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NAPTIP launches ‘ireport App’ to fight human traffickers Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

In its bid to fight human traffic offenders in the country, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has launched a-one-in-all platform for the public called “NAPTIP ireport App”.

Speaking during launch of the app in

Abuja on Monday, the Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, said that the app is to “scale up the visibility of the agency”.

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President Muhammadu Buhari (left); back row: Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade; his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani Bello, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama and others during the Joint ECOWAS-ECCAS Heads of State and Government Summit on Peace, Security, Stability and Fight against Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Lome, Togo... on Monday.

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“With this, NAPTIP is just a click from you,” she added.

Celebrating the 2018 World Day Against Human Trafficking and the 15 years of existence of the agency, she said the media has become a formidable partner with unwavering commitment “as far as the fight against human trafficking is concerned”.

She said, “The agency has 10 shelters, every office of the NAPTIP has a shelter attached to it where they (victims) are given medical care, psychosocial support and then enrolled into schools for those interested and teach those that want to acquire some skills and afterwards reintegrated with their family”.

As part of activities to mark the celebration, there was a walk by the group in the morning which the director-

general described as “a walk against human trafficking.”

Ske said the fight against human trafficking is not a fight just for the Federal Government of Nigeria but a fight for all of the society and government.

She also urged Nigerians to be security conscious.

“Nigerians should be their brother’s keeper and to parents, they should take care of their children, do not allow anyone to traffic your children and do not get trafficked yourself.

“Once human trafficking related issues is reported to the appropriate authority which is NAPTIP, they would get appropriate response; but if they report to the inappropriate authority, they may not get the response they should get because it is only NAPTIP that is mandated to fight the crime against human trafficking,” she added.

Similarly, the President,

Business and Professional Women (BPW), Dupe Utsalo, has condemned human trafficking.

“One of the things we do as a group is networking, mentoring young ladies, women, girls, and widows, standing up for what is right.

We have seven clubs in Abuja and we are ready to say No! Anytime,” she said.

They were given psychosocial support, provided skills, education, medical supports, empowerment and reintegrated to their families and society. Out of these huge number, about 6000 of them have been empowered in various vocations thereby putting them back on track.

“Some of the victims have graduated from tertiary institutions. In fact, last year, 3 of such graduated from the universities, with one having a second class degree Upper Division in Accounting. These

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Front row: Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (second right); representative of the Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Nigeria, Abraham Tamrat (second left); Deputy Head of European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Richard Young (right); and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice/ Chairman, Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe (left), during the conference on ‘Examining the Root Causes of Human Trafficking’ in Edo State,’ held in Benin City...on Monday

Despite court order, Imo Assembly impeaches Madumere Val Okara, Owerri

The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has been impeached by the state lawmakers amidst tight security At an emergency sitting held at hallow chamber of the House of Assembly on Monday with 19 members in attendance, the Majority Leader, Hon Luguard Osuji moved the motion for adoption of the panel report submitted by Nze Saba Nzeled committee.

The state Chief Judge, Justice Pascal Nnadi, last week set up a seven-man panel of enquiry to investigate allegations of gross

misconduct levelled against Madumere.

But an Owerri High Court presided over

by Justice Benjamin Iheaka on Monday granted an interim injunction restraining the seven -man panel of enquiry from sitting until matter before the court is determined.

Earlier, the lawyer to the impeached deputy governor, Prince Ken Njemanze (SAN) had filed a motion on the cinstitutional breaches by the panel and the state lawmakers.

Prince Madumere had a running battle with his boss, Governor Rochas Okorocha over succession bid in 2019.

Okorocha favouered his son-inlaw and Chief of staff Mr Uche Nwosu to succeed him.

The impeached deputy governor opposed the move and pitched his tent with the coalition forces who had earlier opposed the state governor proposal to allow his son-in-law to take over from him in 2019, having come the same zone (Orly zone) Meanwhile Journalists were barred from entering into the Chamber of the House during the sitting except electronic media and hand-picked House correspondents. It was gathered that the Head of Service has been tipped to take over from Madumere.

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson (left), presenting a special souvenir to the new Air Officer Commanding, Mobility Command, Yenagoa, AVM Napoleon Bali, during a courtesy call at Government House, Yenagoa.

Ortom: PDP Reps threaten Buhari’s virement, supplementary budget Say impeachment notice illegal

Henry Omunu, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives caucus on Monday vowed that it will thwart the approval of the virement and supplementary budget for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) when the House reconvenes over the impeachment notice issued Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State by eight All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers.

Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Chukwuma Onyema, who issued the threat at a press briefing, said that the impeachment notice by the eight Benue State House of Assembly members was illegal, unconstitutional and an exercise in futility.

Rep. Onyema declared that the Benue APC lawmakers have no legal authority to serve the impeachment notice on the state governor.

He warned that “if the impeachment notice by the renegade lawmakers assisted by the APC Federal Government is not stopped, even if the House reconvenes, we’ll not approve the virement request and we’ll make sure we don’t form a quorum.

“If they (APC Federal Government) can begin to remove our governors, then we’ll not sit and do their jobs.

We’re taking it fire for fire”.

Accusing the Buhari administration of exhibiting dictatorial tendencies, the caucus condemned the use of the police and the military to aid the eight Benue House members achieve their nefarious action.

“This is a government that came into office with the slogan of progressivism and change, but in reaction to Governor Ortom’s defection from the ruling APC to the PDP, policemen and soldiers took over the state house of assembly complex.

“And an impeached speaker of the 30-memer House who had been suspended for six months for unparliamentary behaviour presided over a mockery of the rule of law and democracy,” the caucus added.

Rep. Onyema described the action of preventing the 22 proOrtom House members by the security agencies as ignoble.

He stated that constitutionally, at least 20 members of the assembly must sit to form a quorum before they can perform any legislative function considered legal.

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa (right) and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Chief Solomon Ogba, during the Flag Hoisting Ceremony of the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championship, at Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

L-R: Members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives Hon. Tajudeen Yusuff; Deputy minority leader, Hon. Onyema Ogechukwu, Hon. Timothy Golu and Deputy Chairman House Committee on media and publicity, Hon. Jonathan Gaza during a press briefing on the impeachment notice served on the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at the National Assembly in Abuja... on Monday.

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How Gov Ortom diverted N29bn from Benue – EFCC Andrew Orolua, Doosuur Iwanbe, Tunde Opalana, Abuja, Terhemba Agee, Makurdi and Patrick Okohue, Lagos Indications has emerged on how embattled Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, who is battling an impeachment notice served on him on Monday allegedly diverted about N29billion state funds into his personnel use.

The Daily Times learnt that investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the last three years following distressed intelligence reports and petitions over alleged fraudulent activities revealed that Governor Ortom has not only presided over a corrupt administration but a House of Assembly deeply emersed in corruption.

Reliable source from the EFCC stated that the investigation was triggered off by an intelligence report that Ortom had through his aide allegedly withdrawn N8billion state fund from the treasury. Surprisingly, however, it was discovered that about N19bn was diverted through cash withdrawals by government officials.

It was further revealed that between June 1, 2015 and February 30, 2016, an additional sum of N8billion was diverted by state government officials from four separate state government bank accounts specifically marked as security vote and maintenance of security.

The EFCC source added that the security operatives are trying to unravel how Benue State Government House account No. 1017348051 with UBA, a sister Benue State Government House account No. 0027952907 with Guaranty

Trust Bank GTB was easily manipulated.

More so, when the accounts have revealed that between June 30, 2015 and March 2018, the sum of N1.92 billion was withdrawn by three individuals Emmanuel Aorga - N369m; Patrick Aba - N130m and Odwja Peter - N704m.

The trio were said to have carried out the withdrawals in N10m tranches in cheques issued and cashed by them.

The drawers have now being identified as government cashiers.

Other bank accounts maintained with Benue State Bureau for Internal Affairs, marked as UBA account No. 1007540119 and First Bank account No. 2023788057 also witnessed massive withdrawals totalling N19.47billion within same period in same manner of N10m trenches. One Oliver Mtom was said to have withdrew the money through N10m cash, and about N500million daily.

So far, all the cashiers and accountants, it was learnt, have been invited for questioning by the EFCC operatives.

According to the source, the invited officials have made useful revelation that “they had a place where the monies were kept at the Government House”.

But, Gabriel Iangba, the Permanent Secretary, Government House, insists the funds were used for security purposes, protocol and Government House officials’ travels expenses while the Permanent Secretary, Internal Affairs, Boniface Nyaakor, said the fund was spent in funding six security agencies operating in the state to tackle security challenges.

Nyaakor insisted that the Federal Government security agencies were given N10m each while other were given N5m. He said he raised the memos and got the approvals of Governor Ortom for the expenditures. Nyaakor

also disclosed that the money was distributed and the list documented.

The EFCC operatives have also begun investigation on a complaint lodged by former Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Abubakar Tsav, at Public Complaints Commission in 2016 to the effect that state pensioners were not paid even though N909 .99million was withdrawn from Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

The total sum of N1.328bn was allegedly withdrawn from the Bureau’s Fidelity Bank account No. 5030058730 between October 2015 and June 2016.

Other suspicious withdrawals made on the account were by John Baku N28m cash, and Andoor Festus - N1.3bn in an installment of N10m cash.

The Daily Times also learnt on Monday that the EFCC has reopened investigations into fraud involving the sum of N375m perpetrated by 21 members of Benue State House of Assembly.

The probe, which began in 2016 bordered on contract award for supply of official vehicles which was allegedly aborted while N12m shared to 21 members from unlawful proceed.

The contractor ended up supplying only eight out of 30 official vehicles ordered for the lawmakers’ oversight functions use. EFCC has so far recovered N244m out of the embezzled fund.

But Governor Ortom has said he is ready to open himself to investigation of corruption and money laundering levelled against him but that it should be devoid of political witch-hunt.

Speaking through his spokesman, Terver Akase, Governor Ortom said that the state records under his watch are open to investigation by the EFCC. He advised that the EFCC investigation should be free, fair and devoid of political witch hunt.

Nigeria roads to be one of 20 safest in the world by 2020 – FRSC Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Federal Government through the instrumentality of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reiterated its commitment to making Nigerian roads one of the top 20 safest roads to drive on in the world by the year 2020 as encapsulated in the road safety perspective of the vision 2020:20 of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The Corps Marshal FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi stated this during a paper presentation on ‘ Road Traffic Crash Trend in Nigeria’ at the 2018 Annual training workshop of the Nigerian Motoring Journalists Association in Lagos.

The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi kazeem, also quoted Oyeyemi as saying that the pace of technological advancement especially in the automobile world has enhanced man’s mobility as well as posed serious concerns on human safety.

Due to access of automobile by unqualified persons, the world’s roads including that of Nigeria have become increasingly dangerous to travel on throughout history.

Oyeyemi further stated that Nigeria like other sub-Sahara Africa nations have been hardly hit by road traffic crashes.

The overall effect which is largely preventable has impacted negatively on productive manpower, economy and the socio-political sectors of the country.

“Despite massive global awareness of

the road traffic crash problem, forecast show that the trend could soar if nothing is done to reverse the present situation.”

He added.

Kazeem also quoted the Corps marshal as saying that before, the establishment of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria’s roads were rated the worst next to Ethiopia.

He added that the Federal Government took steps to reverse the trend through institutional arrangements and policies like; Establishment of National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) in 1974, Establishment of Oyo State Road Safety Corps 1977, and Establishment of Federal Road Safety Commission on 18 Febuary, 1988 all geared towards eradicating the menace of road traffic crash.

Going further, Oyeyemi also said that Justifying the need for Government to establish a Lead Agency on Road Safety, the FRSC deployed strategies that led to accelerated decline from 25,792 to 8,477 in RTC trends in the country.

He said, “The key success factors that led to observed decline in RTC Trend from 1988 to 2010 revolved around the 4e’s strategies of the Corps, namely: Enforcement, Education, Enlightenment and Engineering”.

Speaking on the efforts the Corps has put in place over the years to combat crash on the road, Oyeyemi revealed that to further sustain the declining RTC trend in Nigeria, FRSC aligned with regional and global initiatives such as the

Accra Declaration of ‘’2007-2015’’ and the UN Decade of Action programme (20112020) while keying into the “safe systems approach” to advance global action on reducing road traffic crash fatality and injuries.

As a result of the aforementioned, the country’s RTC profile has consistently trended downwards due to sustainability of efforts and improvements of current strategies and policies like; Compulsory Crash Helmet and Seatbelt Usage, Improvement of the Driver’s License and Plate Number scheme, Implementation of the Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme (RTSSS), Introduction of Standard School Bus Policy, Introduction of Standard School Bus Policy, Implementation of the Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme (RTSSS), Enforcement of Speed Limiting Device Installation, Enforcement of the Safe –To-Load Programme, Expansion of Emergency Ambulance Service Scheme and so on.

Kazeem also noted that the Corps Marshal is confident of the capability of the FRSC as Nigeria looks forward to attaining Zero Road Traffic Death.

This is in line with its vision zero concept as aspired by other nations of the world.

To achieve this however, some national and global steps have been taken.

Road Safety has relevance in 6 (goals 2;3;4;11;13;17) of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) expected to end in year 2030.

Gov Ortom

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He said, “EFCC is not a court of law, it is only an investigative body.

It is a commission charged with the responsibility to prevent corruption.

It doesn’t have the power to pass judgement. Where there is a case, the job of the EFCC is to investigate. We are open for investigation. Governor Samuel Ortom is ready and has opened his books for investigation.

“However, we advice that justice should be done. Every year, we publish the account expenditure of the government. That means we have nothing to hide. EFCC is welcome anytime in Benue to carry out their investigation.

“There is nothing wrong about that, there is nothing strange about that. The only thing that we advise is that the investigation should be fair. It should not be used as a political witch- hunt. If they are fair, we do not have any thing to hide. Governor Ortom is a transperent leader,” Akase added.

Meanwhile, a faction comprising 8 members of the Benue State House Assembly led by the earlier impeached speaker, Hon Terkimbi Ikyange, has initiated an impeachement move against Governor Ortom.

This is even as mellow drama on Monday played in the legislative house when the two factional groups sitting in separate places, slammed six months suspension on each of the opposing groups.

While the Terkimbi Ikyange group which held their sitting in the chambers of the state Assembly suspended 15 out of the 22 members who earlier impeached him, the group led by the new speaker, Titus Uba later at the old Banquet Hall of the Government House sat and suspended seven members of the Ikyange group.

The earlier impeached speaker, who was afterwards also suspended, had along with other seven members of his group around 5am stormed the State Assembly complex in a bus, with heavily armed policemen who mounted the gate and blocked the road leading to the state assembly, preventing the other 22 members from gaining access to the complex.

It was learnt that a plot to impeach Governor Ortom had leaked and youths numbering over 100 had been mobilised to stop the action.

As early as 5am, the youths blocked the assembly even as security personnel who were said to have been deployed to the state from Abuja by the Inspector General of Police quickly moved into the assembly premises to disperse the youths with tear gas canisters.

The tear gas which covered the

state assembly also forced out staff and journalists who had gone to the complex to cover the sitting.

Sources from the assembly who spoke on condition of anonymity said only eight members were in the sitting.

But the former Speaker, Mr. Ikyange, while briefing newsmen at his residence, said that 12 members were present at the sitting.

The former Speaker alleged that the impeachment move against Ortom was based on a motion earlier moved by the former majority leader, Benjamin Adanyi, accusing the governor of gross mismanagement of the state resources.

He also alleged the embezzlement of Local Government funds to the tune of N33 billion, purported cornering of State funds, citing the investigation of N22 billion by the EFCC and the rampant spending of State funds in search of party platforms to contest and other issues as reasons for group to initiate the impeachement move against the governor.

Ikyange accused the governor of gross underperformance, saying that for the past three years, no reasonable project has been commissioned by Governor Ortom.

He said the issues against the governor were weighty and the members would not sit back to see the governor plunge the state into chaos.

Ikyange also said the 15 members suspended were found to have involved in behaviour that was capable of bringing disrepute to the house and the good people of the state.

“The Governor has performed poorly which has resulted in suffering amongst the people.

“We have also gotten a court order directing banks to give us mandate on account opening of some workers who are not paid salaries. I will serve the Governor the impeachment notice in seven (7) days according to law,” he said.

But briefing newsmen after their sitting in Government House, the House ad-hoc committee chairman on Media and Publicity, Mr. Paul Biam, described the sitting by the Ikyange group as illegal.

He said the former Speaker and other principal members were earlier removed from the office, and 22 members of the house went further to obtain a court injunction to stop him from parading himself as the speaker of the house.

He said the former Speaker who presided over the factional sitting was earlier suspended by the house, adding that only eight members of the Ikyange led group sat and the number did not even form quorum.

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‘How Gov Ortom diverted N29bn from Benue’ Continued from page 5 Biam said the act exhibited by the sacked speaker and seven other members was a clear act of illegality and a disregard for the law.

He said, “In spite of the injunction, we went to the house to conduct our legislative duty but were refused access while the Ikyange group were escorted by armed personnel and armored tanks into the complex where they sat without the clerk and a mace.

“Therefore, we have resolved to suspend the seven (7) members who took part in that sitting. They did not form quorum.

“We are also calling on the international community to beam their searchlight on Benue State as well as stakeholders to show concern in the events so as to deepen democracy’, Biam, House Committee chairman on Information, added But Governor Ortom, who spoke to journalists in reaction to the invasion of the Benue State House of Assembly by the Police and DSS, said Nigeria was gradually becoming a shit hole as described by the US president, Donald Trump.

He expressed worry over the rising issues of illegality, noting that it was shocking that eight members of the assembly would be given cover by security to carry out an illegality.

Governor Ortom also accused the leader of the APC in the state, Senator George Akume, of being behind the crisis at the state assembly, expressing worry that security personnel who should be neutral in their duty are being used by individuals to carry shady deals.

“Today I realised why President Trump called Africa a shit hole. I am sure the president is aware of the impunity being perpetrated by IG and DSS in the state.

“This morning police from Abuja in Benue and DSS acting on the instructions of the APC leader Akume and Inspector General of Police blocked the assembly and barred 22 members of the house of assembly from

going about their lawful duties.

“The same police provided security for seven members and the impeached speaker, to go against court injunction and sit.

“How can eight members suspend 22 members? Only the eight members also claimed they sat and have resolved to serve me impeachment notice. This really shows the shit hole we are in”, Governor Ortom added.

On allegation of involving in fraud amounting to billions of naira , Governor Ortom said it would be pointless for him to comment on allegations made against him during an illegal sitting.

He said state government has evidence to prove against Mr. Ikyange on monies he earlier collected from government and could not account for it.

Governor Ortom also referred to the national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, of being over zealous, adding that he lacked the moral standards to query anyone on issues of corruption.

“Oshiomhole, had just few weeks ago rained praises on me and insisted that he will do anything to ensure that I remain in the APC. “For him to make a 360 turn and begin demonising me raises questions to his integrity. Is he saying now that I lost political value because I defected to the PDP? “For God’s sake, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria grant us the right to freedom of association.

Everything has gone wrong with the APC, that is why for the first time in the history of Nigeria, people are moving massively from the ruling party to the opposition parties,” Ortom noted.

Meanwhile, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Special Duty, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have condemned the attempt on Monday by eight out of the 30 members Benue State House of Assembly to commence

impeachment process against the Governor Samuel Ortom.

Saraki and Dogara described the plot as “a desecration of the legislative sanctity”. This is even as they berated security cover and support given by the police to the eight lawmakers while 22 other members who constitute more than two-third majority were kept away from the Assembly Complex.

In a statement jointly signed

by Yusuph Olaniyonu and Turaki Hassan, their aides incharge of media, Saraki and Dogara also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the police to order and stop them being used to achieve political purposes.

“We have monitored closely the development in Benue State in which the impeached Speaker, Terkimbir Ikyange, led seven other members to serve impeachment notice on the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, while the 22 other members who constitute more than two-thirds majority have been prevented from having access to the chamber. We believe this is illegality and does not conform to parliamentary procedure on impeachment.

“We also note with surprise the role of the Police in this undemocratic event in which the minority is seeking to impeach a Governor against the position of the majority. We believe it is the sacred institution of the legislature that is being desecrated and rubbished in all these negative developments.

“The situation in Benue State House of Assembly has grave implication for the nation’s democracy and it represents a throw-back to the period of dictatorship in our country. It also represents how the Nigeria Police are being misused to achieve political end. In a statement recently, the Presidency derisively referred to an era in the past where a minority number of legislators was used to impeach Governors who were unfriendly with the Federal Government. What we are seeing in Benue now is a return to that inglorious era.

“We believe this unlawful

and unconstitutional move to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom by a minority should be condemned by all lovers of democracy, at home and abroad. We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the police to order and prevent a break-down of law and order.

We also call on friends of Nigeria in the international community to lend their voice in condemning the perpetration of illegalities and actions that can subvert our democracy.

“There is already a tense atmosphere in Benue State following the recent killings.

Nobody should encourage any action or move which may exacerbate the security situation in the North Central State. As leaders of the Federal legislature, we are ready to work with our colleagues in both chambers of the National Assembly to prevent any attempt to destroy any state legislature or use it to derail democracy”, Saraki and Dogara stated.

On his part, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar condemned the awkward political development and described as illegally the occupation of the Benue State House of Assembly by some lawmakers with the aid of policemen to serve impeachment notice to Governor Samuel Ortom.

Reacting to the political development in a statement in Abuja on Monday, Atiku condemned the aberration and arbitrariness in the plot to oust Governor Ortom contrary to the provisions of the country’s constitution.

According to him, any attempt to disregard the rule of law and constitution in the impeachment of a governor is a recipe for anarchy and officially sanctioned lawlessness.

Atiku Abubakar, who is a frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election in a release from his media office, regretted that for a state facing security challenges like Benue, the introduction of lawlessness in the impeachment process could only complicate an

EFCC arraigns 3 INEC officials over N179m fraud Peter Fowoyo, Lagos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged involvement in N179.8million fraud.

The INEC officials: Yemi Akinwonmi, Dickson Atiba and Ogunmodede Oladayo were accused of conspiring to take possession of the money in March 2015 ahead of the general election.

They were arraigned before Justice Muslim Hassan, who ordered that they be remanded in Ikoyi Prison pending the determination of

their bail applications EFCC said they received the money from Adeyinka AyoAina when they “reasonably ought to have known that the money formed part of proceeds of fraud.”

According to the Commission, they handled the cash without going through a financial institution, thereby violating the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011.

The prosecution said Akinwunmi and Atiba, on or about April 7, 2015, made and accepted a cash payment of N69million.

It added that the sum “exceeded the amount authorised by law without going through a financial institution.”

According to the EFCC, the offence is contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, as amended and punishable under Section

Magu

16(2).

But when the charge was read to Akinwonmi, Atiba and Oladayo, they pleaded not guilty to the offence.

already bad situation.

The former Vice President noted that whatever might be the short term political benefits of lawlessness, the long term dangers are by far greater than those perceived benefits.

He warned that if unchecked, the political situation in Benue State could lead to a domino effect across the country, thereby jeopardising our democracy and endangering innocent lives and property of lawful citizens.

Also, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in its entirety the failed plot led by the impeached and suspended Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Terkibir Ikyanger, as well as condemned the use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Department of State Services (DSS) to harass and intimidate officials of the Benue State Government.

The party’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, at a press briefing in Abuja, said the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP after its emergency meeting Monday noted the roles played by the Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government and Sen. George Akume in encouraging lawless acts and anarchy in Benue State.

The party stated that the actions and opinions expressed

by Oshiomole on the decamping of Governor Ortom to the PDP as well as the deployment of policemen by the Buhari-led Federal Government to force the purported issuance of illegal impeachment notice on the Governor are acts intended to precipitate crisis for declaration of state of emergency in Benue State.

“It is on record that the erstwhile Speaker had been impeached, suspended and restrained by a court of competent jurisdiction from parading himself as Speaker.

“In spite of this, it is shocking that no fewer than 300 Policemen were alleged to have escorted the impeached Speaker to the State House of Assembly to initiate a disgraceful and manifestly illegal process”, said the party.

The PDP warned against deliberate acts which were maliciously designed to truncate democracy by employing underhand tactics to achieve what is inconceivable in a democracy.

The party called on the Nigerian public, the civil society organisations and International Community to note the series of plots and deliberate attempts by the Buhari-led APC Federal Government to cause mayhem in a state that is struggling to recover from a spate of killings and bloodletting.

“We are aware that these plots were designed to scare away Nigerians, Including state governors and legislators, who are desirous of rallying with the PDP to rescue our nation from the misgovemance of the Buhari regime. This misadventure is dead on arrival and again demonstrates the desperation of this failed APC Federal Government”, the party said.

The PDP urged members to remain steadfast as no amount of intimidation, harassment and assault on processes would suppress the freedom of choice eminently guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution (as amended), however, charged members in Benue State, to rise in defense of their rights and our hard earned democracy.

In his reaction, Tanimu Turaki, who is also a frontline PDP presidential aspirant, said the action of the Benue lawmakers is creating apprehension about the survival of democracy in Nigeria, considering the manner in which it is being held at gun point by the Buhari Administration without remorse.

In a statement entitled: “Are we In A Democracy?,” signed

by Sola Atere, Director Media and Publicity, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki Presidential Campaign Organisation, the presidential aspirant noted that to describe recent attacks on democracy as condemnable was an understatement.

He recalled the hijacking of the Ekiti State governorship seat by the APC-led government using 30,000 policemen besides other security forces deployed for just one election.

He recalled also the deployment of policemen on July 27 ostensibly to block the Benue State House of Assembly from performing its democratic duty of sitting in the legislative chamber.

Turaki recalled further the scandalous siege laid to the official residences of the Senate President and his deputy, with the probability of blocking them from going to the Senate chambers and having them impeached as being alleged.

He referred to another incident where policemen were suspiciously deployed to the Ekiti State House of Assembly for what they referred to as ‘security reasons’ with the Speaker denying ever making such a request.

Turaki said now, those in possession of the instrument of coercion have done it again with the storming of the Benue State House of Assembly on Monday, July 30 where they denied entry to the Speaker and 18 other members, while allowing entry to just seven members loyal to APC. These members in the minority, he alleged, were planning to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom in spite of the decided cases at the Supreme Court in the matters of former Oyo State governor, Rasheed Ladoja and ex-Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye, where the apex court had declared such moves as illegal, null and void.

This strong arm tactics in a democracy that had also been used to humiliate the judiciary, he said, have seriously dented the image of our democracy.

Turaki called on men and women of goodwill, those who cherish the vision of Nigeria’s founding fathers and lovers of democracy all over the world to stand up and be counted to save the country from sliding into an undeserved anarchy being engineered by the APC.

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Senate rancour: Saraki replies Abdullahi Adamu Tunde Opalana, Abuja Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has described the Senator representing Nasarawa West, Abdullahi Adamu, as a “compulsive liar and an unreliable man” who will do or say anything to suit his situation at any point in time.

Saraki was reacting to the claim by Adamu that the Senate President once referred to Senator Dino Melaye as “clown” in a private chat with him.

The Senate President stated that the Senator from Nasarawa State has been peddling insults and lies about him but he has ignored him out of respect for his age.

In a statement signed on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that: “I have deliberately ignored the antics of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, especially his constant media attack on me and the Senate since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dusted his file on alleged case of corruption and also went ahead to arraign his son in court. So far, I had refrained from responding in kind out of respect for his age. However, it seems he

has misread my maturity and respect for docility.

Saraki alleged that Abdullahi felt the best way to play his self-survival game and ingratiate himself to the government in order to save his skin is for him to be seen to be fighting Saraki, even if that would require him to tell brazen lies and peddle mischief in his old age.

“However, I feel his latest statement in an interview with a national newspaper deserves a reaction from me. First, I could not have referred to my colleague, Senator Dino Melaye as a clown, knowing that from available records, Senator Melaye has so far outshined and has performed better than Senator Abdullahi in terms of the number of bills sponsored, motion raised and contributions to debate on the floor.

Clearly, Adamu’s seven years cannot be compared to Senator Melaye’s three years.

Senator Adamu is free to challenge this assertion by showing his records.

“Again, I restate that Senator Adamu is a deceptive, manipulative and desperate liar. He only says what suits him as the occasion demands. I urge people to check his contributions on the floor before the EFCC moved against him and his son and they will see that this is a

latter day, selfish supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari. We know what he was saying about the President and his administration and what should happen in 2019 before then during discussions with our colleagues, particularly the former Governors in the Senate. I specifically recall some statements he made on the President and his administration during an official trip we made together to Morocco in March last year. At the appropriate time, we will give more details.

He said Senator Abdullahi’s statements should not be relied upon, because “he is a deceitful fellow who says what suits the situation that he finds himself. So, it is now he knows the Senate has a bad leadership after three years?”

He added that Senator Abdullahi Adamu has become the attack dog of the executive in the Senate, using language unbecoming of a man of his age against him and other colleagues perceived needed to be disparage to reassure his handlers in the Presidency, “I have realized that he simply deserve our sympathies. I am sure those he thinks he is working for know he is a man who is only useful for the present moment”, he stated.

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Short News Group urges legislators to consider national interest, suspend recess Tom Okpe, Abuja A group, Buhari Support Organization (BMO) has urged the National Assembly to consider national interest above all considerations, cut off its recess in the conduct of their legislative business.

The group also said that to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for virement to successfully execute the 2019 general election, the legislators need to resume for sake of nation building.

In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said that the federal lawmakers have every reason to suspend their recess now that the calendar for the 2019 election is set for operations, noting that according to the time-table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties are expected to begin to collect forms for the 2019 elections yet the National Assembly plans to be on recess till September 25.

Kaduna Guber 2019: Ex-Gov Yero submits letter of intent to contest The immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has submitted his letter of intent to contest the position of Governor of the state under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former governor who stormed the PDP State secretariate alongside mammoth crowd of supporters, told the state party chairman, Hon Hassan Hyet who was on hand to receive the letter expressed gratitude to the party for the support he recieved while he served as governor before 2015.

The State Chairman assured him of a level playing ground among all other contestants and wished him the very best in his aspiration.

In the letter of intent, Dr Yero who is also the Dalatun Zazzau, said that his decision to still occupy the number one seat in the state was informed by the genuine concern for the people having consulted widely.

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki presenting a souvenir to the Secretary General of the African Parliamentary Union (APU), Mr. Nzi Koffi, who visited him ahead of the 73rd Meeting of the APU billed for Nigeria

U.S Embassy, Plateau Peace Agency chart peace, mediation strategy Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The United States of America, through its Embassy in Nigeria has once again strengthened its partnership with the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), aimed at charting a way forward for peace mediation and strategy to address the killings that hitherto bedevilled the State in recent times.

Speaking at the opening ceremony to herald a 3-day summit on Peace and Security Conference, held in the capital city of Jos on Monday, the Director General, PPBA, Mr Joseph Lengmang said it has become imperative to set the agenda for

peace mediation using the strategic Roadmap to Peace recently launched

by President Muhammadu Buhari.

With the theme “Resurgence of Violence In Plateau, Towards A Multi Stakeholder Partnership For Peace”, Lengmang said it is key to enforce peace and security by strengthening mutual understanding among the various tribes, religion and ethnic group in the State.

He said the agency will not be deterred with the recent killings that engulfed Barkin-ladi Local Government Area of the State, adding that with renewed vigour the agency is determined to perfect it’s strategy for peaceful coexistence.

Earlier the United States Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Abuja-

Nigeria, Mr. David Young, charged Nigerians, especially the youths to stop the barbaric killings, adding that there is nothing more sacred than human lives.

Young said the competition of land in Nigeria will get worsened in the future because of the growing population, besieging all relevant stakeholders in the country to step up campaign for a sustainable peace.

On his part the State Governor, Simon Lalong, urge all stakeholders to rededicate themselves to the cause of Peace by committing to dialogue and mutual cooperation, saying that “these are two important elements upon which our desire to turn a new leaf can be effectively realized”, Lalong said.

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Gov Ganduje expresses surprise over removal of Kano Assembly Speaker Yakubu Salisu, Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state said that he had no knowledge of what happened at the state’s assembly not until he was informed via telephone calls by top members of his party who informed him that the speaker of the house, Rt Honourable Ata has been removed by members of the house.

Ganduje who described the episode as an internal democracy said that, such development is good for any progressive democracy.

The Governor made the assertion at the Kano state government House when the new speaker, Honourable Kabiru Alhassan Rurum and his principal officers paid him a courtesy visit during which they pledged their loyalty to the Governor by reaffirming their unflinching support for his administration and re-election bid.

According Ganduje, “I was not aware of what was going on at the state assembly; I was informed by top members of our great party that the

speaker of the house has been impeached by the members of the house.

“As you know, there has been, and they would be different interpretations to what has happened, but one thing is certain, that is, we in Kano believe in internal democracy.

“I urge you to embrace all those who have lost their seats and ensure that there is no faction within the assembly members.

“I welcome you to the state government House, your house, and I want to reassure you that there shall be synergy between the state government and the assembly for the greater development of the state.

“I was not aware of what was going on at the state assembly; I was informed by top members of our great party that the speaker of the house has been impeached by the members of the House”.

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“For eight years I was the deputy governor, and we have been together with virtually all of you for the past 16 years, so am familiar with the antics of the assembly and issues of internal democracy.

“Am happy to hear that you are solidly behind the party in the state, National level and the president particularly at this moment of trial” In his remarks, the Speaker, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum expressed their loyalty to the Ganduje’s administration and reaffirmed that, the assembly members would continue to work with the Governor for the peace and progress of the state.

Rurum assures the Governor that, there shall be no defection by members of the house as efforts are being made to win over the six Kwankwansiyya loyalists to their fold.

He further reiterated their loyalty and support for the Ganduje’s second term ambition as well as that of the President Muhammadu Buhari and also pledge their loyalty to APC and its National Chairman, Adam Oshiomhole.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (middle); Orode Uduaghan (3rd right); Marilyn Okowa-Daramola (3rd left); Charles Odii (2nd right); Zion Osheobugie (2nd left); Olisa Azinge (right) and Olumuyiwa Segun Manuel, during a courtesy call on Governor Okowa by a Team of Young Entrepreneurs from Delta State, in Government House Asaba

Oke-Onigbin stool: Court dismisses KWSG, Onigbin’s objection Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin A High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the Kwara State Government and the embattled appointed Onigbin of Oke – Onigbin, Kamaldeen Salahudeen, in a case filed by members of the Odo-Oja Ruling House of Oke – Onigbin.

The aggrieved ruling family had approached the court to unseat the appointed monarch for being an appointment made in contravention of the custom and tradition of Oke – Onigbin.

The family through its lead Counsels, Barrister Tosin Samuel Alawode and Ademola Olanrewaju, had earlier filed a suit challenging the appointment which was struck out by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal on the ground that at the

time the suit was filed, there was no appointment made by the Government in respect of the Chieftaincy Stool.

It was however gathered that a day after the earlier judgment of the High Court, the Government of Kwara State appointed Mr. Kamaldeen Salahudeen as Onigbin of Oke – Onigbin and through out the appeal, the fact was concealed from the Court of Appeal.

After becoming aware of the appointment of Mr. Kamaldeen Salahudeen as Onigbin of Oke – Onigbin, the same Odo – Oja Ruling House, through their legal team filed a fresh suit challenging the appointment on grounds which included fraud, deceit and connivance by the Government of Kwara State and the Kingmakers of Oke - Onigbin, amongst the ground that the said Mr. Kamaldeen Salahudeen do not come from a recognised Ruling House in Oke – Onigbin.

On filing the new case, both the

Government of Kwara State and the embattled appointed Oba filed Preliminary Objections claiming that the case is premature, statute barred and an abuse of Court process.

In his ruling, Justice T. S Umar, overruled the preliminary objections stating that a case cannot be premature and at the same time be statute barred.

He further held that “since what was determined in the earlier case did not touch on the subject matter of the dispute but on the failure of the Claimant to comply with the law, the Claimants are right to have taken the hint of the Courts, complied with the law and filed this present case.”

It would be recalled that the OdoOja ruling house had instituted an action to challenge the appointment of Mr. Kamaldeen Salahudeen as the Onigbin of Oke Onigbin vide a Writ of Summons issued on the 6th of July, 2017 wherein the case assigned to Hon. Justice A. A. Adebara sitting at Offa.

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2019: We’ll retire Hunkuyi politically, says Kaduna APC

Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, said frustrated by imminent political retirement, Senator representing Kaduna North senatorial district,Sen.Suleiman Hunkuyi is seeking refuge in baseless boasts.

In its first response to Hunkuyi’s comment that he will unseat Malam Nasir ElRufai in 2019, the APC replied that the process of Hunkuyi’s undignified retirement will be concluded in 2019.

Recall that,Hunkuyi was among the senators who decamped recently from APC and since declared under PDP to unseat Governor El-Rufai in next year’s gubernatorial polls.

Assistant APC State Publicity Secretary, Salisu Tanko Wusono, in a statement while expressing sympathy with Hunkuyi’s self-inflicted political plight, the APC, said that Hunkuyi should have learnt by now that boastfulness cannot take the place of political substance”.

Court halts APC Congresses in Imo Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its National Chairman, not to conduct any congress in Imo until August 21.

Justice Babatunde Quadri, who gave the order in a short ruling, on an application brought by Senator Osita Izunaso and 4 others also ordered all parties in the suit to maintain status quo until the next adjourned date.

Plaintiffs in the suit are Sen. Osita Izunaso, Sen. Ben Uwajimogu, Mr Mathew Omegara, Mr Hilary Ekeh and Mr Patrick Uzoukwu.

In arguing the application of the plaintiffs, Ahmed Raji (SAN), had urged the court to restrain all parties in the suit from conducting any primaries in the state, ward or local government until the next adjourned date of the suit.

He said that if such and order was not made and the defendants went ahead to conduct the primaries before the next adjourned date, the suit would become an academic exercise.

Raji told the court that although the defendants were duly served with an order of court stopping them from conducting congresses on July 20, they went ahead to conduct the congresses.

This action according to him led the plaintiffs to file a motion ex parte on July 23, asking the court to set aside the purported congresses.

The plaintiffs in addition asked the court for an order of injunction restraining APC and its chairman from recognising and swearing in those purportedly elected at the said congresses.

The senior lawyer however, noted that the court in its wisdom refused to grant the prayers and rather ordered the plaintiffs to put the defendants on notice, “and we did and duly served all processes on them but there has been no response from them’’, he said.

Responding, counsel to the defendants, Mr Oladipo Okpeseyi , (SAN) told the court that he had just been briefed about the matter.

Okpeseyi alluded to the fact that his clients had been unable to file the proper responses owing to the “political maneuvering” they had recently been faced with including the mass defection from the party.

“The executive members of the party have not been around so the best we could do is to file a memorandum of conditional appearance.

“We want to crave the indulgence of the court to give us more time within which to file our processes”, he prayed the court.

Gov Al-Makura writes Assembly to legalise NAYES Gov. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has submitted a bill to make for the provision for the establishment of Nasarawa State Agency for Youth Empowerment Scheme (NAYES), in order to give the organization a legal backing.

The Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, made this known in Lafia, during the House proceeding after the Majority Leader of the House, Alhaji Tanko Tunga (APC-Awe North) moved a motion to enable the bill pass first reading which was seconded by Mr Peter Mbucho (PDP-Akwanga North), the Minority Leader of the House.

According to the Speaker, the move by Gov.Al-Makura, is to reduce the rate of youths unemployment and restiveness as well as to make them to be self reliant and contribute their quota to the development of the state and country at large.

Nigerian Air Force fighter aircraft unleashes mayhem on insurgents

The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, on 29 July 2018, successfully conducted a massive attack on TONGULE Village, 9km South West of Dikwa in BORNO State.

This was contained in a statement signed by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI) Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya on Minday.

The statement said the successful air strikes were sequel to a credible intelligence that several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) were massing up at the location, having occupied the entire village.

He said consequently, the mission was immediately planned and executed to prevent the BHTs from carrying out attacks against troops’ locations in the general area.

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We’ll sort all deductions issues, leave bonuses, promotions if, Amosun Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has promised his government’s resolve to pay all outstanding deductions, leave bonuses and promotions of the Sate workforce before the end of the year.

Amosun who made the promise at the 2018 Public Service Symposium, tagged: “The Transformation Agenda”, at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, said he will offset part of the outstanding funds with 50% of the third Paris Fund as soon as it is released by the federal government, assuring that the rest would be cleared when the federal government pays the state part of the money expended on Federal roads construction across the state.

The number one man in the state while acknowledging the valuable contributions of workers to the success recorded by his administration from inception added that workers’ welfare would not be taken for granted, as promotions, training and retraining of workers would be of priority to his government.

Speaking on the payment of gratuity, the Governor assured that his government will do its best to pay until mid 2017, saying this will give the next governor clean brain to plan and face other developmental projects.

While appreciating the Public Servants for the harmonious relationship with his administration since inception, Amosun noted that his government would continue to render the best, not only to the public service but the entire citizenry, noting that his government through its infrastructural developmental efforts had increase the monthly Internally Generated Revenue and provided platform for investment to thrive in the State.

The governor also assured of ensuring a system driven service that will further boost the effectiveness of the state workforce before the expiration of his tenure.

He promised that his administration would continue to initiate people oriented policies and programmes that would further engender efficient service delivery.

The State Head of Service, Mr. Abayomi Sobande in his welcome

address, thumbs up the leadership quality of the Governor, putting the welfare of the public servants in front burner irrespective of the obvious economic challenges confronting the nation.

Sobande noted that the transformation agenda, aimed at taking the Civil and Public Service to the higher pedestal has always been part of the programme of the governor, since inception, adding that “the governor notices and rewards hard work of civil servants”.

Appreciating the Worker’s friendliness attribute of the governor, the number one Civil Servant in the State made it known that the governor takes the issues that concern the state workforce with passion and seriousness.

In his lecture titled “Reforms in the Public Service”, the representative of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, Mr. Seye Oyeleye commended the Governor and his team for the efforts put in place, in the establishment of the public service transformation office, towards optimal performance and effectiveness from public service.

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Diamond Bank drives growth with 3m digital customers in Q2

Diamond Bank has released its second quarter unaudited financial report for the period ended June 30, 2018 to the management and stockbrokers of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), emphasising its strong focus on the Nigerian market, especially the retail business segment through its digital penetration strategy.

The report showed that the Bank’s digital strategy is paying off as the institution recorded a milestone figure of three million digital customers as well as a significant increase in its mobile platform transaction fees.

Non-interest income of the Bank went up 6.4% to N18.8 billion on higher fees from retail transactions on mobile platform while customers loan volume decreased by 3.6% to N728.7 billion as maturities exceeded new loans during the period but investments in fixed income securities increased 8.0% to N241.7 billion over the same period, according to the report.

Although the Bank’s net interest income reduced year-on-year by 14.4% to N46.2 billion due to lower interest income from loans and investments, and higher interest expense on deposits; impairment charges declined 2.9% to N18.39 billion. The Bank’s profit after tax for the first half of the year stood at N2.2 billion.

Commenting on the result, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Uzoma Dozie said: “At a macro level the Nigerian economy continued to record

improvements because of stable, higher than anticipated oil prices. We have witnessed 15 months of expansion reflected in monthly PMI data, but investor sentiment has remained mixed caused in part by the election season factor. We have capitalised on the positive macro environment to sustain interest income in the short run with positive prospects for growth and have made progress in growing noninterest income.

“Importantly, we have continued to build awareness of Diamond Bank in the wider financial ecosystem to develop new frontiers in retail banking. Amongst this activity were the Beauty Souk and TechFest events, targeted at entrepreneurs and emerging businesses in the fashion and technology sectors respectively.

Our partnership with Lagos Business School’s Enterprise Development Center to support young entrepreneurs continued with the seventh season of the Building Entrepreneurs Today programme.

“In addition to retail banking, we are investing more resources in our mid-market business banking services to seize the opportunities emerging in that segment. In the second half of 2018, these investments will lead to improved profitability overall.

“Despite a tough six months being reported, the outlook for 2018 remains bright for the Bank as we continue to focus on a return to strong profitability and improvement in other KPIs.”

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2019: Why Ogah is best for Ikwo/ Ezza South Federal Constituency Stories by Patrick Okohue From all indications, Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency is one place, which is certain to witness high-powered politics when the battle of the 2019 General election takes full shape.

There are several reasons for this. First is that the densely populated federal constituency made up of Ikwo and Ezza south Local government Areas of Ebonyi State is the only place where two notable political parties are strongly on ground.

The Daily Times checks in the federal constituency seat revealed that the ruling party in Ebonyi State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the national ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) are strongly on ground to trade tackles for the seat of the House of Representatives.

All the parties are well structured at the chapter levels.

Secondly, they all parade political gladiators and equally command large number of followers enough to contest and win the election.

For Comrade Chinedu Ogah, who recently declared his intention to vie for the seat under the All Progressives Congress (APC), the coast has cleared for him come 2019.

In addition to Ogah, there are notable leaders and stakeholders of APC, who command age-long political experience and whose names cannot be over emphasised when it comes to trading tackles to win elections.

More so, APC with Ogah behind it for Ikwo/ Ezza South Federal Constituency seat is likely to have the support of traditional rulers, Church leaders, town union leaders and market leaders in the constituency.

As for the APC ticket for the poll, Chinedu Ogah is the only outstanding aspirant for the seat, certainly he will carry the day as he emerges as the candidate of the party to showcase his popularity against PDP and other rivals.

A stakeholder and factional state Chairman of APC in Ezza south, Dr. Sylvester Nwambe, described Ogah as a man of the people who is in a better position to win the election for APC and deliver quality representation for his constituents.

“Ogah commands wide popularity among the people; he is one politician who has been using his hard-earned resources to promote the welfare of the people,” he said.

Noting that Ogah has been bringing development to his

people through philanthropy, such as using personal resources to start life for the youths, women, the poor, widows and orphans in all parts the constituency and beyond.

“To crown it all, he is sinking water boreholes and giving people light through solar energy among other things, so by the time he goes to the House, he will triple his services to the people.

That is why we in APC are fronting him and I am sure come 2019, the good people of Ikwo/ Ezza south will identify with APC to give him the mandate.

Ogah’s charity organisation has constructed over 75 culverts and 55 mini bridges across the state, donated and installed 30 transformers and 35 solar energy street light, built an ultramodern St. Elizabeth Catholic church with Rev. father’s House well furnished, built over 250 Houses for widows and the less privileged across the state, awarded scholarships to over 400 students in Higher institutions of learning across the country.

The Item AmaguIkwo, in Ikwo Local Government of Ebonyi State born politician and philanthropist at the last count, has assisted over 400 Ebonyians secure federal Jobs in deferent ministries, parastatals and agencies. He has also assisted students pay their school fees, the business class were not also left out in his philanthropist prowess.

Recently, market women and Okada riders Associations of Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency mobilised themselves and asked him to present himself for election to the National Assembly come 2019, saying that Ogah has paid his dues and as such should await a pay back.

They had argued that the election may be a work-over for him considering the clamour of his Ikwo people who incidentally command greater voting strength than their Ezza counterparts to have their slot back at the lower chamber.

Another political permutation that has been working against his opponent, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) currently on the seat who may get his party’s ticket is the incessant agitations of Ezzas to return to the Upper chamber since the tenure of the current member is coming to an end come 2019.

Comrade Chinedu Ogah is a vibrant and magnanimous politician in Ebonyi State, he has been adjudged to be the most loyal servant of the then former governor of the state, Chief

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Martin Elechi during his eight years tenure. He also remained consistent with his boss even after office and build-up to the 2015 general elections in the state.

He has electrified over 30 communities and provided security to the unsecured. He has also renovated and built ultramodern blocks for prison inmates and sponsored the release of over 450 less-privileged inmates from prison custody. Also to his credit was the construction of over 10 Administrative blocks

and over 7 lock up toilets and bedroom to Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi State command.

Ogah known as (Ikuku Oma) is the Author of the popular book, titled” Becoming a successful Youth” and “The journey of Chief Martin.N. Elechi MFR, CON so far” among others. It is due to these sterling qualities that earned him several titles of Honour and merit Awards of Excellence.

These includes: Award of Excellence by Enugu State Rotary Club of Nigeria, Award

of Peace of Justice of Human Right by the United Nations, Award of recognition in Lieu of Contribution to the Eradication of Poverty by Ebonyi State based Poverty Reduction Agency, Award of Excellence by Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki, Certificate Award by the Association of physically challenged persons, Award of Excellence by the National Association of southEast students.

Other awards includes: Award of Excellence by the Christian Men of Nigeria Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki to mention but a few.

Comrade Chinedu Ogah is a Holder of many traditional chieftaincy titles, including Akadike 1 of St. Theresa’s, Enyioha 1 of Igbo land, Omeruoha 1 of IgbeaguIzzi Autonomous Community, Ozuoha 1 of Alike Ikwo Autonomous community, MmirinaEzorooha1 of Ekwegbe kingdom, Ikemba 1 of Item Amagu village, Ikuku oma 1 of AmaguIkwo Autonomous community and many others.

As a consummate leader who fights for the liberation, judicial exploitation and wanton abuse of human rights, Ogah has done a lot for his people. It is in view of these achievements at his age that made the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) conferred on him a prestigious National Honour Award of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 2011.

Nasarawa deserves trustworthy representation - Agassi Augustine Kuza, Lafia An aspirant vying to represent Obi/ Lafia Federal constituency of Nasarawa State at the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Sony Agassi, has said that the constituency deserved a trustworthy representation in the forth coming elections.

Hon. Agassi, who made the assertion while commissioning his campaign office and inauguration of 23 ward officials and 2 Local Government coordinators of his team, said that, “I am aspiring for the position not because I am arrogant or better than any other person, but the constituency needs a representative that is honest, trustworthy, and can stand the

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test of time.

He further informed them that he alone has no monopoly of wisdom, hence the need to extend hands of fellowship to actualise this vision, charging

them to also hold unto the trust reposted in them.

“I carefully selected you because of your track records, loyalty and commitment not because you are more than any other person, but because you are holding trust and you should hold it strongly.

“Before the world I declare you finally that you are inaugurated, and letter of appointment would be issued to you with immediate effect,” he reiterated.

Speaking earlier, the national vice chairman North Central of APC, Hon. Suleiman Wambai called on the party’s loyalist not to be deterred over the recent mass defections of legislator who are members of the APC to other political parties.

He described the defectors as “political prostitutes and evil dowers who might hide certain skeleton in their cupboard.”

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Sule Lamido commends Dickson for promoting Ijaw culture, traditions Stories: Patrick Okohue

Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido has commended the Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson for promoting the culture and traditions of the Ijaw people, as well as for being a true ambassador of his people.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Francis Ottah -Agbo Alhaji Lamido as making the commendation during the inauguration of a pavilion in the governor’s country home of Toru Orua in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking at the event, Alhaji Lamido, who is a presidential aspirant

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on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), eulogised Governor Dickson for constructing the edifice, noting that, through such singular act, the governor has endeared himself to the people.

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He said, he was consumed by the magnificence of the pavilion which is aimed at promoting oneness, adding that Nigerians have the responsibility of promoting integration among the various

people of the nation.

Governor Dickson, who expressed appreciation to Alhaji Lamido for taking out time to inaugurate projects in the state, explained that, the edifice was in honour of the founder of Toru Orua community and his great grandfather, King kpadia.

He lamented that, before his coming as governor in 2012, communities use to hold meetings in unconducive places, but now the narrative is changing with the new pavilions, which he described as landmark projects.

According to the governor, the building named King Kpadia Memorial Square is for the people to hold

meetings and other events, he urged the elders and people of the community to take care of the facility.

In a brief remark, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Lawrence Ewrhudjakpo said, the pavilion is one of many built by the state governor, noting that, many of such pavilions would be Inaugurated during the planned Thank You Tour of the governor.

One of the highpoints of the occasion was the visit to the palace of the King of Tarakiri Kingdom, HRM King Richardford Orukaribai Koroye, by Alhaji Lamido, along with members of his presidential campaign team.

2019 Election: Agbakoba heads interim committee of new Mega Party, Peoples Trust A foremost leader in the Nigerian Civil Society and human rights Community, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has been appointed as the Protem Chairman of a newly registered Mega Party, The People’s Trust (PT).

Making the announcement in a RESOLUTIONS after a MEETING OF THE INTERIM NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) OF THE party held in Abuja, the party said the Agbakoba committee is to lead the new mega party, in the interim, towards concretizing all negotiated power sharing arrangements of the latest mega formation at the forthcoming Congresses and National Convention of the party.

The merger arrangement, according to a release signed

by Mallam Ja’afaru Nasser Kura, Protem National Secretary and Prof Anthony Kila , Protem National Publicity Secretary of the new party, which was formalised at the weekend at the National Secretariat of the newly registered political party in Abuja, was conceived and facilitated by like minded ideologues, promoters and associates in the Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM, Coalition for New Nigeria, CNN among others.

The release said the party is aimed to anchor the

victory of the major bloc of political opposition in Nigeria in the 2019 elections; “this is following an earlier understanding for a tactical merger among major political platforms, key stakeholders and prominent players within the circle of an emergent opposition coalition in the country tagged CUPP. “The fresh mega platform of rainbow formation of credible political leaders, wish to further clarify that consequent upon formalising the agreement for a tactical merger under the umbrella of a newly registered political party in 2018 known as the Peoples’ Trust, PT, various political stakeholders and parties in the evolving mega arrangement have also unanimously elected Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN; a Foremost leader in the Nigerian Civil Society and human rights Community, to lead the new mega party, in the interim, towards concretizing all negotiated power sharing arrangements of the latest mega formation.”

The party in line with the requirements of the law has already set out dates for Congresses and National Convention of the party.

According to them the State Congresses of the party will take place on Friday 17th & Saturday 18th of August, 2018; Local Government Areas Congresses on

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Friday, 24th & Saturday 25th of August, 2018; Wards Congresses on Friday, 31st August & Saturday 1st September 2018 and National Convention on Friday 7th & Saturday 8th September, 2018.

The statement added that the Protem NEC of the mega platform also ratified the 21 days statutory notice earlier given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the National Secretariat of PT as regards the dates and schedule of the various Congresses and Convention

as required by the electoral Act of Nigeria “In the meantime, Agbakoba, who is also the Leader of Nigeria’s biggest political movement; Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), a major convergence for Fresh breed, emerging political leaders in Nigeria, has accepted to steer the rescue agenda of the newly consummated mega party for Nigeria; pledging to go all out to recruit and mobilise other credible political allies and aspirants across the length and breadth of the country to join forces with the new

mega party for a resounding victory in the 2019 electoral contest,” the statement reads.

Other members of the Protem National Executive of the party are, Chief Anthony Tosan Prest; Deputy National Chairperson; Assistant National Chairperson (North West): Alhaji Yusuf Maitama (Kano State); Assistant National Chairperson (South South): Christopher Nosakhare Ebohon (Edo State); Assistant National Chairperson (South East): Hon Chijioke Agu (Imo State); Assistant National Chairperson (South West): Ogbeni Lanre Banjo (Ogun State); Assistant National Chairperson (North East) Hon Japhet Yohana (Adamawa State).

Others include; Assistant National Chairman (North Central): Hon Steve Aluko Daniel (Kogi State), National Secretary: Mallam Nasser Kura , Deputy National Secretary: Mallam Khalifa Mohammed; National Publicity Secretary: Prof.

Anthony Kila (Ekiti State); Assistant National Publicity Secretary: Mr. Michael Egiethua; National Organizing Secretary: Hajia Khariat AnimashaunAjiboye (Lagos State); Deputy National Organizing Secretary: Bar Chris Anokam; National Financial Secretary: Engr. Ugo Meregini (Imo State) among others.

Owuru declares for presidency, promises total revamp of all sectors National leader and presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, High Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru has once again declared his resolve to redirect Nigeria and Nigerians to the part of sustainable growth and prosperity if elected president.

Chief Owuru, a British trained constitutional lawyer, while making his intention known, vowed through a statement tagged ‘A Wind of Hope: For A New and Greater Nigeria,’ and made available to Nigerian Pilot, vowed to fight the hydra-headed poverty ravaging Nigerian homes.

The presidential hopeful also restated his resolve to “restructure National security, disband the present police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and create a new order.”

The Rivers State-born chief, who also flagged the flag of the HDP in the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections, equally frowned at the economy of the nation which has depended on a single sector for decades, promising to “industrialise and diversify the economy.”

“My government will leave no space in evenly redistributing the wealth of this so blessed country amongst the citizens. The fact that successive governments in this nation had shunned severally is that when you meet the aspirations of majority of the citizens, give every segment of this country the reason to believe they’re well accommodated in the scheme of things, the cry of marginalisation will become a history.

“Industrialisation is the way to go if this country must take its due place among the comity of respected nations. My government will eliminate and prohibit corrupt practices in the land with good welfare policies and well-paid jobs,” Chief Owuru declared.

On the deficient state of healthcare delivery, Owuru reiterated his stance on free healthcare, just as he also assured of revamp the education sector, with a promise to also promulgate sound policies for affordable housing for all.

To put a check on the trending security challenge in the country, the presidential candidate vowed to rebuild and unify the nation “in love under one God.” Owuru has never deviated from his political belief that power to oversee the affairs of the people precipitate from the mandate given by the people, and therefore the power belongs to the people.

It would be recalled that in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election, the HDP national leader maintained that his government would provide sound leadership with major focus on the welfare of the citizens.

“I am running as presidential candidate and a leader of an idea - welfarist party. We want to promote welfarism as an idea.

Now we are at auto pilot, moving to nowhere and the corruption is free wheel and everywhere. Is that what we want as a people?

We need leadership,” he said.

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Ambode, visionary midwife of emergent smart city

Abdulhakeem Abdulateef

Exactly 16 days after the commemoration of the 3rd year in office of his innovative and aggressively modernizing administration on May 29, 2018, the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode celebrated his 55th birthday on June 14.

As expected, there was widespread commendation and approbation from within and beyond Lagos State of the remarkable strides his administration had taken in three short years to make indelible imprints on the developmental landscape of Lagos. Stepping into the shoes of his illustrious predecessors since 1999, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who envisioned and laid the foundation for the resurgence of the new Lagos and Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) who actualized the consolidation of the vision, Ambode has raised the pedestal of governance in the Centre of Excellence to unanticipated heights by accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of the state’s infrastructural modernization and service delivery programmes.

Of course, the fact that Mr. Ambode hit the ground running and almost instantaneously began to make an impact on diverse sectors of the state is not surprising. Just like Fashola before him, the incumbent governor had been part of Asiwaju’s team between 1999 and 2007 and played a key role in the conceptualization and implementation of aspects of the long term vision being systematically actualized and constantly improved upon in the ongoing transformation of Lagos State over the last 19 years.

Indeed, Ambode occupies a unique place in the leadership annals of Lagos

State as the first full- fledged civil servant to be elected as the chief helmsman of the state having risen from the lower rungs of the Lagos State public service to the apex of his career over a period of two and a half decades when he became a Permanent Secretary and Accountant General of the state.

Major step towards the creation of Smart City hubs that will be intensive prosperity enhancing international hubs of boisterous commercial and economic activities was taken when the Ambode administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Lagos State and the City of Dubai for the establishment of the Lagos Smart City reminiscent of Smart City, Dubai, the Smart City, Malta and the Smart City, Kochi (India). The objective, according to the governor, is to establish a strong nexus between technology, economic development and governance with a view to “developing sustainable, smart, globally connected knowledge-based communities that drive a knowledge economy”.

This initiative is projected to attract billions of dollars worth of investments to the state as well as create thousands of jobs while boosting wealth generation in the Ibeju-Lekki axis especially and Lagos as a whole.

All over Lagos today, the frenetic infrastructure modernization and facility provision in the spheres of roads and transport infrastructure, emergency management, security, education, health, justice, environmental upgrade, social development, revenue generation, recreation and entertainment, sports, employment creation, agriculture and food productivity among several others are

all too evident that the details should not detain us here.

What is undeniable is that at the end of eight years of an Ambode administration, virtually every part of Lagos State including Alimosho, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe, Agege, Badagry, Abule-Egba, Oshodi, Mushin, Ikorodu and several more will be inexorably drawn into the vast developmental orbit that the whole of Lagos State is being transformed into.

The scope of the developmental impact is unprecedented in the history of the state.

Interestingly, even as this frenetic regenerative governmental engineering is ongoing, the forward looking governor is already looking ahead to the role of future generations in maintaining and improving on the envisaged emergent Lagos Smart City in an ever increasingly competitive and globalized world. Towards this end, the Ambode administration has undertaken the most comprehensive review of the Lagos State Education Policy that was carried out since 30 years ago in 1988.

The objectives of this policy include ensuring better access to inclusive education, upgrading standards in accordance with best practices, ensuring an efficient administration and control system as well as providing a functional model for the delivery of qualitative education.

As the Deputy Governor, Dr. Mrs. Oluranti Adebule succinctly put it, “To produce the smart youths, our educational system must be re-engineered, and schools re-positioned to deliver graduate students who will blend with global trends”.

In his comment on the state’s new

educational policy, no less a person than the former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, said “I read through the entire revised draft policy twice and found it to be very comprehensive, rich and forwardlooking”.

Another critical sector in the actualization and management of an emergent Lagos Smart City is the public service. This informed the creation by the governor of the Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation headed by a Director-General, Mr. Toba Otusanya.

The objective of this office is to train, equip and re-orientate workers with the requisite skills, competencies, attitudes and qualities for managing an emergent Smart City. Already, the Office has commenced ‘train-the-trainer’ programmes for a pilot group of 100 workers from Grade Levels 10-14 designed to change the mindset of participants from a fixed and route one to a growth-oriented and innovative approach necessary for the successful management of a dynamic and competitive Smart City.

The pilot beneficiaries of this training will be the transmitters of the culture of creativity and innovation throughout the service by being a beacon and a role model to others even as there are plans to expand the programme to include Local Government Staff as well as officers on Grade Levels 1-6 in the mainstream public service. Surely, under Ambode’s dynamic leadership, Lagos State’s march to qualitative and global Smart City status is unstoppable and thus serving as an even more formidable lever for the elevation of the entire Nigerian economy.

Public servant as transformational leader

Tunji Olaopa

The topic of leadership has been constant in any discourse that touches on Africa, especially Nigeria. Whenever the question arises on why Nigeria or any of its component parts has not been able to reach the fullness of her potentialities and gifting, the missing piece in the picture is always leadership, and it is not just anything but the right leadership.

Undoubtedly, leadership is a heavily explored concept. A quick Google search of its meaning will produce 269 million results. Despite the massive number, I doubt if definition is the issue in interrogating leadership as a concept; rather it is the action and performance records that are usually in contention.

Although there are as many definitions of leadership as there can be, I will define it as the art of leading others to deliberately create results that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. A systematic interrogation of leadership through the prisms of the fundamental indices of this definition is therefore necessary.

If we are able to define leadership, then where do we situate transformational leadership, which is a higher derivative of leadership? As leadership is an instrumental process and technique serving as a means to an end, leadership experts have developed models and styles based on different methodologies in relation to followers and dynamics, to reduce ambiguities associated with the concept.

The transformation leadership model as a theory was introduced by American political scientist, James Macgregor Burns, and he described it as playing out when “leaders and followers make each other to advance to a higher level of moral and motivation.” Therefore, leaders who fit into the transformational leadership model are able to stimulate and inspire their followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and, in the process, develop their own leadership capacities.

The agenda for public service leadership, especially in the twenty-first century, has been conditioned by complexities associated with a fluid development environment, changing ideas of what

government should do in managing the development process and rapidly evolving global conditions shaped by ever-shifting political and economic variables. These challenges encountered by different governments across the globe were made more complex after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the globalisation of terrorism, as well as the confounding threat occasioned by climate change, including Hurricane Katrina and Tsunamis, among others, and not to mention the menaces of Boko Haram and herdsmen, here at home. Today, complexity has become the core feature of most policy issues, yet governments are ill equipped to deal with complex problems.

The transformational lprogrammes and projects, delivering significant outcomes capable of adding up to ignite massive multiplier effect to drive the national economy towards an envisioned new future state. Different from changes and transitions, transformation is unpredictable, iterative and experimental, requiring a level of risk taking and strategic policy intelligence, passion and commitment different from the traditional transactional leadership approaches for which public service is renowned. It also requires a transformational leadership model with capacity to take strategies and implementation actions through continuous adaptation to overcome obstacles and exploit opportunities.

In other words, it takes a transformational leader to identify the missing connection between an existing public service mission, management culture and the public interest.

This is actualised through a commitment to building a public service that embodies the aspiration of the people and the underlying values of the nation as espoused in the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policies, as enshrined in chapter 11 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

A public service propelled by a transformational leadership model will promote a change agenda that ensures that public service values and democratic governance codes guide the actions of government and public officials throughout the system. It will produce leadership

sensitivity that promotes institutional adaptations in the public interest, in measures that enhance management capacity and organisational performance required to ignite national structural transformation. The ensuing change will identify asset, empower the workforce and recalibrate the culture of public institutions to deliver improved outcomes.

With these would come high expectations and investments in continuous learning and incremental system improvement, as it understands the nuance of context, including the diversity, thought patterns, strengths and weaknesses and, leverages the knowledge to initiate interventions to support all and sundry to fulfill their respective aspirations and potentials.

Turning the Nigerian public servant into a transformational leader requires the development of distinctive competence of adapting existing public managers to the challenges posed by the imperative of development complexities and the ever changing policy environment, rather than focusing unreflectively on the mechanisms of rules interpretation and application.

The new public service would be armed with new philosophical and values foundation managed with competences underpinned by new intellectual concepts and paradigm shift covering the processes of the governance framework, manpower planning, recruitment, training, skills set, career management, capacity utilisation, performance management system as well as organisational values and culture. This new orientation would entail the development of a public service leadership model that reflects the methodology for the envisioned change, and such a model would evolve from a definition of a competence profile for future leaders.

Furthermore, this will be enhanced by the deployment of predictive tools of future research based on concepts of what form the future public sector will take and possible challenges. New parameters for the identification, selection, training

and mentoring of the best and brightest would be developed and reinforced with the development of other frameworks for identifying, selecting, mentoring and training the ‘best and the brightest’ and then link incentives with performance for better leadership and management development programmes.

This would be followed by the second step, which usually involves the setting up of new institutions or systems for identifying, developing and pipelining potential leaders in the public service, like the Senior Executive Service (SES) as in the United Kingdom, Singapore, U.S.A and Australia, while management training would be linked with professional development programmes to encompass leadership development.

Turning the Nigerian public servant into a transformation leader requires the development of distinctive administrative leadership competence to reinvent the civil service into a self-motivated category with muscle to operate the administrative system so that every functional ‘joint’ is aligned to the Service’s mission and with a transformation focus.

The public service that would function in this new light would initiate and maintain deep rooted culture change and would prepare, motivate and propel others to cope with, and adapt to, changes and give strategic shape and content to policies that can transform the society at every level.

The tendency is to lionise the decisive and inspiration leaders like Singapore Lee Kwan Yew. But the reality is that although the individual at the top does matter enormously, the essential transformation dynamic involves creating the context where leadership can be exercised at all levels.

Many of Nigeria’s past leaders in the public policy space have implemented series of change initiatives that were trapped in transitions that struggled perpetually with transformation and sustainable development. The reasons are not farfetched. Our take is that transformation approaches offer a much greater challenge than the typical change management programmes that we are familiar with and have seen.

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Editorial Commentary What FG can do on women inheritance rights

Times Guest Columnist Jumai Ahmadu Issues around inheritance rights in Africa, particularly Nigeria continue to constitute major stumbling blocks to equality in gender affairs. It is a known fact that on the African continent and indeed Nigeria, there are differences in civilizations and cultures. It is also true that it is herculean task attempting imposition of different norms and social behaviours on a different people. While there are narrow differences in civilizations when it comes to gender issues in African societies, there appears to be a narrower difference in Nigerian communities.

Issues around inheritance rights in Nigeria have stubbornly remained knotty ones, especially when it involves the male and female gender. It has been a generally acceptable cultural norm in Nigerian societies that the male is accorded more superiority than the female in all ramifications. This is irrespective of available statistics which suggest that the female child has more capacity to carry on with family legacy and, in some cases, do better than their male counterpart.

Of the two major religions in Nigeria, while Christianity has no stipulated rule on inheritance, the Islamic religion on the other hand, give credence to the female gender in terms of rights of inheritance.

Exceptions however suffice as Islam allots women half the share of inheritance as against 100 percent to men, with the same relation to the decedent. For instance, where a decedent has both male and female children, a son’s share is double that of a daughter’s.

Additionally, the sister of a childless man inherits half of his property upon his death, while a brother of a childless woman inherits all her property. nts, especially if she has no male off-springs.

These are serious problems militating against women socially and economically.

The same practice is applicable to the Esan people of Edo State, where the practice applies in its pure form. Under this custom, the eldest surviving son inherits all the property of his deceased father after performing the funeral rites. He however has an obligation to cater for his young siblings including girls until they get married.

In Igboland, though the customary practices of the people are not entirely uniform, they share certain things in common. Generally, in Igboland, widows and daughters do not have right to inherit their husbands’ or fathers’ property. A widow may be allowed to live in the matrimonial home, provided she is of good behaviour and does not remarry. However, if a woman dies and leaves personal property behind, her husband inherits her property, while her daughter would only inherit her wardrobe.

An exception to this patriarchal practice occurs when a man is only survived by daughters in which case the eldest daughter may inherit her late father’s property, provided she would remain unmarried for life. This is called “Nrachi” custom. However, recently in Ukeje v. Ukeje, the Supreme Court upheld the right of female children to inherit their fathers’ property on the basis that any custom that discriminates against anyone because of gender is null and void. The Court relied on the constitutional provision which forbids discrimination of any kind.

Today in Nigeria, a mere mention of the need for changes in this practice, even among the educated elites who ascended prominent

thrones in Nigeria is met with strong condemnation as it is generally regarded as a taboo. The total dominance of the male child in our cultural settings has really become a source of worry to gender sensitive advocates around the globe. The Beijing Conference, which seems to bring leaders of government, religious groups, traditional leaders and advocates and most importantly Wives of Presidents and leaders all over the world to address gender issues especially women’s rights failed in this regard.

The African Union (AU) has, at different fora, advocated for the general abolition of this practice but to no avail. Different progender equal sensitive government have deliberately developed policies to sensitized our people on the psychological effects it has negatively on the female gender and the need for its total eradication also failed.

Our cultural behaviours and acceptable implement of cultural norms are always static from generation to generations. The static nature of our culture which has generally affected the human rights of the female generation in Nigeria has affected us negatively as a people. The static nature of these cultural norms which runs contrary to the dynamic cultures of the dynamic world today is one debilitating factor which affects the way the people of the developed clime views us as a people.

There is a lot of effects the inheritance policy we accepted and advocates from language to language, tribe to tribe and culture to cultures on the woman folk. Our women’s human rights have been so bastardized in Africa and Nigeria in particular. A system of inheritance that subjugates the women folk to such vivid abuse is detrimental to our social development as a people. A system that compensates and abuses a human being especially the women folk because her gender is looked upon as inferior is generally condemnable.

We need to reintegrate our women folk into our social strata by giving them that privileged to equally aspire to that high stake standard we have for the male folk.

This will enhance our rankings in the social world and it is generally accepted when the rights of women are enhanced and protected then the rights of the world is generally protected. We as African needs to join the comity of developed climes by protecting the rights of women in its entire ramification especially on inheritance issues as this would psychologically and developmentally build and develop our Nation.

The government has a pivotal role to play in the area of education and more enlightenment crusade towards eradicating this sub-human way of life. The government needs to sponsor bills and motions to the parliament to enhance the total eradication of this negative inheritance practice.

When passed into law by parliament, the government should cultivate the needed political will to pass it into law, and subsequently immediately begin implementation. This would send a clear signal to all cultures in the country that the time of the abolition of this obnoxious practice that dehumanize a very important part of the human race.

The laws been entrenched should create stiff punitive measures and sanctions against violators of this laws as this world consciously up the governments fame as a gender sensitive one.

Our POSITION Leadership recruitment and 2019 elections

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igerians recently witnessed a new dawn when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 38 others in a political alliance under the aegis of Coalition of Unity Political Parties (CUPP).

The MoU also resolved to begin work on a blueprint manifesto. It also resolved to field a joint presidential candidate and pick common candidates for governorship, National Assembly, state assemblies and even the Federal Capital Territory. The MOU also stated that the coalition was determined to “promote core values for the restructuring of the country, sharing of political offices among persons and groups across the six geo-political zones while promising to install a unity government with a joint manifesto that will usher in a structured economic and fiscal federalism.”

As the nation throttles towards another general elections, the frantic moves by groups to get registered as political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the effort by a coalition of 39 political parties to ratify unity candidates for the 2019 polls should not take anyone by surprise.

The pertinent question in this regard is - What is the aim of this amalgamation? What is so different between the content of this MoU and the manifestos of the major political parties? While Nigeria needs a credible opposition, this new coalition might perhaps have emerged without substantial principles. And it may not in any way be different, in emptiness of promise, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. With barely a few weeks to the August deadline for fresh registration of political parties, 136 applications are being processed by INEC. Should all the applications scale through, Nigeria would, in addition to the existing 68, have about 204 political parties slated for general elections in 2019. What kind of thinking conceives such proliferation of parties? Are Nigerians so ideologically diverse that they must have such number of political parties?

This development is a far cry from the relatively principled politics of the First and Second Republics.

In those days, political parties were markedly differentiated by their ideologies and programmes and how they wished to implement them. A semblance of this experience was observed in the parties of 1979.

The unmistakable nationalism of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), the consistent welfarism of the United Party of Nigeria (UPN), the Talakawa ideology of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), among others were clearly recognised based on ideologies and programmes.

Even though citizens have the right to freedom of association, and on the basis of such association may aspire to enjoy the good life through legitimate means, this number of political parties calls for concern.

Whereas the Electoral Act states that any association of persons can register as a political party, if it meets the criteria, Nigerians should worry about the sincerity of purpose of such political parties.

With N60million dangling as an annual support funding by INEC, it is very unlikely that majority of the political associations applying for party registration are altruistic. They must be doing it for the subvention that comes with it. Which is why we have consistently opposed the idea of government registering political parties and funding them.

Besides the moral issue of the party itself, there are logistical problems associated with many political parties. Early in the year, when INEC had registered only 68 parties, the chief technical adviser to the INEC chairman, Prof. Bolade Eyinla, at a forum, had decried

the increasing number of political parties. One of the arguments he gave for his misgivings was that too many political parties could cause logistical problems, including the production of ballot papers. Just as he remarked, one of the challenges posed by fielding many political parties for elections is the management of party agents. If there are 100 political parties and they all have candidates for a slated position, it means there have to be 100 agents for that election in a polling unit.

Related to this is the fact that 100 political parties must appear on the ballot paper. Should a party be omitted on the ballot paper, that election exercise is cancelled.

Nigerians, however, do not want to see any opposition that will short-change its people with empty promises and needless sloganeering. Nigerians need credible political parties, driven by a concise, allinclusive ideology; parties with realistic programmes that can solve the people’s problems. Nigeria should have viable parties, not just special purpose vehicles for grabbing power and looting the commonwealth.

Without such political parties, the beauty of multi-party democracy is blighted and the future of the country is at risk.

Gaining control of political power is an exercise that demands the utmost deployment of peoples’ sincere intentions, inner convictions, demonstrable capacity and measurable potential for success. The philosophical depth and profound desire to seek the common good and sagaciously attend to differences within a civil society is what makes groups aspire to seek power.

We are of the opinion that there must be deliberate efforts to ensure the emergence of credible and dynamic leaders. There is the need to change the narrative from the present leadership, which has failed the country woefully. The citizens should own the process of recruiting the leaders with vision and capacity to deliver.

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‘Declaratory reliefs not granted as matter of course’ FACTS This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, Appeal No’s CA/ C/87/2017 and CA/C/104/2017 delivered on 30th day of November 2017. Court of Appeal set aside the decision of the Federal High Court in Uyo, in Suit No. FHC/UY/CS/1087/2015.

The 2nd respondent, the P.D.P. a registered political party conducted its primary election on 7th, December 2014 to pick an aspirant for nomination as its candidate for the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial Seat in the 2015 general election.

The appellant ( Hon. Bassey Etim ), 1st respondent (Hon. Bassey Albert Akpan) and others contested the said primary election. At the end of the exercise the name of the 1st respondent who had polled the highest number of votes was forwarded to the 3rd respondent ( Independent National Electoral Commission) by the 2nd respondent (Peoples Democratic Party) as its candidate for the Senatorial Seat.

Aggrieved by outcome of the primary, the appellant commenced the suit at trial court that brought about this appeal. By his amended claims, appellant who was the plaintiff asked for declaratory and injunctive reliefs.

“A declaration that the plaintiff is, and no other person is for all practical purpose relating to or connected with the 1st Defendant’s candidacy in respect of the 2015 election in the Akwa Ibom East Senatorial District, the candidate of the 1st defendant fielded for the said election”, among other six reliefs.

At the end of trial, the trial court granted the appellant all except two reliefs adjudged to have been overtaken by events. The trial court declared the plaintiff winner.

Aggrieved by the judgment, the 1st respondent appealed to the Court of Appeal which set aside the trial court judgment after it found that the political party primary as earlier held followed party guidelines.

The plaintiff at the trial court, being aggrieved appealed to the Supreme Court on a notice of appeal containing 14 grounds.

ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION “ Whether, considering the evidence, oral and documentary, before this Honourable Court, the standard and burden of proof on the Appellant and the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the 2nd Respondent’s Constitution and Guidelines,the lower Court was right when it set aside the trial Court’s judgment and held the 1st Respondent’s victory and nomination at the 2nd Respondent’s primary election held on 07 December 2014 in respect of Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District ? ( Ground 3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12,13 and 14 ).”

ARGUMENTS Learned senior counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN), for the appellant submitted that the validity or otherwise of exhibit 8 (result of the primary) the lower court bases its decision to reject appellant’s case was never made an issue by any of the parties either at court of first instance or the lower court. The issue, it is contended, was raised suo motu by the lower court and ,parties particularly the appellant against whom the decision was given ,were not heard.

Exhibit 8 having not been made an issue of the appeal at the trial court, it is wrong to have made it one. Relying on Halico Nig Ltd V. Equity Bank Big Ltd (2013) 6-7 SC (pt iv) 35 at 39 and Ben Obi Nwabueze V. Justice Obi Okoye (1988)10 -11 SCNJ 61, learned senior counsel submits that for the lapse alone, the appellant is entitled to have lower court’s judgment set aside.

Learned senior counsel further submits exhibits 8 fully complies with paragraph 29 of the Electoral Guidelines of the 2nd respondent thereby rendering the lower court’s finding to the contrary all the more perverse.

Relying on Momah V. VAB Petroleum Inc (2000) AFWLR (pt 5) 827 and Egba V. Appah (2005) NWLR (pt. 935)178, learned counsel further urges that the trial court’s finding at page 2131 of vol. 3 of the record of appeal that exhibit 19, is falsified be restored.

Learned counsel submitted that the lower findings, unlike those of the trial court, are based on unchallenged evidence of appellant’s witnesses on record that exhibit 8 is the result of the 2nd respondent primary election conducted by its relevant officers.

That exhibits 14(a) 14 (b) and 14 (c) are 2nd respondent’s admission in suit No. FCT/ HC/ CV/750/2015 between the same parties that the appellant was the actual winner of the 7th December primary election.

Relying inter-alia on APC V. PDP (2015)LPELR 24587 (SC ), AD V. Fayose (2004)AFWLR (pt.222)1719 and Ezekiel Adedayo V. Alhaji Yakubu Babalola & ors (1995) LPELR - 85 (SC).he submits that by the exhibits the fact of appellant’s candidature arising from the primary election has ceased to be in contention.

Responding, learned senior counsel for the 1st

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA HOLDEN AT ABUJA ON FRIDAY, THE 6th DAY OF JULY, 2018 BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIP MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD- JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE- EKUN JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT AMIRU SANUSI- JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT EJEMBI EKO- JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT BETWEEN HON. BASSEY ETIM...........APPELLANT AND 1. HON. BASSEY ALBERT AKPAN 2. PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY }.. RESPONDENTS 3. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION JUDGMENT (Delivered by MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, JSC)

TIMES LAW REPORT respondent, Paul Usoro submits that the appellant who failed to prove his claim at the two courts below cannot succeed here as well. Beyond establishing his case on the balance of probabilities, the aspect of appellant case that involves criminal allegation of falsification of the result sheet relied upon by the respondents, it is contended must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, it is further submitted, succeeds on the strength of his case, and not on the weakness of the 2nd respondent’s defense. The trial court’s failure to imbibe these elementary principle, it is contended ,justifies the lower court intervention to set aright the miscarriage of justice the trial court judgment occasioned.

Learned senior counsel submitted that the narrow issue in contention is who between the appellant and the 1st respondent won the 2nd respondent primary election.

Paragraph 50(1) of 2nd respondent’s Constitution vests the party’s National Executive Committee alone the power of conducting primary election. Appellant’s

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claim, it is argued, is based on the allegation that the primary election was conducted in breach of the party’s Constitution and the Electoral Act which in section 87(4) and (9) entitled him to the reliefs he seeks.

The appellant as PW1 and his witnesses ,particularly PW3 and PW5 all testify to the fact that Mr. Osuntokun , DW6 , headed the Electoral Panel that conducted the 7th December 2014 primary election appellant claims he won.

Learned senior counsel submitted that the trial court’s grant of appellant contradictory reliefs, is perverse. With the nullification of the very primary election in relation to which the other reliefs are sought ,nothing again on which those reliefs can stand. He relied on Udengwu V. Uzuegbo (2003) 13 NWLR (pt 836) 136 at 152, Agbomeji V. Bakare (1998) 9 NWLR (pt 564)1 and (1992) 3 NWLR (pt 231) 658 at 686-687 to further urge the resolution of the issue against the appellant and the dismissal of the appeal.

...the lower court was caught up in an analytical mix-up: a mix- up that occasioned the inexcusable conclusion that a prima facie case had been made out with regard to counts 4, 5 and 6. This cannot be since the self - same lower court had dismissed the testimonies of the witnesses as hearsay.”

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G. A. Umoh Esq for the 2nd respondent equally filed and argued an elaborate brief urging the dismissal of the appeal.

Alhassan A.Umar Esq. for the 3rd respondent chose to be ambivalent and his submissions are according discountenanced.

DECISION The Supreme Court entirely agree with learned senior counsel Mr. Paul Usoro for the 1st respondent that the issue the appeal raises is indeed very narrow. The facts which sustain this postulation draw from the pleading and evidence proffered thereon by the parties.

The “ result sheet” referred to in the court record is exhibit 8. The “authentic result sheet produced by the authentic officers of the 1st defendant” pleaded in the record is exhibit 19.

The two sides, by their pleads and evidence agree , at concurrently held by the two courts ,that the controversy between them is in respect of the primary election of the 2nd respondent conducted on the 7th December 2014.

The only point of contention between the two sides is as to who , between the appellant and the 1st respondent, is the winner of the primary election. Whereas the appellant relies on exhibit 8 to prove that he is the successful candidate ,the 1st and 2nd respondents, on the other hand rely particularly on exhibit 19 to contest appellant’s reliance on exhibit 8.

The enquiry to undertake at this point is to uncover from the record of appeal how each of the two courts proceeded to arrive at their divergent findings and which of the findings comes within the purview of section 87(4) and 9 of the Electoral Act that provides the appellant the platform to ventilate his dissatisfaction.

To aid in the enquiry are all those trite principles, alluded to by counsel in support of their arguments.

Appellant ‘s claim is evidently declaratory reliefs which are not granted as a matter of course and on a platter of gold. A declaratory relief is only granted in consequence of a finding of fact made by the court. Thus in the absence of sufficient evidence to make the finding of fact that must precede the grant of the relief, the court will not exercise its discretion to grant the relief.

It is also settled that in an action such as the instant one in which declaratory reliefs are sought , admission on the part of defendant will not by itself and independent of the case made out by the claimant ,entitle the latter to judgment.

Being a discretionary remedy, it is granted only where the court is satisfied that,from his statement of claim and the evidence adduced in support, the claimant has a very strong and cogent case.

The claimant must, therefore satisfy the court that on his own he is fully entitled to the grant of the reliefs. He succeed wholly on the strength of his case and not on the weakness of the case proffered in defence to his claim . See Kodilinye V. Odu ( 1935) 2 WACA 336, Bello V. Emeka( 1981) 1 SC 101, CBN V. Amao & 2 ors (2010) 5-7SC (pt 1 )1at 31 and Dumex (Nig)ltd V. Nwakhoba (2008) 12 SCN 768.

This is a pre-election matter arising from 2nd respondent’s primary election for the nomination of its candidate for the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial election. For the appellant to succeed, he must establish that he took part in the primary election conducted by the National Working Committee of the 2nd respondent .See Emenike V. Okadigbo [2012] 18 NWLR (pt 1331) 55, Emenike V. PDP. (2012) NWLR (pt 1315)556 at 594, 600, Senator Abubakar Saddiq Yar’adua & ors Senator Abdul Umar Yandoma & ors (2014) LPELR.- (SC).

Since the appellant is relying on exhibit 8 to prove his case entitlement to the declaratory reliefs , he must prove that exhibit 8 is indeed the authentic result sheet issued by officers appointed by the 2nd respondent’s National Working Committee to conduct the primary election he claim to have won and was denied the opportunity of being the party’s candidate at the Senatorial election.

Unable to withstand the rigours of cross- examination, the appellant divulged as follows: “ Five members constituted the Electoral panel responsible for conducting the primary Mr. Olatobosun was the chairman of the panel.

Mr. Michael George and Deniel Ekanem were authentic members that conducted the primary. I did not appoint them.........These two members Daniel Ekanem and Michael George are not member of the panel.”

Daniel Ekanem and Michael George the appellant assertedy issued exhibit 8 ,testified as Pw3 and PW 5 respectively.

Under Cross- examination PW 3 said: “ I was the returning officer of the primary. I did not appoint myself I do not have any letter of appointment...,..... I am not a member of the National Working Committee . There Continued on page 13

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Police, Prisons should be under Justice Ministry, not Interior- Alegeh Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh SAN, in this interview with, PETER FOWOYO, bares his mind on federal government disobedience of court orders, Sambo Dasuki, bail, the rule of law, creation of state police and sundry other issues.

How do you view the refusal by the Federal Government to obey court orders admitting Col. Sambo Dasuki to bail?

I don’t have all the facts on all these cases, but what I know is that when courts have given persons charged before the courts bail, the bail conditions must be respected. The challenge we then have is the inability of our judges to be courageous and the docility of our people.

We are not helpless, it’s just that at times, we don’t do what can be done and we need to take steps to protect ourselves.

Are you saying we do not have courageous judges on the Bench?

We have very courageous judges on the Bench. We have judges who are willing to do what the law requires them to do, but, have they been asked? That’s the first issue. The second issue, which is part of the lapses in our laws, for each bail you grant someone, the prosecuting authority can file a new charge.

How many cases is Dasuki facing?

I know he has been taking to different courts. I don’t have the facts, so I cannot speculate. But it is a trick that we play. For example, why will you charge one man, who served in one office for a period of, say, 10 years, (in different courts)?

For me, if he committed an offence in the first year to the tenth year, you must charge all together because it is one tour of duty. If he held office, left, and came back, then you can charge him separately, but now they’ve balkanised the case.

They’ll charge you here for one, charge you there for another and the system seems to allow it. In other climes, if you’re charging him, you’ll charge him for everything. If you don’t charge him for everything, those you did not charge him for, you can’t charge him again later.

Al Capone went to jail for tax evasion, not for killing anybody. So, you have to make a determination, which is how it is in other climes. If this man has been in office, there is an allegation he stole 1 billion dollars or 10 billion dollars, government needs to look at which is the one we can catch him on.

Those are the things we need to look into. Why should the prosecution charge one man in four different courts? All those failed banks people, some of them were

charged in Federal High Courts and State High Courts for the same transaction, same bank and then these charges are crossing each other, so, there are challenges.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, has stated why the federal government will not obey court orders on the release of Sambo Dasuki. Do you think the position of government is justified by law?

My answer has been very clear if you have bail government must obey the bail.

I have not read what the Attorney-General is supposed to have said but I will not want to believe that the chief law officer of the country will come out and say my government will not obey a court order I don’t want to believe that.

But, let us assume that he has said that, are there no remedies against him?

Have those remedies been applied? If a Chief Law officer comes and says ‘I have asked my client to disobey a court order, there are sufficient areas of our practice or procedure that you can use against him but you must take the necessary step.

Would you say that the Federal Government has sufficiently promoted the rule of law?

The President, to the best of my knowledge, has always spoken in favour of the rule of law. He has always said that is the only way we can make progress as a country. But, definitely, if we’re still discussing this issue, it shows that even though the President is saying one thing, there are challenges in the system and these challenges the government, the Attorney-General need to address. And we have been saying over and over that we have sufficient bite in our system to address that.

If you look at this Saraki case and the comments of the President, what did he say? He said ‘I’m happy that Saraki has been declared victorious by the courts the same way I fought for my mandate for several years. So, that statement shows that the President is committed to the rule of law, but as it is said in America, “it is not enough to talk the talk, you have to walk the walk”.

Arguments have been canvassed for prisons to be under the judiciary rather

Alegeh

than the ministry of interior. Where do you think prisons should be placed?

Prisons and police should all be under the ministry of justice. Why is prisons under the Ministry of Interior? Give me the reason why prisons is in interior what is the relationship between prison service and immigration? Why are they in interior?

Prisons should be under justice so that when the government comes and says we’re going to fight corruption, we are going to arrest all of those engaged in corruption then government knows that they’re going to be more people who will go through trials more people will go to prison therefore you have to make provisions at the prison end. Even if it is by providing more vehicles to carry them from Kirikiri to their trial points.

But when you’re providing the budget for the judiciary for the courts you don’t compare their budgets with the prisons.

There is need to build some synergy.

In some countries, prison service is contracted. So, a man comes he builds a prison and he takes the number of inmates he can cater for.

In our law for example, if a nursing mother is sent to prison the child becomes a prisoner why do we still allow that?

So, it’s a problem that government must resolve.

Prison service is a federal establishment. Lagos is doing fast trials we have magistrate courts customary

courts, etc all doing criminal cases. Yet Lagos state does not have a right to build prisons in Lagos. So Lagos state is been served by Ikoyi prisons, Kirikiri prisons and Badagry prisons. Those are the only prisons that serve the entire Lagos. This is a problem that we need to look at holistically.

Stakeholders in the justice sector have called for the separation of the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice. Do you subscribe to this view?

That argument has been canvassed a lot of times. For some, it makes very good sense, but apart from President Goodluck Jonathan, I have not seen any other President that has had an electoral commission that did not return him.

Look at all the states of the federation whenever they have elections the independent electoral commission of the states returns all the candidates of the governor. What point am I making? Who is going to appoint the saint that is going to be able to challenge the president? How is this person going to be appointed?

The Attorney General is a constitutional office now you appoint a Minister of Justice and an Attorney General of the Federation who will appoint them?

Whoever appoints them, where will he appoints them from? He cannot appoint them from the opposition party he must appoint them from his own party.

And if a new president comes in, if the Minister of Justice is a minister, by our constitution all ministers will go with government. We have to go deep down and look at the laws. Assuming we creates an office of the director of civil litigation and we make that office statutory.

Anybody who holds that office will serve for five years. For him to be removed, you have to go to the senate or something that creates a certainty and guarantee of tenure.

We need to either develop a system where we have these offices and they run independently of the politicians.

Otherwise heads of these offices will just fall in line because, if you do not fall in line to start with, you can get zero budget allocation for your office. If you get zero budget allocation how then do you pay for your overheads? How do you pay for water, for electricity to run your office. So it is not as simplistic as in separating the offices.

In view of the prevailing insecurity across the country, there are calls for the creation of state police. Would you support this calls?

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were 5 members of the panel responsible for conducting the primaries of the senate. I was not a member of that panel. .........The panel by the guidelines is the one that oversees all part of the conduct of primaries.”

On his part, PW5 under cross examination told the court in relation to exhibit 8 the appellant relies on, as follows: This is the result sheet .I issued to all the aspirants. My name is in the document as the Electoral officer. It was signed by me.............Olatobosun was the Chairman of the Electoral panel Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. Electoral and Returning Officer take instruction from the Electoral Panel. I did not appoint myself. It was Olatobosun that appointed me on 7 December 2014.”

It occurs to me that the appellant by these pieces of manifestly contradictory and inconsistent evidence is far from establishing that exhibit 8 is indeed the result sheet of a primary election the conduct of which was authorized by the National Working Committee of the 2nd respondent as the law requires.

The contradictions in the testimonies of these witnesses being fundamental

render appellant case untenable. See Okashetu V. State(2016)LPELR 40611(SC), Nsirim V. Nsirim (2002) 2 SCN J 46, Anuonye Nwachukwu & anor V. Amadike Owunwanne & anor (2011)LPELR 3466 (SC) and Akaji Isiyaku Yakubu V. Alhaji Usman Jauroyel & ors (2014)LPELR - 22732(SC).

It is apparent that the appellant whose burden it is to established that, as required

by Rule 25 (viii) of the 2nd respondent’s Electoral Guidelines, it was DW7 who submitted the names of PW3 and PW 5 as the Electoral Officers to the Electoral Panel chaired by Mr Osuntokun that conducted the primary election, has not discharge the burden.

One also agrees with learned senior counsel for the 1st respondent that should the contradiction in the testimonies of the appellant witnesses be glossed over, as did the trial court , the appellant and his witnesses will still be held to have acknowledged the fact that Mr. Osuntokun is the chairman of the panel that conducted the primary election. Testifying as DW6, Mr. Osuntokun not only disclaimed PW3 and PW5, who signed exhibit 8, as being the Electoral Officer and Returning Officer in respect of the primary respectively, he categorically

denied the participation of the appellant in the primary election as well.

It is clear from the foregoing that the two courts below are wrong in going beyond the evidence the appellant proffered in proof of his claim, the one by stressing on the weakness of the case of the defendants and the others dwelling on its strength to find for and against the appellant respectively.

The principle has long been settled that the appellant succeeds on the strength of his case only and not on the weakness of the respondent’s case. Having failed to establish that exhibit 8 is indeed the result sheet of the primary election conducted on the authority of the 2nd respondent’s National Working Committee , his case fails and should have been dismissed by the trial court. See OgoloV. Ogolo (2006) 2 SC (pt 1) 61 and Tukur & ors V. Sabi & ors (2013) 3 SCNJ 212.

Even though the lower court did not dismiss the appellant’s case at the appropriate stage, it eventually found the claim unmeritorious.

It must be stated at this point that it is not every error or mistake by a court that will lead to a reversal of its judgment on appeal .Only a mistake that occasions miscarriage of justice does. See John Owhonde V. Alphonso Ekpechi (2003)9 SCNJ 1, and

Ukiri V. Geco Prakla Nigeria ltd (2010) LPELR 3341 (SC). In the instant case where the mistake of the court below does not occasion miscarriage of justice, the mistake is accordingly discountenanced. The court judgment endures and is hereby affirmed. In sum, the appeal has failed and is accordingly dismissed at a cost of five thousand Naira in favour of the 1st respondent.

Musa Dattijo Muhammad Justice, Supreme Court.

APPEARANCES: KANU AGABI, SAN with Ogwu Onoja, Taiwo Abe, John Ochogwu Esq and Peter Eriwode, Esq.for the Appellant PAUL USORO, SAN, SOLOMON UMOH, SAN, with Ini Utuk, Ime Eden NSE and Ejike Wogu for the 1st Respondent.

G.A. UMOH with E. Enoidem and I. Ememdoong for 2nd Respondent.

ALHASSAN A. UMAR with I. S. Mohammed and M.O. Ediawe, Esq, for 3rd Respondent.

“This is a pre-election matter ....... For the appellant to succeed, he must establish that he took part in the primary election conducted by the National Working Committee of the 2nd respondent .”

We need to interrogate the question of state police, its pros and cons. Firstly, we are coming from a federal system. Let us take Ekiti state as an example, assuming Ekiti has state police and we are having an election in Ekiti State and there is federal police also in Ekiti what would have happened? The point I’m making is we need to look at what our challenges are.

I’ll tell you the downside the state independent electoral commission declares results and leave some spaces to be filled by state governments, so if you use that as an example of state controlled institutions, is it advisable to have state police?

But if you look on the other side when the constitution says that the governor is the chief security officer of the state, and I don’t know the truth or falsity of governor Ayo Fayose’s case but let us assume that such an incident occurred.

I know when Rotimi Amaechi was governor of Rivers state he was once prevented from driving into government house through a particular gate of government house policemen barricaded the gate. But when the constitution says he is the chief security officer of the state, there’s a contradiction in terms. Let us not create more problems.

However in America where we have gone to borrow our own democratic system, they have federal police, state police, county police, all kinds of police forces. But, they have defined jurisdictions for each police.

Clearly, there are state offences, if you commit this offence and you’ll cross over from one state to the other, the police cannot cross over and arrest you. They can only inform the other police of your offence and request that you be arrested and brought back.

There are federal offences. If a federal offence is committed the state police can only hold you until federal police arrives. We need to have a balance, no one will give us a total solution, but we need to look at what we really want, if we want state police let us start. If we start state police, it will probably be like the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

It will have its teething problems, they will be overzealous they will do the wrong things, but eventually as they mature they will get better and better. If you have state police and you have federal police, assuming a state equips it’s police better than the federal police you might be having shoot out regularly. Because the states might decide that even for federal offences that they have people who they are protecting.

So we need to have a fair balance and we are very docile as a people. Those are the challenges we face. Creation of state police is neither here nor there, it may work or it may create more problems. We have to be wary in making our choices, we must make our choices to solve today’s needs and we must look at the implications going forward.

Would you support a legislation for the right to bear arms by Nigerians?

I believe all Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms. I believe that when we start it will be abused but with time we will get matured in it. I’ve lived in areas where armed robbers came to my house twice and I was telling young boys sir sir because of the weapons they were carrying.

But in other climes, the man knows you are armed, so he will be wary. Of course, at the onset there will be cases of abuse of this right. When we start things may be bad, they’ll be sacrifices to be made.

Look at our National Assembly, for instance, they are growing in depth.

The quality of our national assembly is increasing. I believe with time as we move on things will get better but we need to understand how the right to bear arms has succeeded in other climes.

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Fraud: CBN warns public against impersonation of key principal officers Motolani Oseni

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned the general public against the activities of fraudsters impersonating some principal officers of the Bank in an attempt to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

The apex bank in a circular, signed by its spokes person, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, stated that

the attention of the bank has been drawn to the activities of fraudsters impersonating some of its principal officers.

CBN, however, noted that of particular concern to the Bank is the recent message sent from an e-mail purportedly belonging to the Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Mr. Edward Lametek Adamu, transacting a phony business deal.

“We wish to inform all members of the public, particularly

members of the social media community that officials of the CBN do not communicate with emails outside the @ cbn.gov.ng domain.

“No principal officer of the Bank will transact business or ask you to transact business with any other platform outside those ending with @cbn.gov.ng” , The CBN, also wishes to warn the public that it will not be liable for any financial transaction which may have transpired

between people and scammers who have created emails or social media accounts in the name of principal officers of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Central Bank of Nigeria maintains only the social media platforms as listed on the CBN website, www.cbn.gov. ng If in doubt about the authenticity of an email, document or telephone conversation purportedly coming

Consultant blames firm over delay of Itakpe, Ajaokuta, Warri rail project Idu Jude, Abuja As Federal Government of Nigeria wares the options of engaging Julius Berger PLC for the completion of terminal buildings of the ongoing refurbishing of the Itakpe, Ajaokuta,warri rail line, Engineer Chiedu Nwazojie of NIAMCO engineering consultancy company and the original project designer, has blamed the Chinese Civil engineering construction corporation, CCECC for the delay in completing the terminal building within the agreed time.

The NIAMCO Company, through its consultant engineer Chiedu Nwazojie, during the last Friday’s inspection of the project, said that the Chinese company on its ability could do better only if the government should termer justice with mercy, adding that on their part that the company has not complied according to agreed date for hand over which suppose to be July 2018.

According to Engineer Nwazojie, the company has also pleaded with the Federal Government

to please extend the completion date of the project as the rehabilitation job is quite enormous since its abandonment 35 years ago. He said, “let me show you the way this line was built.

It starts from here going to Ajaokuta. What you are seeing now, is that the company they are going to replace all the wooden sleepers here with concrete sleepers.

That is still in the scope and the plan, is just to service the NIOMCO company which is the national iron ore mining company. They are the people who mine the iron ore for the Ajaokuta steel company because we have three locations and of cause you know this line was originally meant for industrial purposes.

The train will then take it to Ajaokuta steel plant, then the line now goes from Ajaokuta to Warri , to aladja steel where there is a port where cooking coal is imported to Nigeria from. So from Aladja steel, the cooking coal will come to Ajaokuta steel.

So that’s the industrial network of this line, and of was later decided it could be a passenger line

before we started the construction of railway station.”

Engineer Nwazojie, further revealed the design is have about twelve stations(terminal) to be constructed, there is another station here, the new station , the Itakpe station so that it would make this line a bit more functional because train coming from warri, since where we have station one is at egaayin right inside along this line.

He said that target, was bringing the line close to the people and to encourage people to make use of the rail line and then use the road.

“Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road is the road that goes to Abuja, so in the interim, when the railway gets to Abuja, but before that in the interim, people can now use the train come here, because there is a bus terminal that will take people from here to Abuja, on the possibility of the railway conveyance of passengers in August.”

On commencement of the physical structures, he said such could be done yet not with all the facilities on ground because of damage by rain.

“We must somehow

have completed all the station buildings maybe because when you were coming from lokoja this morning, it was raining, in the south south, it has been raining for the past two weeks on a daily bases and that is a lot of problem for us. This line was constructed in 1987-88, so it has stayed for about 30 years, the concrete sleepers could last for 100years and more.”

from or on behalf of the CBN, please send an email query to contactcbn@ cbn.gov.ng or call +2347002255226 before taking any action in relation to the correspondence.

Accordingly, the Bank wishes to advise all members of the public to desist from transacting business with imposters as doing so would be at their own risk.

Nigerian breweries records N18bn profit in Q2 2018 Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced a Profit after Tax of N18 billion for the first half of 2018, according to the unaudited financial results released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

The N18 billion represents a 22 per cent decrease over the N24 billion recorded in the corresponding period in 2017.

A look into the company’s financial report indicated that Nigerian Breweries revenue dipped by five per cent from N181 billion in the same period in 2017 to N173 billion in the current period.

A further analysis of

the statement showed that results from operating activities declined by 20 per cent from N39 billion in 2017 to N32 billion in the corresponding months in 2018, just as Profit before Tax also dropped by 19 per cent from N34 billion in 2017 to N28 billion in the period under review.

In the filing statement signed by the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, Mr Uaboi Agbebaku, the Company stated that the new excise duty regime and the higher rate of beer introduced by the Federal Government in June 2018 further impacted on affordability in the period under review.

L-R Executive Director, Lagos Building Investment Company Plc, Prince Biodun Dosunmu; Managing Director/CEO, Ms Folasade Folivi; Chairman, Mr. Adeshina Soyebo and Company Secretary, Mrs. Ikeade Aribaba at the 13th Annual General meeting of the company in Lagos...on Thursday. Photo: Olatunji Wale

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Women urged to embrace entrepreneurship, speak up against violence Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

Comptroller-General of Immigrations, Muhammed Babandede with the Managing Director/CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank, Mr. Segun Agbaje at the Commissioning of the bank’s Payment Centre at the Ikoyi Immigration Office, in Lagos...on Thursday.

Diamond Bank digital customers hit 3m in H1 Stories by Motolani Oseni

Diamond Bank Plc has strengthened its retail business segment with digital customers of three million for the first half ended June 30, 2018.

The lender disclosed this in its second quarter unaudited financial report, which was released to the management and stockbrokers of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), emphasising its strong focus on the Nigerian market, especially the retail business segment through its digital penetration strategy.

The report showed that the Bank’s digital strategy is paying off as the institution recorded a milestone figure of three million digital customers as well as a significant increase in its mobile platform transaction fees.

Commenting on this development, the bank’s Chief

Executive Officer, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, on Monday attributed the milestone to its digital penetration strategy with strong focus on the Nigerian market.

Uzoma said that the bank’s digital strategy was paying off as the institution recorded a milestone figure of three million digital customers and significant increase in its mobile platform transaction fees.

He said that the bank’s noninterest income during the period grew by 6.4 per cent to N18.8 billion during the period on higher fees from retail transactions on mobile platform.

Uzoma noted that customers’ loan volume decreased by 3.6 per cent to N728.7 billion as maturities exceeded new loans during the period.

He said that the nation’s economy continued to record improvements at a macro level because of stable, higher than anticipated oil prices.

“We have witnessed 15 months of expansion reflected in monthly (Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data, but investor sentiment has remained mixed caused in part by the election season factor.

“We have capitalised on the positive macro environment to sustain interest income in the short run with positive prospects for growth and have made progress in growing noninterest income.

“PMI is an indicator of economic health for manufacturing and service sectors,’’ Uzoma said.

He said that the bank would continue to build awareness in the wider financial ecosystem to develop new frontiers in retail banking.

Uzoma said that among this activity were the Beauty Souk and TechFest events, targeted at entrepreneurs and emerging businesses in the fashion and technology sectors

respectively.

“Our partnership with Lagos Business School’s Enterprise Development Centre to support young entrepreneurs continued with the seventh season of the Building Entrepreneurs Today programme.

“In addition to retail banking, we are investing more resources in our mid-market business banking services to seize the opportunities emerging in that segment.

“In the second half of 2018, these investments will lead to improved profitability overall.

“Despite a tough six months being reported, the outlook for 2018 remains bright for the Bank as we continue to focus on a return to strong profitability and improvement in other (Key Performance Indicators (KPIs),” Uzoma said.

The latest reports, however, showed that the bank during the period under review posted profit

CeBIH will expedite financial inclusion leveraging Digital –Stanley Kristalina Georgieva The Newly elected Chairman, Committee of e-business Industry Heads (CeBIH), Mr. Stanley Jacob has said the committee will promote access to financial services for people at the bottom of the pyramid with digital solutions.

He stated this in his acceptance speech at the election of new executives held in Lagos.

Stanley, who is also the Head of Consumer Distribution at Ecobank Nigeria said the new executive will pursue three broad agenda namely financial inclusion, digital security and strengthened collaboration amongst industry stakeholders.

He stressed that CeBIH, under his leadership, will

work tirelessly with other stakeholders to reduce financial exclusion which currently is over 40 percent in Nigeria as well as bridge the wide digital divide in the country.

According to him, “As CeBIH, we will actively collaborate with industry to provide the needed financial services at the right pricing to the bottom of the pyramid. We will also ensure adequate capacity building for all stakeholders to equip them in tackling the exclusion challenge.”

CeBlH will pull industry resources and work with the regulators to promote an industry approach for combating cyber-security and payment frauds. Financial literacy campaigns and robust customer education will also be a key tool to achieving this.

This new Executive Council will strengthen collaboration by promoting the Shared Agency Network Facility (SANEF) with a view to ensuring that the expected benefits are delivered to consumers; partnerships with other financial institutions (OFIs) and FinTechs to deliver improved financial services; Research and case studies to drive emerging payments”, he said.

Immediate past Chairman, CeBIH, Dele Adeyinka charged the new executives to continue with the mission and vision of the group, which is using collaboration with drive financial inclusion and adoption of electronic payment, which are what CeBIH stands for today. He noted that under the leadership of the outgoing executives, CeBIH reached out

to various industry stakeholders and this initiative yielded results which became evident through better engagement of CeBIH in issues pertaining to policy formulation in the industry” Also elected along with Stanley are: Kayode Olubiyi, Vice-Chairman; Yemi Atanda, Secretary-Industry Shared Services; Bidemi Asunmo, Secretary-Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) & Fintech Relations; Mike Onwu, Secretary-Emerging Payments & Technologies; Celestina Appeal, Secretary- Product Pricing & Revenue Assurance; Mike Ogba, Secretary- Finance & Treasury; Gloria Eruemegbe, Secretary-Publicity & Advocacy; Nmutaka Chikwendu, Internal Auditor and Oluremi Tinuolu, Assistant Secretary - Finance & Treasury.

Women have been called upon to speak up against domestic violence, oppression and shun all forms of stigmatization that could diminish their self esteem in the society, urging them to aspire for excellence.

The women were also encouraged to get acquire entrepreneurship skills so as to enable them to be economically self-reliance and contribute to the growth of their families and society.

The founder and Executive Director, Elite Women Network International (EWNI), Shirley Hills said this on Saturday during the International Women Speakers Summit 2018 organized by the EWNI in Abuja.

She said, “The Say it Forward theme is to help women, enable them to learn from their mistakes through a shared knowledge. We are urging every woman to get empowered, stand on your own truth; share your story and say it forward to turn it into substance to inspire others.

“We have ignited the need to keep doing this annually. This is an annual international programme of the Elite Women Network; the objective is to be the voice of women because women need a voice. Though we have a voice but it has consistently been silenced by societal issues, family and even self sabotage.

“What we expect to achieve from this summit is that more women will come out to express themselves and share with other people their experiences. More women will come out to learn the act of public speaking because we are not just telling stories, we could have women who could be on the United Nations platform tomorrow, we don’t want you to just go there and speak anyhow, you need to speak with decorum, and you need to speak with intention. And we have a speaking code which we say: Inspire, empower and transform.

So the audience must be inspired, empowered and transformed by what you say,” she the convener of the summit added.

On her part, the co-convener of the summit, Ambassaodr Uyi Odinuwe, Director and co-host International Women Speakers Summit, said though it’s not every woman that is abused, it’s not every woman that is faced with a lot of violence;.

Odinuwe who spoke on the topic, from doom to boom, said that the summit was a platform which women from all over the world can express themselves - say it forward, say it the way it is, say it the way they know, say it the way it happens in their lives, amongst their friends, and the community.

She stated that with such forum, people would learn and it would make a lot of women to have a voice.

“When we say the way it forward, don’t hold back anything – let the world know I am in pain, let the world know I am in trouble. People can come out to volunteer to help because if you are mute, nobody knows what you passed through, if you are mute, nobody understands what is happening around you.

“So this is a platform for women to gather together and speak pout their minds so that other women can help. You are there to lift yourself, we are there to support one another and at least, everybody has a say, everybody is inspired and aspired to move forward to bring a lot of other women together for us to know yes, we have a voice so that people can hear and proffer solution to the plight of women”, she said.

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Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi (second left) and others at Ajaokuta Station One during the inspection tour of Itakpe, Warri rail project... on Friday.

Motolani Oseni The Debt Management Office (DMO) said that allotments of Federal Government bonds by residency classification showed that resident holders accounted for N1.35 million or 87.20 per cent of bonds in 2017, compared to N1.29 million or 98.62 per cent in 2016.

This is even as the nation’s debt manager disclosed that only three corporate entities accessed the domestic bonds market in 2017 with a total issuance of N23.15 billion.

DMO in its recently published 2017 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, made available to the media on Sunday, stated that nonresident investors held N198.39 million or 12.80 per cent of the bonds in 2017, compared to N18 million or 1.38 per cent in 2016, indicating an increased participation by the nonresident category of investors at the auctions.

“This was on account of the relative stability in the Foreign Exchange Market and the

FGN Bonds: Resident holders account for 87.20% of bonds in 2017 –DMO improving macroeconomic indicators, which have enhanced investor confidence in the Nigerian economy.”

The DMO also said that the size of the Domestic Bond Market was N13.51 billion as at Dec. 31, 2017, compared to N12 billion as at Dec. 31, 2016, representing an increase of N1.48 billion or 12.30 per cent.

It added that the share of Federal Government of Nigeria’s securities relative to the total size of the domestic bond market increased from N11 billion in 2016 to N12.58 billion in 2017 due to the introduction of new debt instruments in the market.

It said that while corporate and States Government bonds recorded minimal issuances relative to the redemption of existing instruments, the Supra-national bond witnessed no new issuance during the period under review.

Meanwhile, the DMO

latest reprt added that bonds segment of the domestic bond market witnessed a slowdown in activity in 2017, compared to 2016, which had N108.04 billion issued by nine corporates.

It said that this represented a percentage decrease of 78.57 per cent, adding that the decline in the issuance by corporates could be attributed to the high borrowing cost prevalent in the domestic capital market in 2017.

It listed the three corporates to be Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Viathan Funding Plc and LAPO Micro Finance Bank SPV Plc. It, however, said it expected corporate bonds issuances would increase in the near term with the easing of inflationary pressure and reduction in yields of sovereign benchmark.

The report stated that in five consecutive years, the Federal Government’s bonds witnessed over subscription.

Giving an analysis of

the bonds primary market activities, it said that benchmark bonds of five, 10, and 20 years were issued by the Federal Government in the primary market in 2017.

The report added that subnational bond issuance rose from N47 billion in 2016 to N97.39 billion, in 2017, an increase of 107.21 per cent in the volume of issuance.

It, however, said that only the Lagos State Government accessed the domestic bond market in 2017.

Nigeria issues sovereign bonds monthly to support the local bond market, create a benchmark for corporate issuance and fund its budget deficit.

The DMO’s primary responsibility is to manage public debt. This it does by introducing initiatives and products to support the development of the domestic market.

Fidelity Bank partners with WorldRemit for instant money transfers WorldRemit has joined forces with Fidelity Bank for instant money transfers to four million Fidelity Bank account holders s in Nigeria.

The new partnership further expands WorldRemit’s footprint in the country and allows the 15 million-strong Nigerian diaspora living in over 50 countries - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany - to send money directly from their phones to recipients in Nigeria. The deal supports WorldRemit’s plan to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets by 2020.

Fidelity Bank is one of the largest banks in

Nigeria with an extensive network of branches across the country. The bank is committed to innovating its digital products to provide convenience and ease of banking for its customers.

The collaboration with WorldRemit supports Fidelity Bank’s dedication to innovation and increasing financial inclusion.

Remittances play an increasingly important role in Nigeria’s economy.

The World Bank estimates that in 2017 alone, Nigeria received over $22 billion in remittances, making it the largest recipient in Africa and fifth largest recipient globally.

Andrew Stewart, Regional

Director of Africa and the Middle East at WorldRemit, said: “Nigeria remains our largest and fastest growing market in Africa, and WorldRemit’s second biggest market globally.

We are delighted to be partnering with Fidelity, a leading bank in Nigeria and a major player in the remittance business, to introduce its customers to our best in class online money transfer service, which offers a safer, faster and more cost-effective way to send and receive funds.”

Also commenting on the partnership, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Fidelity Bank

Plc, said: “WorldRemit offers a low-cost way to send and receive money.

The opportunity for our customers to receive money from over 50 countries in a quick, affordable and convenient manner with WorldRemit is in line with our promise to deliver a new standard of service in the financial services industry.”

Last year, WorldRemit became Arsenal FC’s first-ever online money transfer partner in a global sponsorship deal.

WorldRemit customers complete one million transfers every month from over 50 countries to over 145 destinations. More than half of its transfers go to Africa.

Globally, digital Out of Home (OOH) market share is expected to grow more than $5bn by 2022 at an annual rate of 10 per cent as a result of boost in programmatic advertising.

MarketWatch report, a report by Market Research Engine reveal that the major driving factors of global digital OOH market are increased spending on programmatic advertising, increasing focus on business intelligence and rising market competitiveness and technological Innovations in display technologies.

Meanwhile, the increasing trend of online/broadcast advertisement is the restraining factor. The opportunities for global digital OOH include the rising demand for internet of things (IoT) and emergence of the cloud platform and increasing usage of virtual and augmented reality in digital OOH advertising.

Developing equipment suitable for all weather conditions and lack of standards for interoperability between devices remain the challenging factors of global digital OOH market.

AXA Mansard announces 27% drop in profit Motolani Oseni AXA Mansard Insurance Plc has reported 27 per cent drop in profit to N1.5 billion in its unaudited financial half year (H1) ended June 30, 2018.

The leading Insurance Company had reported N2.1 billion profit in prior H1 2017 unaudited results.

Axa Mansard Insurance in its results to The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) during the weekend said, gross written premium rose by 31 per cent to N23.5 billion in H1 2018 from N17.9 billion reported in H1 2017.

The company paid N9 billion net claim expenses in H1 2018 as against N10.25 billion in H1 2018.

Notably, the group gross premium income rose by 28per cent to N16.1 billion from N12.58 billion in H1 2017.

The group total assets has increased by 12 per cent to N74.8 billion as at June 30, 2018 from N66.6 billion reported in 2017 full financial year.

The shareholder of the company had approved six kobo per share, representing a total dividend of N630 million in 2017.

The chairman of the company, Mr. Olusola Adeeyo stated that the company last year with positive results despite the slow recovery of the economy.

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TRUSTEES 1) EMMANUEL AMA (CHAIR MAN) 2)ROSELINE EMMANUEL ( SECRETARY) 3) SARAH JOHN. 4) SAMUEL EZE AIM& OBJECTIVE: 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 , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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TRADERS ASSOCIATION OF AMAC MARKET, LUGBE, ABUJA. 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: 1. ATU FLORENCE OLUCHI ( CHAIRMAN) 2.ADEMIJU OLUWATOYIN DORCAS(SECRETARY) 3.MAGAJI MUHAMMED YUSUF. 4.OYERINDE ADETUTU OLAYINKA 5.OGBUEFI GRACE CHINYERE 6.EZE NNAMDI ABEL 7.EMEKA OKAFOR 8.JEMILA ABDULMUMUNI. 9.AMINU ADEKEMI AIM & OBJECTIVE 1.TO PROTECT AND PROJECT THE INTERESTS OF THE TRADERS IN THE MARKET. 2. TO ERADICATE POVERTY AMONG THE TRADERS IN THE MARKET. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY,

SIGNED: POPOOLA OLUMUYIWA ESQ

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SOLOGIC CHARITY FOUNDATION

MUSLIM DA’AWAH CENTER

CONFERENCE OF OLD STUDENTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NIGERIA.

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.

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. ABAYOMI BELLO 2. ANUOLUWAPO BELLO 3. YILLE KATTY AIMS: TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, HEAD INJURIES AND DEGENERATIVE ILLNESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FOUNDATION AND IN THE CREATION OF THE DIGITISED RESOURCES. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) ALIYU GARBA PAIKO - CHAIRMAN 2) ALIYU D. FATYMA 3) UMAR ZUWAIRIYA ALIYU

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. OYAWALE MICHAEL OLUFEMI 2. SOBNADE ABAYOMI OLUWOLE 3. THOMPSON ADEBOWALE 4. OYAWALE RUTH OLUBUKOLA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE :

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:

SIGNED: YILLE KATTY

SIGNED : SECRETARY

1. TO CAMPAIGN FOR ALMA MATER ENDOWMENTS AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA WITH A VIEW TO COMPLEMENT GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN UPGRADING AND MAINTAINING QUALITATIVE EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH WEST OF NIGERIA. 2. TO CONSTANTLY REMIND MEMBERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND LOYALTY TO THEIR ALMA MATER; 3 TO INFORM MEMBERS FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES OF THE SCHOOLS; 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : BY POPOOLA GRACE ESQ 07030889391.

OLUSOLA JAIYESIMI EDUCATION FOUNDATION

INITIATIVE FOR DATA AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL HUMANITY FOUNDATION

1. TO PROMOTE PEACE AND TOLERANCE AMONG ALL RELIGIOUS. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

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. JAIYESIMI YOMI OMOTAYO 2. JAIYESIMI SILIFATU OLUSOLA 3. ASENUGA IDOWU ADEBOLA 4. OLATUNJI ABAYOMI JAIYESIMI

TRUSTEES 1. PROFESSOR ELIZABETH C. OKEKE (CHAIR) 2. MRS ADEBOMI CHINEDUM, 3. DR AGAVIEZOR BRILLIANT 4. MR DANIEL OKONKWO 5. MRS RACHEL KALIO 6. MR CLINTON URANTA

TRUSTEES 1. AISHA SHEHU KAIKAI CHAIRMAN 3. HASSAN TANIMU USMAN TRUSTEE 5. ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR TRUSTEE 7. MANSUR ABUBAKAR MAWASHI TRUSTEE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES 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.

ITAMAPAKO HIGH SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION ILOTI IJEBU THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEE TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 ADDITION OF TRUSTEE: NEW TRUSTEE: ANTHONY OLADELE OMOSANYA

-APPOINTED

TRUSTEES, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES AND OTHER PARTS OF CONSTITUTION REMAIN THE SAME. 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.

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.

MBEMBE PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEE TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1 KING SYLVESTER OMENYI (CHAIRMAN) 2 JOHN I EBOKPO (LEGAL ADVISER) 3 JAMES AGADA (SECRETARY) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS 2 . TO SERVE AS A UNIFYING MECHANISM FOR MEMBERS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AND DISCUSS ISSUES AFFECTING THE SOCIO CULTURAL WELFARE OF MBEMBE PEOPLE OF CROSS RIVER STATE NIGERIA. 3 TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE MBEMBE PEOPLE. 4 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT MEMBERS 5 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP TO OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS STUDENTS .

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

ADVOCACY FOR GENDER EQUITY , EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

DIVINELIGHT INTERNATIONAL WISDOM CENTRE

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS. NWADUKWE ANTHONIA ADALAKU 2. MRS OGBORU IFEOMA RITA 3. MS. NWADUKWE CHIZOBA LILIAN 4. MRS. ANYANWU NKIRU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO ADVOCATE FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND TO EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGED MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR KATE OTUMU

1. TO PROMOTING HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. 2. EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE CREATION OF BANKABLE AND SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER. 3. RENDERING HUMANITARIAN SUPPORTS TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS. 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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ODINAKA CHUKWU 2. MARY LAWRENCE 3. OKWU IJEOMA CHUKWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO PROMOTE AND EMPOWER YOUTHS IN THE SOCIETY TOWARDS SELF EMPLOYMENT ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: ROSY CHAMBERS

YASMIN SHEHU KAIKAI SECRETARY SANI RABIU BAKO TRUSTEE DR. MARYAM SHEHU KAIKAI TRUSTEE OYEGOKE ALADE OLATEJU TRUSTEE

AIMS AND OBJECT:

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT USING STATISTICS AS A TOOL

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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08036192114

SIGNED: SECRETARY

. RIVERS OF THE LIVING WORD CHURCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEE TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1 AGUSTUS OSISIOMA DIOLULU (CHAIRMAN) 2 PASTOR MICHAEL ZACHEAUS CHUKWUARUKA(SECRETARY) 3 PASTOR DIOLULU EMMANUEL 4 DEACONESS ELIZABETH DIOLULU 5 DEACONESS CAROLINE DIOLULU 6 DEACONESS NGOZI MICHAEL AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD 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

NEW HAVEN ESTATE IGBEHINADUN-ADUN IBA LANDLORD ASSOCIATION 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.

TRUSTEES: 1. OFFIA IFEANYI JOSHUA 3. YAKUBU YUNANA SARKI 5. OLIGBO CHINEDU GODWILL

2. ONUORAH CHINEDU ADILIMCHUKWU 4. EZEIFE ELOCHUKWU CHARLES 6. ADIAT ADEMOLA FATAI

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES -TO BRING EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY INTO ONE UNION, EDUCATE THEIR MIND TOWARDS TOWARDS THE UNITY AND PROGRESS. -TO RAISE FUNDS FROM TIME TO TIME FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY. -TO SETTLE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND FAMILIES AND FIGHT ALL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED TRUSTEES.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

STARS OF HEAVEN COVENANT CHURCH

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C.20 LFN 2004 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

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.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF TSL SUPPORT LIMITED (RC: 762539) PLOT 26, BLOCK M, ISOLO INDUSTRIAL SCHEME, APAPAOSHODI EXPRESSWAY, LAGOS NOTICE OF WINDING UP AND APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 233 (2) OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TSL SUPPORT LIMITED (THE “COMPANY”) BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 457OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C 20, LFN 2004 AT A MEETING HELD ON 3RD DAY OF AUGUST 2018, AT ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT PLOT 26, BLOCK M, ISOLO INDUSTRIAL SCHEME, APAPA-OSHODI EXPRESSWAY, LAGOS, A RESOLUTION DULY PROPOSED AND PASSED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT: I.

THAT THE COMPANY BE VOLUNTARILY WOUND-UP.

II. THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 459 OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS, IF ANY, OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004 (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENT OR RE-ENACTMENT THEREOF) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY, MR. CHIEDU VICTOR ALIOGO ESQ OF HOUSE 6, 6932 ROAD, GWARIMPA ESTATE, ABUJA BE AND IS HEREBY APPOINTED AS ‘LIQUIDATOR OF THE COMPANY’ FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING UP OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY AT AN AGREED REMUNERATION NET OF SERVICE TAX AND OTHER LEVIES AND RE-IMBURSEMENT OF ACTUAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR THE WIND UP OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY.” DATED THIS 3RD DAY OF AUGUST 2018 THE COMMON SEAL OF TSL SUPPORT LIMITED WAS HERETO AFFIXED IN THE PRESENCE OF: SIGNED: MR. DEJI WRIGHT DIRECTOR

SIGNED: MR. BABAJIDE TINUBU DIRECTOR

TRUSTEES 1.REV. AUSTINE OBIECHINA. 2.APOSTLE MRS PRINCESS OBIECHINA.- CHAIRMAN 3.HON.EVANG. DAVID UKPE. 4.EVANG. STINE JOHN-OBIECHINA 5.HON. EVANG. KUME OSIOBE. 6.EVANG. ROSSY ONOKHUREFE. 7.EVANG. MAXIMUS JOHN-OBIECHINA. 8.HON. EVANG. SYLAS NNAJI. 9. EVANG. ANTHONIA EZEUDOGU 10. MRS MERCY UKPE- SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.PREACH AND TEACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2. TO RAISE AN HONORABLE PEOPLE WHOSE LIFE ARE PRECIOUS TO GOD AND ARE PATTERNED TO ENJOY GODS ETERNAL LOVE, DELIVERANCE AND INTERVENTION IN ALL ASPECT OF LIFE. 3. TO DEVELOP A LIFESTYLE OF DEVOTION TO GOD THROUGH PRAYER, WORD OF GOD AND FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER WORLDWIDE. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

LOSS OF DOCUMENT FOUNTAIN OF JOY & COMFORT FOUNDATION CAC/IT/NO 47887 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF FOUNTAIN OF JOY & COMFORT FOUNDATION WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER CAC/IT/47887 GOT LOST ON TRANSIT AND ALL EFFORT TO TRACE IT PROVED ABORTIVE. THEREFORE,THE FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,P.M.B 198,MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED:- OLUWAKEMI OYELOLA

SIGNED BARR. BLESSING MBACHA

HALLELUJAH HELPING HANDS GLOBAL INITIATIVES

HOLY GHOST ARENA

KAIROS FAITH 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.

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

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

TRUSTEES 1.THEOPHILUS OLOCHE EBONYI 2. ELIZABETH THEOPHILUS.

TRUSTEES: 1. LINA EZE -PRESIDENT 2.KINGSLEY EZE 3.ONYINYE OJUKWU -SECRETARY

OBJECTIVES: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

TRUSTEES 1. BRO GODWIN OWUZO 2. PASTOR MRS NORA OWUZO 3. PASTOR DR BENJAMIN JOHNSON

AIMS

TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO INDIGENT NIGERIANS AND OTHER POOR COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

1.PROVISION OF TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES. 2. RENOVATIONS OF SCHOOLS AND LEARNING CENTRES IN UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES.

AIMS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD.

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

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

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

SIGNS: AMOS ENEMALI IGOMU.

IFEWARA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

FOUNDATION FOR NEUROMUSCULAR SUPPORT NIGERIA

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.

TRUSTEES 1. DR, BAYONILE ADEREMI ODEDOYIN - CHAIRMAN 2.PROF.AYOKA MOPELOLA OLUSAKIN - VICE CHAIRMAN 3.REV. KUTI. YISA AYANTOYE IMMANUEL- SECRETARY 4.PROF.MARTINA IYABO OGUNTOYINBO-ATERE - TREASURER 5.PRINCE ADEMOLA JOSEPH ADEROGBA -PRO 6.DR.DAVID ABIODUN ORIOLA -FINANCIAL SECRETARY 7.DR.JEROME AGBOOLA ODEBUNMI - ASST. SECRETARY AIMS TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG THE MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,P.M.B 198,MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED : SECRETARY

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE VICTORIA ISLAND 1999 SET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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.

TRUSTEES (1) KELVIN MONDAY UDOH=>PRESIDENT (2) ADESINA OLAWALE RAFIU =>VICE PRESIDENT (3) LOUIS SUNDAY EZEANYA=> GENERAL SECRETARY. (4) MUBARAK OLALEKAN GBAJABIAMILA FINANCIAL SECRETARY. (5) OLATUNJI AHMED SULE =>TREASURER (6) NKANTA JOHN GABRIEL =>SOCIAL SERVICE (WELFARE).

(7) DANIEL CHINGA=>PRO (8) ABIODUN EMMANUEL ADEWOLE=> AUDITOR. (9) RAPHAEL VICTOR CHARLES=> ASST. GEN. SECRETARY. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: (1) TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. (2) TO FOSTER UNITY, FRIENDSHIP AND HARMONY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,P.M.B 198,MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED BY: KELVIN M.UDOH ESQ. (LEGAL ADVISER)

DE EXCELLARS CLUB OF 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 TRUSTEES ARE 1. ONAFOWOKAN EMMANUEL OLUFEMI - PRESIDENT 2. AKINBIYI FRANCIS OLUSHOLA - VICE PRSIDENT 3. OGUNBELA OLAWALE MICHAEL - SECRETARY 4. ONATADE OLUWAGBEMIGA OLAIWOLA - CHIEF WHIP 5. HON PRINCE OLUSANYA OPEYEMI - FINANCIAL SECRETARY 6. OGUNTOLA BABATUNDE - P.R.O 7. AKINDUJOYE SEYI 8. ADEKUNLE SAIDI. *AIMS & OBJECTIVES* 1. TO IMPROVE THE LIVING STANDARDS OF MEMBERS. 2. TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE ALL LEGITIMATE OCCUPATION AMONG MEMBERS. 3. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

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.

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MISS. OYINDAMOLA AINA ADENIYI DR. OLABISI OGHENERIE OSAGIE DR. GERALD AWELE ONWUEGBUZIE DR. UDUAK MAYEN OFFIONG MISS. OLUWAKEMISOLA IYANUOLUWA OLAWOYE MR. NNAMDI KIZITO EKWUIBE MISS. MEKEAT EMMANUEL DANJUMA.

AIMS & OBJECTIVE S 1.TO CREATE AWARENESS ON MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY & OTHER NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS. 2. TO ASSIST PERSONS WITH NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDER WITH MEDICAL ADVISE AND SUPPORT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,P.M.B 198,MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECHAP A. TSOKWA, ESQ. 07036806993

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,P.M.B 198,MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED JACOBS U. BLESSING ESQ 08184740407

CYCOLOGY RIDING CLUB THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR ADDITION OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE AMENDMEND: AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION IS FROM ARTICLE 4 =THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO BE AMENDED ARTICLE 4 - 25 TO BE AMENDED THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: ( ALL RETAINED) 1. DR. RICHARD AJAYI 2. MR. YEMI OSILAJA 3. MR. FRANK OZOMAH 4. MR. DIPO BALOGUN 5. MR. DEJI AKINYANJU 6. MISS ORE SOKEFUN THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE : 1. MRS. CATHERINE BISCKERSTETH 2. MR. ROBERT MBONU ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: GBENGA OLUBAJO & CO

KLOSA & STAAS AUSSENHANDELS GMBH LTD BAVIS HOUSE, 19 GWANI STREET, WUSE HILL, WUSE ZONE 4, ABUJA. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

(PHD)

(RC NO 671441)

SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF KLOSA & STAAS AUSSENHANDELS GMBH LTD. (RC NO 671441) PURSUANT TO SECTION 459 OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990 AT AN EXTRA-ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF KLOSA & STAAS AUSSENHANDELS GMBH LTD HELD AT ITS REGISTERED OFFICE COMPLEX ON THE 26TH DAY OF JULY, 2018, THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS WERE PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED: 1. THAT THE COMPANY BE WOUND UP VOLUNTARILY BY ITS MEMBERS. 2. THAT ISAAC IMO,ESQ. OF NO.16 KARAYE STREET, GARKI 2, ABUJA-FCT BE AND IS HEREBY APPOINTED LIQUIDATOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH WINDING UP.” 3. THAT THIS RESOLUTION AND OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS BE FILED AT THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA. DATED, THIS 26TH DAY OF JULY, 2018. __________________ __________________ DIRECTOR DIRECTOR

1960 CITIZENS ENTERTAINMENT INITIATIVE 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. DOSUNMU OLABIMPE AINA 2. KOLE ABAYOMI 3. EZENYIMULU LINDA CHIMUANYA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT VALUES TO THE REST OF THE WORLD; 2. TO PROMOTE AND PROPAGATE THE NIGERIAN TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO THE WORLD FOR BETTER ORIENTATION AND UNDERSTANDING. 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. ANNOUNCER: OLUSOJI EMMANUEL

GOOD LIFE AFRICA FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT LFN 2004 BY THE ADDITION OF A TRUSTEE TO ITS EXISTING TRUSTEES. THE EXISTING TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR OBI ONYEMACHI JOHN 2. PASTOR ONYEMACHI PATRICIA OWOLE 3. PASTOR ANYANWU UCHE BEN 4. MAYUKU RUTH INO HEARTREST 5. GAMBO EMILLIA KHADIJA 6. YUSUF GLADYS ESOHE 7. BASHORUN TITILOLA IDOWU 8. BEN – IWU ONAJEVWE ANTHONIA 9. IMOUKHUEDE OSEOMOJE OHIOMA 10. ATTIH MFON ASUQUO. THE TRUSTEE TO BE ADDED IS 1. MRS. TITILAYO SHALOM EKO ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

BLUEROSE BIBLE CHRISTAIN MINISTRY NON DENOMINATIONAL 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. ADAMOLEKUN ORIADE SEGUNPELOLU BABTOBI 2. AHMADU SELIAT - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO WIN SOUL FOR CHRIST 3. TO CARRY OUT EVAGELISTIC MISSIONARY WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD 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

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SUMONU RASAQ

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUMONU RASAQ IS THE SAME AS SUMONU RASAQ AHMED, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUMONU RASAQ AHMED. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ANIMASHAUN OYINADE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONABEKUN OYINADE GANIYAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANIMASHAUN OYINADE GANIYAT .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS YUNUSA OLUFUNMILAYO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OWOLAJU OLUFUNMILAYO ADEWALE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS YUNUSA OLUFUNMILAYO ADEWALE .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTES.

MRS TOKUNBOH ABIKE

PRINCE CALEB I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PRINCE OBINNA NWUCHE , NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS PRINCE CALEB GOGOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS. ROSE SOLOMON I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JAMES ROSE JAN, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS MRS. ROSE SOLOMON DANABEYI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. ALIYU LAWAL

MRS NWANKWO JUSTINA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OBINEZO JUSTINA CHINONSO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWANKWO JUSTINA CHINONSO . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. AYODELE TEMITOPE

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IRECHUKWU CHINONYEREM

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IRECHUKWU CHINONYERE CHIBUZOR NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IRECHUKWU CHINONYEREM FRIDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FIRST BANK PLC AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AKERELE ISHOLA

CORRECTION OF NAME

MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS ALAM LOVETH CHDIMMA, INSTEAD OF ALAM LOVETH CHIDIMMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALAM LOVETH CHIDIMMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MISS ALATISE OLUWAFUNMILAYO

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT MONSURAT OLAIDE ADEMOYE AND MRS ADENIJI MONSURAT OLAIDE (NEE ADEMOYE) REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ADENIJI MONSURAT OLAIDE (NEE ADEMOYE)

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIYU MARADUM LAWAL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIYU LAWAL .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHODIPO TEMITOPE KUDIRAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYODELE TEMITOPE KUDIRAT .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKERELE SABURI MOFOLORUNSO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKERELE ISHOLA MOFOLORUNSO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MISS ADENEKAN MOTUNRAYO

ANIMASHAUN RAULA FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODEGBARO RAULA ADUNNI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANIMASHAUN RAULA ADUNNI.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS AKAA MERCY FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS UKO MERCY HADIZA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKAA MERCY HADIZA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNADE ADEKUNLE AUSTINE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNADE ADEKUNLE AUGUSTINE.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GAFAR OMOYELE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOYELE-OLUSI OLUWAFEMI,DATE OF BIRTH IS SEPTEMBER 11TH 1991.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OLORUNFEMI AYODELE I,FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMUEL ALADESUYI NOW WISH TO BE KNOW AND ADDRESSED AS OLORUNFEMI AYODELE JOSHUA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GABRIEL GLORIA NOW WANT TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GABRIEL GLORIA ELEOJO -DUPE.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. DIAMOND BANK, GTB AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKINOLA MOTUNRAYO OMOLABAKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADENEKAN MOTUNRAYO OMOLABAKE.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

CORRECTION OF NAME:

CORRECTION OF NAME:

IKWUAZOM OBINNA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MICHEAL OBINNA OPEYEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IKWUAZOM OBINNA OPEYEMI. BORN 03\04\1998.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OGUNADE ADEKUNLE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGUNDARE ABIGAEL OLUWAFUNMILAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ALATISE OLUWAFUNMILAYO ABIGAEL.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE. OMOYELE-OLUSI OLUWAFEMI

GABRIEL GLORIA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS TOKUNBOH ABIKE AKINWALE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS TOKUNBOH ABIKE AKINWALE-OLATUNJI.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I,OGUNJOBI LATEEF ISHOLA WISH TO CORRECT THE ERROR IN MY MIDDLE NAME, INSTEAD OF ISHOLA ,JAKANDE WAS WRONGLY PUT. NOW, I WISH THAT MY NAMES SHOULD BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNJOBI LATEEF ISHOLA HENCEFORTH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GTBANK, OTHERS AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOTE.

I, ADEKOYA BOLAJOKO BASIRAT .

WISH TO CORRECT THE ERROR IN MY FIRST NAME INSTEAD OF BOLAJOKO IT WAS MISTAKE FOR BOLADE, NOW I WISH THAT MY NAMES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS ADEKOYA BOLAJOKO BASIRAT HENCEFORTH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIND VALID. SKYE BANK, OTHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

MR. EZENWA IFEANYI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWIGWE IFEANYI STANLEY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MR. EZENWA IFEANYI FRANK. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ELELIA OGOCHUKWU I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELELIA OGOCHUKWU BENARD NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELELIA OGOCHUKWU FAITH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSAYANDE AMEN DAMILOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSAYANDE IKPONWOSA AMEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKEREDOLU OLAWUNMI OLURANTI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALAJO OLAWUNMI OLURANTI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT YUSUF IDRIS MONSURAH BUKOKA AND OARE MONSURAH BUKOLA REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

KAFAYAT ADEOLA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAFAYAT ADEOLA ADEWUYI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAFAYAT ADEOLA MOSES. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

WAUZOR NKECHI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WAUZOR NKECHI FELICIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WAUZOR NKECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT OBABIRE OLAJUMOKE OMOLADE, OSUNTOYINBO OLAJUMOKE OMOLADE AND OSUNTOYINBO OBABIRE OLAJUMOKE OMOLADE REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINOLA AISHAT OPEYEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BABATUNDE AISHAT OPEYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ISIAQ SUWEBAT FASHOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUWEBAT ABEBI FASHOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

TAIWO FUNMILAYO

ELIMIAN BIBIANA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IYOBHEBHE BIBIANA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELIMIAN BIBIANA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKHABU ANGELA OMOYEME NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BENAUER ANGELA OMOYEME. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

BENAUER ANGELA

IDUH PETER I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HENRY OBAS PETER NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDUH PETER ODION. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

SAMUEL IYIOLA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEOLUWA OLUSESAN OGUNFUYE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMUEL IYIOLA OMOTOSHO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADEDEJI OLAMIDE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TITILOPE OLAMIDE EUNICE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEDEJI OLAMIDE EUNICE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OMONIGHO EHIBOR I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMONIGHO EHIBOR NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMONIGHO EHIBOR BADEJO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADEFASHE TEMITOPE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESHINA TEMITOPE GBEMISOLAMUSLIMOT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEFASHE TEMITOPE GBEMISOLA -MUSLIMOT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ONABANJO SUNDAY

IBEOKUTE AMAKA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IZUEGBU AMAKA ANGEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS . IBEOKUTE AMAKA ANGEL ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

RAZAK MODINAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RASAQ SEKINAT ALAKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RAZAK MODINAT ARIKE. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 26/07/1965 AND NOT 17/07/1978.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABEFE FUNMILAYO HANNAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAIWO FUNMILAYO HANNAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADEOYE ABIBAT I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YUSUFF ABIBAT ADENIKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEOYE ABIBAT ADENIKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADONIS GRACE MFONOBONG NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEWUSI GRACE MFONOBONG. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLALEKAN MORENIKEJI

ADEWUSI GRACE

OLUWASINA TIRENIOLUWA

OSAYANDE IKPONWOSA

OLUSOLA-ALADE ABIOLA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JAIYEOLA ABIOLA MOJOYINOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUSOLA-ALADE ABIOLA MOJOYINOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AKINYEMI HAMMED

ALAJO OLAWUNMI

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS. OLOWU MAUREEN

TOKOSI OPEYEMI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWOLE OPEYEMI VICTORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOKOSI OPEYEMI OMOWUNMI VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

BABATUNDE AISHAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLALEKAN FALILAT MORENIKEJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLALEKAN MORENIKEJI REBECCAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWASINA TIRENIOLUWA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWASINA TIRENIOLUWA TANYA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FIRST BANK AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKIYEMI HAMMED ANIFOWOSE, AKINYEMI TAIWO HAMMED NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINYEMI HAMMED OMONIYI. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 19-09-1996 AMD NOT 29-09-1994 & 20-09-1996.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AMUBIEYA MAUREEN AINA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OLOWU MAUREEN AINA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWATOSIN ONABANJO MATTHEWI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONABANJO SUNDAY MATTHEW. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

CORRECTION OF NAME

UKAH ODUMEYAN I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKAH BECKY , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UKAH ODUMEYAN BEATRICE OSSAI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESUWA MATHEW TUNJI AND ADESUA MATHEW SOLA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESUA MATHEW OLATUNJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADESUA MATHEW

OLAWUNMI TAOFIKAT I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAWUNMI TAOFIKAT OYINLOLA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAWUNMI TAOFIKAT JIMOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BOSE OMOTOLA LAWAL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBERO ABOSEDE OMOTOLANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ON SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS, MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS ANIFOWOSE TUNDE RAMON INSTEAD OF ANIFOWOSHE RAMON TUNDE. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADEBERO ABOSEDE

ONYEKWE FIDELIS I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FEDELIS CHIMAOBI PAUL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEKWE FIDELIS CHIMAOBI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. SUWEBAT ABEBI

CHANGE OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SADKU WASLAT LABAKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNDIMU WASILAT AINA. AND I WAS BORN ON THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1972. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

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OPOKE PETER I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TONY SUNDAY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPOKE PETER UWAKWE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

FORMERLY: ELEYINLA OLAYINKA SHUAIB ALSO LAWAL OLAYINKA SHUAIB NOW NLANOFI SHUAIB OLAYINKA, CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH: 21ST JUNE, 2001. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME: THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT JUBRIL BABA, JUBRIL BALA AND JUBRIL AISHA BABA ARE NAMES OF ONE AND SAME PERSON BUT NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS USMAN JUBRIL BABA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED TAKE NOTE.

SHOTUNDE VERONICA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSENI VERONICA ADEWUNMI. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHOTUNDE VERONICA ADEWUNMI. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

NWANMADI CHARITY I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNNIYI CHARITY OGECHUKUW NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWANMADI CHARITY OGECHUKUW. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

MEDUNOYE ABIDEMI FORMERLY ABIDEMI ADEBIMPE AFOLABI NOW MEDUNOYE ABIDEMI ADEBIMPE. DATE OF BIRTH: 30/04/1975.

FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY MISS YUNUSA RASHIDATU DUPE NOW MRS BIDEMI RASHIDAT DUPE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

MRS BIDEMI RASHIDAT

MRS ODUDUGBE DAMILOLA FORMERLY ADETEJU DAMILOLA SAKIRAT NOW MRS ODUDUGBE DAMILOLA SAKIRAT .

FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

ZAKARIYAH MORYAM I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIYUYESEER MORYAM AJOKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ZAKARIYAH MORYAM YESEER. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

BALOGUN TEMITOPE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELUYEMI TEMITOPE RONKE. NOW WISHES TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BALOGUN TEMITOPE RONKE DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY EZINNE UG0CHI NWALA NOW EZINNE UGOCHI NWOTITE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MISS. MATILDA ESEOGHENE OGODO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MRS. MATILDA ESEOGHENE OMERHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

MRS EZEOKAFOR OGOCHUKWU I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLIKAENYI OGOCHUKWU RUTH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS EZEOKAFOR OGOCHUKWU RUTH . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ADETOYE OLUSAYO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADESINA OLUSAYO IBUKUNOLU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ADETOYE OLUSAYO IBUKUNOLU . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ODOH MONICA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARTHUR MONICA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODOH MONICA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OTOBRISE NUVIE JENNYSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IDAKWO NUVIE JENNYSON . THIS IS DUE TO MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME :

CORRECTION OF NAME : IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS AKWU RAMAT SALIHU INSTEAD OF SALIFU RAMAT AKWU . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS GOYA SUCCESS WHILE IN SOME OTHER ONES IT APPEARS AS ISHOLA SUCCESS BIMBO. I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING ALL THE NAMES . BEFORE MY MARRIAGE MY BANK ACCOUNT NAME STILL REMAIN GOYA SUCCESS. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING ALL THE NAMES ARE VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OUKWE COMFORT CHINYERE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IGWE COMFORT CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UGWUEZE EUCHARIA

CHINYERE ISAIAH. I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ISAIAH JULIAN SHULAMMITE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHINYERE ISAIAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZUMA TESTIMONY I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABBAH PATIENCE IFEYINWA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZUMA TESTIMONY IFEYINWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Danilovic jumps 82 spots in WTA rankings

Serbian teenager Olga Danilovic jumped 82 places in the latest WTA rankings released Monday on the strength of her win Sunday in Moscow.

The 17-year-old saw off Russian home hope Anastasia Porapova 7-5, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4 for her maiden title to jump from 194th to 112th behind an unchanged top 10 led by Simona Halep, Carolina Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens.

WTA rankings on July 30 1. Simona Halep (ROU) 7571

pts 2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6660 3. Sloane Stephens (USA) 5463 4. Angelique Kerber (GER) 5305 5. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5020 6. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4680 7. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4620 8. Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4550 9. Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 4485 10. Julia Görges (GER) 3980 11. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

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3787 12. Madison Keys (USA) 3596 13. Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 3525 14. Venus Williams (USA) 2801 15. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2705 16. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2555 17. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2350 18. Kiki Bertens (NED) 2231 19. CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 2183 20. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 2165 Selected 112. Olga Danilovic (SRB) 135. Anastasia Potapova (RUS)

Tunde Disu: Lagos Junior League won’t condone age cheats The Technical Director of Lagos Junior League (J-League), Tunde Disu, on Monday said that the league would ensure a zero tolerance for age cheats when the competition gets under way.

Disu made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria while speaking on the activities lined up for the commencement of the league.

He said that the J-League would kick off soon after all the teams would have finished their registration as the teams were having pre-season friendlies.

He said: “For us to achieve the vision of the league, we need to ensure that its integrity is protected. When we say junior league, we mean its for youths within certain age range.

“The age range for J-League is 17 years and our 17 is 17. We won’t tolerate any infraction to the league. Our football needs to grow from the grassroots.

“The future of football lies with the way we arrange our developmental programmes.

J-League is a developmental programme for football that needs to be protected Austin Okocha.”

Disu said the management of the league had put on strict measures to ensure compliance to its age limit, adding that the measures were almost impeccable.

He said: “We have put on strict gates toward ensuring that we maintain the age limit, we have to leave minimum room for age cheats. At different stages of registration are forms which will reveal true identity.

“One of the measures put in place is presentation of school leaving registration number by registered players which must be authenticated by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

“The Lagos State Government has made our job easier in that all the students in the state have been provided with identification number, so any player that wishes to play must have this number.

“Another measure is that the registered players will also go through another test which

Cameroon considering Clarence Seedorf-Patrick Kluivert double act Dutch duo Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert are being considered by the Cameroon Football Federation as potential successors to Hugo Broos, according to a source within the country’s sports ministry.

The Indomitable Lions, who are reigning African champions after winning the African Cup of Nations in 2017, have been without a permanent head coach since December after parting ways with Belgian boss Hugo Broos.

They’re currently being led by interim boss Alexandre Belinga, but are without a permanent coach despite being less than a year away from hosting the 2019 AFCON. According to a source within the Cameroonian sports ministry, the federation are considering a move for two Netherlands legends.

“It’s hotting up with the duo SeedorfKluivert,” an internal source told Foot Mercato.

“They don’t have a lot of experience, but their incredible history as players could be extremely useful to our squad which has been suffering from a major lack of direction in recent months.”

The French source report that the federation’s initial bid to recruit SvenGoran Eriksson had stalled due to the Swedish coach’s wage demands, with Seedorf and Kluivert now emerging as a more attainable Plan B. The former had brief spells as head coach of AC Milan and Deportivo La Coruna following a glittering playing career in which he featured for Ajax, Real Madrid and both Milan clubs.

The 42-year-old won the Champions

League on four occasions, with Ajax, Real and Milan (twice).

Kluivert, also 42, was a Champions League winner alongside Seedorf in 1995, and later featured for Milan, Barcelona, Newcastle United and Valencia among others.

During his decade-long coaching career, he’s spent time as an assistant with AZ Alkmaar, Brisbane Road and the Netherlands national team, and recently had a spell as Paris Saint-Germain’s director of football.

is Magnetic Resonance Imaging test to determine players ages. We have partnerships with Lagos University Teaching Hospital for this.”

Disu said that all the measures put in place to fight age cheat was not to scare any team but to ensure that the league remained the best in the country.

He said: “We can lay hold to many successes achieved by this league. It has been successful so far, and the record speaks for itself.

“Many of the exports of the league are doing well in their respective clubs abroad, players like Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester in the English Premier League, Stephen Odey and Dele Alampasu among others.

“We are not out to scare any team away but we want to assure that the league remains the best junior league in the country. This is a legacy we want to protect.

“Many of the teams for this year’s league are already engaging in pre-season friendly games which will usher in the main league very soon.”

Gotv Boxing Night 15: Ridwan Oyekola knocks out Price Nwoye, wins N1m Best Boxer award Ridwan ‘Scorpion’ Oyekola emerged the best boxer of the GOtv Boxing Night 15 when he defeated Price ‘Lion’ Nwoye by a unanimous decision in their national lightweight bout.

He won N1 million and the Mojisola Ogunsanya trophy for the best boxer of the night which held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, (formerly known as Liberty Stadium) Ibadan-Oyo state.

Hard punching Oyekola scored 80-74, 78-74 and 76-72 points to overcome never-say-die Nwoye who was seeking a revenge as they clashed for the second time in their boxing careers.

Oyekola was pushed in all corners by a determined Nwoye who fought hard to prove his qualities in a scintillating fight that brought the best out of both boxers.

It also gave the crowd a night they would always remember as Oyekola rose to the occasion to impress his home fans.

Oyekola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he was happy about the victory but could not have done it but for the determination to win which motivated him to prepare very well.

“I am happy about the victory, it did not come easy but I was well prepared for anything Nwoye threw at me.

“I defeated him in Lagos during our years in the amateur level, and it felt good beating him once again at the professional level.

“I give Nwoye his due respect, he is a great boxer, but I am greater and would always strive to prove my

quality when called to deliver.

“However, I want bigger challenges so I could continue to tell the world especially my fans how good I am,’’ Oyekola said.

Six other fights held at the hall that gave boxing fans in Ibadan a treat they would forever remember.

Eminent personalities such as the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi the third and his entourage were among the teeming fans that graced the occasion. The Alaafin was also a boxer in his teenage years.

In other fights that kept the fans on their feet, Daniel Big Shark Emeka knocked out Sulaimon Olags Adeosun in the second round of their six-round national heavyweight match.

Emeka’s well delivered sublime blows gave Adeosun no chance to recover as centre referee halted the proceedings to avert further disastrous damage on Adeosun’s part.

Vincent Essien and Segun Showboy Olalehin’s national light welterweight challenge was unfortunately called off in the fifth round as both boxers ignored

the referees warning of holding themselves.

Olalehin told NAN that he was disappointed about the referees decision as he was not the offender.

He blamed his opponent’s immature way of boxing.

“I had a great fight and was sad the referee had to call it off. I had the match in my hands already and the victory would have launched me in my professional career.

“I hope the officials would go back and watch the video clips because I was not the offender but my opponent’s lack of discipline caused the situation to go out of hands.

“I hope to get another chance at the GOtv Boxing Night because it is what I really need now to push my professional career,’’ Olalehin said.

In another action filled fight, Micheal Lion Heart Godwin beat Idowu ID Cabasa Okusote in their national weight bout.

A combination of well delivered blows in the seventh round of their eight round match gave Godwin the victory as both boxers went toe to toe in a bid to subdue one another.

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