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How 13 banks rake N96.7bn from accounts maintenance in 2017 Motolani Oseni, Lagos No fewer than 13 commercial banks operating in the country have realised a whopping N96.7 billion from maintaining customers’ accounts in 2017, against N84 billion raked in the previous year from charges on customers with, current and term deposit.

This translates into a 14.8 per cent

increase the 13 banks recorded in maintaining customers’ accounts in 2017.

The banks by category include the following Tier-1 banks, FBN Holdings, Access Bank, Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) and Ecobank Transnational International.

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N1.6bn fraud: Court jails ex-Taraba Gov for 14-year without option of fine Judge berates Nyame for reckless, shameful spending of N350m Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Eleven years after he committed the offences, an Abuja High Court in Gudu on Wednesday, demonstrated that no matter the delay, law will caught up with offenders as Justice Adebukola Banjoko sentenced former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine.

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3 Wellness University of Illinois study found that a 20-minute session of yoga enhanced the capacity of their understudies to process data simply thirty minutes after the session in this way driving them to recollect more too. Regarding stress, The University of Harvard really found that Yoga physically changes the cerebrum and diminishes the size amygdalae, the locale that procedures dread and uneasiness. This implied respondents will probably have the capacity to adapt to their feelings, handling them in a far more advantageous way.

Make exercise, be smart Game sports We as a whole know exercise is useful for the body, gets you thin, keeps the blood pumping, develops muscle and so forth. Moreover, it can likewise make you a super, brilliant malice genius.It can help make you somewhat more quick witted and you don’t really need to utilize your additional intellectual prowess for malevolence. Anyway, any individual who knows a touch of fundamental science will enlighten

you concerning a ‘runners high’ where, after a specific time of action, the cerebrum discharges endorphins that make you fell all darn awesome yet it has additionally been demonstrated that specific activities can help the old personality muscle flex its stuff and in addition your mind can profit by a touch of activity.

Truth be told, it has been found that the brains of individuals who routinely practice really look changed to those of sofa potatoes

so here we take a gander at how some activity assist the head. Sport, can settle on you a superior chief as it jump-starts the system through to the foremost frontal locales and hence things like your guide perusing abilities may enhance as a result of it. Amusement games, for example, cricket or baseball, can likewise help you with your spatial mindfulness as it makes your mind consider how your body travels through the given playing space and additionally the

approach of items from different distinctive points. Exercises like surfing can likewise help with this.

Next Yoga Frequently stumbled with a kind of vaporous, dazed way to deal with life, Yoga is really an exceptionally helpful apparatus for learning and stress alleviation.

By fortifying the frontal flap, Yoga encourages with your capacity to coordinate musings and feelings handle them definitively. A

Interval training Thinks about have demonstrated that yearning control can be enhanced by interim preparing. By empowering the hypothalamus, yearnings are reduced and those with addictions, for example, smokers, are more casual . A similar case applies to direct exercise in the warmth for sustenance longings as in warmth, practice makes less of the ‘yearning hormone’ ghrelin.

Likewise, by supplanting the endorphin surge of compensating a desire with the endorphin surge of activity, the cerebrum starts to wind up reinvented for exercise over different indecencies Circuit training As a result of the shifted way of high-intensity exercise, it starts up a few territories of the cerebrum including the prefrontal cortex, the parietal projection and the cerebellum.

These all capacity together to help cerebrum action additionally help with tender loving care as the mind gets to be distinctly mindful of how to switch amongst errands and utilize spatial attention to manage approaching snags and assignments.

Aerobics Always stalled out on the tip of your tongue yet can’t exactly appear to compel them out? Attempt a touch of heart stimulating exercise as it has been found to enhance the work of memory in the hippocampus part of your mind. This may not appear like a genuinely vital capacity but rather it can help with seeming to be insightful and accomplished as you will turn out to be more averse to blend your words up.

Aerobics

Weight lifting Two one-hour sessions every week of weight lifting can fortify movement in the prefrontal cortex. This can enhance official capacity and acquainted memory where the mind interfaces two things together, for instance, putting a name to a face. It can likewise enhance your ability to focus making you more inclined to center and recollect data in any case and has been connected with fighting off Alzheimer’s.

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How 13 banks rake N96.7bn from accounts maintenance in 2017 Continued from page 1 Among the Tier-2 banks are Diamond Bank Plc, Union Bank for Nigeria, Sterling Bank Plc, FCMB group Plc, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc. But while some banks were reporting significant increase in account fees, others were reporting decline in accounting maintenance charges in the year under review, following revision in charges and eligible transactions.

Of the Tiwer-1 commercial banks, The Daily Times can report that Access Bank, by percentage leads others while FBN Holdings reported decline in customers account maintenance fee in 2017.

Specifically, Access Bank reported N6.45 billion account maintenance charge and handling commission in 2017, an increase of about 147 per cent from N2.6 billion in 2016 while FBN Holdings reported 57 per cent drop in account maintenance fees to N6.69 billion from N15.63 billion reported in 2016.

FBN Holdings in a statement said, “The improvement in Fee & Commission was partly offset by a 57.2per cent y-o-y decline in account maintenance fees following revision in charges and eligible transactions.”

For the 2017 financial year, Zenith Bank reported an increase of 59.5 per cent in account maintenance fee moving up to N27.7 billion from N17.37 billion reported in 2016.

GTBank’s account maintenance charges closed

2017 at N9.4 billion, an increase of 11.4 per cent from N8.4 billion in 2016 while UBA reported 29 per cent increase in account maintenance fees to N5.4 billion from N4.2 billion in prior year.

In addition, ETI’s card & account management fees hit N24.47 billion in 2017 representing 35.2 per cent increase over N18.1 billion in 2016.

From the Tier-2 category of banks, only Stanbic IBTC Holdings and Sterling bank reported drop while other increase growth in account maintenance fees.

Stanbic IBTC reported 49.3 per cent drop in Account transaction fees to N3.6 billion from N7.1 billion while Sterling Bank reported N1.441 billion from N1.45 billion reported in 2016, a decline of about 0.62 per cent.

But Fidelity Bank reported 49.8 per cent increase in account maintenance fees to N2.6 billion from N1.7 billion reported in 2016.

Consequently, FCMB’s Account Maintenance fee grew by 28.7 per cent to N3.5 billion from N2.7 billion while that of Union Bank increased to N1.43 billion from N1.21 billion.

Finally, Diamond Bank’s reported N3.98 billion from maintaining customers account in 2017, an increase of about 9.3 per cent from N3.6 billion reported in 2016.

Financial market analysts said management of some of the banks lacked ideas on how to find alternative sources to generate revenue.

They also stated that

commercial bank are engaging in exorbitant charges on customers as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) failed to sanctioned banks.

The CBN had indirectly reintroduced Commission on Turnover (CoT) fee as Current Account Maintenance (CAM) fee.

The apex bank in its last’s year circular to all banks, other financial institutions and Mobile payments operators, stated that CAM fee is negotiable subject to a maximum of N1 per mille.

The circular signed by Director, Financial policy & regulation department, Mr. Kevin Amugo, stated that, “Current Account Maintenance Fee – applicable to current accounts ONLY in respect of customer-induced debit transactions to third parties and debit transfers/ lodgments to the customer’s account in another bank.

Note that CAMF is not applicable to Savings Accounts.”

He had said the new guide line will enhance transparency and reduce ambiguity in loan transactions.

He stated that the new guild line was expanded to incorporate the concerns of both operators and users of financial services in the country.

The circular signed by him stated that, “the guide to bank charges issued in 2013 sought to reflect developments in the financial market, provide clarity on banking terms, and reduce ambiguity in loan transactions.

Buhari cancels FEC meeting, wants Eagles to excel in Russia Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, cancelled the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) to receive the Russia 2018 World Cup-bound Super Eagles of Nigeria.

The event, which held at the Council Chambers, afforded Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo the opportunity to bid the players farewell as they departed for their sixth appearance at the World Cup. The reception was earlier slated for Tuesday evening.

Buhari and Osinbajo met the squad of 25 and senior officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The players will be joined in

England by Chelsea midfielder Victor Moses, who was given an extended break after a hectic season with the Premier League side.

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, presented the team to Buhari, a few hours before the Eagles travel to London aboard a chartered aircraft for another friendly against England at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday left for London, where they will take on England in a friendly this weekend as part of their final preparations for the World Cup in Russia.

Injured Moses Simon, from Belgian side Gent, was on the flight and will have a third scan to determine the extent of

a hamstring injury he suffered recently in training.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has dropped four players from his provisional 30man squad: goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye, defenders Stephen Eze and Uche Agbo, and forward Junior Lokosa.

Rohr will whittle down the squad to 23 after the match at Wembley on Saturday.

The Super Eagles is due to attend a final training camp in Austria and a final friendly against the Czech Republic on June 6, before heading to Russia on June 11.

The three-time African champions have been drawn in Group D with Argentina, Croatia and Iceland. Their first game is on June 16 against Croatia in Kaliningrad.

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Convicted former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame in the dock before being sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by the Abuja High Court... on Wednesday

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11 years after, court sends Nyame to prison Continued from page 1 after convicting him on 27 count charges out of the 41 count charges filed against him on May 13, 2007 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). t is instructive to state that Nyame on Wednesday became the second governor to be jailed for corruption since the advent of the fourth Republic in 1999. Former Adamawa State Governor James Ngilari was the first former state governor to be convicted. But the Court of Appeal later set aside his conviction while the EFCC had appealed against the verdict at the Supreme Court.

After a thorough review of evidences and submissions of both the prosecuting EFCC and

defence lawyers on Wedneday, Justice Banjoko held that the prosecution had proved the offences of criminal breach of trust, misappropriation, gratifications and obtaining property without appropriation against Nyame beyond doubt. She, accordingly, convicted the exgovernor.

In passing the sentences, Justice Banjoko held that Nyame breached the trust reposed on him by the people of Taraba State who had on three separate occasions elected him as the governor of Taraba State.

Accordingly, she imposed a maximum 14 years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, two years jail term for misappropriation,

seven years jail term for gratifications and five years for obtaining property without appropriation, totaling 28 years.

She ordered that all the money seized from Nyame and others who refunded various sums should be forfeited to the Taraba State government.

The judge said she had imposed the maximum sentence to serve as deterrent to other public officers and officials in order to check the increasing tendency of corrupt practices.

The judge said the sentences are to run concurrently, which implied that Nyame will serve only 14 years in imprisonment.

She said that Nyame, who the citizens of Taraba State placed

implicit trust on, shamelessly and recklessly wasted the huge sum of N350m state fund.

The judge said that Nyame could not explain or justify the loss of the huge sum.

The judge said, “Even when he knew that his officials were returning part of the money to EFCC, he was still committing the offence”.

Evidences before the the court shows that there was massive corruption in the Taraba State Ministry of Finance but ex- governor did nothing to stop it, rather he encouraged it.

Though, the judge admitted that the offences were proved based on circumstantial evidence and that there was no direct evidence linking

Nyame to the crime, he Nyame admitted approving the memo on which the fraud was committed.

Nyame, the judge also stated, gave verbal directives on the payments which did not pass due process, adding that even a storekeepers whose duty was to receive the bulk purchases of stationary queried the deal, nothing was done.

She also said that it was in evidence that no material whatsoever was supplied to the store. It was also not in doubt that Nyame had prevailed on the officers to subdue the fraud because of the relationship he had with the company that collected N250m in two payments within one week without

passing through the normal financial processes.

While pleading for less sentence under allocutus (plea for leniency), Nyame’s lawyer, Mr Olalekan Ojo, had urged the court to consider his client as a first offender without any previous crime record and that Nyame had served the Taraba State as governor for eight years. He added that the convict is a family man with several dependants.

But the prosecuting lawyer, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, urged the court to convict Nyame as a deterrent to others because for any act, there must be consequences.

He said the convict has harmed Taraba State finance, saying that the effect is unquantifiable.

Melaye sends defection signals, changes seat position from APC to PDP Tunde Opalana, Abuja.

Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) at the Senate plenary on Wednesday sent a tactical signal purporting his probable defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The embattled senator, who resumed sitting on Wednesday after his travail, specifically asked for a relocation of his seating from the aisle of the APC to that of the PDP on the grounds that he needed a more comfortable sitting position pending the improvement of his health condition.

Senator Melaye, who wore a neck collar Plaster of Paris (POP), accused the police of trying to kill him twice through a chemical substance and injection hence he was asking the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to permit him to relocate from his assigned seat and henceforth sit on the aisle of the opposition PDP precisely close to former Senate President, Senator David Mark Coming under Senate order 14, Melaye had earlier thanked the PDP and others for standing by him during his travail. But he was silent on his party, the APC just as he remains a member of the ruling party until he notifies the Senate President in writing about his intention to dump his party for the PDP. He also appreciated Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara , legislators in both chambers of the National Assembly, the people of Kogi West for reposing their confidence in him and other well wishing Nigerians.

Senator Melaye was then accompanied by the PDP senators who supported him with his walking stick to relocate to the aisle of the opposition.

But the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, coming under Order 56 was quick to reject

that a seat be given to Melaye on the aisle of the opposition. He insisted that a seat be given to him on the aisle occupied by ruling APC members.

Giving political meaning to Melaye’s request, Lawan said, “ The seats in this side are better arranged and more comfortable.

I sat there for eight years. If he us looking for a comfortable seat, we will find him one. I can even offer him my own or he take that of the deputy senate president.

“We don’t have choice when we come to this chamber. Those who elect us chose seat for us. I therefore move that he should be brought back here”.

Lawan’s position was supported

by Senator Jibril Barau (APC, Kano North) who raised constitutional order citing section 60 of the

constitution to fault the relocation which he said was against the provision of the constitution.

The Senate whip, Olusola Adeyeye (APC, Osun Central) citing section 65 (2) (b) of the constitution said the qualification of any member of the National Assembly is for him/ her to belong to a political party and be sponsored by the party, a provision known to every lawmaker including Melaye.

“We are setting a bad precedent.

We are beginning to institutionalise chaos”, he said while he moved that Melaye should come back to take any seat on the APC aisle.

Senate Chief Whip, Senator Olusola Adeyeye rejected the request to transfer Senator Dino to the opposition’s aisle noting that it would be setting a bad precedence.

In his contribution, Deputy

Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, insisted that the constitution of the country provides for adequate welfare of Melaye which include comfortable seating position.

He added that Section 41 of the constitution accorded the senator opportunity to move freely within the senate chamber.

The minority whip, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said it does not matter if a senator did seat on either the right or the left side of the chamber.

He told the senate leader, “ You are the one complaining, we are not complaining. We welcome anybody from that side that want to sit here. I welcome Senator Dino”.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, insisted that as long as he is concerned, Senator Melaye remains a member of the ruling

party and that he could only be temporarily allowed to seat among the opposition for now while efforts are made to make his assigned seat comfortable.

Saraki insisted that Senator Melaye was yet to defect but that he was only permitting a temporary change of seat to ensure that the lawmaker is comfortable before he recovers from his trauma. “Issue of changing of party allegiance did not arise here”, he added.

There are three political parties in the Eight Senate, the ruling APC, the opposition PDP and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). While the APC occupies the aisle on the right-hand of the Senate President, opposition PDP and APGA occupies the aisle on the left-hand of the Senate President in line with parliamentary protocols.

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Senate urges Reps to ensure passage of Sexual Harassment Prohibition Bill Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday sought the support of the House of Representatives in ensuring the passing of a bill prohibiting sexual harassment in Nigeria’s higher learning institutions.

The upper chamber urged the green chamber to move quickly to concur with the Senate bill on sexual harassment in tertiary educational institutions (prohibition) bill to provide succor and a window of solace for victims of these atrocities.

It also mandated its committees on Tertiary Institutions and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to carry out a full scale investigation of the case of Monica Osagie and a lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife accused of sexually harassing

Osagie in order to ensure that there is transparency and accountability and that satisfactory justice is done to the victim involved.

The committees were as well mandated to invite the OAU authorities to explain the steps taken so far and the outcome of their internal investigation on the matter, institutional review carried out, proposals aimed at nipping the problem in the bud while urging the institution to protect Osagie

from victimisation and stigmatisation.

These resolutions followed a motion moved at plenary by Senator Biodun Olujinmi (Ekiti South) on the growing trend of sexual harassment against Monica Osagie, a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) by one of the university lecturer.

She observed the growing menace and culture of sexual harassment in institutions of higher learning; and the

psychological, physiological and emotional damage, perverts on victims.

Olujinmi noted that it was for this reason that in October 2016, the Senate passed the Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Educational Institutions (Prohibition) Bill, and prescribed severe punishment for lecturers and academic staff of universities, who either sexually harass or assault their male or female students.

The senate acknowledged

that case of Monica Osagie, a brave student of OAU who in an audio recording was able to expose her lecturer demanding for sex in order to increase her grades.

Though acknowledged that the university authorities gave since weighed in on the matter to ensure justice is done, she demanded that the case must not be swept under the carpet of expediency, forgetfulness or deliberate abandonment.

Seconding the motion,

Senator Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) said the legislature cannot continue to pretend that sexual harassment in our higher institutions does not exist.

He said the senate should see to the fact the case is not swept under the carpet to serve as deterrent to erring lecturers while he asked the university authorities to protect the victim against victimisation and further stigmatisation.

I don’t hate Buhari, but those advising him wrongly –Cleric Tom Garba, Yola President and Founder of Evangelical Bible Outreach Miniseries Interventional (EBOMI), Prophet Isa El-buba, has said that he does not hate President Muhammadu Buhari, as being speculated but those that are giving him unwise counsel.

El-buba, was responding to questions over his video that went viral on the internet calling the attention of Buhari to take drastic measures in curtailing the killings of innocent Nigerians.

The cleric who spoke in Government House Yola during a courtesy visit to Adamawa State Governor, Muhammad Bindow, said that ‘’I must confess Buhari is a good Man,i can’t hate him I’m only against those giving him wrong advise and against some of his policies that I consider anti human.’’

According to him Nigeria needs a leader that’s fair to all parties irrespective of religion and ethnicity, a leader that is a Father to all and discharge his fatherly role equally to his sons and daughters (every Nigerian) without any form of favouritism.

While praying for Nigeria and Adamawa state he prophesied greatness and economy growth to the country, reigning down shame and disgrace to anybody that pose as an enemy of the nation.

Responding, Bindow described Buhari as a true leader and a father who meant well for Nigeria. He then called on the prophet to always pray for the President to succeed well in leading the country in the paths of success.

Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and some honourable members in a group photograph with members of NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN movement during a ‘ thank you ‘ visit to the speaker at the National Assembly on Wednesday 30th May, 2018. Photo : Speaker’s Media Office. Pix 3, Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara ( 2nd left), Convener of NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN movement, Mr. Samson Itodo, Hon. Agbonayinman Johnson (right ) and Miss. Cynthia Mbamadu ( 2nd right ) during a ‘ thank you ‘ visit to the Speaker by the NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN movement at the National Assembly. . . on Wednesday.

Photo : Speaker’s Media Office.

Not Too Young To Run Bill, first phase to youths inclusion in politics –Saraki

Tunde Opalana, Abuja

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the passage and assent to the #NotTooYoungToRun# Bill, will be the first phase in the journey for more youth inclusion in politics.

Saraki, said this at a meeting with the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), led by Samson Itodo, its founder.

The Senate President who spoke through his Special

Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola, Saraki encouraged youths to advocate for free and fair elections, stating that the next step in the advocacy process is to ensure that more young people have their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs).

“Let me congratulate you on the campaign that helped in the passage of the Bill in the National and State Houses of Assembly. What you have done has become a reference point across the continent.

“You need to use same energy that you applied to the ‘Not Too Young to Run’, to push for free and fair elections.

When you have the voice, you have the numbers.

“So the first thing for the advocacy that will support ‘Not Too Young to Run’ must be free and fair elections.

“The only way you’re going to make a difference is for you to have your voter’s card. “‘Not Too Young to Run’ has just finished phase one. Phase two is ensuring that you have

a lot of young people that have PVCs and letting everyone know that you have PVCs so that all the political parties will pay attention that you have the numbers.

“My advice for all young people is that, this is not a short race, it is a marathon,” Saraki said.

For his part, leader of the YIAGA delegation , Samson Itodo commended Saraki, the Senate and the National Assembly for the passage of the Bill.

He said “this is the first time that we had a National Assembly whose leadership played a visible role in the passage of the Bill. The fact that you played a part in providing the leadership for the passage of the Bill is significant.

“We want to convey our appreciation to you and the other 108 members of the Senate that we are pleased with this development. You and your counterparts in the House of Representatives have written your names in gold.”

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Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Secretary, Human Rights Commission, Tony Okechukwu Ojukwu and Director, Human Rights Education and Promotion, Nasiru Ladan, during the signing of MoU between CISLAC and Human Rights Commission in Abuja, yesterday.

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Niger Govt earmarks N50bn for water works

Niger State Government has said that it would spend over N50 billion on the reticulation of Minna, Suleja, Bida and Kontagora water works.

The state Governor, Abubakar Bello, told journalists on Wednesday in Minna, that the government would go into Public Private

Partnership (PPP) to ensure adequate water supply in major towns in the state.

The government had in 2016, declared a state of emergency on the water sector starting with Chanchaga water works.

Bello said that the government had spent N2 billion on the purchase of 60 water pumps and other

equipment from Germany for Chanchaga water works.

He added that government would go into partnership with investors to instal pumps, water meter and other relevant accessories across the major towns to enhance water supply.

“When we took over the government, we

met a dilapidated water infrastructure — water pipes were broken down beyond repairs, the engines were not functioning; virtually everything was in bad shape.

“We started with Chanchaga water works; we constructed access roads, purchased new equipment and repaired broken water pipes and

engines.

“We couldn’t fold our hands to watch our people continue to suffer for water; that was why we declared a state of emergency on water sector and I can say that we have recorded quite a success in water supply.

“Even though major cities in the state still do not have adequate water supply, we

have taken a holistic approach and doing everything possible to ensure adequate water supply.

“We are going into partnership with investors through PPP to instal water pumps and water meters in the major cities. This is the only way can ensure regular water supply.”

...invests N4.3bn on renovation of 9 schools Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Wednesday said that his administration had invested more than N4.3 billion on renovation of nine schools under the Whole School Development Approach Programme in the state.

Bello, who was speaking to journalists in Minna, said that the funds were expended on renovation of classrooms, toilets, provision of water and furniture for staff and students.

He added that the state government also provided pieces of furniture and

electronics for staff in some selected schools.

“When we came on board as government in 2015, we met a system that was almost at the verge of collapse; we had schools that were built but have never seen paint in 40 years.

“Schools that had no toilets, roofs and some of the students sleep on bare floor with no dining halls for those in boarding schools; and that is the same school our children go to.

“Some girls’ schools had no fence and girls were being raped and nothing was done; yet, we have had governments all these years.

“Why is it that nobody thought that there was need to protect people’s children and provide them decent living conditions in schools?

“How do you expect us to produce good leaders out of that environment? Certainly nothing good can come out of that because we have children growing up with hatred against the system.

“We have children growing up thinking what has government done for us when they don’t feed well in schools,” he said.

The governor added that his administration additionally provided schools with laboratories,

dormitories and conducive teaching and learning environment.

He disclosed that plans were underway to provide school principals and senior staff with vehicle loans to restore dignity in the educational sector.

Bello said the whole school development approach programme was part of state government’s efforts to investing in the lives of children as future leaders.

“We all have a responsibility to play because we all went to public schools.

“I have never seen

where somebody will sleep comfortably on a floor or bare spring; in a whole dormitory, you can only see one double bunk.

“It got to the extent that our students were eating rat-infested rice; I went to a school in Izom and saw a lady cooking black Garri for children to eat.

“When I queried her, she said that was what was given to her to cook.

“She said whenever she boiled rice the children refused to eat because it was rat infested, fearing that they get Lassa fever.

“For students in boarding school to refuse to

eat rice, you should know that something is wrong.

“I also went to a school during my local government tour and I saw girls’ school without toilets; and that they usually go to the bush to ease themselves.

“And we had two cases of snake bites and as a result, they started easing themselves in front of their hostels.

“This was the bad situation our children were living in; and as government, we couldn’t fold our hands, we had to act immediately by renovating the schools,’’ he said.

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N9.7bn alleged fraud: Court adjourns Suswam, others till July 4

Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday adjourned till July 4 for the continuation of trial of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and two others on 32-count money laundering charges.

The judge adjourned the trial after the evidence of the second prosecution witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh.

After the evidence of the second witness, who is presently a principal accountant at the Benues state government house, the prosecution counsel, Aminu Akilu informed the court that the prosecution intends to call six more witnesses, in addition to the two it earlier called

to prove the allegation of money laundering against the former governor, his Finance Commissioner, Omadachi Oklobia and the then Accountant, Benue State Government House Administration, Mrs. Janet Aluga.

The former governor and his co-defendants are accused of diverting the sum of N9.7 billion, part of which was meant for police reform programme, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).

They were alleged to have conspired and transferred the sum of N9,791,602,453.8 from the Benue State SURE-P account with Zenith and the GT Banks into illegal accounts with the aim of concealing the money.

The SURE-P programme

was set up by former President Goodluck Jonathan administration following the part removal of fuel subsidy in 2012.

The money was allegedly diverted by the defendants between 2012 and 2015 while Suswam held sway as the governor of the state.

Suswam and his codefendants however pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them The prosecution had, at the last trial tendered documentary evidence. showing how the sum of N450 million was withdrawn from the state treasury in the guise that it was for the augumetation of ten months running cost for the government house.

The documents which were tendered through the second prosecution

witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh, are certified true copies of memo to the the executive governor (Suswam), payment receipts, payment vouchers of the N450 million and a letter to the Commissioner of finance, under Suswam’s administration, Omadachi Oklobia in respect of the money.

The two statements of the witness to the police were also tendered as exhibits before the court, despite the objection by the prosecution counsel.

One of the counts reads, “That you, Rt. Hon. Gabriel T. Suswam (m), former Governor of Benue State of No 1. Rio Negro Street ,Maitama , Abuja, Omadachi Oklobia (m), former Commissioner for Finance of Flat 1, Block A13, Marathon

Avenue, Games Village, Abuja and Janet Aluga (f), former Accountant , Benue State Government House Administration of David Mark Extension, Agber Village Makurdi, Benue State, between August 8, 2012 and March 16, 2015 at Makurdi, Benue State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did collaborate to conceal the genuine nature and origin of a total sum of about N7,110,537,823.78 wic you moved from, from the Benue State SURE-P account numbers 1013470079 anaccount number 0116099195, domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc and Guaranty Trust Bank respectively into various illegal accounts being money you derived from corruption”.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), with Chief Imam of Epe, Imam Saadallah Abdul Rahaman (3rd left); representative of Chief Imam of Lagos, Imam Tijani Gbajabiamila (2nd left) and Imam Saufaudeen Olowo Oribi (left) during a Special Ramadan Tafsir to mark Democracy Day in Epe. . . on Tuesday.

N5.1b fraud: Court fixes June 19 for parties to adopt addresses Peter Fowoyo, Lagos A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday fixed June 19 for parties in a N5.1 billion fraud suit to adopt their written addresses in a no case submission brought by a former presidential aide, Waripamo Owei - Dudafa Justice Mohammed Idris fixed the date for parties to adopt their addresses after

the prosecution closed its case at the last adjourned date.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned OweiDudafa, a former aide to then President Goodluck Jonathan, alongside one Joseph Iwejuo, on a 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy and concealment of crime proceeds.

Also arraigned alongside the duo are some companies

namely: Seagate Property Development & Investment Ltd, Avalon Global Property Development Company Ltd, Pluto Property Ltd, Investment Company Ltd, and Rotate Interlink Services Ltd. Others are: LIbejige Services Ltd, De Jakes Fast Food & Restaurant Nigeria Ltd and Ebiwise Resources The defence had informed the court of a no-case

submission, filed on behalf of the defendant after the prosecution closed its case.

The defence team informed the court that no prima facie case had been established against the accused.

The defence had brought its application pursuant to the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, as well as the 1999 Constitution as amended.

At the resumed trial yesterday, the prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the court that he had filed his response to the no - case submission of the defence and had also served same on them.

The offences for which the defendants are being tried, contravened the provisions of Sections 17(a), 18 (c), and 27 (3) (c) of the EFCC Establishment Act 2004.

Man, 27, gets 2 years jail for human trafficking Andrew Orolua, Abuja Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced 27 years old Sylvanus Ubong Sunday to two years imprisonment for human trafficking offences.

The convict who hailed from Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) in November 2017 following a report from a mother that her seven years old daughter was being sexually exploited by the accused person.

A statement signed on behalf of Head, Press and Public Relations Unit by Nneka I Aniagoh said that preliminary investigations revealed that the convict was also sexually abusing another girl, aged 10 and he was subsequently arraigned on a t charge of sexually exploiting the two girls aged 7 and 10, a punishable offence under Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

Delivering the judgment, the presiding Judge, Honourable Justice I.M Sani said that having listened to both prosecution and defence counsel the court found him guilty of the offences.

The judge consequently sentenced him to two years imprisonment on each charge, without any option of fine. However, the sentences are to run concurrently beginning from the day of his arrest, November 8th, 2017.

The Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, while reacting to the news said that in as much as she would love to see child exploiters bag stiffer sentences, she still expressed her gladness that justice was served.

She further urged members of the public to report such cases of child exploitation to NAPTIP, adding that keeping quiet or hiding the culprits will only endanger the lives of more children.

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Police nab pro-Biafra leader, attempt to seize Enugu Govt House fails Moses Oyediran, Enugu and Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Enugu Command of the Nigeria Police Force, has arrested the self-acclaimed President of Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, Barr.

Benjamin Onwuka after an attempt to take over the Enugu Government House on

Wednesday.

Daily Times learnt that the BZF leader had stormed the Government House as early as 7 am with his members to hoist Biafra flags.

The group which had earlier vowed to declare Biafra Republic and take over Enugu Government House today, Wednesday

May 30.

Our correspondent reports that upon their arrival at the Government House gate, they were rounded up by security operatives.

A combined team of security operatives made up of the DSS, anti-terrorism squad, mobile policemen, SARS, among others carried

out the operation.

As at the time of filing this report, Onwuka and twenty one other members of the group have been arrested, while others took to their heels.

According to a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Ebere Amaraizu.

The statement reads,

“Onwuka has been standing trial in the court of competent jurisdiction over his alleged role of murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of

...sit-at-home order flops in Ebonyi Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

Ipob Sit-at-home order: Umuahia city centre during the day

EFCC files amended corruption charge against ex-Gov Kalu, others Peter Fowoyo, Lagos Nineteen months after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), preferred a 34 count charge before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, in an alleged N3.2 billion fraud, the anti graft agency on Wednesday, filed an amended 39-count charge before the court.

Also, a former Commissioner for Finance in Abia, Ude Udeogo and a company, Slok Nig. Ltd, said to be owned by Mr Kalu, were also joined in the charge.

At the last adjourned date on May 11, the lawyer representing the EFCC had closed its case, but had informed the court that it intended to file an amended charge against the accused, to reflect further evidences.

The court had then adjourned the case, for the accused to open its defence.

However, when the case was called yesterday, the prosecutor Rotimi Jacobs SAN, informed the court of an amended charge against the accused which he filed on Wednesday morning, adding that the prosecution was also served with a no case submission by each of the accused.

He said that he received the no case submission of first

accused on May 28, while he received those of the second and third accused shortly before the commencement of proceedings yesterday morning.

Mr. Awa Kalu, lawyer to the embattled governor confirmed to the court that he had filed a no case submission on behalf of first accused but added that the accused had not been served with any amended charge by prosecution.

The court had then adjourned the case, for the accused to open its defence.

Specifically, Mr Akuma drew the courts attention to the provisions of sections 216 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which he argued does not allow prosecution to amend a charge without leave of court.

He said that the prosecution ought to have applied by way of motion on notice for amendment, which will afford the defence an opportunity to be heard, before the court exercises it’s discretion for or against the application.

When the prosecution opted to serve the charge on defence counsel in court, first defence counsel (Kalu) objected to service, on the grounds that the charge ought to be served personally on the accused and not on his counsel.

But, Mr. Jacobs reminded the court that at the last adjourned

date, before he closed the case for the prosecution, he had informed the court of the amended charge.

He said that however, following the agreements between him and the defence, he had decided to close his case before bringing the amended charge.

He told the court that the era of technicality was gone, and that by the decision of the Supreme Court, the prosecution was not bound to seek leave of court before amending a criminal charge.

Mr Jacobs then sought for permission of the court, to serve the amended charge on the accused in the presence of the judge in the courtroom, since defence counsel had refused to take service.

Justice Mohammed Idris, consequently held that in the light of the foregoing, the learned prosecutor was permitted to serve the accused with the amended charge in court.

The duo of Kalu and Udeogo were then respectively handed the amended charge.

Defence counsel then informed the court that they required ample time to study the amended charge, before taking any steps.

Justice Idris adjourned the case until June 13 at noon, for hearing of both the no case

submission and hearing on the amended charge.

In the charge, the EFCC alleged that Mr Kalu and the others committed the offences from August 2001 to October 2005.

The commission accused Mr Kalu of utilising his company (Slok Nig. Ltd.) to retain in the account of First Inland Bank, now First City Monument Bank, the sum of N200 million.

The commission said that the sum formed part of funds illegally derived from the coffers of the Abia State Government.

The commission also said that the accused retained, in different bank accounts, about N2.5 billion belonging to the Abia Government.

The EFCC alleged that that the accused diverted about N3.2 billion from the coffers of Abia State Government.

The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charge, and were granted bails.

The offences contravenes the provisions of sections 15(6), 16, and 21 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2005.

It also contravenes the provisions of the Money Laundering Act of 1995 as amended by the amendment Act No.9 of 2002 and section 477 of the Criminal Code Act, Laws of the Federation, 1990.

firearms before he arrested by the security operatives of the command.

“Suspects are helping the operatives in their investigations”, he said

The Sit-at-home directive issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on its members on Monday flopped in Ebonyi State, as citizens of the state were seen going about their normal businesses without harassment and intimidation.

It would be recall that the state Governor, David Umahi, had during his May 29th Democracy celebration warned that any trader who closes his/her shop in line with the directive of IPOB would forfeit it forever.

When Daily Times visited the Abakaliki Main Market, Meat Market and Kpirikpiri Markets within the metropolis around 9am, they were all opened for business transaction as a joint patrol of major security agencies with over 20 vehicles were seen patrolling the streets of the city to forestall any breakdown of law and order.

Addressing Journalists in Abakaliki, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Internal Security, Hon. Kenneth Ugbala said the failure was in compliance with the state government directive.

“I have gone round the two major business areas in the state.

I visited the banks, Abakpa main market, the parks where commuters do their businesses and am happy that in Ebonyi state we have full compliance to the directive of government even in the rural communities or areas; we don’t have any challenge at all.

“The little cases that cropped in had been resolved in the rural areas; we want to thank God; we want to advise those championing the cause of IPOB or MASSOB to follow the normal process that will be in line with the law and we had always said that in Ebonyi State here, we had been economically disadvantaged.

“We cannot leave our productive periods to engage in nothing because we have suffered criminal marginalization from the states we were carved out from and we want to meet up and we cannot sit at home when we are supposed to be working. The oil is drying up. We have to work; go to farm and do our business transactions to make sure we keep the state moving; we want to thank Ebonyians for the full compliance to the directive of the Governor. I think today has been awesome and we thank God for it.”

However, the major transport companies like Peace Mass and Ebotrans as at the time of this report were not loading to Aba, Onitsha and Port Harcourt where they felt people would obey the sit at home order of IPOB. The major streets like Water Walks, Ogoja road and

Gunning roads were busy and had heavy vehicular traffic like any other day.

The Nigeria Police, Ebonyi Command in Abakaliki urged residents of Abakaliki to ignore the sit - at - home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) describing the order as unlawful.

The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Loveth Odah told Daily times that adequate security preparations had been put in place to secure lives and property of every citizen.

She urged residents of Abakaliki and every citizen of Ebonyi to go about their lawful and legitimate business, adding that the law would deal with anybody or group who tried to molest them.

“The police authorities wish to urge the people of Ebonyi and Abakaliki residents in particular to ignore the unlawful order from an unlawful organization. I want to remind members of the public including the press that IPOB remains proscribed, it is an illegal organization and they can never give order in Nigeria.

“The Ebonyi Police Command under the Commissioner of Police, Mr Titus Lamorde wants to assure residents of its readiness to deal with anybody or group who wants to foment crisis by forcing innocent law abiding citizens to comply with the unlawful order.

The police wish to remind those out there that want to commit crime to relocate out of the state because there is no room for them and that the eagle eyes of the Police will catch up with them.”

She said that any member or members of IPOB caught forcing innocent Nigerians to obey the unlawful order would face immediate prosecution.

Meanwhile, there was zero compliance by Abakaliki residents to the sit-at-home as government offices, shops, private and public schools, banks as well as commercial activities within the Abakaliki metropolis remained opened for businesses and operations.

Two shop owners at the popular Abakpa Main Market in Abakaliki, Messrs Lawrence Obiekwena and Magnus Onwe in separate speeches said that they defied the order because the Market officials have ordered that the market would not be closed for business.

They maintained that people should not be forced or intimidated to observe the sit at - home order.

Daily Times gathered that Police and other security agencies are on surveillance to forestall possible security breaches in the State.

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Ways of positive thinking Think positively Research suggests that people who think positively are more peaceful and healthy.

Positive thinking is beneficial for our psychology and it is also good for our motivation.

People who think positively will definitely take events into account and raise their belief that things will go well. Positive thinking is a way of thinking that affects human life positively, who does not accept negativity, believes that it is a good thing to do in every circumstance. Today, even in the business, sports and art world, positive thinking and brain power are considered as a productiveness factor. Positive thought, which is the main source of eastern philosophy, is a magic word adopted by Western medicine today. In nature, everything in the face is in mutual interaction. There is also such an interaction between mind and body. Positive thoughts in mind create a positive result in body.

In happy people or in the brain of those seeking the opportunity to relieve suffering, a kind of natural morphine called Endorphin is secreted. This Endorphin hormone is at least a hundred times stronger than morphine we know. It helps to relieve the afflictions of the person. We have explained a few tips below for you to think positive, think positive and trust yourself.

Be self confident A man believes in his own strength, will be happy and successful at every moment of the life. To be pessimistic and to humiliate yourself will only cause your hopes to go away. If a person starts to think negatively, he will always come to negative ideas and this becomes poison of his life. No matter how hard or big the obstacle is, if you brave with courage, you will not despair. Fill your brain with confidence and faith in yourself. These thoughts will expel you from your feelings of insecurity and doubt. Today, most people live in insecurity.

Never think of failing-to-win a sense of self-confidence.

Examine the obstacles on your side and try to limit them to the minimum level. Repeat the phrase “I can overcome every obstacle I confront� when you feel insecure.

Make time for yourself One can only manage to create positive habits by creating certain conditions and knowing herself first. You just cannot think positively by saying it. To do this, you should take time for yourself, stay away from conflicts, face your fears. First, it is useful to note that there is not a single formula that might be appropriate to think positively. One can only achieve positive thinking as a result of certain conditions. In other words, it is not possible to

create the conditions necessary to think positively without some other conditions being met.

Do sports and try to be healthy Sports have an important role in the social development of a person because of the nature of being an activity that allows the individual to participate in dynamic social circles. Every sporting event is a social experience and involves feelings. Participants in such activities have the opportunity to express their feelings through movements. Aggression, anger, jealousy, etc. Healthy eating and sports are important for people to take care of themselves physically and to bring their mental processes to a more positive level under their control. If you feel physically comfortable and wellbeing yourself, it will be easier for your thoughts to be positive and to have a more positive perspective. Remember that you need to be healthy and sporting for more positive thoughts.

Try to forget bad memories Bad memories have the ability to help evolve negative feelings.

As we remember the bad things we have lived in the past, we also remember the negative feelings we felt and mentally return to those days. What is actually important is not forgetting the bad things in such a situation, but to reduce the present prejudice that they have in our memories.

We can prevent our brain from thinking badly by reducing the importance of the past. It is a good start to leave history in the past and return to look into the future.

Confront your fears Behind negative thoughts we often have fears that unknowingly appear inside us, and that grow and control our lives. An important step to be able to think positively is to confront these fears. Being afraid is the same as being a prisoner. Our fears do not show themselves. They only emerge when necessary.

Be self confident

When we realize they need to start struggling to cope with them. Otherwise, fear creates and strengthens negative thoughts.

To be able to think positively we have to face our fears and identify them, we have to do our bests to deal with them.

In addition, The idea that other people are interested in what we think and what we are doing soon may lead to the emergence of negative thoughts very quickly.

Every step taken to increase our confidence in ourselves and to get rid of the pressure created by the people around us will help us to think positively.

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Ekiti guber poll: Between Fayose’s continuity agenda and Fayemi’s legacy Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti “If Dr. Kayode Fayemi could be picked as the APC flag bearer in this state, in fact I will go to sleep, and I will ask my people to go and relax until the election day. I could even ask my deputy to travel out and rest till July 14, 2018 when the election would be conducted, because picking Fayemi as APC candidate will give us less task and easy go for the election, and that will be another 16-0.”

This was the position of the Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose speaking on the chances of a PDP candidate against the possible candidature of a former governor in the state, Dr. Fayemi, before he, Fayemi won the primary.

However, since Fayemi won the election, Fayose could not rest again and as a matter of fact, he could not sleep again; he runs up and down, even through the night because of Fayemi, yet he keeps boasting that he will defeat Fayemi the way he did In 2014.

But a political associate of Fayemi, Wale Adesodun said Fayose is already miscalculating with his bragging, because “the 2014 election that made Fayose sack Fayemi with 16 -0 is basically and tactically an election between Fayemi and President Goodluck Jonathan deploying Federal Government’s resources, but now things have changed, as the federal power that he used against Fayemi then is no longer available for him to use.

“Besides, his popularity among the people of the state has gone because of the suffering he has made them to go through and the earlier cordial relationship between him and the workers in the state has turned sour because of months of unpaid salaries and arrears he is owing the workers,” he said.

Kolapo Olusola Eleka, Fayose’s godson and deputy governor, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate in the July 14, 2018 governorship election, but Fayose believes it is the continuation of his government, which is the major reason he will see the election as his own election.

A political appointee of Fayose, who confirmed to our correspondent under anonymity, said: “Oga (Fayose) will not wake up until 10 am since Fayemi won the primary simply because he usually sleeps late these days.

“He is always engaged in one meeting or the other because of the election even when he is not the one that is contesting, but he had taken it upon himself as if he is the one contesting the election.

“Oga (Fayose) hardly have time for any other thing than for the coming election, because Fayemi’s candidature has rattled him, and he does not take the continuity agenda

Gov Fayose

lightly.”

But the first to puncture Fayose’s continuity agenda is a PDP chieftain and Fayose’s former deputy who is currently the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, who decried what she described as continuity of suffering, slavery, hopelessness and deceitful government of Fayose.

Olujimi raised the alarm that PDP is fast losing more members to opposition parties in Ekiti because of “one-man dictatorship, oppression, hopelessness and totalitarianism in Ekiti PDP”.

This was contained in a press statement issued by the Biodun Olujimi Team (BOT) at the end of its meeting in reaction to the imposition of Eleka on other members.

In a statement which was signed by its Coordinator General, Chief Bunmi Olugbade, the senator’s supporters described Governor Fayose’s continuity agenda of having his deputy as successor as a “continuity of slavery and servitude where members remain slaves in their own party”.

The statement added: “Today, our party is depleted, unimaginably factionalised and fast drifting into

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Fayemi

despondency in Ekiti State. Several members of our party have defected to APC, SDP, ADP, Mega Party, among others as a result of poor party administration and compulsory loyalty to one man, forgetting that a tree does make a forest.”

Battling with internal rebellion and opposition’s hostility, Fayose lapsed into propaganda to launch his campaign for continuity agenda to install Eleka as his successor.

The governor’s seeming adopted campaign message to the people these days is that “people should not vote for Fayemi because if he is re-elected, he will conduct exams for teachers to sack them like it happened in Kaduna State.”

But in their reaction, the Coordinator, Enlightened Workers Forum in Ekiti State, Mike Bamidele, said: “It is mischievous of Fayose to tell the workers that voting for Dr Fayemi would make them lose their jobs. This is a desperate ploy to deceive the workers. It is on record that throughout the four years of Fayemi’s government, no worker lost his/her job either in the public or the teaching service.

“It was the last but one government

Before Dr. Fayemi’s exit, the Ikogosi Warm Spring was already generating over N45 million into the state coffers monthly. The Ire Burnt Brick had begun skeletal production and was attracting serious patronage within and outside Ekiti. But today, those programmes have been abandoned. They have returned to that moribund state they were before Dr. Fayemi came on board. One wonders why those programmes should be rendered impotent just because of politics by Governor Fayose, even when he makes noise everyday that the state is economically challenged

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that sent over 5000 workers packing in 2009 before Fayemi came on board. It is also noteworthy that the government of Fayose had prematurely retired no fewer than 12 Permanent Secretaries for flimsy reasons. Similarly, many workers from different categories had been summarily dismissed from the service unjustly within the last three years of Fayose’s administration.

“Only recently, a senior public servant was illegally dismissed by the General Manager of the Housing Corporation.

“This cost the Permanent Secretary of the supervising ministry his Job for daring to draw the attention of the General Manager to the illegality of his actions citing the relevant sections of the civil service rules. I must say the workers know who their true friend is.

For someone wanting to secure their votes through the back door would be fraudulent and shall be resisted.

“I think Fayose should be advised to concentrate on how to clear the backlog of the nine months salary arrears being owed workers and say what he has in stock for workers, rather than trying to corner their votes by destroying and blackmailing Dr Kayode Fayemi.

“Though Dr Fayemi is not coming to subject workers to any examination, but then, the issue of examination had been a common thing to public servants who are ripe for promotion both at the state and federal levels.

So making it a campaign issue now is total misplacement. But in the second coming of JKF, he is going to play down completely on examination whether for promotion or something else.

“I will strongly advise Fayose to let his campaign be issue-based and if he has nothing to offer, he should keep his mouth shut rather than letting the world know that he is jittery.”

Meanwhile, Fayose has listed some projects, which include: flyover, the ultra modern on-going Oja oba

market, new governor’s office, and new High court complex and some other projects which he described as legacy projects that were not restricted to Ado Ekiti as part of the reasons for which his continuity agenda must succeed.

Fayose equally appealed to the pensioners and civil servants in the state that the eight months salary arrears and 17 months backlogs for pensioners will be ready in July, probably after the governorship election.

The governor also in his campaign message said workers must make sure they vote for Eleka, whom he said will pay the backlog of salary arrears he owes them, in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, if he could not pay before he leaves office as part of his continuity agenda.

He said: “Forgive me, your eight months salaries will be ready before end of this July.

“I’m promising the workers that I will not leave the state in debt, I will pay you all the salary arrears before the end of my administration, but if I cannot pay before I leave office, my deputy will continue from where I stop.”

But an APC chieftain in the state, Mr.Makinde Araoye, has carpeted Fayose, saying it was wicked for a governor to be owing workers and pensioners eight month arrears in an environment that was heavily anchored on civil service monolithic economy, adding that this had further lowered the standard of living of Ekiti populace.

Araoye expressed confidence that government workers would vote massively for the APC candidate, Dr. Fayemi, having experienced hard biting poverty in the last three years due to alleged incompetence manifested in Fayose’s inability to pay workers’ salaries and pensions.

Araoye said: “When the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, came on board in 2010, he appreciated the fact that there was an urgent need to establish those investments that could generate money for our dear state.

“That was why he took N25b from the capital market out of which he invested over N2 billion on Ikogosi Warm Spring, built the State Pavilion located along Ado New Iyin Road, revived Ire Burnt Brick that was inaugurated by former Kano State governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, set a solid foundation for youth engagement in Agriculture and many others.

“Before Dr. Fayemi’s exit, the Ikogosi Warm Spring was already generating over N45 million into the state coffers monthly. The Ire Burnt Brick had begun skeletal production and was attracting serious patronage within and outside Ekiti.

“But today, those programmes have

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Group faults poll on Buhari’s performance Stories: Patrick Okohue The poll conducted by Centre for Democracy and Development which claimed that Nigerians believed that information supplied by President Muhammadu Buhari for his asset declaration was unacceptable, has been described as insufficient, unprofessional, deficient in substance and lacking in credibility.

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), in a statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary Austin Braimoh and Cassidy Madueke respectively, said that among other things, the error in the poll falls far below globally acceptable threshold.

“First of all”, says the group, “we object to the poll as the Centre did not make public the variables it employed to arrive at the conclusion, as obtained in standard polling globally. Secondly, we find it unacceptable that in a country of about 180 million people that the Centre for Democracy and Development used only 4000 as the sampling population, and we insist that the number is too low to be used to reach a verifiable conclusion in a national poll

Buhari such as this.

“According to an online survey site checkmarket.com,

to get high confidence level in your survey with an error margin of 1% for a one million

population, you will need 9,512 respondents...

“To conduct a survey using random sampling method for a country like Nigeria, you’ll multiply 9,512 respondents by 180 which is 1,712,160 Nigerians.

“If CDD’s Buharimeter is taking a poll for 180 million population, and it polled 4,000 respondents, it shows how intolerably high the error margin is.”

The group said the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu was right to have questioned the methodology used by Buharimeter to arrive at the ratings on the President’s performance.

BMO also contends that apart from the technical flaws in the poll, President Muhammadu Buhari does not make pretensions about his commitment to the fight against corruption, and he has continued to show leadership by example.

“We therefore consider the report of the Centre for Democracy and Development as deficient and has not met the required standards expected of a national poll, it is therefore neither credible nor acceptable,” the group concluded

CACOL seeks review of security vote regime The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has called for a review of the budgetary allocation usually called security votes by the federal, state and local governments across the country.

CACOL made the call while responding to a recent revelation by Transparency International (TI) that Federal and State Governments spend over N240 billion on security votes annually purportedly for tackling unexpected security issues.

The anti-graft group further expressed regrets that the disbursement of these huge sums of cash are not usually accounted for, nor subject to legislative oversight and independent audit.

Commenting on the revelation,

Mr. Debo Adeniran, the Executive Chairman of CACOL asked the government to capture these allocations as security allowances appropriated for chief executives of the three tiers of government in annual budgetary estimates.

According to a release by Aghagbobi Ikenna, the Acting Media Officer of CACOL, Adeniran further stated that security votes were supposed to be complementary budgetary allocationsfor the purpose of responding to miscellaneous and unexpected security challenges, in addition to the usual allocation to the government’s security agencies.

According to him, “The current arrangement whereby chief executives

of various tiers of government disburse security votes, which is a carry-over from the military era as it pleases them creates room for massive corruption.

“While we implore the government to be judicious in its handling of security vote’s allocation, we also call for a proper audit into previously spent security votes to ensure there are no fraudulent activities involved and also to ensure that these funds were used exactly for the purpose they were meant for. We insist that anybody found culpable of being corrupt in the handling of security votes should be made to face the full wrath of the law through proper prosecution to serve as a deterrent to incumbent office holders.”

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been abandoned. They have returned to that moribund state they were before Dr. Fayemi came on board.

“One wonders why those programmes should be rendered impotent just because of politics by Governor Fayose, even when he makes noise everyday that the state is economically challenged.

“This is the major reason why our people must divorce themselves from unnecessary emotions and vote wisely on July 14.

“They should resist attempts by clever politicians to delude them into taking decisions that would land them in more sufferings and gnashing of teeth after all they have seen and made to pass through in the last few years.”

Araoye advised Fayose to stop turning Ekiti into a beggarly state in the name of stomach infrastructure, saying: “Making our people to queue

under a scorching sun for several hours because of a kongo of rice and N200 was not only debasing but also ridiculing Ekiti’s collective integrity.

“The July 14 election is a reclamation war for all of us. It is a time we must seek our political freedom and this we must realise for those lost glories to return and for us to regain our pride as truly a set of knowledgeable people.”

As Fayemi and Fayose’s camps struggle for the governorship trophy on July 14, a brief examination of their legacies will suffice to give insight on the voters’ preference for a leader that can protect their interests in the next four years.

Summary of the Fayemi’s legacy include free education from primary to JSS, bursary, scholarships for students, free health care services, social security scheme, 25,000 elderly people benefited from N5,000

monthly stipend and without owing workers any salary.

Others are the 10,000 young Ekiti indigenes who were engaged in the youth volunteer scheme, while another 1,000 youths were recruited into the Peace Corps, with other 600 who were also employed in EKSMA. Also 1,000 people were engaged in the Youths in Commercial Agriculture (YCAD) while thousands were recruited in the state civil service and teaching service and were receiving their salaries as at and when due.

Fayemi who never owe workers salary had instead increased civil servants and teachers minimum wage and salary three times in four years from N7,500 to N13,000 and again to N19,000 minimum wage.

He did not stop there; he was the first in the South West to pay CONHESS and CONMESS to health workers and he was also the first to

pay teachers rural allowance of 25 percent and core subject allowance to teachers.

All these have gone down the drain as the incumbent has no single record of human capital development. No recruitment to civil service or teaching service in the last four years. No bursary or scholarship for students, while months of salary and six months salary are owned teachers, pensioners and civil servants respectively.

It should also be noted that the incumbent has done nothing to develop human capital other than to reduce Ekiti workers to the level of people with no more sense of selfworth.

The people of Ekiti can now compare and contrast in order to choose between the continuity agenda and the legacy that endures come July 14, 2018 gubernatorial poll in the state.

2019: Obtain your PVCs, APC Woman Leader tells Lagos women The Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mrs. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, has advised women to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to enable them vote in the forthcoming 2019 elections.

Okoya-Thomas, made the appeal on Tuesday in Lagos in a statement by her Media Officer, Mr. Oladipupo Awojobi.

She promised to mobilise support for both Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode and President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bids.

According to the statement, “as the nation celebrates another Democracy Day, it is important to encourage our women to show more interest in politics.

“Women should continue to be part of the electoral processes in Nigeria and this won’t happen except they avail themselves time to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and get PVCs to vote in elections.

“Our women in Lagos should not renege on their efforts of taking an active part in the political development of the state and the country,” the statement quoted OkoyaThomas as saying.

The Woman Leader added that all hands must be on deck to ensure the continuation of massive growth and development in the state and in Nigeria.

She said that both Ambode and Buhari meant well for the citizens, hence the need to mobilise for their re-election in 2019.

Okoya-Thomas, a threetime member of the House of Representatives, challenged women not to take the back seat in efforts to deepen democracy in the country.

“Those who have written Nigeria off can now see that democracy has come to stay in the country.

“I am proud of Nigerian women and those in Lagos State in particular.

“They have been part of our political development and we will ensure that they continue to play active roles in the state and in the country,” she said.

Okoya-Thomas had on Saturday visited Chief Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, and National Woman Leader of President Buhari Campaign Group and solicited her partnership in mobilising women for the 2019 elections.

She congratulated TinubuOjo on her appointment, saying that the APC-led government had impacted positively on Nigerians.

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Editorial Commentary OUR POSITION Judiciary and verdict on ex-Gov Nyame

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he conviction and sentence of former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame to 14 years imprisonment on Wednesday by Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Abuja High Court demonstrates hope that all is not lost in the fight against corruption in the country.

Nyame, who served two terms of eight years in office as governor of Taraba State between 1999 and 2007 was arraigned on 41 count criminal charge before the court in 2007.

Like his other colleagues who served same period and other after them accused of allegedly dipping their hands into state funds should now know that the day of reckoning has come for them to give account of their

stewardship.

Though 11 years of a criminal trial on a high profile case portrays the Administration of Justice system in the country in bad light, we are, however, encouraged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act 2004, particularly Section 40 and the Section 306 (b) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015 are helping to speed up trials in spite of infamous campaigns against the two laws.

The said Section 40 of the EFCC (Establishment ) Act 2004 states that, “Subject to the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, an application for stay of proceedings, in respect of any criminal matter brought by the

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commission before the High Court shall not be entertained until judgement is delivered by the High Court�.

We salute the courage of Justice Banjoko who endures all tricks including attempts to hang the case on appeal until it was rescued by the ACJA. We sincerely hope that other judges will take cue and state the law as it is without fear or favour to restore the waning public confidence in the judiciary.

We urged all those concerned with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and EFCC Act not to relent in enforcing the provisions of the Acts, perhaps they will provide the way forward for us to escape from the current quagmire in the prosecution of high profile cases in the country.

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Global tobacco epidemic and risk of heart breaks

T Ima-Obong Ekenem

he tobacco epidemic is the world’s biggest public health threat ever faced according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Each year tobacco kills over 7 million people and without urgent action the death toll from tobacco will rise above 8 million by 2030. Regrettably, tobacco kills nearly half of its users while 890,000 non-smokers die yearly from exposure to second hand smoke.

Approximately 80% of the world’s one billion smokers live in low and middle income countries (LMIC) Nigeria inclusive.

Sadly, tobacco products consumption is rising globally especially in LMIC but decreasing in some high and upper middle income countries (HUMIC).

The 2012 WHO Global Adult Tobacco Survey(GATS) carried out in Nigeria, shows that 4.2 million men and 0.5million women currently use tobacco while 3.1 million adult Nigerians(7.2% men and 0.3% women) smoke cigarettes.

Among the Nigerian youths aged

13-15 years, in public secondary schools, the 2008 WHO Global Youth Tobacco Survey(GYTS) found that 14.6% to 26.1% were currently using any tobacco products. This rather high rate of tobacco consumption among these students is quite worrisome since tobacco causes 1 in 10 adult deaths and nearly half of current smokers will die of tobaccorelated diseases.

The association of tobacco with chronic non-communicable diseases such as Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes mellitus, and chronic respiratory disorders is well established.

For this year 2018, the theme of World No Tobacco Day is: TOBACCO BREAKS HEARTS. According to the WHO Director General Dr. Tedro, it focuses on the impact of tobacco on cardiovascular health of people worldwide.

“Tobacco use is an important risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease” he declares further, that “despite the devastating harms of tobacco to heart health, and the availability of

solutions to reduce tobacco-related death and disease, knowledge among large sections of the public that tobacco is one of the leading causes of CVD is low.”

TOBACCO IS RATED AS THE SINGLE MOST PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH. Tobacco use and exposure is fatally hazardous. It causes preventable diseases, concomitant disability and premature death. Tobacco therefore impacts negatively on the health of the individual, family and community increasing health care costs. Its overall adverse effect on the economy also impoverishes people especially the vulnerable youth and the poor in the society.

An increase in tobacco taxes by 10% by government has been shown to decrease tobacco use by 4% in high income countries (HIC) and in LMIC by 8% or more. Therefore, to reduce tobacco use, an effective legislation is essential in Nigeria.

Strong taxation policies such as advocated in the National Tobacco Control bill which was signed into law since 2015 would certainly facilitate the domestication of the

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) a powerful public treaty which Nigeria is party to and a signatory of since 20th October 2005.

In order to further improve our environments at our work places, schools, hospitals and other public places including recreational facilities, I wish to recommend to the relevant authorities the enforcement of the No Smoking Policy by clearly displaying NOSMOKING stickers, posters and/ or erection of the SMOKERS’ BODY billboards. In addition, the formation of TOBACCO–FREE clubs in secondary and tertiary educational institutions as well as establishment by the NYSC of a CDS TOBACCO-FREE programme in all the 36 states and the FCT would be of immense value to the young people.

Formation of such clubs and having the CDS Tobacco-free programme would help keep the Nigerian youthful population healthy and free from tobacco-related ailments.

Finally, be warned!! Tobacco kills 50% of all its users and breaks the heart of non-users !!!

When anti-corruption hook gets the big fish

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commissioner of police, was in expansive mood last night. In fact, out of character, he betrayed a secret.

“I am going to write a book when I retire. The title of the book will be No Place to Hide”, he volunteered shortly after news filtered in on the conviction of Mr. Jolly Nyame, by an Abuja High Court.

Nyame, 63 coming Christmas, will spend the next 14 years behind bars, having being convicted on 26 of the 41 count-charge for corrupt enrichment to the tune of N1.64 billion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Figuratively speaking, the anticorruption watchdog under Magu has sent a strong signal to all crooks and crooked public officers who take delight in ravaging the country’s common purse with reckless abandon. Nyame’s conviction serves notice to all, both serving and former politicians and public officers -- henceforth there will be no hiding place for thieves!

The advent of democracy 19 years ago was expected to shower Nigerians with sundry democracy dividends. Unfortunately, while well-meaning people doubted the sincerity of the khaki boys, crooks and charlatans took the risk, threw their hats in the ring and won elections to various offices, from the local government to the National Assembly.

No thanks to the expensive Presidential System and its winnertakes-all mentality, Nigerians had

to endure huge cost of governance, with padding, inflation and outright embezzlement.

Rather than get the goodies of good governance, our communities, urban and rural, are riddled with hunger, illiteracy, diseases, darkness, poor roads; alongside capital flight due to brain drain and ceaseless medical tourism through which over $1 billion is lost annually.

But the mindless plundering of the treasury began way back from the military era. It has snowballed into poor management of resources under civil rule. Speaking recently at the Platform Nigeria 2018 in Lagos, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo lamented that corruption remained the ultimate threat to the nation’s economy, stressing that government could have done more with less income but for monstrous graft ravaging the nation.

“Grand corruption remains the ultimate threat to our economy.

Just to give an example: $3 billion was stolen through the so-called Strategic Alliance contracts in 2015,” he revealed.

The Vice President went further to specify that just three citizens perpetrated the fraud amounting to N1 trillion (using the prevailing official exchange rate) in a nation with a N7 trillion annual budget.

Similarly, a former Vice President at the World Bank for Africa, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, herself a former minister under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in 2012, revealed that Nigeria lost $400 billion to oil thieves since 1960 when it gained independence.

It should worry sane people that some 20 percent of the entire budget for capital expenditure in this country ends in private pockets; one then wonders why social and

infrastructural development in Nigeria have remained stagnated.

In its report of 2017, the UK Department for International Development claimed that a screaming $32 billion was lost to corruption during the last administration alone. Thanks to democracy and technologies that have allowed for tracking of stolen funds; how much of such have been wasted under the rapacious military era should be frightening.

Meanwhile, to reverse this scary drift, President Muhammadu Buhari has unapologetically vowed to do the needful to whittle down the monstrous influence of official stealing on the economy. “If we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria”, he keeps admonishing.

And in doing that, EFCC, led by the seemingly defiant Magu, has played a patriotic role by dusting the books to bring corrupt public officials to justice; first to return their loot and secondly, to deter others like them from inflicting further injuries on the nation.

Regardless of his ordeals before the Senate, which up till today has refused to confirm Magu as the chairman of the anti-graft body, the Borno-state born top cop, who was promoted Commissioner of Police in April, 2018, has continued to carry out his assignment without looking back.

Not few Nigerians believe that the frosty relationship between the Senate and the anti-corruption fighter had anything to do with a so-called report by the Department of State Security. It can be linked to fears among lawmakers that Magu’s sword for probity could swing in the direction of its members with unclean past records.

Former Chairman of the

Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, while delivering this year’s Democracy Day lecture in Abuja, fingered some chairmen of committees in the parliament as notorious for demanding bribes in pretense of embarking on oversight functions.

Recent reports from the EFCC indicated that 603 convictions were recorded in the three years from 2015 when Buhari assumed office; 103, 195 and 189 in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively; including the 116 in the first five months of 2018.

The record speaks volume of a government unwilling to pamper people with questionable records or aiding corruption in government.

Nyame was born on the December 25, 1955, in the Zing local Government of Taraba. He was Governor of the state from May 1999 to May 2007 and was first elected governor of the state in January 1992 until Gen. Sanni Abacha struck in November 1993.

He was a member of the then ruling People’s Democratic Party. Today, he is a member of All Progressives Congress. Jolly married the love of his life, Priscilla in 1981. He won awards for the most peaceful and social governor and is equally very liberal. He is reputed to be very compassionate. That perhaps explain why the people of Taraba gave him their trust twice to preside over their affairs without examining his hitch fingers.

Indeed, one of his enduring achievements is the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo, built in 2002.

He was charged for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of government funds during his tenure as governor in the civilian dispensation.

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Much ado about ‘democracy’ Times Columnist Mohammed Adamu

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Too many people, Walter Winchel said “expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it” The greatest undoing of democracy is not so much the absence from it of ‘true and sincere’ politicians; but rather the false state of mind that it encourages, which regards the system as a cure and not itself an affliction

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What’s in a name? he term ‘democracy’ was originally ‘demos’ and ‘krasi’; Greek for ‘people’ and ‘rule’ -or ‘rule of the people’. But over time, it has etymologically evolved to mean different things to different people.

In our own part of the world, the transformation is breathtaking. From the Maghreb down to the Zambezi, from the westerly coast up to the horns of Africa, and particularly in my dear country, Nigeria, democracy has moved from the ‘rule of the people’ to the ‘lull of the pupil’. It is the new universal religion that brings caviar to the dinner tables of the few and virtually nothing to those of the many. The West has added a beautiful interpretative feather to this democratic peacock of Greece’s conception: They say that democracy is: “government of the people, by the people and for the people”, a definition which admits of neither primacy of ‘name’ nor certainty of ‘destination’!

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”.

Whatever the system is called and no matter where it ends, or leads to, it is just as well, theoretically, that ‘democracy’ is ‘of the people’, run ‘for the people’ and ‘by the people’ –even if in practice it is not.

Democracy, like ‘virtue’, is its own reward. Thus, to the West, concerning ‘democracy’, ‘all is well’ not necessarily that ‘ends well’, but ‘all is well that manages to stay on track. It matters only that a nation stays faithfully ‘democratic’, and not necessarily that democracy posts any dividends to the people. said Al Smith, an American politician: “All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy” Not so to the Chinese. To

the Chinese, unlike the West, although efficiency may be defined as ‘the train leaving station on time’ yet ‘the train not knowing where it is going’, is just as ‘inefficient’ –if not more! The Chinese, more practically, believe that whatever the system is called and ‘however’ or by who it is run, any system of government must be provident. In reply to the criticism of China’s controlled system of political economy, Denxioping once said to the Americans: “it does not matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches the mouse.” But here in Africa, and elsewhere –the back-countries of the world- we are sold a practically indigestible ‘system of government’ and which we are required to gobble raw and undiluted.

We are not even entitled to a glass of water by the table! We must be slaves of the due democratic process whether the ‘process’ duly serves our good end or it does not. And we must be hostages to the restrictions and prescriptions of the ‘rule of law’ whether or not the principle itself is consistent with the law of rule! Rogues in our midst who constitute a drag on society have constitutional rights that supremely take precedence over the survival of the state.

They must not be touched except via the tedium of the ‘due democratic process’ and the ‘rule of law’.

A journey, not a destination Democracy is a journey, and not a destination. It is neither ‘an end in itself’ nor even, –as some claim- ‘a means to an end’. In truth democracy is an endless journey. It is just as the proverbial ‘mad man’ would say, about madness: that it is not the ‘getting mad’ that is the problem; rather it is ‘hitting the road’, on a journey that has no end.

Democracy is a paradox,

which is never to be fully understood, but simply appreciated –both for the few things it guarantee, and for the many it only pledges.

The march of democracy reminds of the coming into the world of the proverbial baby millipede. Seeing it has one too many limbs, the innocent one has asked ‘which leg to move first’ –“Move baby, just move” the impatient Mother said. Such is the democratic journey.

Moving with the multitude!

Moving speedily and efficiently, like the train that leaves station on time, but does not know where it is going. Nations and peoples have been on this ‘journey’ from George Washington to Donald Trump. The intelligent ones circumvent ‘due process’ and ‘rule of law’ to achieve their goals; the diligent ones become slaves of ‘due process’ and ‘rule of law’ in adulation of the system. And the warped morale is simple: although you’ll ‘never get there, never stop aiming to get there.

Which is not the same as saying that great nations are made out of the great determination to ‘journey’ to ‘nowhere’. But fact is, in the pursuit of the Eldorado called democracy, you do not ‘seek first the kingdom’ and hope that ‘everything shall be added onto it’. You ‘seek first’ the ‘mirage’ and hope that ‘the fiefdom’ is right there in it!

Too many people, Walter Winchel said “expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it” The greatest undoing of democracy is not so much the absence from it of ‘true and sincere’ politicians; but rather the false state of mind that it encourages, which regards the system as a cure and not itself an affliction.

Truth is the delusion that ‘democracy’ is an elixir for the many sicknesses of society, de-campaigns rather than promote the ‘madness’.

Nor is ‘democracy’ ever unfair. At least it gives you two options: a Hobson’s choice or a fait accompli.

This is the very heart of the democratic enterprise. Its apparent ‘choice-drivenness’. That it gives you always not the right of ‘first refusal’, but the room for choice between a ‘scum’ and a ‘scumbucketl’!. Said H. L. Mencken, “Democracy is...a form of religion; it is the worship of jackals by jackasses”. And aren’t we all democracy’s ‘jackasses’. Or is it not on our bare backs that this journey to ‘nowhere’ is assured a reliable carriage?

Free and fair elections Simply voting ‘freely’ and ‘fairly’ is merely a non tangible dividend of democracy. It confirms the democratic credentials of a polity. Not its justness.

Nor does it alone put food on the table. Voting ‘freely’ and ‘fairly’ can lead to that desirable tangible good, of putting food on the table. It is in fact the surest way of getting to that tangible good.

But voting freely, fairly but ‘foolishly’ can also take food away from the table. The people having as much right to elect good candidates as they have to elect bad ones, is one of the undoings of democracy. Thus the voice of the majority, as someone rightly said is not necessarily a proof of justice. Nor is the “Peoples Judgment”, said the English poet, John Dryden, “always true”. The “Most” he said “may err as grossly as the Few”. What keeps our non-provident kind of democracy going is the collective poverty of our desires.

Our willingness to allow the ‘few’ ride roughshod over the ‘many’. What keeps our kind of democracy going is the weakness of our determination, to be our own masters. In truth it is not democracy that makes things work. Rather it is the will to make things work that makes democracy work.

And where there is the will to make things happen, it will not matter what system is in place –whether a democracy or a dictatorship.

Yes, you may keep believing in the healing power of democracy, but remember there may not be an end to your affliction.

Because truth is that the system will always take care of itself. Even if it does not take care of you!

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Mob lynch house wife over alleged child theft

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

A 45 year old housewife, Gloria Onoriode, was on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State lynched by angry mob

for allegedly stealing a four month old baby inside hospital hall.

It was gathered that the suspect under the guise of seeing a doctor in the early

hours at a popular hospital, (El Comfort) was ushered to the lobby by the hospital’s orderly where she met other patients waiting for the doctor But her evil intention,

our informed sources said, manifested when she allegedly left her seat to Join a nursing mother with a 4 month old Baby girl and engaged her in discussion at long seat for four

Herdsmen attack 2 Delta communities, injures 6

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

Fresh Fulani herdsmen attack on two Delta communities, Alifikede and Abraka, has left six persons severely injured.

It was gathered that the herdsmen allegedly abducted one Edith Igbinoa, while five other persons were shot in Abraka community with an arrow while working in their farms in the early hours of on Tuesday.

But the state Police Commissioner, Mr Mustafa Muhammad, who confirmed

the incident, told our reporter “the police rescued the abducted, the injured ones are in the hospital for treatment, we arrested four suspects, and they may be taking to court soon, there normalcy in the areas at present.”

Trouble started when the owners of the farms protested the destruction of their crops by cows led by the herdsmen, a situation that allegedly triggered the build up anger of the herdsmen who physically attacked the victims It was further gathered that the farmers had severally

complained to one Alhaji Ahmadu who was said to be the head of the Hausa Community in the areas, but he allegedly mobilized the herdsmen against their interest But one of the victims, Johnbull Okoh who spoke to our reporter Said “the herdsmen shot at us in our farms in Abraka community, we escaped with serious injuries, some of us are still in the hospital for treatment, we want security agents to bring them to book.”

Investigation revealed that

these rampaging Fulani’s herdsmen are armed with sophisticated guns including arrows, and in most cases attack their host residents at will Speaking to our reporter an aide to Governor Okowa on security matters, Mr Casody IIobah, said “we have achieved good results in the menace, unlike before now, we will do our best to put to end the troubles, it is unfortunate that some persons were attacked, and injured, the police are already handling the situation.”

persons There, it was learnt, the Suspect allegedly hoodwinked the nursing mother into GNLD business including making her to realize that business helps would assist in solving most of her financial problems, especially a full time housewife But this was not to be when under the watching eyes of other patients, the unsuspecting woman took the baby from her mother, and was playing with her like her own Dr, Ifeanyi Ajufo, medical Director of the hospital who spoke to our reporter said “ while the woman was playing with the baby, we never knew her evil intention until the mother of the baby said was pressed, and needed to pass urine, it was in this process, the suspect immediately dashed outside when the baby was crying, and was moving to the direction of the road when the mother on her return, raised the alarm that attracted the angry mob to lynch her”.

She was said to have been handed over to the police by the Mob who inflicted injuries on her body at “A” Division

police station where she was being detained for further investigation At the police station, officers who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said “ the suspect is the cell, investigation is ongoing, she had confessed to the crime upon interrogation “ A family member of the suspect, Elizabeth Eloho who spoke to our reporter at the police station said “ The suspect is my sister, she has been married for 15years without a child, she is under pressure from her husband, it is unfortunate that she went to the hospital to see a doctor, but the devils changed her mind, just see her desperation now” Further investigation revealed that child theft had been on the increase in Asaba, and its environment in the recent times, particularly among women who have been married for years without a child, But the police spokesman in the state, DSP, Andrew Aniamaka who spoke to our reporter said “we have arrested over 12 house wives in desperate move, get involved in child theft.”

Bayelsa Govt accuses Sylva of plot to destabilise state Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (second left); with the photo exhibitor, Mr. Omoregie Osakpolor (left), during “Journey of An African Monarch,” exhibition, in Benin City, Edo State.

Month of May bloody for us, Plateau community lament Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The Berom community in Plateau State, has said that the month of May has been a bloody one for its inhabitants, as they have been at the mercy of Fulani herdsmen who invade their land on a constant visit to unleash terror on their people.

The Vice President of Berom Educational and Cultural Organisation (BECO), Mr. Lliya Choji Kim, stated this Wednesday in Jos, while addressing newsmen on a press briefing tagged, ‘Recent Security Challenges In Berom land’.

He said, “over 33,000 of Berom women and children are currently displaced and over 54 communities sacked by Fulani herdsmen.

“The month of May has been a bloody one for the Berom, particularly in Barkin-Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas: despite that these herders/terrorists have visited our ancestral land with mayhem and are now arrogantly occupying a good number of villages in our communities, they are the ones who have the guts to cry foul”.

Mr. Kim said at no time has any Berom person ever left

their village to attack anyone in their own settlement, adding that all attacks have been on Berom communities.

“Our women are being tortured, raped, and in some instances killed: reports of all these incidences have been lodged with the relevant security agencies for actions and no arrests have been made while victims are being treated as the accused”, he said.

Kim told newsmen that the displaced Berom people are now squatting with relations and other spirited friends, saying that efforts to get and rebuild their homes have met

with stiff resistance, as their lands are being occupied by killer herdsmen.

“In the last few months a serious resurgence of killings, attacks and wanton destruction of farmlands has been on the increase and the same herdsmen are responsible: these attacks have not been limited to Beromland alone, but the Irigwe in Bassa LGA and some communities in Bokkos LGA have also been on the receiving end where over a hundred natives have been killed and farm lands destroyed”, Kim said.

Bayelsa State Government has accused a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and a former Governor of the State, Chief Timipre Sylva, of sponsoring acts of destabilization in the state.

The Special Adviser on Security, Dr. Boma SperoJack, described Sylva as an agent of destabilization against Bayelsa and the Ijaw nation in a statement on Wednesday.

Spero-Jack advised the youth populace and all well-meaning members of the society to be wary of the former Governor, who according to him, had sponsored protests with the sole intent to blackmail and intimidate the security community.

According to him, Sylva, as a former governor, has neither contributed nor supported the efforts to develop his own state.

He said“the Bayelsa State Government wishes to draw attention to destructive antics of former Governor Timipre Sylva who has remained an agent of destabilisation of the state and the Ijaw Nation since he lost election.’’

Spero-Jack urged security operatives to give the deserved attention to the acts of destabilisation being sponsored against the state by the former governor.

He stressed that the

government had shown enough tolerance on Sylva’s persistent bid to destabilise the state.

Speaking also on the recent crisis which engulfed the university community of Amassoma, Spero-Jack said that the government would ensure a holistic investigation to unravel the sponsors of the crisis, the character of those who died in the mayhem and the general causes of the crisis He added that the panel of investigation would also uncover the magnitude of vandalization carried out by those who attacked the school.

“Government would carry out holistic investigation into the Amassoma crisis.

The steps government would take would unravel the real sponsors of the mayhem and the nature and character of the people who lost their lives.

“It would also expose the magnitude of the vandalization and generally the circumstances that led to the crisis,” he added.

Spero-Jack further said that Sylva had been unrepentant in his plan to destabilize Bayelsa State since he lost the suit he filed at the Supreme Court against Governor Dickson’s election.

He urged the youths to be wary of the politician and not to allow themselves to be used for any subversive action in Yenagoa and in Abuja.

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Dangote disburses N130m to 13,000 Nasarawa women

The Aliko Dangote Foundation, on W e d n e s d a y , commenced the disbursement of N130million to 13,000 women in Nasarawa state under its micro-grant scheme.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, chairman of the foundation, who launched the disbursement in Lafia, the state capital said the scheme was one of the components of the economic

empowerment programme of the foundation.

He added that the grant was aimed at providing the disadvantaged and vulnerable in the society with an unconditional N10, 000 cash transfer to boost their household income generation.

According to him “this we believe will help the beneficiaries meet their livelihood needs.”

He explained that the scheme, which was

launched a few years back, was targeted at a minimum of 1,000 women in each of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country.

“It is estimated that we will spend about N10 billion on the scheme, some states with large population will get a little bit more than others,” he said.

Dangote said he started the foundation in 1993 with the belief that by supporting social and economic changes through strategic investment

and interventions that improve the lives of the less privileged he would make a positive difference in the growth of the country’s economy.

He said the four major goals of the foundation are -health and nutrition, education, economic empowerment and disaster relief.

He said the foundation was partnering with Access bank to open bank accounts for the all the 13,000

beneficiaries in the state, so they can be issued with customised debit cards.

He said the essence was to introduce banking to the beneficiaries in their local communities.

According to him, the beneficiaries’ accounts have been credited with the grant and that the bank’s agents have been adequately trained and mobilised to provide the beneficiaries with the basic banking activities.

Shun politics of bitterness, NUPENG tells politicians

FCT Minister confers honourary citizenship on Sierra Leone President Idu Jude, Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has conferred a honourary citizenship of Abuja on visiting President of Sierra Leon, Mr. Julius Maada Bio. The presentation was done on behalf of the Minister by the Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahaman Dambazau.

Bio arrived the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 10:35 am. On hand to receive him were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama and FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa FCT.

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APC chairman raises the alarm over alleged threat to life by minister Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye yesterday cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians over threat to his life, alleging that Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama wants to eliminate him.

Nwoye, who addressed journalists in Enugu, said he had “uncovered a determined plot by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama to kill him using some compromised operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).

The party chairman said the attempt on his life

“The foundation and the Access bank team will be going to each of the 13 LGAs in the state to distribute the cards to the selected beneficiaries in order to be able to redeem their cash,” Dangote said.

For his part the state Governor Umaru AlMakura, expressed appreciation to Dongote for the gesture describing it as strategic, considering the hardship currently pervading the society.

was an aftermath of the recently concluded ward, local government and state congresses of the party where the minister lost out.

“I want to alert our dear President and indeed all Nigerians and other security agencies that the minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama wants me dead for his selfish political ambition.

He is currently working with some compromised operatives of the DSS in Enugu State to ensure that I was eliminated.

“The reason is that I called for his sack because of incompetency.

“Secondly, he tried all his best to emerge as national delegate during the ward congress but failed. He tried

to install one of his own as ward chairman, but failed.

He equally tried to install the local government chairman but failed too. During the State congress, he also brought a member of the PDP and wanted to make him state chairman but failed.

“He had openly declared that he was conducting his own congress against the party guidelines the electoral act; he also openly vowed to teach me a lesson and prove to me that he is a Nigerian politician,” Nwoye further alleged.

He disclosed that “on May 29, as Nigerians were celebrating Democracy Day, a faceless DSS operative sent me a text message, inviting

me for questioning over what he called cases of malpractices during the APC congress.

“He said a petition was written against me by Okey Ogbodo and the foreign affairs minister.

“I want to make it clear that this is intended to drag me into the net of the DSS where they will kill me.

“I am saying this because during our state congress at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, these same DSS officials supervised attack on us. Even when I drew the attention of one of them that my life was not safe, he said they have not received any order to act.

“They supervised and joined thugs in beating to pulp my driver. But for the

intervention of the police, we would have all been killed there.

“So, in all of these, the only people who have been professional is the police, and that is why I am raising this alarm informing President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire Nigerians that should anything untoward happen to me, the minister and the DSS, especially those of them in Enugu North, should be held accountable.

“I have video evidence of all their activities during our state congress. They supervised the attack and that is why they did not arrest a single person, which is why till date no one is being investigated.

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has called on politicians in the country to shun politics of bitterness with a view to guarantying unity.

NUPENG made the appeal in a statement signed by its President, Prince Williams Akporeha, on Tuesday in Lagos to mark Democracy Day. Akporeha stressed the need for politicians to embrace the spirit of sportsmanship so that the efforts of the labour unions, including NUPENG, who fought for democracy would not be in vain.

He also urged the government to show concern over the rising cost of food items and ensure food security in the country. ‘‘We urge the government to remain resolute in entrenching enduring democratic values and legacies. ‘‘Our government must equally put on its priority list mass employment opportunities for youths in a bid to strengthen the democratic structures.”

Such measures will help reduce poverty and other deviant behaviours among vulnerable people in the society, he noted.

The union president also underscored the need for strong commitment toward securing lives and properties of the people and addressing social infrastructure deficit.

He said that addressing nagging issues in health care, education and power as well as upholding the rule of law and the principles of separation of powers would deepen Nigeria’s democracy.

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Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd left), former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba (right), Executive Editor, The News and P.M. News, Mr. Kunle Ajibade (middle), his wife, Mrs. Bunmi Ajibade (2nd right), and Former Central Bank Deputy Governor, Mr. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu (left), at a One-Day Colloquium to Mark the 60th Birthday Ceremony of Kunle Ajibade, at Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos...on Wednesday.

Atiku, foreign hospital to establish cancer centre in Abuja Idu Jude, Abuja In effort to bring to an end the spate of medical tourism

by Nigerians, former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, says he has sealed a partnership with Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, to establish a world-class medical facility in Abuja, for the treatment of Cancer patients.

Atiku, said the 100bed hospital facility will break new grounds in medical services delivery in Nigeria.

He made the disclosure on recently, after meeting with a delegation of the management of the hospital led by Rajeev Kaushal.

The former vicepresident said the joint venture project has the potential to reduce the spate of medical tourism among Nigerians.

Atiku said it will provide safe and quality healthcare for Nigerians.

He said: “My meeting with the delegation of the management of Saudi German Hospital led by Rajeev Kaushal over joint

partnership with our company, West Africa Health-Care Company Limited, for the establishment of a 100bed hospital in Abuja, was very fruitful.

“The joint venture that we have embarked upon promises to break new grounds in medical services delivery in Nigeria.”

Atiku said the venture will also facilitate the transfer of skills to Nigerians.

Speaking on the partnership, Kaushal lamented the high

fatality rate of noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria.

He said figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicate that over 72,000 cancer patients die annually in Nigeria due to lack of access to quality diagnosis and treatment.

Kaushal said: “The hospital we are proposing to build in collaboration with West Africa HealthCare Company Limited being promoted by His Excellency Atiku Abubakar will have all

the facilities needed for comprehensive treatment of most noncommunicable diseases, especially cancer.

“This initiative will help curb medical tourism among Nigerians, which is very high at the moment. Though it is not possible to fully stop Nigerians from embarking on medical trips abroad, but we can reduce the trend with the establishment of a worldclass hospital, equipped with modern health facilities for diagnosis and treatment”.

Kaduna lawmaker commissions 3 km Kachia-Kwoi rehabilitated Road House of Representatives member Mr Sunday Katung (PDP-Jaba/Zangon Kataf on Wednesday commissioned a rehabilitated three km road along KachiaKwoi Road in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Katung while commissioning the project said the rehabilitation of

the road would reduce road crashes and loss of lives.

He expressed satisfaction with the job done, which according to him was aimed at curtailing recurring road crashes witnessed along the road.

According to him “the portion of the road, which spans about three km prior to its rehabilitation, was a nightmare to motorists.

“It is our hope that with the work done, motorists as well as other road users would have some respite and move without hitches.’’

The legislator said he remained committed to ensuring his constituents had good roads, adding that other roads, including JereKwoi, Kwoi-Kurmi, Jubril to Kachia, would soon receive same attention.

Also present commissioning, Mr Ben Bako, former Commissioner for Information in Kaduna State, said the business of governance had little or no significance except it impacts on the lives of the common people.

“What we witness today suggests that there was no barrier to constructive engagement with legislators.

“We commend the legislator for being able to lobby for such an intervention that would touch our individual lives,’’ he said.

Mr Bisallah Gyet, PDP Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area, said the gesture was not only to the benefit of the people in the area but for many road users who use the road.

Association of Resident Doctors in Yobe State, on Wednesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the state government, to address some issues they raised or they embark on industrial action.

Dr Ali Mohammed, chairman of the association, who stated this in a press conference in Damaturu, the state capital, said the doctors at a congress meeting noted with dismay the reduction in their salaries for the month of May, at a time when government approved 100 per cent CONHESS salary structure for medical workers.

They demanded full implementation of allowances and automatic promotion of all the doctors.

Besides, the doctors also demanded for upward review of residency package and deployment of more doctors to medical facilities in the state.

Promotion of reading: Pregnant women to get books from National Library National Library of Nigeria (NLN) says it will distribute several books to pregnant women across Nigerian hospitals, to promote reading culture between them and their unborn children.

Prof. Lenrie Aina, the National Librarian, NLN, stated this on Wednesday in Jos, during the 2018 Readership Campaign tagged: “Sustaining Life Long Reading for Positive Change’’.

Represented by Mrs Pauline Ogbo, NLN’s Legal Officer, Aina, said that the aim was to ensure that the expectant mothers read the books to their unborn children.

“Books will be distributed to expectant mothers in some selected hospitals during antenatal days for them to read to their unborn babies.

“To sustain lifelong reading culture, there is a need to develop reading interest right from childhood.

“We are taking a cue from findings of a renowned writer and child psychologist, who says that reading during pregnancy, increases the intelligence of babies.

“Reading to the unborn child provides stimulation for the baby’s growing brain and can make children get used to the sound of their parents’ voices,’’ he said.

Governor Simon Lalong, in a remark said that his administration had approved the rehabilitation of the state library, as part of efforts to promote reading culture in the state.

Represented by the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Mr Jude Eli, Lalong said that the government was collaborating with development partners to establish e-libraries in public schools.

“We are partnering to establish libraries in all postprimary and tertiary institutions in the state.

“We have already commenced installation in 40 schools as a pilot scheme,’’ he said.

Besides, Mrs Sarah Mshelia, Acting Branch Head of NLN Plateau, said that the event was a sensitisation effort to revive reading culture in the state.

News 20 Convention: APC Publicity Secretary aspirant pledges to thwart opposition propaganda Tom Okpe, Abuja Ahead of the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC), National Convention, an aspirant for the office of the National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Sidiq Usman, has promised to ensure that whatever propaganda by the opposition political parties will be thwarted with facts and figures when he eventually emerge as the party’s spokesman.

Abu Sidiq, who is a popular blogger and a member of Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), specifically identified the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s African Democratic Congress (ADC) as part of those dishing out lies against the APC, pointing that such trend will be corrected if elected as the party’s spokesman.

Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja after picking his Nomination and Expression of interest form to contest in the forthcoming APC National Convention, Sidiq revealed that he has consulted widely and gotten the backing of all State’s stakeholders before picking the forms.

According to him, “My emergence will be a bad market to the opposition parties who are selling lies against my party. Definitely, I will send them into oblivion.

“One of the reasons why I am contesting for this office is because I want to bring certain reforms to the communication and information management of the party. I realize that information and communication flow is not only one way, it concerns the public most of whom are not party members.

“I also know that internal communication within the party is equally important because that is the only way they can be carried along. If members of the party don’t even know what is happening in their party, there is no way they can go out and sell the party and convince more people to come and join.

“If I become the National Publicity Secretary of the party, I intend transforming the communication apparatus and employ different communication techniques”, he said.

The aspirant who promised to create a solid synergy with the media and other communication arms between the party organs at the national, state, local government and ward level on one hand and various arms of government on other hand also assured to employ relevant target based communication techniques that will spread the political influence of the APC.

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ICAN inaugurates AuditorGeneral Office chapter Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Office of the AuditorGeneral for the Federation (OAuGF) Chapter of the Institute for Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has been inaugurated as part of efforts to enhance the work of the Office and close the communication gap between the Institute and practicing professionals.

Speaking at the ceremony, on Wednesday, the AuditorGeneral for the Federation, Mr Anthony Mkpe Ayine, charged professional accountants to maintain the ideals of the institute which are hinged on accuracy and integrity at all times, while carrying out

assignments.

“As a Chapter, we are like foot soldiers to facilitate to fruition, the programmes of ICAN, as well as carry out public enlightenment within our domain. Always remember our motto – Accuracy and Integrity. We must allow these to reflect in whatever we are doing,” he said.

Ayine also commended the 53rd President of the Institute, Mallam Ismaila Mohammadu Zakari, for keeping true to his promise to make the day a reality, and assured him that the OAuGF Chapter will remain committed to upholding the principles and standards of ICAN. In his remarks, the ICAN

President, represented by Mallam Tijjani Musa Isa, said that the creation of the OAuGF Chapter of the Institute, would improve access to information about ICAN and the Accounting Profession more than ever.

“The central objective for the Institute’s creation of Chapters is to meet the needs of professional accountants… and to bring the activities of ICAN closer to all Professional accountants, without being disadvantaged for any reason whatsoever,” he said.

Isa added that the creation of the Chapter comes with great responsibility for the Office, particularly in the areas of compliance to the Code of

Ethics of the profession and the Rules of Professional Conduct for members and urged fellows not to mortgage their conscience or compromise the principles of the profession for temporary gains.

He also praised the AuditorGeneral and his team for the giant strides recorded in the promotion of accountability and transparency in the management of public funds and proceeded to administer the oath of allegiance on the Acting Chairman for the Chapter, Elder Adewale Owolo.

Elder Olowo subsequently administered the oath on five other members of his executive, charging them to give their best towards the growth and

advancement of the Institute.

He also thanked the AuditorGeneral for his personal commitments and relentless efforts in actualizing the dream of a Chapter for the Office and pledged to make it an enviable point to be reckoned with among others.

The inauguration of the OAuGF Chapter today brings the total number of ICAN Chapters nationwide to five. The Institute also boasts of having 55 District Societies spread across the country and in the diaspora, including countries like Cameroon, Canada, Malaysia, the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA).

The Institute’s Chapters serve as liaison offices to bridge the possible information gap between its secretariat and members. It also provides a platform for members to interact, exchange ideas and discuss issues of professional, national and international interests.

Cross River lawmaker dies while jogging

Shows SGF,, Boss Mustapha being assisted by the PS, EFO, Dr. (Mrs.) Habiba Lawal (L), the PS, GSO (OSGF), Barr. Olusegun Adekunle (R in brown) and the PS, Cabinet Office (OSGF), Barr. (Mrs.) Georginia Ehure (R. in Red) in cutting the Commissioning tape at Saburi, Amac, FCT, Abuja. . . on Wednesday

The member representing Obodu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Stephen Ukpukpen, is dead.

The spokesperson of the House of Assembly, Olory Mathew, who confirmed the sad incident to PREMIUM TIMES, said the lawmaker slumped and died while he was jogging on Wednesday morning.

“He normally jogs every morning,” said Mr Mathew, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Youth and Sports.

The late lawmaker was the Chairman, Public Account Committee.

Edo Govt moves to clear LGs staff salary arrears Titus Akhigbe, Benin Edo State Government has put modalities in place to clear salaries arrears owed by immediate past local government administration in the State.

Seven out of the 18 councils are still indebted to their workers ranging from 6 to 9 months, the Seven indebted councils are Oredo, Egor, Orhionmwon, Uhunmwonde, Esan west, Esan North East and Etsako West.

At a meeting with the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Barr. Jimoh Ijegbai and Chairmen of the councils , Edo State Deputy Governor Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu told them that Mr. Governor has insisted that this salary backlog must be cleared, “I called you to discuss and agree on how this dept will be liquidated”.

A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, office of the Deputy Governor, Comrade Ebomhiana Musa State that

“the salary backlog profile inherited by these councils are Egor (9 months amounting to #400m), Uhunmwonde ( 7 months amounting to #172m), Orhionmwon (6 months amounting to #301m), Esan West (6 months amounting to #280m), Esan North East (7 months amounting to #36m) and Etsako west (6 months amounting to #233m).However, the level of Oredo Council indebtedness could not be ascertained at the meeting due to absence of the Chairman.

The council Chairmen hinted of plans by the ALGON to embark on strike over the salary arrears. But the Deputy Governor quickly cut in saying that “government is waiting for them, if they want to dialogue with us, we are ready if its strike, we are equally ready to face them. We are not going to shy away from the fact that they colluded with politicians to create this mess in our councils” The meeting finally arrived at a tight and feasible work plan whereby the salary backlog will

be liquidated before end of the year with each local government having peculiar payment schedule The Deputy Governor however warned that the dedicated IGR account is not meant for salaries , adding that it’s strictly for projects that will bringing developments to the grassroots “For now, you must not embark on any project except it is income generating and this must be scrutinized and get approval of Mr. Governor”, Shaibu added

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SHOKOYA-OLAYINKA BABAJIDE OLUSOJI 2. SHOKOYA-OLAYINKA ABIKE MARTHA 3. JOY OMONIGHO ENAKHIMION 4. OBAFEMI OLUWOLE OLUWADAMILARE 5. SUNMONU ESTHER TEMITOPE - SECRETARY AIMS & OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH SPORT 2. TO DEVELOP SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE THROUGH POSITIVE SPORTING EXPERIENCES 3. TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND FOSTER QUALITIES OF CO-OPERATION, TOLERANCE, TRUST AND RESPONSIBLILTY AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN 4. TO PROMOTE KEEN AND HEALTHY COMPETITION AMONGST STUDENTS UNDER AN ATMOSPHERE OF SPORTMANSHIP 5. TO PROMOTE TALENTS AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR TOURISM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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. PROF. ADEFULE OSITELU ADEBUKUNOLA OLUSOLA 2. PROF. OSUNKWO UCHE ALEX 3. ALH. AKEREDOLU TAOFIKI ATANDA 4. DR. AINA OLUWAGBEMIGA OLANREWAJU 5. BARR. AMODU BENJAMIN 6. DR. ADEFULE ADEBAYO KEHINDE 7. DR. EJOH ELIZABETH VALENTINA 8. DR. FAWEHINMI AKINLOLU BANKOLE 9. DR. BANKOLE OLUWOLE OLUFEMI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE AND CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF NATURAL MEDICINE (TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE IN NIGERIA).

2. TO PROMOTE COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER RELEVANT HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES.

ADDRESS IS: 54, MOSHALASHI STREET, OBALENDE, LAGOS

HOLY TRINITY & DESERT TEAM 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. OKOYE SUNDAY CHINESE 2. UMENWAOSU VICTORIA EGOAKANWA 3. OKOYE IFEOMA DORIS. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST AND DO CHARITABLE WORKS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR KINGSLEY UGOAGHA.

JESUS NAME AND POWER BIBLE CHURCH

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, SALISU ADENIYI SURALITU (CHAIRMAN) 2, SALISU YINKA YESIRAT 3, OLUBELA OLUSOJI BARIU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:1, TO WIN SOULS FOR OUR LORD 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: TRUSTEES

GREAT BROTHERS CLUB OF OSUMENYI 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. DIM EKENE LAZ 2. EZINNE IFEANYICHUKWU ABRAHAM 3. EZINNE ANDREW-COLLINS NNAEMEKA. 4. EZIKE CHUKWUDALU DANIELS 5. EBUKA LEONARD EFOBI 6. EZIKE CHIDOZIE NENO 7.EZINNE JOSEPH SILVA 8. EZINNE KELECHUKWU .E. 9. OBIKA FELIX OKWUDILI 10. EFOBI EMMANUEL KELECHI. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF 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

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

EDIFY GLOBAL CENTER

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. FAYOMI ADERIBIGBE ADEMOLA, 2. FAYOMI ADEKUNLE GABRIEL, 3. ADEYEMI AYODELE PRAISE, 4. EGBARIN PRINCE ONYEKACHUKWU, 5. MOSES EROMOSE RUEBEN. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BY SECRETARY

LYDIA ATAUKE FOUNDATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION AT THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C 20 LFN 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

MRS. AJEDEGBA JULIET OKEOGHENE 2.

MR. OBIEROMA OGHOGHO EFEMENA 3.

MR. OBIEROMA DAVID OGHENEMAIRO 4.

MR. OBIEROMA EMAMIGWE AUSTIN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: A. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION AMONG YOUTHS, WOMEN AND WIDOWS. B. TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDUCTION OF MISERY AND THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY FOCUSING ON THE SUPPORT OF VULNERABLE PERSONS. C. TO AWARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SCHOLARSHIP TO INDIGENTS IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGU IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, PMB 198 GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OLUGBENGA AKINLABI ESQ. BROADRIDGE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & NOTARY PUBLIC NO 8 ALHAJA OLUWAKEMI STREET, OFF ODUNLAMI STREET, ANTHONY (MARYLAND) LAGOS STATE.

ASSOCIATION OF STAKEHOLDERS OF OIL MINERAL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES 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.

NAME OF TRUSTEES 1. RANDY AKPAN, 2. JOHN ESSIEN, 3. EMEKA UZOKA, 4. HENRY UCHE, 5. MIKE OGBOKO, 6. GREG FIBERESIMA, 7. PAUL WILFRED 8. NKEM ANYATA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO BUILD PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP AMONG NIGER DELTA COMMUNITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR BUKOLA DANIEL

Companies Registration 22 LOSS OF DOCUMENT I, BASIRU MOHAMMED SULAIMAN, MALE, MOSLEM, NIGERIAN OF NO 2A OLAJIDE GEORGE, LEKKI PHASE1, I AM A DIRECTOR AT ALBASMA NIG. LIMITED WITH HEAD OFFICE AT OBA ODESANYA WAY,FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS COMPOUND, OPPOSITE FERMA,OTTO ROAD, IJORA OLOPA, LAGOS. ALBASMA NIG. LIMITED IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 4788.110 SQUARE METERS ALONG SAGAMU/BENIN EXPRESS ROAD, MAKUN, SAGAMU WITH CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY(C OF O) DATED 8/6/84 REGISTERED AS NO 47 AT PAGE 47 IN VOLUME 248, WHOSE TITLE DOCUMENT IN MY CUSTODY WAS LOST IN 1999 AT SAGAMU DURING THE YORUBA-HAUSA CRISIS. I ONLY HAVE THE PHOTOCOPIES OF THE TITLE DOCUMENT TO THIS PROPERTY. IF FOUND,PLEASE RETURN TO THE OWNER AT THE ABOVE STATED ADDRESS OR TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION. SIGNED: BASIRU MOHAMMED SULAIMAN

CHRIST PERFECTION CHURCH LIBERTY LAND

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

TRUSTEES 1. ARCH.BISHOP JOEL ADENIYI O. AJIBADE 2. REV.JOSEPH AYANF AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO RAISE MEN AND WOMEN FOR CHRIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOOSING THAT IN BONDAGE OF SIN AND SATAN. 2.TO PLANT CHURCHES AND ENGAGE IN CHRISTIANITY MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES 3.TO TRAIN BELIEVERS IN THE BIBLE-BASED CHRISTIAN LIFE. 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: TRUSTEES

ELITE KINGS SOCIAL CLUB ABUJA

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. UGWU, OSITA PHILIP 2. UGWOKE SAMUEL 3. UGWU, ABRAHAM EJIOFOR AIM & OBJECTIVE TO HELP EACH OTHER PHYSICALLY, MORALLY AND FINANCIALLY 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

360 DEGREE WOMAN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. ADAEZE MONTSERAT OKEKE 2. OSATOHAMWEN SOPHIA IZEKOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. CREATING A MENTORSHIP COMMUNITY AIMED AT HELPING YOUNG WOMEN IN THE SOCIETY 2. MENTORING THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF WOMEN TO BE WELL ROUNDED, INDEPENDENT, AND CATALYSTS OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE SOCIETY 3. EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION, CAREER AND EMOTIONAL MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 4. TEACHING YOUNG LADIES LIFE SKILLS, THEREBY EMPOWERING THEM FOR DYNAMIC FUTURES 5. TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY FORM OF ABUSE AND PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP, THERAPY AND COUNSELLING WHERE POSSIBLE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC], PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE GREATER LIGHT OF CHRIST CHURCH WORLDWIDE RC NO: 9982 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANISATION HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE AND APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. BY THE CHANGE/ APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING UNDERLISTED TRUSTEES. OLD TRUSTEES 1. BABA ALADURA PATRICK A. AKINBOBOYE 2. SPECIAL APOSTLE AMOS A. AKINFADEYAN 3. GEN. EVANGELIST SOLOMON O. OGUNJIMI 4. APOSTLE JIMOH A. OGUNNAIKE 5. SENIOR- MOTHER IN ISRAEL GRACE ADEBOGUN 6. SENIOR APOSTLE RUFUS A. FADOJUTIMI NEW TRUSTEES 1. SPECIAL APOSTLE RUFUS ABAYOMI FADOJUTIMI 2. SUPT. APOSTLE DICKSON OLUWASIJI ADEGBESAN 3. SUPT. APOSTLE JAMES SUNDAY ADENUGA IDOWU 4. MOST SENIOR MOTHER IN ISRAEL IYABO OGUNNAIKE 5. MOST SPECIAL APOSTLE BELLO AINA PETERS 6. MOST SPECIAL APOSTLE PROPHET ISAAC OGUNJIMI 7. MOST SPECIAL APOSTLE JOSEPH AKINOSI 8. SPECIAL APOSTLE PROPHET OLABISI MICHEAL AKINLAJUWO 9. SPECIAL APOSTLE PROPHET OLUWADARE CORNELIUS IDOWO 10. CAPTAIN MOTHER IN ISRAEL AJIBIKE SUSANNAH AKINBOBOYE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC], PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED ADEDAYO ODESEYE 86, ALLEN AVENUE, IKEJA, LAGOS

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SPECTRUN INTEGRATED LIFE LEARNING CENTER 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. JOSEPH ITEJI ASOH 2. CHUKWUDUMEBI JOSEPH-ASOH 3. JOSES UCHE ASO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

STOP THE ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN ARE CHILDREN FOUNDATION 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. OJO-TAIWO TOYIN NDIDI 2. TARFA DAUDA VICTOR 3. OCHIE EMMANUEL OGBONNAYA 4. TAIWO TITILOLA OBIAJULU 5. TAIWO OLUSEGUN THOMAS 6. OJERINDE MAGDALENE UCHE 7. OJO BAMIDELE OLAYINKA 8. ADEKOYA ABIMBOLA MOTUNRA 9. FASHIKUN OLAJIDE AYODEJI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

JOE BIDEX FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES 1. AYILEYE ABIDEMI JOSEPH 2. AGATHA MURPHY 3. ADURAGBEMI TOBA SOJI DAVID 4. EZEAMAKA AUGUSTINA EKENE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CARE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED 2. TO CARE FOR THE NEEDY 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: SCHOLASTIC LEADERSHIP STANDARD SCHOOLS LTD

LIFE GIVING SPIRIT INTERNATIONAL CHURCH

PECULIAR BUSINESS MEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE BOARDS: 1. MADU RAPHEAL CHUKWUDI - CHAIRMAN 2. ONUH CHIDI MORIS SECRETARY 3. UBANI AKACHUKWU IHUOMA - FINANCIAL SECRETARY 4. ANI MICHAEL ONYEDIKACHUKWU - P.R.O 5. UGOBUEZE DANIEL NDUBUEZE - TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE LOVE, PEACE AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS. 2. TO PROMOTE COMMON SOCIO- CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL BUSINESS HERITAGE AMONG MEMBERS. 3. TO ENCULCATE SOUND MORAL AND BASIC BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OTI, CHRISTIAN

WOMANHOOD OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

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.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR OLANIKE OLUWAKEMI ODEDEJI 2. PASTOR PRAISE ODEDEJI 3. DECONESS ADEFUNKE VICTORIA SOTOMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ENLIGHTEN WOMEN TO DISCOVER AND FULFILL GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIVES. 2. TO RAISE WOMEN WHO WILL RAISE AND NURTURE THE UPCOMING GENERATIONS E.T.C 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: A. S. EROMOSELE ESQ.

SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ORGANISATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2010.

THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: A) TO IDENTIFY AND EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS LEADERS TO BECOME AGENTS OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES; B) TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE BY PROVIDING MOTIVATED AND TALENTED STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES WITH ACCESS TO SUPERIOR EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, C) TO PROVIDE MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO NIGERIAN STUDENTS IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYABILITY, CORPORATE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THE PROPOSED TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANISATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1.CHUKUKA E CHUKUMA 2.RANDOLPH B K RODRIGUES 3.JOHN J K GADZI 4.EDGAR EY SEAH ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI-IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA FCT WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SYNERGY LAW PARTNERS SOLICITORS

THE PREVAILERS’ CHURCH REFORMATIVE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. FELIX EHIOSUN AKHUIWU ASEBHOTA 2. MRS. FELIX CATHERINA AKHUIWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

TRUSTEES: (1) OLADIRAN OLUTOLA AJIMATI (2) MRS. BOLAJI JULIANA AJIMATI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SAFE TOWER OUTREACH MINISTRY

ELITE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. SERIKI OLAWUNMI BABS 2. SERIKI GRACE TITILOLA 3. AKINSANYA TEMITOPE TIMOTHY 4. OKUNOYE OLUMIDE OLUSEGUN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO REACH THE UNSAVED AND UNAWARE IMMORTAL LOST SOULS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ( ROMANS 15:20, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:16, MATHEW 9:35, JOHN 17:3, MARK 16:15-20, LUKE 24:14) 2. TO REACH THE BODY OF CHRIST IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD 3. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH EVANGELICAL FILMS, PRESENTATION IN HALLS ON THE STREET AND ALSO THROUGH OPEN AIR SERVICES MEETINGS 4. TO MINISTER TO THE DEAR SOCIAL NEED OF OUR ENVIRONMENT/ COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR WELFARE STRATEGIES: HOSPITAL, PRISON, ORPHANAGE, NEEDY MINISTRY, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP, REHABILITATION CENTRES.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. EZE CAIUS ANAYO PRESIDENT 2. ITODO EVELYN VICE PRESIDENT 3. OBETTA REMIGIUS SECRETARY GENERAL 4. PRINCE OLAMIDE ONI PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER 5. OHUANKANWA IFEDI FRANCIS TREASURER 6. OLAIDE LAWAL FINANCIAL SECRETARY 7. EBENEZER OLUWASESAN JOSEPH. ADVISER ( ECONOMIC) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. INTERCONNECTING POTENTIAL LEADERS AND HUMANITARIANS AROUND THE SOCIETY TOWARDS COMMON GOAL 2. HELPING ONE ANOTHER IN DIFFERENT AREA OF LIFE TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUR PRIMARY GOALS 3. PARTNERING WITH INSTITUTIONS TO ORGANIZE INTELLECTUAL EVENTS

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC], PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED DAYO ODESEYE 86, ALLEN AVENUE, IKEJA, LAGOS

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

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GREAT FUTURE GOAL GETTERS FOUNDATION

ATUNSE OGBONI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA & OVERSEAS THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. CHIEF ADEYEYE BABATUNDE GBADE 2. CHIEF KAREEM AZEEZ MADAMIDOLA 3. FOLAMI LOOKMAN KOLAWOLE 4. PRINCESS ADEBIMPE OPEKE JAGUNMOLU 5. CHIEF SHAMUSIDEEN AMUSA BARUWA 6. CHIEF AFEEZ OLAYIWOLA NAIBI 7. CHIEF TAOFEEK ALADE NAIBI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.TO ENGAGE IN CHARITY/CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DONATIONS TO THE NEEDY IN THE OLD PEOPLES’ HOMES, ORPHANAGES, PRISONS, HOSPITALS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO MENTION JUST A FEW 2.TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF ALL MEMBERS AND BELIEVERS OF THE RELIGION ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420,TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ADDRESS: NO 1 RAILWAY COMPOUND EBUTE METTA WEST LAGOS STATE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. NWAFOR FRANCIS FRANK 2. ONYEMACHI HOPE UZONDU 3. OBIKWE IKENNA DESMOND 4. OBODO IKECHUKWU

RASAKI TEMITOPE

HELEN OMOLADE I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FOLUSO OMOLADE AJIBOGUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HELEN OMOLADE ADEKUNJOAJIBOGUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

DECLARATON FOR NEXT OF KIN

OMONGHOMION IMALUOSA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MONISOLA HANNAH MERAYEBU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ADEAGBO MONISOLA HANNAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKONYON IMALUOSA KATE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMONGHOMION IMALUOSA KATE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PROMOTE LOVE, UNITY AND SENSE OF BROTHERHOOD 2. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION. 3 TO BOOST THE FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL STATUS OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION(CAC)PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

OWO DYNAMIC UNION

NO 10 BALOGUN STREET GLORY LAND ESTATE POWER LINE ISHERI LAGOS STATE

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

THE 1.

2.

3.

4.

TRUSTEES ARE: ADEBAYO IBRAHIM ABIODUN WILLIAMS GBADEBO ADEOLA FAJANA IFEDAYO EDDY FADAHUNSI TOYIN AJIBIKE

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL/CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OWO IN PARTICULAR AND NIGERIA IN GENERAL 2. TO IMPROVE THE STATUS OF MEMBERS THROUGH AID AND OTHER NECESSARY ASSISTANCE WHEN NEEDED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION AT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI-IRONSI ST. PMB 198 MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN THREE DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

AMUWA TAIWO

ISAAC INIOBONG

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ADDITION OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKOKON IMAOBONG MAYEN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ISAAC INIOBONG MAYEN IMAOBONG. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT MUSIBAU IFATOLA OLURINDE IS THE SAME PERSON AS IFATOLA ELALOMO OLURINDE . HENCEFORTH I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFATOLA ELALOMO OLURINDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

THAT I WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEBO AHMED. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEBO AHMED ADEMOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

CHANGE OF NAME/ CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

SULAIMAN MUDASHIRU

ADELUSI ADEFUNKE

HENRIETTA ONWUEME

I WISH TO CORRECT MY NAME WISH WAS FORMERLY OKORIE-ADENIYI IFEYINWA PAMELA ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORIE PAMELA IFEYINWA . WRONG DATE OF BIRTH-29TH OF NOVEMBER,1984 ON MY ACCOUNT. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH-14TH OF AUGUST,1984 ON MY BVN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SULAIMAN MUDASHIRU PRINCE , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SULAIMAN MUDASHIRU OLAREWAJU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELUSI OMOROLAKE FUNKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELUSI ADEFUNKE TEMITOPE, ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HENRIETTA CASSIDY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HENRIETTA ONWUEME. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

TRUSTEES: (1)OGUNJIMI KAYODE EZEKIEL (2)ADEGBITE OLUWATOYIN IKEOLA (3) OGUNJIMI SUNDAY OLANIYI

AIM AND OBJECTIVES (1)TO EMPOWER PERSON WITH DISABILITY WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ADVANCE THIER FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY (2)TO CREATE AWEARNESS OF DISABILITY ISSUE THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIVE SERVICE AND RESEARCH (3)TO INITIATE JOINT ADVOCACY WITH OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATION (4)TO AFFILIATE WITH AND TO FURTHER THE WORK OF ANY NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PROMOTING THE INTEREST , WELFARE AND RIGHT OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI, STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

MESSIAH PATHWAY 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.

TRUSTEES (1)AUSI FOLUSO ALFRED (2)AUSI VICTORIA ODUNAYO (3)AUSI JAMES OLUWATIMILEHIN AIN AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO SUPPORT CREATION OF VENTURE /ENTERPRISES AS A POTENTIAL SERVICE FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (2) TO PROVIDE HELP TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY

SIGNED BY:- SECRETARY

SIGNED BY: THE TRUSTEES

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOFIN TAIWO VICTORIA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMUWA TAIWO VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

GOLDFINGER DISABILITY FOUNDATION,

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. VIOLET IZIEGBE OSADIAYE (PRESIDENT) 2. JOANNA ARUORIWO OGINNI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN NEED DUE TO POVERTY, DISEASES OR SOCIAL INJUSTICE. 2. TO ORGANIZE SEMINARS ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS THAT WILL EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL. 3. TO PLAY ADVOCACY ROLE ON BEHALF OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED PERSONS ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR SOCIAL-ECONOMY.

SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OFORDUM BLESSING, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABOLUWADE BLESSING, WHILE THE CHILDREN THAT WERE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RASAKI TEMITOPE AND RASAKI VICTOR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABOLUWADE TEMITOPE AND ABOLUWADE VICTOR. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING OUR FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

23 Companies Registration

GRACEFUL ROCK ASSEMBLY

CHURCH ADDRESS: 5B, OYEDEJI STREET, OFF OJO ROAD, AJEGUNLE, LAGOS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC] ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AKO NSINI ROSE. 2. MOSAFEJ UDOH JAPHET. 3. SALAS EKANEM ETUKUKO. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD, DEMONSTRATE GOD’S POWER AND EMPOWER GOD’S PEOPLE. 2. TO EQUIP AND EDIFY BELIEVERS FOR THE WORK OF THE LORD, EMBRACING THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRY. 3. TO DO ALL OTHER THINGS RELATED AND IN CONNECTION WITH CARRYING OUT THE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE HEREIN ABOVE SET FORTH. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI, STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SALAS EKANEM ETUKUKO

RIGHTEOUS HEAVEN PRAYER MINISTRY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. APOSTLE PETER GERALD (CHAIRMAN) 2. MMADUABUCHI OKAFOR. 3. PROPHETESS ESTHER QUEEN OKAFOR. (SECRETARY).

4. DOMINIC SUNDAY INNALEGU .

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST .

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SUPER KINGS PROGRESSIVE FAMILY CLUB OF NIGERIA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) OLA-FOLORUNSO OLATUNJI SAKIRU -PRESIDENT (2) ADEJONWO OLUSEGUN HENRY -SECRETARY (3) OGUNDELE OLUWATOYIN JOSEPH -TREASURER THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO CATER FOR MEMBERS WELFARE (2) TO PROMOTE UNITY, PEACE, LOVE, PROGRESS AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL MEMBERS (3) TO ENCOURAGE AND MAINTAIN HIGH MORAL STANDARD AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, WUSE ZONE 5, P.M.B., 198, ABUJA , WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: ADEJONWO OLUSEGUN HENRY SECRETARY 08033203632

UNCONDITIONAL GRACE AND POWER OF GOD MINISTRY

CHURCH ADDRESS: 11, AKINTUNDE COLE, BEHIND OAKLAND SCHOOL, BY CELE BUS STOP, OKOTA, ISOLO LAGOS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC] ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OYINLOLA DORCAS OLUWAYEMISI 2. ONI AYOTUNDE 3. OLAFISOYE YETUNDE HUSAMAT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO WORSHIP AND SERVE GOD AND TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION OF JESUS CHRIST AS SET FORTH IN MATT. 28: 19-20.

2. TO MINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF MEMBERS AND OTHERS AS THE CHURCH IS ABLE TO DO SO. 3. TO DO ALL OTHER THINGS RELATED AND IN CONNECTION WITH CARRYING OUT THE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE HEREIN ABOVE SET FORTH ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION [CAC], PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OYINLOLA DORCAS OLUWAYEMISI

CORRECTION OF NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH

AJIDE IGBEKELEOLUWA

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS OWOLABI AFEEZOPEYEMI AJIBADE AND 6TH OF JULY, 1990 INSTEAD OF AJIBADE OWOLABI AFEEZ OPEYEMI AND 7TH OF JUNE, 1986. THAT MY CORRECT NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH IS AJIBADE OWOLABI AFEEZ OPEYEMI AND 7TH OF JUNE, 1986. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJIDE IGBEKELEOLUWAABIGEAL ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJIDE IGBEKELEOLUWA TITILOPE. WRONG DATE OF BIRTH 23RE, MARCH 1992 . CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 23RD, MARCH, 1993. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLADOSU SEGUN FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADOSU OLADELE SEGUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADOSU SEGUN BENJAMEIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OYEWOLE SAMMY I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO SAMUEL AMOKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYEWOLE SAMMY AMOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.

AJAYI LATEEF

ISIDAHOME NKECHI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJAYI LATEEF NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS AJAYI LATEEF TUNDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWABIA NKECHI CHIKAODILI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ISIDAHOME NKECHI CHIKAODILI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.

OSEKHAHUMEN HELEN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSEKHAHUMEN HELEN ARABOME NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS OSEKHAHUMEN HELEN NWAOKOYE .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE .

CHIOMA JESSICA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OJEAH CHIOMA JESSICA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS LAWAL CHIOMA JESSICA ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

Change of Names 24 adeleke BUkola

confIrmaTIon of names

I formerly known and addressed as adewUnmI BUkola TosIn now wIsh To Be known called and addressed as adeleke BUkola TosIn. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId.

ThIs Is To confIrm ThaT I, onyemaUchechUkwU sTanley UdeaGha Is The same person answerInG Uche sTanley UdeaGha, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as onyemaUchechUkwU sTanley UdeaGha. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

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confIrmaTIon of name

TInUoye karImoT

rasakI esTher

okoeBor mercy

akInBIyI olUseGUn

akInBIyI olUseGUn

I formerly known and addressed as akInsanya omoTayo morIlI now wIsh To Be known and addressed as akInsanya omoTayo asaBI. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc and aUThorITy concerned Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as karImoT kareem. now wIsh To Be known and addressed as TInUoye karImoT kareem .all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc and aUThorITy concerned Take noTe.

I, formerly known and addressed as James esTher onyIneche, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as rasakI esTher onyIneche. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I, formerly known and addressed as omoIGUI mercy ITohan, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as okoeBor mercy ITohan. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as akIInBIyI olUseGUn now wIsh To Be known and addressed as akInBIyI olUseGUn akInBoBola. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss adeJayan adeyInka olUwaTosIn now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs akInBIyI adeyInka olUwaTosIn. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

BUkola omorIsIwa

aUGUsTIne odom

mrs ayeleso olasImBo

correcTIon of name

mrs maGdalene adekUnle

mrs IlekUra mUJIdaT

I formerly known and addressed as BUkola omorIsIwa akInfenwa now wIsh To Be known and addressed as BUkola omorIsIwa aBIfarIn. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as aUGUsTIne odom now wIsh To Be known and addressed as aUGUsTIne odom odIcha . I was Born on 05/08/1985 noT 21/09/1985. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as akInBamI olasImBo opeyemI now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs ayeleso olasImBo opeyemI. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

my name was wronGly wrITTen as Udeme mIchael InsTead of Udoh Udeme mIchael. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss maGdalene okorafor now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs maGdalene adekUnle. ThIs Is dUe To marITal sTaTUs. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss TemIlolUwa aBIola aBIdemI now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs IlekUra mUJIdaT aBIola. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

nwaoBI Joy

aGweda Barry

Joy ola

olUwafemI mIcheal

JUlIeT kelechI

make Good

I formerly known and addressed as nwaoBI opara Joy adanma now wIsh To Be known and addressed as nwaoBI Joy adanma. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

correcTIon of name: my name was wronGly wrITTen as Barry aGweda emeka InsTead of aGweda Barry polITe. henceforTh I wIsh To Be known and addressed as aGweda Barry polITe . I was Born on 26/10/1986 noT 26/10/1984. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as Joy Idara aUGUsTIne now wIsh To Be known and addressed as Joy ola IdowU. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as fernando mIchael ayo now wIsh To Be known and addressed as olUwafemI mIcheal ayo . all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as JUlIeT kelechI onwUeGBUchI now wIsh To Be known and addressed as JUlIeT kelechI nZeakor . all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as omareTseye UvwI-JesU now wIsh To Be known and addressed as onaGhInor UvwI-JesU. ThIs Is dUe To chanGe In marITal sTaTUs. I was Born on 10/11/1984. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

adeBanJo fUnmIlayo

chanGe of name/ correcT daTe of BIrTh

I formerly known and addressed as adeBanJoaInafUnmIlayo now wIsh To Be known and addressed as adeBanJo fUnmIlayo chrIs. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as oJUolape aIna now wIsh To Be known and addressed as shITTUaIna sefIyaT. correcT daTe of BIrTh :12-06-1981. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

IGe olUwaseGUn

JUsTIna BarnaBas

okolI rITa

mrs. okaGBUe chIdInma

I formerly known and addressed as aJUwon kayode olUwaseGUn now wIsh To Be known and addressed as IGe olUwaseGUn kayode. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc and aUThorITy concerned To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as JUsTIna yohana aUTa now wIsh To Be known and addressed as JUsTIna BarnaBas. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as nneJI rITa nkolIka now wIsh To Be known and addressed as okolI rITa nkolIka. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss InnocenT chIdInma anasThesIa now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs. okaGBUe chIdInma anasThesIa. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

onyemaIZU davId

mrs. edna amasUa

mrs eZenwa dymphIna

kUvU BlessInG

eZe Bryan-kInGsley

eZenwaGU maryGlorIa

I formerly known and addressed as onyemaIZU davId olaITan now wIsh To Be known and addressed as onyemaIZU davId chIBUeZe. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss edna okon akpan now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs. edna amasUa essIen. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss eZenwa dymphIna Ifeoma, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs eZenwa dymphIna Ifeoma. all former docUmenTs remaIns valId, General pUBlIc and aUThorITIes concern To please Take noTe.

I, formerly known and addressed as kUvU BlessInG medUGU, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as kUvU BlessInG UGwU. all former docUmenTs remaIns valId. General pUBlIc and aUThorITIes concern To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as, kInGsley eZe, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as, eZe Bryan-kInGsley eBere. all former docUmenTs remaIns valId. The General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as maryGlorIa amaka aGBa now wIsh To Be known and addressed as eZenwaGU maryGlorIa nwamaka. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

salaU IBrahIm

aloGBa happIness

correcTIon of name / declaraTIon of aGe.

I formerly known and addressed as salaUdeen IBrahIm now wIsh To Be known and addressed as salaU IBrahIm. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as omonU happIness mary now wIsh To Be known and addressed as aloGBa happIness mary. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

In some of my docUmenTs my name was wronGly wrITTen as ore aleXander T InsTead of ore aleXander ToyIn. correcT daTe of BIrTh :-26-08-1990. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc To please Take noTe.

correcTIon of name

akInBo sUlaImon

yUnUsa nUrUdeen

my name was wronGly wrITTen as dossoU moses olUseGUn, InsTead of: dosU moses olUseGUn. now wIsh To Be known and addressed as dosU moses. olUseGUn.all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc shoUld please Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as TaJUdeen kayode ayomIde. now wIsh To Be known and addressed as akInBo sUlaImon ayomIde. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc shoUld please Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as adeaGBo nUrUdeen. now wIsh To Be known and addressed as yUnUsa nUrUdeen.. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId, General pUBlIc shoUld please Take noTe

henTowanU danIel

ayodele ToyIn

odIhI Grace

noJeem alanI

reXford chIZoBa

mUsTapher arInola

formerly known and addressed as peTer danIel mofeolUwa sUnday, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as henTowanU danIel sUnday all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as odekUnle rafaTU wasIU, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as ayodele ToyIn rafaTU. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as odIhI ada GaBrIela, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as odIhI Grace ada. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as noJeem alanI, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as noJeem alanI sarafa. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as reXford c. madU, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as reXford chIZoBa madUeke. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as mUsTapher faTImah orIyomI, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mUsTapher arInola orIyomI. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

aThan danIel

confIrmaTIon of name

afadama eTInosa

eleZUo ekene

oGUnGBo aBImBola

mrs oladehInde aanUolUwapo

formerly known and addressed as anelechI danIel, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as aThan danIel kelechI. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

ThIs Is To confIrm and cerTIfy ThaT IBeZImako vIvIan Is The same person as anImashaUn Joy as appeared on my oTher docUmenTs, ThaT I henceforTh wIsh To Be known and addressed as IBeZImako vIvIan. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as naThanIel eTInosa, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as afadama eTInosa. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as eleZUo ekene confIdence, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as eleZUo ekene Grace. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

formerly known and addressed as serIkI aBImBola rIsIkaT, now wIsh To Be known and addressed as oGUnGBo aBImBola rIsIkaT. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss salamI aanUolUwapo TaIwo now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs oladehInde aanUolUwapo TaIwo. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

olUwafemI Tope

adUnola odUnayo

sadIkU saka

yekInI sUkUraT

BaloGUn adenIke

lawal adUnola

I formerly known and addressed as olUwafemI mIcheal TemITope now wIsh To Be known and addressed as olUwafemI Tope emmanUel. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as adUnola odUnayo akInrodoye now wIsh To Be known and addressed as adUnola odUnayo aBolade. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as aremU saka now wIsh To Be known and addressed as sadIkU saka aremU. ThaT my daTe of BIrTh Is 10/09/1964. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as sUkUraT adeBayo adeJoke now wIsh To Be known and addressed as yekInI sUkUraT adeJoke. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as kareem adenIke rodIaT now wIsh To Be known and addressed as BaloGUn adenIke rodIaT. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as Boye adUnola adedoyIn now wIsh To Be known and addressed as lawal adUnola adedoyIn. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

adenIran haleemaT

IlUyemI eseoGhene

okorIe onyInye

correcTIon of name

mrs Bolanle adeBayo

mrs ayInde TaIwo

I formerly known and addressed as ahmad haleemaT omoBolanle now wIsh To Be known and addressed as adenIran haleemaT omoBolanle. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as eneGBede eseoGhene hope now wIsh To Be known and addressed as IlUyemI eseoGhene hope. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as okorIe felIcIa onyekwere now wIsh To Be known and addressed as okorIe onyInye felIcIa. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

ThIs Is To Inform The General pUBlIc ThaT my name was wronGly wrITTen as eneBUse chUks InsTead of eneBUse chUkwUka eZeh. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe

I formerly known and addressed as mrs faGBenle Bolanle now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs Bolanle adeBayo waheed. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

I formerly known and addressed as mIss hassan TaIwo TemITope now wIsh To Be known and addressed as mrs ayInde TaIwo TemITope. all former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General pUBlIc Take noTe.

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flame alTar of faiTh minisTry

This is To inform The general public ThaT The above named has applied To The corporaTe affairs commission for regisTraTion under parT ‘’c’’ of The company and allied maTTers acT of 1990 .

TrusTees are; 1. propheT uchenna eKe - chairman.

2. bro. daniel nWoKo - secreTary.

3. pasTor Joy eKe - Treasurer.

4. pasTor anThony alberT - member.

5. mrs. sTella ordu - member. aims/obJecTives; 1. To preach The gospel of our lord Jesus chrisT. 2. To Win souls for The Kingdom of god. any obJecTion To This regisTraTion should be forWarded To The regisTrar- general, corporaTe affairs commission, ploT 420, Tigris crescenT, off aguyiironsi sTreeT, maiTama, abuJa WiThin 28 days of This publicaTion. signed; propheT uchenna eKe (chairman).

aroWoJobe esTaTe phase Three residenTs associaTion

25 Change of Names

maKaZey- essence of life 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.

TrusTees 1. anifoWose-ayanTunJi oluWaKemi TemiTope KafayaT - secreTary 2. aKinola busayo abdulaZeeZ - chairman aims and obJecTives 1.To combaT poverTy by WorKing WiTh oThers To empoWer individuals and communiTies To affecT change in The disTribuTion of poWer and resources.

2.To WorK WiTh people and communiTies eXperiencing poverTy To empoWer Them To address poverTy 3.To WorK WiTh organisaTions To build a sTrong anTi-poverTy neTWorK. 4.To raise aWareness abouT poverTy and encourage debaTe abouT soluTions. any obJecTion To The regisTraTion should be forWarded To The regisTrar general, corporaTe affairs commission, ploT 420, Tigris crescenT, off aguiyironsi sTreeT, maiTama, p.m.b 198, garKi, abuJa, WiThin 28 days from The daTe of This publicaTion. signed: secreTary

hands of hope supporT 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.

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.

names of TrusTees 1. oKey feliX oKeKe. 2. eWoWa david KriZ. 3. umurhohWo JonaThan oghenevo aims and obJecTives 1. To ensure securiTy of lives and properTies of residenTs 2. To promoTe peaceful co-eXisTence among residenTs.

TrusTees are : 1. ogunade adeola oluWaToyin 2. agbeluyi adebiyi John 3. segun olufisayo olufolabi

any obJecTion To The regisTraTion should be forWarded To The regisTrar general, corporaTe affairs commission, ploT 420, Tigris crescenT, off aguiyironsi sTreeT, maiTama, p.m.b 198, garKi, abuJa, WiThin 28 days from The daTe of This publicaTion. signed by; barr. oKey eneh, igbinedion house, 174 broad sTreeT, lagos

change of TrusTees of The uniTed aposTolic church of nigeria This is To noTify The general public ThaT The above named church have applied To corporaTe affairs commission for The change of TrusTees under parT c of The companies and allied maTTers acTs of 1990. old TrusTees 1. propheT george oJo odesanmi - deceased 2. Jacob aKinTola - deceased 3. eliJah goKe - deceased neW TrusTees 1. michael oyebode adediran 2. Jeremaiahson samson 3. adeniran samuel oluJinmi The aims and obJecTives remain The same. any obJecTion To This change of TrusTees should be forWarded To The regisTrar general, ploT 420, Tigris crescenT, off aguiyiironsisTreeT, maiTama, abuJa WiThin 28 days of This publicaTion. signed: TrusTees.

aims: 1. To fosTer uniTy and friendliness amongsT members.

2. To provide counseling, educaTional and vocaTional sKills Training for inmaTes To enable Them To become self supporTing in various Trades and occupaTions afTer serving Their Term. any obJecTion To This regisTraTion should be forWarded To The regisTrar general, ploT 420, Tigris crescenT, off aguiyi ironsi sTreeT, maiTama, abuJa WiThin 28 days of This publicaTion. signed: TrusTees

TriniTy noah Kamsi foundaTion

This To inform The general public ThaT The above named foundaTion has applied To The corporaTe affairs commission for regisTraTion under parT “c” of The companies and allied maTTers acT of 1990.

TrusTees are: (1) oKeKe ngoZi favour.(2) onyebuchi augusTine obum. aims and obJecTives are: 1. To provide food for The WidoWs and underprivileged ones.

2. To impacT The lives of vulnerable groups in The socieTy Through educaTion and empoWermenT programs. any obJecTion To This regisTraTion should be forWarded To The regisTrar general, ploT 420. Tigris crescenT, off aguiyi ironsi sTreeT , maiTama, abuJa WiThin 28 days of This publicaTion. signed: The TrusTees

The god’s grace headsTone global commission church 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. babamboni femi olubunmi 2. babamboniolubunmioluWabuKola 3. adeJimioluyinKaadedayo 4. elubodeTolulopeabimbola 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 aguiyiironsisTreeT, maiTaima, abuJa WiThin 28 days of This publicaTion. signed: TrusTees

priscilla ilobeKemen

adeniyi omolara

mrs chuWa chidinma

mrs chidi-ogidi Joy

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as priscilla ilobeKemen ohonsi, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as priscilla ilobeKemen effam. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

formerly olubodun adeWunmi adeniyi noW adeniyi omolara adeWunmi. former documenTs remains valid. general public TaKe noTe

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss oKpara chidinma chrisTana, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs chuWa chidinma chrisTana. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss nZechuKWu Joy .i. and miss nZechuKWu Joy iheKoronye, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs chidi-ogidi Joy iheKoronye. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

bello riTa

vivian micheal

formerly erunse riTa isioma noW bello riTa isioma. former documenTs remains valid. general public should TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as sgT. vivian maduKWe, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as vivian micheal . all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

chuKWueZe sunday i formerly KnoWn and addressed as sunday .c. eZeh, noW Wish To KnoWn and addressed as chuKWueZe sunday. all documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss eneh uchechuKWu benedicT, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs daminabo uchechuKWu beniTa. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

mrs daminabo uchechuKWu

mrs nnaJi amaKa

oZonWada chinedu

eZe lovelyn

mrs celesTina oriaKu

mrs anieKe chariTy

odaa ogbonna

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss oKolie amaKa margareT, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs nnaJi amaKa margareT.all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as oKolo chinedu henry, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as oZonWada chinedu henry. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as eZe lovelyn, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as eZe lovelyn chioma. my correcT daTe of birTh is 17Th July 1997. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss celesTina oriaKu nZeKWe, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs celesTina oriaKu oZoeKWem. all former documenTs remain valid. general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss udeh chariTy chinWendu, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs anieKe chariTy chinWendu. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as nWoKpo ogbonna, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as odaa ogbonna. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

public noTice There Will be a general meeTing of The family of laTe samuel uKWuoWo on 14Thof June 2018 aT abouT 12.00 The afTernoon in orru village in arochuKWu ToWn of abia sTaTe.

mrs. oluyede adaKu

isaac chinWendu

i formerly KnoWn as miss. oparaKu adaKu cynThia. noW Wishes To be KnoWn, called and addressed as mrs. oluyede adaKu cynThia. all former documenTs remain valid. general public TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as oKpara chinWendu JulieT noW Wish To be KnoWn, called and addressed as isaac chinWendu JulieT. all documenTs and cerTificaTes bearing my former names remain valid. relevanT auThoriTies and The general public please TaKe noTe.

chinonso adaeZe

anene maryrose

confirmaTion of name

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as eKWulife adaeZe angela, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as chinonso adaeZe angela. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as ada anene, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as anene maryrose chinyere. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

This is To cerTify and confirm ThaT eJarogan shammah harrison onosiegho and eJarogan shammah harrison refers as one and The same person noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as eJarogan shammah harrison. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

mr isaac promise

mrs ifieemi beThel

orie iKechuKWu

orlando molly

mrs margareT oKusanya

oluWagbayi david

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as mr eKWebelem promise udochuKWu noW Wish To be KnoWn, called and addressed as mr isaac promise udochuKWu all documenTs and cerTificaTes bearing my former names remain valid.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss ifieemi beThel berepubo, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs ifieemi beThel sTanley erusiafe. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as orie iyKe charlice, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as orie iKechuKWu Kalu. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as oJaide molly chioKua, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as orlando molly chioKua. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss margareT iKang eyo, noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs margareT oKusanya. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

i, formerly KnoWn and addressed as igbogbayi sunday adebayo , noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as oluWagbayi david sunday adebayo. all former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe.

confirmaTion of name

mrs anifoWoshe Zainab

usumanu aliyu

oladipupo olanreWaJu

mrs ogunsola adebimpe

balogun abiola

This is To confirm and cerTify ThaT mr aba idoKo augusTine and aba idoKo and augusTine aba refer To one and same person. i noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mr aba idoKo augusTineall former documenTs remain valid. banKs and general public should please TaKe noTe

formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss aJasa Zainab oluWaToyin noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs anifoWoshe Zainab oluWaToyin .all former documenTs remain valid. general public and auThoriTy concerned TaKe noTe

formerly KnoWn and addressed as umaru amadu aliyu noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as usumanu aliyu gadanga. all former documenTs remain valid.

The public To TaKe noTe

formerly KnoWn and addressed as emmanuel olanreWaJu oladipupo noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as oladipupo olanreWaJu oluWafemi all former documenTs remain valid general public TaKe noTe.

formerly KnoWn and addressed as miss aina adebimpe omobolanle noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as mrs ogunsola adebimpe omobolanle. all former documenTs remain valid. ogun Tescomand general public TaKe noTe.

formerly KnoWn and addressed as dada abiola airaT noW Wish To be KnoWn and addressed as balogun abiola airaT. all former documenTs remain valid. general public and auThoriTy concerned TaKe noTe.

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Features

In Maiduguri: Living and loving despite Boko Haram

The couple: Vincent and Aisha

The city is often known these days as the birthplace of terror group Boko Haram.

But one interfaith couple’s determination to carry on with normal life highlights a tradition the city was known for long before, and which still persists: its tolerance.

By Ryan Lenora Brown, Staff writer and Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim, Contributor.

It was April 7, 2012, and on the dusty floor of his tiny pharmacy, Vincent Anibueze was waiting to die.

Outside, gunshots came like bursts of static from an untuned radio. He heard screams and heavy footsteps.

“Gashinan!” someone yelled. There he is.

Inside the little tin store, Mr. Anibueze lay face down where he had dived to the ground when the first shots rang out. Inches away, a man was slumped across the consultation table. Not long ago, that same man had walked brightly into the shop, gripping the hand of his young son, asking about this and that treatment.

Now, he was motionless. Only his lungs moved.

Anibueze thought of what Aisha would do when he was gone. She was quiet, his wife, but she was determined. Back when they first met and her mother had forbidden her to marry him, a Christian, Aisha had stood her ground. She wouldn’t let this destroy her.

A mile away, Aisha heard the gunshots too. It sounded to her like they were coming from the neighborhood of Gwange, the direction of her husband’s shop. Before she could register anything else, a neighbor ran up and gripped her arm. “Boko Haram shot someone in his store,” she said.

“Whose store?” Aisha asked.

“Vincent’s,” the neighbor said, and Aisha’s vision went black.

This wasn’t how things were supposed to end. Not in Maiduguri, whose faded “Welcome to…” sign proclaimed it “the home of peace.”

For decades, Maiduguri had been northeastern Nigeria’s melting pot: a brusquely cosmopolitan trade

hub and occasionally raucous college town on the edge of the Sahel. Ancient bug-eyed Mercedes cargo trucks rumbled through the city carrying peppers, fish, charcoal, and cow hides from as far as the Central African Republic and Sudan. Along Babban Layi, the city’s main commercial drag, traders from Lagos, Lebanon, China, India, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon hawked everything from bananas to Samsung fridges, flicking through wads of naira notes under the awnings of their small shops. And on the campus of the University of Maiduguri, students from across Nigeria and beyond threw parties, crammed for botany exams, and debated feminism.

Though the city had always been mostly Muslim, for most Maidugurians, religion was never a social divide.

“It’s always been said of Maiduguri that you can come in the middle of the night as a stranger and no one will fear to give you a place to sleep,” says Muhammad Muhammed, a local Muslim cleric.

For Vincent, that reputation was alluring. A devout Anglican from Nigeria’s southeast, he had worked for years in Kano, a mostly Muslim city in the northwest. But a series of violent religious riots in the early 2000s had begun to wear him down. “I wanted to live in a free place and I heard Maiduguri was that,” he says.

Not long after he arrived in 2005, he joined a local soccer team. At the house of one of his teammates, he locked eyes with the man’s younger sister.

“Pretty soon my friend got the feeling I wasn’t really coming to visit with him anymore,” Vincent says.

“I didn’t notice him, not like that,” Aisha says. “He was just the pharmacist, honestly.”

But after a few months, she began to realize she was lingering in his small shop long after she had paid, filling him in on what customers were saying in Kanuri, the local language, and offering bits of advice about his new city.

“Hello, baturiya,” he called her teasingly each time she walked through the door, using the local word for white person – a nod to her fair complexion. He got her to laugh, “and she could really laugh,” he says.

Soon, both of them realized where this was headed. But for their families, a Muslim girl and a Christian boy was uncharted territory. At first, Aisha’s mother told her no – absolutely not. He’d try to convert her, she said.

It was Aisha’s grandparents who finally convinced her mother. This girl knows what she wants, they told her.

Without her family’s blessing, she’d simply run away with him.

In 2008, the couple got married. And then, as if waiting for its cue, Maiduguri began to fall apart.

The rumblings of trouble had started several years earlier, when a local cleric named Mohammed Yusuf had begun preaching an angry, anti-establishment brand of Islam. Northern Nigeria had been abandoned by the country’s government, he said, and poisoned by Western education. It needed its own Islamic state. In a poor region with many listless men, that message quickly took root. Local observers dubbed Mr. Yusuf’s new group “Boko Haram,” often translated as “Western education is forbidden.”

At first, the movement was largely nonviolent. But in 2009, Nigerian police opened fire on a group of sect members, ostensibly after they refused to comply with a motorbike helmet law, setting off a bloody retaliation.

Eight hundred people died in the fighting, and soon Boko Haram was flogging the city of its birth, indiscriminately attacking public spaces and bombing schools, hospitals, and mosques.

And in the middle of it all, Aisha was pregnant.

“That was when I started begging Vincent to leave,” she says. She’d heard rumors that Boko Haram was targeting pharmacists, and thought being Christian alone seemed like wearing a target on your back.

But the community had always treated Vincent as one of its own, he reassured her. Their business thrived.

Aisha gave birth to their first child, and then, two years later, their second.

“People were surprised that our marriage worked,” she says. “But I told them that when you come from different places, you have to be open to understand each other.

You can’t have any secrets. It makes you stronger.” *** Fifteen minutes after the first shots, the men came back. This is my last moment in the world, Vincent thought as he lay on the cold cement. But then the attackers seemed to notice something. Hunched on the floor, weeping quietly, was a little boy. The son of the man slumped across the table.

Wordlessly, the two men with guns turned for the door.

Vincent heard the throaty rattle of a motorcycle starting up, and then they were gone.

And a few seconds later, Vincent was too. He started running and didn’t stop until he reached a friend’s house.

Meanwhile, two police officers were knocking on Vincent and Aisha’s front door. It wasn’t him, they told her. The man shot inside the pharmacy, it wasn’t him.

She began to cry.

But it wasn’t over. The next day, Vincent left town, and then looters carried off what was left of his shop.

When he finally came back, a year and a half later, in late 2014, Boko Haram was mostly gone, driven out by the army and a civilian militia. But the couple was broke.

And they were scared. When her grandparents asked them to send their three small children to stay with them in their village in Chad, they reluctantly agreed.

They had always promised, they reasoned, that their kids would one day live in all the places their families had come from.

“We always agreed, the kids won’t have to make a decision about what they are until they’re grown,” Aisha says. “Our job was just to expose them to everything.”

And so, back in Maiduguri, the couple tried to carry on.

Vincent opened a new pharmacy. Aisha had another baby.

And the city around them seemed to be rising again too. The streets, once deathly silent after dark, filled again with shopping women and loitering teenagers. Freed from military curfews, families queued up at a Chineserun bakery to buy sweating tubs of ice cream for dessert on hot Sahelian nights. On weekends, chaotic, colorful Kanuri weddings once again filled the streets.

Boko Haram still sporadically lashed the city, and many of the roads in and out of Maiduguri remained littered with explosive devices planted by the group.

In other parts of the northeast, meanwhile, attacks and kidnappings continued, despite the government’s insistence that it had defeated the insurgents. Visiting the children was nearly impossible.

But still, it was something.

By last year, Aisha had begun to think of bringing the older children back. Vincent imagined that when the insurgency was over, he would train to become an Anglican priest and open his own church here.

“I’ll preach tolerance,” he says. “I’ll tell people, marry who you love.”

Source: The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

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Bayelsa APC stakeholders distances self from Sylva, Lokpobiri Tom Okpe, Abuja As the just concluded All progressives Congress (APC) Ward, Local governments and states Congresses continue to generate crisis across the country, Bayelsa State stakeholders of the party has distanced itself from the result of the parallel congress recently held in the state.

The stakeholders who spoke during a courtesy visit to the National Working Committee of the party told Chief John Oyegun, APC National chairman on Wednesday, in Abuja, that the parallel Congresses were the handiwork of former governor of the state Chief Timipreye Sylva and Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.

The stakeholders led by Nestor Ibinabo, accused the two party chieftains of flouting regulations of the party by conducting parallel Congresses in their private homes where they claim, names of persons of their choice were compiled as elected.

“We have come to confer with the party leadership.

You are aware that ward, local government and state congresses were held in Bayelsa; the congresses conducted by the panel sent to the state which produced Joseph Fafi, the incumbent chairman of the party in the state is what we hold unto.

“Parallel Congresses we heard were also held. And in a situation like this, as stakeholders we felt we should come and let the party know at the national level.

“For us we don’t have any factional chairman of APC in Bayelsa; we know of Fafi, it is only the Congress Fafi attended that is the authentic. We have not come to complain or address grievances.

We have come to say that what the Congress committee did in Bayelsa State in respect of the ward, local government and state congresses was the right thing”, Ibinabo said.

The delegation had Amb. Kenneth Oboro, Dr. Stella Dogu, former House of Representatives, House of Assembly members, APC chairmen of six out of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State were also in attendance.

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You’ve embarrassed legislators with corruption allegation, Senators tell Jega Tunde Opalana, Abuja Former chairman of the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesdaycame under criticism by the Senate for the embarrassment caused the National Assembly through his blanket allegation of corruption levelled against them and members of the House of Representatives.

Prof. Jega had on Tuesday, May 29 while delivering a Democracy Day lecture in Abuja alleged that members of the National Assembly were notorious for seeking bribes to carry out their constitutional duties.

Senator Isah Misau (APC Bauchi Central) at plenary on Wednesday came under order 43 (Personal

Explanation) to bring to the notice of his colleagues statement made by Jega that “some committee chairmen of the National Assembly are notorious for demanding or collecting bribes” describing it as unfortunate.

“I feel that the statement is very weighty because that programme (Democracy Day lecture) was televised live. The thing they need to understand is that these live programmes are watched around the world. And at the time he made that statement, I am a member of ECOWAS Parliament.

“After the lecture, I went to the parliament and the question most of the parliamentarians were asking me is that whether what the Professor said, is true or not “I find it difficult to explain

to them and I feel that not only Professor Jega but anybody that would make statements concerning the credibility of this senate and its (committees) chairmen should be bold enough to mention the committee chairmen especially when it is about fighting corruption in Nigeria.

“If we really want to fight corruption and want to help the government, he would not be making such statements without mentioning the committee chairmen and those who gave him that sort of information.

I felt embarrassed. We need the Professor to throw more light on what he said”, the lawmaker stressed.

Reacting, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki said he was at the programme together with

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara when Jega made the blanket statement.

Saraki said the statement was embarrassing despite the efforts of National Assembly in joining other arms of government to fight corruption in the country.

The senate president said: “I was at the programme, myself and the Speaker and we were highly embarrassed by this kind of comment. All of us are committed to the fight against corruption. But I believe it (such statement) doesn’t help the fight against corruption, it is a slight to the integrity of some of us, where such a statement is made”.

Saraki, however, challenged Jega to expose those lawmakers he knows were involved in corrupt

practices with evidence “If he (Jega) has those kinds of evidences, he should bring it forward, because to say that, is to suggest that every member of the national assembly is part of this even those who are not part of this are condoling this action which is far from the truth.

“I think what the Professor, who is respected should do is to come out and mention those members he is aware of. If he can’t come out and name them, he should not make such branding statements”, he said.

The senate president assured that the National Assembly under his leadership would not involve in corruption or attempt to cover any member who compromised in the act of indiscipline.

Senator Dino Melaye being assisted by his colleagues to the opposition side of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Senate. . . on Wednesday

NYSC coordinator cautions corps members against bad politicians Osun Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Emmanuel Attah, has advised corps members participating in the state governorship election to resist being used by politicians to achieve selfish goals.

The coordinator gave the advice in Osogbo on Wednesday at the 45th anniversary of NYSC. Attah noted that the political tempo in the state was gathering

momentum as the Sept. 22 governorship election draws nearer.

He, therefore, advised corps members that would participate in the election to carry out their duties without being partisan.

While reiterating President Muhammadu Buhari’s saying that he belongs to no one and belongs to everyone, Attah said the NYSC was apolitical.

According to him, “the NYSC, as far as electoral

process is concerned, we belong to nobody, we belong to everybody, we are apolitical.

“NYSC is a neutral body in the electoral process and we have over the years being in different elections, given great credibility to the Nigerian elections.

“We will continue to advise our corps members that would be participating in the elections to be neutral, to defend the name of their families, their

names and most importantly the NYSC. “I want the corps members to maintain the good name and credibility of the corps, so Nigerians can have faith in the ability of NYSC participation in electoral process.

“We have confidence in our corps members but I will equally enjoined them and youths generally not to be used by politicians to cause havoc or any electoral violence,” he said.

He equally urged politicians in the state not to entice or intimidate corps members before, during and after the election.

The Coordinator commended the state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola for paying state allowances to the corps members and commended the people for the love and hospitality shown to corps members serving in the state.

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HYPREP trains 35 youths for Ogoni clean-up

China lashes out at US over renewed trade threats

H y d r o c a r b o n Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has trained 35 youths as technical assistants to monitor clean-up of oil impacted sites in Ogoniland, an official said.

HYPREP’s Head of Communications, Mr Isa Wasa, on Wednesday in Goi community, Gokana Local Government Area, said the training was in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

According to him the training aimed to equip indigent Ogonis with requisite skills and experience to work with firms that would handle the clean-up exercise.

“Training of the 35

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youths, who are all graduates of environmental sciences was the second series.

HYPREP has already trained 15 youths in the first series.

“The essence is to ensure the trainees work with companies that will be selected after the procurement process.

“We do not take the training of our personnel for granted.

“HYPREP will continue to train more personnel to equip them for the job ahead, in line with international best practices.’’

Wasa commended NDDC for its support to the exercise and assured the Federal Government’s commitment to full implementation of the Ogoni clean-up

exercise.

“Presently, we have 35 trainees in this phase. The capacity building will be a continued process, so it is not going to end here.

“We are inviting other organisations to join us in ensuring that HYPREP’s mandate of remediation restoration of livelihood is achieved,” he said.

Mr John Ukpatu, who spoke on behalf of trainees, said the training had equipped them with the skills set to contribute to clean-up of oil spills in some Ogoni communities.

He said that trainees had already taken soil and water samples with aimed at testing the present state of contamination levels in the affected communities.

China has lashed out at renewed trade threats from the United States Government, warning that it was ready to fight back if Washington was looking for a trade war, days ahead of a planned visit by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

In an unexpected change in tone, the United States said on Tuesday that it still held the threat of imposing tariffs on $50 billion of imports from China unless it addressed the issue of theft of American intellectual property.

Washington also said it will press ahead with restrictions on investment by Chinese

companies in the United States as well as export controls for goods exported to China.

Its tougher stance comes as President Donald Trump prepares for a June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose key diplomatic backer is China, and as Washington steps up efforts to counter what it sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. Reuters reported that the trade escalation came after the two sides had agreed during talks in Washington this month to find steps to narrow China’s $375 billion trade surplus. Ross is expected to try to get China to agree to firm numbers to buy more U.S. goods during a June 2-4 visit to the Chinese capital.

“We urge the United States to keep its promise, and meet China halfway in the spirit of the joint statement,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing, adding that China would take “resolute and forceful” measures to protect its interests if Washington insists upon acting in an “arbitrary and reckless manner”.

“When it comes to international relations, every time a country does an about face and contradicts itself, it’s another blow to, and a squandering of, its reputation,” Hua said.

China has said it will respond in kind to threats by Trump to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese goods.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (second right); Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osaze Osemwigie-Ero (right); and the exhibitor, Omoregie Osakpolor (middle), at a photo exhibition themed “Journey of An African Monarch,” in Benin City, Edo State.

National Secretariat has recognised me, says Abia APC chairman Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia It was all jubilation as an All Progressive Congress (APC) parallel congress chairman in Abia State, Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe, announced that the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja has officially recognised his office.

Ndukwe stated this while speaking with newsmen after an Abia North zonal meeting of the party

in Nneato community in Umunneochi Local Governmet Area, pointing out any other claimant to the position is a pretender.

“As I speak, the National Headquarters of our party in Abuja has accepted the lists of our wards, 15 out the 17 local government areas, and state delegates as the authentic officers of the party in the state,” said Ndukwe.

He appealed to “those who are still on the other

side to join hands with me to liberate the state from the claws of the dynasty of frauds and opportunists that have held it hostage for almost 20 years now.”

Speaking on the party’s chances of winning Abia state in the 2019 general election, the state party chairman maintained that “it is very bright, most especially as the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has failed to move the state forward.”

Similarly, the chairman of Abia North zone of the party, Chief Ejiofor Okeudo said the meeting became necessary to inform the members of the latest development in the party after the congresses and the way forward for the election.

“Without a forum like this, our members, especially those as the grassroots will be ignorant of the developments. In a situation like this they

will rely on second hand information which is very dangerous in politics“, he added.

In his address of welcome, the host, Barrister Fab Okonkwo said with the recognition of the congresses, the members should now focus their attention on the forthcoming national convention of the party in Abuja next month.

Okonkwo, who is the organizing secretary of the party for the South East

zone, maintained that as the party prepare for the election, members must insist on credible candidates as it would be won and lost at the booths.

One of the high points of the meeting was the members’ unanimous declaration of their support and loyalty to the leadership of Ndukwe following a motion moved and supported by Dr Agbaeze Ujah and Mr. Uwakwe Okey respectively.

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Fayemi resigns from Buhari’s cabinet to face guber race Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has resigned from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to pursue his governorship ambition in Ekiti State.

Fayami announced his resignation on Wednesday at a valedictory briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

He had given a hint about

his resignation from the President’s cabinet earlier in May. He emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Ekiti State in the party’s rescheduled primary election which held on May 12.

The former minister faulted the allegation that he was desperate to become the governor of the state for a second time, arguing that he

was contesting the election because he was unable to complete his mission in his first tenure.

“I have a sense of unfinished business; not a sense of wanting to come back for desperate reasons. I served as governor of the state for four years – whatever I’m doing is based on the record that somebody could be subjected to critical scrutiny,” he had said.

Following his victory at the primary, President Buhari congratulated Fayemi and other aspirants who took part in the exercise.

The President was optimistic that having won the party’s ticket, the former governor would leverage his track record as a reformist who has a passion for education, health and welfare, to reclaim the governorship seat when the state goes to poll on July

14.

He, had, however, asked members of the APC in Ekiti to uphold the values and philosophy of the ruling party by coming together to support the former minister.

Meanwhile, the present state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the former governor to “expect to suffer worse defeat compared to that of 2014”, when they both vie for the Ekiti governorship seat.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, acknowledging greetings from Muslim faithful during a Special Ramadan Tafsir to mark Democracy Day in Epe. . . on Tuesday

FG will treat every zone equally -SGF Mustapha Mathew Dadiya

The Federal Government has assured that no part of the country will suffer any neglect owing to its geographical location or political consideration.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Boss Mustapha gave the assurance on Wednesday at the commissioning and hand over of three Ecological Fund Projects in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The projects are Gully Erosion Control Works at Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja; Reconstruction of damaged Culvert and Road improvement Works at Saburi, Abuja Municipal Area Council; and Jikwoyi Gully Erosion and Flood Control Works, Abuja

At the university, Mr. Mustapha stated that the Federal Government’s execution of the Ecological intervention projects across the country, demonstrates the sincerity of purpose of the Buhari led administration towards entrenching justice, equity and fair play to all and sundry.

He stated that the Veritas university community faced challenges because of bad roads and gully and soil erosion.

The Federal Government’s intervention was therefore intended to bring relief to the sufferings of the university community and improve the learning environment.

He charged the members of the community to take responsibility for maintaining and protecting the project

and prevent indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the constructed drainage channels. He commended the Emir of Bwari, Alhaji Mohammed Awal Ijakoro and members of the university community for providing a rancour-free environment during the execution of the project.

In his remarks at the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof Micheal Kwanashie thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the intervention project in the University, which has brought relief to the community and afforded a more conducive atmosphere for learning.

He appealed to the Federal Government to ensure the completion of the entire scope of the works covering more stretches of degraded land

within the university.

He said the school was open to all Nigerians regardless of their faith or state, and that school fees were considerably affordable, to ensure that the poorest of the poor in the society attained University Education.

The Chairman of Bwari Area Council Hon. Dr. Musa Dikko stated that the completion and the handover of the project had put a lie to claims that the Federal Government had not performed. He pledged the support of his people for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.

Present at the occasion were the Permanent Secretaries in charge of the Cabinet Affairs Office, Barr. Ehuria Georgina, Special Services Office, Mr. Alo Williams, General Services Office, Olusegun Adekunle

Esq, and Ecological Fund Office, Dr. Habiba Lawal.

At the Saburi project site, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said the project which was completed five months ago was intended to reconstruct damaged culverts and properly channel waste and flood water into a safe discharge point. This was to prevent Erosion and flooding within the community and to protect lives and properties.

The scope of the project also included road improvement works to ease pedestrian and vehicular access to the community.

The community hitherto was experiencing serious flooding, environmental degradation and inaccessible road, which necessitated the prompt intervention from the Federal Government.

Enugu APC chairman alleges threat to life by Minister Moses Oyediran, Enugu Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye yesterday cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians over threat to his life, alleging that Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama wants to eliminate him. .

Nwoye, who addressed journalists in Enugu, said he had “uncovered a determined plot by Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama to kill him using some compromised operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. The party chairman said the attempt on his life was an aftermath of the recently concluded ward, local government and state congresses of the party where the minister lost out.

“I want to alert our dear President and indeed all Nigerians and other security agencies that the minister of foreign affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama wants me dead for his selfish political ambition.

He is currently working with some compromised operatives of the DSS in Enugu State to ensure that I was eliminated.

“The reason is that I called for his sack because of incompetency.

“Secondly, he tried all his best to emerge as national delegate during the ward congress but failed. He tried to install one of his own as ward chairman, but failed. He equally tried to install the local government chairman but failed too. During the State congress, he also brought a member of the PDP and wanted to make him state chairman but failed.

“He had openly declared that he was conducting his own congress against the party guidelines the electoral act; he also openly vowed to teach me a lesson and prove to me that he is a Nigerian politician,” Nwoye further alleged.

He disclosed that “on May 29, as Nigerians were celebrating Democracy Day, a faceless DSS operative sent me a text message, inviting me for questioning over what he called cases of malpractices during the APC congress.

“He said a petition was written against me by Okey Ogbodo and the foreign affairs minister.

“I want to make it clear that this is intended to drag me into the net of the DSS where they will kill me.

“I am saying this because during our state congress at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, these same DSS officials supervised attack on us. Even when I drew the attention of one of them that my life was not safe, he said they have not received any order to act.

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Wilfred Ndidi: Gernot Rohr has turned Super Eagles into a family Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has revealed that the strong bond created among Super Eagles players by head coach Gernot Rohr has been one of the key reasons for the team’s success on the pitch.

Since Rohr’s appointment as Super Eagles coach on August 2016, the team has been churning out impressive results.

The Eagles were the first

African team to qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup despite being drawn with Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia.

Rohr has some pedigree, having led French club Bordeaux to the final of the 1996 UEFA Cup (Europa League) where they lost 5-1 on aggregate against a starstudded Bayern Munich side coached by the legendary Franz

Beckenbauer.

“He’s a great and wonderful coach,” Ndidi told cafonline .com.

“First thing (with him) is the solidarity of the group and that is really helping the team.

“I can see that everybody is trying to bond, you don’t just think about yourself, but the whole team. We are like a family.”

Sergio Ramos wishes Mo Salah a ‘rapid recovery’ Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos tweeted his best wishes to Mohamed Salah Sunday after their collision in the Champions League final forced the Liverpool striker off and cast his World Cup in doubt.

Salah came off just half an hour into the game in tears after tumbling in a challenge with Ramos, who fell on top of the Egyptian.

The match was goalless at the time. Real Madrid went on to win, 3-1.

“Sometimes football shows you it’s good side and other times the bad. Above all, we are fellow pros,” Ramos wrote in English with the hashtag “#GetWellSoon”.

In the Spanish version, the Real Madrid defender added “Rapid recovery, Salah. The future awaits you.”

Salah scored 44 goals in his first season at Liverpool and swept the English player of the

year awards.

“It is a serious injury.”

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said after the game. “It doesn’t look good. That’s it.”

Salah has helped propel Egypt to their first World Cup since 1990.

The national football federation tweeted that it was “optimistic”.

Egypt’s first match is against Uruguay on June 15.

Ramos, the Real captain, has a reputation for playing at the limit of the rules and his name was trending globally on Twitter on Sunday morning and number one in Egypt.

“Sergio Ramos is the kind of guy who’d unplug your life support machine to charge his phone,” was the reaction of one user called “Tweetguru”.

Others on Twitter pointed out that by the time he held the trophy, Real captain Ramos had put on a gaudy

American-style championship ring, presumably made in advance, bearing the words “Sergio Ramos”, “SR4” and “champion” and the names of the four cities where he had won the Champions League with Real: Lisbon, Milan, Cardiff and Saturday’s host city Kiev.

Usain Bolt trains with Norwegian top-flight side Stromsgodset Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is training with Norwegian top-flight football team Stromsgodset.

The Jamaican sprinter, 31, is scheduled to play a training match against Norway Under19s in his week at the club.

Bolt, the 100m and 200m world record holder, has already trained with Borussia Dortmund and South African club Sundowns this year.

“Maybe a club will see something and decide to give me a chance,” said Bolt, who is preparing for a charity game.

He will captain a team of celebrities and footballers at the Soccer Aid match for Unicef on 10 June at Old Trafford.

“He is a good football player, otherwise he would not have been training with us,” said Stromsgodset director of

football Jostein Flo. Flo said Bolt had been given shirt number 9.58 – his world record time for the 100m.

The Manchester United fan has spoken previously about wanting to get into professional football after retiring from athletics last year.

His arrival at Stromsgodset was a surprise for the players.

Flo said: “We told them a player was coming to try out and that he was damn fast – the door opened, and Bolt came in.

It was a shock for them, they couldn’t believe it.”

“He is one of the greatest athletes throughout all ages, and of course we can learn a lot from him.

“His presence will undoubtedly be a great inspiration for players, coaches, and the whole club.”

President Buhari urges Super Eagles to make Nigeria proud in Russia President Muhammadu Buhari has challenges Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles to make the country proud at the forthcoming World Cup. The President who stated this on Wednesday while bidding farewell to the team said they should proceed to the competition with the awareness that they are carrying the emotions of over 180million Nigerians.

The team was officially presented to President Buhari by the minister of Sports Solomon Dalung at the presidential villa, Abuja.

The Super Eagles are set to depart Abuja for London today.

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Egypt’s football federation optimistic on Mo Salah’s injury

After Mo Salah heartbreak, Mo Safwat gives Egypt boost at Roland Garros Egypt’s Mohamed Safwat was handed a shock last-minute entry into the French Open on Sunday and a clash against Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov on the showcase Court Philippe Chatrier.

The 27-year-old had lost in the final round of qualifying to Guido Andreozzi of Argentina but earned a spot in the main draw after Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, who was expected to face Dimitrov, pulled out with a back injury.

Safwat, ranked 182 in the world, has never played a Grand Slam match and has won just one high-profile match in 2018 in the Davis Cup in February.

He is the first Egyptian to play at Roland Garros since Tamer El-Sawy in 1996.

Safwat, bringing a little good news to Egyptian sport after the injury suffered by footballer Mohamed Salah in Saturday’s Champions League final, is one of seven lucky losers in the men’s draw.

The Egyptian was facing a daunting challenge on Sunday against his fellow 27-year-old who was a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2014.

Safwat has banked just $40,000 this year and £350,000 in his career, both modest sums on the professional circuit.

Dimitrov already has over $1 million in 2018 and

more than $15 million in his career.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal will also face a lucky loser in the first round on Monday after Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov pulled out with a wrist injury.

The 10-time champion will take on Italian lucky loser Simone Bolelli.

Bolelli, who was beaten in qualifying by Colombian Santiago Giraldo, has only won one set against Nadal in five previous meetings and is ranked a lowly 130.

Dolgopolov has been struggling with a wrist injury since the Australian Open and withdrew from the ATP event in Geneva earlier this week.

Serena Williams passes Kristýna Pliskova test in Paris Serena Williams, returning to Grand Slam tennis since her child birth last September has scaled the first hurdle at the French Open, beating 26 year old Czech player, Kristýna Plíšková.

The 23 Grand Slam winner secured victory in two sets, 7-6 6-4.

Plíšková is no pushover.

She has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit.

Egypt’s national team’s doctor said he was optimistic that Mohamed Salah could play in the World Cup, after the star striker was hurt in the Champions League final.

“The Egyptian King” and Liverpool’s top scorer was forced off after 31 minutes in the Champions League final by shoulder injury sustained in a tangle with Real defender Sergio Ramos.

“Through follow ups on the phone with the national team’s delegation in Italy…the officials at Liverpool said an X-ray on Salah’s shoulder” showed the injury to be in the ligaments, the Egyptian Football Associated said on Twitter on Saturday.

The national team’s doctor, Mohamed Abou al-Ela “expressed his optimism that Salah would make it for the World Cup matches according to this diagnosis”, the association said.

This optimism contrasts with statements by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp who said immediately after the game on Saturday Salah’s injury was “serious”.

The Egyptian Minister Youth and Sports Khaled Abd Elaziz also expressed optimism.

“Mohamed Salah, god willing, will be on the national team’s final list for the World Cup, which is to be announced on June 4,” Abd Elaziz said on Facebook.

Sadness and anger filled cafes where Salah’s fans

gathered to follow the Champions League final.

Salah had cemented his status as a national hero by leading Egypt to their first World Cup qualification in 28 years.

The team’s coach, Argentinean Hector Cuper, said a month before the World Cup kick off that The Pharaohs were banking on Salah in Russia.

World Cup: Moses Simon to undergo final scan in London, as Gernot Rohr drops four players The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday said Super Eagles’ winger, Moses Simon, would undergo one more final scan in London ahead of Nigeria’s game against England on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Simon was initially ruled out of the World Cup by Head Coach Gernot Rohr after the player’s scan results confirmed he would be out of the tournament.

However, Moses requested for a further scan in the UK, with Rohr granting him his wish to prove his fitness ahead of the world cup.

According to reports on the NFF official Twitter handle on Wednesday, Coach Rohr is willing to wait and see if the player can make a late push for the World Cup in Russia.

The winger scored once and provided two assists for Nigeria as they went unbeaten throughout the qualifying series.

He will no doubt be a massive miss should further scan confirm him unfit to play at the Mundial in Russia next month.

NAN also reports that Rohr has dropped the quartet of goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye, defender Stephen Eze, midfielder Uche Agbo, as well as NPFL hotshot Junior

Lokosa, as he trimmed his list to 24 players.

The Franco-German had earlier revealed that five players would be dropped from the cut but injury to winger Moses Simon opened up for probably one new inclusion.

Rohr however opted for FC Crotone of Italy striker Simeon Nwankwo as the striker battles it out for the final 23-man squad that will fly to Russia in the coming days.

Despite being backed

by Rohr in his pre-match conference prior to the DR Congo clash last Friday, Standard Liege midfielder Agbo was dropped after not featuring in any of the qualifiers.

While NPFL goal banger Lokosa also misses out despite impressing in the game against Congo.

The squad, comprising

3 goalkeepers, 9 defenders, 7 midfielders and 5 attackers, will join Chelsea star Victor Moses in the UK as they prepare for the friendly game against England on Saturday.

Full Squad: Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa.

Defenders: Abdullahi Shehu, Tyronne Ebuehi, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Chidozie Awaziem, Kenneth Omeruo, Bryan Idowu, Ola Aina, Elderson Echiejile.

Midfielders: Ogenyi Onazi, Mikel Agu, Wilfred Ndidi, Joel Obi, John Ogu, Oghenekharo Etebo, Mikel Obi. Attackers: Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo and Simy Nwankwo.

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Oil theft: Shell raises the alarm over 3.2m barrels of crude loss

Security: FG lauds Dangote over presentation of 150 patrol cars to police Mathew Dadiya The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday in Abuja, donated 150 fully kitted operational cars worth several hundreds of Naira to the Nigeria Police Force.

According to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim

Idris, the donation was the single biggest donation ever by a private sector operator to the Police.

Speaking during the formal handover of the cars at an event attended by the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Ministers, State governors as well as the entire police hierarchy, Chairman of the Foundation, Aliko Dangote

explained that the gesture was informed by the fact that security is essential to economic development.”

Depending on how well the vehicles are maintained, Dangote promised that his foundation may consider donating another batch of vehicles Meanwhile, the Federal

Government, through VicePresident Yemi Osinbajo has lauded the Dangote Foundation for the rare gesture and expressed the Federal Government’s appreciation to Dangote for his untiring support to the government, adding that the donation of patrol cars to the police will help the Force at combating crimes across the country.

L-R: Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Yikodeen Footwear Limited, Godbold Promise; Barrister Peter Aisagbohin, LeoDasilva’s Lawyer; Yikodeen Footwear Brand Ambassador, Leo Babarinde Dasilva; CEO, Yikodeen Footwear Limited, Atunde Shamsideen Olayinka and the Brand Manager Itua Ayo Aizehi, at the unveiling of the brand ambassador in Lagos... recently

FG intensifies Ebola screening at Lagos Airport Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Federal Government yesterday intensified thermal and body screening of inbound and outbound passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as part of efforts to sensitize them on steps taken to curtail any spread of the Ebola Virus Disease.

Port Health officials with thermal scanners yesterday subjected in bound passengers to body screening using hand held

equipment to ascertain their body temperature.

The use of the hand held scanners is in addition to the thermal scanners installed at various arrival points at the airport.

The new arrangement is part of measures to sensitize passengers on on going efforts by government to checkmate any spread of the disease.

Speaking in an interview, regional manager, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Federal Airports Authority of

Nigeria ,Mrs Victoria Shin -Aba said an emergency contingency plan in line with International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) and World Health Organization (ICAO), has been activated to ensure that any passenger with traces of any communicable disease is isolated and attended to.

She said the new arrangement where passengers are screened bodily with the prescribed scanners is carried out to convince airports users that the authority is on top of the situation.

Mrs Shinaba said a few weeks ago, a mock exercise was carried out to prepare the relevant personnel on the procedure to adopt in the event of any outbreak of communicable disease.

She said FAAN will continue to stick to the public health emergency procedure to ensure that the relevant international standards are maintained.

She said sanitizers and soaps were being provided at toilets at the airport to ensure passengers maintain high level of hygiene.

Osinbajo said Dangote is a rare entrepreneur who has done so much to grow the economy of Nigeria. He said the Federal Government needs people like Dangote to join hands with it to grow the economy and also provide jobs to the youths He said. “There have been a lot of talks on private-public partnership, but as we can see Alhaji Dangote is walking the talk.”

Government’s role, according to him, is to provide the enabling environment while the private sector should take advantage of the opportunities that abounds in the country to grow and develop the economy.

Osinbajo said, “ The donation of 150 cars to the Nigeria Police Force is laudable and we thank Aliko Dangote Foundation for this rare gesture, that is characteristic of the person of Aliko Dangote.

He has shown over the years to be an entrepreneur with a difference, a man that gives willingly to the poor” Describing the donation as the single largest donation of cars by any private individual in the country, Osinbajo urged other Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government to effectively secure the country as well as develop the economy.

Responding, the IGP expressed the appreciation of the Police Force to the Aliko Dangote Foundation, with a promise that the cars will be well utilized for the purpose for which they were donated.

Idris urged Nigerians to go about their business lawfully, noting that the Police Force is now well equipped more than ever before to fight crime across the country.

He assured that the Police Force will not disappoint Nigerians in the provision of adequate security across the country.

In his speech at the occasion.

Dangote said the donation was aimed at strengthening the Nigeria Police and He said, “We are gathered here today to mark the formal handover of a total number of 150 GAC saloon cars to the Nigeria Police Force in order to help boost their operational efficiency. I am told that today marks the single biggest number of operational vehicles ever donated to the law enforcement agency by a private organisation.

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Oil theft: Shell raises the alarm over 3.2m barrels of crude loss

Yikodeen targets 70% sales increase as Dasilva becomes brand ambassador

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

To improve the walking lifestyles of Africans, Indigenous foot-wear company, Yikodeen has unveiled Ex-Big Brother Naija Housemate, Leo Dasilva as its partner and ambassador to flag the brand.

The company which stamped its authority in the shoe-making business in 2016, is already making waves in the industry and is targeting 70 per cent increase in its sales of footwear in 2018.

Speaking at the media unveiling in Lagos, Chief Executive Officer, Yikodeen, Atunde Olayinka, said the company’s mission is to improve the walking lifestyles of Africans by having shoes, adding that Leo fits into the objectives of the company.

“Our goal is to contribute to the development of the Nigerian economy and boosting the efficiency and overall productivity of these entities by investing in locally made materials for our shoe production and to also produce valuable and comfortable footwear at an affordable price.”

“Having Leo as our brand ambassador is a great one and a feat that we know will shake the African industry. Our mission is to improve the walking lifestyles of Africans by having a shoe made by Yikodeen Footwear in every home in Africa.

Leo has that distinctive feature and we have been watching him before he took part in the 2018 Big Brother Naija reality show, he is a renowned entrepreneur and that feature has made him a role model to every young Nigerian, he has shown that class and that corroborates with our brand, that is why we chose Leo and also decided to partner with him.”

On his part, Leo Dasilva expressed happiness at being part of the partnership, adding that the collaboration will bring creativity to the packaging of shoes and take the company’s clientele base to the next level.

“This partnership/ambassadorship is definitely something to look out for and everyone knows I am an entrepreneur and my fashion is something that defines me as an entrepreneur and so we will be producing shoes for men, women and kids and I know that this partnership is going to be fruitful 100 per cent, so that in the end we will have stories of how we masterminded the revolution of foot-wears in Nigeria and other African countries.” he said.

This attracted a Nigerian Footwear Manufacturing company, Yikodeen Footwear Limited Just recently, the company embarked on a rally to create awareness for their recently launched campaign, Yikodeen Boss Look Promo.

It would be recalled that during the campaign, a commercial tricycle rider called Samuel, got surprised with a brand new pair of shoe whilst going about his daily business.

The commercial rider who wore a corporate look, one which is unlike the typical “Keke Napep Rider’s” outfit, got the attention of riders and passengers alike as they commended how he moved with so much panache.

The Authorities of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has raised the alarm over the loss of 3, 204, 000 barrels of crude oil to thieves in 2017.

Shell Information Director, Mr. Martins Moho who spoke to our reporter in Asaba on Wednesday, said “activities of third party interferences have continued to deal deadly blows on our Nigeria oil and gas production of Shell company, we have lost a total of 3, 204, 000 barrels of crude to oil thieves in 2017”, adding that

acts of sabotage on oil and gas infrastructure in the Niger-Delta has impacted on its operations within the year under reviewed.

According to him, “Irrespective of cause the SPDC JV cleans up immediately areas affected by spills originating from facilities, the spills are sometimes made worse where there are access challenges to incident sites to investigate and shop leaks”.

He said that crude oil theft in pipeline network resulted in a loss of about 9, 000 barrels of oil a day (bbild) in 2017, which is more than the approximate 6, 000 bbild in 2016, but less

than 25, 000 bbild in 20915, as the number of sabotage-related spills in 2017 increased to 62 compared to 48 in 2016 but less than 94 in 2015, adding that a key priority for shell would be maintain to achieve the goal of no spill from its operations as shell companies in Nigeria operating under the same standards as all other shell operated ventures globally.

Mr. Moho regretted that in addition to spills caused by criminal activity, there were none operational spills of more than 100 kilograms in volume from shell companies in Nigeria facilities during 2017 three of

which were pipelines flow lines infrastructure (lowest in recent times).

“This number is one more than the right spills in 2016, in 2017, the total volume of oil spilled from operational incidents were approximately oil thousand tones, a reduction of approximately 70 percent on the 2016 figure, the volume reduction and fewer spills from pipelines/flow lines can be attributed to continued progress in parenting operational spills such as preventive maintenance of pipe lines and routine inspections” Mr. Moho disclosed.

Innoson Motors blames court case over low production capacity Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM) on Wednesday said that its efforts to upgrade from 10,000 cars production capacity annually to 60,000 were being hampered by litigations against the company.

The company’s Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Cornel Osigwe, who made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos, said the factory’s upgrading from manual to automated production was also affected.

Osigwe said that the recent charge filed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Lagos High Court

was distracting and affecting operations in the company.

According to him, even the workers are in fear of being harassed.

“There has been an advertorial by the EFFC declaring Dr Innocent Chukwuma, the Chairman of IVM wanted.

“That publication has maligned his image and reputation as well as put him in bad light as somebody who is a criminal. This is not so.

“The fact of the matter is that there has been an abuse of court process by the EFCC over a business disagreement between IVM and Guarantee

Trust Bank which started in 2013,’’ he alleged.

“This same case instituted by the EFCC is still pending at the Federal High Court, Lagos and at the Court of Appeal, Lagos.

“Recently, the same EFCC filed a fresh charge of the same case and allegation at the Lagos High Court. This is clearly an abuse of court process by the EFCC. “Innoson is contesting that the Lagos High court has no jurisdiction to entertain the suit and not afraid of arraignment or running away from the court.

“He is saying that he must be arraigned through due process of the law,’’ he said.

Osigwe said that IVM represented the hope, identity and story of Nigeria, as well as the die-hard spirit of Nigerians to make things happen.

“So, we want Nigerians to know the facts of the issue.’’

It will be recalled that Chukwuma is standing trial in a matter between his company and the EFFC. He was arraigned alongside his company for allegedly forging documents to facilitate the clearing of some goods at the port.

Specifically, he was alleged to have forged documents purportedly emanating from GTB Bank.

Globacom’s Senior Manager, Events and Sponsorship, Mr. Sola Mogaji, with the Power Brand Support Award won by Globacom at The Headies Awards 2018, for its contribution to the development of the music industry while Mr. Deepak Sharawat of Globacom Marketing Department, looks on.

Motolani Oseni, Lagos

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AMCON commends CBN for Keystone ensuring banks lend to real sector Bank Stories: Motolani Oseni The Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru, has commended the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take necessary measures to compel commercial banks to lend to the real sector for economic growth and stability.

Kuru, stated this at the Institute of Directors (IoD) 2018 Fellows’ Luncheon, held recently in Lagos, while speaking on the theme: ‘Determinants of Growth in Transition Economies’ that the CBN was putting a lot of measures in place to ensure that things are stabilised, pointing out that no economy can survive without lending and supporting the real sector.

He also stated that lending to the sector

would help drive investment and growth, noting that the key determinants of growth in any economy are good governance and human capital. Effective leadership that is driven by governance ensures that things are done as expected, he stressed.

The AMCON boss stressed the need for policy consistency and sustainability in the economy, further adding that four years is too short to transform the economy.

He therefore called on Nigerians to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in repositioning the economy, stating, “we need to be interested in leadership and governance.”

Kuru further stated that countries that have made sustained progress invested heavily in enhancing the stock of skills of its labour force by prioritising early childhood quality education, training and provision of health

care, “investing in human capital raises productivity of workers due to upgraded skills and better education, empowers them with capacity for new ideas and innovations.”

Earlier in his remarks, Chairman of Council, Institute of Directors Nigeria, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed, said the institute will continue to advocate for the entrenchment of good corporate governance in workplaces and encourage the application of best practices in the management of resources both in public and private sectors.

Mohammed also stated that they remain determined to create a forum where a fellow of the Institute or other distinguished speakers would be invited to deliver a lecture on a contemporary issue affecting the economy, with a view to stimulate discussions on viable solutions for our challenging environment and assist our policy makers.

The Auditor-General for the Federation, Mr. Anthony MkpeAyine (Right) shaking hands with the representative of the President of the Institute for Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, MallamTijjani Musa Isa (Left), at the end of the inauguration ceremony held on Wednesday 30th May, 2018, at the Audit House, Abuja.

Sterling Bank leads with 71.50% Cost-to-income ratio Sterling Bank Plc, leas 10 other bank with highest cost-to-Income ratio in 2017 financial year.

Sterling Bank reported Cost-to-income ratio 71.50 per cent in 2017 from 74.10 per cent in 2016. After Sterling Bank, came Fidelity Bank Plc with Cost-to-Income ratio of 67.50 per cent in 2017 from 77.30per cent.

The Daily Times checks showed that FCMB Holdings and Diamond Bank Plc reported 67.2 per cent and 60 per cent cost-to-income ratio in 2017 from 56.30 per cent and 58 per cent reported in 2016.

However, FBN Holdings cost-toincome ratio closed 2017 at 53.5per cent

from 47 per cent in 2016, within the group guidance of 55per cent.

The holdings in a statement said, “This has been achieved from increased process automation, sustained discipline in budget and procurement as well as in manning level and cost optimisation.

“We remain optimistic on our ability to realise further efficiencies as we extract the benefits of the ongoing ERP/ERM project implementation, Group Shared Services and other technology-enabled initiatives.”

However, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), has one the best in class in terms of cost to income ratio of 38.1 per cent, a testament to the financial institution

efficiency of its cost curtailment strategies in-spite of increased regulatory cost and impact of cost push inflation.

Stanbic IBTC, with 49.80 per cent costto-income ratio in 2017 said, “Cost-toincome ratio improved as we continue to improve the efficiency of our operations and the excellent growth recorded in total income.

“Notwithstanding inflationary pressures and lagged impact of Naira devaluation, our cost-to-income ratio remains below the sub-60per cent guidance and we are on track to deliver our medium term CIR target,” the group in a statement said.

declares N3.72bn PBT in Q1 After many years in the doldrums and following its most recent acquisition by Sigma Golf Riverbank consortium, the moves by the new management team at Keystone Bank Limited has begun yielding fruits.

The Bank for the quarter ended March 2018 recorded a profit before tax of N3.72billion, compared with a loss of N2.79billion over the same period in 2017. Deposit grew 42per cent or N84billion to N283billion at the end of the quarter March 2018.

Keystone Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, recently posted its first quarter financial results which indicate tangible profits in just eight months of taking over the helm of affairs after many years of struggling to stay afloat.

Recall that following the successful completion of AMCON’s divestment from the bank, a five-man transitional board was set up to oversee its re-positioning for growth and competitiveness. The transitional arrangement was successfully concluded on August 15, 2017 with the assumption of office of the substantive MD/CEO. In less than one year, the bank has experienced tremendous transformation in all ramifications.

Aside revamping all its branches across the country and bolstering its workforce, it has invested substantially in technology and developed fully integrated service models that enable customers access banking services through a wide range of channels. The Keystone mobile banking application boasts of several unique features such as the ability to bank with zero data, the Oxygen Chat Banking and several others that have re positioned the bank to compete effectively in the sector.

Speaking on the development, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Keystone Bank Limited, Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei said, “This achievement is a testament to the hard work and resilience of the management and staff of the bank. From inception it has been our vision to restore the confidence of all our stakeholders with tangible results and we are indeed pleased with this start.”

He stressed that this was only the beginning of greater things to come, noting that the team was set to double its efforts in meeting and surpassing the expectations of its customers. “It was not an easy journey,” he said.

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Programmatic advertising has wider reach, cost efficient, says expert Stories: Godwin Anyebe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eskimi DSP, Vytautas Paukstys, has disclosed that programmatic advertising remains a viable option for the success of marketing campaign. He emphasized that it is pertinent for brand managers to understand what this branch of online display advertising actually does.

Paukstys who made this known recently in Lagos explained that programmatic is using the computer to decide where to place ads. In more technical terms, it uses algorithms and bid pricing to reach your desired customers.

According to him, “Digital’s key challenge is to prove itself in the eyes of decision makers. No CMO would question the benefits of billboards, yet these benefits are 10 times less quantifiable than digital benefits.

With Programmatic, you define your target audience, you know exactly how many

people you reached, how many of them engaged and you can implement different tracking tools to know how many people converted. Based on this, digital is driving huge value to clients to track the whole user journey and calculate conversions”.

He added that Programmatic, by its nature, is cost efficient and his company, Eskimi has currently serves ads to 40 million internetready devices in Nigeria, by placing them on 20,000 sites and apps.

“We sought to stand out with a brand promise that incorporates wide reach, dataenriched audiences, cost efficiency, diversity in creative formats and brand safety. To that end, our Programmatic platform serves ads to 40 million internet-ready devices in Nigeria, by placing them on 20,000 sites and apps. More crucial is the way we segment this audience by device types, browsing habits, age, gender, location and socio-economic class.

“Programmatic, by its very nature, is cost efficient. It buys ad space from publishers in

auction process, paying the lowest price for available inventory. Recent development in technology enables us to incorporate rich media and video into programmatic campaigns”, he disclosed.

Speaking on the opportunities available in programmatic, Paukstys said: “In terms of market volume, South Africa is leading the way, with Nigeria in close second.

In terms of share of marketing budget, however, Kenya trumps Nigeria in digital.

They have a keener understanding of digital innovation, avidly consuming rich media, Programmatic and DMP tools.

“Considering the fact that we launched the first local programmatic network for Africa, and local data management platform two years ago, we can’t really compare it with the more established European and American digital markets. Europe and America are still way ahead with a lot more digital attribution tools and data management platforms.”

L-R: Vice President, Brands and Marketing, Airtel Nigeria, Enitan Denloye; Senior Brand Manager, Airtel Nigeria, Oluwaseun Adaramola; Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Ahmad Mokhles; Chief Creative Officer, Noah’s Ark Communications Limited, Lanre Adisa and Executive Creative Director, Abolaji Alausa during the presentation of awards won at African Cristal Festival in Marakesh, Morocco to Airtel management team in Lagos… recently

eTranzact strategises with new management eTranzact International Plc, Africa’s premier e-payments solution provider, has made significant changes in the company’s management team as efforts at moving the company to new heights.

The changes which were made at the top management level would lead to greater efficiency and delivery of quality payment solutions.

Mr. Valentine Obi, the Managing Director of the Company has stepped down while Mr. NiyiToluwalopehas taken over that position of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer in acting capacity. Until his recent appointment, Toluwalope was the Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2011.

Other executive positions affected by the management changes include that of the Executive Directors which comprises of Mr. Sullivan Akala and Mr. Ike Eze; Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Richard Omoniyi and Head of Operations which is being held by Mr. Kehinde Segun.

The changes was the company Board’s decision to move eTranzact forward and has advised its stakeholders that it is working closely with the regulators, and all other relevant stakeholders to resolve any issue related to the change in management structure.

The payment solution company has also affirmed that there was no fraud in eTranzact International Plc, that a merchant used the company’s interface with a bank to perpetrate fraud.

Chivita active unveils new marketing campaign Chivita Active, one of Nigeria’s leading fruit juice brands, has launched a new communication campaign tagged C’mon Get Active. The campaign is designed to inspire consumers to get active and encourage wellness through active health, while reinforcing Chivita Active’s position as a high quality wholesome fruit juice and an enabler for a healthy active life.

Deployed across different communication channels including TV, Radio, Print, etc., the C’mon Get Active campaign aligns with the growing consciousness amongst Nigerians to stay healthy by embarking on a journey of active health. The C’mon Get Active campaign tells stories of ordinary people

who in their own special ways say yes to active health, by simple and engaging workouts across various parts of the day.

Commenting on the new campaign, in a statement released in Lagos recently, Chi Limited’s Marketing Director, Probal Bhattacharya, said that the new Chivita Active campaign C’mon Get Activeis a call to consumers to get active by connecting with their aspiration for living an healthy active life.

“In an era of growing health consciousness, when consumers are proactively looking for enablers for a fit healthy active life, Chivita Active is undoubtedly their go to brand of fruit juice. With this new communication we

want to give the fit & healthy at heart a friendly nudge to overcome the inertia and step right out to enjoy the aspired healthy active life, each one in their own special way,” he noted.

Also speaking, Tolu Fatusi, a fitness instructor at the National Stadium, Surulere, emphasized the need for Nigerians to embrace a regimen for active health to promote wellness.

“For me, I take a 2km walk everyday in my neighbourhood to stay smart, active and be more productive. Part of my routine includes taking a pack of Chivita Active Fruit Juice along for the walk because it is a high-quality fruit juice with great taste and dense in nutrients for

enhanced nourishment. It is an essential enabler for my active health routine,” he stated.

On his part, Hassan Belgore, a communication analyst with WingPlus Communication stated that the Chivita Active C’mon Get Active commercial underlines the relevance of Chivita Active to the Nigerian consumers, who are increasingly striving for wellness through active health.

“It is a campaign that definitely highlights the brand promise of Chivita Active and attempts to stimulate positive consumer experience for the brand by positioning the brand as the go-to fruit juice for active health,” he noted.

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Nissan unveils new convertible LEAF in commemoration of sales mark Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

Nissan unveiled a new Nissan LEAF convertible, which it named ‘Open Car,’ to commemorate the milestone of 100,000 sales of the Nissan LEAF in Japan since the model was first introduced in 2010 The per cent electric car drew about 100 people, including local

and prefectural government officials and company executives who all participated at the forum to discuss the creation of a “zero-emission society” in Tokyo.

The automaker did not however announce production plan for the Open Air Nissan LEAF so customers should not expect the model anytime soon in dealers’ showrooms.

Meanwhile the Nissan LEAF hit the 100,000 sales mark in the United States a few years ago and so far sold more than 320,000 units worldwide.

The new generation of the Nissan LEAF debuted in October 2017, featuring improved range and advanced Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies such as e-Pedal, the ProPILOT driver assistance system and ProPILOT Park.

NISSAN LEAF rear view

Audi’s first ever Q8 to be unveiled Audi’s first-ever Q8 is set to be revealed few days from now, giving Audi a genuine rival to the likes of BMW’s X6 and Merc’s GLE Coupe.

Whereas its rivals are essentially just ‘coupe-like’ iterations of the X5 and regular GLE, it appears as if the Audi will have a more distinct design that shares nothing with its more vanilla Q7 sibling.

With the release of a new teaser sketch on the company’s global Facebook page, we now have a good idea of how Audi’s

new flagship SUV will appear from the front. Audi also released a rear sketch last week, showing that the newcomer will sport a full-length tail light design as per the latest A8 sedan.

Beneath the distinctive design, the Q8 is expected to share much of its hardware with the Audi Q7, which is based on the VW Group’s MLB platform that also underpins the new VW Touareg, Bentley Bentayga, Porsche Panamera and Lamborghini Urus.

Power is set to come from the latest range of V6 and V8 engines codeveloped with Porsche, and the Q8 is also likely to come with some (if not all) of the autonomous driving features that debuted on the A8.

In addition to the teaser pics, Audi has launched a video teaser campaign on YouTube, with a series of short action films showing small snippets of the Q8 although they don’t actually show much of the car.

Isuzu expands X-Rider range with ‘Black edition’ Hoping to further capitalise on the success story of its X-Rider range, which proved so popular that it was upgraded from a special edition to a permanent fixture in the KB lineup, Isuzu is now launching the ‘Black edition’.

As the name implies, this limited edition version of the X-Rider gets an exclusive ‘Black Meet Kettle’ exterior paint job as a sinister looking accompaniment to the black 18-inch alloy wheels, sports bar and tonneau cover.

To cut a long story short, practically everything on the outside is painted black, barring the red Isuzu badges on the grille and wheel caps.

It’s the same story inside, where black leather seats are contrasted with red stitching and the red Isuzu badge on the steering wheel stands out from the dark grey dashboard with piano black trim elements, and you’ll also find red ‘X’ badges on the inner door panels.

What also sets this Isuzu apart from the aggro looking packages that some of its rivals offer (which are based on rangetopping models) is that the X-Rider is positioned at the more affordable end of the range.

It’s not fitted with the flagship engine, for instance, with power coming from Isuzu’s 2.5-litre D-Teq turbodiesel, which is rated at 100kW and 320Nm. Its lower price positioning also means less spec than you’d get in a ‘luxury’ bakkie, although it still has all the comfort and safety basics like air conditioning, power steering,

an audio system with Bluetooth, remote central locking, dual front airbags, electronic stability and traction control as well as ABS brakes.

All models are sold with a five-year/120 000km warranty and five-year/90 000km service plan.

B5 Motoring VW takes Touareg upscale with high-tech features The VW Touareg has a large chrome grille to appeal to Chinese buyers. A non-chrome black version will be offered to European buyers who prefer a more understated look.

Volkswagen has packed its new Touareg with the latest high-tech equipment available, making the SUV the brand’s most advanced model to date. Touareg customers can choose from options often only found in premium cars. These include thermal imaging to see better at night, VW brand’s first head-up display projected directly onto the windshield, a fully digital cockpit with two large screens, along with electromechanical anti-roll stabilization for better handling.

The Touareg is now VW brand’s flagship after it axed the slow-selling Phaeton sedan in 2016 and the latest model is being positioned further upmarket. The third-generation Touareg “shows what Volkswagen can do in terms of design, technology and innovation,” VW brand CEO Herbert Diess said.

The Touareg offers many of the Level 2 semiautonomous features found in the Audi’s A8 flagship sedan.

These include Traffic Jam Assistant, which independently keeps the vehicle in its lane and at a safe distance away from the car in front of it. Thanks to additional sensors such as a laser scanner in the grille, VW engineers say the Touareg can eventually be enabled for Level 3 autonomous driving as soon as global regulators agree on how to homologate the technology.

The Touareg is underpinned for the first time

by Audi’s MLB Evo architecture, which is also used by the Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne, allowing VW to offer advanced technology at affordable prices. VW said it is using the full range of features that the architecture allows.

VW will offer the Touareg in Europe with a V-6 gasoline engine with two power outputs. It is the first-time buyers have had such an option since 2014 when gasoline engines were dropped because of low sales. Two V-6 diesels will be available at launch and a 4.0-liter V-8 is scheduled to come later. VW expects that most Touareg sales in Europe will be diesel versions. A plug-in hybrid is planned for Europe, but the launch date has not been decided.

VW built just 42,400 Touaregs last year, less than 1 percent of the brand’s overall annual output, and sales of the latest model will be hurt by the decision to pull the SUV from North America, where VW is focusing on its new Atlas SUV, and Japan. VW hopes sales in its core European and Chinese markets will compensate, leaving volumes roughly stable at half a million over the vehicle’s life cycle.

The new Touareg is slightly wider and longer than the current model, helping to increase luggage capacity to 810 liters from 697 liters with rear bench seat up. The body, which is made from 48 percent aluminum and 52 percent high-tech steels, is 106 kg lighter.

Infotainment: The Innovision Cockpit has a configurable 12-inch digital instrument cluster paired with a 15-inch middle console with curved glass that angles the panel toward the driver. The intuitive system, which reacts to touch, speech and gesture commands, costs 3,500 euros.

Steering: Optional all-wheel steering boosts maneuverability in tight areas by turning the rear wheels in the opposite direction to those at the front. This reduces the Touareg’s turning radius to that of a VW Golf.

Cornering: Active roll prevention uses a 48volt motor to adjust the body’s pitch and tilt more precisely than a hydraulic system for greater comfort and control in corners.

Off-road: Air springs allow the vehicle to be lowered by as much as 40mm for easier loading and raised by up to 70mm for greater ground clearance. This helps in off-road driving, especially when crossing through water.

Business Feature B6 How come? It bought insurance to protect it when markets go haywire. It was a far-fetched scenario at the time, but they eventually did, on 5 February. In early February, data showing high wage growth raised expectations that the American Federal Reserve would hike interest rates sooner than expected. Bond yields shot up consequently. Equity markets took a hit, as the cheap debt hitherto fuelling their rally was about to start getting dear.

Higher inflation expectations were confirmed almost two weeks later, when US inflation data for January came out at 2.1%, 20 basis points above the consensus estimate of 1.9%.

A week later, hawkish Fed minutes confirmed the fears of market participants.

Prior to the release of the minutes, the Fed had led markets to believe there would probably be about three rate hikes in 2018. Afterwards, some economists began to suggest there could be as many as five. This is probably extreme.

But such varying views, fears and sharp market reactions are evidence of what has been missing from the markets since global central banks starting flooding them with easy money in the aftermath of the 2007–08 global financial crisis – volatility.

Unprepared In tandem with the Fed, the Bank of England (BoE) is similarly on a tightening cycle.

And the European Central Bank has already signalled monetary contraction could come as early as 2019. The Bank of Japan has also started to reduce its asset purchases.

Does that mean the end of easy money, though? Not really. At 1.5%, US money is still relatively cheap. And even in the UK, where consumer inflation (3% in January) is already above the much sought after 2% target of other global central banks, the BoE rate is just 0.5%. Emerging markets (EMs), which have been huge beneficiaries of quantitative easing (QE), need to start preparing for a post-QE world, however. This is because as interest rates start to rise in advanced economies, as they already have, there is going to be an increasing opportunity cost to allocating capital to EMs. Still-attractive EM yields will continue to make the carrytrade too tempting to ignore, but the party will not last forever.

At some point, there will be a sharp market correction, as yields rise in response to tighter global monetary policy. When that time comes, emerging and frontier markets, particularly African ones, not already prepared might suffer damaging shocks.

Andrew Alli, president and chief executive of Lagos-based

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Is Africa prepared for a global financial crisis?

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) highlights why African markets might be at risk: “Many African countries have run down their reserves and/ or borrowed significantly since the financial crisis and, as such, don’t have as much ‘fiscal space’ as they did prior to the last financial crisis. Also their macro positions – deficits/ inflation, etc – have worsened.”

Wale Okunrinboye, fixed income and currency specialist at Ecobank, the pan-African bank, corroborates his view: “Reserve levels across most countries have declined markedly as fiscal and current account pressures increased reserve drawdowns across most oil exporters whose economies went into recession… SubSaharan African [SSA] economies at the present appear lightly equipped to deal with [another] global financial crisis.”

This was not always the case. “In the run-up to the [2008–09] global financial crisis, helped by [the] commodity

price rally, [ample] FX reserve levels… alongside relatively low debt levels and high economic growth rates, helped [African] countries deploy countercyclical measures to temper spillover shocks,” he adds.

Some African countries have been taking precautions, though. For instance, Kenya sought and secured a twoyear $1.5bn standby credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March 2016. It has not had cause to use it, even though the prolonged presidential elections last year could have triggered a need to do so.

However, there were revelations in February that the buffer had not actually been available to the Kenyan authorities since June 2017.

The IMF provided clarification to Reuters on why it stopped the authorities’ access: “The programme has not been discontinued but access was lost in mid-June because a review had not been completed”,

said Jan Mikkelsen, the IMF representative for Kenya.

For such arrangements to achieve their confidenceboosting utility transparency is required. Market participants might not consider such arrangements to be entirely iron-clad in the future.

Narrow leg room As commodity prices have been rising, can squandered foreign exchange reserves be restored before any potential crisis?

Okunrinboye gives a comprehensive explanation: “Though [commodity] prices have rebounded, they remain at discounts to levels seen during the commodity supercycle.” So wide current account deficits continue to be the case.

“Furthermore,” he says, “capital pressures lurk on the horizon, as a search for yield [which] drove heightened portfolio inflows to SSA capital markets caused significant asset price inflation.”

Thus, rapid exits of hot

money in the event of another global financial crisis are likely to fuel exchange rate pressures.

And, following an expansion in debt levels by African economies due to QE, “fiscal leg room appears narrow relative to the last global financial crisis; even as elevated inflation has forced many of these economies into hawkish positions with little choice but to tighten in the event of sudden currency pressures.”

“So,” he says, “even as a host of SSA economies are now entering into structural reform programmes with the IMF, the overall sense is that they seem lightly prepared for another event of a similar scale.”

Even so, it is not entirely improbable that they could come out again largely unscathed. According to AFC’s Alli, at less than 3%, “Africa’s general lack of exposure to global trade flows” is one reason why.

Source: africanbusinessmagazine.com

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Apple vs Facebook: Why I’m cheering for Tim Cook’s team Want to know what a tech giant that charges looks like? Consider Apple.

Its biggest business by far remains selling a gadget – the iPhone – and the latter’s numbers inevitably capture the most attention when it reports.

For the record, the doomsayers’ fears were not realised this time around with 52.2 million sold (up 3 per cent) in a record beating three months to 31 March that saw the unveiling of plans for a staggering $100bn (£73bn) share buy-back.

But while Apple boss Tim Cook would appear to be sitting pretty, he is alive to the danger of being a one trick pony in a fickle market and the push his company has made into selling services is yielding impressive results.

That division recorded a 31 per cent year on year increase in revenues to $9.2bn.

It includes contributions from digital content, such as music, Apple Pay, the AppleCare insurance product, licensing and other bits and bobs.

While the pace of growth slowed to 8 per cent compared to the final three months of 2017, service sales are still poised to overtake the combined revenues drawn from the iPad and the Mac this year, and Apple clearly has the appetite to further buttress the division with new additions.

Back in March it bought Texture, which charges users $9.99 a month for access to more than 200 magazines via an app, including the likes of Vanity Fair, GQ and Good Housekeeping.

It is also planning to add more original content; TV and movies, to tempt people to subscribe to Apple Music, similar to the way Amazon offers a basket of services to Prime customers.

Down the road you would imagine it perhaps offering an array of packages as Amazon does. Prime, for example, has a limited selection of music.

If you want the full menu you have to pay more.

Because his services are paid for, Mr Cook can declare that “privacy is a human right” on his conference calls and use

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been trading criticism DSK/AFP/Getty Images

it as a selling point. In so doing this time around. he was obviously taking another shot at the rabble down the road led by Mark Zuckerberg, and seeking to cement the contrast between the two in customers’ minds.

Mr Zuckerberg’s Facebook is still floundering in the wake of the data scandal that has

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In looking at Apple and Facebook, it’s true that we are not exactly comparing like with like. They are very different beasts.

What they offer is very different.

gripped the company.

This hasn’t yet affected its revenues. The vast majority of Facebook users seem less concerned about what it has been doing than are we in the media, and advertisers are still flocking to its doors to reach those users with the assistance of the data it scrapes.

But that might simply be because regulators and lawmakers haven’t really caught up yet.

The announcement of a “clear history” function and the promise to work with them and “privacy advocates” in its construction is the latest attempt to get some control over the negative narrative surrounding the company. It remains to be seen whether that can buy off its critics.

Like Apple, Facebook has a number of different divisions:

Instagram, WhatsApp etc. Unlike Apple, it is a true one trick pony in terms of its model with 98 per cent of its revenues being derived from advertisers.

The data scraping that Facebook uses to make itself so alluring to them may be part of the reason why the founders of the formerly subscription funded WhatsApp have both now left, with Jan Koum earlier this week following Brian Acton out the door.

You may remember that the latter said “it’s time” as #deletefacebook app bounced around the web, and he has invested some of the billions he made through Facebook’s buyout of his company into the Signal Foundation. Its mission is to develop open source privacy tech.

In looking at Apple and Facebook, it’s true that we are not

exactly comparing like with like. They are very different beasts. What they offer is very different. Apple is a relative minnow compared to Facebook when it comes to service provision.

There are also grounds for criticism of Apple’s business model. Value, for example, is not a part of its proposition.

Once in its partially closed eco system it can be hard to imagine getting out, which arguably leaves its customers susceptible to gouging.

But the point is that with a little effort, and perhaps a little external help, they should hopefully be able to get out with their privacy more or less intact.

As such, in a boxing match between the two I’d want to be in Tim Cook’s corner, and I say that as a customer of both.

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Health How spousal communication boosts family planning Stories: Angela Onwuzoo As communication is key to a successful marriage, so it is with family planning uptake among couples. Conversely, lack of communication has often been linked to misunderstanding in relationships.

Family planning, otherwise known as contraception, refers to the diverse methods and techniques whereby couples can determine the number of children they want to have and when.

Evidence has shown that many factors hinder rapid uptake of family planning by couples, due to lack of communication in the home.

Some of them include: myths and misconceptions on initiating use of traditional and modern methods of contraceptives.

Many couples are in relationships where it is commonly believed that the man being the head of the family dictates the tune with regards to taking key decisions in the home. For instance, if the man does not approve of any family planning method, the wife would have an uphill task convincing him on thinking otherwise.

Based on such differences, some women in marriage/relationships have gone behind their spouses and adopted family planning method without their knowledge, have often created mistrust which regularly leads to conflicts in homes.

In one of such experiences which occurred in Lagos State recently, a man, names withheld, suddenly found out that his wife had adopted an implant, which is a hormone-based and highly effective contraceptive device.

The typical implant is a small flexible tube measuring about 40mm in length

Family planning education by a nurse

and is inserted under the skin (typically in the upper arm) by a health care professional. It prevents pregnancy by releasing hormones that prevent ovaries from releasing eggs and thickens cervical mucous.

After putting pressure on the woman, she confessed to him, explaining that she wanted to space their children to enable her regain her health and then continue with her job.

Besides considering the dangers of too frequent pregnancies, the woman also considered the burden of combining another pregnancy with her job, which she envisaged would be quite unbearable for her and might even make her lose her job that is so difficult to get these days.

Unfortunately, in all the woman’s

explanations, her husband refused to see reasons with her just because he was not involved from the beginning when the decision was taken by his wife to have a family planning and during the process when the woman was counselled on the method to use.

Though the man in anger demanded that the healthcare provider that administered the implant on her should remove it, to the consternation of his wife, this misunderstanding could have been avoided if the couple had a collective decision on the issue which could only be achieved through effective communication.

This experience plays out in most Nigerian homes, often resulting in conflicts, separation and in extreme cases, divorce. However, it can be

effectively addressed through constant engagement and communication among couples. This is because, embracing family planning methods and using them correctly after proper counselling is more important than the conflict. Rather, it should be a measure to unite couples.

Experts say family planning gives individuals and couples the opportunity to have the number of their desired children, the spacing and timing of their births and this can be achieved through the use of contraceptive methods.

A Family Planning expert, Dr. Ejike Orji, believes that dialogue is very important when a spouse in a relationship plans to adopt family planning.

According to him, any woman going ahead to do things that her husband does not like would not get the support of her husband and this may result into unnecessary conflict, whereas, the aim of using family planning was bonding in families. It is obvious that a wide range of family planning options are available nowadays with their potential benefits.

It, therefore, behoves on the woman who is initiating the subject of family planning to her husband to find a way to open conversation on the issue. For instance, such a woman should find out what her husband thinks and says about it; and how he might relate with her on this issue.

In conclusion, it is clear that a woman discussing family planning with her husband, would bring the partner to the same level on which she is, and this measure could pave way for the couple to be on the same page. While on the same page also, the woman should remember to consult a trained healthcare provider who can help her make the best choice tailored towards meeting her own unique needs.

Expert canvasses subsidised sanitary pads to promote menstrual hygiene A public health expert, Mrs Peace Emmanuel, has called on government health authorities and philanthropic Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to subsidise sanitary pads to promote good menstrual hygiene in the country.

She made the call on Tuesday during an interview as the country joined other nations to celebrate the 2018 Global Menstrual Hygiene Day. Emmanuel specifically wants governments and CSOs to boost the management of healthy menstrual life, especially among less privileged Nigerians.

“It is pathetic to know that many of the internally displace persons, for lack of money, opt for rags, and because of cultural factors, they wash and dry them in the house without sunlight, which poses grievous health challenges.

“If a woman got infection through

improper menstrual health management, she may transmit it to her man, so everybody is affected by this problem after all.

“A good sanitary pad is not less than N300 in the market, which a woman who can hardly feed will afford compulsorily,’’ she said.

The Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD), also known as Menstrual Health Day, marked annually on May 28, is to create awareness and highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management.

It was initiated by the German-based NGO, Wash United, in 2014, and aims to benefit women and girls worldwide.

The ’28th’ was selected to acknowledge that 28 days is the average length of the menstrual cycle, as the day advocates adequate sanitation facilities and access to menstrual hygiene products as parts of the solution.

“Affordability, especially by young

female students and indigent Nigerians has always being a problem, with many resorting to use of piece of clothes and other unhealthy items,’’ Emmanuel said.

“Government and donor organisations have over the years subsidised, and in most cases distributed condoms free to people, without considering same for female sanitary pads.

“Sexual intercourse is a voluntary act, and menstruation is compulsory to every female adult, whether rich or poor.

“They have always said that condom prevents sexually transmitted infections, however, improper menstrual health management exposes women to bacterial infections as well,” she said.

According to Emmanuel, subsidising sanitary pads will be a great respite to less-privileged and vulnerable women, as choices of menstrual hygiene materials are often limited by cost and availability.

She noted that there was lack of

adequate sanitation facilities and access to menstrual hygiene products by many female Nigerians, especially in the rural areas and internally displaced persons camps.

“Many stakeholders distribute condoms to IDPs, yet many do not consider sanitary pads which a mother and her grown female children need every month for a healthy living,’’ said the expert.

Emmanuel noted that many adolescents in boarding schools were having serious challenges on managing their menstrual hygiene, and therefore called on health authorities to pay special attention to them.

“Research has shown that not having access to menstrual hygiene management products can keep girls at home from school during their period each month.

“Depending on the flow, the pad ought to be changed six-hourly, and this requires a lot of money for a young dependent child to handle,’’ she said.

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Association decries high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among youths The Association of Positive Youths Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (APYIN) has decried the high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among youths despite public awareness created for ages.

Mr Edward Ogiji, the Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) Officer of the association, said this at a media roundtable on Monday in Makurdi.

He pointed out that most youths do not protect themselves when having sex because they are ignorant of the consequences.

“About 82 per cent of adolescents contact HIV/AIDs through unprotected sex and most of them are between the ages of 13 and 15.

“At this age they know nothing about the dangers of having unprotected sex, hence, the prevalence of the disease among youths.

“I urge relevant government and non-governmental agencies to intensify efforts on sensitisation by taking the HIV/AIDs campaign to the hinterlands and schools to forestall further spread of the disease,’’ he said.

He called for total implementation of the Partnership to Inspire, Transform and Connect the HIV Response (PITCH) project because it would help in reducing the spread of the disease.

The Programme Officer, APYIN, Mr Fabian Tor, disclosed that more youths that were affected with HIV/AIDS were dying faster than the adults because of their unwillingness to treat it due to the financial involvement for first timers.

Tor said that most of the youths that were affected by the disease lack the funds to carry out various tests before the commencement of the treatment which was free.

The official said that it was the desire of associations that were working for the eradication of the disease to be eradicated on or before 2030.

The Chairperson, Association of Women Living With HIV/ AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN), Mrs Elizabeth Aluna, appealed to the media to assist in sensitising people on HIV/AIDS so that they would be conscious of it and avoid acts that could make them contact the disease.

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Re-emergency of Ebola in DRC reawakens prevention, treatment strategies • Senate urges end to JEHOSU strike

Doosuur Iwambe -Abuja The re-emergence of the Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has so far killed at least 12 people out of the over 30 officially confirmed cases few days after an outbreak in the city of Mbandaka, earlier in May, prompting World Health Organisation (WHO), recent warning that the DRC outbreak might spread nationally and internationally is heightening concerns over Nigeria’s health workers strike.

The city has a population of almost 1.2 million people, and serves as a “transportation hub”. The virus started near the town of Bikoro in DRC, but where else should be prepared for an Ebola outbreak? There have been three outbreaks in DR Congo since the 201416 epidemics. Ebola is thought to be spread over long distances by fruit bats and is often transmitted to humans via contaminated bush meat.

Compared to diseases like measles, each Ebola case is likely to infect just one or two other persons. But let such a chain of infection continue, and let mourners touch and kiss the body of the victims and it begins to look like a nuclear chain reaction.

Ebola helps aggravate other health problems by overwhelming the local health care system. More people fell ill with malaria during the West African outbreak, and vaccinations dropped sharply, because everyone was terrified of going anywhere near a hospital (including many of the health care workers).

Maternal health suffered also as pregnant women avoided hospitals as well. People who fell ill went instead to traditional healers, including Ebola victims who passed on the disease to the healers, who passed it on to their other clients.

According to the WHO spokesperson who spoke in Geneva via e-mail, “So far there are 19 suspect cases, including three deaths and two lab-confirmed cases,” The first case was confirmed on Friday in Bas-Uele province in the north-east.

The WHO had said that the outbreak appears to be limited to that remote area, and that there is no need for travel restrictions for the time being. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a continent-wide mechanism to monitor disease outbreaks, said it had activated its emergency operational centre to monitor the situation in Congo.

The Central African country has suffered seven previous outbreaks of Ebola since the virus was discovered in the country in 1976. The last outbreak, in 2014, left 49 people dead.

The haemorrhagic fever has been most detrimental in West Africa, where it claimed more than 11,000 lives in 2014 to 2015. WHO declared Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries that had been most affected by the epidemic, free of Ebola in 2016.

Meanwhile, the ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) is putting fears in the mind of Nigerians because should there be an outbreak most health facilities cannot cope due to the industrial action.

JEHOSU had threatened to withhold help for emergency measures against

Ebola because of an ongoing strike over pay and conditions. “The strike will go on as long as the government refuses to honour the existing agreement with us,” chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, told journalists.

The Federal government had also ordered screening of travellers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries after a fresh outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever but Josiah said: “None of our members will be involved in any Ebola screening until the government does the needful.”

JOHESU comprises pharmacists, nurses, laboratory technologists and other paramedics in the public health sector, except doctors and dentists. They walked out on April 18 over demands for pay parity with doctors and improved welfare.

The strike has paralysed services in federal government-owned hospitals and health centres following its extension to the 36 states across the country. Nigeria does not share a border with DR Congo but memories are still fresh of an Ebola outbreak in 2014 that killed seven people out of 19 confirmed cases. The World Health Organization at the time praised the country’s response for containing the spread of the virus, which left some 11,000 people dead in wider West Africa.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said relevant agencies, including the port health services, have been mobilised to ensure the safety of passengers and other users.

“All equipment and personnel used in combatting the virus in 2014 are still very much at the airports,” said FAAN spokeswoman Henrietta Yakubu.

“We have always had thermal scanners in our airports that monitor temperature of passengers and capture their pictures.

We still have hand sanitisers in our restrooms too.

“When passengers walk pass the scanners, it registers their temperature.

If yours is high, you are pulled aside for observation.”

Ebola patient

The Senate had also pleaded with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to call off the strike it embarked upon by JOHESU. Senate’s resolution was sequel to a motion on Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Need to Take Precautionary Measures by Oluremi Tinubu (APCLagos) during plenary.

The upper chamber also urged the Minister of Interior to take necessary steps to check immigration and urged the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to ensure alertness to combat whatever cases that might arise and get Ebola vaccines ready for an emergency.

Tinubu recalled that an infected immigrant, Patrick Sawyer, who arrived

Nigeria in July 23, 2014, was notable for being the index case for the introduction of Ebola virus into Nigeria.

Tinubu, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment said the tide, as at then, was stemmed by government’s quick response.

She said that recent reports by the World Health Organisation (WHO), showed that the disease was back in neighboring Congo with 19 deaths and 39 infected casualties recorded so far.

In his response, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said all stakeholders should ensure that adequate steps were taken to forestall any occurrence.

Adewole cautioned that striking JOHESU has no constitutional right to harass other health workers not on strike

or lock up government facilities.

Nigerian airport security officials told The Daily Times that fears of the virus spreading to that country were founded upon the fact that Nigerians, residents of the continent’s largest economy, were “among the most travelled indigenous people on the continent” and could easily bring the disease into the country if unchecked.

Airport facilities and medical structures that served Nigeria in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak are being reactivated as the country tries to be on the alert for possible reoccurrence following the confirmation of several [Ebola] cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’’.

Tips on Ebola prevention Angela Onwuzoo The Federal Government has assured of adequate surveillance at the nation’s Ports of Entry, Nigerians on their part must be on the alert.

Things to know Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90% caused by Ebola virus, a member of the filovirus family, according to the WHO. Transmission From WHO’s fact sheet, people become infected with Ebola either through contact with infected animals (usually following butchering, cooking or eating) or through contact with the bodily fluids of infected humans. Most cases are caused by human to human

transmission which occurs when blood or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people enters a healthy person’s body through broken skin or mucous membranes.

Infection can also occur if the broken skin or the mucous membranes of a healthy person comes into contact with items or environments contaminated with bodily fluids from an infected person. These may include soiled clothing, bed linen, gloves, protective equipment and medical waste such as used hypodermic syringes.

Those at risk During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are: health workers; family members or others in close contact with infected people; mourners who have direct contact with bodies during burial rituals.

Levels of Ebola virus remain high

after death, thus bodies of those who have died from Ebola virus disease must be handled only by people wearing appropriate personal protective equipment and must be buried immediately.

WHO advises that bodies of people who may have died from Ebola virus disease should be handled only by trained burial teams, who are equipped to properly bury the dead, safely and with dignity. Health-care workers are at greater risk of infection if they are not wearing correct personal protective equipment (PPE) or are not applying infection prevention and control (IPC) measures when caring for patients. All health-care providers working at all levels of the health system – hospitals, clinics and health posts – should be fully informed about the disease and its mode of transmission and should follow recommended precautions strictly.

Signs and symptoms Ebola symptoms vary but sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat are commonly experienced at the beginning of the disease (‘the dry phase’). As the disease progresses, people commonly develop vomiting and diarrhoea (‘the wet phase’), rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.

Prevention People can protect themselves from infection with Ebola virus following specific infection prevention and control measures. These include: hand washing, avoiding contact with the bodily fluids of individuals who are suspected of or confirmed to have Ebola, and refraining from handling or preparing bodies of persons who are suspected of or confirmed to have died from Ebola.

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JEHOSU to suspend 6 weeks old strike June 1 Doosuur Iwambe -Abuja Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) says it is “considering” suspending the ongoing strike by its members which has crippled services at public hospitals across Nigeria.

This decision according to reports followed the intervention of the National Industrial Court (NIC), after serious consideration of the plight of health-seeking persons all over the country and to give room for an amicable resolution of its dispute with the federal government.

A Non Governmental Organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of the Kingdom Human Rights Foundation (KHRFI) had obtained a court order against JOHESU; mandating the health workers to suspend their industrial action on the May, Monday, 21.

But as a way to exercise its constitutional rights to either comply or challenge the court order, JOHESU filed an appeal at the Appellate Court.

Confirming the development, National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Ogbonna Chimela, however, said that the union was still ‘consulting’ and ‘considering’ when and how to suspend the strike.

“Yes, we are in the court in Abuja and the judge made some pronouncements but we are still consulting and considering the next move and when to suspend. You

will get the final details soon,” he said.

It could be recalled that the National Industrial Court had about two weeks ago, ordered the workers to return to work within 24 hours.

The ruling followed an ex-parte motion filed by a non-governmental organisation.

But the union which said it remained ‘unmoved’ and was yet to be served with the order by Justice Babatunde Adejumo of the court, later confirmed receiving the order.

JOHESU, a body of all other health workers except doctors, called the strike 43 days ago.

The impasse has caused many deaths. Patients are passing through untold pains and their relatives are grumbling as federal, state and local government health institutions have been brought to their knees.

There were meetings between the government and the union with the Ministers of Health and Labor, Isaac Adewole and Chris Ngige leading the negotiations.

No common ground has been reached in these meetings, however, and members of JOHESU are accusing both officials of bias.

In fact, they called for removal of Mr Adewole as health minister, labelling him the major barrier to the resolution of the strike.

In Wednesday’s ruling, the court mandated its mediation centre to take over the negotiation and

JOHESU National Chairman, Josiah Biobelemoye

reconciliation processes within the next 24 hours in the interest of the public.

Responding, health ministry’s spokesperson, Boade Akinola, said the ministry was yet to receive the ruling.

“We have not seen the ruling, when we do so, we will be able to respond but rest assured that the Ministry of Health always obey court orders,” she said.

Meanwhile, the leadership of JOHESU in Lagos on Wednesday suspended the industrial action in the state.

Olatunji Tajudeen, the Lagos State JOHESU chairman who also confirmed the Industrial Court ruling, said government hospitals in the state had been directed to suspend the strike.

“The strike is today (Wednesday) suspended in Lagos State. This was approved by our national body and it will take effect immediately,” he said.

Mr Tajudeen said the suspension was because of the “achievements and commitments” made by the state governor to the plight of the health workers.

Over 7m die from tobacco, heart disease annually - WHO Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja World Health Organisation, (WHO) has said that tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 7 million people annually.

This was contained in a statement

by WHO to commemorate the ‘’World Tobacco Day’’ The statement quoted WHO Regional Director Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, as saying that about 146 000 adults between the age of 30 and above die every year from tobaccorelated diseases in the African Region.

He said that more than 6million of those deaths are as the result of direct tobacco use while around 890 000 are the result of nonsmokers being exposed to secondhand smoke. ‘’The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 7 million people each year.

Tobacco breaks hearts. Tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke contribute to about 12% of all heart disease deaths. There is no safe level for people, particularly children, women and workers, who have to be in the same room as smokers. ‘’In the African Region, about 146 000 adults aged 30 years and above die every year from

tobacco-related diseases. When tobacco users die prematurely in their productive years, families lose loved ones and income, and economic development is negatively affected’’ he stated.

While stressing the need to do more in terms of creating awareness over the harmful effects of Tobacco usage, the WHO called for the implementation of policies that will assist in regulating tobacco usage, promote smoke-free environments as well as encourage people to quit smoking. ‘’Policies that regulate tobacco, promote smoke-free environments and encourage people to quit smoking will contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of all people. This requires strong leadership, political commitment and an informed civil society working together to press for heart-healthy policies and the right to health.

‘Effective measures to reduce tobacco demand which can be accomplished in a short time and at reasonable cost include increasing tobacco taxes and prices, which will save lives as well as generate money for governments. Other steps include creating completely smokefree indoor workplaces and public places, instituting hard-hitting warnings and graphic pictures about the dangers of smoking on cigarette packaging, and banning

tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship’’ the statement added.

For his part, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, also called for synergy and partnerships among relevant stakeholders to check the consumption and reduce the health and other associated risks, especially cardiovascular diseases.

Obaseki, said this in commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day marked by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other organs to raise awareness and check the consumption of tobacco.

He proposed that collaborations should be built among health workers, civil society organisations and relevant Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to raise awareness and sensitise the people on the dangers of tobacco consumption.

According to him, “much as tobacco companies are in legitimate business and have adopted health messaging to call attention to the associated risks of use of their products. As a government, we want to ensure that the people are better served with information on the cardiovascular dangers associated with its usage. Efforts should be made to sensitise people on the dangers of second-hand smoking, which also exposes people to similar dangers faced by active smokers.”

He said the state government is pursing health policies such as the state-wide health insurance scheme, increasing the number of primary healthcare centres and improving the investment climate to attract investors, including private healthcare firms.

He said that this year’s theme for the day, ‘Tobacco and Heart Disease,’ provides a platform to interrogate the implications of tobacco use and cardiovascular conditions, noting that stakeholders are being mobilised to spread the word on the dangers of tobacco consumption and the imperative to reduce its use.

L3 Health NACA’s Indicator and Impact Survey: Group promises confidentiality of respondents The Nigeria HIV and AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has assured the public of utmost confidentiality during the National AIDS and Hepatitis survey commencing from June 18.

Dr Adebobola Bashorun, Director, Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilisation of NAIIS, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

Bashorun said that all information that would be collected from respondents would be treated with privacy in line with international standard practice.

“Each state in each geopolitical zone would be captured at the same time and it will run concurrently in all the states, till the end of the survey, which will last for six months.

“Our team would go from house-to-house and I can assure you that nobody would be put under compulsion to answer.

“They will be on customised T-shirts, faze-caps, hijabs, with the Federal Ministry of Health logo and an inscription of NAIIS on them, as well as their identity cards.

“To assure Nigerians of the level of confidentiality in this survey, any household that accepts to be surveyed would be taken to a private location in their homes, where interviews and tests would be conducted.

“In fact, your names will not be needed for this survey, as most of the data will be collected using computer-generated codes.

“These codes cannot be linked to an individual; neither can it be linked to any household.

“Once an individual tests positive for HIV or Hepatitis B or C, such individuals will be linked to appropriate health institutions for immediate treatment,’’ he said.

He added that community leaders as well as religious leaders had been reached out to in order to disseminate the importance of the survey to their people.

Bashorun, however, urged Nigerians not to be scared to partake in the survey.

NAN reports that on May 10, the Federal Government and U.S. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the National HIV and AIDS Indicator and Impact Assessment Survey scheduled to start from June.

The Minister of Health, Dr Isaac Adewole, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu and the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, signed the agreement in Abuja.

According to them, the MoU seeks to determine the true distribution of HIV and AIDS, Hepatitis B and C in the country.

As part of the agreement, the U.S. government will provide adequate resources to end the epidemic before 2030.

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Ossy Achievas to unveil charity foundation tomorrow A s part of giving back to the society at large, prominent entertainment frontier and CEO of Achievas’s Stories By Mutiat Alli

entertainment, Paul Chiori Cole, better known as Ossy Achievas, has announced the need to put a smile on the faces of less privileges individuals that cuts across visually impaired, widows, motherless babies homes amongst others via his newly launched charity foundation ‘The Richout Foundation’ The Richout Foundation is set to be officially open to the public tomorrow, Sunday May 27, 2018 via a well attended event to be held on the day widely celebrated as children day.

On why he is setting up a foundation and launching on children’s day; Ossy as he is sometimes called disclosed that the day marks his birth day and no better way best describe his vision for the less privileged.

He said ‘ Everyone sure has a

story to tell, I was not born with a silver spoon, I am only fortunate to be where I am today and as such it brings me joy to put smiles on people’s faces irrespective of their condition, tribe or identity’. The charity foundation will run as a nongovernmental Organization.

However it is important to note that TCHIKO BLESSING and TCHIKO INES are the names of the 2 kids I’m giving Scholarship till university level and in between they will learn a trade they love and I must see them succeed while we take care of others too.

Achievas entertainment is equally known to have successfully organized the first three editions of Olamide Live in Concert (OLIC) and most talked about concert of the year 2017 Davido’s 30Billion gang concert.

Mike Ezuruonye takes ‘Divorce not allowed’ to London After successful outings in Cinemas across Nigerian states, Mike Ezuruonye has taken his latest Nollywood flick, ‘Divorce Not Allowed’ to London.

The movie, which enjoyed positive from critics and moviegoers in Lagos, Abuja, Uyo, Benin and Owerri, is now set to show in Cinemas across London, United Kingdom.

This is coming after several calls from fans from the United Kingdom who saw encomiums pouring in for the movie in Nigerian social media communities. A particular UK fan had tweeted thus: “How can we see this movie in London?”

It would then appear that Mike Ezuruonye heeded that call and the movie is now set to show in Boleyn Cinemas, Barking Road, London, UK on June 23, 2018.

This was announced on Mike’s Instagram platform and it has since been welcomed with fanfare from UK fans who couldn’t hide their excitement of seeing the movie and getting the chance of a meet and greet with Mike and his friends.

“London fans can look forward to a time of their life at the cinemas when watching this movie.” Mike Ezuruonye said, when asked what fans can expect.

‘Divorce Not Allowed’ is a romantic comedy, which explores the different issues that besiege young couples and the different ways they go about solving the issues. The movie features big Nollywood names like Angela Okorie, Bolanle Ninalowo, Iyabo Ojo, Eniola Badmus and many others.

Universal Music Group dominates 2018 BET Awards nominations Nominees for the 2018 edition of the BET Awards were announced recently with Universal Music Group (UMG) artistes dominating the Best International Act category.

Universal Music Africa has one nomination with South Africa’s DistructionBoyz, while Universal Music France has two nominations with Congolese singer FallyIpupa and rappers Booba and Niska.

English singer-rapper Stefflon Don and French singer Dadju of Polydor Records, a Universal owned label,

are also nominated in the Best International Act category.

Famous for the smash hit, ‘Wololo’, the Durban based DistructionBoyz have pushed gqom music to the mainstream with their Gold selling debut album, ‘Gqom is the Future’, which features another hit single, ‘Omunye’.

The BET nominations which are selected from thousands of submissions across 20 categories, showcase some of the most gifted music makers of the past awards year. The nominations are selected

….as DistructionBoyz, FallyIpupa and Steflon Don in running for Best International Act

by BET’s Voting Academy, which comprises fans and an esteemed group of entertainment professionals in the fields of television, film, music, social media, digital marketing, sports journalism, public relations, and the creative arts.

The BET awards are voted for by the public with an interest in all genres made by black people. Voting closes on June 1, 2018, and the show will air live on BET on Sunday, June 24, 2018, from the Microsoft Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Okon Lagos, Patience Ozokwor, others star in new comedy movie, ‘Boss of All Bosses’ The comedy “Boss of All Bosses” has been slated for release in cinemas from June 15th 2018.

The movie starred a stellar cast that includes Akpororo, Nedu (Wazobia fm), Mama G (Patience Ozokwor), Okon Lagos (Bishop Ime), Senator (Bethel Njoku), Emeka Kachikwu, Adunni Ade, Sani Danja, Eniola Badmus and Babatunde Charles has been making the rounds as ‘themust watch movie’ on various fronts.

Directed by Ike Nnaebue with Emeka Kachikwu as the Executive producer/ producer and Tobe Osuno as the Associate producer; the movie tells the story of Tony, a classy, ego tripping, self-centered, arrogant M.D at Hemcorps Oil & Gas. In the light of an absentee CEO whose identity remains hidden, he abuses his powers and becomes the perfect ladies man. His loyal PA at his beck and call acts as his informant unveiling sizzling news unfolding in the company.

He is living life to the fullest and nicknamed The Boss of all bosses, until Samuel is brought on-board as a Rival

M.D at the CEO’s request.

Special tasks are assigned to both as they compete for the exalted position deploying every trick in the scheming book to win or be fired. The employees are caught in the middle and camps are formed, alliances are made amidst the backdrop of comical scheming, romantic escapades and betrayal.

Tony is fighting hard to win the affection of the slay Queen he’s dying for while focusing on the tasks but a bad move he makes threatens his ambition and sets him on course for what he never bargained.

According to Tobe Osuno “The story though told in a comical way is invariably a true reflection of what obtains in the corporate environment. It’s a reminder of the corporate gymnastics, power tussle and the reward handed over to deserving employees for their hard work. It is a good movie and we urge folks to come out in mass to watch same” Boss of all bosses is powered by Mind Bursters film ventures and distributed by Silverbird Film distribution.

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Woli Arole, Small Doctor, Lord of Ajasa, others for ‘Laffmattaz ‘ Akure invasion

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Mutiat Alli The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has thrown his weight behind ‘Laffmattaz’, the rave comedy show which has been making the rounds in South Western States.

Making its next stop in the Akure edition tagged, ‘Laffmattaz Live in Akure’, organisers have promised that the comedy show will be the mother of all comedy slash entertainment convergence in the history of Ondo State come Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at The Dome, Akure.

Among the entertainers billed to deliver stellar performances for the evening are Omobaba No 1, Koffi, Woli Agba, Kennyblaq, Peteru, Woli Arole the prophet, Dr. Smile, Baba Alariya, Sweet Steve, Hondastevo, MC. Ajele and other acts.

Musical acts that will be thrilling the audience for the highly anticipated show are Reminisce, Small Doctor, Slimcase Oshosondi, CDQ, Dorman, Faze, Sound Sultan, Lord of Ajasa and many others.

Photos: Friends, families and colleagues pay tribute to late Omoge Campus …As family & TGMAN float foundation Mutiat Alli It was all tears and emotions at the Lagos State Television Blueroof premises where movie practitioners, family and friends of the late Aishat Abimbola better known as Omoge Campus all converge to pay tribute to the late actress via a two day programme organized by the Musa Family and the Golden Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria (TGMAN).

The well attended event had in attendance the presence of colleagues of the late actress, Human Right activist, Dr. Joe Odumakin who led other attendees to a candle light procession alongside TGMAN president Amb, Saidi Balogun round the Alausa environ and back to the Blueroof

where the artiste night was properly held.

The second day witness an array of Muslim Clergy who prayed for the deceased and family members at the 8days Fidau Prayer held in same venue.

As part of immortalizing her legacy, the Musa Family and TGMAN families made known to the public the formation of a cancer foundation in honor of the departed tagged ‘ The Aisha Abimbola Cancer Foundation’ created with the intention to educate, inform, sensitize, prevent and eventually proffer treatment to all cancer relates ailments. However this initiative will be supervised by Amb. Saidi Balogun who doubles as an Entertainment Health Ambassador, a title that was bestowed in UI.

Montaigne Place Spa launches ultimate beauty and anti-aging secret A healthy skin is a mirror of a healthy body. Exposure to the sun, lifestyle, food and stress may cause the skin to age prematurely resulting into uneven skin tones, dark circles, acne, pigmentation, age spots, wrinkles and fine lines.

Besides exercising regularly, having enough sleep and a good diet, there are other remedies that have been proven to slow down the aging process leaving the skin looking beautiful and young.

One of such discoveries is the Murad Method Treatment.

The Murad Method is a specialized treatment that

includes spa sessions, DIY home remedies, a diet plan to create and maintain beauty in diverse ways.

First of all, The Murad Method takes into consideration the various skin types. Every skin is different, the same approach on all skin types with regards to facial treatment does not yield great results. The Murad Method provides a personalized treatment depending on the skin type, concerns and overall state.

Stress is a beauty thief and an aging monster. Therefore, face massages are done in between treatments to relax

the body physically and mentally while the Murad products work their magic on lines, wrinkles, acne, pigmentation, and other skin concerns. However, the treatment does not end at the Spa. The Murad Method provides easy do-ityourself at home products and remedies that can help maintain the skin till the next Spa appointment.

Finally, food impacts on the health and wellbeing of the skin. Each Murad Spa session ends with a diet plan depending on the skin concern to achieve maximum results.

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Spotlight Mutiat Alli Emotions are the most present, pressing and sometimes painful force in our lives. We are driven day by day by our emotions. We take chances because we’re excited for new prospects. We cry because we’ve been hurt and we make sacrifices because we love. Without a doubt, our emotions dictate our thoughts, intentions and actions with superior authority to our rational minds. But when we act on our emotions too quickly, or we act on the wrong kinds of emotions, we often make decisions that we later lament. Our feelings can alter between dangerous extremes. Veer too far to the left and you’re bordering on rage.

Steer too much to the right and you’re in a state of euphoria. As with many other aspects of life, emotions are best met with a sense of moderation and logical perspective. This is not to say that we should stop ourselves from falling in love or jumping for joy after great news. These truly are the finer things in life. It is negative emotions that must be handled with extreme care.

Negative emotions, like rage, envy or bitterness, tend to spiral out of control, especially immediately after they’ve been triggered. In time, these sorts of emotions can grow like weeds, slowly conditioning the mind to function on detrimental feelings and dominating daily life. Ever met a person who’s consistently angry or hostile? They weren’t born that way.

But they allowed certain emotions to stir within them for so long that they became inbred feelings arising all too frequently.

Follow these steps to control your emotions and regain rationality in any challenging situation: Don’t react right away: Reacting immediately to emotional triggers can be an immense mistake. It is guaranteed that you’ll say or do something you’ll later regret. Before refuting the trigger with your emotional argument, take a deep breath and stabilize the overwhelming impulse. Continue to breathe deeply for five minutes, feeling as your muscles intense and your heart rate returns to normal. As you become calmer, affirm to yourself that this is only temporary.

Ask for divine guidance: Faith is our saving grace in our darkest moments.

No matter your creed, developing a healthy relationship with the divine world will help you surmount your obstacles more easily. This is because when you believe in a higher force, you also believe in the power of divine intervention to show you what you must do, teach you why something is happening or even save you from a certain unwanted situation. When burdened with emotion, close your

Managing your emotional reactions eyes, envision a positive solution to your problem, and ask the universe to illuminate the best path forward.

Find a healthy outlet: Now that you’ve managed your emotion, you’ll need to release it in a healthy way. Emotions should never be bottled up. Call or go see someone you trust and recount to them what happened. Hearing an opinion other than your own broadens your awareness. Keep a journal and transfer your emotions from your inner self onto the paper. Many people find it helpful to engage in aggressive exercises, such as kickboxing or martial arts, to discharge their feelings. Others meditate and chant to return to a tranquil state of being.

Perform whatever activity is best-suited to you in order to liberate your being from pent-up sentiments.

See the bigger picture: Every happening of our lives, whether good or bad, serves a higher purpose.

Wisdom means being able to see past the moment and discern the greater meaning of any given situation. You may not understand it in the beginning, but as time goes by, you’ll begin to see the bigger picture falling into perfect order.

Even in the midst of an emotionally upsetting moment, trust that there exists an ultimate purpose which you will come to comprehend soon.

Replace your thoughts: Negative emotions bind us to recurring negative thoughts, creating cycles of downright negative patterns. Whenever you are confronted with an emotion which is making you feel or think something bad, force it out of your mind and replace it with a different thought. Imagine the ideal resolution to your problem playing out, think about someone who makes you happy or remember an event that makes you smile.

Forgive your emotional triggers: Your emotional triggers may be your best friend, your family members, yourself or all of the above. You may feel a sudden wave of anger when your friend “does that thing she does,” or a stab of self-loathing when you remember something you could have done differently. But when you forgive, you detach. You detach from the resentment, the jealousy or the fury lingering within you. You allow people to be who they are without the need for

escalating emotions. As you forgive, you will find yourself disassociating from the harsh feelings attached to your being.

Accept responsibility for your reaction: Accept yourself as powerful instead of as victim to remove the veil of self-deception. When you seek to identify what is triggering how you feel in the moment, you give yourself the chance to feel differently if you want to.

You will also have more clarity on what you need to do or what you need to ask for to change your circumstances.

Choose what you want to feel: With practice, the reaction to your emotional triggers could subside, but they may never go away. The best you can do is to quickly identify when an emotion is triggered and then choose what to say or do next. Ask yourself: Are you really losing this need or not? Is the person actively denying your need or are you taking the situation too personally? If it’s true that someone is ignoring your need or blocking you from achieving it, can you either ask for what you need or, if it doesn’t really matter, can you let the need go for now?.

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Foreign Affairs How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100?

Raymond Suttner The centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth is an opportunity to reflect on the character of his life. One of the features of being a leader, especially one who is a freedom fighter, is that one acts in the present, but needs to bear some sense of what the future holds. This is in order to be ready to advance the cause of freedom under conditions that may differ significantly from that experienced at the time. This means analysing forces at work in order to assess what may change or could lead to change. This requires both firmness on principle and flexibility, in executing principles. This type of leadership is not easy and is often lonely.

Much celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela and a great deal of commentary works with a notion of obviousness, that what Mandela represented had an obvious meaning, simply waiting to be discovered. This sense of obviousness is often covered by a series of adjectives, that tell us little apart from his being a great person or simply by referring to Mandela (and many other leaders of the struggle) as an “icon”. This is laziness, insofar as understanding a leader like Mandela means that we have to grapple with often controversial problems and complexities in his life.

Alternatively, there is a reference to Mandela’s legacy in the singular as opposed to the range of legacies we need to interrogate. Mandela’s life has meanings politically, in relation to gender, questions of legality, violence and non-violence, leadership, ethics and many other questions.

There is reference to The meaning of Mandela, “meaning” in the singular, in a book published by HSRC in 2006. This is even more of a problem than treating his legacies in the singular, because it implies that what we understand Mandela or his life to mean is incontrovertible and beyond debate. If we examine the contours of his life sufficiently carefully we find complexities and a multi-faceted human being.

Indeed, the formidable authors assembled in The meaning of Mandela, Henry Louis Gates, Wole Soyinka and Cornel West, being the scholars, they are, do not pretend to speak of a singular meaning, but of a life with multiple implications.

Nelson Mandela’s life conditions changed, and he altered as a human being at various phases of his life. Mandela himself speaks of undergoing a series of journeys, indicated by the titles of his books: No easy walk to freedom (derived from Jawaharlal Nehru), Long walk to freedom and recently Dare not linger(published posthumously by Mandla Langa, Macmillan, London 2017).

There is another problem with the same book, The meaning of Mandela.

Late Nelson Mandela The dedication reads as follows: “To Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelafor the gift of freedom” This statement comprises a series of barriers to understanding the “meaning” or meanings of Mandela. In the first place, Mandela did not see freedom as achieved by any one action or on any one day.

Hence the title of the new book “dare not linger” refers to reaching a particular destination but despite it representing a milestone in the achievement of freedom, it remains elusive and requires further walks and journeys. Hence, he writes, in Long Walk to Freedom, quoted in the new book: “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.

But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb…. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”

In each of these works Mandela engages with the struggle for freedom as an ongoing journey.

But, there is another problem in this dedication. As gigantic a figure as Mandela was, he would never claim, and it would have been wrong for him to have said that he “gave” us our freedom. The freedom that was achieved in Mandela’s later life, was a product of many, many struggles of very many people. It was through the efforts of those who died and suffered and sacrificed in many ways, including Mandela himself, that his release (and that of other political prisoners) from prison was secured, and democratic elections were ultimately achieved. Mandela

played a central role in many, but not all of the struggles during his lifetime and in every struggle in which he was a key figure he also depended on the power and support and actions of the many men and women who backed or were involved in advancing the cause of freedom. But, as Mandela recognised, there was much more to be done in order to broaden and deepen the quality of the freedom that had been achieved in 1994.

Having stressed the complexity of Mandela’s life and the diverse meanings that this signified, let us consider some features that illustrate the multiple meanings and changing character of his personal and political qualities: Mandela was a changing human being over the course of his life.

Mandela as a human being, like many of us, did not comprise a onedimensional persona. He possessed more than one identity, some being displaced over time, some coexisting with one another and remnants of earlier identities re-emerging over time. In his 1962 court case, challenging the jurisdiction of a white magistrate to try him, he wore Thembu attire.

Even though he became an African nationalist and a believer in non-racialism, he retained his Thembu identity, throughout his life and recent evidence suggests he may also have been a Communist.

He also placed a lot of weight on his identity as a lawyer.

Mandela changed a lot, became a different person in various periods of his life, sometimes through his own choice and sometimes as a result of conditions he encountered, for example, the demands of imprisonment or being a soldier and later a leader of the country.

As a young man Mandela recalls that he was not born with a “hunger to be free”. Growing up in a relatively sheltered existence in the home of the regent of the Thembu people, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, Mandela believed he enjoyed all the freedom that he desired. When he arrived in the Witwatersrand, at the age of 23, he directly confronted the racism and humiliation that apartheid entailed and any illusions of being free were dispelled.

Although Mandela came under the influence of his great mentor, Walter Sisulu and is credited as being one of the founders of the ANC Youth League, Mandela was then fairly politically undeveloped, compared with other leaders like Anton Lembede, Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and AP Mda. But he was guided by Sisulu and people like the Communist Michael Harmel, who gave him a reading list.

Characteristically, Mandela applied himself with dedication and although he was initially a somewhat extreme Africanist, known for breaking up meetings of the Indian Congress and Communists, he mellowed and in the 1950s became one of the leading figures advancing the multi-racial and non-racial Freedom Charter.

Difficult decisions. The journeys of Mandela’s life are not only marked by various forms of struggle that he engages in but a range of difficult decisions he had to make along the way and how he changed in the course of deciding on and executing the required actions, while experiencing conditions of relative freedom and varying degrees of constraint.

Mandela went to prison as the first commander of mKhonto we Sizwe (MK). In prison he analysed the situation inside the country and concluded that there was a stalemate, between the apartheid regime and the forces of liberation.

The apartheid regime could not simply suppress the resistance it faced. At the same time the forces of liberation did not encounter a military force that could be defeated on the battlefield. This was a situation where a negotiated solution could be achieved. Mandela set about trying to create conditions for talks between the ANC and the apartheid regime.

It is easy to assume this was his decision alone, especially in these times, (where many are “debunking mythology” around Mandela in South Africa). But was it really entirely on his own? Yes, he candidly admits, it was without a mandate, running against principles of collective decision-making of the ANC. But Mandela believed that had he not acted when the opportunity arose, it would have been lost. It raises important questions about individual responsibility of a leader, whether or not collectivism ought to be absolutised.

Mandela’s interventions, interestingly, happened at the same time as the exiled leadership was sending out its own feelers to the regime, leading to the opening of negotiations that ultimately paved the way for democratic elections.

The question of compromise.

In the eyes of some Mandela is credited with messianic qualities, but for others he compromised the struggle and was a “sell out”. The character of the settlement cannot be discussed in this brief space, but what needs to be asked, is whether being a freedom fighter signifies that one never compromises? Or if one can compromise when will it be justified? The notion of “no compromise” can only exist in discussions far away from real political conditions, where lives are being lost.

Compromises are justified and indeed necessary when they can lead to a result that advances the cause of freedom and/or when these reduce bloodshed and can lead to peace, one of the preconditions for freedom.

Mandela, acting with others, saw the opportunity for ending warfare and securing democratic elections. In my view, history will vindicate his choices and actions, the risks he took to act on his own and as part of the ANC and tripartite alliance leadership collective.

Suttner, is a scholar and political analyst. He is a visiting professor and strategic advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg and emeritus professor at UNISA. Source: Polity.org.za

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‘Murdered’ Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, is alive and well.

Mr Babchenko, a high-profile critic of the Kremlin, appeared at a press conference on Ukrainian television on Wednesday.

The head of Ukraine’s security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, said at the press conference that the ‘murder’ had been staged to expose Russian agents.

“According to information

received by the Ukrainian security service, the killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was ordered by the Russian security services themselves,” Mr Hrytsak said.

Mr Babchenko’s wife had earlier said he’d been shot in the back as he left their apartment in the city.

The journalist apparently did not tell his wife that the murder had been staged. “Special apologies to my wife,” he said.

Source: BBC

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Arkady Babchenko

Jeddah’s new airport welcomes first commercial flight The first commercial flight to land at the new King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah has signaled a major milestone for the facility, due to open early next year.

Operations are being phased in at the airport, with the commercial flight welcomed by a General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) senior management team on Tuesday.

The airport’s “soft launch” will be completed in four phases to ensure it is fully functional and employees are fully trained ahead of the facility’s official opening early next year.

When it opens the airport will operate 46 gates, but during the

soft launch a limited number of flights will be managed through six gates.

Additional gates will open in line with the growth in capacity, with a focus on passenger security and safety.

The GACA’s approach is designed to avoid issues faced by other international airports that opened for operations before they were ready.

Abdulhakim bin Muhammad Al-Tamimi, GACA’s president, said: “The new airport is a major milestone for Saudi Arabia and will help meet the goals of Vision 2030 to support and drive the Kingdom’s economic development. The airport provides

a platform that will allow the Kingdom to play a greater role as a regional hub for transport and logistics services, and support the growing number of pilgrims to the Two Holy Mosques.”

Referring to the phasing in of operations, Al-Tamimi said this was a responsible approach adopted by most major infrastructure projects in the world.

“Delivering world-class security, safety and customer experience for all our passengers is at the heart of the vision of new GACA and we will achieve this by testing facilities in a controlled and disciplined manner.

“Our measure of success is not to have everything running

perfectly on day one but to ensure that we are prepared for the full operational launch in 2019,” he said.

Al-Tamimi expressed his gratitude to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for their support of the civil aviation sector and the new airport.

He also thanked Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal and Makkah Deputy Gov. Prince Abdullah bin Bandar for their help in completing operational requirements at the airport.

The new airport will be a worldclass resource and “a projection of the Kingdom’s ambitions to the world,” Al-Tamimi said.

Search for MH370 may be resumed if new evidence is found, says Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that ended this week with no trace found may be resumed if new evidence comes to light.

“We have to come to a stage where we cannot keep searching for something we cannot find,” Mahathir told a news conference.

“If we find any new information, we may resume the search,” he said.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, becoming one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.

A privately funded underwater search for the missing jet ended on Tuesday.

Source: REUTERS

Florida man who impersonated Saudi prince faces jail A serial con man from Miami, who posed as a member of the Saudi royal family to scam people out of millions has been told he could face years in prison, the Miami Herald reported on Tuesday.

Anthony Gignac went by the name of “Sultan Bin Khaild Al-Saud”, as he pretended to be a Saudi royal, and stole $8

million from 26 people over the past two years.

Gignac, who pleaded guilty to impersonating a foreign government official, identity theft and fraud.

The 47-year-old said he and his co-conspirators lived lavishly, purchasing Ferraris, Rolls Royces, Rolex watches, Cartier jewelry and luxury property.

“Gignac was given gifts, including expensive paintings and jewelry, based on his false representations,” according to the US attorney’s office.

Gignac was arrested in November 2018 when he flew from London to New York on a fake passport with another person’s name.

Source: ARAB NEWS

Anthony Gignac went by the name of “Sultan Bin Khaild Al-Saud

Zimbabwe to hold first post-Mugabe elections on July 30 Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced elections will be held on July 30, the first without long-time former leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot.

Mnangagwa became president in November after an intervention by the army removed Mugabe.

“The Zimbabwe election commission is hereby advised to fix Monday the 30th of July as the day of the election of the office of president, the election of members of house of assembly and election of councillors,” Mnangagwa said.

His main opponent will be Nelson Chamisa, 40, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, which lost its stalwart, Morgan Tsvangirai, to cancer earlier this year.

So far, opposition parties have been campaigning without the previous threats of violence and arrest. More than five million of Zimbabwe’s 13 million people have registered to vote.

A runoff will be held on September 8 if none of the presidential candidates wins an outright majority, according to a proclamation by Mnangagwa.

Known by his nickname The Crocodile, Mnangagwa was a long-standing ally of Mugabe before the latter sacked him.

Mugabe was widely accused of violently suppressing the opposition and rigging elections during his more than three decades in power.

Mnangagwa has promised that international election observers will be allowed back into Zimbabwe and the vote will be free and fair.

The European Union signed an agreement earlier this week with Zimbabwe in preparation for deploying election observers nationwide.