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$1.1bn Malabu oil scandal:

FG seeks arrest warrant for Adoke

Ï Re-arraigns El-Zakzaky’s CSO, two others Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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Monday approached the Federal High Court Abuja Division for guidance on whether to seek warrant of arrest against the former Minister of Justice and Attorney-

General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.

Also, the Federal Government on Monday re-arraigned Haruna Abbas, the Chief Security Officer to Ibraheem El-Zak-zaky, the leader of Shi’ite Movement in Nigeria and two others for acts of terrorContinued on page 7

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Legislature/ Executive face-off:

No cause for alarm -Saraki

Ï Says, ‘relationship between both arms of government cordial despite bickering’ Ï ’Osinbajo committee good initiative, but there would always be issues of contention’ Ï ‘Ndume’s suspension, a collective decision of Senate’ Ï Crisis good for democracy, says Dogara

Tony Ailemen Abuja

ÏÏÏ The Executive and the Legislature

on Monday kicked off a process that will bring an end to current face-off between both arms of government.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of RepreContinued on page 6

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L-R: Former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Segun Osoba; wife of former President, Mrs. Bola Obasanjo; former President/ Chairman of occasion, Chief Olusegun Obasnajo; celebrant, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi and Chief Launcher, Otunba Kesington Adebutu, during the 75th birthday celebration of Obey-Fabiyi in Abeokuta, Ogun State… on Monday.

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APC crisis lingers, cancels national convention indefinitely Tom Okpe Abuja

ÏÏÏ The much talked about National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) might not hold as scheduled according to indications which emerged on Monday at the party secretariat in Abuja.

The convention which was to originally hold on April 29, 2017

was reliably gathered to be put off as the committee put in place by the APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, to review the party’s constitution abandoned the job.

The party, after been criticised for not holding national convention as stipulated in its constitution, declared in a statement that it will hold a national “None Elective” convention not later than

April this year.

It was also gathered that one of the APC governors from the North-west states who was at the last meeting held with NWC a month ago told the National Chairman that “His (Oyegun) leadership of 20 NWC members cannot fix convention date for 97 National Executive Committee Continued on page 12

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Seek knowledge, Lagos commissioner advises Nigerians, public officers ÏÏÏLagos state commissioner for home affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem Abdul-Lateef has advised Nigerians, politicians and public office holders to seek Qur’an knowledge as he said it is indispensable to understanding what Allah requires of us as His creatures.

Dr. Abdul-Hakeem who was special guest lecturer at the passing out ceremony organised for graduating students of the Right Path Arabic Institute, Lagos at the weekend stated that just as there is no age limit to seeking Qur’an knowledge, it is of utmost importance as it instils fear of Allah in the seeker and bring him in worship closer to his creator.

While congratulating the graduands on the successful completion of their course of study, he said “the country is bedevilled with socio-economic and political challenges because we have relegated the words of Allah in both our individual and national lives.

Many Muslims of today are Muslims without knowledge whereas it is only through knowledge that we can discover the true meaning of the essence of Allah. Allah (swt) is not interested in the worship of the ignorant. I therefore want to implore all Nigerians particularly those in government to go in search of knowledge that would improve their relationship with Allah and not one that would bring the wrath of Allah upon them.”

ÏÏÏAn Owerri Customary Court

has adjourned till April 11, further hearing in a land dispute between two families contesting the ownership of the parcel of land worth N70 million.

The popular family of Avugara had headed to court seeking a declaration of the court that the land in dispute belongs to them and that the other contending party, Messrs Anthony Eziefula Williams and Obinna Eziefula Williams are a usurper and be declared persona non-grata on the land.

While seeking a declaration that the forceful entry of the defendants into their Onuoba land amounts to trespass, the Avugaras also sought an order compelling the defendants to pay them N5 million as damages for trespass on the said land as well as an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from further trespass or entry into the said Onuoba land and dealing with it in any manner inconsistent with their rights of possession.

The plaintiffs submitted in

Lagos State Government yesterday said no case of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) was recorded in the state contrary to what was published by the Federal Ministry of Health at the weekend.

It however, alerted the residents on the dangers of CSM while urging them to report any suspected case to the nearest public health facility in the state.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed in a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Adeola Salako, said a new strain of CSM causative agent, Neisseria Meningitides type C, which is slightly different from the causative agent of the season-

their affidavit that the defendants are presently taking overt steps to sell and or alienate the said land to some individuals and have boasted to frustrate them out of the land in dispute by frustrating the court action through the alienation of the subject-matter of the suit.

They urged for accelerated adjudication of the matter before the defendants, Messrs Anthony Eziefula Williams and Obinna Eziefula Williams would dispose off the land.

When the case filed by Messrs

Chinedu Avugara and Chisom Avugara came up during the week, Chinedu, led in evidence by their lawyer, Charles Onyeagbakor, informed the court that the land belong to the Avugara family having been bequeathed to them by their ancestor, Diafor, who deforested the land.

Tracing the linage of Diafor, he said the ancestor had four male children whom he mentioned in their order of seniority saying: Ukwuoma, Nna Chichi Onyewuchi, Osuji and Eboamuche.

All Progressives Congress (APC) members, Oke-Are L.G.A of Oyo State protesting against the Caretaker chairmen nominees list sent to the State House of Assembly by Oyo State Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi … on Monday.

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al CSM in Nigeria has affected some states in the country, stressing that Lagos was not among the affected states.

“No case of CSM has been recorded in Lagos State contrary to what has been published. However, as a responsive government, we deem it fit to alert the public,” he said.

According to a released issued by the Federal Ministry of Health on Sunday, more than 2,524 people have so far been affected in the outbreak, with 328 deaths recorded in 90 Local Government Councils of 16 states of the federation.

Idris explained that CSM which is caused by bacteria is a dangerous and a life-threatening disease that affects the thin layers of the tissue around the brain and spinal cord of an infected hu-

man person.

He added that Cerebrospinal Meningitis is an epidemic prone disease that spreads from person to person through contact with discharges or droplets from nose and throat of an infected person.

He said: “It can also be transmitted through kissing, sneezing and coughing especially amongst people living in close quarters, hotels, refugee camp, barracks, public transportation and areas with poor ventilation or overcrowded places.”

Idris noted that though, seasonal Meningitis outbreak usually affects the mainly Northern states that fall within the meningitis belt of the country, it is not impossible that outbreaks can occur in any part of the country, Lagos inclusive, in view of the phenomenal climatic change as well as the high human migration.

RMD features in Glo sponsored TV drama series, Professor Johnbull ÏÏÏ

Professor Johnbull, the popular television drama series sponsored by the grandmasters of data, Globacom, will this week feature Nigeria’s iconic movie star, Richard Mofe Damijo, RMD in the episode titled “Work Chop”.

In the episode, RMD lives up to the appellation of Warffi Boy, as he counters the antics of his fraudulent “driver” in the parody which gives justification to the expression that a man earns his living from where he works, promises the viewing public what it takes to be a well grounded ‘street-wise’ man as he engages his smart “Alec” driver in a game of wits and survival.

The episode “Work Chop” will be aired this Tuesday on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on

StarTimes at 8.30 p.m. with a repeat broadcast on the same channels on Friday, also at 8.30 p.m. Produced by Tchidi Chikere, with Globacom as Executive Producer, Work Chop promises to be a treatise of the cheating antics of domestic servants who seize every opportunity to pilfer.

Among other expositions, the new episode pays attention to why domestic servants cheat; why drivers, for instance, collect money and buy less quantity of fuel; why business owners keep two sets of receipts to cater for the cheating tendencies of their customers. It also provides insight on germane questions like what is ‘work chop in Nigerian parlance; why factory hands pilfer and why chauffeurs use their masters’ vehicles as cabs.

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Legislature/ Executive face-off: No cause for alarm -Saraki Continued from page 1 sentatives, Yakubu Dogara, led the National Assembly team that met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the process.

It was however not immediately clear if the meeting has succeeded in creating the much needed cordial relationship.

The meeting is also coming ahead of the planned meeting with the Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate scheduled for today, Tuesday.

But speaking with State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, Senate President assured Nigerians “that there was

no cause for alarm,” adding that despite the current development, the relationship between both arms remained cordial.

Recent events culminating to the meeting however created tension amongst Nigerians following threats by the Senate not to consider memos from the Executive arm until their resolution rejecting Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was implemented.

Senator Saraki explained however that such bickering was necessary part of democratic practices.

According to him, “these are things that happen on the part of democracy. But I can reassure Nigerians that it is just a drop in

the ocean. It is not an issue that should stir the whole nation. Be rest assured”.

He added: “Some of these other issues will happen but I don’t think it’s a major issue, but we are still moving ahead and still consulting.”

Noting that his meeting with the president was routine, Saraki declined to address the issue of the suspended screening of RECs, noting that he discussed more important issues with the president.

He said: “We talked also about the INEC bill that we have passed.

I took the president through some of the areas, very important areas because you know the president, over many years, is somebody that has gone to many elections and seen. So, that was something

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he was really excited about.

“Some of the new amendments like electronic voting, talks about electronic process for collation, those are landmark achievements that we hope that very soon the House will concur and we all come here for the President to assent.”

He described the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo committee as a good initiative as he noted that there would always be issues of contention.

He added: “Good development but like I said, there will always be issues on one or two things. It doesn’t mean that is the foundation of it.

“When you have an arm of government that has to do with confirmation, there will always be.

For example, the NDDC bill, we rejected three people from NDDC. We keep on moving, we are all part of one government.

“That is why despite all these, still major decisions are taken.

Like I said, we did a critical amendments on INEC by Tuesday or Wednesday for the first time in the history of the legislature.

“We are going to lay a report on the PIB for consideration. It has never happened for the past 20 years. It has not gotten to this stage.

“So, it’s work in progress for the interest of Nigeria. Don’t let us get distracted by one or two infractions, it’s bound to happen.

Even America that we are copying, even today as we are watching, see what is happening on the Supreme Court.”

Buttressing his argument about the cordial relationship, Saraki further said: “It is cordial, you cannot examine it based on NDDC, based on EFCC. We have other issues. We have ministerial that we are going to be working on.

“We have the budget that is more important, we have INEC, PIB. We have so many important things and I think it’s a mixture of all. That should guide us. Don’t let us overheat on some of these issues.”

On the recent suspension of Senator Mohammed Ndume, the Senate President said he was helpless on the plea to reverse the decision, adding that he lacked the powers to unilaterally recall him.

He observed that suspension should be seen as the collective decision of the Senate, even though he maintained that no law was rigid.

He added: “We should try and understand how the parliament works. I wish I had such powers you give me, I wish I had them.

The President or Speaker is first among equals. They are just presiding officers but unfortunately you know the legislative arm is the youngest.

“People don’t understand, people give us these powers that we don’t have. Decisions that are taken in plenary is decision of all but I have a role to be able to convey the message.”

Also speaking with State House correspondents after a separate meeting with President Buhari, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara observed that crisis was a vital ingredient of democracy.

He said what was seen as crisis between the executive and the legislature was good for democracy, saying: “You see, the point is, we should never run away from crisis. Crisis are always wonderful opportunities for us to begin anew, for us to set new boundaries, for us to begin to examine things in a new way.

NNPC reduces gas flaring by 26% in 10 years OpeOluwani Akintayo

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Monday, said it has succeeded in reducing gas flaring in the country by 26 percent in the last ten years.

According to the Corporation, the reduction was from 36 percent in 2006 to 10 percent in 2016.

Nigeria which used to be the second highest gas flaring nation, has now dropped to the seventh position.

Explaining the gas flare reduction policy, NNPC Chief Operating Officer, COO, Upstream, Bello Rabiu, said that as at 2006, Nigeria was flaring 2.5 billion standard cubic feet (scf) of gas, while consuming only 300mscf of gas per day.

Rabiu quoted a statement released by NNPC’s spokesperson, Ndu Ughamadu, on Monday, saying that the reduction in gas flaring was achieved through gas commercialisation built on the Gas Master Plan.

He also said that as part of efforts to preserve the environment, technology had helped the industry to record a drastic reduction in gas flaring.

“The Gas Master Plan was geared towards addressing four key critical issues of gas availability, infrastructure, commercialisation framework and gas affordability,” Rabiu said.

He further explained that though the implementation of the plan was driven by NNPC,

it was sponsored by all the oil and gas companies operating in the country and that it has helped in addressing some of the issues that were confronting the gas sector.

The COO said that in order to ensure gas affordability, the plan recommends a lower price for gas to the power sector which is the most important segment while other sectors of industries and manufacturing get gas at a commercial rate.

This measure, according to him, was to ensure that gas producers get value for the gas they produce for sale.

Speaking on other move by the Federal Government to end gas flaring in the country, Rabiu said government had designed a National Gas Poli-

cy which seeks, among other things, to end gas flaring by 2020.

According to him, the National Gas Policy had been circulated to all operators to guide them on the direction of the Federal Government with regard to how it wants the nation’s abundant gas resources deployed.

Rabiu said that the Federal Government has provided a guarantee of payment to gas suppliers through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the World Bank three weeks ago as part of incentives to get the oil and gas companies to commercialise more of their gas.

“This is a very important step that the NNPC has been working on since 2008”, he said. ƆƋƋ ` ƄƈƑ

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$1.1bn Malabu oil scandal: FG seeks arrest warrant for Adoke Continued from page 1 ism before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court Abuja.

At the resumed hearing before Justice John Tsoho, counsel to the Federal Government, Mr. Johnson Ojogbane, told the court that the Federal Government is experiencing some difficulties in serving Adoke since he is outside the jurisdiction of the court.

He said: “I would like to request for a warrant of arrest of the first defendant.

I will appreciate if my lord will guide me because I actually wanted to make an application for a warrant of arrest. I also want the court to guide me on whether I can do that orally or come by way of a motion.

“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has the power to arrest anybody anywhere but when the person is not within the jurisdiction of the court, (outside the country) it be-

comes difficult,” Ojogbane added.

He also told the court that if the order seeking to arrest Adoke is granted, it will become easier for the security agents to liaise with the International Police (InterPol) to initiate extradition moves.

Justice Tsoho after listening to the submissions told the Federal Government to make a proper application before the court, adding that such applications are not done orally.

The judge also said that if Adoke was already arraigned before the court and was attempting to escape, it would have been proper to issue such a warrant.

“Once a person has been arraigned before a court and is attempting to escape, then it becomes necessary to issue a warrant of arrest; but in this case, Adoke has not been arraigned before this court. The matter is still at the investigative

stage so such an order is not necessary,” Justice Tsoho held.

The court however adjourned to June 13 for arraignment.

It would be recalled that the EFCC had in December 2016, charged nine suspects, including the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, over the issue.

Adoke was accused of illegally transferring more than $800 million purportedly meant for the purchase of the OPL 245 to former Minister of Petroleum, Dan Etete and Malabu Oil. The Federal Government had also on March 2, 2017, filed fresh charges against two multinational oil firms, Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited and Agip Nigeria Exploration Limited, for alleged complicity in the Malabu $1.1 billion scandal.

Others charged alongside the two oil giants are

former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke; former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Dan Etete; Aliyu Abubakar, ENI SPA, Ralph Wetzels, Casula Roberto, Pujatti Stefeno, Burrafati Sebestiano and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited.

Also on Monday, the Federal government re-arraigned Haruna Abbas, the Chief Security Officer to Ibraheem El-Zak-zaky, the leader of Shi’ite Movement in Nigeria and two others for acts of terrorism before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court Abuja.

The defendants: Haruna Abbas, Ibrahim Musa and Adam Suleiman, have been facing trial on seven count charges before Justice Adeniyi Ademola who is currently himself on trial over bribery related offences.

The Daily Times learnt that the defendant’s case file was among other cases

transferred from Justice Ademola’s court.

Prosecution counsel, Miss Chike Nnenna, told the court that the matter was starting afresh though the charge bore its initial date, Nov. 5, 2014.

She urged the court to accept the charge and allow same be read to the defendants for their plea.

The defendants were on Monday re-arraigned on an amended 8-count criminal charge for allegedly supporting terrorism between 2009 and 2013 by agreeing to send people for terrorist training in Iran contrary to Section 4, of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2013.

The defendants were alleged to have conspired amongst themselves to do an act preparatory to an act of terrorism, by obtaining Nigeria’s International passport and Iranian Visa for purpose of travelling to Iran for terrorist training.

Haruna Ali Abbas was said to have recruited and

transported talented-spotted young men including Ibrahim Husseini Musa and Adams Suleiman and others now at large to Iran for terrorism training.

They were also alleged to have carried out surveillance on United States of America and Israeli Embassies preparatory to terrorism attack.

But the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when it was read to them in court by the court clerk.

The prosecution counsel therefore prayed the court for a date to call witness and for an order directing the 2nd defendant, Ibrahim Musa, who has been in DSS custody to be moved to Kuye prisons where the 1st and 3rd defendants are being held.

Attempts by defence lawyers to move an oral bail application was refused by the trial judge who insisted it must be formal application.

Trial has been adjourned for May 11 to hear motion.

Suspend automation of airlines’ revenue remittance, AON tells FG Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

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L-R: General Manager, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Alhaji Suraj Adamu; Commissioner/ CEO, AIB, Engr. Akin Olateru; Representative of Nigeria on International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, Capt. Musa Nuhu; Director of Engineering, AIB, Engr. Mohammed Wali, during the courtesy visit of Nuhu to AIB in Lagos… on Monday.

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Legislature/ Executive face-off: No cause for alarm -Saraki Continued from page 6 “So, we should welcome crisis. They are the engines that always propel growth and progress.

“So, if anyone thinks he has issues with the National Assembly, let him come and we will have the opportunity to explain. That is the beauty of democracy.”

Commenting on the planned protest at the National Assembly by some groups this week, Dogara said people were free to express their views, adding

that it was the responsibility of the elected representatives to explain to them.

He added: “This is a democracy we are running and we have to open the space to civil society, to everyone who feels aggrieved to be able to air his grievances.

“So, if they have grievances against the institution of the legislature, we will take it.”

He continued: “You might look at it as crisis but I don’t look at it as crisis. You know I have always

said this, that as a government, our value will be the problems we have solved.

“We can’t be remembered for avoiding. We can’t be remembered for running away from problems. It is only when we provide solution to some of the things you refer to as crisis and we look at it as opportunities to begin anew that people will now remember us for putting down enduring legacies.

“But when we run away from everything that appears to be trouble, we will not make it.”

line operators in the country, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), has called for the suspension of automation of revenue remittance by airlines to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) until the parameters that constitute the 5% Ticket and Cargo Sales Charge are clearly and properly defined.

AON made the appeal in a media parley held at Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) on Monday, stressing that the organisation has no problem with the Authority going ahead to automate the collection and remittance of the said charges, but that the NCAA needs to give clarification on what constitutes the five per cent Ticket and Cargo sales Charge 5% TSC. The AON Chairman, Capt. Nogie Meggison, who spoke on behalf of airlines, pointed out that such charges are only applicable on NUC fare in compliance with industry practice and as currently applicable to international carriers operating out of Nigeria, adding “AON members are

currently remitting the 5% TSC charges and it is on record that NCAA introduced financial clearance process for services over the last year. Despite our members improved payment, infrastructure and service level continue to deteriorate across all facets of the industry under the same Authority”.

According to him, AON also has issues with the immediate mandatory automation without first addressing the cost of integration while sadly at the same time not asking the foreign carriers operating in Nigeria to join the same Automation platform and are charged on their base fares.

“This is wrong and discriminatory and also against ICAO Non-Discriminatory policy. As per a recommendation adopted … by the ICAO Council, States are encouraged to incorporate the four key charging principles of non-discrimination, costrelatedness, transparency and consultation with users into their national legislation, regulation or policies, as well as into their future air services agreements. (Source: ICAO DOC 9082)”, he said.

He said: “It is apparent that NCAA is preying on domestic airlines, which they see as an easy target, a cash cow and for cheap publicity, over regulating domestic operators, and pushing domestic airlines to the edge of insolvency/ bankruptcy. It is this kind of policy that has reduced the lifespan of Nigerian airlines and has consumed over 25 airlines in the last 30 years since deregulation in 1982.

“While the same NCAA is weak and has turned blind eyes in enforcement of other sectors, i.e runway quality, airport fencing, bird strike, Navaids, fuel quality control by oil marketers, poor quality delivery by service providers, and Agencies inflicting unauthorised and illegal billing contrary to the provisions of the 2006 ACT. (Part V (12)(2))”.

Speaking further, Meggison pointed out that AON is tired and cannot continue to be the only soft target or easy prey, just as he appealed to the NCAA, to rather focus their energy on being an enabler and to foster growth in the Nigerian aviation industry in line with their Mission Statement.

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state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his administration determination to go after those who stole the common wealth of the people in the past years and ensure its recovery and given back to them.

The governor who stated this on Monday during the inauguration of 54 senior and special assistants said the appointees should not see their appointments as an opportunity to enrich themselves.

Bello, who was over whelmed by the large turnout of supporters from all works of life to grace the occasion in Lokoja, disclosed that in the past, some government appointees looted and diverted funds meant for the development of the state to erect filling Stations, Hotels and Housing Estates at the expenses of the people.

“We must go after them to recover the looted funds for use of the common people in the state. “ he stated.

He charged the new appointees to embark on selfless services as well as make sacrifices to better the lives of the people who elected the government.

The governor stressed that anyone who is not ready to serve will be shown the way out.

In a vote of thanks, Senior Special Assistant, SSA on Entertainment to the Governor, Mrs. Mercy Johnson Okojie commended the Governor for being gender sensitive adding that he has united the people of the state ever than before through people’s oriented policies and programmes.

Mrs. Okojie who is a renowned Nollywood actress hails from Okene Local government area of the state

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Edo Guber: Tribunal to announce date for judgement Titus Akhigbe, Benin

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Counsels to the parties in the Edo state governorship election petition tribunal, on Monday gave their final submissions and addresses to the tribunal, as the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ahmed Badamasi, expressed satisfaction with their conduct and ruled that the date for the judgment will be communicated to them.

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 28, 2016 governorship election in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, had gone to the tribunal asking it to declare him winner of the election and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw

the certificate of returns issued to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who was declared winner of the election by the INEC. It was another display of legal fireworks as the counsels, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), and Lateef Fagbemi, counsels to INEC, Obaseki and APC respectively, buttresses their arguments on the point of law, urging the tribunal to dismiss Ize-Iyamu’s petition as it failed to proof beyond reasonable doubt the petition before the tribunal.

But counsel to Ize-Iyamu and the PDP, Yusuf Ali (SAN), insisted that they have provided the tribunal with the evidences needed by the tribunal to upturn the election of Obaseki, assert-

ing that there was merit in their petition and that Ize-Iyamu should be declared the authentic winner of the election.

Each of the counsels were given 20 minutes to address the court on point of law. Counsel to the INEC, Ikpeazu (SAN), in his addressed noted that the PDP candidate invited ward collating officers as witnesses “and they cannot be super human to be in all the polling units where election held to know what actually happened. They also canvassed the issue of over voting and for over voting to be proved there must be ballot paper counting and certified before the court and as far as this court is concerned there was no counting of any ballot paper here.”

And on the argument made by the petitioner that INEC

Ondo new speaker, deputy defect to ruling APC Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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Specialist Teen Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Oyindamola Ademosu; Etisalat Brand Ambassador, Simisola Ogunleye, known as Simi, presenting an Etisalat Cliqlite Tablet to a student of Akande Dahunsi Memorial College, Lawal Tajudeen and School Principal, Olayinka Badejo, during Simi’s visit to the School… recently.

Former Unical bursar calls for independent body to investigate cultism in varsity Edem Edem, Calabar

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former bursar of the University of Calabar, Mr. Peter Agi, has called on the Minister of Education to institute an independent panel to investigate the activities of the University of Calabar given the current trend where high level cultism was being played out in the university resulting in the killing of a lecturer and other vices.

Speaking with the Daily Times in Calabar, the bursar,

failed to produce a witness, Ikpeazu asserted that “INEC is not obliged to produce a witness because the burden of proof lies on the petitioner. INEC would have done that if the burden has shifted. We relied on the case of Audu VS Anazodo. It is not for INEC to call evidence it is for the petitioner to proof his case beyond reasonable doubt”.

On his part, Olanipekun pointed out that “we have issues with the identity of the petitioner because we have conflicting names given to us by the petition. Apart from that the petitioners abandoned their case completely and pursued the issue of counting without providing evidence to proof their case.

If there is any petition crying for evidence this is one my Lord.

It should be dismissed.”

who claimed he was returning back to the university soon, said that it was only an independent body instituted by the minister that can unravel so many hidden things which the public does not know about.

“Only an independent body would unravel the atrocities perpetrated in the university, including cultism in which a don was recently killed. I have written to the minister in this regard. Let him investigate the university and I believe that the letter I sent to him was re-

ceiving attention. No internal people who are hell bent on removing me at all cost, legally or illegally, will be able to handle this,” he stated.

Agi explained that the university was becoming worse on daily basis: “Unical is like a military barracks now, Unical is like a place without direction, it is like a place where cultism is on the high side, it is like a place where people are not comfortable and absent of discipline.”

On issues about him and the university, Agi said unfor-

tunately issues have arisen against him because he works in the University of Calabar, he said he had the obligation to “ensure that all income accruable to the University was well collected and accounted for and I had another responsibility of ensuring that everything that was provided for in the budget was duly paid. Unfortunately, it came to a point where approval was so much that I couldn’t afford to get money to pay; people were having different opinion about my personality.”

Ondo state House of Assembly, Hon. David Bamidele Oleyeloogun, his deputy Hon. Ogudeji Iroju and two others Ayo Arowele and Segun Ajimotokin on Monday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) shortly after their emergence as the leaders of the house.

Addressing journalists at the cocoa conference hall of the governor’s office, in Akure, the state capital, Oleyeloogun said it became necessary for him and his colleagues to leave the PDP since the party has been fractionalized from the federal to the state and that of the local government, showing no positive direction.

In his words “we have been elected by the electorates to make good Laws for governance, we cannot continue to remain in a party that is not settled for a long time, giving distraction to the elected political office holders, hence we decided to leave the party,” he said.

While Oleyeloogun posits that APC is the only party in the state with settle structure and platform, where the people of the state and electorates’ in general can enjoy the dividends of democracy. Assuring the people of Ondo state of their cooperation and determination not to let them down in discharging their constitutional roles as legislators.

The new Speaker also disclosed that other legislators from the PDP will Join the APC on the floor of the House today, showing full appreciation of APC as the party that have the focus and direction to move the state and country forward positively.

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Reps member canvases reform in tertiary education admission process Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti A member of the House of Representatives, and scion of the billionaire pools magnate popularly called Baba Ijebu, who represents Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, has canvassed a reform of the tertiary education admission process in a way that would make a credit pass in an indigenous language compulsory for all courses.

Adebutu, who spoke on Saturday shortly after he was conferred with the honourary doctorate degree in Public Administration by the Ekiti State University in Ado Ekiti, specifically called on the Federal Government to consider formulating a comprehensive language policy if the country must improve in its education index and be set on the path of technological advancement.

The lawmaker who noted that what the country currently has are disparate policy pronouncements on language as contained in the 1999 Constitution and the National Policy on Education (NPE), said many researches had proved beyond doubts that using mother tongue as a medium of instruction in schools in the early period remained the best means of transmitting knowledge and achieving wholesome cognitive development in children.

According to him, although the 2004 edition of NPE stipulated the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in the first three years of primary school with English Language being taught only as a subject, the Federal Government had refused to enforce the implementation of the policy leading to faulty foundations in the education of children.

“It is tragic that some privately-owned primary and secondary schools in the South-

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West zone do not offer Yoruba as a subject. In others, Yoruba is prohibited as a vernacular that pupils must avoid. This impairs their creative potential because they are forced early in life to think in a foreign language.

“A template to showcase that mother tongue education is the best for a child’s cognitive development was given by a former Minister of Education, Professor Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa between 1970 and 1989, through the famous Ife Six-Year Primary Project. Government at all levels should go and dust up the report of that project and see to its implementation.

“In the comprehensive language policy

being canvassed, the Federal Government should meticulously assign greater roles to the indigenous languages than they currently enjoy. This will act as a catalyst for our national goal and aspiration of achieving technological development.

“In addition, a credit pass in any indigenous language should be made compulsory for admission into any higher institution in the country. This will go a long way in changing the negative attitude of Nigerians towards the indigenous languages. A credit pass in English for admission into postsecondary school as we currently have it is good,” he said.

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LG polls: PDP sets up 55-man committee in Jigawa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa State, has set up a 55-man committee for the forthcoming local government election scheduled for July.

The North West Vice Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, disclosed this at a news conference after the party’s meeting in Bamaina village, in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee were made up of stakeholders, including former senators, state and national members, commissioners, council chairmen, special advisers and assistants.

He said that the names of the committee members would be announced on April 9, when the committee would be inaugurated at the party’s headquarters in Dutse.

Ibrahim added that after the inauguration, the committee would set up subcommittees for the smooth and successful participation at the council elections.

He said the party would contest in the 27 council chairmanship seats and the 287 councillorship seats in the state.

Ibrahim expressed optimism that the party would win all the council and councillorship seats in the state.

Earlier, the former governor of the state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, urged the stakeholders to ensure that they nominate candidates in line with the wishes of their constituents.

Lamido further warned against imposition of candidates on the electorate.

He said that youths should be given the chance to elect those who they considered competent enough to lead them.

Senate’s approval of e-voting attracts divergent views A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo, on Sunday said that achieving e-voting in the Nigeria’s electoral process would require massive funding.

He spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on the backdrop of the Senate’s approval of e-voting.

The Senate had, on Thursday, passed the bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act

Prof. Otubanjo

2010, approving electronic voting and legalising the existing electronic voter accreditation system.

The upper chamber, in the amendment, empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic voting in elections, or any other method of voting as may be determined by the Commission from time to time.

Otubanjo told NAN that funding would be required for voter education, power supply, especially at the rural areas, and provision of alternative manual system.

He said that many Nigerians were illiterate as they do not know how to manipulate technology.

According to him, there is the need for massive education and literacy before the e-voting can be successfully used in the nation’s electoral process.

“There should also be alternative manual system for those who cannot use the technology so they will not be disenfranchised.

“It is a good development because every

society must progress, refine its methods, technology and applications, but we need to consider if it is appropriate at this time.

“This technology, unlike card reader that was manned by trained INEC official, in the case of e-voting, the voter will directly use the technology.

“My worry is that we still remain an illiterate society.

“The card reader was not successful in the last election, and if as a country we cannot manage the card reader, how do we hope to succeed with a technology that majority may not be able to manipulate?’’

He said that e-voting would be driven by electricity, so there was the need to consider steady power supply to ensure that the technology works in all the nooks and crannies of the country.

Mr Wale Ogunade, a constitutional lawyer and President, Voters Awareness Initiative, welcomed the approval of e-voting by the Senate.

Ogunade told NAN that it would allow vot-

ers to vote from any location and in the comfort of their homes.

“The world is moving fast with technology and we need to move with it. With many people using smart phones, we can achieve electronic voting in Nigeria,’’ he said.

He recalled that the last Nigerian Bar Association election was conducted electronically.

“Lawyers voted at their different branches and location, they even voted from their homes. Where there is a will, there is a way; if it was possible with NBA, it can be possible with INEC. “People will not have to queue under the sun to vote and the issue of ballot box snatching will be a thing of the past,’’ Ogunade said.

A Public Affairs Analyst, Mr Charles Ideho, also told NAN that it was a step in the right direction.

Ideho said that e-voting had the ability to clean up the electoral process in the country.

“INEC must ensure that the manpower and equipment needed to achieve this are adequately provided.

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My defection from PDP to APC, a personal decision-Hon Idimogu the price of oil in the international market.

Moreso, it would take time before the government could solve our numerous problems, it could take two, three or even four years. It is a global occurrence; it is not just about Nigeria. The government has recognised that the economy is not doing well and they are doing everything humanly possible to get it back.

For example, foreign exchange is getting better through the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It is not yet Uhuru, but we will get there.

You and others recently left the PDP for the APC, what is the mood in your constituency after this?

Of course, a lot of my people followed me.

Also, there is a process to be followed when you decamp. We have done the first one on the floor of the Assembly; we need to do the second, whereby people would follow you to the secretariat of the party, when they ask you to come. That is what we call open declaration.

The party you are going to would also want to see your supporters. We have not done that because the state Chairman of the party, Hon. Henry Ajomale is not in the country now. All of us would do it at the same time. We don’t know where it would be done yet, maybe it would be at the party secretariat or somewhere else.

Concerning my people, some are happy, while some are not happy, it is a mixed bag.

I have discussed with them, especially the Igbos, because majority of my followers are Igbos, not that Yorubas are not following me all the same. The Igbos are the brains behind the PDP in the state. We need to discuss and rub minds with them to know that change is imperative and that it is for the interest of everybody.

We are in Lagos and the dominant party is the APC. I think it is right for us to work Hon. Idimogu with that party. They understand, and most of them have accepted, while some have not.

Hon. Jude But it is a daily dialogue.

Your own case is somehow peculiar because you are from the South East and you are in the constituency of the Chairman of the party in the state. Do you face any hostility from the APC members in the area since you joined the party?

For now, I am not facing any hostility because I have not mingled fully with the party very well in the area because the process has not been completed. I have not been attending their meetings. Of course, the whole world knows that I have defected from the PDP to the APC and I have started paying my dues to the party as it is deducted from source. So, I am a stakeholder in the party already. I can attend their meetings if I want to because I am now a member of the APC. I have to wait for the state chairman of the party to come back. We must complete the process even before I go to ward meetings.

Afterall, I am representing everybody in the constituency. Dialogue is important, I want to win more people to the party. It is not everybody that supported the move, you must learn how to play your cards, and learn how to humble yourself when you get there. Relationship is important, may be by the time they relate with you, they would accept you

Idimogu was elected in 2015 into the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) along with eight others on the same platform, but he stands out as the only one from the South East of the country to be so elected. Idimogu, who represents Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 2 in the Assembly, recently however along with five of his colleagues, the lawmaker left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, Idimogu speaks on the defection and other matters of national importance. PATRICK OKOHUE reports

well.

The members of your former party in the Assembly that did not defect see those of you that defected as traitors, what do you say to this?

People are entitled to their opinion, everybody has the right to decide his own case.

You must know that the crisis in my former party is still there. If the crisis was not there, it would not have been easy for us to move the way we did. Also, you have to look at your future. I felt that where would I realise my dreams and future. Lagos State had never been in the same party with the government

Concerning my people, some are happy, while some are not happy, it is a mixed bag. I have discussed with them, especially the Igbos, because majority of my followers are Igbos, not that Yorubas are not following me all the same.

The Igbos are the brains behind the PDP in the state. We need to discuss and rub minds with them to know that change is imperative and that it is for the interest of everybody. We are in Lagos and the dominant party is the APC Attachments area

at the centre until now, so for the first time, the state is having alliance with the central government, I felt this is an opportunity for me. Moreover, ACN and the APC have always been strong in the state. I have looked at it and I have weighed it and considered it and for me to make impact for the people of my constituency, I have to do what I did. I want to see that after four years, I should have done many things for my people. I might not be able to do more if I were in the opposition, but I feel happy for what I have done. I have followers and many people are with me, they know I am a grassroots person.

Many people have expressed disappointments with this government based on the state of the nation’s economy. They feel that the Federal Government has not fulfilled its promises, what do you say to this?

There is no doubt that things are hard and difficult in the country, but you have to look at the indices. We are in a monolithic economy, there were crisis in the Niger Delta region and it affected us. Also, there was fall in

What advice do you have for the government?

Nigeria belongs to all of us. Whether I like this government or not, I have to pray that God should help the government in power to do well. Whatever happens would affect all of us. To do this would take time, so we should encourage the government to do the right thing. They have done well in the area of security and they have also dealt with corruption. If President Muhammadu Buhari had not come to power, all these discoveries would have been buried and it would affect all of us. People that kept foreign currencies are now bringing them out, it is not just about Buhari, our problem has been that we lack leadership. Right from the military government, what have they done for us? I remember in my secondary school days, I used to board train from the East to the North. We should examine ourselves to see if we are doing the right thing, how can someone steal Are you saying it is the stolen money that got us to where we are now with increase in prices of goods?

Of course, corruption is part of it. Talking about prices of goods and services, they are being imported with dollars. We must go into production because even the intervention of the CBN cannot last. We should ban certain goods that we can produce in Nigeria to encourage local production. A country like India had to close its borders at a time to encourage local production. If we fold our hands and allow importation anyhow, we will kill the industries and we are complaining that there is unemployment, is it the government that would employ people.

Sen Ali Ndume was recently suspended by the Senate for what they describe as uncomplimentary remarks about his fellow senators and the Senate as an institution, do you think this was a right decision by the Senate?

Sentiment apart, the man must have erred before the Senate could slam a six months suspension on him, the House has a standing rules and don’t forget the constitution also empowers the House to regulate itself, so to prevent a situation where by other arms of government will begin to infiltrate the House through some members, then they need to discipline anyone who wants to allow himself used by anyone to bring down the Senate institution and bring the names of other members into disrepute.

There is need for discipline to call to order any erring members, but the six months suspension maybe reviewed if he feels remorse for his conduct.

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Lawmaker charges youths on purposeful living Patrick Okohue A Lagos lawmaker, Hon. Victor Akande has urged Nigerian youths to excel in their chosen fields to contribute their quota to national development.

Akande, representing Ojo Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly, made the plea recently, when he graduated and empowered about 300 students, who he sponsored in computer training programmes.

The lawmaker said that any nation that failed to empower her youth would not only be deprived of peace and development, but also has no future.

He said: “The youths are the leaders of tomorrow, if they are not empowered, they would become problem for us.

“We must reach out to the youths through computer training programmes because they are the ones the society would fall back to later.

“During my campaign, I told my people that I would give them from the little I have to create a footprint in the sand of time and that is what I have done today.

“I did not do it for show off, but for the people of my constituency. It gulped a lot of money, which I don’t need to mention, but I am happy with the knowledge the youth have acquired.”

Akande said further that he had earlier inaugurated 10 boreholes with power generating sets and provided computers in each of the schools in the constitu-

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ency as part of efforts to help the people.

“I have tried to give my widow’s mite to indigent people in the area, I am giving out 100 JAMB forms today, we will do our best to make life comfortable for our people.

“I have also given trophies to schools for competitions, and I have been taking care of some elderly ones. We have done so many things to bring succour to the people.”

In his remark, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that the lawmakers in the House love and support them-

selves regardless of party differences.

Obasa, who was represented by the Deputy Whip of the House, Hon. Omotayo Oduntan, said that the interest of the state was paramount to all lawmakers.

According to him, Akande has done wonders with the empowerment programme for the youths.

“This is the first time one of the representatives will be doing something of this magnitude. It is the beginning of good things and it will never be the end.

“Our duty as lawmakers is to make laws, but if God puts it in our mind to assist the people, it is a thing of joy.

He then called on the youths to make maximum use of the training to secure a bright future for themselves.

One of the graduands, Master Segun Babatunde said that training and the skill he acquired in Networking and Hardware Maintenance has built a future for him.

Babatunde said: “I didn’t believe it would be this real and marvelous initially, I have gained a lot without any charge as a newly graduated student of Lagos State University.

“This training is worth about N60,000 or N70, 000 outside. I am really grateful to the lawmaker.

It will help whatever skill I have acquired in school. IT is what all graduates should have.

“A programme like this takes the youths off the streets. It is a big opportunity for me.”

Another beneficiary of Networking/Hardware Maintenance training, Master Oluwatobi Ikuforiji, said: “This programme has changed my life for good. It has given me a purpose and direction in life.

“This lawmaker has changed my life from nothing to something. It has given me greatest opportunity in life.”

Also, Mrs Mary Lawani, a beneficiary of Microsoft Application and Graphic training said she would use the training to open a business centre to earn a living.

Awards and 40 laptop computers were given to outstanding students.

2019: Okpe leaders back Okowa, Igbuya Patrick Okohue

Leaders of the Okpe nation have described Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Monday Ovwigho Igbuya as one of the best things to have ever happened to Sapele.

They also commended the presiding officer of the Delta Assembly for his efforts at building the people and the area.

In a statement signed by the chairman of Amukpe Community, Hon. Godday Okpako and General Secretary, Mr. Francis Idonoro, the leaders commended Igbuya for the contributions he has made towards the development of the community.

“Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya is a man of dignity, wisdom and compassion. His leadership style has brought smiles to the faces of the people in Amukpe” the leaders said.

Apart from addressing burning issues on the floor of the House, the leaders listed the drainage to River Ethiope, construction of blocks of classroom at Ovwore Primary School, Ibada-Amukpe, good road network

and empowerment of the people as areas that distance Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Igbuya from other politicians in the country.

The leaders who did a thorough appraisal of the current administration, congratulated Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya for their achievements, particularly in executing development programmes and opportunities to the grassroots level of the state.

They advised those resorting to ill-directed propaganda to look for better things to do.

“Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya is a pragmatic planner. He sees politics as service. As local government chairman, Igbuya was bent on ensuring that Sapele would turn a better place than it was. He wasted no time in evolving policies and programmes for the transformation of the area into a progressive political entity.

“The people’s governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has within a short but challenging period re-directed the faith of our great state and

given Deltans the renewed hope for unity, peace and economic prosperity,” the leaders added.

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Intensify efforts at empowering youths, FG told Patrick Okohue The lawmaker representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Olusola Sokunle, has advised the Federal Government to intensify efforts in the area of youth empowerment and social development, saying that relevant government agencies and ministries should collaborate to empower youths in relevant and productive technological skills.

Hon Sokunle, who gave this advise, at the graduation ceremony of the 3rd Batch of the “Hon. Sokunle Computer Training Empowerment Scheme” held in Oshodi, Lagos, explained that the Federal Ministry of Communication and Technology, Federal Ministry of Youth and Social Development and National Directorate of Employment (NDE) can collaborate to empower youths through the execution of virile empowerment plans which focuses on training youths on ICT. The lawmaker stated that the time to reel out his achievements is not ripe as he will never relent in empowering the constituents and facilitating more state projects to the constituency.

He, however, advised the graduands to use the skills and knowledge acquired to create wealth for themselves and the society at large by tapping from all opportunities that come their way in the economy.

In his comment, a Community Leader, Mr Ayegba Joseph, stated that in the past years none of the representatives of the constituency had ever initiated the idea of such scheme to empower large numbers of youths in the constituency, saying that beneficiaries should use the skills learnt positively to develop the society.

Joseph stated further that he has never met the lawmaker before but always hear of his contributions to the development of the constituency. “I have never met you before but I have always been hearing of what you are doing and what you have done in our constituency. Sir, continue your good work,” he said.

The Computer Scheme Instructor, Mr Olasunkami Taiwo, disclosed that the training comprises three skills ( Desktop Publishing, Business Accounting and Computer Engineering), saying that the focus of the training was not only to make the graduands good computer gurus, but also to be good Business Accountants who can manage financial activities of their companies.

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Court unfreezes Ozekhome’s account Peter Fowoyo

ÏÏÏ Barely two months after a Federal High Court in Ikoyi Lagos barred a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, from accessing his Guaranty Trust Bank account into which he received N75 million legal fee from Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, the court on Monday, ordered that the account be unfrozen.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 7, 2017 obtained an interim order stopping Ozekhome from dissipating the N75m on the grounds that it formed part of proceeds of alleged criminal activities by Fayose.

Justice Abdulaziz Anka thereafter froze Ozekhome’s account for 120 days.

The EFCC claimed that the N75m which Fayose paid to Oze-

khome was part of the N2.26bn arms procurement funds, which a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), allegedly looted.

The anti-graft agency claimed to have traced N1.22bn out of the N2.26bn, which Dasuki allegedly looted, to Fayose.

Dissatisfied, Ozekhome approached the court urging the court to vacate the interim order.

Justice Anka granted on Monday Ozekhome’s prayer and dismissed the counter-affidavit filed in opposition by the EFCC. The judge said though it was not in doubt that the N75m came from Fayose, Ozekhome could not be held liable because there was no restriction on Fayose’s account as of the time the N75m was paid to his law firm.

The Judge noted that the freezing order earlier obtained by the

EFCC in respect of Fayose’s accounts had been lifted by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti.

Justice Anka said he would not allow himself to be lured into sitting as an appellate judge over the counter-decisions of Justice Mohammed Idris who earlier froze Fayose’s accounts and Justice Taiwo who later unfroze the accounts.

His words: “There is no argument whatsoever as to the source of the funds as rightly argued by the learned counsel for the EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, but the question is: can the respondent/applicant be liable for any infraction as of the time he received the amount in his account?

“His evidence was not controverted that the same proceeds were unencumbered as of the time they were transferred into the account of Mike Ozekhome

Chambers as rightly argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome.

“The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Coram Taiwo J, ordered that the unfreezing of the said account belonging to Governor Ayodele Fayose. “...considering the order above quoted and the depositions, I do not understand or comprehend why the applicant/respondent’s counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, would still argue and stand his ground that the same account has not be unfrozen by the Federal High Court sitting in Ekiti State.

“In both the order and the depositions, the account, numbered 1000312625, was evidently and manifestly unfrozen, such an argument, therefore, by Mr. Oyedepo Esq cannot hold water.”

In the final analysis, the judge said he found sufficient grounds to reject the EFCC’s counter-affi-

davit, including the fact that Ozekhome had already dissipated the N75m which the EFCC sought to stop him from touching.

He added: “From the circumstances and facts as outlined above, my decision is based on the following considerations: considering the fact that the source of the fund of the respondent/ applicant is derivable from an unencumbered account; considering also the fact that such account has also been unfrozen via the order of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti; considering also that the amount has been dissipated; put into consideration also was the fact that the funds are monies paid for the services rendered by the respondent/applicant in prosecuting various actions before various courts. I find it very doubtful if the objection of the EFCC can be lawfully sustained.”

FG alerts Nigerians on ISIS new recruitment strategy Tom Okpe Abuja

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The Federal Government has urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which has now resorted to targeting vulnerable individuals including foreign students, using financial inducements to recruit them into the terrorist organisation.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, cited the recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) in Sudan as an example of the new strategy being used by the organisation to recruit more

members.

The Minister, quoting a report received by the Nigerian Intelligence Community, said 22 of the 27 students who travelled to Syria to join ISIS are Britons.

“The students were recruited by one Mohammed Fakhri Alkhabbas, a former UMST student from Middlesborough, United Kingdom. Many of the students are children of reputable doctors in the UK. Their Social Media accounts also revealed them as praising Jihadists and championing ISIS’ cause”, he said.

Mohammed appealed to Nigerians especially those who have children and wards in foreign academic institutions to pay more attention to their activities while urging schools across the country to enlighten their students on the new ISIS recruitment strategy.

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(NEC).

Oyegun had told newsmen at the interactive meeting with governors that the said national convention “is not an elective convention”.

Earlier, a statement issued by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, to announce the convention, said the decision was an outcome of the National Working Committee (NWC).

“The vacancies to be filled occurred principally from political appointments, deaths and res-

ignations. The Congress to fill the vacancies would be followed closely by another Congress to nominate delegates into the midterm non-elective Convention of the party.

“The Congresses will be followed by the National Caucus meeting, and finalised with the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, which will consider and set the dates for the National Convention which is expected to hold not later than April, 2017”.

According to Article 25 (A) (i) of the APC constitution, the National Convention of the party

shall be held once in Two (2) years at a date, venue and time to be recommended by the National Working Committee and approved by the National Executive Committee subject to the giving of the statutory notices to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and at least fourteen (14) days’ notice given to members eligible to attend.

Also, the constitution provides that the National Executive Committee may summon an emergency National Convention at any time provided at least seven (7) days’ notice of the meeting

shall be given to all members eligible to attend.

Some senior APC members who interacted with selected newsmen on Monday disclosed that state governors and presidency had resolved not to fund the party until the tenure expiration of the current NWC members.

One of the sources told our correspondent that “the Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, recently spoke the mind of the APC governors when he said they cannot use the state monies to fund the party, though some members are call-

ing for the sack of the current NWC members”.

Recall that the governor when asked why APC is not properly funded said: “Yes. It is still part of the change mantra. People were used to getting cheap money, some people struggled to be part of the APC officials in order to make money but Buhari here, is not like that; so if the party has programme on the ground; the government has no problem to see how the party can be funded but let me tell you the issue of taking government money to fund the party does not arise now”.

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Editorial Why FG must revive agriculture

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ny student of history would readily admit that time was when agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. In fact, before the discovery of crude oil in 1958 at Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, Nigeria earned more than 70 percent of her revenue from agricultural produce. It was common knowledge that the country produced vast quantities of groundnut, palm oil and cocoa to be able to undertake massive infrastructure development all over the country. Even among African countries, Nigeria was an agricultural giant that produced enough food to feed its teeming population and for export.

All that is now distant memories, as crude oil has replaced agriculture as Nigeria’s foremost revenue earner and with it, the uncertainties that continue to pervade the crude oil market. Before the present oil price fall, many commentators and concerned Nigerians had been harping on the urgent need to revive agriculture not only to earn foreign exchange but also to feed the growing population. Unfortunately, those calls have gone unheeded. There is no denying that Nigeria is currently undergoing hard times due to diminishing international demand for oil, thereby making it difficult for the government to meet its financial obligations. It is worth rehashing that the discovery of crude oil, a commodity, which for the past 50 years has become the index of wealth and power, has brought more pains than gains to Nigerians.

In fact, if anything crude oil has become more of a curse than a cure.

However, the present harsh times could be mitigated if the authorities look inwards and restore agriculture

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to its former glory. It is even sadder to know that Nigeria now imports some of those commodities that once made it famous. Only recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, revealed that Nigeria loses much yearly to importation of palm oil. This also goes for rice, cocoa, rubber, cotton and other farm produce.

It is shameful that Nigeria is importing palm oil, rice and many other agricultural produce, especially when it is on record that Malaysia, a country that imported its first palm seedlings from Nigeria, has grown to become the largest exporter of the product in the world. Aside palm oil, the country also imports cashew nuts, rice, kola nuts and maize all of which were previously exported by Nigeria.

Indeed, there is every reason for Nigeria to revive agriculture as the mainstay of the economy. Firstly, the country boasts of vast arable land that can support every kind of agricultural produce.

Moreover, mechanised agriculture has the capacity to employ thousands of Nigerians through the value chain in contrast to oil that places emphasis on advanced technologies to the detriment of human labour.

We make bold to posit that agriculture would revive the country’s moribund manufacturing industries that employed millions of workers in such sub sectors as textiles, food processing, fish farming and wood lumbering. In addition, the revival of agriculture would help end ruralurban migration that is responsible for high levels of crimes and antisocial activities in our cities. Even though the Nigerian economy is a growing one, it can become better if the potentials in the agricultural sector are harnessed.

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STATEMENTS BY THOSE WHO MATTER

Nelson Mandela

Obafemi Awolowo

Nnamdi Azikiwe

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

“Behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of prosperity. So, tear the mask!

“There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route”.

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NASS urged to remove mining from exclusive list Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

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gos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Muda Yussuf, has called on the National Assembly to review the legislation that will remove mining from the exclusive list.

He made the call on Monday

in llorin, the Kwara capital while speaking with newsmen.

Yussfu said the measure will allow each state of the federation have better control of the sector.

The Lagos chamber chief executive observed with dismay that under the present arrangement, the royalty from mining from various states goes to the federal govern-

ment.

He was of the view that if the mining sector is on the concurrent list, states would have better role to play and even generate more revenue.

He commended the efforts of the Minister of Mineral Resources in ensuring that that there is collaboration between the Federal and state

governments in the sector.

According to him, the legislative and regulatory issues in mining has been a major bottleneck which needed to be urgently addressed.

Yusuf noted that artisans and informal miners are operating, stating that the Federal government is also putting in a place a policy that will bring all the miners under one

umbrella.

He described the mining sector as key to improving the nation’s economy.

The director general urged all sates of the federation to create a conducive environment for in business to thrive and assured that very soon the nation would be out of the present economic recession.

Adamawa HOS cautions commissioners against interfering in ministries accounts Tom Garba, Yola

ÎÎÎPoliticians, particularly com-

missioners in the Adamawa state government, have been warned against interfering with proper accountability in their ministries.

The state Head of Service (HOS) Mr. Musa Kaibo, made the call at the weekend in Yola while speaking with journalists at a one day sensitisation workshop for accounting officers on Adamawa State Audit Law 2016, organised by office of the state Auditor-General.

Kaibo, who expressed concern over the absence of commissioners at the workshop, said similar

workshop would be organised for them because of their sensitive position as political heads of the ministries.

“The commissioners are supposed to be here but unfortunately I did not see them, so we are going to arrange a similar workshop for them; they need to be sensitised as political heads,” Kaibo said.

Kaibo said that politicians should allow civil servants who are accounting officers to do the right thing such as observing the state audit law, civil service rules and other necessary guidelines.

“If you (politicians) don’t allow the civil servants to do the right thing, when you leave office you will be called back to account for your deeds,” Kaibo said.

L-R: Vice Chairman, Spirits and Wines Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Olivier Fages; Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) and Zonal Co-coordinator, Zone ‘A’ Lagos, Nigeria Customs Service, Abueh Monday and Chairman, SWAN, Mr. Sesan Sobowale, during a courtesy visit to the ACG’s office… recently.

Obiano again assures on security Don drums support for Buhari Alphonsus Nweze

ÎÎÎGovernor

Willie Obiano of Anambra state has assured that he would continue to provide security to the people of the state in so far as he remained the governor of the state.

The governor spoke on Monday in Awka, the state capital when he declared open the first media summit of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra state chapter, held at the Women Development Centte.

The governor said he would continue to protect the lives and the property of the people to ensure that the state remained the first-choice investment destination for economic and commercial development.

Obiano said he was sure that the submit held in the state and a lot of the participants agreed to come because of the security in the state.

Enumerating his achievements in the last three years, Obiano said he has not yet finished with the massive de-

velopment of the state, saying that in the next few weeks the State capital to Amansea would be lit with street light.

He said Awka will soon get 24-hour Filling Station and Chicken Republic that will operate for 24 hours.

He said his administration has attracted N5.7billion dollars investment in the last three years, noting that he wants to develop strong institutions in the state, not strong personalities In his remarks, the national president of NUJ, Mr. Waheed Odusile, lauded the governor for his avowed commitment to develop his state, an indication that he loves the people of the state.

He charged Anambrarians to reciprocate the Governor’s gesture by the prompt payment of their taxes.

The NUJ president restated that the welfare of journalists was paramount because it would bring smiles to their faces, urging the Governor to implement the journalists’ salary structure in public sector in the state-owned media insti-

tutions, including the weighing allowance.

The state chairman of NUJ, Mr. Emma Ifesinachi, said the summit could not have come at a better time than now, when Governorship election was almost around the corner.

He said the issue discussed would not be limited to journalism but issues that affecting the State and the country in general.

In his key note address, the former secretary to state government, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, urged journalists to be fierce defenders of the truth by remaining fast to the ethics of the profession.

Decrying the negative impact of social media due to upregulation, which allowed them excessive freedom Also speaking, the chairman of Daily Times, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, said newspapers must create sustainable structure instead of depending on corporate advertisement.

He said media organizations have to evolve or die even as consumption of content today has also evolved.”

Idris Ahmed, Lokoja

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The Head of Department, Political Science at the Kogi State University Anyi, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman, has stressed the need for Nigerians to give maximum support to President Muhammad Buhari in his determined efforts to take the country to another level of development.

In a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja yesterday, Dr. Ogbo posited that the current fight against corruption was aimed at restoring sanity in the system, which would immensely benefit the nation in the end.

He pointed out that the concerted efforts of the present administration in reviving the economy must be appreciated, even as he stressed that all hands must be on deck to pull the country out of the woods.

He further commended Mr. President for appointing Prof. Stephen Ocheni as a ministerial nominee from Kogi state, describing the development as a right step in a right direction.

According to Dr. Ogbo, Prof.

Ocheni is an academic of no mean repute who has contributed immensely to the development of

education in the country, maintaining that he strongly believe that he would deliver upon his confirmation by the National Assembly.

The university don further expressed confidence that the ministerial nominee would bring his wealth of experience to bear in the discharge of the assignment to be given to him, describing him as a pride to the Igala race in particular and the people of the state in general.

The ministerial nominee, a Professor of Public Sector Accounting and currently a re-elected Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences at the Kogi State University, hails from Uwowo in Igalamela/Odolu local government area of the state.

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EFCC arraigns ex-perm. sec. over failure to declare full assets Peter Fowoyo

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A former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour, Dr. Illoh Onubuogo Clement, was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on three counts charge bordering on failure to declare his full asset.

The EFCC in a charge number FHC/L/1054c/17, alleged that the 59-year-old permanent secretary, had on April 16, 2016, failed to disclose the sum of N97, 300, 613.44 million, in his account number 3033750243 domiciled with First Bank of Nigeria Limited.

He was also alleged to have warehoused the sum of $139, 575. 50 USD, and £10, 121.52, British Pound Sterling (BPS), in his accounts number 3033750243 and 2017262246 also domiciled with First Bank of Nigeria Limited.

The offences, according to the EFCC prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, are contrary to and punishable under sections 23 (3)(c) of the Financial Crimes Commission (Establish) Act 2004.

However, the former permanent secretary, denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all the three counts.

His lawyer, Tom Awhana, pleaded with the court to ad-

mit his client to bail on liberal terms.

He informed the court that one of the grounds for his client’s bail application was that he is suffering from hypertension and diabetics.

He also pleaded with the court to remand him in EFCC’s custody pending when he will meet all the bail conditions.

The EFCC prosecutor, Mr. Oyedepo, did not oppose the bail application but pleaded with the court to allow the trial to commence immediately, after the defendant’s plea have been taken.

But the presiding judge, Justice Babs Kuewumi, in his bench ruling, admitted the ex-

permanent secretary to bail in the sum of N50 million with one surety.

The surety, according to the judge, is to be a landed property owner within the court’s jurisdiction, with evidence of three years tax payment.

Justice Kuewumi also ordered that the surety must submit his recent passport photograph while the defendant is to submit his international passport with the court’s Deputy Chief Registrar (DCR).

The judge however ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC custody pending the perfection of the bail conditions and adjourned the trial till May 8.

Gov Ahmed tasks banks on responsibilities Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

ÎÎÎKwara state governor, Dr. Ab-

dulfatah Ahmed, has tasked financial institutions in the country to strengthen their corporate social responsibilities with a view to contributing to the growth of the nation.

Governor Ahmed who made the call-in Ilorin when he received the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Yemi Adeola, at the Government House, Ilorin identified corporate social responsibility initiative as key in supporting the government and the society in general.

Governor Ahmed explained that environmental issues are critical for development and attributed poor public health system to low productivity in Nigeria.

The governor appreciated the bank for buying into the state’s Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), saying such support would give impetus to the government to do more for the people of the state.

Governor Ahmed also sought the support of developmental partners in providing critical infrastructure across the state.

Speaking earlier, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Mr. Yemi Adeola told the governor that the Bank was donating one thousand sweepers uniforms to the state government as part of its support to the government’s clean and green programme.

Mr. Adeola who identified Ilorin as one of the neatest states in Nigeria said a healthy environment breeds healthy economy.

L-R: Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Mamman Durkwa and Borno State Commissioner of Lands, Alhaji Sugun Mele, during the commissioning of Command Guest Inn in Maiduguri… on Monday.

My father warned me not to get involved in cyber-crime –”Yahoo” boy Oguntade Ismaila

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Chukwuemeka Egbemude, one of the four suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for tricking expensive phone sellers to desolate locations and robbing them afterwards, has disclosed that his father warned him not to use his house as a base for internet crime.

Egbemude, 22, a 200 level drop out of North American University, Cotonu, Benin Republic was arrested on last week Wednesday in company of three other accomplices, who were fingered in the shooting of a police officer, who attempted to

arrest them in one of their botched robbery operations.

The gang leader, Wilfred Ehis, a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Benin, Benin City, had in his confessional statement to police stated that his task as the leader of the group was to source for expensive phone sellers on online platforms, pose as a lawyer, order for expensive phones and accessories before waylaying the delivery man and rob him of the consignment at a designated location.

Egbemude, confessed to the police that all he did since dropping out of school was to pick fraud items for online fraudsters as well as put Ehis through on how to carry

out online fraud.

He added that he had been lodging from one hotel to the other along with Ehis around LASU – Igando area because his father barred him and his elder brother from using his residence as centre for online fraud.

According to him “I dropped out of school not because I wasn’t brilliant but for my inability to pay my school fees. And, since I returned to Nigeria, I started online fraud and picking fraud items for online fraudsters in and out of Nigeria.

“The first picking job was for myself in 2016. Later, I did another job for a “yahoo boy” which fetched me $400. I have been into online fraud before I entered school in 2011.”

ICPC inaugurates Yabatech anticorruption Transparency Unit Esther Taiwo

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The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has inaugurated the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit of the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) with the Rector, Dr. Margaret Kudirat Ladipo, promising that management would continue to keep the records open for all to see at all times.

“Yabatech runs an open system and we have been able to transform the college into a contemporary institution because of the vivid transparency in all facets of our operations.

“I must confess that there had been distractions here and there especially from self-acclaimed whistle blowers and their cohorts but the truth is that adversarial criticisms have made us stronger. We are more determined than ever to add value to the institution in line with the dreams of the forefathers,” she said.

Ladipo expressed happiness that the inauguration eventually came, especially now that the College is preparing for its 70th anniversary. “The initial plan was to have the inauguration last December but it has always been one thing or another. Honestly, it has been rough such that if God had not been on our side, naysayers would have capsized the ship of the College.”

She charged the committee headed by the Dean, School of Liberal Studies, Mr. Fred Fatuase, to be thorough and fast with assignments committed to them so that the committee would be able to deliver on public expectations.

Inaugurating the committee, the ICPC Lagos Zonal Commissioner, Mr. S. P. Binga said the world expected nothing less than international best practices and standards from Yabatech. “I must add that you should not rest on your oars in ensuring that you do your level best in meeting the yearnings and demands of the evercritical patrons of the services you provide.”

Represented by Mr. Japhet Udeani, the commissioner commended the Rector and the entire management for reconstituting the unit in compliance with government policy establishing the unit in all ministries, departments and agencies.

The unit, he said, was meant to complement the efforts of the ICPC in the fight against corruption, especially in the public service, and the country at large.

Noting that Yabatech ACTU was one of the pioneer units following the establishment of ACTU in 2001, the unit, he said would continue to manage the preventive functions of the commission as specified in section (a) – (f) of the corrupt practices and other related offences act 2000, except in cases of prosecuting offenders.

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QoS: Danbatta condemns attacks on infrastructure

African smartphone market sales slow, feature phones robust

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta has condemned the unwarranted cutting of fiber cables and unending community attack on telecommunications infrastructure, which he attributed as some of the factors responsible for poor quality of services in the country.

Danbatta, who was a guest on the popular Channels TV programmes ‘Sunrise Daily’ which was monitored in Lagos, said, though the previously drop call rates being experienced by telecom consumers is not acceptable, findings by the Commission shows that fiber cut and community issues are largely responsible for the poor quality of networks.

“Based on the measurement of quality of service we have conducted, the call drop rate is not acceptable; the call success rate is equally not encouraging. But our findings also show that there are technical and non-technical factors responsible for the poor quality of networks. These factors include fiber cut, community issues and unsteady electricity supply,” Danbatta added.

The global technology research and consulting services firm, International Data Corporation (IDC) has declared that Africa’s smartphone revolution is showing signs of a slowdown as the continent’s smartphone market totaled 95.37 million units in 2016.

According to the latest figures compiled

by IDC, this is up 3.4 percent year on year, it represents a considerable deceleration from the double-digit growth rates seen in the previous two years, with demand being hampered by the currency fluctuations that are affecting the continent.

Overall, 215.33 million mobile handsets were shipped in Africa during 2016, up 10.1percent on the previous year.

However, it was feature phones that were largely responsible for this growth, with shipments increasing 16.1 percent year on year in 2016 to total 119.97 million units.

This growth saw feature phones increase their unit share of Africa’s overall handset market from 53 percent in 2015 to 56 percent in 2016.

“Africa has always been a tough market for mobile phone companies to crack, and in 2016 that challenge got even harder,” Simon Baker, programme director for mobile devices at IDC CEMA said.

“Many African economies struggled throughout 2016, and this had an inevitable knock-on effect on the smartphone market, which had previously experienced a very strong 2015. It was a particularly tough year in Nigeria, with the devaluation of the naira

Prof. Umar Danbatta, EVC of NCC

The electricity supply, according to him is closely tied to the quality of service as all the network operators depend on electricity supply on a daily basis, adding that though they do depend also on generating power on their own, they still have challenges of diesel most of the times.

He said Commission has advised the network operators to look for alternative means which include resorting to solar energy to powering their base stations.

He noted that some of such alternative means also requires additional investment, but that will eventually be a solution to lack of electricity supply.

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Entertainment stakeholders urged to deploy technology to enhance content Mr Moses Babatope, group executive director, Film House Cinema has called on stakeholders in the entertainment industry to deploy modern technology to enhance their contents.

Babatope, who is the director of popular films such as Wedding Party, Taxi Driver and a Trip to Jamaica informed newsmen that the industry was capable of promoting culture and close the gap between local and international film contents.

He underscored the fact that already the gap between Nigeria and foreign films has started closing up.

“Thanks to technological advancement and social media which make the industry to be able to spread message of all the things it means to be a Nigerian.

“Nigeria films are now showing more than foreign films, and I think it is worthy of emulation and celebration that this is happening in our time.

Mr Moses Babatope, group executive director, Film House Cinema

“With institutional support from government or financial institutions, I think it is such a wonderful time for film business in Nigeria,’’ Babatope said.

The platform, he said had

increased beyond cinemas to online viewing of films, which had also improved revenue for the country and organisations, adding that TV stations had also increased due to digital switchover embarked upon by

the Federal Government, which will enable more TV stations to acquire more licenses.

Due to the digital switchover, he added that many TV stations would be more careful about having the right contents for their consumers, which would provide more opportunities for content creators.

He advised content creators to perform proper assessment on feedback to enable them know how much they could earn on a film whether on cinema, TV or online and at special places like the university environment, among others.

He tasked the government to focus more on the entertainment industry; stressing that the sector was waiting to breakout in response to the diversification initiative of the government.

“If government gives more attention to the industry, it will grow phenomenally to become a major employer of labour,’’ he enthused.

Rebecca Stromeyer, CEO of ICW

Mauritius to host eLearning Africa 2017

The organisers of eLearning Africa have declared that the Government of Mauritius has approved the hosting of this year’s conference in September under the patronage of the Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation, Hon. Mr Yogida Sawmynaden and the Minister of Education, Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research, Hon. Mrs Leela Devi DookunLuchoomun. eLearning Africa, which will take place in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, from the 27th to the 29th of September is being co-organised by ICWE GmbH, the German company which originally created the event, while the Mauritian Government, has played a major role in promoting technology assisted learning in Africa.

Rebecca Stromeyer, CEO of ICWE, said: “This year will mark the twelfth anniversary of eLearning Africa. The conference has been remarkably successful. It doesn’t just bring people from all over Africa together to discuss, share experience and learn. It also brings experts, entrepreneurs and investors in education from all over the world to Africa. In doing so, it has helped to create a host of new partnerships, to bring about some major investment deals and to inform political decision-making in all sorts of ways.

“I am delighted that this year the event will take place in Mauritius. The Government of Mauritius is committed to using technology to open up a range of new opportunities in education.

It is investing heavily in technology-assisted learning and training. Mauritius is a wealthy and stable country with highly developed tourism and financial sectors.

The Government is keen to encourage innovation and promote tech start-ups. So, it’s an exciting time to be coming to this beautiful African island and I’m sure that everyone who attends eLearning Africa 2017 will really profit from the experience.”

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NITDA to provide data centre for NASRDA National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has pledged to look into provision of a Data Centre for National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).

Dr. Pantami made this known while receiving Professor Seidu Mohammed, the director general of NASRDA and his Management team at the Agency’s Corporate Headquarters, Abuja.

The DG NITDA commended the team for showing the importance for Government

Agencies to work together for overall interest of the nation.

Pantami pledged the Agency’s support for collaboration, adding that “Working together is necessary, nobody has monopoly of knowledge. Alone we can do little, together we can do much”.

Speaking earlier, Prof.

Mohammed identified NASRDA as major stakeholders in IT industry and solicited collaboration in area of capacity building.

Prof. Mohammed revealed that NASRDA is a leading

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space Agency in Africa, stating that the government organization will soon launch the first Satellite in African at a Miami Base Station in United States of America (USA).

Professor Seidu Mohammed, director National Space Research general of NASRDA and Development Agency activities in order to make a (NASRDA) was established greater impact on developmental by the Federal Government efforts in Nigeria. of Nigeria in April 1999 with NASRDA is also mandated six operational centres. to pursue the development and The Agency is charged application of space science with the mandate to application and technology for consolidate all Space Science the socio-economic benefits of the and Technology related nation.

causing a drop in confidence in the distribution channel. And while North African markets saw an increase in overall handset shipments in 2016, the pace of growth slowed year on year due to exchangerate fluctuations in Egypt and security issues in Algeria,” Baker said.

Samsung continued to lead the African smartphone market in 2016, largely through a reworked product portfolio that now includes more mid- to low-range models.

However, at 28 million units, its 2016 smartphone shipments in Africa showed little growth from the figures recorded in 2015.

How Senate bought Zinox boss’ e-voting idea

By Gideon Ayogu

In what is apparently a justification of the call made months ago by serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, the Senate has amended the Electoral Act of 2010 to legalise the use of smart card readers for the authentication of accredited voters as was done in the 2015 general election.

The amendment to the Act will also pave the way for electronic voting in future elections.

The Senate also empowered the presiding officer at polling units to, in addition to the smart card reader, use any other technological device that may be prescribed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from time to time for the accreditation of voters to verify, confirm or authenticate the genuineness or otherwise of voters’ card.

The passage of the Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act 2010 and for other related matters followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on INEC on Thursday. The bill, which passed its third reading, also stipulates that votes and recorded results must be transmitted electronically directly from polling units in an encrypted and secured form.

The amendment provides that if for some reason the encrypted data is compromised, the presiding officer would have to rely on the manual collation, which could however be prone to manipulation.

Where the encrypted data is safe, it completely supersedes the manual results.

The amendment is also offering a solution to the ambiguity that may occur in the event a candidate

dies after the commencement of elections and before the declaration of a winner by INEC, as was the case during the Kogi gubernatorial election.

As far back as May 2016, Ekeh had declared that the time is ripe for Nigeria to deepen its democratic culture through the full deployment of electronic voting during elections.

He had made the call while appearing as the keynote speaker at a retreat organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral and Political Parties Matter held on Friday, May 27th 2016 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja where he disclosed that with the rapid pace of technological advancements, Nigeria stands to reap a lot of benefits from the deployment of e-voting, stressing that the initiative will go a long way in reducing litigations and strengthening the faith of Nigerians in the electoral process.

In a paper titled - New thoughts, ideas and innovations on use of ICT in elections - Ekeh affirmed that the gains recorded with the use of the card readers in the 2015 general elections goes a long way to show that with the adoption of e-voting, the country will take a huge leap towards sound democratic governance.

“The country is ripe for transition to electronic voting.

In your life, there must be a little bit of disruption for you to move forward. With the use of the card readers in the last general elections, we saw a significant reduction in electoral fraud.

However, a few challenges still existed as no technology can be said to be 100% perfect.

“A country cannot move forward where the elected

Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh

leaders who take decisions are not the choice of the people.

It’s like running a company and you are a shareholder in that company. If your son is not qualified to lead, you will be destroying that company by manipulating the system to favour that son. So, this was the essence of our submission to INEC on the adoption of electronic voting – that things should be done professionally with your support and that of the entire nation.

“Today, there are about 774 local governments in the country and each one with about 10, 800 polling units, some of which are in the riverine areas. Even if INEC purchases 1000 vehicles, it will still find it difficult logistics-wise to cover all the areas and this leaves the process open to manipulation by emergency contractors as INEC lacks the requisite manpower.

“If finally adopted and implemented, electronic voting

will ensure that you now have reasonable infrastructure to handle this. While you have the mobile units and active screens at the polling units, the database of registrants or eligible voters is sitting at the national database of INEC. “Once a voter’s number is entered at the polling unit, it pulls up the details of the voter from the list of registered voters.

Verification will no longer be a problem and during voting, once a voter clicks on the icon of a chosen party, the same information hits the INEC back-end. This will go a long way in reducing litigations as INEC can provide verifiable evidence in court. “With this technology in place, voters will no longer have to travel back to their wards to cast their votes.

Furthermore, INEC can also monitor the entire process easily as each electronic voting device is equipped with a tracker and can be configured to shut down immediately voting ends.”

Tracing the country’s march and transition towards electronic voting, digital ICT entrepreneur Ekeh had also examined the benefits and challenges of the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines used during the 2007 elections and the painstaking process which eventually culminated in the use of the card readers for the 2015 general elections.

“When Prof. Jega came on board, a decision was made to do a proper data capturing of eligible voters. We started the process and I must thank the National Assembly as they supported us despite being a local company.

“We designed the technology and ended up working for everybody in deploying the

Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines nationwide including the 600 servers. These helped promote the concept of one man, one voter card, streamlined the electoral process and also reduced multiple registration, ineligible and under-age registrants – we did a lot of these from the back-end.

As a result, we were able to deliver a strong database which reduced arguments and other related issues.

“From there, we moved to the use of card readers. Back then, there were calls for proposals for electronic voting which the National Assembly to a large extent didn’t consider as the country was seen as not ripe to embrace the technology then. Most of the issues encountered with the card readers had to do with the National Assembly and the budget for INEC as well as the late release of funds after election dates had been set, among other disruptions. So, INEC had no time to conduct a mock election using the card readers. I had recommended a regional mock then as this would have helped smoothen the process.”

At the retreat, Ekeh had equally seized the opportunity to urge the National Assembly in the march to transit to e-voting, noting that it would go a long way to foster a more progressive Nigeria.

“I would like to plead with the National Assembly to support INEC in its effort to adopt electronic voting. Until we embrace this disruption, the nation will not move forward in this regard because the government is the decider of the future of the people.

If you appoint a CEO who cannot read a balance sheet, it’s impossible for that company to grow. This is the crisis the country is currently facing in the knowledge business,” he concluded.

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Heart Rending Departure With burdened hearts, but total submission to the will of the Almighty God, we announce the painful departure of our beloved friend, brother, colleague and associate, Dr. Adinoyi-Ojo, Onukaba, which sad event occurred on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

Onukaba, was at various times, Managing Director of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc and Senior Special Assistant on Media to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, GCON. He was one of Nigeria’s finest journalists ever; a prolific playwright; a consummate biographer; a political enthusiast and an untiring advocate of a better Nigeria.

He has since been interred in his birthplace, Oboroke, Ahima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, according to Islamic rites.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. CHIBUAGBO AZUKA LOLO NNOLIM ...............CHAIRMAN 2. MONICA ONYEKANMA DIKA 3.EKHATOR MONDAY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE EVERY EQUAL RIGHT AND ENLIGHTENMENT INTO NIGERIA GIRL CHILD.

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FRUIT TRADERS ASSOCIATION CROSS RIVER The general public is hereby inform that the above named Association has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Victoria Edem Adam 2. Cecilia Umoh Onyong 3. Comfort Alhunsue 4. Felicia Edim Udo-Obong 6. Ini Okokon Duo 7. Josephine Stephen Ekim AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To foster unity and love among the members.

SIGN .

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Signed: Chairman

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GLIMPSE OF GLORY MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

ZION CITY INTERNATIONAL WORD CENTRE

GOD’S OWN PRAYER FORCE AND SOLUTION MINISTRY.

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Notice is hereby given to the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration of its Trustees under part C of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1, 1990.

The Trustees are : 1) DENIS UYE TOM 2) ASUQUO ETIM VICTOR 3) ADELEKE OLUSOJI SUNNY 4) OKECHUKWU WEBIDI 5) KOMBOYE BRIGGS

The Trustees Are: 1.Toyin Oyekorode 2.Olufemi Wisdom Babatunde 3.Omosebi Oluwasegun 4.Dele Kehinde 5.Omolade Oyekorode AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To proclaim the gospel of Lord Jesus Christ.

2.To promote Christianity and the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ 3.To teach and train Christians to possess the good Christians virtuous and shine as the Light of the World and salt of the earth.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission. Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication Signed TOYIN OYEKORODE (PRESIDENT)

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THE IFEOMA OKWUOSA FOUNDATION The public is hereby informed that the above named foundation has applied for Registration under the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990, Part C. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE; 1.MR. OKWUOSA PIUS CHUKWUMA 2.OKWUOSA CHISOM SCHOLARSTICA 3.MRS. NWANYANWU ANULIKA CHRISTIANA 4.MRS. RAY-IFIE ANNETTE MARHOGHOKE 5.MRS. AKILE JACINTHA NKOLIKA 6.MRS. EKEANYANWU ESTHER CHINWEUBA 7.MRS OLOLO FRANCISCA IJEOMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To empower orphans and less privileged.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Ainaoba Kenneth Derek - chairman 2. Esther Adaeze Kenneth AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations 2. To win lost souls back to God 3. To prepare Christians for rapture.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) EVANG. PEACE AROMAEGBE - GENERAL OVERSEER / CHAIRMAN (2) PASTOR DAVID AROMAEGBE (3) PASTOR PATIENCE ODIGBE - SECRETARY (4) ELDER MATHEW AKENUWA (5) PASTOR MONDAY JONATHAN ODION. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: (1) TO CREATE AWARENESS ON THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: THE TRUSTEES.

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This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990.

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APOSTLE VICTOR CHUKWUIKEM LIVINUS EZE 2.

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ELDER EZEAKU ALPHONSUS THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To propagate the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2. To bring people closer to God Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

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CHRIST HEALING EVANGELICAL CHURCH applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for appointment and removal of trustees under part ‘C’ of the company Allied Matters Act of 1990.

REMOVED TRUSTEES: 1.APOSTLE MICHEAL ADENIYI BAMIDELE -DECEASED 2.PROPHET ABRAHAM OLORUNFEMI ODETOLA-DECEASED RETAINED TRUSTEES: 1.REV. GABRIEL SUNDAY ADELAIYE -LEGAL PRACTISE NEW TRUSTEES: 1.PASTOR SAMUEL BABATUNDE OGUNFOWOKAN 2.MR. OLALKEKAN ABIMBOLA ABIODUN 3.MR. OLUMIDE OLUWATOSIN NOIBI Any objections should be forward to the Registrar General corporate Affairs Commission Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off aguiyi ironsi street, maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

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ETERNAL SALVATION OF THE SOUL MINISTRY WORLDWIDE This is to inform the general public that the above name Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990 The Trustees Are 1. Pastor Michael chukwuka Philip 2. Pastor/Mrs Michael bukola blessing 3. Deacon okologo chukwuka Clinton 4. Pastor/Mrs okafor chioma Eunice 5. Prince dunamis chukwuka Michael Aims And Objectives 1. To propagate the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ Any objections should be forward to the Registrar General corporate Affairs Commission Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off aguiyi ironsi street, maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

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CHANGE OF NAME I, and my son are formerly known as MESHE ESTHER OLUWASEYI, my son as MESHE OLUWAKAYODE EMMANUEL, now wish to be known as OLUWOLE ESTHER OLUWASEYI, and my son OLUWOLE OLUWAKAYODE EMMANUEL. All documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as KUDIRAT BOLANLE OLUWO, now wish to be known and addressed as IDOWU KUDIRAT BOLANLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as GRACE EKAETE EFFIONG, now wish to be known and addressed as NTA GRACE EKAETE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OLALEKAN KELVIN ADEBAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as OLALEKAN STEVEN ADEBAYO. All former documents remain valid.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ANNETTE GEORGE ANEKE

This is to confirm that I, IKWO-GIFT FRANCIS ARIKPO, IKWO FRANCIS ARIKPO as well as GIFT FRANCIS ARIKPO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME/ CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH Formerly known and addressed as ATAKORO GANIYU FATAI, now wish to be known and addressed as GANIYU FATAI ADESHINA. My correct date of birth is 29th Nov 1974 not 26th Jan 1980. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

My name was wrongly written as Salihu Asabe, instead of Salihu Asabe Ngozi. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to confirm that I, DIKE ADA KATE PATH is one and same person as DIKE ADAH KATE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ANNETTE OKACHE GEORGE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANNETTE GEORGE ANEKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

IKOTAH UGOCHI GLORIA

UMAR BABAGANA

UMEOCHA FAVOUR CHIMMERI

32. Formerly known and addressed as EDOZIEM UGOCHI GLORIA, now wish to be known and addressed as IKOTAH UGOCHI GLORIA. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as UMORU BABAGANA, now wish to be known and addressed as UMAR BABAGANA. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as UMEH FAVOUR CHIMMELI, now wish to be known and addressed as UMEOCHA FAVOUR CHIMMERI. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as INYANG NSE EDET, now wish to be known and addressed as JOHNSON NSEBONG EDET. All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF NAME My name was wrongly written on my bank documents as GLORIA EBENE and JACKSON GLORIA EBENE instead of JACKSON GLORY EBENE. That my correct name is JACKSON GLORY EBENE All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

HABILA TORDUE OTHANIEL.

Formerly known and addressed as JACOB FIDELIS, now wish to be known and addressed as HABILA TORDUE OTHANIEL. All former documents remain valid.

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SULIEMAN HAMIDAT OYIZA. Formerly known and addressed as SULEIMAN SULIEMAN AMIDAT OYIZA, now wish to be known and addressed as SULIEMAN HAMIDAT OYIZA. All former documents remain valid.

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AKOMOLAFE RAFAT ABIMBOLA I, formerly known, called and addressed as OGUNLOWO RAFAT, now wish to be known, called and Addressed as AKOMOLAFE RAFAT ABIMBOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

EVBOTA FUNMI ROSELINE. I, formerly known and addressed as DANIEL FUNMI ROSELINE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as EVBOTA FUNMI ROSELINE. All former documents remain valid.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGBORO OLUBUKOLA OLARENWAJU AND OGUNTI OLUBUKOLA OLARENWAJU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS ADEROUNMU OLUBUKOLA OLARENWAJU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. ECOBANK, STERLING BANK AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ARRANGEMENT OF NAME On my Document, my name was wrongly arranged as AMAEFULA ONYEBUCHI NDUBUISI instead of NDUBUISI ONYEBUCHI AMAEFULA. That the correct arrangement of my name is NDUBUISI ONYEBUCHI AMAEFULA. General public and Authority Concerned should please take note.

MRS EZINNE GRACE OGECHI I formerly called and addressed as MRS EZINNE GRACE OGECHI now wish to be called and addressed as MRS EZINNE GRACE OGECHI. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note EMMANUEL FLORENCE EKENE I Formerly known and addressed as EMMANUEL FLORENCE IMEH , Now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL FLORENCE EKENE . All former documents remain valid and general public take note.

CORRECTION DATE OF BIRTH. I, NWELECHI SUNDAY wish to correct my date of birth which was wrongly written as February 10, 1980 instead of 10th day of February 1973. That my correct date of birth is February 10th 1973. All former documents remain valid. The general public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME: This is to confirm that I, ADEGBEMISOLA MOJISOLA LAWAL as well as ADEGBEMISOLA MOJISOLA LAWAL that I am the same person as ADEGBEMISOLA MOJISOLA BANJO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BANKOLE IBUKUN OMOTARA

CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

PALM PLANTATION FOR SALE /LEASE

SITE=72.381 HECTARES. C of O no 15845 14th March 2006. Contact +447970801089, 08055511978,08034446767.

Signed: EMMANUEL OBASOHAN.

I, formerly known and addressed as IBUKUNOLUWA OMOTARA EDUN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as BANKOLE IBUKUN OMOTARA. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AUWALU DANWAZIRI, now wish to be known, called and addressed as YAHAYA AUWALU DANWAZIRI. That on my bank Account Documents, my date of birth was wrongly written as 12th day of February, 1974 instead of 19th day of February, 1976. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should take note.

OLANLOYE ALADE RASAAK.

ONYIANTA CHINYERE STELLA.

CORRECTION OF NAME

NWARIOGBE ALEXANDER JOSEPH

I, formerly known and addressed as OLANLOYE ALADE JOSEPH, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OLANLOYE ALADE RASAAK. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ANEKE CHINYERE STELLA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ONYIANTA CHINYERE STELLA. All former documents remain valid.

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That on my Skye Bank Account Information, my name was wrongly written as FARAYOLA RASHEER BASHEER instead of FARAYOLA OLA BASHEER. That my correct name is FARAYOLA OLA BASHEER. Skye Bank Plc, general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known, called and addressed as NWARIOGBE ALEXANDER OLALEKAN, now wish to be known, called and Addressed as NWARIOGBE ALEXANDER JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid.

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HASSAN OLUWATOYIN TITILAYO

NWANERI BLESSING CHINENYE

CHIGOZIE PETER UKAEGBU

I, formerly known and addressed as ONITILO OLUWATOYIN TITILAYO, now wish to be known, called and addressed as HASSAN OLUWATOYIN TITILAYO due to change in my marital status. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as NWANERI TREASURE CHINENYE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as NWANERI BLESSING CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

DONATUS ITORO JOSEPH I, formerly known and addressed as USANGA ITORO, now wish to be known, called and addressed as DONATUS ITORO JOSEPH due to change in my marital status. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. VICTOR - ONONIWU BUKOLA ESTHER

EMMANUEL CHUKWUJEKWU OKPALA

AKANDE OLAWALE PETER

DAMILOLA FALILAT OLADELE.

I, formerly known and addressed as ORILOYE OLAWALE PETER, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AKANDE OLAWALE PETER. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as DAMILOLA FALILAT OLABANJI, now wish to be known, called and addressed as DAMILOLA FALILAT OLADELE. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

MRS. AJAYI SOLA SILIFAT

AJUMA FINA ETUBI

I, formerly known, called and addressed as MISS JIMOH SOLA SILIFAT, now wish to be known, called and Addressed as MRS. AJAYI SOLA SILIFAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known, called and addressed as AJUMA FINA AMANYI, now wish to be known, called and Addressed as AJUMA FINA ETUBI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ISAIAH LEZAASI

I, formerly known and addressed as CHIGOZIE UKAEGBU, now wish to be known, called and addressed as CHIGOZIE PETER UKAEGBU. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEFILA BUKOLA ESTHER, now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS. VICTOR - ONONIWU BUKOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as EMMANUEL CHUCKS OKPALA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as EMMANUEL CHUKWUJEKWU OKPALA. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

That on my Bank Account, my name was wrongly written as TONY ETIM AKPAN instead of ETIM EMMANUEL AKPAN which is on my BVN. That my correct name is ETIM EMMANUEL AKPAN. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ODEDIRAN IDOWU AWERO.

EZUGWU CONSTANCE NNENNA.

UGBOH FAVOUR OSARO

MRS AFOLABI ABOSEDE OLUWAKEMI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINREMI IDOWU WAYILAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODEDIRAN IDOWU AWERO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Oduenyi Constance Nnenna, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Ezugwu Constance Nnenna. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as UGBOH OSARO. Now wish to be known as UGBOH FAVOUR OSARO. All former documents remain valid. General public and authorities should take note

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IREDELE ABOSEDE OLUWAKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AFOLABI ABOSEDE OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly called and addressed as AMANIKPO LEZAASI now wish to be called and addressed as ISAIAH LEZAASI. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

ODEBUNMI OLAYINKA OLUSEUN

ADEDOYIN NOIMOT AHMED.

MRS. PAUL JESSICA NNENNA

MRS. CHUKWUWEKE PRETTY IJEOMA.

ONUEGBU HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA

I formerly known and address as Oloyede Olayinka. Oluseun now wishh to be known and address as Odebunmi Olayinka Oluseun.

All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and address as Solahudeen Adedoyin Noimot,now wish to be known and address as Adedoyin Noimot Ahmed. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as MISS. NWAFOR JESSICA NNENNA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. PAUL JESSICA NNENNA. All former documents Remain valid. The general public should take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as, MISS. EKAMADU PRETTY IJEOMA now,wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHUKWUWEKE PRETTY IJEOMA. All former documents . The general public should take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as , ONUEGBU HENRY CHUKWUEKE and ONUEGBU HENRY now wish to be known and addressed as ONUEGBU HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

NJOKU ANAYOCHUKWU WISDOM

EZEKIEL RAPHAEL GODWIN

MRS OKO -JAJA, BETHEL RITA

I Formerly known and addressed as NJOKU BATASAR , Now wish to be known and addressed as NJOKU ANAYOCHUKWU WISDOM .All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known, called and addressed as Ime Alphonsus Umoren, henceforth wish to be known, called and addressed as Ezekiel Raphael Godwin. All documents bearing the former name remain valid. The general public please note.

EVARISTUS EMEKA OKECHUKWU.

ANENE UZOCHUKWU. I formerly known and address as ANENE UZOCHUKWU AFAM,now wish to be known and address as ANENE UZOCHUKWU. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OKECHUKWU EMEKA AMARURU, now wish to be known and addressed as EVARISTUS EMEKA OKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MRS VERONICA OYIFIE OCHEM

HILARY KINGSLEY CHIKERE

I, formerly known as Miss Veronica Oyifie Orokpo Now WISH TO BE KNOWN AS: Mrs Veronica Oyifie Ocheme.

All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as KAMALU KINGSLEY CHIKERE, now wish to be known and addressed as HILARY KINGSLEY CHIKERE. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ABAKAH DAMARIS RANDALL, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AMAKOM DAMARIS RANDALL. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

AZUBUIKE DONATUS AZUNNA

MRS. UDUAKOBONG EDEM UBENG ONYEMEKARA. I, formerly known and addressed as ONYEMEKARA UBENG U., now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. UDUAKOBONG EDEM UBENG ONYEMEKARA. All former documents remain valid. Skye Bank, Diamond Bank, GTB, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and general public please take note.

MRS. CHUKWU EGONEKWU ONYEKACHI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OBONNA EGONEKWU ONYEKACHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHUKWU EGONEKWU ONYEKACHI. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as AZUBUIKE DONATUS, now wish to be known and addressed as AZUBUIKE DONATUS AZUNNA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MRS. AMAKOM DAMARIS RANDALL

CONFIRMATION OF NAME.

ADDITION OF NAME.

I Formerly known and addressed as MISS MINIMAH, STEPHEN RITA . Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKO -JAJA, BETHEL RITA .All former documents remain valid.

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I, EPHRAIM OKWUDINRO AND OKWUDINRO OBONTA , refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, EPHRAIM OKWUDINRO . All former documents remain valid.

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I, MAXWELL OAMEN IJIE, wish to add, OAMEN, to my name which was, MAXWELL OAMEN IJIE .

That I now wish to be known and addressed as,MAXWELL OAMEN IJIE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS CLARA ODINAKACHI OBINWA.

MRS OKAJA BISONG MEKOUROU

CONFIRMATION OF NAME.

.I formerly known and addressed as MISS MARY OKAJA BISONG,now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKAJA BISONG MEKOUROU.All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

This is to confirm that IMAOBONG IME JACKSON and IMAIKOP IME JACKSON refer to one and the same person,now wish to be known and addressed as IMAIKOP IME JACKSON. All former documents remain valid.

Banks and general public please take note.

.I formerly known and addressed as CLARA ODINAKACHI OKONKWO,now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CLARA ODINAKACHI OBINWA.All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

ONYENDI IFEANYICHUKWU MGBEONYERE.

NWABUEZE AUGUSTINA NCHETACHI.

That my name BOBSON NCHFREKE ARCHIBONG and date of birth 28th December, 1942 was mistakenly written in opening my GTB Bank, while the correct name EBONG JUSTINA BASSEY was used in opening my First Bank Account. That my correct name and date of birth is EBONG JUSTINA BASSEY, 28th December, 1974. All former documents remain valud. GTB and First Bank take note

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEANYICHUKWU .M. OYENDI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYENDI IFEANYICHUKWU MGBEONYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MADUMERE AUGUSTINA NCHETACHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWABUEZE AUGUSTINA NCHETACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OSITA JOSEPH NWOBODO.

CHANGE OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

Formerly known and addressed as OSITA JOSEPH ODOH now wish to be known and addressed as OSITA JOSEPH NWOBODO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BALOGUN RAHMAN BABATUNDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BALOGUN RAMON BABATUNDE. Date of Birth-24th of April, 1988.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT ASHADE OWOLABI AND ASHADE OWOLABI JOHNSON ARE ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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GOMINA HAJARAT OMOYENI

MRS. ASUNMO OLABISI SAKIRAT.

This is to confirm that Adebisi Ajiboye Damilola Kabiru is one and the same person bearing Ajiboye Damilola Kabiru I now wish to be known, called and addressed as Ajiboye Damilola Kabiru All documents and certificates bearing ALL the above names remain valid. Banks, Immigrations, Relevant Authorities and General public Please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as Mustapha Hajarat Omoyeni now wish to be known, called and addressed as Gomina Hajarat Omoyeni.All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid Banks, Immigrations, Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS SALAAM OLABISI SAKIRAT, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ASUNMO OLABISI SAKIRAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES:

MRS. YUSUF RISIKAT EMIOLA

This is to confirm that IFEANYICHUKWU ALI EJE is the same person answering IFEANYI EJEH, now wish to be known and addressed as EJE IFEANYICHUKWU ALI. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as KAREEM RISIKAT EMIOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. YUSUF RISIKAT EMIOLA. All former documents remain valid.

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BAMIDELE OMOLOLA OPEMIPO I, formerly known and addressed as MOGBOJURI OMOLOLA OPEMIPO, now wish to be known and addressed as BAMIDELE OMOLOLA OPEMIPO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

FAREEDAH NADABO MAITAMA

MRS. ABIOYE KAFILAT ADEFOWOPE I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OLASUPO KAFILAT ADEFOWOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ABIOYE KAFILAT ADEFOWOPE, due to marriage. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ENIHE MARIA. I, formerly known and addressed as OKOROR MARIA, now wish to be known and addressed as ENIHE MARIA. All former documents remain valid.

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ETHO VERONICA MARY I, formerly known and addressed as OTU VERONICA MARY, now wish to be known and addressed as ETHO VERONICA MARY. All former documents remain valid.

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AKAPO FUNMILOLA TAIWO

I, formerly known and addressed as AKAPO COSMOS TAIWO, now wish to be known and addressed as AKAPO FUNMILOLA TAIWO. All former documents remain valid.

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IRIBHOGBE VICTOR ONOTIEMORIA

AMIKO JOKE EGBEOLA,

ADEKANBI SUKURAT OLAIDE

I, formerly known and addressed as IREBHOGBE MONDAY VICTOR, now wish to be known and addressed as IRIBHOGBE VICTOR ONOTIEMORIA. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as AMIKO JOKE FOLAKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as AMIKO JOKE EGBEOLA, due to family reasons. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as SULAIMON SUKURAT OLAIDE, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEKANBI SUKURAT OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ODII CHUKWU INNOCENT.

DADA AYODIMEJI AKEEM

OGUNKUNLE ABAYOMI.

EMMANUEL OLUWADAMILARE ADEBAYO

EDITH IHUEGHIAN ISOKPAN

I, formerly known and addressed as ODII CHUKWU VICTOR, now wish to be known and addressed as ODII CHUKWU INNOCENT. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as DADA AYODEJI, now wish to be known and addressed as DADA AYODIMEJI AKEEM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ADEBAYO ABAYOMI O.now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNKUNLE ABAYOMI.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as EMMANUEL OGUNYALE AIYELESO now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL OLUWADAMILARE ADEBAYO.My date of birth was wrongly written as 25/05/2000 instead of 28/04/2000.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

I formerly known and addressed as EDITH IHUEGHIAN ONUMAH now wish to be known and addressed as EDITH IHUEGHIAN ISOKPAN.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

MRS BAKARE ADERONKE AMUDALAT.

EJEH OGBOGO GABRIEL.

OLAYEMI YOMI IDOWU

JOSEPH MARY OYAKA.

AREYI ALFRED CHRISTOPHER

.I formerly known and addressed as EMMANUEL OGBOGO MONDAY now wish to be known and addressed as EJEH OGBOGO GABRIEL.All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as SOKUNBI YOMI IDOWU now wish to be known and addressed as OLAYEMI YOMI IDOWU.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ATTAH MARY now wish to be known and addressed as JOSEPH MARY OYAKA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AREYI CHRISTOPHER ODION now wish to be known and addressed as AREYI ALFRED CHRISTOPHER.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MR QOWIYULAAHI BABATUNDE OLOHUNLAGBA

ADDITIONAL NAME

4.I formerly known and addressed as FAREEDAH NADABO CHANCHANGI now wish to be known and addressed as FAREEDAH NADABO MAITAMA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OBAFEMI ADERONKE AMUDALAT now wish to be known and addressed as MRS BAKARE ADERONKE AMUDALAT. This is due to my husband change of family’s surname because of religion.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

AGULONYE JOY

VINCENT LUCY LOUISA

.I formerly known and addressed as OKOJIE JOY now wish to be known and addressed as AGULONYE JOY.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AKABUOGU LUCY LOUISA now wish to be known and addressed as VINCENT LUCY LOUISA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

IWUOHA QUALITY ROBERT ONYEKACHI .I formerly known and addressed as IWUOHA ONYEKACHI now wish to be known and addressed as IWUOHA QUALITY ROBERT ONYEKACHI.All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

NWACHUKWU BLESSING NNEKA .I formerly known and addressed as OBIJIEZE BLESSING NNEKA now wish to be known and addressed as NWACHUKWU BLESSING NNEKA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

OMOPE MORUFAT AJIBOLA

CORRECTION OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as GBADEGESHIN MORUFAT AJIBOLA now wish to be known and addressed as OMOPE MORUFAT AJIBOLA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

.I formerly known and addressed as MR MONSURU BABATUNDE ODEKUNLE now wish to be known and addressed as MR QOWIYULAAHI BABATUNDE OLOHUNLAGBA.All former documents remain valid.

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That I IGWE NDUBUISI DESTINY my name was wrongly written as IGWE NDUBUISI I want to add DESTINY wish to be known and addressed as IGWE NDUBUISI DESTINY. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

That I BAKARI IBRAHIM AKANNI my name was wrongly written as IBRAHIM AKANNI BAKARE wish to be known and addressed as BAKARI IBRAHIM AKANNI. All Documents / Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note

AJIDAGBA OLUWADAMILARE MAJEKODUNMI.

OKWARA JOY AMARACHUKWU

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

BABATUNDE HABEEB ADEGBERO

formerly known and addressed as NWOSU JOY AMARACHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as OKWARA JOY AMARACHUKWU.All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

That I NICHOLAS FINAYAN PAT is the same person bearing NICHOLAS All Documents / Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as HABEEB TUNDACHRIS ADEGBENRO wish to be known and addressed as BABATUNDE HABEEB ADEGBERO .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

.I formerly known and addressed as MAJEKODUNMI ABOSEDE DAMILARE now wish to be known and addressed as AJIDAGBA OLUWADAMILARE MAJEKODUNMI. All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

MERCY OGECHI NDUBUISI

ABDULGANIU OLAJIDE USMAN.

AUSTIN ATUCHE

OLUBODUN FOLAKE RISQAT

I formerly known and addressed as OBIESHIAGU MERCY OGECHI now wish to be known and addressed as MERCY OGECHI NDUBUISI.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

I formerly known and addressed as OLADEJO OLAJIDE I. now wish to be known and addressed as ABDULGANIU OLAJIDE USMAN. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

20.I formerly known and addressed as CHUKWUEMEKA AUGUSTINE OBIAJULU now wish to be known and addressed as AUSTIN ATUCHE.All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as ORIOLOWO FOLAKE RISQAT, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUBODUN FOLAKE RISQAT. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known as OLATONO BUKOLA wish to be known and addressed as ABDULSALAM RASHIDAT OLUWANIFEMI .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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AKINSANYA OMOLARA ELIZABETH

OKOJEVOH CHIDINMA JUSTINA.

RABEEU MODUPE SUKURAT

MRS IBRAHIM ABIGAIL BLESSING

IDIGA JOHNLEWIS LOUIS

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MRS UGWU MERCY NNENNA.

LINUS NANTARI

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ABDULSALAM RASHIDAT OLUWANIFEMI

NWARIE BEDE UGOCHUKWU

NWOSU HART MARGARET

OJO OLUWUNMI

ABOLADE TUNDE IBRAHIM

MRS NGOZI JULIET CHUKWUAGU

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MUHAMMAD NURA

HAMOD ABDULKABIR ENIOLA

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OJO IFEOLUWA HELLEN

MRS. FOLASADE MERCY OLUPINLA

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CORRECTION OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

IGBOANUGO EBELECHUKWU MIRIAM

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TAJUDEEN KAZEEM KAYODE

CORRECTION OF NAME

YAKUBU-MEMUNAT DADA

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That on my Bank Account Documents my name was wrongly written as OSUNUSI SUNDAY instead of OSUNLUSI SUNDAY OLUWAFEMI. That my correct name is OSUNLUSI SUNDAY OLUWAFEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

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DR LEWIS IYABO AINA

JOHN CHIDIMA CLARA

MR. OBOGOR SIMON ADIE

THAT MY NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS SUNDAY CHUKWEL, 15/5/1994; MY CORRECT NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH IS SUNDAY CHUKWU, 15/5/1990.

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I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DR LEWIS IYABO JULIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DR LEWIS IYABO AINA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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MRS. OGBUITEPU CHARITY MUNACHI AGBONMA

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DANJUMA MUYINAT ABIODUN

MONICA OKUNDALAIYE

CHINONSO REJOICE UMEH

CHUKWUEMEKA WILLFRED

EZIMUO SYLVERLINE IFEOMA

KALU PATIENCE CHIKA

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I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKECHUKWU PATIENCE CHIKA, (FORMER SURNAME UNOGU) NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KALU PATIENCE CHIKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ADIGUN MUYINAT ABIODUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS DANJUMA MUYINAT ABIODUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE NOTE. MRS. FUNMILOLA TINUOLAJI OGWUDE

I, FORMERLY MISS FUNMILOLA TINUOLAJI FAKEHINDE NOW TO BE ADDRESSED AS MRS. FUNMILOLA TINUOLAJI OGWUDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE NOTE.

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AKOREDE MISTURAT TITILAYO I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AKOREDE MISTURAT OLUWAKEMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS AKOREDE MISTURAT TITILAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE NOTE.

DECLARATION

ADEROJU ADETUTU SHAKIRAT

GWANI SHAM’UN

MUSAH PETER

MRS AMINA VERONICA ATTAH

DECLARATION OF FACT THAT ARIJE AHMED OLAYIWOLA IS THE SON AND ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY OF LATE ALHAJI MONMONU ARIJE THIS IS FOR RECORD AND OFFICIAL PURPOSE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONABEKUN ADETUTU S., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEROJU ADETUTU SHAKIRAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS SALIHU SHAM’UN NOW WISH TO BE CALLED GWANI SHAM’UN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERN PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS MUSA UMAR FARUK, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED MUSAH PETER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS AMINA VERONICA MUSA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AMINA VERONICA ATTAH ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM (NIHOTOUR) AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

DIVINE EXPLOITS BIBLE FAITH CHURCH INTERNATIONAL THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH 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 .REV. ALEONOTE GODWIN - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PASTOR MRS.MARIANNE ALEONOTE 3. ETU INANAPE ALFRED - SECRETARY 4. KONYEHI NDIDI ISI 5. OBI ALEAKWE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ESTHER ZAMANI FOUNDATION

ABUJA BOOK CLUB THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB 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. MOST REV. DR. MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH 2. REV. FR. DR. GEORGE EHUSANI 3. MR OLUSEGUN ADENIYI 4. DR. TUNJI OLAOPA, NPOM 5. SHEIKH MUHAMMAD NURUDDEEN LEMU 6. MR OSITA B. CHIDOKA, OFR 7. AMBASSADOR PROFESSOR UCHE JOY OGWU, OFR 8. CHIZOBA IMOKA 9. PROFESSOR PAT OKEDINACHI UTOMI

MINISTRY OF MINES & STEEL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION MIDHILL ESTATE KURUDU ABUJA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION 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. BARR. EZENWA OKOLI 2. NNAMDI IWUCHUKWU 3. KUBAI MUSA A. 4. SANNI A. BEN 5. EMMANUEL ERONU 6. MR AKIN FAYEMINU - CHAIRMAN 7. MR. SAMUEL OYEBOADE - SECRETARY 8. MR. ADULOJU O. AFOLABI

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS.

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

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

CITY MODEL UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

SOUL SISTERS FOUNDATION NIGERIA

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

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION 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. QUEEN ESTHER MOSES ZAMANI - CHAIRPERSON 2. MISS BELLA RINRET - SECRETARY 3. MISS TINA BAWA 4. MR MOSES ALHAMDU 5. MISS FOSTINA YOHANA BASSAHWA 6. MR NKUMAH KAMKANSE MBU 7. MR KALU MTO MBAH 8. MISS ANGELA TWANI 9. MISS MARY LOUIS

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PROF. ABDULRAZAQ OLUBUSUYI KILANI 2. ALHAJI MUSTAPHA M. TAIWO 3. ALHAJI SAMOD BABATUNDE ABOLURIN 4. ALHAJI SHUAIB ADEOLA SOKUNBI 5. ALHAJI MOSHOOD WASIU ABIOLA 6. ALHAJI YAKEEN TOYIN ADEPOJU 7. ALHAJI ABDULAZEEZ ABIODUN ADEWUYI 8. MRS. AZEEZAT OMOLARA BUSARI 9. MRS. MUNIRAT MOMODU KELORT.

TRUSTEES: 1. PRINCESS DAN WHITE - CHAIRMAN 2. ENI NATASHA AMAKA - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. STEPHANIE COLE - SECRETARY 4. GODWIN JESSICA UCHENNA- TREASURER

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. 2. PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT WRITING MATERIALS, UNIFORMS, SCHOOL BAGS AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR LEA PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS ACROSS NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO NURTURE AND MENTOR MOTHERLESS GIRL CHILDREN 2. TO SERVE AS ROLE MODELS AND ALSO 3. TO GUIDE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO ENABLE THEM HAVE A MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD AND BECOME A BETTER WOMAN IN TODAY’S SOCIETY.

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

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

SIGNED : SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

KULAWA HOPE FOR THE VULNERABLES FOUNDATION

LIFE BEYOND CHALLENGES FOUNDATION

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

BRANDED FOR CHRIST OUTREACH

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

THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANISATION WITH HEADQUARTERS IN LAGOS HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS DECREE 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ALH. IDRIS HASSAN DIKKO - PRESIDENT 2. HAJIYA KHADIJAT DIKKO 3. ALH. MAIWALIMA MUHAMMAD DIKKO 4. OKIKE IGWE NWANKWO 5. HAJIYA NAJJAH DIKKO 6. MUHAMMAD DIKKO 7. RAHMAT DIKKO 8. ALH. IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD DIKKO - SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OYELEKE OLAYINKA OYINKANSOLA 2. PETER ADEKUNLE OYELEKE 3. ADEBOWALE ADEOLA ADUKE 4. FASHOLA OMOLARA OLUMIDE 5. ADEMILUII ADEBOWALE ABIODUN 6. EROMOSELE LINDA AGNES.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROVIDE FOR AND CARE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE SOCIETY ABOUT PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITY,THE ABILITIES AND THEIR LIMITATION 2. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES TOWARDS PERSON LIVING WITH DISABILITY.

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

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

SIGNED: JOE MEDUBI & CO. - (SOLICITORS)

SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR AKPONA OMAR PELA - CHAIRMAN 2. DR. OMOWUNMI OLUFUNKE OLOWU 3. ESEOGHENE EVELYN EKIUGBO 4. GREG SUNDAY ONWUEGBUZIE 5. SUNNY ANIEKAN SIMONSON THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO ESTABLISH TRUTH IN ALL AREAS AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES WHILST EXPOSING AND ERADICATING EVERY FORM OF FALSEHOOD. 2. TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN EVERY COMMUNITY 3. TO FOSTER ONENESS AND ERADICATE BARRIERS BROUGHT ABOUT BY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE. 4. TO HELP DIRECT OUR YOUTHS IN THE RIGHT WAY, RESTORING THEM FROM FALLEN PATHS. 5. TO REDEFINE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO FOLLOW THE RIGHT PATH. 6. TO LIGHTEN OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA - LIGHT DISTRIBUTORS. 7. TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY AMONG THE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MRS. OMONIGHO OGBE ( SECRETARY)

Public Notice EZE PRECIOUS CHINENYENWA

I, formerly known and addressed as EZE PRECIOUS CHINOMOSO, Now wish to be known and addressed as EZE PRECIOUS CHINENYENWA. all former documents remain valid general public take note.

LOUIS AKAEGBOSIMBA I, formerly known and addressed as ORSUAMA SABASTINE AKAEGBOSIMBA, Now wish to be known and addressed as LOUIS AKAEGBOSIMBA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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ALABI TITILOPE BOLANLE

MRS ADEGBITE KHADIJAT ABIODUN

Formerly Known As ALABI TITILOPE MOJISOLA now known as ALABI TITILOPE BOLANLE. All Former Documents Remain Valid General Public Note.

ALLI-BALOGUNSHEHUADEYEMO

KELANI TAJUDEEN ONIKORO.

Formerly Known As MISS ADEDIRE KUBURAT ABIODUN now known as MRS ADEGBITE KHADIJAT ABIODUN. All Former Documents Remain Valid General Public Take Note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ABDULSALAMI SHEHU, Now wish to be known and addressed as ALLI-BALOGUN SHEHU ADEYEMO All former documents remain valid.

British High Commission, Nigerian Immigration Services and general public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as KELANI TAJUDEEN OKANLAWON, Now wish to be known and addressed as KELANI TAJUDEEN ONIKORO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLISEYENUM STELLA CHINENYE

ABIOYE OLUWAMUYIWA ADEWALE

ONUADOR NGOZI SYLVIA

ISAH OLOTU BAMIDELE

MARK ROWLAND

I, formerly known and addressed as DAIRO TOBA S., DAIRO OLUWATOBA, OLORUNTOBA ADEKUNLE F., Now wish to be known and addressed as DAIRO OLORUNTOBA SAMUEL. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as OLOTU OTUKPA ODELE, Now wish to be known and addressed as ISAH OLOTU BAMIDELE All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MARK CHIBUZOR PRECIOUS, Now wish to be known and addressed as MARK ROWLAND. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OKOYE STELLA CHINENYE, Now wish to be known and addressed as OLISEYENUM STELLA CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA PAUL, Now wish to be known and addressed as ABIOYE OLUWAMUYIWA ADEWALE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

TAIWO OLORUNYOMI OLULAJA

OLUWASANMI ADESHINA JOSEPH

OLUREMI AGBEKE ADENIRAN

I, formerly known and addressed as ADELAJA TAIWO OLURUNYOMI, Now wish to be known and addressed as TAIWO OLORUNYOMI OLULAJA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as FASANYIN ADESHINA JOSEPH, Now wish to be known and addressed as OLUWASANMI ADESHINA JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as REMI AKANDE, Now wish to be known and addressed as OLUREMI AGBEKE ADENIRAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ILESANMI IGBAYILOLA OMOWUNMI FUNMILOLA

I, formerly known and addressed as FADAHUN FUNMILOLA OMOWUNMI, Now wish to be known and addressed as ILESANMI IGBAYILOLA OMOWUNMI FUNMILOLA. All former documents remain valid.

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TAIWO AYODEJI OLUWASEGUN

UFOMADU ADAEZE CYNTHIA

CORRECTION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as COLLINS ADAEZE CYNTHIA, Now wish to be known and addressed as UFOMADU ADAEZE CYNTHIA. All former documents remain valid.

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My name was wrongly written as ODEMERE LINUS CHIKWE EZENWA instead of ODEMENE LINUS CHIKWE EZENWA. That my correct name is ODEMENE LINUS CHIKWE EZENWA. All former documents remain valid.

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That in my BVN, my name was written as IBRAHIM H. IBRAHIM, instead of HUDU IBRAHIM IBRAHIM. And that my correct date of birth is 15th January 1986. All former documents remain valid.

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CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

I, formerly known and addressed as WADE LILIAN VIHINGA, Now wish to be known and addressed as ORZENDE LILIAN VIHINGA. That my correct date of birth is 28th October 1969 instead of 26th November 1969.All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to declare that I am the wife of NNADOZIE INNOCIENT DAVID ORJI. That we got married on the 25th day of November 2006 in Ogun State, Nigeria. That all the necessary dowries were paid with all requirements made available to the family.

All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as ADEYEMI ABIDEMI COMFORT, Now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEMI MODUPE BIDEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

LAZARUS CHINONSO ARINZE

OGILI ODO EMMANUEL

OKPOKWU COSMAS CHUKWUEMEKA

I, formerly known and addressed as CHUKWUEMEKA COSMAS ANTHONY, now wish to be known and addressed as OKPOKWU COSMAS CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

ONOVO NNAEMEKA MARTINS

MRS IBEZIM MARY NNENNA

I, formerly known and addressed as OGILI EKE EMMANUEL, now wish to be known and addressed as OGILI ODO EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid.

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OLUWAKAYODE OLUSOLA MATHEW ADEYEMI

IGWE MARY JACINTA

UGWUAGBO CECILIA NJIDEKA

UDENWE SHEDRACH

I, formerly known and addressed as EWELUM MARY JACINTA, now wish to be known and addressed as IGWE MARY JACINTA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as UGWU CECILIA, now wish to be known and addressed as UGWUAGBO CECILIA NJIDEKA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

ONOVO NNAEMEKA MARTIN

MISS OGBUNEKE JOSHUA MARY,

DAIRO OLORUNTOBA SAMUEL

I, formerly known and addressed as LAZARUS CHINONSO ABOR, now wish to be known and addressed as LAZARUS CHINONSO ARINZE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

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MRS IBRAHIM ABIGAIL BLESSING.

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IDIGA JOHNLEWIS LOUIS

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IKE ADEBUDU

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ADEYEMI MODUPE BIDEMI

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ONWE RICHARD CHUKWUMA

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LOSS OF DOCUMENT This is the inform the general public that Agric C of O belonging to MR. OSHIMARCON NIGERIA LTD overland at ATIDA ONOJA Village Ogurugu in Uzo Uwani Local Govt. registered as 4/4/1227 in land registry Enugu is missing . If found contact Ministry of lands Enugu.

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27 Law

Killers of Pierre Cardin must be brought to book- Group petitions IGP Fowoyo Peter A human rights lawyer, Chief Richard Odogwu Nwankwo, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police over the controversies and intrigues surrounding the alleged murder of Chief Innocent Ofojee, Chief executive Officer of Pierre Cardin, a foremost fabric designers company in Nigeria.

The late chief was reported dead on July 5, 2016 at his residence, No.3 Yeye Olofin Street, off Admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

Chief Nwankwo, who is the President, Crusade for Justice, a Human Right Advocacy Group stated in a press briefing in Lagos that it has written a five page petition to the Inspector General of Police IGP, Abuja, informing him that there are overwhelming evidences of subterranean moves to subvert and gag justice in the matter by the first accused who is also the deceased’s wife, Mrs. Anastasia Ofojee and one Mr. Ikechukwu Jonah Ejeh, and two others, in connivance with the police officers at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, at Adeniji Adele, Lagos.

The group is worried by the manner with which the officers from the IGP’s Monitoring Team flew in to Lagos to take over the file from the X Squad, FCIID ANNEX, Alagbon, Lagos that had taken

over the case on the request of the complainant Mr. Obioma Igbokwe a relative of the deceased who on becoming highly suspicious of unfolding foul plays at the SARS office Lagos, swore to an affidavit, sought and transferred the matter to the X squad, Alagbon.

The petition, dated March 20, 2017 addressed to the Inspector General of Police is titled: “Re: Murder Of Chief Innocent Ofojee (Pierre Cardin) “Urgent Appeal For A Thorough Investigation Of Same And The Role Played By The Federal Sars, Adeniji Adele, Lagos And The Men Of The Monitoring Team Attached To Your Office In This Whole Sad Episode.”

It alleged that huge sum of money have exchanged hands within this period, all aimed at subverting justice. Such transactions according to the petition include an initial sum of nine million naira (N9m), in two tranches of N3million and N6million. Another sum of N39million was also doled out by Mrs Ofojee to sabotage justice in the case.

The group prayed the IGP to use this, among other cases to strengthen the image of the force, by bringing to book any member of the investigating teams at any level; as well as make sure person or group implicated in this deadly transaction are subjected to the full weight of the law.

Court may wind-up Emerald over $3.2 million debt Peter Fowoyo and Titilope Joseph ÏÏÏUnless a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos decides otherwise, Emerald Energy Resources Limited, operator of OML 14 (formerly OPL 229), may be wound up

by Justice O. Faji for its inability to pay a debt of $3.2 million owed an oil and gas firm, ICS Energy Limited.

The petitioner, ICS Energy Limited, through its lawyer, Chief Emeka Okwuosa of the Chancery Associates, is asking the court for an order to wind up Emerald Energy Resources Limited in accordance with the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act CAP C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Specifically, ICS Energy Limited is asking the court to appoint liquidators to supervise the winding up process in order to pay the petitioner the sum of $3, 288, 600 00 (three million, two hundred and eighty -eight thousand, six hundred U. S. Dollars) being the outstanding balance due to the petitioner for successfully sourcing and facilitating the payment by Diamond Bank PLC, of signature bonus of $11,000,000.00 (eleven million U. So. Dollars ) in respect of OPL 229, on behalf of the respondent, with interest at 22 percent per annum from September 16, 2015 until full payment and to others or creditor(s) as may be entitled by their respective claim(s).

The petition with suit No: FHC/L/CP/1466/16, is supported with a 24 paragraph affidavit which stated that sometime in January 12, 2000 the respondent engaged the services of the petitioner as a consultant to source and facilitate the payment of $11,000,000.00 signature bonus on OPL 229, on behalf of the respondent.

On August 10, 2001 Diamond Bank PLC granted and provided the $11,000,000.00. Thereafter, the respondent agreed to pay to the petitioner the sum of $8,000,000.00 which was later discounted to $4,000,000.00 by mutual agreement between both parties, culminating in the settlement agreement of June 20, 2004 between the petitioner and the respondent.

But the petitioner claimed that the respondent has thus far paid it the sum of $686,400.00(six hundred

and eighty six thousand, four hundred U. S. Dollars) unpaid till date as confirmed by the respondent in their inventory list of payment to the petitioner dated August 15, 2016.

Notwithstanding all entreaties and pleas, the respondent through its solicitors in a letter dated September 5, 2016 made a proposal to the petitioner, to make a good faith payment of $250,000,00(two hundred and fifty thousand U. S. Dollars) in five instalments hereunder stated towards and in part liquidation of its indebtedness of $3, 313,600.00 to the petitioner under the settlement agreement of June 20, 2004, the respondent could only pay one instalment and have reneged on the other outstanding instalments due under the good faith payment of its total outstanding indebtedness of $3, 288,600.00 to the petitioner.

However, the respondent in a notice of preliminary objection asked the court for an order dismissing the suit in its entirety and any further order (s) the court may deem appropriate to make in the circumstances.

The respondent argued that no payment liability has arisen under the settlement agreement dated June 20, 2004 upon which the alleged debt of the $3,288,600 in the instant proceedings is hinged.

The respondent stated that the debt is disputed by it and indeed petitioner itself is not certain as to the amounts allegedly being owed and that the letters dated September 16, 2015, July 1, 2016, July 4, 2016 and September 30, 2016 present conflicting sums without any one of them demanding the debt which is claimed in these proceedings.

Furthermore, the statutory notices are incompetent being contrary to section 409 (a) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 (as amended) and consequently incapable of sustaining these proceedings.

The petitioner however, in a counter affidavit in opposition to the respondent’s notice of preliminary objection stated that those letters does not contain conflicting sums with respect to the respondent’s indebtedness to the petitioner and the sums were never challenged or controverted by the respondent.

Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idriss

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positively not only on the legal profession but also on virtually all other professions. The legal profession, of course, is only going to focus more on its area of specialization. That is why there is now a committee set up by the NBA that is having a very broad view of the arrangement within the legal profession and coming up with suggestions through which improvements can be brought back. I think so far I believed that the committee will do a good job. For instance, one of the things the committee will decide is whether the law degree should either be first or second degree and probably whether there should be some limits in the number of intakes every year to the law faculties. Besides, the committee should also look at what is needed to be done about the law school.

There are those who have canvassed that the law school should be privately run while some others are saying that the various universities should have law schools which would accommodate their products. These are some of the things that the committee is dealing with. But, from what I’ve seen, I think it’s about time that we should look into the problems of the legal profession and I think the NBA is equally thinking in that line by setting up the committee.

What is your take on the concerns that the whistle-blower policy of the Federal Government is not yet backed

by any law? How best do you think government can protect whistle-blowers?

Yes, government should see how the policy will be backed by law because so many other countries have laws. Even, Ghana has a law that protects whistleblowers. Basically, without a law that protects these people and offers certainty of a reward, government may not get the desired cooperation from members of the public. In a country like Nigeria where you may have one administration supporting a particular policy while another one may chose to discard the policy, people are not encouraged to stick out their necks unless they are assured that there are some solid protection for them. What I am saying in essence is that I don’t really see how we can effectively have a whistleblower policy without statutory backing.

We should not even be debating that issue by now. That ought to have been a forgone conclusion. I also think it is in order for the government to attach some rewards to the policy. We all know that doing otherwise may result in lack of maximum cooperation from the people. Our society is not such in which people have such high patriotic feelings. You know this idea of giving rewards is not a new thing. For a long time, the police has always been putting out rewards for people that offers to provide information about issues under investigation. So, there is nothing new in giving rewards for anyone that provides information.

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Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Petroleum tanker drivers suspend nationwide strike OpeOluwani Akintayo and Joy Ekeke

nate situation to enable NARTO meets its obligations to Tanker Drivers,” he said.

Before the suspension of the strike, tanker drivers earlier on Monday halted all forms of loading activities at the Apapa station in Lagos.

From situation on ground at the Apapa port on Monday, although tankers were spotted driving into the arena in hope to load petrol, yet NUPENG members were spotted blocking all forms of activities at the port.

Tanker drivers on ground spoke with The Daily Times earlier on Monday. According to one Musa Mohammed, “the lives of tanker drivers are no

longer safe. We risk our lives to make petrol available in the country, yet, we face all sorts of risks while on the job”.

Another driver, Dabo Akinwunmi lamented that the Federal Government needs to put structures in place to protect tanker drivers.

“We need good roads. Our lives have to be insured. We don’t get paid good money for all the risks we take. No security on the road, we sleep inside our tankers, upon that security agencies victimise and extort us. We have had enough of the nonsense. We will not load petrol until Buhari attends to us”, he said.

Fayemi planning Independence Day Bombing: Charles Okah to know fate May 16 judicial coup in the Movement for the Okafor, told the court of his fatal to the prosecution of Ekiti, Fayose ÎÎÎThe Federal High Court, ofEmancipation Niger Delta, client’s motion of no-case- his client, urging the court to on Monday in Abuja fixed alleges uphold the no case submis(MEND) and others standing submission.

May 16 to rule on the applica-

FG requires $1.1bn to vaccinate 22 million Nigerians against meningitis

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The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday suspended its ongoing strike to allow for further dialogue with the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The decision was taken at a meeting between the NUPENG President, Igwe Achese, and members of the union, PTD, the National Association of Transport Owners and the management of the Nigerian National Petro-

Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

ÎÎÎGovernor Ayo Fayose

of Ekiti state has alleged that his predecessor in office and current Minister Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in concert with leaders and stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti and Abuja, has concluded plans to return to power through the backdoor.

This, Fayose said, would be actualized “by subverting the will of the Ekiti people and truncate democracy through devious plans of enlisting a section of the judiciary to revisit the 2014 governorship election in the state and remove me from office.”

Fayose who cried out at a press conference in Ado Ekiti stated: “When we exposed them then, they pulled their punch; now, information at our disposal is that they are at it again.”

According him, “in the last few days, Fayemi has been boasting that the Supreme Court will be made to review its judgment of April 14, 2015, which validated my election. This was an election that was adjudged free, fair, and credible by both local and international observers, including the United States government.”

leum Corporation (NNPC), led by its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru.

At the meeting, the NNPC GMD, Dr. Maikanti Baru, announced that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has approved an increase of tanker drivers’ bridging allowance from 6.20 Naira to 7.20 Naira.

Spokesperson for the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, confirmed the suspension of the strike. Also, NUPENG president, Igwe Achese, said the strike action had to be suspended in the interest of the country and also to allow for further negotiations and discussions.

tion for no-case-submission filed by Charles Okah and Nwabueze Obi, to dispel terrorism charges brought against them.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the applicants were alleged to be the masterminds of the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja that killed at least 12 people and wounded over 17 others.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole fixed the date to rule on the motion after counsel to parties had canvassed their arguments.

Mr. Okah, a younger brother of Henry Okah, the leader

Recall that NUPENG president, Igwe Achese, in justifying the strike, on Friday, said: “The CWC-in-Session examined the various complaints and agitations of Petroleum Tanker Drivers members of the union over their deplorable working conditions with regards to poor remuneration, insecurity on the highways, poor state of roads, absence of conducive rest places on the highways and the excesses of some security agencies, most especially, the Nigeria Civil Defense Corps.

“The CWC-in-Session considered inhumane, the refusal of National Association of Road Transport Owner (NAR-

the trial are expected to open their defence.

The MEND leader, also tried for terrorism charges, is presently serving his life jail term in South Africa.

The prosecution had on January 31 closed its case but the applicants opted to file a no-case submission, urging the court to dismiss the charges brought against them.

The applicants argued that the charges and the evidence presented by the prosecution so far had not established prima facie case against them.

At the resumed hearing, counsel to Mr. Okah, Emeka

TO) to commence negotiation with the union for the renewal of the expired Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on the working conditions of our Tanker Drivers members in PTD Branch after several appeals and even ultimatum.

“The CWC-in-Session therefore resolved to give full backing to any industrial action the members in this sector might decide to take with effect from Monday, April 3, 2017.

“To avert the pains and discomfort the action might cause, the CWC–in- Session calls on the Federal Government to urgently intervene and apprehend the unfortu-

“It is our final submission that Okah does not need to go through rigorous trial as the prosecutor has no evidence to prove any ingredient of offence he is charged with,” he said.

Oghenovo Otemu, counsel to Mr. Nwabueze, aligned himself with the submission of counsel to Okah.

Mr. Otemu said the prosecution had failed to link the second defendant with the alleged offence he was charged with.

He said prosecution’s inability to link the second defendant with offences was

sion and dismiss the charges against him.

On his part, Alex Iziyon, the prosecuting counsel, asked the court to dismiss the motion, saying the prosecution had sufficiently linked the 2010 bombing to the applicants.

Mr. Iziyon pleaded with court to order the applicants to open their defence, adding that the no-case-submission was aimed at wasting the time of the court.

The prosecuting counsel said the essential element of evidence required in the trial of the applicants had been established.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd) (m) with leaders of Ex-Militant camps after a meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State… at the weekend.

Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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The federal government on Monday said it would need the sum of $ 1 billion for vaccination of 22 million Nigerians as part of efforts to tackle the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis, currently being experienced in some northern states of the country.

Meningitis broke out recently in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Niger States and has so far resulted in the death of 328 people.

Already, the Senate has declared the support on efforts being put in place by relevant federal government agencies in putting an end to the outbreak of the deadly disease.

The disease ravaging in affected states, according to reports has recorded 2,524 cases across the entire 16 states noted as the meningitis belt.

Briefing the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases on measures in place by the federal government addressing the outbreak of meningitis in the north, the Acting Director –General of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Emmanuel Odu said $1.1 billion was needed to vaccinate an estimated 22million people in the affected states.

“To vaccinate a total population of 22million in the five affected states will cost $1.1billion; the cost of vaccines alone.”

“And if we are to procure for all the 16 states in the meningitis belt, we can roughly multiply it by the $1.1billion”, he explained.

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Project execution: Senator Akpabio scores Wike higher than Fed Govt Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

ÏÏÏ The former governor of Akwa

Ibom State and current Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday declared that the Rivers State Governor, Barr.

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has executed more projects in the last two years than the APC-led government at the centre.

Senator Akpabio, who addressed journalists in Port Harcourt after accompanying the state governor on an extensive projects inspection said that Governor Wike’s excellent performance stemmed from his love for the people.

The former governor noted: “Governor Wike has done more work and projects in the last two years than the Federal Government. That is my considered opinion. Performance is not necessarily an issue of the availability of resources.

He continued: “If your state gets N5billion, do projects of that amount. If you get N1billion, do projects commensurate with that figure. For Governor Wike, he has judiciously applied the scarce resources available to the state to develop needed infrastructure.

“The resources available to Rivers State is nothing compared to that of the Federal Government.

Rivers State government gets far less than a quarter than one percent of what accrues to the Federal Government, but we can see the tremendous quality of transformation taking place in the state,” he said.

Former governor Akpabio added: “It is not so much money that makes performance. It is love for your people. When you are elected, if you love your people you will perform, no matter the little money that you have.

“What I am seeing here in Rivers State is not like a recession economy because the governor of Rivers State loves his people. Let me use this opportunity to congratulate the workers at the various sites because they are acquiring a lot of skills working at the sites,” he said.

He stated that the kind of projects being executed by the Rivers State government would attract the world to the state and advised Governor Wike not to be distracted by those he described as political detractors who, he said, engaged in political blackmail. He added that no matter the attempt at distraction, Governor Wike should continue his transformation of the state.

He said: “Do not be distracted by unnecessary blackmail against your person by political detractors.

I want to urge all governors who have the opportunity to lead their states to visit Rivers State.

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No fire in Ebonyi Govt House, says Umahi ÏÏÏ Governor

David Umahi has described as misrepresentation of facts, reports by the media that fire gutted the accounts department of the Government.

Umahi, who briefed journalists after the South-East Governors Forum in Enugu on Sunday, said an “overused air conditioner” in the office of the Chief of Staff had a minor surge on Friday morning which was im-

mediately contained by vigilant workers.

He also said the South-East governors had resolved to meet the Federal Government and other relevant authorities over the numerous challenges confronting the South-East, including the prolonged detention of IPOB leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

The Ebonyi governor who is also the chairman of the forum

listed other issues that engaged the attention of the governors to include, ecological problems of the zone, security concerns and challenges of power supply.

He added that the governors equally agreed to meet with all stakeholders of South-East to discuss all issues that are of interest to the people.

The governors also drafted two representatives from each of the

five south east states into the economic committee of South-East governors and mandated them to immediately meet and fashion out a roadmap towards the economic integration of the zone.

The meeting which was the second since Umahi was elevated to preside over the South-East governors’ forum was attended by four out of the five governors in the zone.

Cross-section of participants during the stakeholder’s validation workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Abuja… on Monday.

Abia police holds peace meeting with Abia farmers, herdsmen Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia

ÏÏÏ As part of

its concerted effort to curb the perennial conflict between herdsmen and farmers in Abia, the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade Monday summoned a meeting with the warring parties.

Others who were in attendance were representative of the state government, that of House of assembly, affected local government chairmen, traditional rulers of the affected areas, heads of security agencies, divisional Police Officers of the affected areas, representatives of farmers and those of herdsmen, as well as other stakeholders.

In the 23-point communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, it was resolved that there should be a peaceful co-existence between farmers and herdsmen all over the state, while all herdsmen coming into any area must be properly screened by both leaders and the native authorities.

While it was agreed that sufficient herdsmen should be employed by all cattle owners in order to have effective control of cattle during grazing, no herdsmen should allow

his cattle to damage any farmland and that no farmer should deliberately poison any source of water used by either the cattle rearers or any other person or persons.

The communiqué said that there should be no night grazing and no herdsmen should harass or intimidate any farm owner and vise versa, while all matters relating to conflict between farmers and herdsmen should be referred to the committee constituted in each LGA. “All residents must screen incoming ones and recommend them for settlement within a particular LGA. On no account should any herdsman or anybody be in possession of prohibited firearms, personal firearm or any lethal weapons without permit by relevant authorities.

“All cattle owners should ensure that their cattle are restricted during the night possibly byu tying them to stakes and sensitization of herdsmen should be carried out periodically and all cattle owners should screen the rearers they hired before employing them.

“Elders from both farmers and herdsmen should monitor movement and lifestyles of their young

ones and on no account should either a farmer or herdsmen result to violence no matter the level of provocation but should instead seek redress through the process”.

The communiqué further provided that on no account should any herdsman grace on farm settlement of forest reserve and as well discouraged the use of any minor for grazing, pointing out that the meeting should be sustained on quarterly basis.

It encouraged the state government and the state House of Assembly to come up with resolutions concerning farmers, herdsmen relationship while the police and other security agencies in the state should endeavour not to be partial in handling any issues of farmers and herdsmen.

The meeting also adopted shortterm, medium-term and long-term measures to be adopted to ensure peaceful co-existence between the two parties.

On the short-term measures, security measures would be put in place to forestall possible attacks, regular dialogue and the capturing of herdsmen biometrics, while traditional rulers and farmers should identify grazing areas in each com-

munity which should be temporary and attracts no payments from the herdsmen.

The medium-term and long-term measures was as contained in the 23 points of the communiqué and was signed by those in attendance.

Speaking with newsmen later, the State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade said the meeting was a development that will assist his command monitor the activities of the herdsmen, stating that the meeting was an improvement on a previous template.

“Today’s meeting was a better one to identify the routes to minimize conflict”, he said explaining that local governments areas should map out routes for the herdsmen to follow.

Reacting over the communiqué, the President General of Isimiri Autonomous Community in Ukwa West, Mr Light Enwereuzor described the meeting as “of no use”, stating that the best thing is to prevent them from coming into 5heir community land.

According to him, “how do we give the route in our farm land?” he said that there is no grazing land for the herdsmen in Ukwa East and do not want them there.

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Edo deputy governor’s wife empowers mother with abandoned tripplets Austin Otas-Osegbe, Enugu

ÎÎÎIt is almost unthinkable to talk about Nigerian politicians and other politically exposed persons in the corridors of power without its blemished insinuation or perception of deception.

Right or wrong, majority of Nigerian politicians be they old or new breed, conservatives or progressives, carry a stigma of

persons who build castles in the air and make bogus promises so as to attract cheap publicity.

Inspite of this dose of derision about politicians and if you like, public office holders, there seems to be an exception among the lot. It is instructive to state that since inception of the fourth republic in 1999 under the current nascent democratic dispersion, one man, a rare-breed member of the political class that has nurtured and sustained a legacy of fulfilled

promises, is no other than Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor, former member, Edo State House of Assembly (two-term) and former member House of Representatives.

Comrade Shaibu’s impeccable track record of performance and untainted accountability in the service of country and humanity has, deservedly, earned him the nick-name:”Mr. Constituency Project”.

At this juncture, let us reflect

on this popular maxim:”like father, like son”. permit me to add;” like husband, like wife”.

In every sense of the word, wife of Edo State Deputy Governor, Her Excellency, Mrs. Maryann Shaibu, is truly a mother with a heart of gold whose passion, care and love for the downtrodden and less privileged members of society know no bound.

Recall that sometime in February 2017, Her Excellency visited Mrs. Queen Ndukwe, a mother of five whose husband,

Matthew Ndukwe, a tricycle rider abandoned after his wife (Queen) delivered a set of triplets as the couple already had a set of twins. The man could not cope with the triple dose of blessings, he fled.

On that momentous occasion, she donated cartons of custard baby powder, milk, pampers and an undisclosed amount of cash for the upkeep of the triplets and promised to empower Mrs. Ndukwe by setting-up a hairdressing/beauty

Delta Govt. presents N2.5m to 50 women with HIV/Aids

salon for her.

Consistent with the character and magnanimous disposition of the Shaibus, the Deputy Governor’s wife made good her promise when she led some family friends on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 to Upper St. Saviour Road, Off Upper Sakponba, Benin City and presented to Mrs. Queen Ndukwe, a brand new salon store located at the ultra-modern Odaro Plaza – fully stocked with hairdressing equipment, beauty therapy creams/accessories, including electricity generating set and furniture. An undisclosed amount of money was also presented to the mother of the triplets by the Deputy Governor’s wife.

Nigeria doesn’t need new parties –DPC

Nosa Akenzua,

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Lateef Ibrahim,

Asaba.

ment in collaboration with the World Bank has donated the sum of N2.5million to fifty women in the state living with HIV/Aids disease.

Presenting the money that was drawn in cheque yesterday, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Omashola Williams explained that the money aimed at ensuring proper care for the victims, is to provide them with starter packs that will enable them start a small scale business, rather than languishing in idleness.

She said that it was a rare opportunity for the victims to be chosen among the lot of victims and advised them to make judicious use of the funds. The Commissioner therefore called on the victims to shun all forms of frivolities in order to give room for others to benefit from the assistance.

Earlier, the Delta State programme manager, State Action Committee on AIDS (SACA), Dr. Osuyali John in his remarks commended the commissioner for the effective follow up of the project by the World Bank to a conclusive end, thereby giving the beneficiaries the opportunity to benefit from the laudable project. According to him, this is the first time in seven years, the ministry has monitored a programme of such nature with the World Bank to a conclusive end for the beneficiaries and therefore, pleaded with her not to relent in her effort.

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Executive Director, Victims Support Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche (m) with some officials and pupils of Garkida C Primary School in Gombi LGA, Adamawa State, after the 2nd phase distribution of learning and teaching materials to schools affected by insurgency in Yola… on Monday.

FG flays unconventional methods, environmental pollution by local refineries ÏÏ^ƋƆƗ Ɔ Ƒƍƍ ƏƐ Ƈ Ə 1Ƅ Ə ƌƐƑ L ƗƑƋ Ə `ƆƇƈ ƆƏƕ

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Federal Government has expressed its workers over what it described as unconventional methods and environmental pollution allegedly adopted by local refinery operators in the country.

Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, yesterday confirmed while speaking with the delegation of American Investors led by the Pioneering Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commissioner (DESOPADEC) Chief Wellington Okirika who also is the Bolowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom that President Buhari is deeply worried about the huge environmental degradation, pollution associated with the unprofessional methods being allegedly adopted by local refinery opera-

tors, particularly at the Niger Delta region, disclosing that the federal government had reached a decision to encourage the establishment of modular refinery with serious encouragement to local refinery operators to key into the project.

He said: “Mr. President is very concerned about the Niger Delta environment and has assured the ministries and all its agencies of his readiness to ensure that some of the bureaucratic requirements needed for the establishment of such a refinery would be related that foreign investors can do business under the new dispensation”.

We want to see how the Niger Delta can be encouraged to do legitimate petroleum refining business without necessarily hurting the environment or creating other environment problems,” he said. The minister, who was

represented by Engr. Rabiu Suleman, Executive Director/Coordinator Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Refinery, Downstream and Infrastructural Development, expressed the Federal Government’s support for Gbaramatu Kingdom to have come up with such laudable idea, especially keying into the Federal Government’s programme, aimed at discouraging local and crude method of refining products that has far-reaching environmental implications.

Earlier, the Gbaramatu Oil and Gas Producing Trust Fund (GOGPTF), the promoter of the Gbaramatu Modular Refinery led by Chief (Dr. Wellington Okirika, said Gbaramatu Oil and Gas Producting Trust Fund is a group of major oil and gas-producing communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Escravos, Warri South-West Local Govern-

ment of Delta State with eight flow stations of Jones Creek, Odidi I and Odidi II Egwa I and Egwa II, all former SPDC flow stations now being operated by Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). Others include Abiteye, Otunana and Makaraba flow stations, all operated by the American oil giant Chevron Nigeria Limited.

According to Chief Okirika, the 20,000 barrels per day production facility will no doubt, encourage grass root development and peace process in the Niger Delta.

“Already, the project site has been surveyed and cleared, feasibility studies and bankable business plans have been prepared by Financial Bridge, Miami USA; all that is needed now is friendly governmental policies that will encourage the growth and sustainability of such business ventures.”

Democratic Peoples’ Congress, DPC, one of the registered political parties in the country, has said that what Nigeria presently needs is good governance, strengthening of the democratic process and visionary leaders that will lead the people to the promised land.

Towards this end, the DPC has made case for the process of registration of more political parties to be be made more cumbersome, while period of verification of new parties to be extended from 30 days to six months.

The party said this yesterday in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Rev Olusegun Peters.

The party, pointed put that in this period of economic recession, political uncertainly and insurgency, Nigerians need security and dividends of democracy, not more political parties.

The existing political parties, the DPC maintained, should be supported and encouraged to develop to meet the yearnings of the populace for a decent, progressive and prosperous democratic society.

It reasoned that the nation’s political space has been liberalized with the registration of 40 political parties that will accommodate Nigerians of various political persuasions.

Song glad to return from Paris hospital

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ameroun legend Rigobert Song has welcomed the support he received from the football fraternity as he arrived in his home country from France.

The former Liverpool defender was hospitalised in France after suffering a brain aneurysm and was initially hospitalised in Yaounde, where his condi-

tion stabilised before he was taken to Paris.

Upon his return, he thanked the country’s fans and President Paul Biya for the support in the wake of his sixmonth stay in Europe.

Song fell ill in October last year and the legendary defender returned to a rapturous welcome in Yaoundé on

Saturday where he was met by dignitaries, friends and family.

“I’m going to say thank you to the people, to God and President Paul Biya and his wife because he did everything to keep me in a good way,” Song told reporters on his arrival at the Yaoundé Nsimalen Airport.

“And people in Cameroon, I’m going

to tell them ‘thank you’ for everything they did when I was in my situation.

“To come out of a heart issue without a scar, I am thankful to God and the Cameroonian people. I am healthy thanks to the doctors, I underwent three aneurysm operations.”

“I don’t remember what happened, but after my situation I’ve seen a lot of

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Titus Akhigbe, Benin Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared his intention to run for an orphanage during the 5th Edition of the 10km Okpekpe Road Race slated for May 13 in the state.

Obaseki announced this while receiving the organisers of the race led by Mr Mike Itemagbor at the Edo State Government House in Benin at the weekend.

The governor revealed that he decided to run for the Orphanage because he is a trustee of a Non-Governmental Organisation, We Care Trust, owned by the wife of the former governor of the state, Mrs Iara Oshiomhole.

He said the NGO was involved in providing succour to orphans in the state and he would use the platform to raise a donation for the NGO. He also commended the organizers for ensuring that the race enjoyed more recognition

things. People have told me what happened,” he added.

“So I’m very happy to come back and I want to say thank you to all the people “When I opened my eyes the first reflex was to touch my head and I realised something was wrong, I was very far and I thank God for his mercy,” Song told the throng of journalists.

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internationally and was improved on a yearly basis.

Meanwhile, the organisers of the Okpekpe race disclosed that more innovations had been added to the race, such as the use of transponders and trackers to eliminate cheats.

Itemagbor said the Okpekpe race is a bronze category of the IAAF event, which makes the state a tourist attraction, during the hosting of the event.

He revealed that athletes from 11 countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea, Turkey, Germany, Bahrain, Morocco, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi and Nigeria were expected to participate in this year’s edition.

He added that the former governor of the state, Mr Adams Oshiomhole would be made an honorary Grand Patron of Okpekpe Road Race for his contributions to the hosting of the race for four consecutive years.

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Dalung condoles NFF over Hamilton ANDREW EKEJIUBA

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he Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has expressed deep shock and sincere sympathy to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), friends and family members over the death of former Super Eagles coach, Paul Hamilton.

Dalung said his death came at a time his experience was needed to develop other football coaches in the country as government continues its grassroots development agenda in sports.

“I was shocked when I heard the news. His service to fatherland and achievements in the football world was inspiring. We could have counted on Hamilton to impart in younger coaches with his wealth of knowledge.

“My prayers are with the members of his immediate family, close associates and all football loving Nigerians,” Dalung said with a tinge of regret.

Dalung described the 75-year-old ex-international popularly known as ‘Wonder Boy’ as a true professional and a nationalist who sacrificed his entire life for Nigeria through sports.

“Looking at his rich CV and his commitment to his duties at the time when football was not as lucrative as it is now, it was obvious that all he did was because of his love for his fatherland,” Dalung stated.

Hamilton died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba on Thursday.

Paul Hamilton

FCIU survive Sunshine scar Philip Chike Balepo

It was an evening of finger biting and near misses, characterised by wrong footing by the FC Ifeanyi Ubah (FCIU) players who survived the scars of defeat from the Sunshine Stars of Akure to come tops in the Week 17 encounter by two goals to one.

The match was the second home match in a week for Anambra Warriors who has climbed to the middle of the table.

The game started under the scourging sun with Godwin Obaje missing a begging chance after four minutes. The pressure on the Akure boys caused them to earn two yellow cards in the 9th and 14th minutes respectively.

The near misses continued till the end of first half, even with a free-kick awarded FCIU at the edge of the 18-yard box before the break.

The second half brought out the compact game of Sunshine boys who dared

the host to register the first goal in the 72nd minute by Joseph, after Prince Agree had ballooned the first penalty awarded Ifeanyi Ubah in the 64th minute.

The goal by the visitors turned the stadium agog with the fans breathing down the necks of both the coach and the FCIU players. And it paid off as Obaje was brought down again, this time, by the Sunshine goalkeeper inside the 18yard box. This time, the lanky striker, who earns half-amillion naira a week, did justice to balance the score line in the 85th minute.

The last five minutes of the Sunday evening became so tensed up that the fans stood up till the end of the game as FCIU mounted pressure till the 93 minute when Seka Pascal took the bull by the horn to waltz through the defence of Sunshine to deliver a hero’s goal and the winner.

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agos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards upgrading and reactivating all sporting facilities in the State to enhance preparations for next year’s Gold Coast’s Queen’s Baton Relay 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia.

Ambode stated this on Monday when he received the Queen’s Baton Relay from an International delegation led by Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, accompanied by the President, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel; Australian High Commissioner, Paul Lehmann, as well as Olympians and Paralympics, among others.

Minister of Sports, Dalung, who

also represented President Muhammadu Buhari, noted that Nigerians are delighted with the arrival of the Queen’s Baton, saying it will kickstart a wake-up call for preparations ahead of the Games, next year.

The Queen’s Baton Relay has been the traditional curtain raiser to the Commonwealth Games since the 1958 Games in Cardiff, Wales, when it was first introduced as part

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eter Odemwingie has joined Indonesia topflight side, Madura United and was unveiled on Monday afternoon.

The Nigeria international who had featured for La Louvière, Lille, Lokomotiv Moscow, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Bristol City and Rotherham United was signed to help Gomes de Olivera’s navigate League 1.

He was unveiled to the public on Monday afternoon in Jakarta.

Madura United’s boss Haruna Soemitro during the ceremony expressed his delight with the Nigerian’s capture.

Odewingie will wear jersey no. 24 during his spell with the Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium giants.

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Ndume land can’t be released to govt –Sunny Nwakodo AT4

Isiala Ngwa people rally round to save assembly speaker AT 2 FIDA urged to take awareness to rural areas

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (r); Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah and Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikeazu (in white), inspecting Made-in Aba products in Aba...recently

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been attracting the attention of foreign businessmen and consumers.

Towards harnessing this potential, plans are on top gear

by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration towards establishing international marketing outlets of Made-in-Aba products in countries like USA, Japan, China, Dubai and Egypt among others.

Director General of Okezuo Abia Organisation, Elder John Nwangborogwu, dropped this hint at Aba North Local Government Area, disclosing that the outlets will be stocked with products like shoes, belts, wears, leather bags and other leather products being manufactured

by Aba community.

Elder John Nwangborogwu, who was talking to party faithful in the council area while appreciating for their dogged

efforts and support given to Gov. Ikpeazu in 2015 general election, made it clear that the state governor is ever committed to local content and capacity development of the Aba business community as an avenue of increasing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) through the sales of Aba made goods locally, nationally and internationally.

According to him, “In this time of recession, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is unrelenting in finding alternative means of increasing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue, of which he has discovered the socio-economic potentiality of Aba and is ever determined to explore it to its fullest”.

He announced that shortly after the appreciation visit, the organisation will hold its summit in Umuahia, which is expected to attract who is who in Abia and Nigeria, revealing that the organisation is set to

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organise a mini-empowerment programme that will touch directly on lives of members of the organisation and the society at large.

He further stated the preparedness of the organisa-

tion to ensure that the Okezuo Abia’s mini-empowerment programme reach its members individually, pointing out that the results from the local governments which served as a pilot test, was encouraging.

Ikpeazu’s plan to build railway excites NRC ÏÏÏ Plans by Abia State Govern-

ment to assist the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to build a railway system to support its drive of promoting small and medium enterprises has been commended by the NRC. Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhira, applauded the Governor’s decision during a meeting with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at the Government House, Umuahia and promised to ensure that the beauty of running a railway system in the state is achieved.

He described the railway system as a good means of transportation and enumerated the gains of railway to include safety, transportation of agricultural produce, taking students to school within the state as railway stations pass through many

schools in the state and urged the state to collaborate with the Federal Government to develop a rail system in the state.

Responding, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu disclosed that a committee has been set up by the government to collaborate with the NRC to realise the project, emphasising on the need to develop a functional railway system in the state as it would impact positively on the pillars of development enunciated by his government especially trade and commerce.

According to him, with the recognition of Abia State as the SME capital of the country by the Federal Government and with the potential to export over 1 million pairs of shoes weekly, the importance of an effective rail line becomes imperative.

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) at the weekend, raised funds for the building of FIDA Legal Clinic and Emergency Rescue Centre, with a strong advice to increase its strategies for increased awareness of what the organisation is all about.

The advice came from the State Accountant General, Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu, who was the chairman of the occasion held in Umuahia, calling for such strategies that would take the awareness to the grassroots “so that a maltreated woman in the rural area can report to FIDA”.

Sir Onyendilefu, who was represented by Sir Ambrose Nwachukwu, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, described FIDA as an organisation faced with the challenge of emancipating womenfolk.

“It is by no means a mean challenge. It is nerve breaking”, he said and urged FIDA not to rest on its oars, advising, “let the proper foundation be done that all is treated equally’.

He drew an analogy with the biblical Garden of Eden where he said there was not a record of instructions that the woman should not be maltreated, stating, “Unfortunately, all see what women pass through in the society.

He commended FIDA for taking the step to prevent, promote and preserve the right of women in the society, urging them to “increase the strategies for increased awareness and on what FIDA is all about.

“Let there be that sustained efforts in making people realise that they have an avenue, a window for them to address their injustices. It is now time to take the awareness to the rural areas where they will be able to have an idea what FIDA is all about”, he said, and called on FIDA to redouble its efforts to ensure that people in the rural areas feels the presence of FIDA in the society.

He also urged for support for the Rescue Centre as one that is quite demanding financially.

In her address, the wife of the state governor, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu, who was represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Vivian Ude Oko Chukwu, commended FIDA and charged them to be consistent with the ideals of FIDA, promising that her office will partner with them in making the society good for women to live and to give voice to the voiceless.

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NOA, communities brainstorm on essential family practices ÏÏÏ The Abia State Director of Na-

tional Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Ngozi Uduma, recently, met with representatives of various communities in each of the three senatorial zones of Abia State on the need for people to embark on Essential Family Practices (EFP).

The zones are Abia South Senatorial zone (Aba South L.G.A); Abia North Senatorial district (Ohafia L.G.A) and Abia Central Senatorial zone (Umuahia North L.G.A).

Speaking during the occasion on resolution and action plans of community governance structure for Essential Family Practices, Dr. Uduma harped on the need for proper/ adequate dissemination of information garnered during such meetings to the respective communities represented, noting that the aim of the meeting was to gather town union leaders from all the communities in the state to brainstorm on ways to achieve success on community governance structure for essential family practices.

Dr. Uduma used the occasion to appeal to the leaders of the various communities to interact with their traditional rulers and their cabinet to draw action plan on such resolutions, listing some of the essential

family practices to include exclusive breastfeeding, immunization of children, malaria, HIV/AIDS, hand washing, oral re-hydration solution and sanitation.

Also speaking, a resource person and retired director Nursing Services, Deaconess Alice Chukwuocha, appealed to the participants to create a positive environment for their people and children starting from the day of birth, teaching them how to maintain a green and clean environment, and good eating habits.

Deaconess Chukwuocha charged pregnant and nursing mothers to adopt the six months exclusive breastfeeding approach and ensure that their children were fully immunized, stating the need for personal hygiene through proper hand wash and adequate waste disposal, which she highlighted can help prevent typhoid fever, mostly transmitted through excreta and other unhealthy methods of living.

Some of the participants commended National Orientation Agency and UNICEF for organising the meeting, stating that it had provided them the opportunity to report back their findings and achievements on essential family practices in their various communities.

ABSG denies victimisation of school headmistress

…as commissioner finally opens up Stories by Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

ÏÏÏ The outrage in Abia State over

punitive demotion and transfer of an Ohafia Primary School headmistress, Mrs. Maryleen Ezichi, may have finally come to rest as the state Government has finally opened up that the report was not true.

This denial came after the state’s executive council meeting last Wednesday through the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ikechi Mgboji, who described as embarrassing and false the report of the transfer and demotion of a school head teacher at the behest of the wife of the state Governor, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu, for alleged insult.

Briefing newsmen in Umuahia on the matter, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ikechi Mgboji, who for nearly one week was elusive to the press for his comments, said that at no time did the wife of

the Governor order that anybody be transferred or demoted for making a statement.

Prof. Mgboji, who must have avoided the press until he gets clearance from the State Executive Council, disclosed that investigation conducted by him revealed that no such thing happened and is yet to see any proof, adding that the chairman of the Abia State Universal Basic Education (ASUBEB) had claimed he was not aware of any such transfer or demotion of any teacher as ordered by the wife of the state Governor.

The Education commissioner went ahead to explain that “there are laid down rules and guidelines for demoting a civil servant or disciplining him which must be followed before he or she is demoted”.

He maintained that Deaconess Ikpeazu has no vengeance or vindictiveness in her even as the state government does not believe in vengefulness and suggested that the story may be the handiwork of name droppers.

However, in a telephone interview with a functionary of Abia State Universal Basic Education (ASUBEB) tacitly confirmed it, stating that Mrs. Maryleen Ezichi was actually transferred but not on punitive measure.

The source explained that transfers are routines exercises, while headship of a school is an appointment, stating that the transfer did not reduce her status in the civil service or tampered with her salary or grade level.

The source also disclosed that the transfer letter to that effect was signed by a high ranking officer of the board, thus making the Commissioner likely to be not in the know of what happens in his ministry.

“We did not demote the teacher.

Headship of a school is an appointment not a promotion. As an employee of government, if the government sees that there is the need for transfer to any part of the state, it reserves the right to transfer the person to an area the services of the employee is needed most. Her transfer was with immediate effect”, the source concluded.

Security: Obingwa council boss summons security chiefs, monarchs, stakeholders ÏÏÏ Adequate security, people say,

brings about sustainable development. The story has not changed in Obingwa as has drawn the attention of the state government especially that of the Executive Chairman of Obingwa Local Government Area, Hon. Amaechi Hanson, at the weekend, summoned a meeting of security chiefs and major stakeholders in his council area to find a lasting solution to the recent security challenges in council area in particular and Aba area in general.

This was following an upsurge in violent criminal activities in the area, especially kidnapping.

Addressing the large gathering during the occasion, the Obingwa council boss emphasised on the reasons for summoning the meeting, stating that it was for the his administration to rob minds with uniformed security personnel and lawful civilians on how to tackle the issues of crime, especially that of kidnapping which has become the order of the day in and around the council.

He said that citizens as civilians were not trained to combat crimes but rather to provide useful information that will assist security agencies in combating crime in the society.

In his speech during the event, the Police Area Commander in-charge of Aba metropolis, ACP Peter Wagbara, commended the council boss, Hon. Hanson, over the meeting and thanked the state Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, for being security

conscious and his numerous assistance the state Police Command in acquiring modern security facilities which has assisted the command in speedy response to crimes.

This, ACP Wagbara said, has earned him an international recognition as the best governor in crime prevention.

The area commander, who said the security of lives and property of every citizen in Obingwa is his greatest concern, also enjoined the traditional rulers and different youth organisations to work in synergy with the security agents in the local government by providing timely and useful information that will aid security personnel in combating crimes, especially that of kidnapping.

Wagbara lauded the Obingwa council chairman, Hon. Amaechi Hanson and his Deputy, Hon. Nelson Nworu, for swinging into action early enough by summoning all the security chiefs in Obingwa LGA to raise alarm about the disturbing situation in order to find a lasting solution to the security challenges in his locality and described him as one who knows his job as the Chief Security Officer of the council area.

He advised the people of Obingwa to set up community vigilante groups and get them ready for inauguration as he has done in some local governments within Aba zone, stating that there is no more a hiding place for kidnappers and criminals any more in Aba and Abia State as security has been beefed up within and outside the local government, in order to strengthen it.

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with Abia traditional rulers during a recent visit to the state.

Isiala Ngwa people rally round to save assembly speaker ÏÏÏ The

people of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area have passed a vote of confidence on their son and speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Kanu and called on Abians and the Abia State House of Assembly to discountenance the write-up in some national dailies (not The Daily Times) on the recall process against the speaker.

This the followed the call by some of his Isiala Ngwa South constituents to on Kanu to resign over “bad reputation”.

In their “Recall Action” statement/release, the Isiala Ngwa South constituents had called on Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Kanu to “vol-

untarily resign and save his constituency of the headache of going through a recall process”.

However, speaking during a solidarity visit to the Government House in support of the speaker, the supportive constituents dissociated themselves from what they termed “a malicious write-up”, describing the write-up as the handiwork of charlatans.

In their remarks, the leader of the delegation and executive chairman of Isiala Ngwa South LGA, Chief Isikaku Ifeanyi, as well as other stakeholders from Isiala Ngwa South, including Chief John Erendu and Chief Chijioke Akanwa, stated that Isiala Ngwa South

people would not allow the speaker to be removed as he has not done anything wrong, and pledged their unalloyed support and solidarity for the speaker.

They stressed that as constituents, they voted for him and are also the ones to ask for his recall and pledged their unflinching loyalty to the Governor.

Receiving the group, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu said that leaders are made if found worthy, adding that that should not be a cause for rancour and admonished those who think otherwise to have a rethink as it is Abia that is at stake, maintaining that what the speaker deserves is prayers, solidarity and support.

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Mother’s Day: Being a woman is worth celebrating –Sir Madu ÏÏÏAs mothers in Umuahia joined

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okeezie Ikpeazu (3 from right), flanked on the immediate left by Engr. Fidet Okhiria, M/D, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), when he led other top management of the corporation on a courtesy visit on the governor in Umuahia...recently

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Abia State Government has concluded plans to attract funds to enable it embark on massive reforestation programme in the state.

The Commissioner for Environment and Solid Minerals Development, Barrister Gabe Igboko, stated this in Umuahia while addressing stakeholders in Forestry and Timber dealers in the state, frowning at the continued encroachment on the forest reserve in the state

and indiscriminate felling of trees.

Igboko warned that the state government will no longer tolerate such acts by any individual or group, noting that trees play significant role not only in checkmating land degradation but protecting lives.

The Environment boss disclosed that his Ministry has adopted a strategy which has helped to increase government revenue in forestry and timber, pointing out that arrangements are been made for the training and retraining of forestry staff.

The Commissioner warned staff of the ministry over sabotage of government efforts, stating that such staff would be punished. He enjoined stakeholders to join hands with the government in checkmating incessant felling of trees at the forestry and also ensure that government gets its revenue from the timber.

Speaking, the Forestry Director in the ministry, Mrs. Oti Onyekachi, described the meeting as timely and appealed for increased manpower in the forestry department.

Jump into the lagoon if you like, Rep tells critics ÏÏÏ The

member representing Osisioma North and South in the House of Representatives, Hon. Solomon Adaelu, recently responded to some individuals he termed faceless critics under the platform called “Anya Abia” who has been criticising him over constituency development projects.

In his press release which was posted on his facebook account, the Representative member insisted that nothing will stop him from discharging his duties to his constituents no matter the challenge promised that every fund released as constituency fund will be effectively used to better the lots of his constituents.

The press release titled “Campaign of calumny and falsehood by detractors against my constituency development projects”, stated in part as follows: “My attention has been drawn to the campaign of calumny and falsehood been perpetrated by some faceless individuals under the platform of ‘Anya Abia’ on my Constituency Development Projects. Initially I did not want to respond to such distractions as

I am aware that truth will always prevail over concocted falsehood.

“It is important to state here that since the unveiling of my Constituency Development Programme and the consequent commendations from the general public, I have had a lot of pressure from different quarters. I am aware that my approach to Representation has not only made enemies for me but also pitched me against those who feel challenged.

“Let me state this clearly, my name is Solomon Adaelu, I consider this mandate so sacred and am committed to discharging this responsibility without fear or favour.

“The idea behind the Rural Roads Rehabilitation/Grading Programme came as a result of what I observed during the 2015 General Election while campaigning. It was almost impossible to access our rural roads. I felt the pain and sufferings of my constituents and decided to dedicate every resource available to me to serve them. The equipment I procured is three (3) times the value mentioned by paid the Anya Abia writer.

“The Constituency Project which was mentioned in the post

by Anya Abia is part of my Empowerment Programme which will soon be unveiled. I shall be spending more than N150m (one hundred and fifty million naira) in the next phase of my Constituency Development Programme.

“It should be made clear that every Legislator is at liberty to choose projects and programmes as desired by his constituency.

“In few months from now, when the release of fund and the purchase of all the Empowerment Materials are ready, I shall invite Abians and Nigeria in general to witness yet another phenomenal Constituency Development Programme.

“Anya Abia and their sponsors should know that not everyone who ventures into politics does so with evil intent. Always check the background and pedigree of every politician before peddling rumours.

All efforts to trace the Anya Abia organisation proved impossible as the organisation is not traceable and is faceless.

their counterpart all over Nigeria to celebrate their 2017 Mothers’ Day recently, mothers are supposed to be appreciated and celebrated for what they are.

The Permanent Secretary, Government House (Finance) Umuahia, Sir Romanus Madu, stated this during the Mothers’ Day at St. Michael’s Catholic Parish Church Ugwunchara, Umuahia, describing every mother as a priceless jewel that is worth celebrating.

According to the Knight of St. Mulumba, “mothers generally are different in nature,” adding, for one to be a woman worth celebrating, you must be a real mother, a virtuous woman that people must emulate both in character and demonstration” and encouraged them to continue add values to attract future events, saying without mothers, there won’t be nation.

The permanent secretary urged them to use the period and commit government and people of Abia State in prayers especially at these trying moments of state as they round up this year’s 2017 mothers, while he observed that prayers of mothers attracts God’s intervention.

He charged mothers to see themselves as solution agents to families rather than being dependants.

Also speaking, chairman of the event, Mr. Onuora Izuegbulem, observed there was no bound celebrating mothers on earth, given significant roles they play in the families, pointing out that mothers deserved best in life putting into consideration aspects of cares they give to the children from child birth and beyond and encouraged every man and woman to continue to show love and appreciate them.

Izuegbulem thanked the Catholic Christian Mothers of St. Michael’s

Parish for considering him worthy and responsible enough to pilot affairs of this year’s 2017 mother’s Sunday despite other notable parishioners and expressed his resolve to continue to show concern in that direction.

Onoura however solicited support from Catholic parishioners in the church to enable mothers meet up with their aspirations and dreams in the services of God. Also speaking, a Knight of the church, Engr. Sir Emmanuel Duru, prayed God to sustain mothers globally as according to him the task before them was enormous, while calling on parishioners particularly men not to forget challenges of mothers in bringing up all and sundry to planet hence the need to look after them.

The Catholic knight, who described mothers as rare gift from God, noted that it is a thing of joy when mothers gather together to celebrate and therefore prayed for sustenance of mothers as they continue to render services to the family.

Meanwhile, the President General, Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) of the parish, Lady (Mrs.) Onyedikachi Madu, urged women not to allow the present economic recession pose threats to marriages but subject themselves to constant prayers so as overcome the challenges.

Lady Madu, who described the event as sober reflection, noted with delight that 2017 mother’s Sunday was a huge success.

According to CWO President General, series of seminars and lectures were organised for mothers aimed at acquaint them on how to move along with families in the face of economic recession just as she observed that the theme for this year’s programme was “Role of Mary in the mission of the church”.

Security challenges forces DPR out of Aba ÏÏÏ The Department of

Petroleum Resources office located in Aba has relocated its office to Umuahia over security challenges in Aba. The Operations Manager of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr. Pascal Eze Madu, stated this in Umuahia while on courtesy call to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu with his Management team at the Government House, Umuahia.

Madu told Ikpeazu that in line with the policy of the department, the office was relocated from Aba to Umuahia, while highlighting the challenges confronting the department in Aba to include issue of a befitting office and security threat in Aba which led to the relocation of the office to Umuahia and solicited the Governor’s assistance to the agency.

Responding, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as-

sured him that the state government is determined to collaborate with the DPR to discharge its function to the state, noting that it is a policy of his government to provide ambience to agencies of government operating in the state irrespective of whether they are federal or state.

While promising to ensure that the manager settles down quickly in Umuahia, Gov. Ikpeazu addressed the issue of the security situation in Aba as raised by Madu, stating that the security challenges are not peculiar to Abia State.

His administration, he said, is on top of the situation and has the responsibility of protecting lives and property in the state, adding that the state government is deploying gate keepers from communities to report the activities of hoodlums to government.

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Ndume land can’t be released to govt –Sunny Nwakodo Chief (Sir) Sunny Nwakodo, the traditional Prime Minister of Ndume Autonomous Kingdom and President General of Ndume Otuka Federated, in this interview with SUNDAY NWAKANMA, speaks on the recent protest by Umuanna Ndume Ibeku community against happenings in the new Umuahia Timber market. Excerpts: Few weeks ago, your Umuanna Ndume Ibeku people protested over their land they said some people, including the state government has forcefully taken from your community. Can you tell us what you know about that land as the traditional prime minister of Ndume Autonomous Kingdom and the President General of Ndume Otuka Federated?

Yes. During the Ogbonnaya Onu regime, I was appointed as one the Land Use and Allocation Committee Abia State member. During that period, we tried to acquire this community land from Umuanna people where I come from. The Umuanna people did not agree to release the portion that government tagged the IBB Phase II. The reason was that from the Abia State University, Uturu (Umuahia Campus) to Seminary and Government College were

Umuanna land donated to the government and the IBB Phase I is also Umuanna’s land. So, on this present Timber shade, I was the one the government gave money for compensation and it was N5 million for each of the two communities that were quarreling over the small portion of land, the Ihe community and Umuohu Azueke people in the office of the Commissioner for Lands. The remaining land that was supposed to be the IBB Phase II was not agreed upon with the community and the Ministry of Lands. As at 2008, we now had a memorandum of understanding between Umuanna community and the state government who was represented by the Ministry of Lands, when K. C. Ugbaja was the state Commissioner of Lands. That memorandum of understanding said that we have released the IBB Phase I to the government and the government returned fifty plots to the community to enable us use it to compensate some of our people who owned that IBB Phase I land, as well as promised employing our people into government ministries and parastatals. That was the details of the MoU we agreed upon.

Then on the other side of the land, Umuanna people said, ‘let us use the other side as the only land we have so that our children will have a place to build their houses and for us to have a portion of land where

Nwakodo we can farm or bury our people’.

That was what we agreed upon and we never gave out the land to the government.

Formerly, it was calculated as plots, but recently, when government brought the timber shade to that market, people wanted to tamper with our land and encroach into it. Our people started agitating and some groups of people brought in the army and were using them against our people. If you ever mention that you are from Umuanna Ndume, the military will flog you.

Based on that, the people started grading the land by force and have started selling the land to individuals. The land was not part of the IBB Phase I. The people who are occupying there were not given that place through the state Ministry of Lands. It was sold by the individuals or the people, may be the Market Committee or the contractor financier. They are the people that sold the land to individuals there and some of the people who bought the land are building Housing estates there. How can they be building a housing estate there when our children have no other place to build their own house, even when our hands cannot reach out to buy the housing estate there and without any memorandum of understanding? We have never discussed anything pertaining to that land. None of us ever had a meeting or any discussion with the government about that particular land. So the land cannot be released to the government, and no release has been perfected in anywhere.

Is the carpenter section part of the land?

Yes, our land formed almost 79 percent of that market. So we need to discuss with the state government. We need to come to a round table and discuss with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Information indicated that this land was taken during the time your

son was the state governor and that the people who sold the land are also your sons…

(Cuts in) They should be identified. Let them come and prove themselves. I don’t know and not part of them. Our people were against me.

They thought I was among the people that sold the land out. But today, they have found out that I was not among the people. I don’t have any business with the people that sold out the land. I am sure that during that period, our son, T. A. Orji never discussed about the land with us and he had never approached us for the land. So, I am convinced that the people who sold the land, did it on their own. Probably, they are in one way or the other in government. I do not know.

What is you demand now over the land?

We have to discuss fully with the state government and know exactly what the government wants from that land. If it is what we can come to the negotiating table, we can discuss and know the possibility of releasing any of the lands to the government and for our children to have a breathing space and for our children to have a place to build their own house.

If government refuses to do that, what will happen?

I will not predict that and I would not say whether they will refuse to do that or not until they refuse.

Businessmen wickedness compound recession in S’Éast – Abia TUC chair Comrade Chris Ndubuisi Okoro, Chairman, Public Service Negotiating Council, Abia State, in this interview with SUNDAY NWAKANMA, speaks on economic situation in the country among others. Excerpts: The economy situation of the country is biting hard and harder in Abia State. What is your opinion about the economic situation in the country and particularly in the state?

We thank God that the naira is appreciating. I think that is a good step towards the recovery of the economic recession we are suffering. But particularly in Abia State, and the entire South East zone, it is due to our personal wickedness towards economic issues. Take for instance, the other day, they were screening teachers, the cost of ordinary office file is N50 but when they heard they were screening teachers, I am telling you, they (traders) changed it to N80. Is this a government problem? It is just wickedness of our people who are traders and busi-

nessmen. We do not have human face in issues. We always capitalize or use opportunity to undo ourselves. I know that the recession is not okay, but most of the high cost of things in the South East is because of the wickedness of ourselves. That is it. Yes, though government is doing their own, on most of the issues, you will see that the federal government will be doing their own part, while the state will not do their own part. At times, the federal government will send certain things to the schools and ministries and you will not see those things. Last time, there were items from the Federal Government on sporting activities to Abia State, but go to any school now and show me where they are in the state. But it has been recorded that Principals and co have collected them. We follow all these things as labour leaders. But the issue we are talking about is that our people should have a change of heart and learn how to live as one.

What will be your advice to the state and Federal Government on this issue?

For the state government,

they should improve on their system of doing things. I thanked the state governor for promoting made-in-Aba products to make that the market for Abia products is increased and that will increase our internally generated revenue (IGR). This is another method of improving the economy and he is doing his best, but he cannot do it alone.

I do not know what our investors in the state are doing. Let them come and resuscitate such industries as the Golden Guinea, ceramic industry and any others. If these things are resuscitated, this is another way of improving the economy and the IGR. But these things are just ignored and I do not know what the mind of our investors towards that is.

Cost of food items are also getting higher and it seems the entire South East has abandoned farming. What is your advice to the people of the South East?

That shows how wicked we are to ourselves in the South East. Garri, for instance, which currently costs about N200.00 for a cup is not imported and our farm land has not been

states in South East are not encouraging their farmers. Again, we should have a change of heart and human face in whatever we are doing so that it shall be well with us.

Some medical and health workers in Abia Abia protested recently because they have not been paid their salaries for the past six months.

Some of those who protested are said to have been penciled down for undue transfers and retirement. What is your union doing to forestall this?

Okoro seized by the government that we should not farm again. The land is still as it is. But they (south eastern businessmen) have not announced that they are now capitalising on the name, economic recession, to increase all they produce. Go to Markurdi in Benue State, this thing you buy at N600.00 and you call it garri, you will get it N250.00 or N300.00. So, our problem is first, we are not investing in farming. Governments of the

Am not aware of this that there are some people who protested for their rights and they are now penciled for retirement.

Well, I know that in service, when you are due for retirement, you are retired. This is a structure in civil service and you do not retire a person because he contested his right. It is not done. More so, the NLC chairman in the state comes from that domestic union. So, I think he should know better what is happening there. My table has not handled that matter, so, I am not aware.

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Cross River to build 2Megawatts power plants in 18 LGAs Simon Ugwu The Cross River Government has unveiled plans to build two megawatts power plants across the 18 local government areas in the state.

The project, which is expect-

ed to boost electricity supply in all the councils on or before 2019 will be executed in partnership with a South African firm, Industrial Project Services (IPS).

Speaking during the project presentation at the conference room of the governor’s office,

Calabar, Cross River governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, said: “I have 18 local government areas and it is my commitment to ensure that every local government area, every single village has electricity under my watch.”

The governor maintained that

although it is a tall ambition, the projects will entail a combination of both renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, as the state is also “considering the option of using solar for the day and gas fire for the night.” “the radiation studies and

baseline data for Nigeria covers copiously a spectrum of Cross River. Obviously the radiation that we see from literature studies shows clearly that we have high level of radiation CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

Deposits in SunTrust Bank grows 432% to N4.2bn

L – R: Ayodeji Akinbobola, Head, Children Banking, Access Bank Plc; Adetokunbo Elliot, Youth Product Manager, First Bank of Nigeria Limited; Pai Gamde, Acting Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Olumide Orojimi, Head, Corporate Communications, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Abimbola Babalola, Head, Market Surveillance, NSE and David Adonri, Chief Executive Officer, Equity Capital Solutions at the Closing Gong Ceremony in commemoration of the Global Money Week recently.

Why Nigeria’s power system keeps crashing OpeOluwani Akintayo Nigeria has continued to experience dwindling power generation as data gathered by Business Times shows that the country’s power capacity is now below 4000 megawatts.

BUSINESS TIMES Head Business Azubike Nnadozie Asst. Business Editor Simon Ugwu Capital Market Editor Bonny Amadi

On Monday 13th March, 2017, Nigeria’s power generation was 3,483.15 Megawatts.

On 14th March, 2017, power generation stood at 3,459 .00 Megawatts.

15th March, saw power generation at 3, 558.86 Megawatts , while on the 16th March , power generation pegged at 3 002 .98 Megawatts.

On 17th March, the country had 3, 558.86 Megawatts, while on 18th March , it had 3, 672 .20 Megawatts.

19th March , Nigeria saw its PG drop to 3 ,641 Megawatts, further crashing on the 20th March to 3 , 603 .82 Megawatts.

On the 21st March , 2017 , Power Generated was 2,871 .08 Megawatts, 27th March, 3,497.00 Megawatts, and on the 28th March , Power Generated blunged further to 3,412 .00 Megawatts.

The unstable generation did not stop there, on 29th March, it again fell to 3,379 .00 Megawatts.

The continuous crash in the country’s power generation capacity has been linked to various reasons in recent years.

The very popular one has been lack of gas supply to generation companies. Worsening the gas issue is the militancy in the Niger Delta.

Another reason for the drop

is shortage of water supply to the hydrogen generating plants which has further reduced power generation.

The most recent reason for the drop is the high exchange rate, as most of the equipment and materials used in generation are being exported from outside the country.

On the 30th March , 2017 , Power Generated further dropped to 3,130 .31 Megawatts, while on the 31st March , it rose a bit to 3,571.42 Megawatts.

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As a sign of absolute confidence in the management of the new and technology-driven SunTrust Bank, its customers increased deposits in the bank by a whopping 432 per cent, making it possible for the bank to declare an impressive profit before tax of N343 million, an increase of 160.3 per cent over the N131.9million reported in 2015.

Meanwhile its Income tax expense moved from N10 million to N130.6 million to leverage profit after tax gain of 74.6per cent to N212.7 million from N121.8 million in 2015.

With growth in profitability, Earnings per Share (EPS) gained 12.5 per cent to N0.18 in 2016 from N0.16 recorded in 2015. Following the above, return on equity (ROE) moved from 1.2 per cent to 2per cent.

Despite the 2016 recession that led to severe macro economy challenges, the bank recorded growth in customer deposits through its broad range of unique financial services and products to individuals, small businesses, corporation and the government. Also, the Bank effectively managed its interest expenses that impacted positively on Net Interest Income in 2016.

The bank focuses its lending activities to the SMEs, Retail Consumers, and Emerging Corporates. It also explores other specialized development finance activities, including the agricultural value chain.

It will be recalled that the bank’s Chief Executive, Muhammed Jubrin, recently assured operators in the small and medium scale enterprises sector that his bank will focus on the small businesses by availing financing and thus

Business News B2 NIMASA calls for removal of abandoned shipwrecks … Says erring owners risk sanctions

Babajide Okeowo In a bid to ensure safe and secure shipping on the Nigerian territorial waters, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has warned all owners of abandoned Ships/Vessels to urgently remove same from the Nigerian territorial waters on or before 28th of April 2017 or risk sanctions ranging from forfeiture or removal by the Agency at the owners expense.

The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside who stated this recently in Lagos noted that it is instructive to ensure that our waters remain safe for navigation in order to advance our maritime interests.

He therefore warned that all abandoned ships would be declared as wrecks and the Agency would ensure that nothing impedes safe navigation in our waters by removing them.

In his words “in line with our mandate on the protection of the marine environment and safety of navigation within Nigerian waters and our powers as the receiver of wrecks; owners of all abandoned ships, vessels and derelicts are sternly warned to seek removal plan permits from the Agency and ensure the removal of these wrecks and derelicts from our waters on or before April 28th, 2017 failure of which would attract appropriate sanction”.

Dakuku also reeled out the sanctions to include removal of such wrecks at the owners’ expense as well as forfeiture of the vessels stating that the Agency is empowered to do so in line with the powers vested in it by the Merchant Shipping Act 2007.

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Jaiz Bank reports 66% profit decline in 2016 Afolabi Adesola Jaiz Bank has reported a profit after tax of N311.3 million for the 2016 financial year ended 31st December 2016.

The company’s PAT represents a 66 percent depreciation from N910 million recorded as PAT for the corresponding period of the prior year.

Jaiz Bank through its audited financial statements submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday, also reported a total income of N4.9 billion against N4.3 billion in 2015. The Bank’s expenses increased to N4.6 billion from N3.5 billion while operating profit for the 2016 financial year was reported at N343 million.

Total Assets for the bank as at December 2016 stood at N67.6 billion representing a 28 percent increase over the N52.6 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015 as shareholders funds appreciated to N14.7 billion from N11.4 billion recorded in 2015.

In a letter to the Bank’s shareholders, The Chairman Dr. Umaru A. Mutallab,(CON) Said “The outgoing year has been both a very challenging but yet exciting one for us in our corporate existence. It was challenging not only because of the recessed node of the economy throughout the year, but also it was part of our formative period where we had to make the difficult decision of either keeping our revenues or

reinvesting them in infrastructure and expansion of our business.

Of course, had consideration not been given to growing the branch channels of the Bank and other allied infrastructures, profitability could have been much higher than prior year looking at the Total Income of N4.91billion that was generated (2015: N4.30billion).

I want to assure you though that we do not see this pursuit of operational expansion to be at the expense of shareholders.

On the contrary, we think our shareholders will benefit because their bank has a longer-term and more sustainable view of the benefits to future bottom-line.

Dangote Sugar Plc commitment to reward shareholders in the face of challenging environment has been demonstrated by the company’s 2016 audited financial statement which recorded growth in key indices.

The company went step further to make dividend proposal N0.60 to shareholders of the company whose names appear in its register by the date of its closure. The dividend proposal of N0.60 came ahead of N0.50 paid by the company for 2015 financial year. Dangote sugar earning per share (EPS) grew to N1.20 from N0.93 in 2015, the re-

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and therefore making the applicability of solar as an energy source in the northern and central part of the state is very viable,” Ayade said.

“We are trying to have an industrial setting where we will actually be dealing with power supply and solar base systems to stranded communities, communities that are disconnected from national grid as well as some municipalities that have national grid,” he added.

Reasoning that the choice of IPS was on the basis of its history, Ayade averred: “This will be the first solar power project to be undertaken in the SouthSouth of Nigeria at commercial scale,” adding that “once this succeeds, it means that we would have opened the door to the real big market of Africa which is the Nigerian market and if you have the Nigerian market, Africa will simply follow.”

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sult revealed.

Meanwhile, according to the company’s audited financial statement released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last Friday, the Group’s revenue increased by 68 per cent to N169.72 billion, while in 2015 revenue of the group was N101.06 billion.

Gross profit increased by 12 per cent to N22.98billion, reflecting 14 per cent growth from N20.47billion posted in 2015 financial year.

The result further showed that earnings before interest, taxation, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) rose by 12 per cent to N22.18 billion, indicating EBITDA margin 13.08 per cent, from N19.73bn posted in 2015.

Profit before tax increased 21 per cent to N19.61 billion, against N16.16bn recorded in 2015, while Profit after tax (PAT) rose to N14.4 billion from N11.14bn in 2015, reflecting over 20 per cent rise.

The company’s operational highlights showed that seasonal sugar production at savannah stood at 17,122 tonnes, ahead of 2015 when production was: 6,610 tonnes, reflecting about 195 per cent increase Full year 2016 refinery production at Apapa Lagos was 791,800 tonnes, from 740,350 tonnes recorded in 2015, while group sugar sales volume 778,518 tonnes, from 782,000 tonnes in 2015.

Dangote Sugar is Nigeria’s

largest producer of household and commercial sugar with 1.44 million tonnes of refining capacity, with the ability to supply most of the country through an extensive network of distributors.

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.78 Megawatts, while on the 2nd April , 2017, generation was 3,235 .22 Megawatts.

Data for 3rd of March had not filed in as at the time of writing this report.

Recently, strong indications emerged after the management of one of Nigeria’s electricity generation companies, Egbin Power threatened to shut down operations due to non-settlement of N100billion debt, inadequate gas supply and inefficiency in operations of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

Speaking to Daily Times, Dallas Peavey, the Managing Director, Egbin Power Plc on Wednesday, said that the country is heading towards another blackout by next week as liquidity, transmission and gas supply issues threatened its operations.

Peavey made the disclosure during against the backdrop of dropped in generation.

Peavey said that the plant was being forced to gradually shutdown due to adverse effect of grid instability that endangers its turbines.

He said that another challenges was the inadequate gas supply to generate at optimal capacity as well as the huge debts owed the company by federal government owned Nigerian Bulk Electricity Traders (NBET) and Market Operator.

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Stories by Motolani Oseni Against the backdrop of doubts raised in some quarters about the sustainability of the continuous intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in foreign exchange market, the apex bank on Monday, April 3, 2017 released a new total sum of $240 million.

A breakdown of the forex supplied showed that $90 million was meant to meet requests for invisibles such as BTA/PTA, medicals and school fees, while a total of $150 million was released to authorized FOREX dealers in the interbank wholesales auction window.

CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor confirmed the figures, disclosing that the CBN had adjusted BDCs sale days to Tuesdays only to reduce logistical difficulties.

He however pointed out that that henceforth the apex bank

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According to him, in a bid to further ease the access of customers, the CBN has also directed all banks to pay cash over the counter to desiring foreign exchange customers.

While urging the banks to oblige the genuine requests of customers, the spokesman advised customers to report any un-cooperative bank to the CBN through available platforms.

It will be recalled that the CBN in the recent months has made offers and released to the inter-bank foreign exchange market in its bid to sustain forex

rule supply to different categories users.

He expressed optimism that the sum of $150 million offered to authorized FOREX dealers in the interbank wholesale window to meet the requests of genuine wholesale customers would be fully subscribed at the auction as was the case at the last auction on March 28, 2107.

Meanwhile, the apex bank had earlier vowed to sustain the gains which saw the naira making some gains against the dollar.

The CBN on Sunday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign ex-

change with a view to ensuring liquidity in the market and enhance accessibility and affordability for genuine end users.

Mr. Okorafor said the bank wants to disabuse the notion by market speculators that it wouldn’t be able to sustain its forex intervention.

The new injection of $240 million into the forex market is an evident that CBN meant it statement at the weekend that it would again earlier in the week inject more foreign exchange into the market, which it believed would lead to a further weakening of the dollar.

The CBN spokesperson has

equally warned commercial banks and other dealers to desist from sabotaging the efforts aimed at making life easier for foreign exchange end users.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week reviewed down the rate at which it was selling dollars to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators nationwide.

Even though the apex bank has not disclose the new rate to be selling to the BDCs, there are indications that BDCs that the buying rate for BDCs on Tuesday would now be N350 and selling rate would be N360 to the dollar.

It is worthy of notes that BDCs were currently buying dollars from the CBN at a forward rate of N381 to the dollar and selling at N399 to the dollar.

Fidelity Bank, NEPC promote export through training As part of efforts aimed at boosting exports in the country, Fidelity Bank has been in the vanguard of providing capacity building initiatives for customers and the business community across the country.

To this end the bank in collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Ghanaian based West African Trade and Investment (WATI) HUB held an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) workshop for leather and garment cluster businesses in the South Eastern part of the country.

The two-day event with the theme ‘Taking the Advantage of Export Opportunities to the United States under AGOA’ which held in Aba, Abia State last week, featured mini-exhibition by the manufacturers of the leather and garment goods.

General Manager, Managed SMEs Division, Fidelity Bank, Mr. Ken Opara who represented the Fidelity Bank CEO, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, told the participants at the workshop that it was the desire of the bank to give the entrepreneurs the needed exposure to the local and international market.

“It’s important to key into the incentive scheme of AGOA – an incentive scheme that the American government put in place to support export of African products into American market.

AGOA guarantees duty-free exports, but our people are not fully

aware of the compliance levels needed for them to take advantage these incentives” he stated.

He also explained that Fidelity Bank wants manufacturers in the Aba cluster to generate the needed foreign exchange of their own. He maintained that Aba, being one of the commercial nerve centres in the country, is pivotal to the diversification of the Nigerian economy to non-oil sectors.

“We are using this platform to provide them all that they need to know to secure loans to be able to drive businesses in order to participate in the AGOA scheme. As a bank, we are with them all the way from capacity building to access to funding, including equipment finance where necessary” he stated.

Also speaking at the very successful two-day event which recorded an unprecedented turn out of participants, the WATI HUB representative, Mr. Emmanuel Udonko, said that his organization provides technical assistant, capacity building and marketing linkage to West

L – R: Representative of Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Mr Israel Ikyumidr; Head of Sectors, Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mr Jenefaa Gillis-Harry, and representative of Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria (NBS), Mr Edwin Efidi, during Stakeholder’s Validation Workshop of Baseline Report on SDGs in Abuja on Monday.

African sub-region business concerns.

According to the apparel specialist, his mission to Aba was to sensitize them on their readiness to export their products to America through AGOA platform and to enable them access the US market, leveraging the workshop as a good platform to start from.

For Mr. Mohammed Abduly-

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ana, a Senior AGOA Specialist of USAID/WATI based in Ghana, the advantages and benefits of AGOA for Nigerian manufacturers are enormous and it is important to educate them on how the be part of the scheme. He said the duty free American market is an opportunity for Aba manufacturers to key in.

Another speaker, Chief Funso

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Abiri, an AGOA expert and Consultant with the NEPC who was thrilled by the high level of interest from the Aba leather and apparels manufacturers, thanked Fidelity Bank for being very handy in providing advice and financial assistance to the manufacturers to be able to be part of AGOA.

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396.58

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29,622,820,692

674,172,139

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LAGOS

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478

420

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29,626,238,650

675,895,109

2.23%

ABUJA

395

480

420

3/27/2017

30,311,565,855

29,633,977,126

677,588,729

2.24%

PH

390

480

418

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30,340,326,322

29,657,929,887

Ajibola

682,396,436

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Market opens Q2 on expectant note as earnings continue Afolabi Adesola Hope of reaping from corporate action characterized market sentiments as second quarter trading commenced on Monday, even as the All Share-Index declined 0.95 per cent.

Cross section of investors have expressed confidence of reaping more from their investments in the market through dividend payment, more than what accrued to them in the first quarter.

Meanwhile, the All Share Index (ASI) and mar-

ket capitalization closed at 25,273.03 points and N8.745 trillion against last Friday’s closing figures of 25,516.34 points and N8.829 trillion respectively, to bring the year to date returns to -6 percent.

Equities investors thus began the week and first trading day in the month of April with a loss of N84.2 billion after trading in 2,634 deals, a total of 97.7 million shares valued at N682.8 million. This was in sharp contrast to 593.9 million shares valued at N94.3 billion and traded in 3,159 deals in previous session

The day’s transaction showed that the volume and value traded on Monday decreased 84 percent and 3672 percent respectively, while Market breadth stayed positive with 28 gainers to 7 losers.

UACN emerged the day’s highest gainer with an increase of 10.23 percent to close at N14.33 per share, Nascon Allied Industries was next with an increase of 10.14 percent to close at N7.82 per share and Dangote Sugar appreciated 9.82 percent to close at N7.16 per sha

Leading the day’s losing stocks were Eterna Oil with a depreciation of 4.72 percent to close at N3.23 per share, Total dropped 3.70 percent to close at N260, Guaranty shed 2.37 percent to close at N24.31 per share.

Fidelity bank traded the highest number of shares accounting for 26.7 million shares worth N21.3 billion, It was followed by Diamond Bank that exchanged 9.7 million shares worth N8.2 million while UBA traded 9.3 million shares worth approximately N48 million.

Wema Bank grows profit by 14 percent to N2.6bn Afolabi Adesola Wema Bank on Friday released its audited 2016 financial results for the full year ended December 31st 2016, with a profit after tax of N2.59 billion.

The profit increased by 14 percent from N2.3 billion recorded in 2015, as gross earnings in 2016 grew by 18 percent from N45.8 billion in 2015 to N53.8 billion. Profit before tax also increased by 9.36 percent to N3.27 billion against N2.99 billion in 2015.

Total Assets for the bank as at December 2016 stood at N421 billion representing a 6 percent increase over the N397 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015 as loans to customers rose by 23 percent to close the 2016 year at N228 billion from N186 billion recorded in 2015.

Giving further insights into the performance of the Bank, Wema Bank’s MD/ CEO, Segun Oloketuyi said, “Without a doubt, 2016 was

a challenging year given the spate of economic headwinds that impacted the economy and the banking industry, in particular.

“Despite the tough operating environment, Wema Bank recorded a doubledigit growth in gross earnings, which rose 18.48% from N45.79 billion to N54.25 billion driven by an 18.61% and 13.61% increase in interest and non-interest income respectively.”

“Overall, the Bank continued to benefit from its improving brand acceptance and market penetration. This flowed through to the bottom-line with profit after tax being 14.10% higher at N2.59 billion compared to N2.27 billion in 2015.”

“As a financial institution built on public trust, sound risk management practices remain at the core of our business model. The Bank was not immune from the impact of the economic slowdown and a more prudent approach was taken, in providing for some loans.”

Summary of trading activities on NSE ASI

25,273.03

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2,634.00 97,693,582.00

VALUE

682,755,901.61

CAP

8,744,767,661,569.08

Studio Press lifts gross profit to N2.6bn L – R: Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Tosin Runsewe, Chief Client Officer, AXA Mansard Plc; Wilm Langenbach, Chief Executive Officer AXA EMEALATAM; Sola Adeeyo, Chairman AXA Mansard Plc Board of Directors, and Yetunde Ilori, Chief Executive Officer AXA Mansard Plc at the Closing Gong Ceremony at the Exchange on Monday.

FGN opens 2nd tranche of savings bond …Auctions N123.97bn T-Bills on Wednesday

Bonny Amadi

The second tranche of the federal Government’s retail bond offer opened on Monday April 03, 2017 and will end on Friday April 7th 2017, while the settlement date is April 12th.

The interest rate for the debts instrument, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO) stipulates that, the 2 years bond attracts 12.794 per cent, while the three years bond attracts coupon rate of 13.794 per cent.

At N100.00 per unit, the investment spelt for a minimum of N5,000 and a maximum of N50 million According to Arm Investments, to invest in the second ranch of the FGN bond, the investor must have secured a Central Securities Clearing system (CSCS) Number, print or down load and fill the relevant portions of the FGN Savings Bond application form and Transfer the intended investment amount to the prescribed bank account number by the distribution and marketing outfit of the bond, and mail the completed form to the stockbroking

firm or investment outfit.

Meanwhile, the federal government will on Wednesday 5th April, 2017 conduct primary auction of Treasury Bills valued N134.97 billion.

The T-bills are N28.12 Billion, tenured 90 days and at an indicative rate of 13 per cent to 13.30 per cent rate, followed by N23.68 Billion for 182 days and at the indicative rate of 16.0 - 16.80 per cent, while the N83.17 Billion T-bill is offered for 364 days at an indicative rate of 17.5 - 18.20 per cent.

Bonny Amadi Studio Press Nigeria Plc has reinforced commitment to challenge operating headwinds headlong with its 2016 audited financial statement which showed growth in key performance indices.

The company’s audited result for the 2016 financial year released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recently showed that revenue for the period closed at N10.25 billion, which was N7.89 billion in 2015 financial year, reflecting over 20 per cent growth. Cost of sales stood at N7.7 billion, from N6.3 billion in the corresponding year.

Gross profit N2.55 billion, from N1.59 billion in 2015 financial year. Other comprehensive income for the year stood at N122.28

from N152.08 million in the prior year, indicating 45 per cent growth..

Administrative expenses N697.08 million, from N572.94 in the preceding year. Selling and distribution expensesN63.27 million, from N70.19 million in 2015.

Operating profit stood at N1.91 billion from N1.1 billion in the preceding year , financial cost in 2016 was N1.44 billion, from N1.26 billion recorded in 2015,while Total comprehensive profit for the year was N256.620 from N93.78 in 2015.

Studio Press (Nigeria) Plc is involved Printing and Manufacture of Light Packaging Materials, Labels including Commercial Lithographic Printing. The Company manufactures cartons and light packaging materials.

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Nigeria to create six million jobs in three years, Expert Stories by Joy Ekeke The Executive Vice-President of Hudson Group, Prince Tom Iseghohi has said that data from a gallop study indicated that Nigeria will add over six million new jobs in the next three years.

Iseghohi, who disclosed this in Lagos at a two-day strategic session organised by the group in partnership with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and other partners added that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will increase to $5billion within five years.

Iseghohi, noted that from a gallop study conducted, it was discovered that Nigeria has the highest entrepreneurial intent in the world which he said is an indication that there are more Nigerian entrepreneurs willing to start a business compared with other countries in

the world.

He said that, if entrepreneurs are given the needed support to start up a business and they become successful, the country’s GDP would grow tremendously; the per capital income would increase and employment would be addressed.

He added that in terms of conversion of entrepreneurial intent for successful businesses, Nigeria is one of the lowest in the world.

Hudson Group boss further explained that the two key reasons responsible for this challenge are as a result of lack of access to funding and access to market especially the international market, stating that the focus of the conference is aimed at creating a platform to solve the issues that face micro-small medium scale enterprises.

He said: “We have put together a structure that includes international financiers, private sector, govern-

ment officials and technocrats, to come together to solve this problem which is to formalise micro-small medium enterprises and give it access to technical partners and funding.

“At the end of the meeting, we would have developed a clear road map that any person interested in creating a business can plug into and tap from. We have decided that we need to be measured by very clear matrix. If we are successfully, we should see SMEs getting more funding than they should have which is easily measurable.

“If we are successful, SMEs would create six million jobs in the next three years, and there should be a direct traceable impact on the GDP. Nigeria’s GDP can be trillions of dollars, but today, it is less than $500 billion and the best way to drive that is through the SMEs. We have seen the commitment of the government

NLC backs Amnesty International to defend vulnerable groups The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has pledged to support Amnesty International Nigeria in defending the rights of the vulnerable in society. .The President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, stated this during a solidarity visit to the Amnesty International in Abuja.

The NLC also condemned the protest against AI by a group, Global Peace and Rescue Initiative, GOPRI, asking the global rights group to leave the country.

The group had claimed that an Amnesty report that accused the Nigerian Army of extra-judicial killings was false.

Several civil society groups have since condemned GOPRI and pledged support for Amnesty International.

Mr. Wabba said this had become imperative as rights of Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups such as women, children and the less privileged, were being trampled upon.

“I want to assure you of the support of NLC and the working class because as workers, our rights have been trampled upon several times.

“You are aware of the fact that across the states, salaries, pension and gratuity are not being paid as at when due. This is a violation of the rights of workers.

“Therefore, we need to stand side by side with organisations like Amnesty International to continue to protect the most vulnerable groups against the powerful and the rich in the

Auwal Rafsanjani society.

“We have documented some of these challenges that our people have gone through,” Mr. Wabba said.

He added that NLC would continue to partner with them in the fight for social justice, anti-corruption, good governance, accountability and in the dignity of the human being.

Mr. Wabba condemned the protest by the Global Peace and Rescue Initiative, GOPRI, at the office of the Amnesty International in Abuja on March 21.

He said Amnesty International was an organisation known globally and had worked extensively on human rights in many countries.

“For such issues to arise, especially the hiring of people to come and protest in this office is something that we condemn as organised labour.

“I really sympathise with you on what has happened, certainly Nigerians are already aware that this was a sponsored protest.

Train youths as job creators, ILO urges FG The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Country Director to Nigeria Mr Denis Zulu, has urged the Federal Government to adopt the strategy of equipping youths with skills for self-reliance in order to stem the growing menace of youth unemployment.

Zulu, while speaking in Abuja noted that unemployment was a big challenge for Nigeria and many other African countries and that it was imperative to promote entrepreneurship develop-

ment for the youths.

“But I think that a lot of attention is being paid by the current government in finding strategies and solution to the growing problem of unemployment.

“If you look at the figures provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, you will know that over the last three, four quarters unemployment have being growing.

“This is normally expected as you know Nigeria is currently in recession,” he said.

He said that this means that the government alone would not be able to provide the number of jobs required to deal with the unemployment problem in the country.

Zulu said the Federal Government must grow the private sector as a long term solution to solving the increasing unemployment in the country.

“We have a lot of skilled young Nigerians who do not have jobs and who should be engaged to contribute to the growth of the

economy.

“So, we need to give them the skills to run the business of their own, hopefully when the business is grown they can employ their fellow Nigerians.

“So, it is about equipping them with the right entrepreneurship skills to be able to run businesses and not to be idle.

“Also, we need to move away from training our young people from looking for jobs, we must train them to create jobs.

He said that there was a need to encourage the youths to go into agriculture as it offers huge potentials for job creation.

The ILO country director said that the value addition in agriculture sector was imperative as it was an opportunity for job creation in the area of production of food crops.

Zulu advised the government to consider these opportunities following the recent ban on importation of fruit juice into the country.

Energy Nipco constructs new 5,000MT LPG storage facility The Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has embarked on the construction of a 5,000-metric tonne (MT) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility to ameliorate the challenges of domestic supply of cooking gas in the country.

NIPCO spokesman, Taofeek Lawal, disclosed this during the company’s facility tour with the media on the ongoing 5,000 MT LPG storage capacity in Lagos.

Lawal said that the additional 5,000MT storage tank project when completed this year, would promote growth adding that the facility commenced in April 2016, with over 80 workers and had not recorded any causality.

The NIPCO spokesman said when completed, the company will have a total of 9,800MT of LPG storage capacity, adding that it has also recorded over 110,000 man hours spent on the projects.

He said the project is part tiative to deepen the LPG market through a well-articulated project and policy for the benefit of all stakeholders.

According to him, over the years, the company has put in place a massive 4,500 MTLPG storage facility to deepen the domestic gas market.

“Today, another 5,000MT LPG storage facility is about to be completed to enhance growth and boost cooking gas availability in Nigeria. These initiatives are essential to encourage other companies to join hands in growing the economic and environmental benefits of LP gas against the backdrop of the abundant gas resources in the country,” he said.

Lawal assured stakeholdmitment in increasing gas infrastructure in the country, as epitomised by the billions of naira investment in the sector.

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Nigeria can imitate Ecuador in solving power challenges – Envoy OpeOluwani Akintayo

Ecuadorian Ambassador to Nigeria, Leopoldo Rovayo Verdesoto, has advised Nigeria to borrow from his country in terms of how to manage its power sector crisis.

He said Ecuador was in the past held to ransom by what

he described as a “Power Mafia”, who monopolised power production and distribution in the country, but which has now been surmounted by the present Ecuadorian leadership.

Verdesoto pointed out that within a short period, his country was able to construct eight power plants and is moving towards complete self-sufficiency

through renewable energies, particularly hydroelectric power.

“If Ecuador, a small country can make it, why not Nigeria?”, he said stressing that the country has huge resources and able manpower to place itself among the leading economies in the world.

Verdesoto particularly not-

ed that states like Kano were blessed with solid minerals which could not be processed locally, for economic development, without constant power supply, pointing out that the fact that expatriate companies export the minerals and process them abroad is not the best for the state and Nigeria at large.

L-R: Area Marketing Manager, Minimie Chin Chin, Aderoba Adetunji; Winner of Minimie Chin Chin Ajebo Unleashed Campus Tour Talent Hunt, Anyasi Divine and Erem Emeka aka Ajebo during the Cheque presentation to the winner of the Talent Hunt at The Lead City University, Ibadan recently.

Bonga TAM: Nigerian companies playing key roles Nigerian companies are playing key roles in the turnaround maintenance (TAM) at Bonga, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) executes statutory activities that will ensure continuous optimum operations at the deep-water field. Nearly all the bolts and nuts as well as fabrications used for the exercise are made in Nigeria, marking a turning point in SNEPCo’ s efforts to encourage Nigerian content development.

“This is an operation safely in Nigerian hands, with Nigerian engineers and companies playing leading roles and ensuring the objectives of the exercise are achieved,” said Bayo Ojulari, SNEPCo Managing Director. The turnaround maintenance com-

menced on 4th March 2017, involves three major components – statutory and regulatory safety checks, inspections, repairs and replacement of equipment and upgrades – to ensure safety, optimum production, availability and reliability. It is also part of the base case design of the FPSO to carry out TAM on every 30 months basis.

Mr. Ojulari said: “The plan is to successfully conclude the ramp of activities and resume production as planned in April, 2017. It is not proper to interpret the period as production loss to Nigeria. Rather, the turnaround maintenance is a series of planned and controlled activities that are implemented in collaboration with government and other stakeholders – with the aim

of ensuring the continued safety and productivity of the facility.

The planning started two years ago and safety is top priority in every stage of the activities.”

The turnaround maintenance is the 4th since Bonga began production in 2005. Bonga won the ‘Asset of the Year’ Award 2016 in the Shell Group. Bonga is Nigeria’s first deep water development in depths of more than 1,000 metres, and is located 120km offshore Nigeria.

SNEPCo operates Bonga in partnership with Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Deep Water) Limited, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited under a Production Sharing Contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Ughelli power plant capacity hits 620MW Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa have commissioned a 115MWturbine installed by Transorp Ughelli Limited, bringing installed capacity to 620MW from the 160MW the owner inherited on privatization in 2013.

Transcorp stated that it currently generates only 300MW due to shortage of gas supply, and assured on preparedness to invest facilities to increase gas supply to the power station if government creates an enabling regulatory framework.

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By Tony Nwakaegho There appears to be a silver lining in the sky as the federal government is set to reposition the Service Compact with All Nigerians (SERVICOM), initiated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2004 to address the epileptic service delivery that is still prevalent.

This revelation is coming on the heels of the National Policy Dialogue on Strategies for Improving Service Delivery in Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and Commissions tagged: “Efficient and Effective Service Delivery: Imperative for Driving the Change Agenda’’ organised by SERVICOM to brainstorm on ways to boost citizen focused service delivery.

SERVICOM is an acronym derived from the words SERVICE COMPACT, an initiative of the Federal Government developed out of the consensus emerging from a Special Presidential Retreat on Service Delivery.

It is an agreement between the Federal Government and the citizens to guide and sustain the drive for improved service delivery by ensuring that MDAs are more citizen-focused in their operations.

The SERVICOM Office is under the supervision of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).

The SERVICOM Charter was distributed to all government offices, SERVICOM desks were set up, and officers of grade level 16 reporting directly to the permanent secretaries were in charge of the unit.

SERVICOM is hinged on four main principles: Affirmation of commitment to the service of the Nigerian nation; Conviction that Nigeria can only realize her full potential if citizens receive prompt and efficient services from the state; Consideration for the needs and rights of all Nigerians to enjoy social and economic advancement; Dedication to deliver services to which citizens are entitled, timely, fairly, honestly, effectively and transparently.

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FG to reposition SERVICOM for efficient service delivery

Mr Babachir Lawal

A former Head of Service of the Federation, Ama Pepple, said during the National Policy Dialogue that despite the current administration’s change agenda, files are still missing; files are still being piled in one office or the other untreated; indiscipline, corruption and inefficiency looms large throughout the public service.

Pepple also said at the opening of the two-day event held at the State House Conference Centre Abuja that “The SERVICOM Charter was distributed to all government offices, SERVICOM desks were set up, and officers of grade level 16 reporting directly to the permanent secretaries were in charge of the unit.

Pepple added “In the midst of varied and daunting challenges in the country and rising expectations from citizenry, the first question we should ask ourselves is this, in

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) spite of all of the above has SERVICOM achieved its purpose? Definitely not. The public service continues to get knocks, criticism and to be seen in negative light in its service delivery agenda.

“This government places a lot of emphasis on change which the dictionary defines as making the form nature content the future or cause something to be different of what it would have been if it was left alone. And they say change is the only permanent thing in life because everything in life evolves, even a child is born and he changes every day, as he grows older.

“The public service is therefore expected to be an agent of change and driver of change and to spearhead the slogan ‘Change Begins With Me’.

Mr Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) also expressed the Federal Government com-

mitment to revamp the Service Compact agency to ensure effective and efficient public service delivery in the country The SGF stated in Abuja at the National Policy Dialogue on Strategies for Improving Service Delivery in Government MDAs and Commissions that revamping of the agency will mark a significant step in government’s effort to enhance and sustain the culture of effective service delivery in all government establishments, to serve the people better.

“The importance of our gathering today is to reflect on Nigeria’s public service delivery journey in the past 12 years of the SERVICOM Initiative, appraise the gains and setbacks.

“Also to develop a framework that will translate governments’ efforts into to tangible improvements in public service delivery.

“Therefore, I urge you to

kindly embrace Government’s reaffirmation of the ideals of SERVICOM, by developing a holistic framework to facilitate the anticipated improvements in performance by MDAs as a precursor for better service delivery,’’ the SGF added.

He stated that improving service delivery was part of the change agenda of the present administration, adding there was need to sensitise citizens on their rights to demand high quality services; and articulate new pathways for gaining more efficiency in service delivery.

He added that this could be done through a review of Global best practices in governance and periodic evaluation of the quality of services delivered to citizens.

He underscored the need to sensitise key policy and decision makers both in the public and private sectors on citizens’ expectations and provide a greater support for social accountability in service delivery and to improve government’s connection with the citizenry.

On her part, Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, Acting National Coordinator, SERVICOM said that a citizen centred approach in service delivery would be adopted in reviving the agency, while redesigning the internal processes of government agencies to achieving the set goal.

Akajemeli advised that to ensure the change agenda of the present administration public servants should see themselves as servants of the citizenry and not masters.

“Public Service in this democratic dispensation comes with legitimate expectations of the populace and the meeting of such needs and expectations is the fundamental objective of this administration.

“In order to achieve this there must be re-orientation of government institutions to optimise access to their sectors by all citizens.

“There must be shift in

public service culture orientating public servants to view themselves as servants of citizenry rather than masters as government recognises the need to deliver high quality efficient service delivery at reduced cost’’, she explained.

Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head Civil Service of the Federation, said that before the establishment of SERVICOM, Nigerians were surcharged in the service delivered to them, stressing that Nigerians deserve better service delivery and the present administration is committed to revamping of SERVICOM. Oyo-Ita said the launch of the “Change Begins With Me” campaign and the resuscitation of quarterly Civil Service lecture series, was a demonstration of the commitment of the administration that it was no longer business as usual in the public service.

Investigation has shown that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) SERVICOM has achieved a great milestone through the establishment of Servicom Networking Standing Committee in the Commission; Approval of Servicom Work Plan for 2009 and 2010; Display of Service Charter at various Service Windows in the Commission; Submission of Integrated Service Charter to the National Servicom Coordinator; Construction of PVC Roll on Banners of Servicom at the NCC Reception; Construction of Podium Stand for the Commission.

The NCC has also shown that the Customer has the right to be served right. The Customers are now enlightened to Stand up for their rights to reject service failure anytime, anywhere via Telecommunication Consumers Parliament, Town Hall meeting among others and has declared 2017 as the ‘Year for the consumer’!

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Ex-raying the past winners of Big Brother reality TV show

Daniel Nwaokocha

Television reality shows have become a norm among Nigerians of this century and we spend our times

reality show, Big Brother Africa. With his winnings, Entertainment. The Jos, Plateau state-born graduate of

entertains us and is one of the most trending topics on Instagram and twitter is #BBnaija. For those of you version of the reality show that airs on major television stations. It is a reality Television show based on the live in an isolated house without any reach from the world outside them. They have to accomplish basic and

housemate, Elizabeth Gupta and they are blessed Reality show in Jos to sign on and discover new artistes onto his label. Apart from the reality show, he runs a NGO and Business. He also fondles in entertainment to it that the basic needs of the Nigerian/African child hoped.

contestants have to do anything and everything to avoid being evicted by the viewers of the show. Big Brother is collaboration between Nigerian and South African

Uti Nwachukwu Brother Africa season three (3). He became the third

on his fellow housemates, mostly Mimi and Thami. In Nigerian winners of Big brother Nigeria and Big Brother Africa. What have they been up to since winning that large amount of money?

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Uti who found his way into the hall of fame of actors that

Kevin Chuwang “best actor� held in the USA. From acting, he presently presents and fondles with comedy shows. But it is in the

Karen Igho Karen participated in the season six (6) of Big Brother went around due to her tweet via twitter that she had she was cancer- free. After winning, she is presently got married at a private event in Jos. They are blessed with a boy whom she delivered at the Mount Sinai

Karen is currently based in the United States with her in several Projects. He has produced and directed a number of movies, amongst Unwanted Guest and Katung Aduwak videos for Chocolate city, style plus, Gabriel Afolayan.

Housewives. Presently, Katung is the senior Channel,

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Boost your confidence 1ne is an art that can be mastered. Be

2wo In your own skin. Look in the mirror and compliment yourself on all your best features, each and every day. Take care of your body, from head to toe, paying attention to hygiene, your health and of course pampering yourself from time to time. Avoid perfectionism, and walk with around with a smile attractive.

3hree in a good mood before your date.

a manicure, whatever rocks your boat. How you look can make a huge difference to how you feel.

Dance to your favourite music, have a few giggles with close friends.

Be yourself and have no expectations of what will unfold. Enjoy the

company of your date regardless of whether you are attracted to them or not. And most importantly, SMILE. 4our In the bedroom. Throw your insecurities out the window and stop comparing yourself to celebrities and models. Replace magazines that make you feel insecure with images by Italian artist Botticelli.

His paintings celebrate the female body – cellulite and all. Remember that most women who grace our television screens and the pages of been retouched or sat for hours on end, lending their hair, skin and body to contouring professionals, prior to their photo-shoot or TV appearance. Love your body and remember that your partner only becomes aware of your insecurities when YOU point them out. Other-

the position you are currently in.

Enhance your skills by enrolling for short courses in your spare time.

Focus on your success and pick yourself up each time you fall. Dust your shoulder and learn from your mistakes. If you have a tricky or scary telephone call to make, stand up. Being upright, with your feet you a sense of decisiveness and clarity.

6ix While networking/at a sales pitch/ at a job interview. Before the big day, practice, practice, practice. ing yourself so that you can take notes of habits you should avoid and improvements you can make.

Get into the habit of giving yourself a pep talk just before entering the room. Try repeating these words to yourself on your way to the event

cially because people usually attend for two reasons: to show off their success and to measure other peothe ulterior motives of others and go with the intention of having fun. take a trusted close friend with you.

Smile, look sexy and be honest and proud of your achievements. If the experience takes you back to that scared, bullied, 10-year-old you once were, exercise the freedom to walk away.

8ight At a party. Stand up straight, smile, compliment people and mimic the body language of the person you are attracted to. Giving compliments and mirroring someways to bond and make others feel comfortable in your presence. Also, and wearing you favourite knock-

5ive At work. Eliminate self-doubt and negative self-talk. Dress for the position you would like to be in, not

7even At a reunion. Reunions of any kind can be rather daunting, espe-

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Teen World L4

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Mutiat Alli

Teen and societal pressure to get married With the times changing, not getting married until you reach 30 seems to be the new norm. The times gone, apparently. The societal pressure of getting no denying that. But, there are more than one reason why getting married early is not such a bad decision marry makes total sense, tying the knot earlier has its the knot early puts a full stop to your life, here are 6 reasons why it is actually a good decision. a big decision and you will still be as clueless when you are forty as you are right now. There will never come a only make you lose out on what you could have right is time to take the plunge.

When you marry early, there is no pressure to have the marriage can be spent in bliss without any undue pressure about bearing children since there is a long

away that liberty.

Admit it or not, your twenties are the most exciting years of your life. Once gone, it never comes back. You phase in your life too. Getting married early opens up a whole new world for the couple where they discover how to ride a bicycle. You want to be their superhero. with a paunch who is diagnosed with a new ailment love to play with!

There are times when marriages go terribly wrong and there is nothing you could have anticipated. An early marriage gives you much more chance to not only work on the relationship but also walk out of it and start afresh in case it fails. It may not be the most pleasant thing to hear but all said and done, there is of those boring couples who have no capacity left for nothing in the world that can ensure the success of a marriage. alcohol and no enthusiasm for anything else either!

The advantages and the disadvantages of earliness Remember how your dad carried you around on his shoulders all the time when you were a kid and how he to marriage People get married young because it seems they kids the same childhood. You want to be the one who teaches your son how to play Cricket and his daughter, p e r s o n their soul mate. Well, the stats Needless to say, honeymoons are much more fun

know of a lot of people who keep a commitment to save their soul.

Not understanding how you are going to portion up the responsibilities of daily living. Who does what, under people together is not mad passionate love....but fear! what conditions, when, is Fear of the unknown, fear of being alone, fear of never always a work in progress.

The progression of being and so on. on your own to test yourself The list goes on with each decade revealing another thing that settling down early requires you to miss or be negligent about in your relationship. It typically ends the security of having up not being clean. someone to connect with A lot of women who used sex and marriage to of maturation.

The big ugly, people because their friends did it. There are similarities in the list I made for why men get married. Why do guys get tends to keep young