and nurtured into becoming

global brands that will further drive the much needed growth in the industry as well as rub off on the Nigerian economy,” he added.

On his part, Weirdz who has just released his E.P The Bail Music Company. “I had offers from different brands but I opted for this because I trust in the capacity of the brand to help in my music.

“I feel it is important for an artiste to entrust his management to a brand that has keen understanding of the industry and have successfully show its impact while working with other established stars.”

How I made FIA for Davido - Fresh VDM, the Togolese-Nigerian producer

The Future Awards: Wizkid, Mary Njoku, Amaka Osakwe, Silas Adekunle get Young Person of the Year nominations

Wizkid & Mary Njoku

Osakwe and Iyin Aboyeji have been announced

award.

With the mandate to celebrate and accelerate innovation among Nigerians aged 18 – 31, the TFAA acknowledges inspiring young people making a difference through social enterprise, social good, and creativity. year, Wizkid released one of the biggest albums Drake and also signed a major publishing deal with international music giant Sony RCA records, while grabbing three awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and a Grammy nomination.

Mary Remmy Njoku - an actress and movie producer - is also the CEO of ROK Studios. $25,000 seed money, it has consistently grown form that has successfully launched two cable channels in Europe and Africa.

Amaka Osakwe, the creator of Africa-focused fashion label Maki Oh, has established a reputation as one of the leading designers on the superstars like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kerry Washchelle Obama.

With the launch of Andela, Iyin Aboyeji committed himself to the task of nation building successful tech incubator to start Flutter wave, the tech startup has become a global sensation and winning the Fintech Award at the 2017 Apps Africa digital innovation awards.

Silas Adekunle is the founder and CEO of Reach Robotics, a company developing the the University of West England, Bristol, Silas program in Bristol, leading a team of engineering students into schools to develop the interest of young students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through robotics.

Awards Africa is set to hold on Saturday, Decem-

700 Cultural Troupes to storm Lagos street carnival Street Party in December 2016, described as one of the most colourful

Kicking off the year with the production of Prayer – a DMW single featuring Davido and Mayorkun and scoring an underground hit

truly inspired this as I just wanted to make something he could be able to express himsel

tion of his latest production, FIA by Davido to round up a momentous 2017.

The Togolese-Nigerian producer spoke to Pulse Nigeria recently where he talked about his early life in Togo, creating FIA and more on his production journey thus far.

In the interview, he explained how he was inspired by the tragedy that befell the DMW family to produce FIA.

tough time for the DMW family but I guess God used me as a tool to ease the entire situation.

Emmanuel Adeshina also revealed his response to the rapid reception of the song which debuted on the ITunes US pop charts at no. 38 and has amassed over 4 million views.

“It sure feels good to the number one song in the country is produced by you.” He told Pulse Nigeria

Street Carnival organised by the State Government and supported by Heat, will be spectacular as it showcases the tertainment at a global level.

The Carnival, a one day event, will be held on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Oba Akran Road, Ikeja with an impressive line-up of engaging activities scheduled to run from 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight.

The carnival aims to meetup with the standards of notable and established international carnivals around the world with the participation of over seven hundred cultural troupes in colorful costumes, design and animation in a conthe stretch of Oba Akran Road, Ikeja.

There will be a concert which would feature prominent artistes such as OlAbeni, Osupa, Malaika, Terry G and carnival. nival is to create an avenue for people to have fun, unwind and network as it is done in other parts of the world.

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Temple Management taps Universal Music Exec, Hadja Kobele Keita as MD for Francophone Africa runnimbe, Group Chief Executive, in company of other members of group senior management of the fastTemple Francophone is expected to coordinate with the but will have a headquarters

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Gospel Singer, Ayefele to celebrate 20th anniversary Ayefele has revealed that all is now set towards the celebration of his 20th anniversary since he was involved in an auto accident that changed his life The musician, in a statement, said he will be remembering with a sense of gratitude to God

also operates an East Africa -

Hadja Kobele Keita

nimbe, the new move has

truly glo started this journey over a to actualise its pan-African year ago, our intentions were goals, foremost creative agency, Temple Manage- Our target is to be a bridge ment Company (TMC) has builder between international appointed international Artiste investors and African talents and Repertoire (A&R) executive, Hadja Kobele Keita, The launch of Temple Francoas Managing Director for its phone is one of the pieces in the jigsaw puzzle to actualize Under her new role, Ms that,” the TMC head-honcho Keita will oversee the aggressive expansion of the pan-AfUntil her new appointment, rican creative powerhouse in the Howard University trained French-speaking Africa work- showbiz personality was ing with individual talents as Head of Public Relations and well as organizations from the Special Projects, Universal region to actualize the goal of experience as a seasoned talAt a private ceremony ent scout, versatile promoter in Lagos at the corporate headquarters, Ms Keita was ence in the area of media and -

Emperor Chris Baywood to provide medicalcare for over 10,000 people under Baywood Foundation’s Outreach Prestigious business mogul, under Baywood Foundation, has revealed plans to provide adequate medicalcare to over 10,000 persons in his homeReports say the medical Enugu North (Nsukka) Egede in Udi Local Government, Awgu town in Awgu Local Government and round off at munity where the tycoon spent

reach is one of the many initiatives and incentives put togethunder his giant company Baywidely regarded as one of the most productive companies in Nigeria and Africa at large – with several sister companies like Baywood Exploration, ZB Artic Logistics Ltd (TAL) and a Since the introduction of the

As part of the activities lined up, on Tuesday, December 12, Ayefele and his friends will be in multi-million naira hall he will be donating to his alma

Ayefele Foundation, will be putting smile on the

The climax of the anniversary comes on Sunday December 17 with a thanksgiving service, launching of the 20th year remembrance

Same week, Ayefele and his team will be and hospitals, particularly, the University College he will present buses, cash gift and food items to the less privileged in the homes and patients in the

Ayefele, on December 12, 1997 was involved in a ghastly motor became a watershed that transformed his life from a mere studio

MultiChoice treats fans to exclusive pre-screening of Justice League!

A select number of movie fans, celebrities and journalists gathered at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas in Lekki, Lagos, as they were treated to an M-Net Movies Night Out with the exclusive prescreening of the highly anticipated superhero The exclusive screening comes before the blockbuster movie which already is in cinemas worldwide from

Emperor Chris Baywood doctors who will pilot the affairs of the outreach have been arranged and they would assess and render the medical care for thousands of people who -

concluded plans to celebrate the two decades of the accident with a week-long series of activity traversing two states of Oyo and Ekiti starting from

Head of Retention, MultiChoice Nigeria and Chike-Ezekpeazu Osebuka during the DStv

Emperor Baywood outreach, thousands of people sitization, disease prevention, provision of health facility Emperor Baywood has described the outreach as tenuate the devastating effect that comes with lack of basic healthcare services in several communities and providing them with consequential equipment needed to help treat and promote a healthy standard of living among the community

Speaking at the event, the General Manager, Marketing for Martin Mabutho, said: “MultiChoice remains the leading provider of entertainment in Nigeria and our M-Net channels remain the only option for lovers of blockbuster movie titles and exclusive drama

in Nigeria, we are prescreening one of the

titles, days before it hits

Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of

the events of the 2016

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired

newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater

work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this

and the Flash - it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic Speaking further on the pre-screening, the Regional Director, M-Net

doubt, movie lovers across the continent recognize that the M-Net channels are synonymous with the

best local and international

fans of big budget comic book adaptations can enjoy a blockbuster movie in Nigeria days before the movie hits cinemas pre-screening not only puts Nigeria once again on the global map of blockbuster movie appreciation, but also reinforces MultiChoice position as the undisputed leader of all things

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Things I taught Tope Alabi in gospel music –Abiola Alabi Abiola Alabi also professionally known as Abiola Goodnews is a renowned Gospel Musician, composer and Entrepreneur. She achieved international recognition for her recent album “Possibility” which was classed as a master piece and was well received throughout Nigeria with singles such as Mimo, Orin Ope, Tete Dide and E go better.

She, however revealed the secret of her successes in the music arena and what she taught the wave making gospel artiste, Tope Alabi, that today makes her great.

“Tope Alabi once backed me up during the production of one of my albums. This was made possible through her husband who once produced my album. In fact, I tutored her in the principle of back up in the gospel music which is currently working for her till date”. mixture of up tempo, highlife music, dance fusion and electronic dance music”.

What type of Gospel music are you playing?

My musical style is called highlife which originated in Ghana early in the 20th century. It is characterised by multiple drum kits, guitars, Jazzy horns, talking drums and up tempo, synth- driven sound melodies. joined the choir at my local church, St. Timothy Anglican church, Sango And your background?

Ota. There I developed a genuine Abiola was born into the family of passion for music and music perforOladipupo in Abeokuta, Ogun State; mance. In my early years, I listened she grew up in Christian house- to various prominent musicians whilst hold with six siblings. She studies in pursuit of my educational and proBusiness Administration and holds fessional excellence, I earned varivarious certifications educational ous accolades both in Primary and secondary schools as great singer of secretaries and administrations, and show stopper.

London, United Kingdom and British school of commerce. She worked in What next? the banking and financial sector for I was a music director for several several years, and happily married. years and also led various musical organisations. I rose to prominence What about your interest in mu- in 1998 with the release of my first sic. How did you start? album titled, “Mo so pe”. My stage - act is characterised by skilful dancing ed at a tender age of eight when I and melodious compositions.

Niger partners Nollywood for development of tourism, job creation

By Saka Bolaji, Minna Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has said his administration is committed to develop the entertainment industry in the state by partnering with the leadership of the Nollywood actors in Nigeria because of the capacity of the industry and the tourism sector to further create jobs youths presently roaming the streets and for wealth creation.

He stated this at the 2017 Miss Niger sSate beauty contest and awards night organised by the Millennium Africa Entertainment company which was held at the U.K. Bello Arts and Theatre auditorium in Minna, the state capital.

Governor Sani Bello, who was represented at the occasion by his Principal Private Secretary, Alhaji Adamu Aliyu, stated further that the state government has already signed a memorandum of understanding in the area of arts and culture with reputable investors from abroad, adding that the group had since arrived in Nigeria and has commenced talks with his government on the need to develop both the Gurara Waterfalls, the Swashi Dam project and the other aspects of tourism developments in the state.

“Niger State government has recognised the importance of entertainment industry and other industries

Gov, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello that will help the state and the country to grow economically. We want to describe the awards night of the organizers of this events as historical, historical in the sense that Millennium Africa Entertainment Company has been in partneractivities.

“They have carved niche for themselves in the development of Nigeria and Africa in general. The organization is credible and they have been in partnership with successive governments in Niger state tivities and they have found a space in the issue of development in Nigeria.

“So it is gratifying that some government have been found

worthy of this kind of initiatives and we give glory to almighty God .and we thank the initiators of this very event. And we assure them that the state government is in partnership with them to continue to do well in the development of the youths which is a cardinal objective and policy of this administration”, he declared.

He thereby advised the youths in the state to ensure that they get the right mentorship, as well as avoid drug addiction and work hard to earn legitimate money, pointing out that the days when the youths were earning peanuts is over in Nigeria, just as he charged every law abiding citizens of the state especially youth and women groups to gear up to the reality of their situations.

DJ Jimmy Jatt, Wande Coal, others to attend International Drinks Festival this weekend at the International Drinks 1 to Sunday, December 3, attendees will explore the world of drinks from over 200 brands and participate in lots of interesting activities while doing so.

Hotel, Victoria Island, the three-day event will boast of quality fun for attendees as well as football lovers will be treated to a live-airing of one of the biggest match on Saturday, Deember 2, 2017 as the Gunners clash with the Red Devils as the return of Zlatan and Pogba would add creativity and producWande Coal tive attack to the Manchester side but would face a bigger test from the Gunners as Alexis Sanchez and Ozil would DJ Jimmy Jatt, DJ Lambo, and Show Dem Camp team up with Lacazete to give an inter- amongst others. esting match As one of the best part of the event, world ChamHowever, party rockers are not left out as the event will feature top perforest that includes Wande Coal, DJ Sose, take cocktail mixing to a whole new level.

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Health and Beauty home remedies 1ne Reduce the size and redness of a pimple by using Listerine mouthwash. Dip a cotton bud into some Listerine and then dab it onto the pimple.

Alternatively, try replacing Listerine with lemon juice, dab it onto the pimple and leave overnight.

2wo Get rid of a headache or a migraine by placing your feet in a bowl of warm water, with a bag of frozen peas (or frozen vegetables) on the back of your neck.

Three Are you feeling anxious or stressed? Instantly relax with a simple acupressure technique. Use your three

home, another great way to release stress is to lie

4our According to some studies, regularly adding lemon juice to your water will help control high blood pressure and boost your metabolism.

5ive To relieve tired, aching feet and reduce swelling three-quarters full, and put the bottle in the freezer.

When cold or frozen, lightly step on the bottle to soothe the feet.

6ix Trouble sleeping? Take two teaspoons of raw honey before bedtime. This bedtime routine can also that tired feeling.

7even To relieve constipation, add a mixture of natural honey and lemon juice (two teaspoons of each) to hot water and drink on an empty stomach each morning.

8ight An instant dandruff treatment: massage the juice of a lemon into your scalp. Wait for ten minutes before washing the hair as usual. Then make your hair shine by applying one teaspoon of vinegar, leave for a few minutes, then shampoo your hair as usual. Make split ends by applying raw honey onto the ends of the hair. Leave for 20 to 30 minutes and rinse thoroughly before shampooing the hair as usual.

Let me know which of these natural remedies works for you.

Get in touch with Eyola on Twitter: @WorldEyola

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Relationship matter in focus

Many people do not know when they are being used in a relationship or when they are no longer appreciated and this ends to leave them to vulnerable. Ladies and gentlemen, it comes a time whereby things might not seem to be working out for you in a relationship and the only option you have is to jump ship; well, here is how to know if the person you are dating is the right person or not. Do you have any exes who were so awful

you should watch out next time for these 10 signs just watch out for them and ignore them if you see you see it.

1. You feel like you have to wear a mask elaborate attempt to impress your partner, you might be dating the wrong person. Your partner should love you as you are. Does it feel like they are trying to mold you into an entirely different

2. They think the world revolves around them

individual needs, you might be dating the wrong house for Thanksgiving last year, he gets upset when you suggest visiting your parents this year. night out with the guys in over a month because

(and not only theirs).

you might be dating the wrong person. Even the but this should be the exception, not the norm. You should feel happy and alive with your partner, not sad and stuck.

you might be dating the wrong person.

t something that would be nice to have, but rather a necessity for your mental health.

you might be dating the wrong person. Should you bring up things like politics, religion, favorite say, you might be dating the wrong person. No

friends or family despite spending a decent amount of time together, you might be dating the wrong

weeks and months and years go on, it becomes more and more important to have those tough

do anything right. No matter how much you do, you feel like you always have to prove yourself.

No matter how much you love them, you feel

partner to your friends or family, and none of them partner is anything but a devout follower, you need circles, do everyone a favor and pull the plug.

to speak, you might be dating the wrong person.

They always go off on tangents about their day at work, but never seem interested in yours. They

a whole lot of speaking (but never listens), you to share your life with.

5. Hanging out with them drains you

7. Your relationship is their one and only interest of your relationship, you might be dating the wrong passionate about anything? Tread carefully if your partner has zero life goals, because relationships with a person lacking ambition are anything but

you want to curl up in a ball and weep, you thought of being alone might not appeal to you, but staying in a relationship that is destined for

someone you can be happy with.

There they are