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Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Edgal Imohimi, has disclosed how three arrested Badoo suspects hypnotised and smashed their victims’ head while asleep.

The Lagos CP stated this on Thursday while presenting the

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suspects to journalists in Lagos.

Imohimi gave the names of the suspected cult members as Chibuzo Igwe; Samuel Akaeze a.k.a Samito Gift Akaeze; Omotayo Abamoyegun and Fatai Adebayo, a herbalist who fortified the cultists before going on operations.

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Anxiety as markerters say fuel scarcity may linger on Ï Insist FG owes independent markerters N800bn subsidy debt Ï Functional refineries will end fuel crises – Kachikwu

Idowu Samuel and Jude Idu, Abuja

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desired relief, following pains and losses Continued on page 6

L-R: Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru; Chief Operating Officer, Downstream, Mr. Henry Nkem-Obih and Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Mr. Anibong Kraga, during the joint public hearing of the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) over the fuel scarcity at the National Assembly in Abuja... on Thursday.

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Military rescues another Chibok schoolgirl in Borno 5

FG begins final evacuation of 5,037 Nigerians stranded in Libya 5

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Military rescues another Chibok girl in Borno ÏÏÏ The

Nigerian Army has said that it has rescued a Chibok schoolgirl identified as Salomi Pogu.

The Army’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement made available in Abuja on Thursday.

Nwachukwu said Pogu

alongside a teenager identified as Jamila Adams and a child were rescued at Pulka, a town in Borno State.

The statement reads in part, “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka today (Thursday) rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by

Boko Haram terrorists earlier in 2014.

“So far, preliminary investigations reveal that the young girl identified as Salomi Pagu is the same as the Chibok girl published on serial 86 of the online list of abducted Chibok girls.

“Currently, the girl

who was intercepted in the company of another young girl, Jamila Adams, about 14 years old with a child is in the safe custody of troops and receiving medical attention.”

Boko Haram insurgents had abducted 276 female students from the Government Secondary School,

Chibok, in April 2014.

Of that number, 163 regained freedom: 57 fled in the early days after their abduction, one escaped, two rescued by the army and a Swiss-coached mediation secured 103.

This is not the first time that a Chibok girl would be rescued from Pulka.

In November 2016, Amina Nkeki, one of the abducted girls, regained freedom in the town.

She was found with a 10-month old baby named Ali. Her self-acclaimed husband was arrested and nothing has been heard about him till date.

FG begins final evacuation of 5, 037 Nigerians stranded in Libya Myke Uzendu, Abuja

ÏÏÏ A Federal Government

delegation has concluded plans for the final repatriation of about 5, 037 Nigerians stranded in Libya.

The delegation, which is led by the Minister of Foreign Minister Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and comprising the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Engr.

Mustapha Maihaja and other heads of relevant agencies, has arrived Libya to begin the process of massive evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the North African country back home.

The delegation arrived Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday ahead of the actual evacuation operation that is expected to commence

on Friday with the airlift of the stranded Nigerians by two indigenous carriers engaged for the exercises.

A total of 5, 037 stranded citizens have been identified for the evacuation back home. The Nigerian Mission in Libya is coordinating the identification of the Nigerian migrants with the support of the International Organization for Migration and is being joined by a technical team for the evacuation exercise comprising representatives of all relevant agencies.

A reception centre has been established in Port Harcourt where the returnees on their arrival would be formally received and profiled before being transported to their various states.

The evacuation exercises

is being led by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by the National Emergency Management Agency with the involvement of all the relevant agencies.

The Federal Government delegation that has arrived Libya are made up of Onyema, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon Abike DabiriEMaihaja, Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammadu Babandede, Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Sadiya Umar Faruq and representatives of other security agencies.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel (mddle); his Deputy, Mr. Moses Ekpo (5th left); former Governor of the State/Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio (4th right) and other Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Elders, after their visit to the Governor in in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State…on Thursday.

Buhari commissions new coaches, locomotives for Kaduna-Abuja train service

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

ÏÏÏ In his effort to enhance rail transportation system in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned 10 new passengers coaches and two new locomotives trains for the Kaduna-Abuja train service.

Buhari also reiterated his administration’s resolve to vigorously pursue rail development in Nigeria through the implementation of the 25-Year Strategic Railway Master Plan.

The President, while commissioning the trains on Thursday at the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna, reechoed his commitment to link all commercial and production centres in the country via rail to develop the economy and promote national integration.

He said that the new rail

Ï Says Lagos to Ibadan, Itakpe to Warri to be completed this year system will support and ease transportation in the country and called for support from stakeholders especially from the National Assembly.

The Daily Times recalls that the President had in July, 2016 commissioned and flagged off Nigeria’s first ever Standard Gauge train service- Passenger and Freight in for AbujaKaduna.

With the launching of these new coaches and locomotives, trains are now scheduled to take off at the same time from both Kaduna and Abuja.

Buhari further said that he was satisfied with the rail projects nationwide, saying that the Lagos to Ibadan segment of the Lagos to Kano double track standard gauge rail line project would be completed by the end of the year.

He said, “The Itakpe to Warri standard gauge central line is expected to be commissioned by July this year and the extension from Itakpe to Abuja is being pursued vigorously. “ Additional critical projects which I am particularly keen to start include the Coastal Rail line (LagosCalabar) with branches to Benin, Agbor and Onitsha; Port Harcourt to Maiduguri Standard guage rail line with branches to Owerri, Awka, Abakaliki, Yola and Damaturu; and Kano – Kazaure – Daura - Katsina – Jibiya to link with Maradi in Niger Republic as part of regional railway interconnectivity in the ECOWAS sub-region.

Other supporting projects which have been approved are the procurement of more locomotives, coaches, wagons, workshops and equip-

ment that will be used for new standard gauge lines.

“By way of encouraging private sector participation in our rail development, negotiation for concession of the narrow gauge railways with a consortium led by General Electric is in progress. We are looking forward to a more efficient rail service on the narrow gauge lines to be driven by the private sector.

“It is on the basis of this that we are creating a more conducive environment for private sector participation by strengthening our legal and regulatory frameworks. The necessary Bills namely, Nigeria Railway Authority and National Transport Commission are already before the National Assembly.”

The President further assured Nigerians that his administration is strongly

committed to linking all major commercial and production centres as well as state capitals with railway systems as a way of bringing about rapid socio-economic development and improving the quality of life of the citizens and promoting national integration.

“This is not only a statement of intent but a benchmark which we are using to measure the performance of our administration. Our resolve to develop our rail system to a world class standard remains. To achieve this, I am using this opportunity to solicit the support of all relevant stakeholders especially the National Assembly and our development partners in realizing this objective,” he added.

Buhari also commended the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, saying that, “I acknowl-

edge the great efforts and hard work of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his team for ensuring that we realize our objective of providing a functional and efficient rail system to Nigerians.”

Amaechi had earlier said that about $40billion would be required to complete rail and sea port projects set for execution in 2018.

The Minister noted that sourcing for required funds have been a major challenge as talks are ongoing with likely funds to ensure successful project implementation, assuring that the Lagos–Ibadan rail line would be completed this year.

Describing the project as translating promises to reality, Amaechi noted that the two new standard gauge and 20 new executive passenger coaches will boost the aim of achieving an efficient rail system in the country.

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Anxiety as markerters say fuel scarcity may linger on Continued from page 1 they have been facing over perennial fuel scarcity nationwide as the independent marketers, one of the critical stakeholders in the oil sector have disclosed that fuel scarcity may recur soon.

The Daily Times recalls that Nigerians woke up to another round of petrol scarcity, few weeks to Christmas and New Year, even with its attendant implications of long queues, transport fare increases,

over 100 per cent hike, especially in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N145 per litre to over N200 per litre.

But the crisis appears to be thinning out, as increased supply of petrol is currently being experienced, while long queues which characterised the past three weeks are fast fading out.

The stakeholders in the oil and gas sector, on Thursday, however, painted a gloomy picture of

state of the sector, indicating that fuel scarcity may still recur soon unless the government immediately address the problem of high landing cost of imported fuel and the supply gap, which they said, caused the scarcity experienced across the federation last December.

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr

Maikanti Baru and other stakeholders in the oil and gas sector in their separate presentations, canvassed for deregulation of the sector and building of refineries to process product for local consumption.

The stakeholders made this known during a Public Hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Petroleum, Upstream, to address the fuel scarcity challenge in Nigeria.

Addressing the public hearing, Kachikwu re-

Cross-section of 30 trainees out of 100 shoemakers on their preparation to China for a 30- day automated shoe training programme.

Lagos CP: How Badoo cult members hypnotise victims Continued from page 1 The CP further disclosed that on December 30, 2017 at about 2:30am, the peace of Lagos was disturbed at Alajo Close, Ibese, a suburb of Ikorodu, when three suspects invaded one late Shakiru Yekini’s compound where he was killed alongside his wife and his sixmonth-old baby injured.

He said, “Abamoyegun usually sprays powder into the abode of their victims which makes them fall into deep sleep after which other members of the gang smash their head with grinding stone.

“Having certified that they are dead, the suspects use white handkerchiefs to scrub their victims’ blood for ritual purposes.

“Luck, however, ran out of them when one of the victims raised the alarm and the vigilante men on duty alerted policemen who quickly cordoned off the area.

“Chibuzor Igwe was arrested at the scene and he made startling revelation which led to the arrest of Abamoyegun and Akaeze.

“Please note that a grinding stone used to smash the victims’ head, smeared

with blood was recovered at the murder scene and taken to the lab for forensic analysis to back up our evidence in court.

“One Gift Akaeze, wife to one of the suspects, Samuel, was arrested for allegedly supplying information to the suspects on where to strike.

“Abamoyegun also usually takes the suspects to one Fatai Adebayo, a herbalist, who specialises in fortifying the suspects and blessing their stone before an operation.

“The herbalist has been arrested and his shrine in Ijebu Imosan had been

destroyed in an operation which I led.”

The Lagos CP said that the war against the suspected killers would continue and that the police would not relent until all the killers were brought to justice.

He furthered declared wanted the suspected arrowhead of the cult group, Alaka Abayomi Kamal, following a warrant of arrest issued by a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Presented alongside the suspected killers were car snatchers and drug peddlers arrested at Sunday Market, Ogba.

counted that a rumour on possible increase in the pump price of petroleum, aided by the media immediately led to the scarcity, which according to him, was capitalised upon by profiteers to worsen the case for Nigerians.

Kachikwu also recalled that the high price of products across the Nigerian borders, which he said, stood at between N300 and N400 per litre had encouraged marketers to divert products to specific areas to make huge profits, hence the acute shortage across Nigeria.

He also alluded to an earlier threat of a strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) as another reason the fuel scarcity came about, a situation he said, prodded panicky buying across the federation in the process.

He, however, assured that plans were underway to import sufficient fuel into the country, most especially in the first quarter of this year to halt the problem of scarcity to add up to 1.93 billion liters already in store.

Kachikwu further disclosed that it was regrettable that 40 years after, the country could not refine its petroleum products but continue to import the products.

He said the ministry and the NNPC were working round the clock to find a lasting solution to petrol scarcity.

As part of the solutions to permanently end the scarcity, Kachikwu said there is the need for the country’s refineries to be functional.

He said, “In what I might call an emergency before the work that we are doing on the refineries that would be finished sometime in 2019.

“I want to remind that over two years we haven’t had queues. We are spending night and day to find solutions to nip this in the bud”.

He listed non-payment to marketers as one of the reasons for the scarcity. The minister also expressed regret that some people took advantage of the situation to hoard and hike prices.

In the same vein, Baru, in his presentation, listed high landing cost, outstanding debt on subsidy owed to major petroleum marketers, high exchange rate, insufficient Forex, shortage of petrol trucks for wider distribution, lack of auto parts for trucks, bad roads and other general charges at distribution points as major cause of the last widespread fuel scarcity.

Representatives of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Thomas Obafemi Olawore in his presentation, said the insufficient participation of Independent Petroleum Marketers in importation of fuel was the reason the scarcity escalated.

He disclosed that before the scarcity of petrol broke out in December, the Federal Government still owed major oil marketers about N800billion debt on fuel subsidy.

Meanwhile, the Senate committee experienced mild drama at the public hearing, as three different people claimed chairmanship position of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN).

The incident occurred when the Senate Committee Chairman, Downstream, Senator Kabir Marafa, asked stakeholders to introduce themselves.

But, this was met with confusion when three people – Obasi Lawson, Sanusi Fari and Okoronkwo Chinedu – all claimed to be the head of IPMAN. Chinedu told the lawmakers that the Court of Appeal recently upheld him as the authentic chairman of IPMAN. Lawason and Fari also argued their case. Given the development, the committee acknowledged Aminu Abdulkadir, executive secretary of IPMAN, to speak for the association.

Marafa said the hearing was not set up to settle disputes, but to find the root cause of the petrol scarcity.

He said if needs be, he would take all their submissions geared towards addressing the fuel scarcity.

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Herdsmen/ farmers clash: ‘Threat to food security in Nigeria’

By Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

ÎÎÎ The incessant Fu-

lani herdsmen- farmers clashes have been described as an unhealthy development to the Nigeria’s food self sufficiency effort.

The Principal Secretary to Abia State Governor, Emma Nwabuko stated this while addressing women protesters from Bende LGA who staged a peaceful rally to the Government House, Umuahia to complain about the de-

struction of their farms

by Fulani herdsmen.

He said that the situation calls for urgent attention by the federal and state governments, pointing out that the anti-grazing bill before the Senate is the antidote that will bring lasting solution to the problem.

Engr. Nwabuko who lamented that farmers are undergoing a lot of hardship due to the destruction of their farmlands by herdsmen, said the Abia state government was not folding

its arms as it has complained to the Federal Government to look into the matter to avert a breakdown of law and order in the states.

According to him, Abia state government will not relent in its efforts to find a lasting solution to the menace, maintaining that government will soon convene a meeting with the leadership of the Hausa community in the state with a view to drawing their attention to the menace and the need for them to call their kins-

men to order.

Earlier, one of the spokes persons of the group, Lolo Comfort Nwachukwu said their visit was to appeal to the state government to come to their aid over the destruction of their farm lands and constant harassment and intimidation by Fulani herdsmen.

She lamented that their crops are always ravaged by cows while some of their kinsmen have been attacked by herdsmen over time, pointing out that they now live in perpetual fear of attack by the Fulani herdsmen.

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No hiding place for evil doers in the year 2018, says a clergyman, Prophet Abraham Oyebanji, Shepherd in- charge, Celestial Church of Christ, Gowon Estate, Lagos.

Oyebanji who made this known in his New Year message, also called on the Federal Government to enforce the law against same sex marriage, which came into being during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

According to him, even though Nigerians like the children of Israel went through hell,

Ogbuoji’s defection to APC, a blessing – PDP, Umuahi Charles Onyekwere’ Abakaliki

ÎÎÎ Ebonyi state Chapter

of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the recent defection of Senator Sonni Ogbuoji to the All Progressives Congress (APC), as not only a welcome development, but also a blessing.

The PDP leadership in the state explained that Ogbuoji who represents Ebonyi South Senatorial zone in the Upper Chamber, had rather been a burden due to the complaints of his constituents that he was not representing their interests at the senate.

Addressing journalists in Abakakili at the state secretariat of the PDP, the state Chairman of the party Onyekachi Nwebonyi said the party was gladdened by the Senator’s defection.

“He has been a very dormant member of our party and he has made no little contribution to the growth of the party. As we speak with you, he has been in the Senate for almost eight years and he cannot boast of any achievement for his people.

“The people of Ebonyi South Senatorial zone have been looking for an opportunity like this. Our party is not panicking on his defection instead it is a welcome development in view

of the type of person he is. I described him as a political deadwood because he has no impact.

He doesn’t attend our party meetings, he doesn’t contribute to the growth and development of our party right from the ward to the state level”, Nwebonyi said.

Governor David Umahi had earlier on the occasion of his endorsement for second tenure by the people of Izzi clan explained that the PDP had been blessed by the action of the senator.

“I learnt that senator from my zone left, he left out of fear. I am not chasing anybody and he has created vacancy for our people. Let me tell Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo that they will not contest for senate, it remains in Afikpo south.

With this arrangement and formular, our victory in 2019 is 99.9%. Our hearths and hands are very clean and clear.

“Our wish is that as we came, so shall we continue”, he said. Ogbuoji who was at the zonal APC meeting of the APC was reported to have declared his defection to the APC at the Uburu residence of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology.

Efforts to get Ogbuoji’s reaction to the developments failed, as calls to his telephone did not connect.

Police arrest brothers for serial rape in Ogun

Picnickers at the National Theatre in Lagos…on Thursday.

the year 2108 comes with a lot of hope, as things would change for the better.

“In 2018 God will bless the country with peace, prosperity, divine protection, victory, and joy.

It is a year that God has promised to take over the control of Nigerian economy and help our leaders to achieve a lot.

God is ready to give us rest of mind in all areas.”

However, ha gave a caveat: “but If only Nigerians will obey and follow his instructions.

If you will only obey me and let me help you, then you will have plenty to eat.”, as he

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quoted copiously from the Bible to buttress his claim.

“In 2018, I see God restoring all that we have lost all over the past years in Jesus’ name.

In this glorious season, all our ailing industries will be revived with the healing power of God and with prayers and fasting, Nigerian economy would be revived and there would be employment for our youths and the jobless”.

For the wicked and corrupt he said: “On the other hand, 2018 is going to be a terrible year for all the wicked people, prophets of doom, fake ministers of God,

corrupt and dubious people.

It is a year that God will expose and punish all evil doers, if they fail to repent and turn away from their evil ways”, he added.

Prophet Oyebanji

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

ÎÎÎ Men of Ogun State Po-

lice Command have arrested two Brothers Paul Jibunor and Nkoenye Jibnor for serial rape and robbery.

The two men were arrested on the new year’s eve following a report from one Ijeoma (Surname withheld) who complaint at Ojodu Abiodun Division that she was picked in a taxi by three men on 29/12/17 from Fela shrine Oregun Lagos to Iwo street Ojodu Abiodun on an agreed fees only for the men to forcefully dragged her down and have unlawful carnal knowledge of her after which they dispossessed her of her belongings.

According to a release issued in Abeokuta by the Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police spokesper-

son, Abimbola Oyeyemi, “the victim stated further that she sighted the three men at Adebayo area of Ojodu and was able to recognize them.

“Upon her report, the DPO Ojodu Abiodun Sp Bamidele Job detailed detectives to the area where two of the suspects were arrested while the third one escaped”.

“On interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime”.

‘Further investigation revealed that they have been involved in series of rape cases around that area, and that their mode of operation is to use uber taxi to pick their victims to an isolated area where such victims are raped in turn before dispossessing them of their belongings”.

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APC, PDP biker over Omoku killings Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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Rivers State branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that the Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, had no business remaining as the Governor following his alleged inability to uphold his oath of office to protect the lives and property of Nigerians and foreigners residing in Rivers State.

The party in a press statement circulated in Port Harcourt, capital City of Rivers State on Thursday, claimed that with the alleged failure of the governor to protect the lives of 17 persons who were massacred by unknown gunmen after a cross over church service in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema local government of Rivers state, on New Year Day, it was expected that the governor would honourably resign.

The statement which was signed by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the Senior Special Assistant to the APC Chairman in the state, said that the

Wike has no right to continue as gov – APC Opposition plots to frame our chairman, says PDP Rivers State House of Assembly would have saved the state from the embarrassment by summarily impeaching the governor.

The statement which emanated from office of the state APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, further described as “heinous, evil, satanic, and unacceptable the New Year Day massacre of over 21 sons and daughters of Rivers State at Omoku who had gone to church to worship and thank God for sparing their lives in the year 2017, only for them to be killed in a gruesome manner.

The APC, quoting a late African leader said: “Drawing inspiration from late Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia truism, ‘Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that has made it possible for evil to triumph.’ The

leadership of APC will not be deterred to speak up.”

The party also accused the governor of mismanaging security vote worth over N2billion monthly saying, “In this regard, we wish to state unambiguously that the continued killing and decimation of hundreds of Rivers State people since Chief Nyesom Wike assumed office as the Governor of Rivers State on 29th May, 2015 and his inability to curtail the carnage is not only callous, condemnable, wicked, but unacceptable.”

In the meantime, the Rivers state Peoples Dem-

ocratic Party, PDP, said it had uncovered plot by the APC to frame up the party Chairman, Chief Felix Obuah, in the killings on January 1, in Omoku. The party claimed that the Chairman, too, lost his relatives in the mayhem.

The plot, according to a statement by the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, signed by the Chairman’s aide, Mr. Jerry Needam, claimed that the plot was revealed through a source in a meeting of some leaders of the main opposition political party held on Wednesday January 3, 2018, between the hours of 8pm-11pm in

Port Harcourt.

“The source also revealed that they are allegedly pressurising security agencies to frame up the State PDP chairman, Bro’ Obuah as the sponsor of the violence that led to the death of over 10 persons on January 1, 2018, including 6 relatives of Rivers PDP chairman.

They are allegedly doing everything to frame up the PDP chairman ahead of the 2019 general elections.

“According to information available to the PDP, part of their plans is to arrest some youths of Omoku and take them to Abuja and force them

to frame up Bro. Felix Obuah as sponsor of violence in Omoku. Part of the evil plot is the shameful, provocative, misleading, malicious and childish appearance on a live radio programme in Port Harcourt, the State capital, in the morning hours of Thursday January 4, 2018 by one of the APC leaders,” the statement alleged.

The PDP stated that Chief Felix Obauh has always spoken out loudly and forcefully against all forms of violence which had led to his being singled out last year for praise by traditional rulers, opinion moulders, and religious leaders in the state, adding that he coordinated stakeholders in Omoku to intervene and help the area achieve peace.

Killings in Benue, Kaduna, others disturbing - Audu Ogbeh Tom Okpe, Abuja

ÏÏÏMinister of

Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described the killings in those parts of the country as “extremely disturbing” and wondered “how a country could hope to enjoy happiness and fruits of God’s blessings when people engage so violently in hurting each other.”

He stated this in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja for the Director of information by Mrs. Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa, condemning “the ugly situation where people entered the New Year with new hopes and prayers and turned out to be a harvest of deaths across the country from Kaduna, Rivers, and Benue to Kwara states which has to do with clashes between herdsmen and farmers.”

The statement read in part: “This is to really express sadness at the continued spate of killings across the country. We entered the New Year with hope, prayers and wish-

ing everyone happy new year. It has turned out now that across the country from Kaduna, Rivers, Benue, to Kwara states is nothing but a harvest of deaths. Some of it has to do, we believe, with clashes between herdsmen and farmers, but the killings are definitely extremely disturbing and we do not know how a country can hope to enjoy happiness and fruits of God’s blessings when people engage so violently in hurting each other.”

He expressed condolences to “those who have lost their beloved ones, the governors and leaders of the states where these have taken place and expressed optimism and hope that as the country’s economy grow and people gets busier, this degree of desperation, anger and venom would definitely decline.”

“We do hope that as the economy grows and people gets busier, this degree of desperation and anger and venom will definitely decline.”

L-R: Chief Registrar Federal High Court (FHC), Emmanuel Gakko; Assistant Director Procurement, Yetunde Osho; Assistant Director, Eugene Onyekwere and his wife Nneka, during the send forth ceremony organised by the management of the FHC for Onyekwere in Abuja... on Thursday. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

We must remain united against violence - Saraki

ÏÏÏPresident

of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has condemned the recent killings in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna States that left countless Nigerians dead, describing the attack on the affected communities as ‘heinous’ and ‘reprehensible’, and called on all Nigerians to remain united in their condemnation of violence.

He said: “The recent killings in this new year that have left many families without their loved ones, and several communities in distress were a reprehensible act of violence. As Nigerians, we must all remain united in

our condemnation of violence. Such actions have no place anywhere in our culture. The killers and perpetrators of this callous act must be caught and brought to justice.

The Senate will continue to render all necessary support to ensure that this happens.

“I call on our security forces to continue to work around the clock to ensure the safety of the affected communities — and all communities across the nation. Such random and widespread acts of hate and disorder are part of the reasons why last year, we inaugurated an AdHoc Committee to Review

Nigeria’s Security Infrastructure for better delivery across the board.

“The committee is still at work, however, now it is clear that we need to review, re-vamp and reposition our security apparatus across the nation to be able to respond to the diverse nature of the crises and concerns of various communities. I still believe that the intelligence gathering aspects of our security system is not measuring up to standard.

“We need to ensure that our security system could gather relevant intelligence and analyse them to prevent activities of hoodlums and insurgents

so that we don’t always cry after the milk is spilt.

These killings, like those that occurred in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna are becoming too recurrent and the relevant Senate committees will hold discussion with the Senators from the affected states with a view to having a proper understanding of what the issues are and make appropriate recommendations to the executive,” he stated.

The Senate President further commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones as well as the government and entire people of Benue, Kaduna and Rivers States on the sad incident.

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Redouble your efforts to ensure security, CDS tells military Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

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Staff General Abayomi Olonisakin has urged military personnel to redouble their efforts in ensuring that Nigeria remains one strong, safe, secure and indivisible nation.

He reemphasized the need for additional sacrifices from members of the armed forces just as killings were reported in Rivers, Kaduna and Benue States.

In his New Year felicitation with officers and soldiers/ratings/airmen and airwomen of the Armed Forces of Nigeria ushering in 2018, General Olonisakin charged them to rededicate themselves to ensure safety of lives.

“I charge you to re-dedicate yourself to the performance of your duties in line with our constitutional mandate and oath of allegiance.”

“I also urge you to remain loyal and appreciative of the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, who is unwavering in his commitment to improving the capacity of the Armed Forces as well as the welfare of its officers, men and women” he said.

He recalled that last year, all personnel of the Armed Forces were engaged in various operational commitments across the country.

“Undoubtedly, we have performed creditably, in spite of the numerous challenges.”

According to him: “On

the international scene, the Armed Forces of Nigeria, in addition to our involvements in various international peacekeeping efforts, played a significant role in restoring democracy to the Gambia”.

He said the accolades from both Nigerians and the international community in 2017, would not have been possible without the loyalty, gallantry and dedication of all officers, men and women of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

He therefore used the opportunity to appreciate the efforts of all personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria for these noble achievements.

“Our responsibility for the nation’s security and sovereignty is a continuum. Therefore, I charge you to re-dedicate yourself to the performance of your duties in line with our constitutional mandate and oath of allegiance.

He specially felicitates with our officers, men and women across the country and other parts of the world, who could not be home to celebrate the season with their families due to their deployments in various operations.

“Our prayers are with you and members of your families. We thank you for your service to the Nation as we continue to pray for the repose of the souls of those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the course of their duties.”

As we march forward in the New Year 2018, “I urge you to redouble your efforts in ensuring that Nigeria remains one strong, safe, secure and indivisible nation.”

Special Adviser to the Governor on Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr. Muhydeen Olateju; immediate past Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, Mr. Nurudeen Adeagbo; Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Guest Lecturer, Sheik Muideen Ajani Bello during, the Annual Public Lecture / Special Prayer in Osogbo, Osun State.

We are investigating aircraft theft - NCAA boss Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

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.. Security is a challenge everywhere

Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Muktar Usman says investigation is still ongoing on the alleged reports of theft in an aircraft taxing on the runway to park at the Lagos airport.

Speaking in an exclusive chat Usman explained that they were yet to get confirmation whether there was an actual theft or not.

According to him, they were looking at the possibility and also putting things in place to prevent that in case anybody attempts to do something like that.

“So far, we have received information,

we are investigating to ascertain that actually that happened because I have not been able to get that confirmation whether there was actual theft, we are looking at possibility and also putting things in place to prevent in case anybody attempts to do something like that”.

Captain Usman who was speaking on the recent tweets by Tiwa Savage that went viral that her bags were stolen from the private jet she boarded to Lagos on arrival from Uyo, said as far as the incident was concerned, the authority had been informed and work to unravel the truthful of

all the Local Government Areas as instructed by the party at the National level.

“The appointment of the state Secretary of the party, Comrade Marlin Daniel as Chairman, National Veterinary Institute, Vom, Chief Timi Alaibe as Chairman, Board of The Nigerian Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority, and Chief God’spower Okpoi as Chairman, Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists are commendable adding that the sacrifices of these key stakeholders have earned them the well deserved appointments as board

Chairmen.

He also cited the state secretary’s loyalty and commitment to the party and his dogged fight for the party as well as Chief Timi Alaibe’s voluntary withdrawal from the Governorship Primaries of the party in 2015 for peace to reign.

Chief Tiwei who also lauded the contributions of Chief God’spower Okpoi as well as other appointees from the state to the party, commended President Buhari, “especially the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha who unlike his predecessor, Babachir David La-

the story had kicked off in earnest.

The NCAA boss noted that, “security is always a challenge everywhere, as you are developing ways of improving, the bad guys are also working very hard to see how they can circumvent those things that are put in place and that is why

Police declare BUA Cement MD wanted over attack on Obaseki’s convoy

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Nigeria police on Thursday declared the Managing Director of BUA’s Obu Cement Company, Engineer

APC thumbs up Buhari over appointments Tom Okpe, Abuja

ÏÏÏPresident

Muhammadu Buhari has been commended for his recent appointments of Board members.

Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave the commendation Thursday in Abuja, describing it as ‘just and fair to the members of the party in the state.

Chief Timipa Tiwei Orunimighe, Bayelsa state Chairman of the party said that for the first time, members of the APC who actually worked for the emergence of the

President and the APC during the 2015 elections were being recognized.

He also noted that all those appointed were qualified and deserved the appointments because of their immense contributions to the party during the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, saying, “In fact, it is the wish of the party in the state that Chief Alaibe was given a greater responsibility.”

The state chairmen said the names of Bayelsans on the list of appointees released were submitted in 2015 by the party in the state after consultation with stakeholders from

we would not discuss the details what we have”.

He emphasized that security had been enhanced “and we would continue to assess the security at every given time to ensure we meet the challenges squarely to ensure that security is adequately taken care”.

wal refused to allow any manipulation of the list of Bayelsa state nominees. He called out the embattled former SGF, B.D. Lawal for his role in the efforts of an Abjujabased Bayelsa politician to obliterate the APC in Bayelsa state, noting that his ouster is the best thing that happened to the APC as a party.”

Tiwei however, noted that the appointment of party members has given hope to the supporters of the party and President Buhari in the state that their efforts have been recognized and appreciated.

Yusuf Binji, wanted over an attack on the convoy of the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki.

Also attacked were some officials of the Edo State Government who were on the convoy of the Edo State Governor.

According to the police, the decision to declare Binji wanted became necessary as it had earlier received intelligence that BUA International Limited is sponsoring militias in Okpella, Edo State, where the company has a cement factory and mine sites.

These militias, the police said, were allegedly sponsored by Binji and his team to attack the convoy of the governor, cause harm and mayhem.

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Mixed reactions trail Mbaka’s 2019 prophesy on Buhari Patrick Okohue, Lagos and Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki It is a season of prophesies, as the year is just beginning, but for popular cleric and spiritual Director of Adoration ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, his recent prophesy is not just the usual new year prophesies.

His, though is to mark the start of a new year, it has very deep far reaching political implications, the kind he gave in 2014 prior to the 2015 presidential election, telling then President Goodluck Jonathan to forget re-election, as he was going to loss at the poll.

Though the prophesy became very controversial and many reasons were adduced for the prophetic utterance, it eventually came to pass.

Now, the man of God has given another prophetic word, this time for the man he had prophesied at the time that would win the election, President Muhammadu Buhari.

To start with he is not happy with the way things are going in the country and has declared that the present hardship faced by Nigerians was not from God, but are man made problems.

The fiery Roman Catholic cleric in his 2018 New Year message to Nigerians held at his Adoration ground in Emene Enugu, said wicked cabals and satanic agents in the country have wickedly kidnapped the goodwill and good intentions of President Muhammadu Buhari for the nation.

“I had wanted to pray for you and go because I don’t want anybody to attack me; I don’t want the Bishop to invite me; I don’t want politicians to attack me anywhere.

But God forced me, you must say it. Listen to me. 2017 became one of the most horrible years in this country and that is the message.

“The Lord says, Nigerians, he says, captive Nigerians, you will be speedily rescued; Nigerians, things are very very difficult, hard and tough nowadays; the hardship is not from God, they are man made; the wicked cabals and satanic agents in this country have wickedly kidnapped the goodwill and good intentions of Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari; his good intentions have been kidnapped.

“President Buhari must wake up and sit up immediately or... heaven demands him, heaven demands Buhari, our President to change all those who are holding and caging him in captivity; if he will not change them, he will be

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“Wake up; sit up; God said you are toying with the privilege given to you; there is no time; Nigerians are dying in your hand; people are not happy with your system.

Change or you will be changed; God said that Buhari is in trouble; Buhari is hypnotized; Buhair is in a horrible bondage; Buhari’s mantra has been Canibalized.

“Unless President Buhari quickly and strategically, positions the right people and changes the former ones inaugurated by him, the wind of change that he himself inaugurated will blow him away shamefully. The wind will be too strong that Mr. President and the cabal will be blown out of office shamefully. The wind will be irresistible for it will come like a hurricane. Buhari can handle this problem but number one, his office, if he is not careful, another will take.

“If he doesn’t want to move Nigeria forward, God says He himself will plan a strategy of moving Nigeria forward. His pattern of embattling corruption is not just archaic, barbaric but is witch-hunting, terribly selective.

Mr. Buhari as the President, why should you be picking and choosing those that you and your so-called EFCC man would

want to arrest, so that your party becomes a hideout for criminals, so that any person who does not want to be arrested will become an APC person? Is that corruption on itself ?

“Change or you will be changed, after all you are the one who introduced change as your mantra. Nigerian economy is in shambles and Nigerians are in sorrow. Nigeria is not just passing through an economic depression, but also it is a time of economic repression and compression.

Very soon, Nigerians will know that the country is in terrible mess.

“The cabals have messed up the President and confused him.

So, Mr. President, you are to be blamed, not your cabals. You have your brooms, but the cabals have their bags; either you sweep them away or they throw you into the bag. Heaven cried that your methodology is not just archaic, but too sluggish., very slow. The situation in Nigeria needs speed but you are too dull.

“Your change mantra is questionable; you are to change your change or you will be disgraced out of office. Your agriculture scheme has an antiagenda that is cancerous. Why should you be talking about agriculture and you leave the

Fulani herdsmen? Farmers don’t have hope; don’t you hear what is happening in the country?

Can’t you use your presidential mandate and help the less privileged?

“The spirit of God says that Mr. President is just president in the mouth; he is not the real president per say; he is a pseudo president, people are running the government the way they like and giving to him articles to sign.

“Mr. President doesn’t know what is happening in his government, what a pity. But no matter what is happening God assured us that Nigerians and Nigeria are not just in His hands, but in his heart and his eyes.

“Mr President tried his best to war against insurgency, he tried to stop excessive spending, living in opulence, he is an expert in stopping opulent life, swindling of government property, but the way he is going after it, he is too slow. God loves him and gave him the mandate, he wanted to fight corruption, but corruption is fighting him back, so that anyone who wants to perform corruption in a very smart way, will run into APC. “Mr President wake up, save destiny and save your integrity.

God said that the sitting President is not the one Nigerians trusted,

wake up. There are areas the President started doing well before he became sick; anybody can become sick, don’t rejoice because Mr. President is sick; we prayed and God granted him healing, but you know that age is not on his side. Even if you are healthy but you are not strong, there will be problem.

“So, Mr. President, as I was waiting on the Lord, I’m asked to advise you, don’t come out for 2nd tenure, after this, retire, peacefully.

Mr. President you are the cause of your own problem. God gave you an adviser, a wonderful mentor, a visionist, a matriarch, in the person of your wife, Aisha, but you don’t want to listen to her, that woman is heartbroken, because she understood that you are not yourself. Come back to yourself or you will cry by the time you will be sent out of office. So, those who are encouraging you to come out and run again, they want to disgrace you shamefully and publicly.

“We keep on praying for your quick recovery, but you know when the President is sick and age is not on his side, the message came, that is why the government schools are sick, the government hospitals are sick, the government roads are sick; CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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power, electricity, sick, the economy is sick; unemployment becomes the order of the day, our graduates, our youths are living in abject poverty and hopelessness, the countrymen are sick, hunger is ravaging the people of God; investors have no more confidence in Nigeria.

“The agro-vision has become a mere illusion; even to take loan for farm has become the favour of the rich, so that as you keep on fighting corruption, many who are around you are incubating and manuring corruption. Business men are confused; because they don’t know what to do as a result of the unstable economy.

“Some of us may begin to ask, but why did God choose Buhari at all? God has His reasons; when He chose Saul, He had His reasons, but at a time He rejected Saul, that is God for you. “Jesus chose Judas, in His divinity He chose Judas as an Apostle, the same Judas betrayed Him and Judas office another took; you can see the message is not sweet. The same God chose Jonathan, Goodluck, during the oil boom, had Jonathan invested well, then Nigerians won’t be suffering what we are suffering now; even in his hometown Otuoke, go to Niger Delta, there was no impact of governance, nothing.

“That’s why God pushed him out. Mr. President, if you don’t want to be pushed out, you have to wake up. So, God who chose Buhari, it is for a purpose. At a particular time in the life of Jonah, the whale swallowed him; at time Jonah could not prophesy, he could not do his prophetic duty again; that is how Buhari’s vision was swallowed.

“And then what shall be done. God doesn’t make mistake. When God said Buhari will become the President, he became the president; when God decided to put Adam and Eve in paradise, he loved them, but at a time, the same God chased them out. So, the cabal thing, Mr. President, Nigerians are getting disappointed in you; I was thinking of the kind of prayer we are going to share, because this year is a year of primary for all the parties.

“Some will start this year, I am not talking about PDP or APC, I’m praying God to give us a man after His heart. Now, it is the turn of the Northerners, the Northerners will complete their eight years. If Mr. President, Buhari will not continue, if you go to Gombe, go to Gombe, it was a rural state, the present Governor there, Ibrahim Hassan, has turned that place into almost an ultra modern city and that man was a former accountant general of the country.

“If you go to Gombe, you won’t know Gombe again; why can’t such a person come out; I don’t know the party he is in; and he is still a young man; in his early 50s, whether in PDP or APC I don’t know, but whoever is doing that kind of magic in Gombe can handle Nigeria. A man who did Phd in accountancy, chartered in marketing, chartered in accountancy, a lot of things, a guru, we need somebody with such aura.

“And the Gombe people will tell you, he does not discriminate between Muslims and Christians, he is shielding even Christians there. Some pastors he gave them land, gave land for churches. I am not campaigning for him, but I am talking about somebody who can lead us forward, somebody with vision, with agenda, to change Nigeria is not difficult; wherever such a person is, let his party make him available for Nigerians to see it.

“Before it will be the turn of the Igbos, it is not yet our turn, it will soon be our turn, when it is our turn, all of us will talk about it.

SANNI “Therefore my people, we are talking about value chain economy; healthy economy; security in the country, employment, educational system that is working, then God disclosed a time when most of our run-away Nigerians started coming home. A time is coming when Nigeria is going to be a country that is worthy for investment, investors will come from the North, South and East, from foreign countries to invest in Nigeria; at that time, the people can see that the government of Nigeria and the pattern of governance is our problem.

“God has given Nigerians everything and He says, ‘Nigerians be patient with me.’ It will not take time I will begin to deal wickedly to those who are dealing wickedly to you people. Those who are punishing you, I will punish.

“In Nigeria today, there is the hidden tribal religious and interdenominational wars that are looming. God is promising that He will send a credible President that will handle the unity of the country not by shooting anybody, but by preventing the occurrence; even if the person is in a no party; whether the person is in PDP, PDP is not bad; it is the same people that go to APC: drop their umbrella and pick broom, but instead of using the broom to sweep away corruption, they are using it to sweep money into their pockets.

“So, those who love Mr. President don’t be angry; from the same pulpit where his dynasty was prophesied, the wind is blowing again. When God says, ‘His office let another take, then Nigeria will move forward, and corruption will be adequately embattled in the proper sense, then the economy will improve and Nigerians will rejoice,” he said.

However, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s prophecy on Buhari has drawn a lot of reaction from a cross section of Nigerians, who see the prophesy either in positive or negative light.

Reacting to the message, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Aviation Minister, Femi FaniKayode, said the prophesy is a sign that the Lord has rejected Buhari.

In his tweets on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode also declared that those who supported Buhari in 2015 will also be put to shame in 2019.

The tweet reads: “Not only has the Lord rejected Buhari, not only will he be disgraced out of office with shame

FANI-KAYODE and ignominy, but there is also this: no individual that had a hand in bringing this unprecedented and unrepentant curse to power in 2015 shall ever lead or rule Nigeria in the future.”

Also reacting, controversial senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defended the Catholic priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka’s prophecy where he said President Muhammadu Buhari must change the evil cabal frittering away his goodwill or risk being changed by Nigerians.

Sani in his reaction said it was not right for Buhari’s supporters to choose which prophecies to believe, urging them not to insult the preacher.

On his twitter page he wrote: “If you once celebrated Father Mbaka for telling you what you like and now he is now telling you what you don’t like, please be courteous and don’t insult or attack him.

It’s natural for people not to agree all the time.”

In the same vein, many Nigerians have been reacting online, as some of them who seem not to have forgotten the preacher’s support for Buhari in 2015 elections have asked him to stop politicising and face the word of God. At the same pulpit three years ago, he had prophesied that then President Goodluck Jonathan would be defeated in the 2015 election and also supported Buhari’s change.

However, a respondent writing on the handle of @kingmethods on twitters said, “Fr. Mbaka, how market? Before 2015 general elections, you said Buhari is the only person that can save Nigeria. And now before 2019 general election you are saying….Buhari, contest and be disgraced.

“Fr. Mbaka face your church and leave IPOB and Nigerian politics alone. Religion and politics don’t go together.

Also another respondent @ekanem said, “Political reverend, you are a Wolf in sheep’s clothing, you have no place in Christianity, you have made your stomach your god and have defrauded the gullible, the law of Kama will catch up with you soon Another @dukemomoh said, “I wonder why this pastors normally use the situation on ground that we are all aware of to predict what will happen every time we are witnessing a new year. They should

stop disturbing us. Na mumu dem go fit deceive.

Then @elisha asked, “Mbaka at it again.

Mbaka why? Part Three (3). I thought this is your man or could this be a rejoinder to Jonathan’s. And @Moses wrote, “Fr. Politician Mbaka! You brought in Buhari, you are sending him packing again? Why @Oparah wrote, “But you said he is the messiah in 2015, abi no be you again? As @ Kanu just said, “Stop politicking and face your ministry.

For @Chinonye, “Don’t take your words serious anymore. You told us Goodluck was badluck to us and Buhari was God sent, now another story, please God is not an author of confusion As far as @julius is concerned, Mbaka should stop playing God. Almighty God is still using PMB. He is on God’s own assignment, he will carry it out to the last letter. So retrace your step Prophet Mbaka.

For your information God will not allow corruption to kill our country Nigeria Also twitting on the handle @Stanley, he said, “The battle for 2019 has started. It is only a fool that will encourage Buhari to contest election again in Nigeria. A government that cannot successfully handle minor administrative issues of vetting list appointment. While @Felix, believes that anybody can lose in any election, nothing is new about it. Again, can’t you focus on soul winning and leave politics for politicians?

But, @Suleyman, says he is not God. You’re just an ordinary human being using a guess work. His prophecy is based on guess work. However, @Abubakar says “When this man spoke against some actions of the Jonathan administration, people said he has been bought by the then opposition. Now that he speaks against some actions of the Buhari Administration, has he been bought by the present opposition? One cannot say what is what unless he sides with a particular inclination?

AS for @kelechi, “Fr Mbaka has his personal opinion. We should respect man of God, but let him tell us why he supported PMB election…. there are more to it.

It must be noted that the Bible says the only way to validate any prophet or prophesy whether it is of God or not is whether or not it comes to pass, so Nigerians do not have long to wait, 2019 is just around the corner, the truth shall set us free.

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Kerosene adulteration and attendant tragedy

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erosene adulteration in the country has left in its trail many casualties both in human and material. It creates cause for worry because it dates back to time.

More worrisome is in the fact that the culprits seem intractable while the trend is difficult to arrest.

Adulteration of the product comes at a huge cost for the country. While some theorists see it as something that will disappear with time, it is taking gargantuan proportion daily. The government in itself look clueless while the criminals smile to the banks riding on the throes of the blood of the innocent.

Adulteration as a word has legal implications when it comes to patent rights, that of petroleum product is more lethal because it carries with it tragic bye products that can wipe out a whole nation. This is when we remember that adulteration of kerosene causes explosions when the product is used in lanterns, stoves and other cooking instruments and this happens at short notice. Most explosions take place in the oil producing areas where this illegal act is prevalent.

Although there are no coherent statistics on the number of casualties from kerosene explosions, available indices show that it is countless and many families may never recover from the havoc caused by the tragedy.

Some examples will however suffice.

Between September 22, 2016, to January 7, 2017, a total of 18 kerosene explosion cases were recorded in Akwa Ibom State.

In this explosions, four persons died with many left incapacitated. Statistics at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital revealed that all the four dead persons were females and five of the injured, males.

The recorded explosions occurred through adulteration of the genuine products and wrongful use of the product in stoves and lanterns. The explosion usually led to skin burns which leads to loss of water, dehydration and death.

From February 2017 until present, there are several recorded kerosene explosions in Akwa Ibom and Cross River

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L-R: Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje; his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai; President Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and others, during the commissioning of the Dry Port Terminal in Kaduna…on Thursday.

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L-R: Edo State Commander, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Makinde Ayinla; Commander of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Major General Ibrahim Garba; Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo and Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the Obu mine site in Okpella, Edo State, where they arrested officials of BUA Int’l Limited for violating a Stop Work Order, on Wednesday.

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States, claiming many lives. In one of the incidents, a 50-year-old housewife in Cross River State died. Another claimed a little boy, a mother of two and injured 17 others.

In 2007, 10 persons were found dead and 30 others seriously injured in Warri, Delta state following explosions in their homes from adulterated kerosene. Several homes were affected by the explosions, which occurred as the victims tried to light their cooking stoves or lanterns, which had been unknowingly filled with adulterated kerosene.

Of the 30 injured persons, many were left incapacitated till date.

Kerosene, is the main fuel used for cooking and lighting especially by the majority of poor citizens as an alternative to electricity and gas.

In spite of its everyday need, the scarcity of the product in Nigeria is legendary, creating cause for concern on the role of hawks and rogue government agents who divert the product for personal gains. Studies show that the scarcity is caused by deliberately inadequate importation of the product and its diversion from domestic uses to other areas. While those involved in this unholy act are known in the corridors of power, they are more less known names but remain untouchable.

From research, Kerosene may be adulterated by adding other liquids which may be miscible or immiscible. In Nigeria kerosene adulteration comes from the addition of water or petrol, or diesel or gas condensate depending on the price deferential between the product and the adulterant.

In a recent survey by the Department of Applied Science and Technology in the Oyo State Ministry of Industry, four out of the five samples of diesel taken from filling stations within the Ibadan metropolis in the South West of Nigeria indicated up to 70 percent kerosene adulteration.

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) reported that some unscrupulous kerosene dealers in the country have cultivated the habit of adulterating domestic kerosene (HHK) in their bid to cream off excess profit from the sale of the product.

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Gbemiga Olakunle, JP

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, woe is me now! For my soul is wearied because of murderers.” Jeremiah 4: 31 KJV. Yes those who chose New Year’s Day or period to unleash terror and sorrow on certain parts of Nigeria from the North to the South are murderers as the Scripture quoted above has rightly described them.

Not only that, they can also be described as sadists, terrorists and merchants of death since these criminals have chosen a unique festive period to strike - a time that many Nigerians are rejoicing that the Almighty God has just enabled them to survive the previous year and they were happy that they have finally crossed-over into the New year hale and hearty. Some of these victims might even been those who came from their work-stations in the cities or even abroad to rejoice and spend the yuletide period with their families and friends in their home towns/villages.

First to be recorded was the murder of a Second-Cass Traditional Ruler with his pregnant wife in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria who reportedly left his palace to celebrate the New Year in his village. His assailants allegedly also went ahead to burn the Traditional Ruler’s house and car.

And in the Southern Nigeria precisely in Rivers State, some dare devil criminals suspected to be cult members reportedly opened fire and shot sporadically on some worshippers who were returning from a Crossover Night/Watch Night Service where they must have thanked God for enabling them to survive year 2017. But alas, these merchants of death chose to cut their dreams for the New Year 2018 short by sending some of them into their untimely graves. Definitely these bad boys could be under the influence of drugs and satanic powers. And their motives could not be ascertained since they did not rob the victims of their mindless attacks.

As if these blood-chilling reports were not enough to mar the festive mood of a nation that is supposed to be in New Year celebrations with

the rest members of the International Community, that is the same period that some suspected Fulani herdsmen who have been having running-battles with farmers across the country also decided to strike at the belly part of the nation in Benue State. And for two daysMonday January 1st to Tuesday 2nd 2018, these assailants were having an orgy of violence. According to news report credited to Channels Television and some online Media, these merchants of death were maiming, killing and setting ablaze the properties/houses of their victims. And it was that bad that the Governor of the State had to cry out for help and requested for deployment of the Military to curtail/ checkmate the activities of these prowlers/assailants. But not until about 50 people were reportedly killed while 30 others were inflicted with varying degrees of injuries by these suspected Fulani herdsmen who were obviously venting their anger on the Anti Open-Grazing Law that the Benue State Government recently promulgated to prevent cattle grazing on the farmlands of its farmers leading to destruction of crops.

According to an online report credited to Amebo, the Benue State Chairman of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Abba Yaro wondered and queried a barbaric account in which a pregnant woman was killed, got the unborn child removed and yet slaughtered it. Yaro concluded that it was an ethnic-cleansing by the Fulanis that is targeted against the Benue people. And if proper care is not taken, Abba Yaro cautioned that the ongoing crisis may be an invitation to a second civil-war which nobody prays for. Actually, no one is sure whether the group that committed this horrendous act were indigenous Fulani men or mercenaries, if at all they were humans.

There are no doubts that the matters arising from the above narrated ugly scenarios have grave National Security implications. One thing is clear, and it is the fact that there are still proliferation of fire arms and ammunition in the hands of militia groups and unauthorized hands in this country. And this is not a good omen as the General Elections year-2019 draws closer.

In fact, it portends a grave danger for the peaceful conduct of free and

fair elections and proper management of a possible post-election crisis or violence.

The second matter that should be noted is the unrepentant/ unremorseful altitude of these suspected Fulani herdsmen that seems to have defied every logic and solutions. But the reason may not be far-fetched. If the Presidency wants the menace to stop, it will stop with an immediate alacrity. The President as Number One herdsman rears his own cattle in a ranch that is well-defined in Daura, but he seems to turn a blind eye as some suspected Fulani herdsmen allow their cattle to graze on the farmlands of some crop-farmers as they transverse the length and breadth of this country. There have been reports or even video clips where Fulani herdsmen holding AK47 rifles let their cattle loose to feast on a heap of yams in a farm. Apart from acts of trespassing and illegal grazing on some farmlands, leading to the killing, maiming or raping the spouses or girls of the farmers who dared to challenge them, some of them are also allegedly involved in other criminal acts of armed-robbery and kidnapping for ransom.

As we had earlier noted in our previous articles, if the Federal Government does not tackle this Fulani herdsmen menace that has become a national phenomenon, all its efforts to revolutionise Agriculture and boost Agriculture production may be tantamount to paying lip-service to its policy on Agriculture since the crop-farmers are being scared out of their farmlands and running into the cities for their dear lives.

However, as professionals /experts in Crisis-Management, our Security Agents know what to do to restrain or checkmate the excesses of these suspected Fulani herdsmen; but they are probably gauging and interpreting the body language of President Muhammad Buhari on the matter. In other words, the Security Agents are not sure whether the President meant what he says on the matter since in some cases, he chooses to keep mute.

They must have reasoned that the actions of Mr. President through his ominous silence and body language speak louder than any PressStatements from any organ of his government including the Ministries of Interior, Information or

Offices of his Aides on Media and publicity. For instance in the recent Benue massacre, the Governor of the State, Samuel Ortom who also hails from one of the Local Government Areas that was attacked reportedly claimed that he sent an Intelligence report to the Federal Government on the pending attack before it happened. The Governor did not elaborate to which Agency of the Federal Government he sent his Intelligence report to -whether it was sent to the Military, the Police, the DSS or The Presidency itself. Also despite being considered a national phenomenon by many Nigerians and security experts, the President did not mention the menace of Fulani herdsmen in the list of security issues to be tackled during his New Year Day Address to the nation.

Lastly, while we are using this medium to express our condolence to the governments and peoples of Kaduna, Rivers and Benue States and especially the bereaved families, who have lost their loved ones when they were supposed to be rejoicing with themselves, it is our candid opinion that our political leaders should eschew any form of sentiments and allow our Security Agencies to do their work with the aim of reducing crimes to the barest minimum in our society. We can even achieve a crime free country like Norway and Netherlands where jail-houses are reportedly free for lack of prisoners. With God on our side and back-up with the necessary political-will, it is attainable. Succinctly speaking, a crime free society is achievable in Nigeria if there is political will to encourage our Security-Agents to work with every sense of patriotism and without any fear of stepping on any big toe in the course of doing their assignments and when this is done, the better for our overall National Security which will ultimately accelerate the progress and development of this nation in every field of human endeavour. Meanwhile, irrespective of the self-inflicted afflictions we found ourselves as a nation, we still thank God as we wish ourselves a prosperous and Happy New Year.

Gbemiga Olakunle, JP General Secretary, National Prayer Movement gbemigaolakunle@ yahoo.co.uk gbemigaolakunle. blogspot.com Abuja

Buhari and appointment of dead people on boards of MDAs

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Nosa Eweka

t is very unfortunate that the Presidency doesn’t see anything scandalous about appointing dead people into the board of agencies and parastatals.

This mistake and the statement by the Presidency shows how incompetent and disorganised our government truly is”.

“The Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria (SGF), Boss Mustapha, goofed very badly. The excuse by the Presidency that Boss Mustapha did

not prepare the list is unacceptable. Even if the list predated his appointment, a background check and a through assessment of the list by him would have eliminated these errors and saved Nigeria this embarrassment”.

“The Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria (SGF) is supposed to be meticulous, detail oriented and organized.

This type of mistake scares me, Boss Mustapha is responsible for ensuring the effective coordination, monitoring and implementa-

tion of all government policies and programmes for the overall development of Nigeria. He is also the Secretary to the Council of State, the Federal Executive Council and other Constitutional Councils, which are chaired by the President”.

The Benin Prince posed these questions to Nigerians “Why does the Buhari Government continue to display incompetence and make us a laughing stock, why? And why is Professor Itse Sagay calling Nigerians who criticized or are

criticizing President Buhari for appointing dead persons to board of agencies and parastatals “stupid and senseless”, why?”.

“This statement makes Professor Sagay look and sound like a senseless, uneducated and an unenlightened individual as opposed to the Professor of Law, constitutional law expert and Senior Advocate of Nigeria that he is, very unfortunate”.

Eweka is of Benin Royal Family.

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Buhari And The Two Blind Men

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Buhari’s New Year message on petrol scarcity was a warmed over version of what he said 40 years ago as Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources: that the government would not spare saboteurs who had exposed the public to a miserable Christmas by disrupting the supply of petrol.

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omething curiouser than the perennial fuel shortage emerged last week.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year message was the clearest indication yet that the three most senior managers of the oil industry do not agree on the cause of the problem or how to fix it.

It may be a genuine epidemic of confusion and inertia – or perhaps something worse: incompetence. But whatever it is, we’ve just about had enough of it.

While Buhari toed the line of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru, that hoarding by oil marketers was responsible for the shortages, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, took a different position.

“What caused some of this,” Kachikwu said, “was some level of gaps in terms of volume. That gap was because the NNPC is the only one importing most of the products currently.”

The truth lies somewhere between Buhari’s denial and the elegant half-truth of Kachikwu, his junior minister. Whichever way they spin it, the problem is far from over.

The lines surfaced in the first week of December. After the Federal Executive Council meeting that week, Kachikwu assured the public that he would sort out the problem and clear the lines that weekend.

The lines have shortened somewhat, but the problem of frequent fuel shortages that has haunted the country for decades now, is not about to end.

Nor are the old, worn-out excuses about to change. Buhari’s New Year message on petrol scarcity was a warmed over version of what he said 40 years ago as Federal Commissioner for Petroleum Resources: that the government would not spare saboteurs who had exposed the public to a miserable Christmas by disrupting the supply of petrol.

Forty years on, Buhari is not only Minister of Petroleum Resources – with his Chief of Staff serving on the NNPC Board. He is also President, after three attempts. Yet he speaks like the captive-in-chief of the same saboteurs he complained about in 1977.

Who are these saboteurs? Filling stations in this country have an estimated underground storage tank for 200 million litres of petroleum products.

The economics of setting up

Buhari filling stations may be dubious, but it’s common sense to assume that the owners know they can only remain in business in the long term by selling products.

The same logic applies to owners of surface tank farms (with receptors in the Badagry-Bakassi axis having a holding capacity of 500 million litres) and over one dozen jetties, which are also mostly in private hands.

To blame them for hoarding the 43 million litres of petrol required by motorists daily when thousands of underground and surface tanks across the country are empty or when the stock is sitting in NNPC vessels at sea, is pathetic.

Unlike NNPC, the regulator-competitor that does not have to worry about feedstock or the exchange rate, private operators have to hedge and deal with prohibitive interest rates, among other unpredictable costs of doing business.

Of course there are bad eggs among oil marketers. But even these bad eggs have been nurtured by years of indulgence and criminal complicity with fat cats in NNPC, with government after government, including Buhari’s government, turning a blind eye.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s government ran up subsidy of $6.8 billion, with the entire apparatus of government holding the purse for Diezani Allison-Madueke, whose singular pleasure it was to spend like no woman’s business.

Yet, even under Buhari, NNPC is still, well, NNPC. According to NEITI, the corporation, which has failed to account for $629 million, has executive exemption from remitting a certain unknown and unknowable percentage of its earnings into the Treasury Single Account.

In order words, the corporation keeps an account that is known only to Buhari and whoever else it pleases him to share the informa-

tion with. And Buhari is looking for saboteurs?

How can the NNPC behemoth continue to function in this way and be expected to be efficient or accountable? How can NNPC continue to remain a regulator, an arbiter and a competitor at the same time and Buhari is still looking for saboteurs to punish for the fuel shortages?

To find the saboteurs, all the government needs to do is to look at the man in the mirror. Even though the process was fraught with controversy, government took the right decision by privatising the downstream sector – selling off its investments in Unipetrol, National Oil and African Petroleum.

Also, the decision to completely deregulate diesel was painful at first but over time supply disruptions have petered out and price stabilised.

Raising petrol price from 87 Kobo to 145 Naira per litre was a courageous step. But in the government’s haste and trepidation, it packaged the increase as the long-sought-for answer to deregulation. But it wasn’t.

It just happened that oil prices were falling at the time and the government was cash-strapped after raiding its reserves to defend the Naira.

Now, the chicken is home to roost.

No serious deregulation can take place with the government leaving the NNPC the way it is. The government can move petrol price up or down; it can scramble every laden ship to Nigeria’s seashore, until it restructures NNPC and creates the right legal framework for the business, it’ll be wasting its time.

It’s a scandal that beggars belief that the four refineries managed by the NNPC get daily crude allocation of 450,000 barrels and yet are unable to process enough petrol to fill the tank of a Beetle car.

It’s a scandal beyond description that NNPC the sole importer of petrol, which also knows the local daily

demand, is unable or unwilling to make any provision for occasionally fluctuations in the market. And Buhari, the petroleum minister, is looking for saboteurs?

Buhari took the right step 10 days after taking office in 2015 by issuing 65 licences to private individuals to establish refineries. Before that, President Olusegun Obasanjo had given licences to 18 companies to establish refineries.

But it’s one thing to organise a licence bazaar (the beneficiaries, apart from Dangote, have virtually all disappeared); it’s quite another to create the legal environment for businesses to operate.

It’s not a coincidence that the government’s only profitable refining investment today is the NLNG, set up and operated under a law completely different from the moribund Petroleum Act of 1969, the nemesis of the industry.

The government refineries have become the ATM of vested interests in the NNPC. Year in year out they ask for and receive millions of dollars for so-called turnaround maintenance and yet the only thing that gets turned around is the size of their pockets.

If Buhari is serious about ending the embarrassing shortages, he should stop looking for scapegoats and end the fruitless rounds of meetings of the blind. In the short-term, he can ask the IOCs for help and offer incentives, while he restructures the NNPC to be the nimble and efficient regulator that it can be.

The current price cap is not working and the only thing worse than its failure is a government that cannot see the obvious and deal with it with honestly and transparently.

The biggest petrol saboteurs are inside Buhari’s government.

Ishiekwene is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview and member of the board of the Global Editors Network

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N130m dud cheque: Court grants bail to businessman Peter Fowoyo

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L-R: Deputy National Chairman (South) All Progressives Congress (APC) , Chief Segun Oni; Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his wife, Bisi; during the Ekiti APC Leaders End-of- Year party hosted by Fayemi at his Isan-Ekiti country home on Wednesday.

Journalists assaulted as Buhari commissions project in Kaduna Idu Jude, Kaduna

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ering the commissioning of the Kakuri, Kaduna Dry Port, in Kaduna, Wednesday, saw hell, as they were brutalized by the armed security personnel deployed to guard the ceremonial venues.

The three pen pushers were the transportation correspondents of AIT/ Raypower FM, Enemaku Ojochigbe and Mrs. Taye Adeni of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Also assaulted was a ministry of transportation press unit official, Mrs. Ijeoma Chijioke Adindu who led the journalists.

The news hounds who came from Abuja where denied access to the venue of the Commissioning by the combined team of the army, the Mobile Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and National Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) even when they had their accreditation cards on them.

The same journalists had

successfully covered the President Muhammadu Buhari’s commissioning of the Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) new locomotives and train coaches.

All pleas by the the journalists who had even arrived the venue ahead President Muhammadu Buhari, fell on deaf ears. Not even when they explained that they were invited by the Federal Ministry of Transportation to cover the event.

A dark tall mobile police officer with nose mark pictured here personally bru-

talized the journalists and cocked his gun to shoot at anyone who complained. He also threatened to tear gas the reporters.

The NAN reporter who was punched in the face by the said mobile police man was rushed to the Red Cross mobile treatment bay where she was administered first aid. She was given an injection and the eye was treated.

The reporters sensing more danger retreated as they were denied access to the venue by the overzealous security agencies.

Group petitions police over alleged killings by officer Tom Garba, Yola

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Human Rights activist and the President of Progressive Mind for Development Initiative (PMDI), Comrade Abubakar Abdulsalam, has threatened to petition the Inspector General of Police, should the Adamawa Command, failed to handle properly the alleged case of homicide against Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hassan Usman Dass.

Comrade Abubakar, in the petition, accused ASP Dass of summarily executing 11 young men in 2016 and 2017, when he was serving as the Divisional Police Officer, Kiri, Shelleng Local Gov-

ernment of Adamawa State. He gave some of the names of the victims as Buba Grema, Musa Bakari, Jauro Henpeto and Yusuf.

This, he continued happened at about 02:00 hrs on 30 April 2017, “when he murdered them in cold blood by shooting at them.”

On 23 November 2017, Hassan Dass on his way to Madagali LGA on the pretext of fighting insurgency at about 03:00 hours dispatched another set of seven young men from Gombi LGA to their early graves.

It was not his area of jurisdiction.

“We deem it very important to formally intimate you of the inhuman act of this unprofession-

al police officer as he had violated section 36 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, which provides for the right to life for any citizen of Nigeria.”

Also he reminded the Nigerian police of their responsibility to safe guard the fundamental human rights of its citizens and if the heinous killings are not checked it will continue to spread like a wild fire, and the country will become unsafe for its citizens.

“Any failure on the part of the Nigerian police force to investigate and prosecute this case, we as an organisation will be compelled to take appropriate steps within the confines of the law to

handle this case against the ASP in question and the Nigerian Police force.”

Furthermore, he said that ASP Hassan Dass is moving about freely.

He was hurriedly transferred to the State Command Headquarters in Yola.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed that Hassan with force number 145555 was later promoted and was made Officer in-Charge of Safer Highways.

When contacted, the State Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Othman Abubakar, denied that Hassan Dass is roaming about freely. “He is under arrest and the Command is investigating the matter.”

Ikoyi, Lagos has granted bail to the Managing Director, Picket Suites and Services Limited, Mr Abiodun Adisa, for allegedly issuing a dud cheque to a firm, Friedliz Estate Limited owned by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah.

Justice Adizat Shagari who granted the bail application filed by the applicant’s counsel Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, said that bail is a constitutional rights of any citizens as enshrined in the constitution and more so the offence for which the defendant is charged is a bailable one.

She said: “In the light of the above reasoning couple with facts and circumstances of this case I hereby grant bail to the defendant in the sum of N5 million Naira and two sureties in like sum, one of the sureties must be grade level 15 in the Federal or state civil service and a landed property owner within the jurisdiction of this court.

The judge said that the defendant should deposit his international passport with the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.

Consequently justice Shagari adjourned the case till January 24, 2018 for trial.

Abiodun Adisa was charged to court in December 22, 2017 on a 15 count-charge bordering on the issuance of N130 million dud cheque complained by Okechukwu Enemalah and his company The SFU, in the charge, alleged that the accused had, between August 22, 2016 and June 30, 2017, issued 15 Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) cheques to one Okechukwu Enelameh, of Fredliz Estates Limited.

The SFU, however, stated that upon presenting the cheques for payment, they were dishonoured for lack of funds in the accused person’s account.

The SFU, through its prosecutor, Mr. Slyvester Azubike, had listed in the charge the Guarantee Trust Bank cheque numbers issued by the accused person as follows: 53547337, 53547338, 53547339, 53547340, 53547341, 53547342, 53547349, 53547350, 53547343, 53547344, 53547345, 53547346, 53547347, 53547348 and 53547364.

S.F.U said the offence is contrary and punishable under section 1(a)(I) of the dishonoured cheques offences Act, Cap D11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Leadership crisis: LP to sack 6 NWC members next week Tom Okpe, Abuja

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the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) towards next year’s general elections, the Party has concluded plans to hold a meeting next week, where six national officers would be suspended and replaced through an election.

National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, who disclosed this Thursday in Abuja in a chat with newsmen, said “other officers who colluded with a faction of the party to cause leadership tussle have returned to beg for forgiveness and the party has forgiven them.”

Abdulsalam wished members and “all Nigerians a prosperous New Year,” and commended the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, “for standing by the truth.”

He said: “We are holding meeting next week to suspend all of them and elect new ones. We have already have the names of likely new officers with us but they will

be announced next week and this party will surely be a party to beat in 2019 general elections, and that is why some misguided individuals thought that this is a money making gold venture, but unfortunately for them, it is not so. Labour Party is about service to people and to Nigeria as a country and we going to render the service.”

On the position of the Commission regarding the recent leadership crisis in the Party, he said: “INEC was tremendous, straight forward, sincere and uphold the rule of law. INEC allowed justice and fair play to overcome lies and imposition during the of a kangaroo convention.

“I commend INEC under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for his steadfastness and standing for what is truth, for understand what is just and stand by the justice. He is not that kind of Professors who dilly dialing at the instance of fake disposition. I salute him and I salute all the commissioners.”

He said the party was repositioning to make a good outing in 2019 general elections.

News 19 AKSG floats cooperative scheme for ex-servicemen’s wives Bassey Willie, Uyo

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ernment (AKSG) through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare has initiated a Cooperative Societies for the wives of the exservicemen from the state to enable them draw loans and grants easily from financial institutions and government to start small scale businesses which will help them carter for some family problems.

The state chairman of the Nigeria legion, Colonel Joseph Esu (rtd) disclosed this in Uyo on Thursday during the occasion of the launching of the 2018 Armed Forces remembrance appeal emblem.

Col. Esu said, “We are grateful to Akwa Ibom state government for all the supports they have been given to the legion and the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare for translating the state’s vision towards the legion to reality.

The commissioner, Dr Glory Edet has helped to organize legion widows into cooperative societies, this is aimed at helping the respective cooperative societies draw loans and grants where necessary.”

He noted that the last military pensions verification exercise conducted in the state last November would have not been successful without the logistic supports of the state government.

The legion chairman explained that the launching of the Armed Forces Remembrance Appeal emblem, is a national event organized annually to honour the nation’s fallen heroes who laid down their lives in service to humanity during the 1st and 2nd world war, Nigeria civil war and others.

He added that the occasion is also used to honour and cater for the welfare of veterans who are still alive and in most cases incapacitated, as well as supporting the families of the fallen heroes.

Governor Udom Emmanuel who was represented at the occasion by his deputy, Mr. Moses Ekpo promised the resolved of his administration to continuously help ex-servicemen and the families of the fallen heroes live a better life, after giving their entire lives to the service of the nation and to ensure the territorial integrity of the nation.

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Stop politicising security, Gov Dickson tells FG Ï ƗƆƌ Ɔ ƆƋƆ Ɛƈ éƓƈƗƆ ƊƈƋƋƈ

By Tom Garba, Yola

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Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has called on the APCled Federal Government to stop politicising national security.

The Governor said the inability of President Muhamnadu Buhari to personally take charge of the nation’s security and engage critical stakeholders on national security have made some APC leaders to politicise security.

The Governor in a press

statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo on Wednesday, accused some APC chieftains of taking advantage of the dysfunctional federal structure and the imperfect Nigerian structure to hijack the security architecture to torment innocent citizens for their selfish ends and by so doing, causing national insecurity.

The Governor said, the wind of insecurity blowing across the nation and, particularly the upsurge in herdsmen/farmers clashes are not unconnected to the

politicisation of security by the Federal Government.

He, therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally handle security matters as well as engage state governors with a view to knowing their specific challenges in the various states.

Governor Dickson also called on the President to call his party leaders especially, those in Bayelsa State to order; to desist from sponsoring insecurity in the state.

He said some APC leaders in the state are using

the name of the President to compromise security by intimidating security agencies, stockpiling arms and ammunition, killing and ransacking communities at will.

The Governor said, he had formally reported the matter to the President and relevant authorities, but regretted that instead of bringing the perpetrators to book, the Federal Government, to his utmost chagrin, not only shielded the criminals from prosecution, but provided them with security.

Accident scene in Ibadan, Oyo State…on Wednesday.

The Governor said: “These APC leaders exploit the fact that, Mr. President is not personally involved in the handling of national security to breach national peace and security.

They know that, he is not in charge of the critical issues of national security, because he is not personally handling them the way he should.

So, they take advantage of the President’s attitude and the dysfunctional Nigeria state to intimidate and blackmail security agencies for their selfish interest and in the process, endanger the safety of lives and property of Nigerians.

“These APC leaders use the name of the President to sponsor criminals to unleash savage violence on innocent citizens. Their aim is to cause panic and force them to align with them. A case in point is in Bayelsa State where some APC leaders hide under the protection of the Federal Government to stockpile arms and ammunition to maim and kill innocent citizens just to instill fear in them.

“I have personally reported this to Mr. President and to the best of my knowledge, there has not been any decisive action from him or the Federal Government.

Instead of prosecuting these criminals, the Federal Government has beefed up security around them. The politicisation of national security must stop for there can be no country without security!”

Ebonyi 2019: We’ll resist automatic ticket for lawmakers, group says Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki

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ed for Good Governance has vowed to resist any automatic ticket for the member representing Ezza South/ Ikwo Federal constituency, (Ebonyi, PDP), Hon. Lazarus Ogbee over an alleged lackluster performance and dormancy in the House of Representatives.

The group also strongly faulted the comment credited to him in the media that since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power; everything in the country has changed for the worst, describing the outburst as unfortunate and attempt to cause infraction between the

Presidency and the state.

In a statement, the President of the group, Chief Sunday Eke noted that since the lawmaker went to the green chambers, he had not shown any good representation to his constituency, stressing that he would be voted out in 2019.

The group lambasted the former council boss for his lackluster performance worsened by his alleged dormancy in his official duties, threatening that he would be voted out in the forthcoming general elections to pave way for a fresh candidate.

Ogbee had posited that the three years of Buhari’s administration have become a waste as it has not

impacted meaningfully on the lives of the people when he played host to some journalists at his Onueke country home.

Eke recounted that Ogbe’s comment was personal as it does not represent the joyful mood of Ebonyi people at a time when many sons and daughters of the state were appointed by the President into various Boards and parastatals.

He warned the Federal lawmaker to retract his comments and face his primary assignment of law making rather than making inflammatory statements that can heat up the polity.

Eke said: “we want to put

it on record that Hon. Lazarus Ogbee has performed abysmally low since he went to the National Assembly. The good people of Ezza south/ Ikwo Federal constituency which he represents cannot boast of any dividend of Democracy. We want to state without mincing words that Ogbee’s outrage on the President is unfortunate and just like a pot calling kettle black”.

“We are happy for the President for appointing our sons and daughters into various Boards. He has assisted our dear state in various areas which Ebonyi people are happy with him. Instead of Ogbee to dissipate energy on who he

will condemn, he should not forget his dormancy in the House of Representatives”.

The group therefore enjoined the state governor, Chief David Umahi to call the lawmaker to order to avoid the impression that the state government is fighting the good works of the President to the state.

Also, the people of Onicha West constituency of Onicha Local Government have condemned in strong terms the endorsement of the member representing Onicha West constituency in the Ebonyi state House of Assembly, Hon. Valentine Okike-Uzo

by Governor David Umahi for another third term.

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2018 budget ‘ll impact positively on residents – Chief Whip

By Alade Tasma

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The Chief Whip of Lagos state House of Assembly, Rotimi Abiru has said the 2018 budget recently presented to the House by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is realistic, achievable and will impact positively on the lives of the people of the State.

The lawmaker who is representing Shomolu Constituency 02 at the Assembly said the good thing to note from the budget is that about 65 percent of the budget was targeted at

capital expenditure.

Abiru who expressed confidence over the budget performance said it would perform and impact on the lives of people of the state; he disclosed that the State government is set to improve housing and power through the budget.

“The budget is tagged budget of progress and development and part of what the budget seeks to do is to complete the ongoing projects. The very good thing to note from this budget is that about 65 percent of the budget is targeted at capital expen-

diture.

“What this connotes is that the larger part of the budget will be committed to infrastructural development for the benefit of the people of the state.

“Also, one of the areas of government’s focus where the funds to finance the budget could be enhanced is the area of land use charge. Apart from that, the government is looking at how to improve on the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state.

“The state is also looking at budget financing and this will be for the

developmental project.

The government seeks to improve housing, the issue of power is there and these are on the priority list of the governor. If there is steady power supply, business can run for 24 hours and it will boost the economy of Lagos,” Abiru explained.

The lawmaker, an APC member urged Nigerians to be hopeful and continue to support policies of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in order to take the country to the Promised Land.

“I want to thank Nige-

rians for the support they have given our party, All Progressives Congress (APC) so far and to appeal to them to be patient and continue to endure because I understand that there is a level of hardship in the country.

“It is most unfortunate that the issue of fuel scarcity is rearing its ugly head again but I want to appeal to Nigerians to be more patient and be hopeful in Mr. President and his government. To build is not easy but to destroy does.

“Gradually, we are com-

Salary arrears: Opposition expanding noise - Ikpeazu

By Sunday Nwakanma – Umuahia

ÎÎÎ Governor Okezie Ikpea-

zu of Abia state, has described the issue about salary arrears of some workers in the state as a noise and gimmick orchestrated by the opposition and designed to distract his government.

Governor Ikpeazu stated this when he met with the 2013-2015 batch of commissioners in the state, stating that his government is making genuine efforts to bridge the gap in the salary situation especially as it affects teachers.

The Governor said Abia is the only state in the federation that dedicated 100 percent of the first tranche of Paris club refund for the payment of the salaries of its workers, disclosing that Ministries in the state have received their December salaries.

According to him, a substantial percentage of the current tranche of Paris club refund which the state has started disbursing will be used to attend to the payment of outstanding salaries of secondary school teachers in the state.

He said that he has not forgotten the former commissioners as he believes they have capacity to impact on the state.

In his speech, Elder Godwin Nna thanked the Governor for remembering them and for all that he was doing especially infrastructural face-lift of the state, promising that the former commissioners had resolved to partner with him to move the state forward.

Oyo State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Atinuke Osunkoya (right), decorating the Deputy Governor, Chief Alake Adeyemo, at the launch of the 2018 Armed Forces Appeal Week’s Emblem, in Ibadan, Oyo State…on Thursday.

Edo PDP berates Obaseki over 2018 budget

By Titus Akhigbe, Benin

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The Peoples Democratic Party, Wednesay, said that the Edo state Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki lacks basic idea of governance and so was at a loss about how to cater for the needs of the people of the state.

State party chairman, Chief Dan Orbih gave this indication while speaking on the 2018 Appropriation law of the state during a press conference at the party Secretariat in Benin City.

He said: “Governor Obaseki has no idea of

what governance is about and does not know what it means to cater for the needs of the citizens of Edo state”.

Orbih condemned the allocation of 10% of the total sum of 2018 Edo state appropriation of N151billion to the Governor’s office even as he described it as a budget of padding, duplication and deceit.

He also said the entire budget is fraudulent as it is designed to waste scarce public funds belonging to Edo people as he wondered how the governor plans to justify the following huge

allocations for his office in the budget as: N1.5billion -Governor’s office, N2.5billion-Central Administration, N2.1billionGovernment House, N4.0billion- Government House special project and N1million (monthly)-Government House Clinic for Essential Drugs.

On the N1million for drugs, Orbih said the Governor ought to come out and tell Edo people the disease he was suffering from as it was pathetic that the Governor would approve such a huge amount at a time there was no alloca-

tion for the healthcare sector in the same budget.

The party leader said that whereas the sum of N4billion was budgeted for security, it is on record that Edo state has been under siege from all forms of criminals since Governor Obaseki assumed office.

“Since Governor Obaseki took over government, the crime rate has gone up.

Daily are reported cases of kidnapping, armed robbery and murder. There are some parts of Benin City, the state capital that are now no go areas for citizens after 6pm in the evening”.

Give assent to primary health care bill, NMA tells Gov Emmanuel Bassey Willie, Uyo

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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State branch has urged Governor Udom Emmanuel to urgently give assent to the law for establishment of the state primary health care development agency earlier passed into law by the state house of assembly seven months ago.

The association also wants the Governor to sign the bill for the establishment of Akwa Ibom State health insurance scheme agency which was also passed into law alongside primary health care development agency by the house many months ago.

The chairman of NMA, Akwa Ibom State branch, Dr Aniekeme Uwah while speaking with newsmen after a meeting with the association’s state officers committee in Uyo Wednesday, appreciated the state government led by Governor Emmanuel for giving doctors the conducive atmosphere to operate as the foremost professional body in the state.

“Let me commend the governor for commissioning the renovated and equipped Etinan General Hospital and the ongoing renovations of general hospitals in Ikono and Ituk Mbang.

The training of Doctors and other health workers on emergency medical care and provision of new residential apartments for house officers employed by the state government and a lot more is also worth appreciated.”

He solicited for the payment of 14 months arrears of salaries owed 61 medical doctors employed by the state government in September, 2014.

Dr Uwah, who also doubles as the chairman of NMA in South South zone, also called for immediate commencement of the construction of a general hospital in Uyo to cater for the health needs of the teeming populace in the area being a most densely populated Local town in the State.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 5, 2018

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CHRIST BLISSFUL CHURCH

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Companies Registration 21 (Trustees)

NURSES GOT TALENT FOUNDATION

The General public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters 1990.

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named FOUNDATION has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Pastor Lawrence Godstime Ujor 2. Mrs Peace Lawrence 3. Arc Agabri E. John 4. Mr Avwenagha Ogaga 5. Mr Ogudu Euroborowho John 6. Agholor Felicia

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. DURUAJONUMA MCANDY CHINAEMEZU 2. OYEWOLE ABIODUN SHERIFF 3. OLAWALE BABALOLA AMOS

General Overseer Secretary

NEW JERUSALEM GLORY OF GOD CHURCH 2016 MANDATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) Pastor Ozua Okoro Idika - Chairman (2) Mrs. Charity Ozua - Secretary (3) Dr Asogwa Celestine (4) Mr Jika Attoh

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE :1.To engage in missions and missionary work all over Nigerian and beyond.

2. To reach the unreached and unchurched with the gospel of Jesus Christ with the aim of positively impacting them and giving them a meaningful existence.

3.To take spiritual, physical and emotional healing to the hurting sector of humanity.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. Discover talent in the Nursing Profession and synergize same towards caring for the society.

2. Interface with Health care consumers and provide first line insights into their health conditions.

3. Undertake organisations of medical outreaches to benefit the society.

4 Organise symposium and public lectures on medical issues.

5. Engage in special programe such as training in specific area of care as at when the need arises for the society and nursing community.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication

Signed by:Pastor Lawrence Godstime Ujor

Signed By : TOLULOPE VINCENT ESQ.

Signed: Trustees

THE WOUNDED MESSIAH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY, ENUGU - NIGERIA

RESTORATION WORLD OUTREACH

ABEOKUTA MUSLIM UNITY FORUM

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) PASTOR NGWUTA DANIEL - CHAIRMAN 2) PASTOR CHUKWU ANTHONY 3) PASTOR IBURU JEREMIAH 4) PASTOR (MRS) ORJIAKOR GEORGINA 5) PASTOR (MRS) IGWEH GLORIA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) OSUJI ANTHONY NNAMDI 2) PASTOR CHUKWU ANTHONY MICHAEL 3) PASTOR STANLEY UGORJI 4) PASTOR CHRIS CHINEDU ANYAEGBU 5) PROPHETESS PEACE STANLEY UGORJI

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

GIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FOUNDATION

COVENANT ROAD LANDLORDS AND LANDLADIES ASSOCIATION UTEH, VIA BENIN CITY

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

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the corporate affairs commission for registration under part ‘c’ of the companies and allied matters act of 1990.

Trustees are : 1. OVWIGHOSE NAOMI OGHENEFEGA 2. OVWIGHOSE OGHENEVWAIRE 3. BAKARE OLAWALE LATEEF

TRUSTEES : 1,DONALD ODEMWINGIE 2,HON. ZEKERI SEDENU 3, YUSUF BAKO MUHAMMED-MUKTAR 4,UHUNMWANGHO AGUSTIN BOSS 5, UWA EDOKPAIYE 6, USIOSEFE LOUIS AMEN

AIMS; TO SCHOOL AND EMPOWER GIRL CHILD. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: DR. OVWIGHOSE NAOMI OGHENEFEGA

BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WORD MISSION INT’L

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1,To foster love, self-help and live in unity and harmony as one under the guidance of the Almighty God. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general corporate affairs commission, plot 420, Tigirs crescent, off Aguyi ironsi street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Aims And Objectives: (1) To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people through the word of God for salvation (2) To raise people in the fear of God (3) To train children in the fear of God so that they will be useful in life.

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

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE 1. Alhaj Razaq Oladapo Bello. Chairman.

2. Alhaj Elias Ayinde Bammeke.

3. Alhaj Jimoh Akanni Popoola 4. Alhaj Ambali Ishola 5. Dr. Rabiu Adeneye Kusimo. Secretary.

6. Alhaja Raolat Modupe Leshi 7. Alhaja Sherifat Quadri.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1)To promote social relationship among members.

2) To foster peace and unity among members.

3) To maintain Justice and cordial relationship with the strangers and investors in the town.

Any Objection(s) to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, PMB 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed By: TRUSTEES

UPPER ROOM HEALING AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRY The general public is hereby notified that the above named ministry has applied to the corporate affairs commission for registration under part ‘c’ of the companies and allied matters act of 1990.

TRUSTEES 1,REV. OKOLIE KINGSLEY (G O) 2, IJIEH DARLINGTON 3,DONATUS OKOLIE (SEC) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1,To preach the Gospel of jesus christ.

2, To give ourselves to prayer and ministry of God’s word.

3,To establish and maintain place of worship for jehovah God in accordance with the Holy bible, Nationally and Globally.

4,To train, Ordain and license candidate for work of Gospel ministry 5, To organise crusade, convention, seminars, workshop and counseling session for the purpose of preaching the word of God and instructing believers in the doctrine of the holy bible 6, To print, publish and distribute religious literature to the nations of the earth.

1,To foster love, self-help and live in unity and harmony as one under the guidance of the Almighty God. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general corporate affairs commission, plot 420, Tigirs crescent, off Aguyi ironsi street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication

Signed secretary.

Sign by the G O

ROYAL ARK OF CHAMPIONS CHURCH

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.

DOING HIS WILL MINISTRY

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

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) PST NWACHUKWU, PRECIOUS --PRESIDENT (2) NWACHUKWU, JOY--SECRETARY (3) EMEDORO, JUSTINA EMEDORO (4) EZE, PROSPER UZOMA

THE TRUSTEES ARE ; 1. APST. ERIC DUMKA NTAMZOR 2. MRS.TESSY E. NTAMZOR 3 KINGSMATE DICKSON 4. PST. MICHAEL OBARI ALENJU

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. EVANG. NWOKORO IKECHIMEFULA ELEKWACHI STEPHEN PRESIDENT 2. SISTER NWOKORO GOODNESS NNENNA - SECRETARY 3. ELDER NDUBUISI SHADRACK NDUBUISI - MEMBER 4. MR. CHIDERA GODSLIGHT NWOKORO - MEMBER

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PREACH THE MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRIST TO ALL NATION (2) TO PREPARE BELIEVERS TOWARDS THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (3) TO REDEEM THE LOST SOULS BACK TO GOD Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed PST NWACHUKWU, PRECIOUS -PRESIDENT

UNITED KIDNEYCARE FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UMEKWE OGBUKA JAMES - CHAIRMAN 2. DR. OBI EKWENNA 3. DR. CHUKU ABALI 4. DR. MATHEW UZUKWU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY PROBLEM. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registration-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: CHAIRMAN

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CHAIRMAN. SECRETARY. TREASURER. MEMBER

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To propagate Christianity & to preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2. To win souls for Christ Jesus & to train preachers missionaries to preach the good news of God. 3. To plant & strengthen churches & ministries all over the world & to help the needy & less privileged in d society.

4. To build hope in d down trodden Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO DO THE WILL OF GOD AND DO THE WORK THAT PRAISES HIM. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrationGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED; APST. ERIC DUMKA NTAMZOR(CHAIRMAN)

Signed: PRESIDENT

JESUS THE LORD OF THIS LAND MINISTRY

MUSHIN MUSLIM FORUM

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1, of 1990

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1, of 1990

TRUSTEES ARE 1.EVANG. DORATHY SOTONYE EKINE 2.IGILASOSIYA ROSE ABOKO 3.ALFRED INNOCENT DOUGLASS

TRUSTEES ARE. (1) RAMONI IDRIS BABATUNDE-PRESIDENT (2) AGARAN ADEBOWALE MUSHAF (3) OLUSEYE LUKMON ADISA (4) AGARAN ALIU ADEWUMI (5) JIMOH ABDULGANIYU ADENLE (6) MURITALA MUHYDEEN AJANI

PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2.TO REACH THE WHOLE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Any Objection to this Registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO PROPAGATE ISLAM. Any Objection to this Registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGN. RAMONI IDRIS BABATUNDE

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KAMLEMCHUKWU GABRIEL OGOCHUKWU

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSUJI GABRIEL AHAMEFULA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAMLEMCHUKWU GABRIEL OGOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NIGERIA IMMIGRATION AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE MRS ODUBITAN SUWEBAT ADETOUN

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS JUMAT ADETOUN MOYOSORE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ODUBITAN SUWEBAT ADETOUN MOYOSORE,ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE

MUYIWA EMMANUEL TOYOSI

Formerly OLAITAN EMMANUEL TOYOSI Now MUYIWA EMMANUEL TOYOSI. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

SYLVESTER UCHE UTI

Formerly SYLVESTER EKWENUYA now SYLVESTER UCHE UTI. Former document remains valid. General public should take Note.

IBOR WILSON OBOMA

I formerly known and addressed as OKEBEDI REBECCA CHISOM now wish to be known and addressed as UMUNNAKWE REBECCA CHISOM, all former documents remains valid, general public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as JOHN PROMISE JANE now wish to be known and addressed as EKE PROMISE JANE, all former documents remains valid, general public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as CHUKWU WISDOM OBOMA now wish to be known and addressed as IBOR WILSON OBOMA, all former documents remains valid,general public take note.

OLUWABIYI SUNDAY OLUWASEYIFUNMITAN I formerly known and addressed as OGUNBIYI SUNDAY OLUWASEYI now wish to be known and addressed as OLUWABIYI SUNDAY OLUWASEYIFUNMITAN. all former documents remains valid, general public take note.

JOSEPH CHRISTIANA AMEH

I Formerly known and addressed as AIKOYE CHRISTIANA now wish to be known and addressed as JOSEPH CHRISTIANA AMEH. All former documents remains valid, general public take note.

HAPPINESS GLORY ASIEGBU

REGINA ODEY

JITSU SULE

I formerly known and addressed as FAITH AMAO now I wish to be known and addressed as REGINA ODEY .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as EBODA OLUWASEUN MAJA now I wish to be known and addressed as JITSU SULE .All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as GLORIA OTIBHO OSHO DIN now I wish to be known and addressed as HAPPINESS GLORY ASIEGBU .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

BALOGUN BOLAHAN SAHEED I formerly known and addressed as BALOGUN SEHEED ADENIYI now I wish to be known and addressed as BALOGUN BOLAHAN SAHEED .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MR. DUROSIMI OLUSEGUN ADEYEMI I formerly known and addressed as MR. DUROSIMI OLUSEGUN now I wish to be known and addressed as MR. DUROSIMI OLUSEGUN ADEYEMI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ODEFEMI ABOSEDE MARGRET

EDOROR SOLOMON

ENDURANCE EDOROR

I formerly known and addressed as ODEFEMI BOSE MAGRET now I wish to be known and addressed as ODEFEMI ABOSEDE MARGRET .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as EDOROR SOLOMON EHIKIOYA now I wish to be known and addressed as EDOROR SOLOMON . I was born on 12/05/1983.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ENDURANCE MCCARTHY now I wish to be known and addressed as ENDURANCE EDOROR . I was born on 21/03/1994.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as SARAH OKAFOR now I wish to be known and addressed as SARAH EDOROR . I was born on 25/06/1996.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

JOKOSANYA TOLULOPE AL-JANAT I formerly known and addressed as APANPA TOLULOPE ALJANAT now I wish to be known and addressed as JOKOSANYA TOLULOPE AL-JANAT .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

In some of my documents my name appears as AJOKE MONSURAT OYEBO While in some other ones it appears as AJOKE ESTHER OYEBO and AJOKE OLUWAREMILEKUN OSUNNEYE. The names refer to the same person.

Now I wish to be known as AJOKE OLUWAREMILEKUN OSUNNEYE. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some of my documents my name appears as FESTUS YEYE FLORENCE While in some other ones it appears as FESTUS TITILAYO NURAT and FESTUS FLORENCE TITILAYO.The names refer to the same person.

Now I wish to be known as FESTUS YEYE FLORENCE. All documents bearing all the names remain valid.

General public to please take note.

In some of my documents including my International Passport my name was wrongly written as IDOKO GODWIN EKERE instead of IDOKO GODWIN JERRY . I was born on 08/07/1992 not 05/07/1988.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ISA AMEEN ABOLORE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

SARAH EDOROR

I formerly known as Yisa Ameen wish to be known and addressed as Isa Ameen Abolore. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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NKECHI CHUMA-OPARA

I, formerly known and addressed as NKECHI DOROTHY NWAKO ;now wish to be known and addressed as NKECHI CHUMA-OPARA. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public take note.

FEANYI EKEJIUBA

I formerly known and addressed as IFEANYI EKE ; now wish to be known and addressed as IFEANYI EKEJIUBA. All former documents remain valid.

BANKS and general public take note.

ELI SAMUEL BOBBY

I, formerly known and addressed as ELI SAMUEL CHIMERE ; now wish to be known and addressed ELI SAMUEL BOBBY. All former documents remain valid.

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AJALA AYISAT OMOLARA

MRS NNABUOGOR THERESA ONOME

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNBAYO AYISAT OMOLARA now wish to be known and address as AJALA AYISAT OMOLARA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS JOHNSON THERESA ONOME now wish to be known and address as MRS NNABUOGOR THERESA ONOME. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ETIUZALE VERONICA OMONEUGHO now wish to be known and address as MRS EJEBUGHAOBI VERONICA OMONEUGHO. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

OTSEMOBOR-IGBANOI CLARA AGNES

MRS ADEBAYO IBUKUN ABOSEDE

ADEYANJU ROSEMARY

Formerly known and addressed as OTOBO ROSEMARY now wish to be known and address as ADEYANJU ROSEMARY. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as IGBANOI CLARA now wish to be known and address as OTSEMOBOR-IGBANOI CLARA AGNESS. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

OKONKWO VERA CHIZOBA

xx ENYIM MARVELOUS

Formerly known and addressed as OKONKWO VERA, now wish to be known and addressed as OKONKWO VERA CHIZOBA. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ENYIM NWANYIOMA RITA, now wish to be known and addressed as ENYIM MARVELOUS. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

REARRANGEMENT /ADDITION OF NAME

JUMBO GIFT ENO

MRS EJEBUGHAOBI VERONICA OMONEUGHO

Formerly known and addressed as MISS FAIRLY IBUKUN ABOSEDE now wish to be known and address as MRS ADEBAYO IBUKUN ABOSEDE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

NWALI DAVID IHEUKWUMERE I, formerly known and addressed as NWALI DAVID ; now wish to be known and addressed NWALI DAVID IHEUKWUMERE. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public take note.

BILLY OTABOR Formerly known and addressed as OTABOR BILLY OSARO now wish to be known and address as BILLY OTABOR. That my correct date of birth 01/06/1969 and not 01/06/1968. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

PETER DAVID OSARODION

I, formerly known and addressed as Osagie David Osarodion now wish to be known and addressed as Peter David Osarodion. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. aADDITION OF NAME

OGBONNA LEBECHI MAGDALINE

Formerly known and addressed as OKANOME LEBECHI MAGDALINE, now wish to be known and addressed as OGBONNA LEBECHI MAGDALINE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ONU SUNDAY, That I wish to add OKOH to my name, That I henceforth wish to be known and addressed as ONU SUNDAY OKOH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

TIMOTHY BLESSING UGONWANYI

Formerly known and addressed as TAJUDEEN MURITALA ADEKUNLE, now wish to be known and addressed as MURITALA TAJUDEEN ADEKUNLE. That my date of birth was wrongly written as 15th of December, 1992 instead of 28th of January, 1992. That my correct date of birth is 28th of January, 1992. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as GIFT MKPAH VICTOR now wish to be known called and addressed as JUMBO GIFT ENO. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

ORJI NGOZI I formerly known and addressed as EGBUHUO NGOZI now wish to be known called and addressed as ORJI NGOZI. All former documents remain valid.

General public take. General public take note.

ADEWALE IFEOLUWA OLUSEYE

xx OGUNSAN YUSUF OLATUNJI

MRS. AKINDELE AKINBO-ERHUNMWUNSEE GLADYS IYESOGIE

. I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWALE IFEOLUWA OGUN, Now wish to be known and addressed as ADEWALE IFEOLUWA OLUSEYE. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OGUNSAN YUSUF, Now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNSAN YUSUF OLATUNJI and my correct date of birth is 17/1/1996.

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

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ERHUNMWUSEE GLADYS IYESOGIE and MRS AKINDELE GLADYS IYESOGIE, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AKINDELE AKINBOERHUNMWUNSEE GLADYS IYESOGIE. All former documents remain valid.

General public/authorities concerned should take note.

MRS JOY NKIRU UZOHO

AGWU SAMUEL ESTHER CHINEDU

I formerly known and addressed as MISS JOY NKIRU ONUOHA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JOY NKIRU UZOHO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as NWAIGWE ESTHER CHINEDU, now wish to be known and addressed as AGWU SAMUEL ESTHER CHINEDU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS IKWUAGWU CATHERINE CHIOMA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWUNONSO-OKAFOR CATHERINE CHIOMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

xx STEPHEN OYEWALE BOLAJI

MRS IKECHUKWU FAVOUR CHINELO

ZOBEASHIA LINDA CHIZOBAM AMAOZO

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This is to inform the general public that my name was wrongly written as ESIFA EMILIA IMAOBON instead of ESIFA EMILIA IMAOBONG. That my correct date of birth 18/12/1984 and not 18/12/1981. That EMILIA OKON ESIFA and ESIFA EMILIA IMAOBONG refer to one and same person.

All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

CHIDUBEM CHINONYE CHINEDU

AMOS JOHN MUDAKA

Formerly known and addressed as TIMOTY BELLO now wish to be known and address as AMOS JOHN MUDAKA. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

ALIU OMOLARA OMOWUNMI

Formerly known and addressed as OKORO CHINONYE CHINEDU, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIDUBEM CHINONYE CHINEDU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as AKINYOOYE OMOWUNMI, now wish to be known and addressed as ALIU OMOLARA OMOWUNMI. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm and certify that ADENIYI OLAIDE FAUSAT is same person as YAKUBU FAUSAT OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

This is to confirm and certify that I OLADUN OLORUNWA SUNDAY is same person bearing ADEYEMI OLORUNWA SUNDAY. That I now wish to be known and addressed as OLADUN OLORUNWA SUNDAY. All documents bearing the above mentioned names remain valid.

General public take note.

ONYEABOH REBECCA CHIKODIRI

REMOVAL OF NAME

MRS. DUROJAIYE KAFAYAT IYABO

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS, ALABI KAFAYAT IYABO, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS, DUROJAIYE KAFAYAT IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

This is to confirm that BENSON VICTOR IFEANYI and DON VICTOR IFEANYI refer to one and the same person, but henceforth wish to be known and addressed as BENSON VICTOR IFEANYI and my correct date of birth is 6th March, 1977 and not 6th March, 1978. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

OLUSEUN PETER NUBI I, formerly OLUSEUN PETER OGUNNUBI wish to now be known as: OLUSEUN PETER NUBI. All former documents still remain valid. MDCN, UNILAG and general public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as IHESIABA BLESSING UGONWANYI now wish to be known called and addressed as TIMOTHY BLESSING UGONWANYI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS OKECHI CYNTHIA IFEOMA

MRS CHUKWUNONSO-OKAFOR CATHERINE CHIOMA

I formerly known and addressed as MISS CYNTHIA IFEOMA IGWEAGU now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKECHI CYNTHIA IFEOMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

EDE LEONARD CHUKWUMA I formerly known and addressed as EDE LEONARD CHIKEZIE now wish to be known and addressed as EDE LEONARD CHUKWUMA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS NZUKWE CHINELO ANN now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IKECHUKWU FAVOUR CHINELO. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

MRS. ODION AUGUSTINA

xxNWODO JOSEPHINE I formerly known and addressed as UGWU JOSEPHINE now wish to be known and addressed as NWODO JOSEPHINE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

BEAUTIFUL LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1, of 1990

xx NWAMIRI PETER ONYEBUCHI I formerly known and addressed as NWAMI PETER ONYEBUCHI now wish to be known and addressed as NWAMIRI PETER ONYEBUCHI. All former documents remain valid.

General public should please take note.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2.TO REACH THE WHOLE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

I formerly known and addressed as OWOICHO VINCENT OMALE now wish to be known and addressed as OWOICHO VINCENT. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as YINUSA MARY IYABODE now wish to be known and address as YINUSA MARIAM IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I, IGWEANYA ELOCHUKWU, which to remove, JUDE-THADDEUS from my name which was formerly IGWEANYA ELOCHUKWU JUDE-THADDEUS. I now wish to be known and addressed as, IGWEANYA ELOCHUKWU. All former documents remain valid.

General public/authorities concerned should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OKONKWO LINDA CHIZOBAM now wish to be known and addressed as ZOBEASHIA LINDA CHIZOBAM AMAOZO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

OWOICHO VINCENT

I, formerly known and addressed as MARY CHINYERE NWALI IHEUKWUMERE; now wish to be known and addressed as MARY CHINYERE NWALI . All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public take note.

YINUSA MARIAM IYABO

Formerly known and addressed as ANI REBECCA CHIKODIRI, now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEABOH REBECCA CHIKODIRI. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

This is to confirm that I, MWO Bolaji Stephen is one and the same person referred to as Bolaji Stephen Oyewale MWO (Master Warrant Officer) is a rank in the Nigerian Army. I now wish to be known, called and addressed as Bolaji Stephen Oyewale. All documents and certificates bearing ALL the above names remain valid. Banks, Nigeria Immigration Service, Relevant Authorities and General public Please take note.

I formerly known called and addressed as Miss MOMOH AUGUSTINA, now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. ODION AUGUSTINA. All former documents remain valid. National directorate of Employment (NDE) and general public please take note.

MARY CHINYERE NWALI

TRUSTEES ARE 1.OZU IDIENGO – PRESIDENT 2.BETTER KINGSLEY – SECRETARY 3.AGBIWE ONORIOD – PROVOST

Any Objection to this Registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT.

AUGUSTINE IGHATA

OKPALI PRISCILLIA ADAKWU

I formerly known and addressed as JOHN SUNDAY, now wish to be known and addressed as AUGUSTINE IGHATA. General public should please take note

I formerly known and addressed as CHRISTOPHER PRISCILLIA ADAKWU,now wish to be known and addressed as OKPALI PRISCILLIA ADAKWU.General public please take note

MRS CHUKWU ANTHONIA I formerly known and addressed as MISS OGBODO ANTHONIA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWU ANTHONIA. All former documents remain valid.

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UGWU KASIE MONICA I formerly known and addressed as ADOGO MONICA COMFORT now wish to be known and addressed as UGWU KASIE MONICA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

PROVEN WORD INT’L CHURCH

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under part C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1, of 1990 TRUSTEES ARE 1.ALAUKWU PEACE ONYENWEUWA – CHAIRMAN 2.CHRISTIANA CHIHURUMNANYA – SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2.TO REACH THE WHOLE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Any Objection to this Registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

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Companies Registration (Trustees)

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE ; 1. OJEABURU JONES OHIOMA - PRESIDENT. 2. OJEABURU CHINYERE - SECRETARY. 3. URIEH MARY. 4. ENERUVIE RITA - TREASURER. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED ; OJEABURU JONES OHIOMA (PRESIDENT).

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CHRISTOPHER BOT DUNG

OGUNSANYA BOLA

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SARAH KANNIYANG SHEHU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SARAH CHRISTOPHER BOT DUNG . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNSANYA BOLA OLUFUNMILOLA NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS SHAKIOYE -OGUNSANYA BOLA OLUFUNMILOLA ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AUTHORITY CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EMMANUEL MADUGU I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NAPGANG MADUGU NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EMMANUEL MADUGU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

IFEDAYO PRISCILLA AYO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADETUNJI PRISCILLA AYO NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEDAYO PRISCILLA AYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AMATHY PEACE PHEROMONES FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ESSIEN, ROSALYN ENEFIOK - PRESIDENT 2. ESSIEN, OSWALD ENEFIOK 3. ESSIEN, SOPHIE ENEFIOK 4. ESSIEN, MICHAEL ENEFIOK 5. INYANG, NORA FRANCIS 6. UBONG ESSIEN UMOH AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ESSIEN, ROSALYN ENEFIOK

CHAMPIONS WORD INTERNATIONAL IMPACT MINISTRY

THE BLOOD REDEEMING COVENANT INT’L MISSION

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BUHARI OVINUYON OLANREWAJU- PRESIDENT 2. TOOGUN OLUWAKEMI TITILAYO-VICE PRESIDENT 3. GBENRO ADEJOKE AANUOLUWA-BOARD SECRETARY 4. UDOFIA BANKE INI- MEMBER 5. ADEYINKA SIMILOLU OLUREMI-MEMBER 6. AKA-BASHORUN JIBIKE WUSAMOT- MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCHOOL

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) BEATRICE GEORGE DIKIO. (2)GEORGE DIKIO. (3)FRANK LEKIA JUDE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST .

2. TO EVANGELISE GOD’S WORD

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; (1) REV. ELKANAH UWADIEGWU ELUWAH. (2) MIRACLE CHIBUNNAM ELUWAH .

(3) HELEN ELUWAH. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

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

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

METHODIST GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL YABA,1985/1986 OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION

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

SIGNED; BEATRICE GEORGE DIKIO.

GALADIMAWA NEW EXTENSION RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, ABUJA.

UMUEGOLUEBUBE-UMUDIANA VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, NIBO

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ABRAHAM SAMSON OLUSEGUN-CHAIRMAN, 2. OCHE MICHAEL - VICE CHAIRMAN, 3. SULYMAN ABDULHAKEEM KAYODE - SECRETARY, 4. ADEOYE OLUSOJI PATRICK-TREASURER, 5. ADOFU DAVID ADEJOH- FIN SEC. 6. IBRAHIM MUSA - MEMBER 7. ODIONYE OLIVER- MEMBER 8. ILOBA.LUCKY.IFEANYI- PRO AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED : EZEKIEL VEM OFOU, ESQ. SALEM SOLICITORS, ABUJA. 08037913692

WATCHERS CHARISMATIC FAITH CHURCH

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

TRUSTEES: 1. SIR LAWRENCE EKWUNIFE (CHAIRMAN) 2. MR. OBY ELEE (VICE CHAIRMAN).

3. MR. IFEANYI NWALOR (SECRETARY).

4. MR. NWEKE EKWUNIFE. 5. PST. FELIX EKWUNIFE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN UMUEGOLUEBUBE-UMUDIANA VILLAGE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE STRONG WOMAN INITIATIVE

SIGNED; REV. ELKANAH UWADIEGWU ELUWAH.

THE BEACON TOWER PROJECTS INITIATIVE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. KUKOYI MORENIKE OMOLARA DR. MRS. 2. KUKOYI ADEDAPO ABIMBOLA, 3. KUKOYI OLUBUNMI ADEKUNLE. 4. KUKOYI SIMISOLA OREOLUWA. 5. AKINNIRAN HULDAH OLUFUNKE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT GIRL CHILD EDUCATION AND OTHER SOCIAL CARE EXPEDIENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH AIMED AT FURTHERING THE SDG OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUALITY & EMPOWERMENT 2. PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS TO INDIGENT STUDENTS (AND EDUCATOR MOTIVATION) TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION 3. ACHIEVING PARTNERSHIP SYNERGIES WITH PERSONS & ORGANISATIONS TO HELP WITH REALISING THE PRIORITIES OF BEACON TOWER INITIATIVES’ ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

COVENANT LIBERATION GOSPEL CENTER CAC/IT/NO 87132

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PST FESTUS IFEANYI NWANOZIE -GENERAL OVERSEER/CHAIRMAN 2. PST MRS MERCY OYIDIYA NWANOZIE- MEMBER 3. MRS RACHEL OLAWALE – SECRETARY 4. ELDER JOSEPH ALONGE -MEMBER 5. MR SAMUEL REUBEN -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 3.

TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 4. TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST.

TRUSTEES: 1. OMO-EZOMO OLOHIMAI RUTH 2. AKENI ONOME ORISEJOLLOMI 3. AMAGADA LINDA EVI 4. NEYE-AKOGO ANWULI LUCIA 5. EMUCHAY CHINEYE OLUFUNKE 6. KOLAWOLE NWANNEKA PATIENCE JUMMAI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. EMPOWERING YOUNG LADIES WITH SKILLS (TAILORING, IT AND CONFECTIONERY) AND HELP THEM SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

OLD TRUSTEES: 1.

REV. ERNEST ANENECHUKWU MADUKA RETAINED 2.

PST. MRS. CHIOMA GLORY MADUKA RETAINED 3.

CALEB ANENECHUKWU MADUKA REMOVED 4.

OBIORA JOHN OPUTA RETAINED 5.

LIVINUS OKECHUKWU NWAELOM RETAINED 6.

OSITA OKAFOR RETAINED NEW TRUSTEE APPOINTED: 1.

CHARLES OSITA OFOBUIKE

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

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

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CARING BEYOND BORDERS FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) OMENIHU PRINCE UZOMA. (2) SWOMEN RAYMOND NYEWAN (3) MR MAKOP JOHN. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO CATER FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, P.M.B. 198.GARKI, ABUJA .WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. APOSTLE EMMANUEL AKAJIAKU (CHAIRMAN) 2. PASTOR MARY ANUMIHE 3. PASTOR ANDY OGOVO (SECRETARY) 4. BARRISTER EMMANUEL EJIOFOR 5. CHRISTIAN ONYEMAONWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PST E.J.OBOHO 08038723535

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAINS THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

GRACE ZION FRUITFUL LIBERTY CHURCH OF GOD THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1.

VICTORIA PATRICK CHIDIEBERE - PRESIDENT 2.

PATRICK ONA 3.

FLORENCE OGBAEGBE 4.

FESTUS OKOH 5.

JECINTA CHINEDU 6.

REGINA BLESSING ORIA 7.

NDIDIAMAKA EDIMODU 8.

JOY OGOCHUKWU 9.

UCHE OSOBA 10. ANITA UJEH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 2.

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

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JOURNEY OF GRACE & FAITH SPRINGS CHURCH OF GOD INT’L.

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PASSION FOR ALL LOVING GOD ALMIGHTY DELIVERANCE CHURCH INT’L.

MEGALOS HARVEST CHURCH OF ELOHIM INTERNATIONAL

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

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

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

TRUSTEES. 1. LOTUS MARK ROBERT .FOUNDER. 2. UDEAGHA VENNESA CHINONSO. 3. EGAH SIMEON EGAH 4. DAVID MACHAULAY UGBE. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD .

TRUSTEES: 1. PST SOLOMON OSIGBEME MOMODU .

2. EVANG AGNES OKWEGWALI .

3. KADIR IKENNEGBAH ISAAC. 4. JULIN OYIBOR. EVANG ISREAL SOLOMON. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD .

TRUSTEES: 1. PST SCHOLAR ENU. 2. WISDOW BISON BIKOM. 3. ODUWA GEORGE OKEAYA. 4. BISON JAMES ABA. 5. BRO EMMANUEL ENU. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

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

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

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

SIGNED VICTOR C ORIZU

SIGNED: VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ

SIGNED: VICTOR C ORIZU

PEACE EVANGELICAL OUTREACH

CHARIS MISSIONARY CHURCH OF ELOHIM

ALL PILGRIMS SANCTUS NOVO CHURCH WORLDWIDE

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR JOB DANLADI CHAIRMAN 2. LAMI DAN- AZUMI - MEMBER 3. ADAMA BARNABAS ANENE CHUKWU - SECRETARY 4. PEACE JOB - MEMBER 5. ABFRAS DANIEL CHIBE - MEMBER 6. AUGUSTINE YIVO OFFERED - MEMBER. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS FOR PEACEFUL CO- EXISTENCE AMONG STUDENTS BY ALL SCRIPTURAL MEANS ETC.

TRUSTEES: 1.TAKWAN LEO ASU .

2.TAIWAN JULIET ASU. 3.ALLEN JOHN AKOMAYE. 4.WILFRED WILLIAM ETENG. 5.PATRICK OBEY ENYIA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD

TRUSTEES: 1. PST BISONG CHARLES OBI. 2. PST MRS GLORY BISONG. 3. MISS FAITH OSU WAKI .

4. MRS PERPETUAL JIM .

5. MR EMMANUEL IJAKPA .

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD.

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

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: CHUKWUMAIFE VICTOR ORIZU. ESQ

GOLD CORD ORPHANAGE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004 (AS AMENDED).

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS. ARALOLA RUTH ARUNA 2. MRS. OLUWATOYIN AJIBOLA 3. MR. ABUBAKAR ARUNA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AS TO SUPPORT NEEDY AND LESS PRIVILEGED. 2. TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SHETTIMA B. SHETTIMA, ESQ. (SOLICITOR)

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS BIBLE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: BARR. BASSEY ETUKUDO

HEZGA FAMILY ASSEMBLY

TRUSTEES: 1 PASTOR KINGSLEY KENECHUKWU OFOELE CHAIRMAN 2 EMMANUEL KENECHI SECRETARY 3 REBECCA GLADYS AGIOPU 4 MARVELLOUS AMARACHI AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

PASTOR CELESTINE CHINEDU ANYANWU OVERSEER 2.

PASTOR(MRS)PATRICIA IMEH ANYANWU 3.

REV.SIMON NGOKAOBI SUNDAY ANYANWU 4.

MRS.CHIMANKPA SUNNY-WORENWU 5.

BARR:CHRIS SAKKAN ORPHIN 6.

PASTOR CELESTINE NKWOCHA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD 3. TO LEAD MEN AND WOMEN TO CHRIST

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MAAZI OKOROIGWE & CO SUITE 223 ANBEEZ PLAZA WUSE ZONE 5, ABUJA

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR AYINO FREDERICK OJODALE OVERSEER 2. JOY FREDERICK 3. SISTER FAVOUR F OJOENE 4. SAMUEL F UGBEDEOJO AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

GENERAL SECRETARY

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PST BARR E.J.OBOHO. 08038723535.

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

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

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

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SIGNED: VICTOR ORIZU.

TRUSTEES : 1. EMMANUEL CLEMENT (CHAIRMAN).

2. ROMANUS EBERE MERCY (SECRETARY) 3. EMMANUEL AMAKA JUSTINA 4. EZE PAUL NWAONYE 5. EZEOFOR PROMISE ONYEKA (MEMBERS).

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

TRUSTEES: NWOKOCHA CHIDI BEN - GEN.OVERSEER/CHAIRMAN. CHIDI PEACE - SECRETARY

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

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

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SECRETARY

ANY PERSON OR GROUP WHO HAS ANY OBJECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. MRS.CHIMANKPA SUNNY-WORENWU (SECRETARY) TEL:08037016080

FIRE CHARISMATIC ASSEMBLY

JOMA SUPPORT NETWORK

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004 (AS AMENDED).

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOSEPH NWAMGBEDE 2. MARY JUMMAI JOSEPH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE NEEDY. 2. TO SUPPORT THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

PREVAILING POWER CHURCH INT’L, ABA

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. EZERI SIMON SAMUEL 2. EZERI NGOZI ANGELA, AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

TRUSTEES: CELIA CHINYERE CHUKWU GEN OVERSEER/CHAIRMAN. KANU JOSEPH MGBECHI SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

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

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

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TRUSTEES: 1. PST GOGO HUMPHRET JOHN 2. MRS GRACE GOGO JOHN 3. MR HELP KEME 4. REV HELP YAWEI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR AKPAN ATAIMA

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GREAT HEIGHT WOMEN ACHIEVERS CLUB INTERNATIONAL

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. PHILIP NYAM---------CHAIRMAN 2. AKINTOLA KEHINDE--------MEMBER 3. MOHAMMED UMAR PUMA-----MEMBER 4. AHAMISI DELE-----------SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DANIEL CHIDUBEM EZUMA. 2. CHINYEREM SCHOLASTICA EZUMA. 3. SYLVIA SAVIOUR ROBERT. 4. JOY BAKARE. 5. OLA BAKARE. 6. OMORIAYE QUEEN MAVIS. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO DEVELOP WOMEN FOR ADVANCEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF SET GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR PARLIAMENTARY WRITERS 2. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG LEGISLATIVE WRITERS 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 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES 08035962631

RHEMA ELECT CITIZENS CHURCH INT’L

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. KINGSLEY E. AMAYO (SOLICITOR) 08035316772.

ALL SAINTS RESTORATION MINISTRY WORLDWIDE

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1 PST IJEOMA NDULAKA 2. PST TAMUNOBERETON-ARI IYAENEOMIE 3. EVANG.JIM EMMAUNEL 4. DEACONESS IYAENEOMIE JANE 5. EVANG. ONYEDIKACHI NDULAKA 6. EVANG. GLORY BENSON

TRUSTEES: 1. APOSTLE NOAH ARISE-PRESIDENT 2. EVANG. ARISE NOAH ISANGIDOHO-VICE PRESIDENT 3. PST MRS HILDA NOAH-SECRETARY 4. DEC.AGNES AKPE-MEMBER 5. PROPHET NICE ARISE ISANGIDOHO-MEMBER 6. SIS JOY INI NDUONYI-MEMBER

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

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

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

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. REV DR NELSON MICHAEL 2. PST MRS NKECHI NELSON EDAH 3. TATA LOIS 4. NNAA LEKARA EPBABARI

SIGNED: BARR. AKPAN ATAIMA

SIGNED: BARR. AKPAN ATAIMA

THE INTERCEDING CHRISTIAN MINISTRY WORLD WIDE

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CHIEF DR. CHARLES OKEKE 5.

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TRUSTEES ARE 1. FEMI MARK AKINTOLA. 2. OYENIKE OLAYEMI AKINTOLA 3. FUNSHO FAGBEMI 4. HUMPHREY NWANEGBO 5. PAULINE NWANEGBO 6. DR. FEMI OLOBANIYI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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2.AUGUSTINE UGWU. 3. MONDAY AKIRIKA. 4. COLLENS CHINEDU .5.ONODU VICTORIA .

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HOME OF FAVOUR BIBLE CHURCH

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR OKPE (PRESIDENT) 2. ODIADIOLA EVANS OKOBA (SECRETARY).

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THE REMOVED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AISHA YESUFU - MEMBER 2. DR CHINWE MADUBUIKE -MEMBER THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. HAJIA MIRIAM YAKUBU IKUNAIYE -CHAIRMAN 2. DANIEL OLUWASEUN OLATUNDE -EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 3. IBIENEBO WILLIAMS- FINANCIAL SECRETARY 4. DOROTHY NJEMANZE -TREASURER 5. DR GANA FATIMA ZANNA -MEMBER 6. DEJI KOLAWOLE -MEMBER 7. SAMBO ISHAQ SIDIQ - MEMBER 8. CHIMA ACHU -MEMBER THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420. TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SECRETARY

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH

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MRS. ELIZABETH IFECHUKWUDE

MOSHOOD HUSSEIN TAIWO

ORINYA GLORIA OKWUDILI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ELIZABETH IFECHUKWUDE EBODIWE NOW KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ELIZABETH IFECHUKWUDE ODOGWU. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, AUTHORITIES CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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ALI ABUBAKAR MALAM

ADAMS ABDULRASHEED

KASIMAWO LATIFAT BUKOLA

MRS OGBONNA IFEOMA LOVETH

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TOTAL GOSPEL FOR TOTAL MAN MINISTRY

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TRUSTEES: 1. REV. OLUWALADE MICHAEL ABIODUN. 2. PASTOR ADEPOJU SULEIMAN ADEYINKA. 3. LADI IHOTU IYODO 4. AGUNBIADE SUNDAY

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JONMAC SMILE FOUNDATION

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NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. SIR JOHNPEDRO IROKANSI ‘ 2. LADY IFEYINWA JOHNPEDRO 3. UCHECHI JOY ARUKWE 4. VIVIEN NNENNE CHUKWU 5. OGBONNAYA CHIMANKPAM KENETH,

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH TOTAL GOSPEL TO TOTAL MAN GLOBALLY. 2. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. BRING SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED. 2. BEING A HELPING HAND TO THOSE THAT NEEDS HELP. 3. ALSO CARING FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE SOCIETY.

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DIVINE ELEOS IN CHRIST LIBERATION CHURCH INT’L.

SIGNED: BARR. MRS. A N AMANAMBA. 08034623936

CORONATHA CHURCH OF GRACE INT’L

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TRUSTEES: 1. ADA THERESA IDUH. 2. ENENCHE DANIEL IDU. 3. GRACE IGBE OBAZUAYE. 4. ALIGBE GODFREY .

5. MONICA ONYEMOWO OYIGEGE.

TRUSTEES: 1. REV ERNEST UBANI .

2. CHIBUZO UBANI .

3. REV DR FREEMAN MBA. 4. PST ENO STEPHEN ENOS. 5. JOHN OPELE.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD.

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

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SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED. VICTOR ORIZU ESQ.

SIGNED: VICTOR ORIZU.

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TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR DANIEL OLORUNDA 2. OLAWUMI OLAMIDUN 3. SUNDAY WILLIAM 4. SAM OKANLA 5. ABIODUN FLORENCE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO REACH OUT TO THE WORLD WITH GOODNEWS PRACTICALLY

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WORLD LIGHT TRIUMPHANT CHURCH INT’L.

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TRUSTEES: 1. PST IORAKPEN CHRISTIAN SESOGH. 2. EVANG MOSES AKUKI ATTAHGHEN. 3. MRS HARUNA JOSEPHINE OMAYE .

4. MR WHOLE MANASSEH.

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR ADAJI STEVE OKEME. 2. PST. MRS RHODA LOVE O.OKEME. 3. BRO PRECIOUS ONYEKA AWANYE. 4. APOSTLE RICHARD AKOH.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD

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THE MERCY SEAT OUTREACH MISSION

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EXTREME WONDERS CHRIST AT WORK INT’L GOSPEL CHURCH

HEBRON REVIVAL INTERCESSORS MINISTRY

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TRUSTEES: (1) APOSTLES KAISO UTAH.C (2) EVANG PATRICIA UTAH.A (3) PST EDINO.E.SOLOMON (4) EVANG MICHAEL SUNDAY DAVID (5) SIS. ESTHER NWOSUAIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1)TO INTERCEDE OF SOULS WINNING THEM AND PLANTING THEM FOR SERVICE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST (2)TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE LUX OF GOD MAGNA CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

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TRUSTEES: 1. EVANG AM ON DATEP .

2. ALPHA ABRAHAM .

3. HOSEA PEL .

4. LINUS DANIEL .

5. LONGTONG GENESIS. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD

TRUSTEES: 1. EVANG MICHAEL ZABE SHAMAKI. 2. PST BOLAJI ALIU AJEDE. 3. PST GLORIA WADO S. 4.LUCKY LAWRENCE .

5. CHINDO SHAMMAKI. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD

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SIGNED: VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ

SIGNED: VICTOR ORIZU ESQ

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2018 budget ‘ll impact positively on residents – Chief whip Alade Tasma, Lagos The Chief Whip of Lagos state House of Assembly, Rotimi Abiru has said the 2018 budget recently presented to the House by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is realistic, achievable and will impact positively on the lives of the people of the State.

The lawmaker who is representing Shomolu Constituency 02 at the Assembly said the good thing to note from the

budget is that about 65 percent of the budget was targeted at capital expenditure.

Abiru who expressed confidence over the budget performance said it would perform and impact on the lives of people of the state; he disclosed that the State government is set to improve housing and power through the budget.

“The budget is tagged budget of progress and development and part of what the budget seeks to

do is to complete the ongoing projects. The very good thing to note from this budget is that about 65 percent of the budget is targeted at capital expenditure.

“What this connotes is that the larger part of the budget will be committed to infrastructural development for the benefit of the people of the state.

“Also, one of the areas of government’s focus where the funds to finance the budget

ASOJO OMOBOSEDE ADEKEMI.

MRS BOLANLE SOTOMI

OLADUNJOYE SEKINAT SHALE

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could be enhanced is the area of land use charge.

Apart from that, the government is looking at how to improve on the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state.

“The state is also looking at budget financing and this will be for the developmental project.

The government seeks to improve housing, the issue of power is there and these are on the priority list of the governor. If there is steady JOHN ESTHER IHEOMA

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OKONKWO VIRGINIA OGE

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EBERE EZE

MRS. ALOKPA VERONICA NKEONYEREM

MISS. NELLY NNEAMAKA AGUGUO

BETTY. U. UMEANO UGOCHUKWU

OLUWAGBEMILEKE EDWARD LEXINGTON

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EZEKIEL BISI GABRIEL

NDUKWE CHIDINMA JENNIFER

SEGUN BALOGUN SUNDAY

EKWONYE CHINYERE HOPE

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power supply, business can run for 24 hours and it will boost the economy of Lagos,” Abiru explained.

The lawmaker, an APC member urged Nigerians to be hopeful and continue to support policies of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in order to take the country to the Promised Land.

“I want to thank Nigerians for the support they have given our party, All Progressives Congress (APC) so far and to appeal to them to be patient and continue to endure because I understand that there is a level of hardship in the YUSUF OLOLADE AMINAT I formerly known as RASHEED OLOLADE AMINAT wish to be known and addressed as YUSUF OLOLADE AMINAT. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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country.

“It is most unfortunate that the issue of fuel scarcity is rearing its ugly head again but I want to appeal to Nigerians to be more patient and be hopeful in Mr. President and his government. To build is not easy but to destroy does.

“Gradually, we are coming out of recession after years of misrule by the PDP. I want to appeal to Nigerians not to forget the experiences of the past in the hands of mediocre. Yes, it has not been rosy with our government but we still need support of Nigerians,” the Chief Whip pleaded.

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Top Nigerian socialites unveiled Without doubt there are Nigerians and there are Nigerians, and just like the popular saying “All animals are equal, but some are more important than the others”. There are some Nigerians who their presence alone can add value and glamour to anywhere they are, be it in social gathering or in places of worship.

They are what we call paparazzi of event.

In this special write up, MUTIAT ALLI & AJIBADE ALABI chronicles those who add gilts, glamour to Nigeria society circle; they were correctly tagged “Socialites”. We decided to look at these top celebrities in Nigeria who are not well-known but they are also been followed on Social Media. We considered three main social media platforms for this purpose – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Tiwatope Savage-Balogun Better known by her stage name, Tiwa Savage is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, performer and actress. She is one of the faces that are always conspicuously present in social circles and record have it that she has 6.04

of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) for her contributions to Nigerian cinema. But that is not even the issue here, the point here is that there is hardly an event that is of international status that Omosexy will not grace, and she carry her charisma to show her sexy

beautiful actress when the issue is on social gathering.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde An actress, singer, philanthropist and former model,

by the Nigerian government as a Member

Toke Makinwa Moving from a banking job to media job, Toke has recorded huge success. Her book, “On Becoming,” got her several endorsements with different companies, which earned her millions of naira, and she consolidated on that with her “cameo” appearance in some very important event which has made her a delight for her fans across the country.

Femi Otedola No price for anyone mentioning his name as one of the most celebrity in Nigeria, this CEO of Forte Oil Plc. Forte Oil which was formerly an auxiliary of British Petroleum (BP) now under the chairmanship of Otedola has over 500 gas stations across Nigeria. It also manufactures its own unique line of engine oil and owns storage gas depots. Forte Oil Plc is also a legitimate importer of fuel products.

Femi Otedola was also the second Nigerian after Aliko Dangote to be included on the Forbes list of dollardenominated billionaires. Anyway, that is another story for another topic; what cannot be taken away from this young man is how he separate business from leisure and he makes sure they both did not overlap.

Mike Adenuga the chubby face of a man in his forties. May be due to the fact that he “enjoys” himself with a lot of outing and paparazzi that follows it. He is a rare patriot who believes in Nigeria. Whether it was patriotism or sheer business that motivated the billionaire, he is strong, dogged, innovative, patient and bold, unlike some Nigerian billionaires who enjoy lavish Federal Government patronage. .Shade Okoya Wife to Billionaire businessman, Rasak Okoya and MD of Eleganza Industrial City, Shade Okoya celebrated Estate. But that does not stop this fashionista and mother of 4 to still be enjoying the limelight. She was once adjudged as one of the most dressed celebrity of her generation. Give it to her, she dresses well and little wonder paparazzi swoop on her anytime she graces an

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Joke Onitolo If the list of women to look out for at events is compiled without Joke Onitolo on the list, certainly the Nigerian social scene would be incomplete and the list will be queried. Despite getting much older, her zest for life She is also the darling of the paparazzi as she is

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party. Her ageless beauty and sense of humour draws

Sen. Florence Ita Giwa Senator Florence Ita Giwa, also known as “Mama Bakassi� is a very popular socialite cum politician. She was married to the late journalist, Dele Giwa, who was killed via a letter bomb.

Interestingly, age is not slowing this elegant senator down, as she is still one to look out for at events. Mama Bakassi defected to the ruling party APC. As a true socialite, she has attended and organised some of the biggest ceremonies in the country. Certainly if Senator Ita Giwa is not at your event, then it is not exclusive enough.

of the paparazzi.

Dr. Islar Animashaun Dr. Islar Animashaun is a household name in the hair business, as she single-handedly pioneered the production of attachment and weave-ons in Nigeria. She is also regarded as one of the leading dermatologists and cosmetologists in Nigeria. She is well known in the social circle.

Her 70th birthday celebration had in attendance other socialites and several Nigerian dignitaries. It was one many talked about for a while.

Folorunsho Alakija According to Forbes, she is the richest woman in Africa. The mogul has her hands in every industrial pie, from fashion to tailoring, oil and gas, printing, etc.

woman in the world.

Despite her busy industrial life, she graces exclusive events. At 66, this matriarch is not slowing down.

Joko Oni Madam Joko Oni is the CEO of Gold Rush jewelry, for over three decades.

Yeye Tewase, as she is also called, has been in the beauty business for over 37 years and is unrelenting, even as the beauty industry continues to evolve. Despite her age, she still graces top events in the country.

Abah Folawiyo She is referred to as the custodian of fashion and style. a hurry. She is close friends to Senator Ita-Giwa. She is also the wife of famous billionaire, the late industrialist, Alhaji Abdul Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo, the Baba Adinni of Nigeria, who died 6 years ago.

She is also mother of Segun Awolowo Junior, one of Fashion House, was popular amongst top socialites and The humble matriarch is known for honouring invitations, even from younger women who idolise her.

Diasy Danjuma The gorgeous matriarch, who was a Senator who once represented Edo State at the National Assembly, is known to grace exclusive events.

She is also married to former Minister of Defence and Billionaire, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd).

With an enviable collection of Diamonds, she is sure to grace an event elegantly dressed.

Her 65th birthday celebration was one that would not be forgotten in a hurry. As a true Nigerian socialite, she ensured it was a memorable one.

Opral Benson Chief (Mrs.) Opral Benson still radiates beauty and

her as a veteran in the fashion and beauty industry.

by birth, born to the bourgeoisie family of Honourable seamlessly blended into the Nigerian way of life as a wealthy socialite.

Erelu Abiola Dosunmu This elegant matriarch is the estranged wife of late Chief Dehinde Fernandez. At 70, she is still the life of the

When asked how she developed her love for being at events, she admits that as a second wife, she had to occupy herself with being a socialite, with a very busy husband, whose attention she shares with another woman.

It is unlikely she would be giving up her throne as the queen of exclusive parties.

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Nigeria’s highly competitive banking industry is written, one bank whose place in history cannot be glossed over is Fidelity Bank Plc. The entry of Fidelity as it is popularly called by its numerous customers both in Nigeria and elsewhere across the world, though gradual, has grown like the oak tree, stamping its unique authority and statement on the Nigerian, business (banking) terrain.

With a chain of branch networks spread across the country, Fidelity has today emerged as one of investors’ brides- emerging to its ecstatic stakeholders and an envy of its peers.

Indeed, the human factor played a key role in its recent growth. The emergence of the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, who, with a strong finance background combined this potential to effectively manage the bank’s human and material resources together, attest to this giant stride.

Okonkwo is being assisted by equally highly cerebral and professional top shot, like Muhammed Balarade, Deputy Managing Director, among others.

Today, the young man, in spite of the vicissitude of life he had faced in the course of this tasking job, is popularly described as a banking wizard.

Okonkwo is not one to be carried away by his long list of achievements. He remained committed to growing the bank, its customer base, bouquet of products offering and its customer base.

He knows he is in a race to win when he was appointed as the helmsman of the bank.

As an uncommon go-getter, today, observers can say confidently that he has redefined Nigerian banking industry. Yet, he remained undaunted.

A peep into Fidelity Bank’s inroad into the Nigerian banking sector will suffice here.

Fidelity Bank, also known as Fidelity Bank Plc., is a commercial bank in Nigeria. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria, and national banking regulator.

In 2011, the bank was ranked the 7th most capitalized bank in Nigeria, the 25th most capitalized bank on the African continent.

As of December 2013, Fidelity Bank Plc. was a large financial services pro-

vider in Nigeria with total assets estimated at over US$6.318billion (NGN:1+ trillion), and shareholders’ equity in excess of US$1 billion (NGN:158 billion). This has since increased.

At that time, the bank served 2.3 million customers at about 239 business offices nationally. The bank currently has over 400,000 diverse shareholders. It was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in May 2005 and has consistently paid dividends annually since its listing. As of June 2016, according to BGL Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc had a market capitalisation of NGN:37,072,109,685.76.

Fidelity Bank of Nigeria was incorporated in the year 1987; and began its operations in 1988. It initially started with a Merchant Banking licence, with the objective of positively impacting on the Nigerian economy through participation and contribution to the growth of the Nigerian economy with the provision of quality and timely financial services.

The bank converted to a commercial bank in the year 1999 in an attempt to grow, as a private limited company and became a Public Limited Company also in August, 1999. It rebranded to Fidelity Bank Plc that year.

It secured its Universal Banking License in February 2001 and also obtained its International Banking Licence in the year 2011. Fidelity Bank of Nigeria has grown to a stable banking institution.

During the 2005 Nigeria Banking consolidation, Fidelity Bank acquired FSB International Bank Plc (FSB) and Manny Bank Plc to become one of the top financially stabled banks in Nigeria. Fidelity Bank currently has presence in all the states and major cities in Nigeria. Over the years, the bank has been reputed for its financial stability.

Fidelity continues to rank among Nigeria’s most capitalized banks, with tier-one capital of nearly USD1 billion (One Billion US Dollars).

The bank maintains a large network of interconnected branches in all Nigerian states and major cities in Nigeria. It has a wholly owned bank subsidiary in Ghana.

Fidelity Bank actively has imbibed its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a core function of its banking services. It established the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme, where

RƊ ƊƓ its area of focus is education, the environment and the health and social welfare. It has over the years actively engaged and supported through its CSR, activities aimed at improving its area of focus through the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme.

The bank is today ranked amongst the top 10 in the Nigerian banking industry, with presence in the major cities and commercial centres of Nigeria. Over the years, the bank has been reputed for integrity and professionalism. It is also respected for the quality and stability of its management. Fidelity staff are also respected in the Nigerian banking industry for the quality of training they receive on the job, as well as in good business schools both in Nigeria and Overseas.

The Management is particular about the quality of people that join the system.

To qualify as a member of Team Fidelity, a candidate is expected to possess three vital statistics, with the acronym TAC: Talent (an innate mental aptitude), Ambition (a desire to succeed); Character (a total quality of integrity which will guide the talent and ambition to productive ends).

The Management is focused on building and maintaining a virile and

well-respected brand that caters to the needs of its growing corporate, commercial and consumer banking clientele. For this purpose, the bank is leveraging its pedigree in investment banking (Fidelity was a merchant bank for 11 years) and its structures and service offerings for a retail populace.

Fidelity Bank also enjoys the respect and partnership of a network of off-shore institutions with which it has correspondent banking, confirmation lines, credit and other relationships. These include, ANZ London, Afreximbank, Cairo, Egypt, ABSA South Africa, Commerce Bank, Frankfurt, Citibank, N.A. London and New York, FBN Bank, UK Ltd, SCB, London, US Exim Bank, USAID, etc.

The bank’s core vision is, “To be number one in every market we serve and for every branded product we offer.; while its core mission is, “To make financial services easy and accessible to our customers”.

Only recently, Okonkwo’s Midas touch in Fidelity saw it being honoured at the nation’s capital market Foe example, in November last year, Fidelity Bank Plc emerged the best performing stock in percentage terms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

In fact data sourced from the NSE for the period under review showed that the stock increased by 35.53 per cent to close at N2.06 per share in contrast with the month’s opening price of N1.52.

As part of its robust strategy to remain competitive, the bank’s bouquet of promos came to its rescue.

For example, as part of deliberate efforts to change the face of service and create total customer experience in the financial services industry, Fidelity Bank has deployed a ground- breaking and innovative solution for the collection of internally generated revenue (IGR) in Lagos State.

Working in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, Fidelity Bank developed the tax collection/ payment solution via its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel (*770#). The solution, which is first of its kind in the industry, is in response to some of the challenges faced in making tax payments and remittances to Lagos State Government.

Fidelity Bank has, over the years, positioned itself as a key player in the Nigeria’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) across Federal and State mandates.

The Bank successfully deployed easy and conve-

nient payment solutions in Anambra, Abia, Imo, Kano and Sokoto states through Point of Sale (PoS) Terminal Tax Collections, Automated Electronic Motor Vehicle Licence, Land Registry Automation Processes and web payment platforms.

Again , through its well known promo, Get Alert in Millions reloaded, the bank has continued to soar in operations and performance.

Fidelity Bank Plc splashed N19million to 13 of its customers in the second monthly draw of “Get Alert in Million Reloaded” promo in various regions of the country.

Okonkwo, the bank’s managing director, speaking at the promo draw in Lagos, said the initiative was the seventh in the series of promos organised by the bank to reward customers for their unflinching loyalty and patronage.

Okonkwo said the promo tagged ‘Get Alert In Millions Promo Reloaded’ was in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) financial inclusion policy.

He said the promotion was introduced to raise requisite awareness on the need for Nigerians to imbibe savings culture.

The bank also has a collection of awards to its credit.

Fidelity is a full-fledged commercial bank operating in Nigeria with over 3.8 million customers who are serviced across its 240 offices and various digital banking channels. The bank is focused on select niche corporate banking sectors, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and is rapidly implementing a digital based retail banking strategy which has resulted in the following over the last three and half years; a 93 per cent growth in savings deposits, 50 percent customer enrollment on debit cards and 30 percent of its customers now using its flagship mobile/internet banking products.

Fidelity Bank recently released its Audited H1 2017 results, which showed a remarkable improvement on all indices with Gross Earnings increasing by 22 percent to N86billion, Expenses declining by 2 per cent to N31 billion and Profit Before Tax (PBT) increasing by 67 percent to N10bn.

All these are the result of disciplined execution of the bank’s mid-term strategy.

No doubt, for Fidelity Bank, the sky is the beginning of its continuous record performance.

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Life Impact Award

Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar

Ï The dynamic royal father with distinction ÏÏÏ Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abuba-

kar III is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, the titular ruler of Sokoto in northern Nigeria, head of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (Society for the Support of Islam - JNI), and president-general of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s seventy-million Muslims, roughly 50 percent of the nation’s population. Sa’ad Abubakar succeeded his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, who died on ADC Airlines Flight 53, the flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and had been destined for Sokoto.

Sa’ad Abubakar is a younger son of the 17th Sultan, Siddiq Abu Bakar dan Usuman, who held the Sultanate for over 50 years. Abubakar is the fifth heir to the two century-old throne founded by his ancestor, Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio (1754-1817), leader of the Maliki school of Islam and the Qadiri branch of Sufism.

The royal father attended the prestigious Barewa College, Zaria and proceeded to the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1975 where he was a member of the 18th Regular Course. Abubakar was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1977 and served in the elite Armoured Corps.

Abubakar holds important administrative influence in Nigerian religious life. He is the titular ruler of Sokoto in northern Nigeria and is also the head of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Leadership of this council means that the Sultan of Sokoto remains the only figure that can legitimately claim to speak on behalf of all Nigerian Muslims. This role has become increasingly influential over the years with a rise in interreligious tensions in the country.

Sultan Abubakar is one northern leader highly referred for patriotism and oneness of Nigeria devoid of ethnic, tribal or religious colouration. To him, religious tolerance among Nigerians remain the key role of the sultanate because in doing so, other issues like ethnicity and

Sa’ad Abubakar politics will steadily addressed.

Former American Secretary of States, John Kerry, during a visit to the Caliphate on August 22, 2016 commended the Sultan for not only preaching religious tolerance but demonstrating it among his followers.

He said that the US Government would always be ready to give its support to the Sultan in his various moves to ensure religious tolerance in the country.

Kerry said that the Sultanate Council

was building a community of tolerance for peace progress and political stability in Nigeria. According to him, the United States would work with the sultanate to strengthen religious harmony and knowledge.

To him, the Nigerian military has done well in subduing terrorism, adding that , “US will continue to identify with the role played by the sultan.”

Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar promised that he would not relent in promoting reli-

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Chief Olu Jacobs ÏÏÏ The success of Nolly-

wood cannot be recorded without the mention of an icon, Oludotun Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs. His career includes works in radio, theatre and films.

Born on July 11, 1942 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, Jacobs attended Holy Trinity School, Kano.

He was a member of the debating and drama society.

Olu Jacobs developed the passion for acting after attending one of Hubert Ogunde’s annual concert party at Colonial Hotel in Kano. In order to achieve the feat, he traveled to England in 1964 to pursue his acting career.

He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He then starred in various British television shows and

series in the 1970s - The Goodies, Till Death Us Do Part, Barlow at Large, Angels, 1990, The Tomorrow People, The Professionals.

In 1978, he played the role of President Mageeba in Michael Codron’s presentation of Tom Stoppard’s play Night and Day. In the 1980s, Jacobs starred in several international films some of which include John Irvin’s war

film- The Dogs of War, Roman Polanski’s adventurecomedy Pirates (1986) and the family-adventure film - Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985). On television, he was a cast in TVS’s The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983 series).

Jacobs has starred in over 120 Nollywood films and is considered one of the top Nigerian Nollywood actors.

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gious tolerance to ensure that the county is politically and economically stable.

The Sultan totally condemned terrorism and insurgency as anathema to the teachings and practice of Islam. He said that those who shout, “Allah” while killing people will end up on hell.

The monarch said anybody who killed in the name of Islam was not a true Muslim because the religion frowns at such act.

He said: “We cannot restore the dignity of man by killing innocent people.

The herdsmen killing people are criminals and not Fulani herdsmen. Anybody who kills people while shouting Allah, is a terrorist and not a true Muslim and will go to hell. Allah hates people who kill and says they will go to hell.”He sees education as a veritable tool for human development as it promotes unity, peace and economy. He said: “A country that takes education serious tends to develop healthier and happier. Education is light and means to restore dignity of man while ignorance is darkness. Education will continue to be a veritable tool for human and societal development.”

The royal father headed a presidential security unit of the Armoured Corps that guarded the then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, in the late 1980s.

Abubakar also commanded a battalion of African peacekeepers in Chad during the early 1980s as part of the Organisation of African Unity’s force and was military liaison officer for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the mid-1990s. He was appointed Commanding Officer 241 Recce Battalion, Kaduna in 1993.

From 1995 to 1999, he was ECOWAS military liaison officer and commanding officer, 231 Tank Battalion (ECOMOG Operations) in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2000. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Defence Attaché to Pakistan (also accredited for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan). He later retired as a Brigadier General.

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Chief Olusegun Osoba

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Olusegun Osoba, the Akinrogun of Egbaland and Aremo Awujale of Ijebuland was born to Pa and Madam Jonathan Babatunde Osoba.

Chief Olusegun Osoba attended a series of professional courses after high school graduation from Methodist Boys High School Lagos. He obtained a diploma in journalism at the University of Lagos and went for one-year course in the United Kingdom on the scholarship of the Commonwealth Press Union in 1967.

In 1969, he was studying in Bloomington, USA at the Indiana University’s department of journal-

ism. In 1974 he won the Nieman Fellowship Award for journalism for year’s postgraduate study at Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is the first Nigerian to have won this prestigious Nieman Fellowship for Journalism.

Osoba started his career in journalism in 1964 working with the Daily Times as a trainee reporter covering crime stories and by 1966, he was the diplomatic correspondent of the Times. He became news editor in 1968, deputy editor of the Sunday Times in 1971 and deputy editor of the Times in 1972.

In August 1975, he became

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the Editor of the Daily Times of Nigeria, then left the firm in November 1975 to take up the task of General Manager of the Ilorin based Nigerian Herald. He returned to the Times in 1984 as the managing director.

Internationally, he worked as stringer or local correspondent for the following organisations: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),The Times of London ,Newsweek Magazine, U.S.A, United Press International News Agency (UPI). He was the chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and Member of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute representing Black-Africa from 1984-1992. He was a

member of the Nigerian Constituent Assembly in 1988. He is also member of the Commonwealth Press Union, London and the Nigerian union of Journalist (NUJ).

Osoba was elected at two different occasions as Governor of Ogun State first from January 1992 until November 1993 with the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was removed from office by Sani Abacha’s administration on 17 November 1993. In 1999, he was elected again as governor with the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD), holding office between May 1999 and May 2003.

He holds the National Honours of the Commander of the Order of the Niger CON. He is a member

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He got married to Beere Aderinsola and is the fa-

ther of four children, two boys and two girls: Kemi, Olumide, Oluyinka and Tobi.

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Sam Amuka-Pemu ÏÏÏ Prince Sam Amuka Pemu (born 13 June

1935) is a Nigerian journalist, columnist and founder of the Vanguard, Nigeria’s leading newspaper. He co-founded The Punch, the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. Sam Amuka Pemu was born in Sapele, a city in Delta State, Southern Nigeria into the family of the late Pa Amuka-Pemu and Madam Teshoma AmukaPemu, who died in May 2014.

He was formerly a Daily Times of Nigeria editor and the first editor of the Sunday Punch before he established The Punch with his friend, the late Olu Aboderin, in 1971. He later established Vanguard Newspaper in 1983 with three other Nigerian columnists. Amuka was described as a “Gentleman of the Press” by PresiAmuka-Pemu

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Prince Henry Odukomaiya ÏÏÏ While celebrating his 80th birthday

with a thanksgiving service at the Arch Bishop Vinning Memorial Cathedral, Ikeja, Lagos recently, Prince Henry Odukomaiya is generally seen as one of the brains behind the birth of Concord Newspaper.

He was also the former Managing Director of Champion Newspapers and a former Deputy Chief Editor of the Daily Times.

Prominent Nigerians who attended the

event included former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce, Bimbo Ashiru, Chairman Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, Sam AmukaPemu, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi.

The celebrant also launched a book: Henry Odukomaiya @ 80: In the Eyes Of Associates, which was reviewed by the former Managing Director of Daily Times, Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi.

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dent Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday.

He was described as an icon and a leading light in Nigerian journalism by Nduka Obaigbena, President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria. Amuka-Pemu is the oldest practising media professional in Nigeria today who had been cited by peers. A book entitled From 1939 to the Vanguard of Modern Journalism written by Kola Muslim Animasaun, who also trained under him, acknowledged his immense contributions to journalism in Nigeria.

Uncle Sam, as he is fondly called, as the publisher of Vanguard, is a great team player.

Always leaves a lasting impression on his audience, as he llistens to everybody’s opinion and the justification for such opinion.

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Prince Tony Momoh

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He was born 27th April, 1939 is a Nigerian journalist and politician who was Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture (1986–1990) during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida Momoh was born in Auchi, Edo State, of Edo origin. He was the 165th child of King Momoh I of Auchi.

He attended Government School, Auchi (1949–1954) and Anglican School Okpe, 1954. Momoh was Pupil Teacher at the Anglican School, Auchi (January– December 1955) and Headmaster at the Anglican School, Ubuneke, Ivbiaro, Owan Local Government (January 1958 – December 1959). He went to the Provincial Teachers Training College, Abudu, Edo State and Government Teachers College, Abraka in Western Region(1960–1961).

Later, while working at the Daily Times or on sabbatical, he attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (September 1964 – October 1966) where he earned a degree in Mass communication, and then the University of Lagos where he studied Law. He attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (October 1974 – May

1975), and was called to the Bar in June 1975.

Momoh started his journalism career as a sub-editor at the Daily Times in October 1962, rising steadily through the ranks to become Editor and deputy general manager (June 1976 – May 1980). In June 1979, during the lead-up to the transition from military to civilian rule at the start of the Second Nigerian Republic, Momoh said of the five presidential candidates: “They are all the same ... It’s going to turn into a personality contest”.

In 1981 the Senate led by Joseph Wayas summoned Momoh for contempt. This caused a major legal battle in which Momoh successfully argued that as a journalist he was empowered by the Constitution to hold government accountable at all times. In Tony Momoh v. Speaker, House of Representatives (1982) it was held that a person had the right to refuse to disclose his source of information.

However, in Senate v. Tony Momoh (1983) the Court of Appeal held that the press is not a fourth arm of government. A newspaper publisher has no special immunity and the press can

be ordered to disclose its sources in some cases.

Momoh was general manager of the Times from June 1984 to Sept 1986.

Momoh was appointed Minister of Information and Culture by General Ibrahim Babangida, holding this position from September 1986 until 1990. He was Chairman of the African Conference of Information Ministers from 1988 to 1990. In 1983 the editor of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, was detained for a week by police for publishing what they called “classified material”. On 17 October 1986 Giwa was accused by Colonel A.K. Togun of the State Security Services (SSS) of anti-government activities including attempting to import arms to forment insurrection. On 19 October 1986 Giwa was killed by a parcel bomb. At first, Momoh pledged that there would be a government probe of the incident. He soon backed down, saying “a special probe would serve no useful purpose”.

Speaking at a seminar in Lagos in 1987, Momoh said that radio, television and newspapers should be seen as tools “for the promotion of national unity and integration”. In 1988 Momoh announced that the government was trying to find

radio sets that could only receive approved broadcasts from the federal and state radio stations. This was “as a means of ensuring that information about the country was adequately disseminated” In a February 1990 interview published in Ebony magazine Momoh talked about the rich and diverse Nigerian culture. He stated that British-style parliamentary democracy and the American-style presidential system had both failed in Nigeria because they were not compatible with these local cultures. He said that Nigeria was now establishing a system of grassroots democracy in a twoparty system. In May 1990 party elections were held for local ward positions using an “open ballot”, where voters showed their preference by standing in front of a photograph of the candidate. Party elections were then scheduled for the state and national elections. Momoh said the government would not interfere in the inner workings of parties.

Soon after, all the National Republican Convention candidates for national offices were disqualified on the grounds that there were irregularities in their application forms.

Babangida followed a

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Chief Onyema Ugochukwu

ÏÏÏ Chief Onyema Ugochukwu was born in November 9,

1944 in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a BSc in Economics. He is married with four children.

A highly revered Nigerian economist, journalist, and politician, Ugochukwu served as the senior Special Adviser on Communication to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the first Executive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

On February 25, 2008, an Abia State elections tribunal declared Ugochukwu the winner of the 2007 gubernatorial election and Governor-elect of Abia State. However, on February 11, 2009 an Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, the River State capital, overturned the ruling, declaring that Chief Theodore Orji of the PPA had in fact won the election.

Upon graduation from college, Ugochukwu was hired as an Economic Research Assistant by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He remained with CBN for two years before he abandoned a promising career in economics to pursue his true passion, journalism.

Ugochukwu joined the Business Times group as an Economic Analyst and a pioneer staff of what would later become the most influential financial newspaper in Nigeria.

He rose in the ranks to become the Editor of the Business Times Newspaper (1977 to 1982).

In 1983, Ugochukwu became Editor-in-Chief of the London-based West Africa magazine, where he wrote extensively on development issues, to provide a better understanding of the African debt crisis.

He eventually returned to Nigeria to become the Editorin-Chief of the Daily Times of Nigeria and he was subsequently appointed to its board as the Executive Director of

Ugochukwu Manpower and Development. He retired from newspaper journalism in 1994 as the Executive Director of Publications. Ugochukwu remained active as a media consultant for the Dow Jones Financial News Service.

Throughout his distinguished career as a journalist, Ugochukwu met and interviewed numerous Heads of States – including then Minister Margaret Thatcher, former South African President Nelson Mandela, Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, French President Jacques Chirac, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President, Fidel Castro, Nigerian presidents Ibrahim Babangi-

Momoh policy of donating money, vehicles, offices and so on to local governments, political parties and others on the basis that this would keep them free of influence by the rich and powerful.

As Minister for Information Momoh justified the practice, saying of Democracy “is not as expensive as people are thinking in relation to the alternative. The alternative is allowing one man to dictate to the whole Nigeria because you don’t want it to be expensive. If money is not spent on democracy and a one-man dictatorship emerges ... it is

the same Nigerians who are talking of expensiveness now that will shout that one man is a dictator”.

Babangida was tough on the press at times, but tried to avoid open conflict. When the press began calling for Momoh’s dismissal he was slow to respond, since Momoh was intelligent and reflective, and had experience from his own days as a newspaper editor. However, he finally dismissed Momoh and replaced him with Alex Akinyele, who had previously been in the customs services and had been a director at Newswatch.

da, Muhammadu Buhari, Sani Abacha, and Abdusalami Abubakar – and presented papers on African economic and political development at various fora including Oxford University, England, and Uppsala University.

With Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1998, Ugochukwu became the Director of Publicity at the Obasanjo for President Campaign Organisation, and contributed immensely to the election of Olusegun Obasanjo as the President of Nigeria.

He was appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Orientation and Public Affairs. He spearheaded a National Rebirth campaign aimed at instilling patriotic virtues into a national psyche ravaged by years of political instability and corruption. It was on this platform that Ugochukwu launched “The Nigerian Declaration of Human Responsibilities”, which declares in part: “This Character on Human Responsibilities… Seeks to bring freedom and responsibility into a better balance, to highlight and increase awareness of the obligation which we owe each other and to our nation.”

To soothe the political unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, President Obasanjo signed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Act of 2000 into law. He was appointed as the pioneer chairman of the newly created commission, charged with developing the nine oil producing states of the country, with excess oil revenues.

Ugochukwu helped to articulate the president’s vision of sustainable development in the Niger Delta region, and developed a policy which encouraged partnership amongst its stakeholders—Niger-delta communities and their traditional rulers, youths, oil companies and their executives, the Nigerian government, and Non-Governmental Organisations, and international organisations like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank. During Ugochukwu’s tenure, the NDDC focused mainly on economic revival and prosperity, environmental rehabilitation, and the development of social and physical infrastructure.

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Reps member supports war against fake drugs

L-R: His Excellency, Engr. Benson Abounu , Deputy Governor of Benue State; Hon. Shior Emmanuel, Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Board; Dangaladima Buhari, Zonal Head, Public Sector Group, FirstBank and Micah Sahiru, Business Development Manager at FirstBank during the presentation of relief materials by FirstBank to Benue State Government to complement the efforts in providing succour to flood victims…recently.

Petrol: DPR seals off 80 filling stations in Delta Ganiyu Obaaro, with Agency reports

More than 80 petrol filling stations have been shut in Delta state for selling above official price and hoarding.

The stations were sealed by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, since fuel scarcity begun in December, 2017.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), Mr. Antai Asuquo, the Warri Zonal Operations Controller, said on Wednesday in Warri that the filling stations were sealed in

Warri, Ughelli, Sapele, Isoko and Asaba.

Asuquo, who led a group of surveillance team to Asaba, said that aside from selling above the government approved price of N145 per litre and operators always absconded on sighting DPR officials. “DPR has sealed over 80 filling stations since the fuel scarcity began last month.

“Those we sealed are because they refused to dispense at the government approved price of N145 per litre and those that abandoned their retail outlets on sight-

ing our personnel.

“Today, we have been to many filling stations in Asaba; one actually abandoned his station and we sealed the facilities because they have an equivalent product of 30,000 litres.

“We will revisit the station to ensure that appropriate sanction is melted out on the owner.

“We also saw stations selling above the approved pump price; we compelled them to sell at the regulated pump price,” he said.

Asuquo advised petroleum marketers not to purchase fuel if they knew that they could not sell at the regulat-

ed price of N145 per litre.

“It is our intention to keep monitoring the products and price; we will also ensure that the products are not sold to the third party.

“Overtime, we have observed that some depots sell to third parties and they add their margin and that affects the ultimate price,” he said.

Asuquo, who said that the Federal Government was doing everything to ease the fuel problem, also advised marketers not to dispense fuel to people with jerry cans.

Member, representing Anambra East Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Mr. Obinna Emenaka, has called on government at levels to double efforts at combating the production, sale and circulation of fake and adulterated drugs in the country.

Making the call on Thursday in an interview with the NAN in Awka, Anambra State capital, the assemblyman said that the war must be won to save lives. Emenaka said all tiers of government should form a common front to protect the lives of citizens through an aggressive war to prevent further loss of lives.

He also urged Nigerians to embrace universal precaution against the distribution and use of fake and substandard drugs.

The legislator said that proper identification of custodians and sources of drugs should be created to curb the menace of fake drugs.

Besides, Emenaka suggested for the creation of an enabling environment for proper regulation in the sector.

He noted that open drug market did not guarantee proper authentication of sources of drugs and should be discouraged.

He said that new outlet should be introduced to help decongest the Onitsha Drug Market and provide easy access to genuine drugs for patent medicine dealers, pharmacists and doctors who had private clinics.

Emenaka said such outfit would help in the fight against fake drugs.

He also called on the National Agency for Foods, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to take decisive actions against unwholesome drugs and products.

The lawmaker advised Nigerians to procure their drugs from reliable sources to avoid consumption of fake and substandard drugs.

OPEC: S’Arabia shouldered burden in December as exports cut

Crude prices tankers from the Persian Gulf are any guide, then Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC’s) Middle East powerhouses

BUSINESS TIMES Business Editor Ganiyu Obaaro Asst. Business Editor Simon Ugwu Capital Market Editor Bonny Amadi Money Market Correspondent Motolani Oseni

did their bit to curb a global crude glut last month. Saudi Arabia shouldered the burden.

The region’s six OPEC members shipped less than 18 million barrels a day of crude in December, the lowest combined outflow since August, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. Saudi Arabia made by far the biggest contribution, reducing daily shipments by more than half a million barrels from the previous month. Its observed deliveries to China plunged to the lowest level of the year.

Here’s what the tracking showed in millions of barrels of oil a day: “We’ve definitely seen lower Saudi exports to Asia” recently, said

Amrita Sen, chief oil market analyst at Energy Aspects Ltd. in London. De-stocking of crude inventories and year-end book-squaring in China in December helped account for lower import volumes there, she said. Saudi Arabia and fellow Middle East producers -- Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Kuwait and Qatar -- are vital to the health of crude markets because they pump about 75 per cent of output by the OPEC, which itself is spearheading an international effort to trim oil supplies through the end of the year. Brent futures surged almost 2 percent on Wednesday, amid signs U.S. inventories will continue a recent slump. Deriving cargo flows

from tanker monitoring can have wide variations with official data because of what’s counted and when. Just two supertankers that load at the end of a month can create a swing of 260,000 barrels a day if tanker-tracking and government data count them in different periods. There’s also a lag between when cargoes leave countries and arrive at their destinations.

U.S. inventories slid by 4.99 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute was said to report Wednesday. If confirmed in Energy Information Administration data later on Thursday, that would continue a trend that’s seen stockpiles drop by more than 100

million barrels since March. The nation’s producers are increasingly directing their output to overseas markets, where OPEC’s actions have helped to push prices higher.

Stockpiles have fallen to 432 million barrels from 536 million at the end of March. To get down to the five-year average for industrialized countries, one of OPEC’s yardsticks of market re-balancing, U.S. stockpiles would need to fall a further 41 million barrels, according to Bloomberg calculations.

“If we continue to draw stocks in the next six months, that will probably be an over-tightening,” said Torbjorn Kjus, chief oil analyst at DNB Bank ASA.- Bloomberg.

Business News B6 HACEY partners NiBUCCA against HIV/AIDS

In attempt to curb the effects of HIV/AIDS on the Nigerian people, Hacey Health initiative, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has teamed up with the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (Nibucca) in order to ensure a more convincing and effective battle is fought against the killer disease HIV/ AIDS. This gave birth to an organized session by both parties to educate young people and couples on HIV/ AIDS; how to prevent the infection, as well as how to manage the infection should they contact it.

The collaboration by both bodies will go a long way to ensure that the effect of the killer disease is curtailed with the country experiencing an unprecedented rise in the mortality rate cause by the disease, as well as rise in infection.

According to the UNAIDS 2016 reports, Nigeria had 220,000 (150 000410 000) new HIV infection cases and 160 000 (110 000- 230 000) AIDS-related deaths, just as the HIV epidemic is affecting all population groups and geographic areas of the country. It is the second largest epidemic globally and key populations are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic.

Another statistic by NACA (2017) shows that only about 10% of Nigerians had ever taken an HIV test once, adding that, “the only way to prevent, care and reduce the prevalence of HIV is for the percentage of Nigerians that test for HIV must move from the currents statistic to at least 90%.

It is in attempt to achieve this that Hacey Health and Nibucca conducted tests for about 576 people, which includes 321 females and 255 males during the organized session. Two people were tested positive; both male and female.

Young people in Ilorin, Kwara State, also benefitted from the project as they were educated on HIV/AIDS through the IEC materials and one on one engagement.

Investors oversubscribed DMO’s debut Sovereign Green Bond Afolabi Adesola The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced that the debut Sovereign Green Bond offered to the general public in December, 2017 was very well received by a wide range of investors.

At the close of the Offer, the Total Subscription received was N10.791 billion compared to the N10.69bn offered.

Muslims have been enjoined to exhibit the spirit of tolerance, love among each other to foster peaceful co-existence of the country.

The Ayangburen of Ikorodu Land, Oba Kabii Shotobi offered the advice, while speaking at the 90th anniversary of Zumuratul Islamiyat Society of Nigeria in Ikeja, Lagos.

The traditional ruler stated that unity of the country is important for Nigeria to achieve the desired level of development and continue its leading role in Africa.

He called on members of the Zumuratul and other Islamic organizations to emulate the teaching of Prophet Muhammed and tolerate people with other religion belief.

In his lecture, the guest speaker and principal of the markers Islamic Institute, Agege, Sheik Abibullahi Alilory stressed the need for Islamic organizations for the society to contribute more towards development of the communities through provision

In a statement ade available to the Daily Times on Thursday, the DMO said, “among the investors who subscribed to the Green Bond were banks, pension funds, asset managers and retail investors.”

The DMO had offered N10.69bn Sovereign Green Bond for a Tenor of 5 years and Coupon of 13.48%.

The DMO is pleased with the strong interest shown by Investors, and added that it

shows investors interest in new products and support for the objective behind the issuance of Bond, which is to invest in projects that will contribute to preserving the environment. It also shows support for the Paris Agreement on the Climate, which Nigeria has endorsed.

It will be recalled that the Green Bond, which was rated ‘Excellent’ by Moody’s, was issued as part of the Federal

Government’s New Domestic Borrowing in the 2017 Appropriation Act to finance three (3) Projects. The Projects are energising education programme, renewable energy micro utilities and afforestation programme. The DMO expressed its commitment to providing products that meet the needs of investors for their portfolio preferences and to continue to promote financial inclusion.

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of infrastructure facilities, such as healthcare centers, educational institutions and employment for youths.

Also, the Deputy President of Zumuratul Islamiyat Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammed Bello Oyinlomo - Danmole urged Muslims to involved more in politics so that they could be part of decision making body in the society.

Alhaji Oyinlomo - Danmole, who was a former Lagos state commissioner for home affairs said that Muslims must also endeavour to educate their children and ward so that they could be more useful to the society.

Earlier, the Medical Director of Ekemode Memorial Hospital, Dr. Naheem Ade - Ekemode called for religious unification and settlement in other to encourage peace in the world.

Ade - Ekemode commend the religious group for its contribution to the National growth through dahwah, educational improvement and welfarism of both Muslims and nonMuslims in the country.

A’ Court declares Chinedu Okoronkwo as IPMAN’s President Simon Ugwu Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN have expressed joy over the recent Appeal court judgment in Abuja, which declared Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo as the National president of IPMAN. The marketers in a statement issued by the association’s National Secretary, Alhaji Danladi PassAli after the National Executive Meeting (NEC) held on Wednesday in Abuja.

PassAli said that the new development would address the issues of misconduct and mismanagement which they say is currently rocking the association. The association’s secretary said that Okoronkwo remains the substantive National president of IPMAN based on the Appeal Court judgment.

PassAli said that the court of Appeal, Abuja re-affirmed the High court judgment, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja suit

No. FCT/HC/CV/1479/2016 delivered on 28th day of May, 2014 which upheld the election of IPMAN National Executive committee of 10th May, 2014.

According to him, the interest of all members of the association will be a top priority of the President.

The IPMAN scribe said that the judgment is a welcome development to IPMAN members nationwide and the oil and gas industry. ``The judgment once again confirmed Okoronkwo as substantive National President of IPMAN. PassAli said that the IPMAN nationwide members welcomes Appeal Court judgment, which will enable us maintained the serenity we normally enjoyed in the distribution and dispensing of petroleum products to Nigerians in all nooks and crannies of the country.

“Now that Okoronkwo is on the IPMAN association’s driver seat, members will gets their allocation accordingly.

The NEC had reached agreement with DAPPMA for better

synergy in meeting product availability in the country since DAPPMA has better strength in storage.And IPMAN which controlled 80 per cent outlets has better trend in distribution and dispensing in both urban and hinterland in the country”, he said.

PassAli said the judgment of the Appeal Court Abuja delivered on 7th December, 2017 confirmed that the National Executive Committee members, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, National President, Alhaji Abubakar Maigani Shettima, Vice- President, Aihaji Danladi PassAli, National Secreatry, Bola Adeleke, National Treasurer, Chief Leo Nkameme, National Organisational Secretary, Alhaji Yakubu Ali Dimka , National Auditor, Chief J.D. Ubani (JP), National Financial Secretary, Dr Hammed Adekunle Fashil, Assistant National Secretary, Alhaji Umar Baba Kano, National Legal Adviser, Chief Ezekwesili Maduagwuna, Chief Whip, Alhaji Yakubu Suleman, National PRO.

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AMG lunches project one concept

When Mercedes-Benz took the covers of its AMG’s project one supercar concept in September, it caused a worldwide stir.

As well it might; under the swoopy, slightly old-fashioned styling it has a 1.6-litre petrol V6, an derived from the one in the championship-winning Mercedes-AMG Formula One car, complete electrically-boosted turbo and pneumatic valve springs that spins to a screaming 11 000rpm. It drives the rear wheels in tandem with a 120kW electric motor - and has another 120kW electric motor driving each of the front wheels, for a grand total of 745kW. The whole car, built on a carbon-fibre monocoque tub, weighs in at less than 1320kg and its performance is, if you’ll forgive the pun, electrifying: 0-200km/h in less than six seconds, and a top speed of more than 350km/h. But to really understand just how super this supercar is, watch as Daimler chief designer Gorden Wagener, exterior designer Robert Lesnik, interior designer Hartmut Sinkwitz, and AMG’s Philipp Eckert and Vitalis Enns describe how it came to be, and why it looks the way it does.

Suzuki came late to the electronic superbike wars, years behind its German, Italian and Japanese rivals, and it has profited by that, learning from their efforts and distilling the best of today’s computerised wizardry into a remarkably userfriendly package.

Whereas, you sometimes need a factory mechanic with a factory laptop to get the best out of BMW’s S1000 RR, while both Kawasaki’s ZX-10R and the Yamaha R1-M offer so bewildering a variety of parameters that you have to make notes on paper to keep track of the bike’s programming, and the Honda CBR1000RR’s fullcolour flight-deck display is so complex that it has to have its own set-up programme, the Suzuki GSX-R1000 L7 has only two parameters - each of which can be adjusted ‘on the fly’ if necessary, without taking your hands off the grips and, once you know the bike really well, your eyes off the road.

It has three engine map-

Kia Motors made global sales of over 200,000 units

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Kia Motors Corporation announced its December 2017 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, record-

ing a total of 226,842 units sold.

In December, sales in Korea slid 6.2% compared with the same month last year, totaling 46,502 units on weakening sales of Picanto (known as Morning in

Korea) mini-car.

The company’s overseas sales totaled 180,340 units in December, which represents a 19.6% decline compared to the same month a year earlier due to slower sales in China.

For all of 2017, Kia Motors posted global sales of 2,746,188 units, decreasing 7.8% from 2016.

Sales in Korea declined 2.5% to 521,550 units and overseas sales retreated 9% to 2,224,638.

Kia’s best-selling mod-

New Suzuki GSX R1000 L7 keeping it simple pings, each of which delivers the same 148.6kW at 13 200 revs and 117.6Nm at 10 800rpm, but with varying degrees of throttle response. In ‘C’ or rain mode, it’s as linear as it possible to make a four-cylinder engine, with the smoothest torque curve I’ve yet seen on a motorcycle, while ‘A’ or track-day mode is more akin to a cobra striking, with two distinct steps in the power delivery.

There’s no adjustment for the cornering ABS, but the sixaxis traction control is tuneable through nine settings, as well

as ‘Off’ (only for the brave, and then only on track days). Engine mapping and traction control setting are both controlled by a simple up/down rocker and ‘Select’ button in the leftside switchgear, and the results show up in two boxes on the bottom left of the LCD instrument panel while the engine kill-switch rocker on the right is also the start button.

While I still have my reservations about bar-graph rev counters, this one is better than most, and everything else on the

display is both legible and intuitive.

The all-new 999cc engine is Suzuki’s first litre-class Gixer without a balance shaft, and that shows up in a noticeable handlebar buzz that gets worse as the revs rise - and boy, do they rise, especially in A and B modes, shrieking up to 14 500rpm before the rev-limiter steps in, accompanied by a wail that’s as addictive as it is intimidating.

In ‘B’ mode, which I used for everything except the high-

speed runs, there seems to be a direct connection between throttle position and road speed: dial in X percent more twist on the fly-by-wire throttle and you get X percent more speed – in any gear, without hesitation or wind-up. It’s almost clinically precise and predictable which, on a bike this powerful, is very reassuring. The high-speed runs were less so. With engine mapping set to A and traction control off, I cracked it wide open down the infamous SixKay Straight, but before I hit top

el in overseas markets in 2017 was the Sportage compact SUV with 415,558 units sold. The Rio (known as ‘Pride’ in Korea) was the second best seller with 379,184 units sold, followed by the K3 compact sedan (known as ‘Forte’ in some markets) with 364,054 units sold.

gear the airflow over the fashionably low screen was buffeting my head so badly I couldn’t see where I was going. I later even found a mark on the fuel tank where the chin-piece of my helmet had chafed against the paint during my four abortive attempts, the best of which was good for only 228km/h.

I have no doubt, however, that with a taller screen, the new GSX-R would be on a par with its rivals, nudging 300km/h even in full street trim with mirrors, stand and a big fat rider in place.

On our ride and handling section, by contrast, the Suzuki was magnificent, second in rideability only to Aprilia’s superlative RSV4. Its steering, on road tyres and the factory’s median suspension settings, is marginally slower than its classmates, precise to a fault (you do have to concentrate when you’re hustling this bike through the twisties) and the sophisticated suspension tells you about every matchstick in the road without transferring those inputs to the chassis.

Capital Market B8 FTN Cocoa posts 97.3 % revenue drop in Q3

FTN Cocoa processors of the agric and agro allied sector of the Nigerian stock exchange has demonstrated commitment to emerging one of the leaders in the sector following release of its third squarer result for the period ended 30th September 22017. Although, the results sustained negative fundamentals, but points to stronger future as soon as the ongoing restructuring of the is completed. FTN cocoa Processors Plc reports and financial statements for the period ended 30 September, 2017.

The result showed that revenue dropped by Revenue 97.3 per cent to N22,658 , compared with N842,138 posted in the prior period of 222016.

Loss before taxation closed higher at N419,730, from N263.352 in the same period of 2016, accounting for 59.38 per cent increase, this also accounts for 59.38 per cent loss after tax for the company still undergoing restructuring.

FTN Cocoa Processors Plc was incorporated on 26 August 1991in Nigeria as a private company limited by shares under the name Fantastic Abiola Nigeria Limited which later became Fantastic Traders Nigeria Limited on 26 August, 1998. The company became a public limited liability company on 29 February, 2008 and got listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange. The principal activities of the company is the processing of cocoa beans and palm kernel into cocoa cake, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake for export and sales to local manufacturing companies.

According to the result, Loss per share increased to 19.08k from 11.97k recorded in the same period of 2016, accounting for 59.38 per cent loss per share.

Africa Prudential commences 2018 with new secretary Stories by Bonny Amadi African prudential Plc has shown commitment to sustainable growth and compliance with regulatory obligations as the company having appointed new secretary, has informed the market regulators and all stakeholders of the change. in statement titled: “Notification of appointment of company secretary” signed by Peter Ashade Managing Director/ CEO Africa Prudential, the company said, “Africa Prudential Plc wishes to inform the Exchange, its esteemed shareholders, stakeholders and the general public of

Berger Paints Nigeria Plc has demonstrated commitment to rewarding shareholders in the for the 2017 financial year as its recently released q3 result reflects growth in key performance indices.

The company’s interim Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended 30th September, 2017 showed that revenue for the period grew by 26 per cent to N2,144,156bn, which was against N1,702,388bn posted in 2016 Q3.

Gross profit for the period rose by 30 per cent to N932, 652m, against N717, 787m posted in the comparable period of 2016.

Operating profit rose by 1,887 per cent to close the quarter at N156,492m, against N7,877m recorded in the prior period of 22016.

Profit before income tax for Berger paints’ Q3 2017 closed higher at N167,601m, from N29,039m , reflecting 477 per

the appointment of Mr. Joseph Onyinye Jibunoh as Company Secretary.

Joseph holds a degree in Law from the University of Lagos. He was called to the Bar in 1998; and he is soon to be awarded a Masters Degree in Law from University of Lagos. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria and member of the World Future Society and Chartered Institute of Taxation Nigeria.

He has attended various executive management training programmes including the 2014 Lagos Business School class on Competi-

tive Strategy and Blue Ocean Strategy.

He brings on board 18 years of valuable experience cutting across general litigation, legal advisory, corporate finance, compliance & company secretariat to name a few in sectors like Real estate, Banking, Oil and Gas & Insurance.

Prior to joining Africa Prudential Plc, he was the company secretary/legal adviser of Northbridge Energy Ltd. He was also, formally, the Head of Legal at Standard Alliance Insurance Plc and divisional head, Legal at Resort Savings and Loans Plc, all at executive management levels.

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cent increase, while profit for the period also increased by the same margin of 477 per cent , closing he period at N113,968m, from N19,747m posted in Q3 2222016.

Berger Paints Nigeria Plc (“the Company”) was incorporated in Nigeria as a private limited liability company in 1959 and was converted to a public liability company in 1973. The Company is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

According to the result, related parties transactions include, the company buying various raw materials from Emychem Nigeria.and also, a portion of residential apartment rented at Wemabod Estate sub-leased to Emmychem, of which the Managing director, Mr.Raj is also a non-executive director on the Board of Directors of Berger Paints.

Engagement of services of Excel Professional of which the managing director is chairman on the board of directors of Berger paints, among others.

Why E-dividend Registration will continue in 2018– SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the e-dividend registration exercise would continue seamlessly in spite of the expiration of the December 31st, 2017 Free registration deadline.

It would be recalled that the e-dividend Free Registration expired on December 31, 2017.

Acting Director General of SEC, Dr. Abdul Zubair, who made the announcement at a press briefing Tuesday, said that all Investors that are yet to enroll, are enjoined to continue with the registration exercise, at a marginal cost of N150 (one hundred and fifty Naira) only.

He said “Such investors should continue to approach their banks or Registrars, as usual, to seamlessly mandate their Bank Accounts for the collection of their Dividends electronically, including unclaimed dividends, not exceeding 12 years of issue; as the N150 would not be demanded from them at the point of registration.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the N150 fee would not be demanded from the investors at the point of registration and/or submission of completed e-Dividend Mandate Forms.

Zubair also announced an extension of the Forbearance window for Multiple Accounts Consolidation to March 31, 2018.

According to him “With a view to encour-

aging many more investors to consolidate their multiple subscriptions into one account, the SEC wishes to announce an extension of the forbearance for Multiple Accounts till 31st March, 2018.

“Accordingly, investors that bought shares of the same company during public offers, using different names, are allowed till 31st March, 2018 to continue to approach their Stockbrokers or Registrars, to regularize their shareholdings, in line with SEC Rules on customer identification. Thereafter, all shares NOT regularized shall be transferred, on trust, to the Capital Market Development Fund”.

The Acting DG disclosed further that in line with approved rules of the Commission; all Registrars have been directed to stop the issuance of dividend paper warrants with effect from January 1, 2018.

He noted that for the avoidance of doubt, all paper dividend warrants issued up till December 31, 2017 are valid and should be honoured. Banks and Registrars are accordingly implored to please note and adhere.

In his comments, Director External Relations of the SEC. Mr. Henry Rowlands disclosed that the SEC has consulted with other stakeholders to ensure that the process is seamless; adding that investors should entertain no fear of being charged until their registration is approved.

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Staco Insurance Q3 posts 4.98 % growth gross written premium

STACCO Insurance Plc result for the period ended 30th September, 2017 released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, showed propensity for growth as key performance indices inch marginally upwards.

Despite the harsh operating environment, the group experienced a growth of 9.48% in Gross Written Premium to N4,781,668, against N4,367,550 of the prior period result. The growth, the company revealed was achieved on the back of improving relationship with key partners and increasing from new channels.

The net premium income also rose from N3,273,705 to N3,888,302 representing 18.77 per cent increase , Group underwriting result fell from N1,922,220bn to N1,718,550bn, while operating expenses: Of the Group’ ballooned to N1.6 billion.

Total assets dropped by 1.78 per cent for the group to N10,566,680bn from N10,758,297bn recorded in the same period of 2016. However, for the company, total assets dropped by wider margin of 3.62 per cent to close the third quarter 2017 at N9,782,584m, against N10,150,325m posted in Q3 2016.

The result further showed that the group’s investment Income increased from N81,395m in 2016 to N164,030m in 2017 representing a growth of 101.52% Shareholders’ funds for the group posted marginal increase by 0.226 per cent to N3, 753,566, from N3, 743,748 recorded in Q3 2016. However, the trend was negative In the company’s shareholders’ funds, as it declined by a wider margin off 8.37 per cent to N3,447,158, against N3,761,977 recorded in third quarter 2016.

According to the result, Group had approximately N2.6bn invested in fixed income and N282.7m in equity instruments and has remained forward looking.

“The forward looking statements, which are subject to change after 30 June, 2017 reflect the group’s expectations as at the time the Board of. Directors approved this document. No obligation is undertaken by the group to update this document publicly or to review the forward looking statements unless required by law,” the company noted.

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Man of the Year: Ibe Kachikwu Ï j Ɗƈ ƈƋ ÷ ƆƅƐ Ə Ɛ ƆƔƐ ƋƆƒƆƋ ÏÏÏ Given

his track record as an accomplished technocrat with enviable professional and academic track record in the industry in which he has had over 30 years of cognate experience locally and internationally, Kachikwu’s appointment as the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to many industry watchers was a ‘round peg in a round hole’ and kudos was given to President Muhammadu Buhari who made sanitisation of the oil sector a cardinal plank of his presidency.

It was argued that President Buhari couldn’t have looked for a better upright manager of the nation’s oil resources than Kachikwu especially at a time when there was a record breaking mind boggling malfeasance in the management of the NNPC and Nigeria in desperate need of more oil sales revenue to support government budgets, protect foreign reserves and help stop the ongoing devaluation of the national currency.

At his assumption of office, these formed the essential part of the challenges that Dr. Kachikwu confronted “as he tried to halt selling of crude oil to politically-connected, ”carpetbaggers” that lack the capacity to perform, establish and adhere to strong internal policies for vetting and choosing buyers of oil, and for apportioning cargoes of oil among buyers, publicly account for earnings from sales of crude from NPDC and its oil trading subsidiaries, and cease unconstitutional withholding of federal revenue”.

As the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said that the NNPC was to be unbundled into 30 profit-making companies with separate Managing Directors as part of the ongoing transformation of the national oil company.

Under his supervision, the NNPC moved from a loss position of N160 billion to some N3 billion by

January 2016, adding that by year end the Corporation should start making some profit.

“For the first time, we are unbundling the subset of the NNPC to 30 independent companies with their own Managing Directors. Titles like Group Executive Directors are going to disappear and in their place you are going to have Chief Executive Officers and they are going to take responsibilities for their titles. At the end of the day, the CEO of an upstream company must deliver an upstream result,” Dr. Kachikwu stated.

The Minister noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is focusing on developing the nation’s gas resources in order to boost revenue as part of the diversification policy of the Federal Government.

Dr. Kachikwu said the petroleum sector, under his watch, would rapidly review the contracting cycle of projects from two years to six months in the upstream, stressing that efforts are in top gear to review the existing Production Sharing Contracts which is long overdue.

In what could be described as a face-off between Kachikwu, and his successor at NNPC, Maikanti Baru, the Minister of State was compelled to accuse Baru of “completely eroding” some of the reforms he introduced as head of the oil firm.

Buhari had appointed Kachikwu as NNPC GMD in August 2015 but replaced him with Baru in July 2016.

In the letter written to President Buhari, Kachikwu alleged that Baru had been sidelining the NNPC board.

“Like the previous reorganisations and repostings done since Mr. Baru resumed as GMD, I was never given the opportunity before the announcements to discuss these appointments. This is so despite being the minister of state petroleum and chairman, NNPC board,” the letter read.

“The open administration I introduced with your support in our year of pushing reforms, has been completely eroded.

NNPC staff are afraid of contacting me for the fear of being punished, sidelined in appointments and targeted”.

His reformation drive was endorsed by the United States Government which pledged its readiness to work with the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in achieving the Federal Government’s reform agenda in the oil and gas industry.

The then USA Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador James Entwistle assured Dr. Kachikwu of United States willingness to provide all necessary support to the NNPC Management to realize its set goals and objectives.

Amb. Entwistle noted that though the job of the GMD of NNPC is about the most challenging job in Nigeria, the USA is convinced that Dr. Kachikwu has the skills, training and requisite experience to lead the oil and gas industry in Nigeria towards the path of growth and sustainable development.

Commending the USA for the pledge of support, Dr. Kachikwu reiterated the determination of the new NNPC Management to implement the spirit and letter of President Muhammadu Buhari’s reform agenda in the petroleum industry.

The GMD stated that the new NNPC would be driven by a deep sense of commitment to service delivery anchored on the principle of transparency, efficiency, people, purpose and profit. ``My mission is to redirect and re-energize the work force for greater value addition and I believe that the NNPC, given the right leadership has what it takes to achieve this objective,’’ he said.

His intervention in the face-off between NigerDelta activists and the government led to a restart of the amnesty payments pro tem and discuss investment initiatives that will boost the regional economy and its social services. His argument is that the government’s plans for capital investment there – more roads, more power stations, better wa-

E ƅ ƈƊƓƑ ter and sanitation with big investment in schools and clinics – will benefit the Delta more than ad hoc payments to militant gangs, past or present.

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu steered the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill to restructure the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation through the Senate (AC Vol 56 No 20. It sets out clearer rules for investors and the NNPC would be quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and compelled to issue timely financial statements.

With a great input from Kachikwu, the government put an end to fuel subsidy, a policy designed ostensibly to help the poorest people but which in reality became a statefinanced welfare scheme for fuel importers, most of them multi-millionaires.

As Group Managing Director of NNPC and as Minister, he has fought many battles with oil marketers in his bid to stem acute fuel scarcity,

increase revenue accrue to government’s purse and in stabilising the industry.

He has said it repeatedly that current fuel scarcity which has become a national embarrassment was not caused by government, but rather blamed it on profit-minded marketers who were alleged to have hoarded fuel in anticipation of an increase in pump price of petroleum products.

Dr. Kachikwu was an active player in the private sector where best business practices and corporate good governance are sine qua non. He was the former Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil (Africa Operations). He wrote legal books. His bestseller is “Legislation and Policy on Foreign Investment in Nigeria”. The man also authored about twenty different publications. Ibe Kachikwu was appointed as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Chief Executive in August 2015. The first thing he did when he entered the new

position was to reduce the number of directors.

There were 8 of them. Kachikwu removed four of them.

He was born on December 18, 1956 to late Justice Francis Kachikwu and Maria Kachikwu. He attended St. Peter’s Primary School Ogwashi-Uku before gaining admission into St. Pius Grammar School Onicha-Ugbo, which he left in 1968 with top level performance.

His Edo College from 1973 to 1974 was equally with spectacular performance.

He studied Law at the University of Nigeria 1978, where he made a first class result and the best graduating student At the 1979 set of Nigerian Law School, he emerged with another First Class and best graduate winning 7 of available 9 prizes. At his LLM programme at Harvard University in 1980, it was another First Class performance. His Doctorate degree programme did not come with lesser performance.

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Woman of the Year: Mrs. Aisha Buhari

Ï An uncommon First Lady with passion ÏÏÏ For exhibiting unprec-

edented courage and coupled with the fact that she usually speaks to power in a government in which her husband is the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari is an unusual First Lady.

“A woman is a full circle; within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”

The above quote by Diana Marriechild aptly described our Woman of the Year, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the First Lady and wife of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In the annals of Nigeria’s political history, she has within the last 30 months earned for herself a place in history among women in the ‘inner seclusion’ of the corridors of power. She has debunked the postulation that ‘women are to be seen and not to be heard’ as she has effectively lent her voice to national issues even criticising her husband’s administration on issues of national interest; she has conscientiously displayed her love for humanity especially concerned with transforming the fortune of women, girls and children.

Aisha Buhari called for a probe of the State House Medical Clini over poor health facilities in the hospital despite the huge budgetary allocation to it. She condemned the “lack of facilities” at the clinic during a programme in Abuja and equally lamented the total or dearth of some necessary hospital facilities such as syringe, drugs and equipment needed for saving lives.

Mrs. Buhari, who spoke at the opening of a two-day stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition organised by her pet project, Future Assured in Abuja, said the ongoing renovations at the clinic was baseless because the hospital lacked the equipment to save lives.

“If somebody like Mr. President can spend several months outside Nigeria, then you wonder what will happen to a common man on the street in Nigeria. Few weeks ago, I was sick as well, they advised me to take the first flight out to London, I refused to go. I said I must be treated in Nigeria because there is a budget for an assigned clinic to take care of us. If the budget is N100 million, we need to know how the budget is spent. Along the line, I insisted they call Aso

Clinic to find out if the Xray machine is working, they said it is not working.

They didn’t know I am the one that was supposed to be in that hospital at that very time. I had to go to a hospital that was established by foreigners in and out 100 percent. What does that mean? So, I think is high time for us to do the right thing. If something like this can happen to me, no need for me to ask the governors’ wives what is happening in their states. This is Abuja and this is the highest seat of government, and this is Presidential Villa.

The wife of the president calls on the government, civil society and private sector to address social norms that permit women and girls to be treated as lesser breed than men and boys – she called on government at all levels to give priority to education and empowerment of women and children. Aisha made this call in Abuja at the International Sheroes Forum with the theme: “Advancing women’s roles in business leadership and governance.”

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in 2012 released a report which said that “Nigeria has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world. One in seven children dies before her or his fifth birthday.”

It noted further that in Nigeria, clean water was hard to come by in northern Nigeria and singled out the General Hospital, Katsina as one health facility among several others in northern Nigeria where ‘half a dozen infants were being treated for severe malnutrition problems.”

Aware of these challenges and to let every citizen feel the impact of government, the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari is determined to give everyone a sense of belonging, beyond the channeling of attention to women and children only. This is evident in the christening of her pet project- Future Assured and its offshoot, Get Involved – names that are by no means suggestive of asymmetry but inclusive in form and nature.

As the future is assured for women, so it is for men through the various action plans that Mrs. Buhari is rolling out for the upliftment of families and society. To her, needless to empower a woman only, when the man also needs empowerment to cater and support the woman and child. The man, after all, is also a cru-

cial component of the family unit. It is based on this understanding that the wife of the President recently launched Get Involved- a quick interventionist programme to halt yearly deaths of malnourished children in the country on the strength that every child is entitled to a meal every day. She believes that when children are fed regularly and in the required proportions, their parents save money for medications and are free from mental and financial stresses.

And with the commitments Mrs. Buhari is showing in promoting girls education and other issues concerning the girl-child, Nigeria is likely to benefit from the grant and other grants that have been set aside by development partners in implementing policies aimed at guaranteeing quality food, health, education, sanitation and safe drinking water for every Nigerian. She has commenced these intervention measures at Bama and Maiduguri camps for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) where she donated four tonnes of ready to use products (Soy Kunu for adults/ pregnant and lactating mothers and Soyalac for children) to fight malnutrition prevalent among inmates in the camps. These inmates are not only women and children but also adolescent boys, fathers and grandfathers.

A donation of about N60 million was presented to the Future Assured project by the Chinese government.

The Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Lin Jin, said Future Assured has made tremendous impact in promoting the health and well-being of women, children and the vulnerable, and succeeded in making a difference in the lives of these people.

She is known for her nonflamboyant life-style. Mrs. Buhari had in her twitter handle denied receiving SUV vehicles from the Nigerian Police for personal use, saying “I am still using my personal cars.’’

Politically conscious Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, had in the wake of a sickness that had kept her husband out of the country for over two months, given an insight into the power play at the Nigerian seat of power.

In a Facebook post, she alluded to some elements around her ailing husband as “the hyenas” and “the jackals,” hoping that they

Mrs. Aisha Buhari would soon be sent out of the “Kingdom”.

She responded to a post

by Senator Shehu Sani who said “Prayer for the absent Lion King has waned; until he’s back then they will fall over each other to be on the front row of the palace temple. Now the hyenas and the jackals are scheming and talking to each other in whispered; still doubting whether the Lion King will be back or not…

“It is the wish of the Hyenas and the Jackals that the Lion King never wakes up or come back so that they can be kings. It is the prayers of the weak animals that the Lion King comes back to save the kingdom from the Hyenas, the wolves and other predators” She wittingly responded to Mr. Sani’s comment by saying: “God has answered the prayers of the weaker Animals. The Hyenas and the jackals will soon be sent out of the kingdom.

We strongly believe in the prayers and support of the weaker animals”.

Mrs. Aisha’s comment attracted some comments from her followers on Facebook, wishing her husband quick recovery.

A critic of her Husband’s Government The First Lady warned her husband that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government.

In a BBC interview, Aisha Buhari suggested his government had been hijacked by only a “few people”, who were behind presidential appointments.

She said the president

did not know most of the officials he had appointed.

President Buhari, who is on a visit to Germany, had responded by saying his wife belonged in his kitchen.

Standing alongside German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at a news conference, the president laughed off his wife’s accusations.

“I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room,” he said.

Mrs. Buhari on an interview with a BBC Hausa service programme, was quoted to have said: “The president does not know 45 out of 50 of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years.”

She said people who did not share the vision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were now appointed to top posts because of the influence a “few people” wield.

“Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position,” she said.

Mrs. Buhari was prompted to speak out in an effort to end those practices so that party loyalists who contributed to his election victory could benefit.

Aisha Buhari campaigned vigorously for her husband in the 2015 general election, organising town hall meetings with women’s groups and youth organisations across the country.

However, she kept a low profile at the start of the administration and was

barely seen or heard. She was restricted to her work on the empowerment of women and helping victims of the Boko Haram conflict in the north-east of the country where she is from.

Aisha (née Halilu) Buhari is the second and current wife of President Muhammadu Buhari. She was born in Adamawa State in the family of the first Minister of Defence, Mohammadu Ribadu. She was raised in the best traditions of Fulani culture.

Aisha graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University where she earned a Bachelor degree in Public Administration. She also has a post-graduate diploma of the Academy Esthetique Beauty Institute of France in Cosmetology and Beauty.

Moreover, she is an alumnus of the famous Carlton Institute of London.

Mrs. Buhari is reportedly engaged in a private enterprise where she has become an employer of labour, a mentor to all aspiring cosmetologists and a consultant to the KRCP/ NNPC on skills acquisition.

She is also a member of the United Kingdom Vocational Training and Charitable Trust (VTCT), The International Health and Beauty Council (HBC). She also helps women politicians to raise funds for campaigns.

She speaks English and Arabic fluently. In December 1989, Muhammadu Buhari married Aisha Halilu. Together they have five children, a boy and four girls. They are Aisha, Halima, Yusuf, Zarah and Amina.

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Politician of the Year- Gov Willie Obiano

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ernor Willie Obiano has introduced dynamic programmes that have touched the lives of the people in the state.

He also brought drastic improvement in the security of lives and property of the citizens and residents of Anambra State .

From 1970 to date, after the civil war, security in Onitsha and environs and indeed the entire Anambra State has been a very intractable issue as criminals from time to time had hijacked the state, compelling the people to live in permanent fear. At a time, the crime became too rampant that people had to resort to sleeping in churches.

Even during the military, violent crime was almost the order of the day, hence the setting up of Armed Robbery and Fire Arms Tribunals which tried and executed those found guilty of robbery cases. But that could not solve the problem of crimes in the state.

At a time in Anambra State, a gang of robbers were accosting luxurious buses plying from any part of East to Lagos.

Immediately they stepped into Anambra State from any other part of the East, these organised robbers unleashed bullets on the bus from every side, which led to loss of several innocent souls of passengers during that period .

Banks, fillings stations and individuals were back again to their cherished ones. In fact, at a time an attempt was made on the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, which failed. .

But Governor Obiano has changed this infamous action immediately he assumed office, adopting innovative strategic measures.

Nobody knew the secret employed by this accountant and banker turmed politician but Obiano employed civilsed method, using the police and installing of street lights at strategic places in the state especially from Onitsha Bridgehead

Obiano to Borromeo Hospital Round About through old road to Amawbia in Awka.

Today, Anambra can be said to have the best security network. Prominent Anambrarians who have relocated to Lagos, Abuja, Enugu and other cities in the country and now conduct marriages of their children outside the state started returning back. And business started booming again.

Night life returned to the Onistha, Awka and other major cities of the state.

The presence of security expectedly has multiplier effect on the socioeconomic development of any place as it engenders confidence among the people, business community and investors. The improved security situation has increased the

number of hours of doing business in the state as well as brought back night life which has died in the state.

This development has not affected other areas of the state, hence the huge investment on agriculture and industry in the administration of Willie Obiano to the tune of $1.2billion and $3.2 billion respectively, hence the increased production of rice in Anambra State.

There have been major investment in rice production like Coscharis farm in Ayamelum as well as poultry in Igbariam and others in various parts of the state.

These investment in agriculture has resulted in the exportation of vegetables from Anambra State to European countries and yam to United States.

As a boost to agriculture, the state has provided to the farmers 291 hectares of land, seedlings, fertilizers and herbicides to encourage mechanised agriculture in the state.

Governor Obiano has not fared any less in the area of trade and commerce.

The traders in Anambra State are happy that his administration has impacted on them in one way or the other. Obiano took the bull by the horn by setting up N10 million projects in all the markets in the state. In the choose yourself N10million project, every market in the state is entitled to N10million worth of project. Some of the markets used the opportunity to build office complexes, halls, access roads, motor park complex, electricity,

water boreholes and overhead tank among other projects. These no doubt has added value to the markets and the traders themselves.

Fire fighting vehicles were also bought and distributed to strategic markets in case of any fire outbreak. One of the fire fighting vehicles is situated at Building Materials Market Ogidi to cover that area and the environs.

The governor has also extended the kind gesture to all the communities in Anambra State by asking them to choose N20million projects. He went further to challenge the communities which finished their first projects in time to choose another tranche of N20m project, which some communities have already benefited.

The good news is that virtually all the communities have completed all their projects, while some which finished on time have been given another N20million for second projects. These projects are dotted all over the communities as town halls, skill acquisition centres, roads rehabilitation, boreholes, among others.

Obiano has done more than excellent in the construction of roads and bridges since he became governor. Apart from constructing three world class bridges in Awka at the popular Aroma junction in Awka, Kwata and Amawbia junction, in the state capital, Obiano has also done a bridge across Mamu River at Amansea – Ndiukwuenu-AwaUfuma. He has also constructed about 180 km of roads through the state as well as rehabilitated the existing roads through the State Road maintenance Agency’s zero pothole programme. Obiano also constructed the Iyiora Bridge believed to be the longest bridge in the State, which connects Anambra West, part of the food basket basin of the state to the rest of the world.

There are other ongoing roads construction in different parts of the state, one of them be-

ing the construction of bridge across Nteje – Umanya bye – pass along the Onitsha- Enugu Expressway.

On education, Governor Obiano has disbursed at least over N700milion to mission schools, constructed over 2,500 classrooms-blocks for primary and secondary schools in the state, installed 30KVA generating sets and provided transformers to the schools too.

Obiano’s administration also awarded scholarships to about 200 students of Anambra State of origin to the tune of about N120m as a source of encouragement to academic excellence among Anambra children.

The State also recruited 70 contract teachers for the 11 technical colleges in the state to boost their staff strength.

The welfare of teachers is critical to Obiano’s administration.

Consequently, he has increased the salary of 1,634 teachers of core subjects in the state school system as well as the salary of 2, 732 teachers in rural areas of the state by 20 percent to motivate them and provide more access to quality education to the children in riverine and agrarian areas of the state. Acording to the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kate Omungha, the number of candidates who passed external examinations at five credits with English and Mathematics such as West African School Certificate and National Examination Council (NECO), at five credits with English and Mathematics have increased to 70 percent. A teacher from Anambra State recently won the best teacher in the country and was given a brand new car.

And all these attest to the quality of education under Obiano.

Little wonder, the outstanding achievements of Governor Obiano enabled him to record a landslide victory during his re-election in the state as he defeated other candidates in all the local government areas of the state.

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Governor of the Year: Gov Nyesom Wike

Ï Redefining Rivers landscape through massive reconstruction ÏÏÏ

Born on December 13, 1967, Governor Nyesom Wike, an outstanding administrator, lawyer and politician is referred to as the Golden Governor. He just turned 50 and had the singular fortune of taking Rivers State to its glorious Golden Jubilee anniversary in May, this year.

Barrister Nyesom Wike was born to the family of Reverend and Mrs. Nlemanya Wike of Rumuepirikom community, Obio/Akpor in Rivers State. He spent most of his academic life in Rivers State, hence, he once proudly declared himself a local champion. A holder of several traditional chieftaincy titles, Barrister Nyesom Wike is happily married to Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, a High Court Judge with the Rivers State Judiciary. The union is blessed with three children.

He holds degrees in Political and Administrative Studies as well as in Law. However, after a brief stint with the private legal practice, Barrister Wike was elected twice as the Executive Chairman of Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area and served out two tenures from 1999 to 2007.

A one-time Deputy President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Governor Nyesom Wike was later elected as the substantive President of the Association.

From the position of the Chairman of Obio/Akpor, he moved on to serve as the Chief of Staff, Government House, between October 26, 2007 and May 28, 2011 under the administration of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers State then.

From there, Barrister Nyesom Wike was appointed the Director-General of Governor Amaechi’s reelection Campaign Organisation. He was reputed for being the brain behind the success of Rt. Hon. Amaechi second race to the Brick House after which he became the most powerful Chief of Staff in the state.

On July 14, 2011, Barrister Wike was subsequently appointed and sworn-in as the Minister of State for Education. This feat is widely attributed to the recommendation of the then governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Amaechi.

Subsequently, following a cabinet shake-

Wike up, Barrister Wike emerged the Supervising Minister of Education of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

At the end of fierce political and legal battles between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 11, 2015, gubernatorial election in Rivers State, Wike emerged as the sixth governor of the State and has, since his swearing in on May 29, 2015, recorded numerous achievements, some of which prompted the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to dub him ‘Mr. Projects.’

But his most remarkable achievements dated back to his tenure as the Minister of State for Education and subsequently the Supervising Minister of Education.

He made enviable impacts in the basic education subsector, spear-heading a nationwide reform of the nation’s education system.

It is worthy to note that as Minister of State for Ed-

ucation, he created access to quality education for 9 million Almajiri children in the Northern part of Nigeria through the construction of appropriate schools in affected states. He was also the driving force behind the construction of basic education vocational training schools for out-ofschool children in Southern Nigeria and Special Girl-Education Schools for less privileged girls in 16 states of the federation. He also superintended over the distribution of over 60 million text books and library resource materials to various schools in the country, among other achievements.

Determined to leave his footsteps in the sands of time, Governor Wike swung into action as soon as he was sworn-in as the governor of the state.

The newly sworn-in governor said: “Never again will we allow projects meant for the people to be abandoned just because we did not award

it. I will never do any project that will be abandoned. No part of the state will be neglected in the infrastructure renewal programme of my administration.”

Less than 24 hours after taking his oath of office, Governor Wike announced the return to work of the judiciary and the re-opening of courts in the state which were shut down during the tenure of Rt. Hon. Amaechi, now the Minister of Transportation.

He also ended the controversy surrounding the appointment of the Chief Judge of the state as he swiftly appointed Justice Daisy Okocha (now retired) in acting capacity to fill the gap. The opening of the courts brought financial relief to practicing lawyers in the state who had also suffered professional setbacks throughout the period the courts were shut down.

Governor Nyesom Wike deeply delved into what he termed ‘Operation Zero Potholes’ on roads round

the state, particularly in Port Harcourt, capital city of the state. As at May 2017, the governor had reworked roads totaling over 33 kilometers under its Operation Zero Pothole scheme.

In his 100 Days in office celebration, Governor Wike showcased numerous projects which included 50 medium-income flats at Iriebe, Iloabuchi-Eagle Island Link Road, Abonnema-Obonoma Link Road and the NBA Port Harcourt Law Office.

Also to the credit of the governor were the reconstruction of roads from Borokiri Road in Old Port Harcourt Township to Rumuwoji (Mile 1) Market Phase 2 ground breaking, Mile 1 Flyover Park, Abonnema Wharf Road, Woji-Elelenwo Road, WojiTrans Amadi Road, Onne Seaport Access Road and Abuloma-Woji Road. Others were the Kpopie-Bodo Road in Gokana LGA, Second Nkpogu Bridge in Trans Amadi, SakpenwaBori Road, Igwuruta-Etche Road and Ogoni-AndoniOpobo Unity Road.

Spreading infrastructural development across the state, Governor Wike also completed the N150 million ATC Jetty at Okrika and the Bonny/Bille Jetty on Creek Road as part of measures to boost marine transportation in the state.

Just before the celebration of the Golden Jubilee anniversary in the state, a number of projects were initiated while others were commissioned.

These included the flag-off of Bakana land reclamation in Degema LGA; flag-off of Oyigbo-Mbano CampIriebe Road reconstruction; commissioning of rehabilitated Brick House building in Government House; commissioning of Port Harcourt Pleasure Park which now yields revenue for the state, and the Ecumenical Centre on Abonnema Wharf Road.

Governor Nyesom Wike Wike has within less than three years of his administration made inroads in the development of other sectors of the economy such as education. Some notable accomplishments in the education sector included the rehabilitation of select schools across the state, such as the Birabi Memorial Grammar School, Bori, Nyemoni Grammar School, Abonnema, and Government Girls Secondary School, Rumuokwuta, just

to mention a few.

Hospitals and health institutions were not left out in the development strides

by Governor Nyesom Wike.

Some of those rehabilitated and upgraded to provide better services to the people included the Elele-Alimini General Hospital and the School of Nursing in Port Harcourt, among other health institutions.

Governor Wike has invested tremendously in the area of security. A few months into his administration in 2015, Governor Nyesom Wike received the then Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase and donated 64 patrol vans to the Rivers state police command and other security agencies to help combat crime in the state.

During the presentation of the vans, the governor stated: “The most important role of any responsible Government is the security of lives and property.”

The governor had said on different occasions that he had zero tolerance for crime and criminality. This, then, explains why he took huge steps to lure cultists, kidnappers, and robbers out of criminality by granting them amnesty. The gesture yielded some fruitful results as many youths surrendered their weapons and genuinely embraced the amnesty programme.

Today, Governor Wike ranks among governors in Nigeria who are not in arrears of payment of salaries and pensions.

Speaking while flagging off the construction of Isiokpo Town, an ancient city of Ikwerre land, Wike said: “The Paris Refund Club they paid us will be used to execute meaningful projects in the state. For us, we have passed the stage of payments of salaries and pensions. We have cleared all those and our focus now is to roll out projects for the benefit of our people.”

The efforts of Governor Nyesom Wike have been recognised by stakeholders within and beyond the shores of this country.

Some of such awards were conferred on the governor

by The Daily Times Newspaper. Others included the SUN, the Leadership, and the Nigerian Pilot Newspapers as well as the United Nations-backed platform, Sustainable Cities and Human Settlement Awards, SCAHSA, in London, earlier last year.

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Good Governance Award - Gov Ibikunle Amosun Ï Transforming Ogun for maximum impact

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realised that the Education sector is one area where Ogun State for ages, has comparative advantages over other states in Nigeria, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has invested heavily in rebuilding of infrastructure, training, retraining and motivation of personnel, encouraging students and pupils to excel and also sanitised the entire sector for effective delivery.

These achievements can be summarised as follows: -Free Education in all public Pre-Primary and Secondary Schools with abolition of tuition fees and all forms of levies -Construction of 15 Model Schools with boarding facilities out of the proposed 28 each designed to accommodate 1,000 students and over 200 teaching and nonteaching staff -Introduction and underwriting of Unified Termly Examination for all Public Primary and Secondary Schools and Government Science and Technical Colleges Students across the State with a total sum of N754,076,670.00 expended in the Secondary sector alone -22-23% of annual budget devoted to Education almost in line with the UNESCO recommendation of 26% -A sum of N1.8billion was expended on the purchase of free textbooks distributed to all Primary and Secondary School pupils and students in all public schools -Payment of Bursary Awards to 16,277 indigenous Ogun State Students in all tertiary Institutions in the country between 2011 and 2015 Teaching Service Commission -Between the Financial years 2011 and 2015, a sum of N13, 820,000.00 was given to the Commission as revenue to be generated. Thus, the Commission recorded a sum of N14, 703,852.18 representing 106.40% of the targeted Revenue Generation.

-Recruitment of 445 teaching and non-teaching staff, especially in core subjects (314 teaching and 131 non-teaching staff), increasing the staff complement in the Commission to a total of 15,006 as at March, comprising a total of 12,921 teaching and 2,005 nonteaching.

-Payment of Peculiar Allowance at the rate of 15% and 10% of Basic Salary respectively to Teaching and Non-Teaching staff with effect from July 2013 -Appointment of 208 principals, 506 vice-principals and 23 zonal secretaries as

administrators in Public Secondary Schools from 2011 till date -Approval of Career Progression Adjustment for 1,345 NCE + Degree stagnated teachers Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board -Promotion of 14,115 teaching and non-teaching staff for 2011 and 2012 while a total of 6,988 teaching and non-teaching staff benefitted from the 2013 and 2014 promotion -Payment of government contributions towards teachers’ pensions to the Bureau of Pensions for onward submission to the various Pension Fund Accounts -Re-charting of teachers career progression (that led to the discovery that some teachers who had overstayed on the job) -Payment of N1.6billion for 2008/2009 UBE counterpart fund -Payment of N1, 495,309,272.34 for 2010/2011 UBE counterpart fund.

Bureau of Tertiary Institutions of N13, 574,669.58 from HUCAP beneficiaries that failed to return to serve the mandatory 3-years bond with Ogun State Government. July, 2011 till date in resolving the Industrial Conflicts between the management and Unions of Institutes of Technology, Itori and Igbesa on 21st June, 2011 and 22nd July, 2011.

Health mary Health Care a. In 2011, 47 Primary Health Care Centers were rehabilitated. Equipment, boreholes, backup power supply and Corps Medical Personnel were also provided to make the facilities functional. b. In 2014, the Ministry effectively responded to the Ebola scare in the country by investigating all rumoured cases and sensitizing communities within the state for effective surveillance and prevention. c. In the bid to improve the quality of service delivery in all the State’s primary and secondary health facilities, the ministry in partnership with Support for National Malaria Programme (SUNMAP) introduced the integrated Support Supervision/On the Job Capacity Building (ISS/ OJCB) programme.

-Ogun State Ambulance and Emergency Service (OGSAS) d.In 2012, four modern Advanced Life-Support ambulances were procured and six abandoned vehicles

Amosun were refurbished to Basic Life Support standard as the first step in the ongoing programme to revive the Ogun State Ambulance Services. (OGSAS).

-Schools of Nursing and Midwifery e.In 2012, a total of 99 health personnel were recruited for the Ministry of Health. This number includes 30 B.NSc. Graduate nurses which were employed as tutors for the School of Nursing and Midwifery f.Hospital Services g.Starting form 2013, the Computerization of record of private medical facilities in the State was done to provide for easy monitoring, data analysis and improve internally generated revenue within the State Management Board h.Procurement of affordable drugs/consumables from reputable companies and suppliers through a competitive bidding and at valued prices – 2011 till date i.Renovation of the Central Medical Store – 2011 till date Health Care Development Board j.Commencement of Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (ARAYA) in Ogun State which has now been adopted naturally as a best practice. k.Sustenance of wild polio free state. No case of wind virus has been recorded since 2011 till date.

Agriculture riculture land allocated to Investors fromMay2011 to date State Government own Feed Depot project produced 4,000 metric tonnes of various classes of feed between May, 2011 and

April 2015 to back up various Livestock Projects.

Estate: 8000 point of cage pullets were raised and supplied to Owowo Farm Estate. ogy Dissemination Centre with green Houses, Fish Tanks, Poultry Houses and crop Production established in Abeokuta (Ogun Central), Ijebu –Ife (Ogun East and Ilaro (Ogun West) at a total cost of 15,000,000.00. effectively in National Farmer Registration, were 197,699 farmers were registered in the State as at 2013.

Commerce Naira counterpart funding credit facility between Ogun State Government and Bank of Industry (50% equity each) to empower indigenous MSMEs. new factories were commissioned between 2011 and May, 2015 thus bringing the total number of factories in the State to 371. Six (6) more are to be commissioned before the end of June, 2015.

More than 100 companies made requests for land, while over 30 are at various stages of construction. ated Revenue by the Ogun State Market Development Board rose from N14,470,720.00 in June, 2010 – May, 2011 to N23,831,750 in June, 2013-May, 2014 the restructuring and upgrading of facilities at Abeokuta. seke, Abeokuta. national Market.

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700 meters were duly completed On 29 May, 2011, Senator Amosun was sworn-in as the fourth elected Governor of Ogun State, having won the election held in April 2011. He contested on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

This party merged with other parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) in February 2013. He was re-elected for a second term in office on 11 April 2015 and duly sworn- in on 29 May 2015.

Upon assumption of office as Governor of Ogun State, he outlined the Mission to Rebuild Agenda of his administration which is anchored on a 5 point – Cardinal Programme: tive Education

ernor of The Year (FRCN, Ibadan Zonal Station) – March 2017 Works Road reconstructed or rehabilitated during the Amosun administration include

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al Development / Employment Generation The programme is aimed at the Welfare, Prosperity and Security of the Citizenry and the State. His administration has since recorded significant achievements in various critical sectors such as Free Education, stimulation of the Investment Environment, Agriculture, Women Empowerment, Security, massive Infrastructural Development and Urban Renewal.

Laurels and Awards: His leadership qualities and outstanding achievements have earned him recognition nationally and internationally, some of these include: State Governor in West Africa” by Security Watch Africa. In Accra, Ghana – October 2012 ment Icon Award for 2013

by African Leadership magazine in New York – September 2013 Award: Governor of the Fastest Growing State Economy by Businessday Newspaper in Lagos – November 2013 Award: Commander of the Order of the Niger (C.O.N)

by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan – September 2014 Man of The Year – April 2016 The Year – February 2017

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works Abeokuta Road, Olisa, Igbeba road, Ijebu-Ode.

Street Ijebu-Ode Street Ijebu-Ode Ososa road Ijebu-Ode Owo/Ereko/Bonojo/Awokoya Street, Ijebu-Ode age on Abeokuta Road/Molipa junction, Ijebu-Ode Garage-Epe Garage, IjebuOde Garage-Balogun Street Ijebu-Ode jale Street Ijebu-Ode

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kuta road-Araromi/Osinubi Street, Ijebu-Ode road/Folagbade Lagos Garage, Ijebu-Ode at Isale Abese, Ijaye Abeokuta. ba-Lagos Garage Ijebu-Ode. Personal Data: Born in Abeokuta on Saturday, 25 January, 1958, he attended the following institutions of learning:.African Church Primary School, Abeokuta (1965 – 1970) .African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta (1971 – 1977) .Ogun State Polytechnic (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic), Abeokuta (H.N.D, 1979 – 1983) .University of Westminster, London (M.A. in International Finance, 2000)

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Good Governance Award - Gov Aminu Tambuwal Ï Delivering dividends of democracy in Sokoto for positive change

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Since becoming the chief executive of Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has left no one in doubt that he was and is really prepared for leadership and is at home with the needs and demands of the people of the Seat of the Caliphate. His profound achievements in the last two years are what informed the honour and recognition accorded him.

As governor, Tambuwal has raised the ante of purposeful leadership and good governance. He has transformed Sokoto State and has imprinted indelible marks in the sand of history in the state. His achievements traversed all sectors of human endeavour, which space and time would not allow us to enumerate here.

Aware that education is the bedrock of human capital and enduring societal development, Tambuwal upon becoming governor declared a state of emergency on education and has accorded priority attention to girl-child education in the state. In 2016, the governor made history by laying the foundation for the construction of a new secondary school in Balle, Gudu local government area, the only local government area without a senior secondary school in the whole country.

Determined to make the necessary impact, he allocated more funds to education in the state’s budgets in 2016 and 2017 than any other sector. Importantly, the allocations were more than the UNICEF recommended 26 percent. Last year, Sokoto became the first state in Nigeria to pass the Right to Education law which makes education compulsory and free for all children between the ages of five and 18. It also criminalises refusal to send children to school, and parents will be liable to criminal prosecution if they stop their children from attending schools.

So far, over 22 Doctors and Engineers sponsored for medical and engineering studies in foreign universities under the Higher Education Scheme Programme.

Over 8,000 Sokoto students have benefitted from Government’s free JAMB forms for the joint admissions and matriculations board unified tertiary institutions admission examinations. Over 500 new teachers recruited by government to boost manpower in secondary schools.

More than N3bn has been expended in the payment of tuition/living expenses to students studying in various disciplines across the globe. Presently, Sokoto has over 342 foreign students under full sponsorship by the State Government with

over 17,000 students studying various courses in institutions of higher learning, within the country. in the area of pupil enrollment, significant improvement has been recorded with 1,193,760 enrolled in the Basic Education Schools for the 2015/2016 academic session alone.

The results of the interventions became apparent when UNICEF announced few days ago that the number of out of school children in Sokoto has dropped from 67% in 2015, to 31% in 2017. This presents one of the highest drops in the history of Nigeria.

The administration has made significant progress in improving the health condition of the people of the state through provision of standard health care facilities and making access to healthcare easier. Hence infant and maternal mortality rate as well as incidences of VVF has drastically reduced. There has been a massive upgrade of premier health facilities in various parts of the state.

Some of these projects include repairs and total renovations of 19 General Hospitals in the state, repairs of the Maternity Unit of State Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, completion of the second phase of the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, comprising of 47 staff houses, two wards and landscaping. The Government has converted the Amanawa Leprosarium into Infectious Diseases Hospital and the conversion MMSH into a Renal and Cardiac Centre.

The government also introduced the Community Contributory Healthcare Scheme with the Governor setting aside N100m as seed fund for the take off. About three million residents, more than half of the state’s population, will benefit from the scheme.

The government has released N874.9m as counterpart funding for intervention in health along with Dangote Foundation and Bill/Melinda Gates Foundation.

At least over 25 International Development Partners have been attracted to Sokoto to work in the health sector. 213 Doctors and Health Professionals engaged to develop Sokoto State Strategic Health Plan for 2016-2020 in collaboration with RTI/LEAD/USAID. 583 NOMA patients have so far received free plastic surgeries at the state Noma Children Hospital.

Over 6,500 epilepsy and psychiatric patients have received free medication from government; and they were drawn from 65 wards in the 23 local government areas of the state. Most im-

Tambuwal portantly, N10 million is being expended monthly to provide free drugs to patients in hospitals and other health facilities in Sokoto.

Of course, housing is one of the primary needs of man and Governor Tambuwal is not oblivious of this hence since 2015, 300 Civil Servants have benefitted from Home renovation loan guaranteed by the government, and expended through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). Already, Government has completed work at the 500 housing unit Kalambaina Estate. There is another 500 housing unit Kalambaina Estate completed; with another 500 Units of houses at Gidan Man Ada inherited from the previous administration and funds provided for their completion.

In an era, where majority of the states are unable to pay workers’ salaries, it is gratifying to note that Tambuwal has created not less than 1000 new millionaires in Sokoto after the payment of retirement benefits to 1907 pensioners. His administration is up to date in the payment of salaries and pensions. Governor Tambuwal has created wealth and empowered youths and women in the state. When some states are downsizing their workforce, Sokoto state has employed 500 new junior and mid-cadre staff into the state civil service.

They include drivers, messengers, mechanics and other clerical/administrative officers. In 2016 alone, 19,000 job opportunities were created by the government. They include jobs in the civil service, agricultural sector, mining sector and the introduction of the new Primary Healthcare UnderOne-Roof policy.

All health workers in ministries and agencies working in the local gov-

ernment areas have been absorbed into the state Primary healthcare Development Agency. N40,000 is paid to each of the 575 extremely poor beneficiaries under the conditional cash transfer scheme in Illela LGA. N33 million is expended every month by the Zakat and Endowment Committee for the payment of N6,500 monthly stipends to under-privileged members of the society as part of government’s initiative to tackle extreme poverty.

N2 billion is set aside by the Government and the Bank of Industry (BoI) as intervention funds for the development of micro, small and medium scale enterprises in the state.

In line with this administration’s diversification policy, Sokoto state under Governor Tambuwal is a reference point as in his first year in office, 9,000 tons of fertilizer were bought and sold to farmers at subsidized rate for the 2015 farming season at the cost of N1.2 billion and this has continued up till today. Already, a new Organic Fertiliser Company has been established in Sokoto and production has continued since it was unveiled in earlier this year. For two years running, Sokoto allocated more funds to the agric sector than any state in the country. $250m has been voted for the establishment of a Tomato Processing Factory by Erisco Foods Limited in Sokoto. An MoU has already been signed while land for the project has been handed over to the company by the Government. N1,660 billion has been expended in the provision of water pumps, seedlings, drilling tube wells and other agricultural machineries for farmers.

AnotherN1,690 billion for the procurement of 1000

units of Tiller Machines for farmers in the state.

The Government has not rested in the war against corruption and as at today, N1.5 billion redundant funds has been recovered by Government from 100 previously unknown accounts in various commercial banks after the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) payment system.

In short, Governor Tambuwal has demystified governance. Described by those who know him closely as a kind hearted and passionate individual, Tambuwal is a committed professional who excels in any given task.

In the political stratosphere of today, he has remained his true self. Besides his apparent willingness not to be encumbered by the political exigencies of double-speak, his utterances and actions have been guided by the need to do what is right, and what is in the best interest of the country.

The Man, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, lawyer, parliamentarian, administrator, was born on January 10, 1966 in Tambuwal, Sokoto State. He had his early education at the Tambuwal Primary School from 1972 -1979 and Government Teachers College Dogon-Daji where he obtained his Teachers Grade 11 Certificate in 1984.

Determined to become a lawyer, young Aminu proceeded to read Law at the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, graduating in 1991 with an LL.B (Hons). In 1992, after successfully completing his one year mandatory studies at the Nigeria Law School Lagos, he was called to the Nigerian Bar. His charm and vibrant pursuit of an egalitarian society was soon noticed by his colleagues who persuaded him to run for office and he was elected the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Bar Association, Sokoto in 1997. Subsequently, he was to serve variously as the association’s Assistant National Financial Secretary, 1st National Secretary, and Secretary of the Human Rights Committee, between the years 1998 - 2002.

Political Career After working as the Personal Assistant to the then Senate Leader, Senator Abdullahi Wali, Tambuwal ran for the House of Representatives seat for Kebbe/ Tambuwal federal constituency of Sokoto State in 2003 on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and won. In 2004, he became the Minority Leader of the House. His knowledge, charisma and erudition, made him a very efficient leader of the opposition.

Determined to continue rendering qualitative representation to his constituents, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal again contested the National Assembly elections in 2007. Following wide ranging consultations, orchestrated and spearheaded by his Leader Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Tambuwal recontested, this time on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He won the seat to represent his constituency from 2007-2011.

No longer in the opposition, he was promptly elected the Deputy Chief Whip of the House, bringing his varied legislative experience, vast array of friends in different parties and sound judgment, to bear on the leadership of the House.

In 2011, when Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal again stood for and won election to the House of Representatives, he had become one of the most experienced and most regarded members of that hallowed chamber. His integrity, knowledge of procedure and people, and his charming intelligence made him a very popular ranking member of the House.

When the time came to elect a Speaker for the House therefore, it was inevitable that he would become the top contender.

His nationalistic vision, his leadership by consensus, and his popularity with people across party, religion and ethnic lines, earned him the trust and ultimately the vote of his colleagues to become Speaker of the 7th Assembly of the House of Representatives.

Against almost insurmountable odds, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal emerged Speaker in 2011 and ran a clean House, devoid of the controversies, corrupt charges and jostles for power that seemed to have characterised the tenure of his predecessors.

Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is a man of many parts who has been able to distinguish himself in all of them. Some of his other achievements include: Leader of the Nigerian Delegation to African, Caribbean, Pacific and European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly; Leader of the Federal Government team to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the controversial denial of visas to Nigerian female pilgrims; Member, International Bar Association, Member, Nigerian bar Association; Member, National Executive Committee Nigerian Bar Association; he has attended courses in Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, USA; Oxford University; Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Tulane University, both in the USA.

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Life Achievement Award: Bola Tinubu Ï A colossus politician of repute ÏÏÏ Nigeria

is a country where heroes are scarce and visionary leadership is even more rare. However, Nigeria can still take pride in one leader who has demonstrated rare courage and commitment to justice.

One who has made personal sacrifices to advance the common good, and who remains unrelenting in the search for good and responsible governance.

That leader is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a two-term former Lagos State Governor and the national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tinubu is that rare leader who combines practical political acumen, strategic vision and moral principles.

When the history of the first score years of the 21st century in Nigeria is written, it will state that Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s rare courage and foresight in guiding his party abolished the determined efforts of the then ruling party to turn Nigeria into a one party state. More than any person since the return of civilian rule in 1999, Tinubu’s actions in maintaining his political party and helped salvage multiparty electoral democracy in Nigeria. With this contribution alone, he has helped his nation keep to the path leading toward good governance, human rights and prosperity for all. While Nigeria still has far to go to reach these objectives, it would have turned toward a less just and democratic without Bola Tinubu.

In a political culture where most members of the political class gravitate towards the ruling party to ease the path towards fulfilment of personal ambition or for pecuniary reward, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s resilience and steadfastness in giving inspirational leadership to the APC is remarkable. It is a testimony to the depth of the convictions that have motivated and sustained him in politics over the last two and a half decades.

One of Nigeria’s leading national newspapers in a published piece described him as Nigeria’s Political Samurai. “…By his focus and determination, Senator Bola Tinubu, has over the years carved out a distinctive personage for himself in politics. With a towering political stature, former Lagos State Governor and one of the national leaders of the former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), now the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, isn’t just a household name; he is an authority in the artery of the nation’s

Tinubu body politics. He may have attained his enviable status through consistent ideological standing; it is certainly a journey of many years of struggle and the grit for change”.

As each day passes by, Tinubu thinks new strategy, options and style in both politics and governance. He envisions and muses with deep reflection, the Nigerian problems as well as the best approach possible. He knows politics much as he understands the game of power…” Indeed, Tinubu’s democratic footprints go beyond Nigeria; it spawns the continent, especially in the immediate West Africa Sub-Region where he has helped sustain democracy and popular participation.

The virtues of courage, determination, commitment, vision, focus and strong sense of purpose that have characterised Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s politics drove his emergence as one of the country’s most successful governors after Nigeria’s return to democratic governance 13 years ago. His stewardship of Lagos State for 8 years remains a reference for good governance in Nigeria and across the region.

A first class financial strategist, Bola Tinubu, overhauled and reformed government and revenue collection in the state, tak-

ing Lagos from a yearly Internally Generated Revenue of N14.64 billion in 1999 to N60.31 billion in 2006. By March 2007, the state had achieved monthly Internally Generated Revenue of N8.2 billion. His innovations laid the groundwork necessary for Lagos to have the revenue to improve the state and modernize living conditions of all of its inhabitants.

An irrepressible fighter for democracy and protection of civil liberties, Bola Tinubu endured political persecution, including numerous arrests and detentions, harassment, constant threats to his life and years in political exile. Despite the wrongs done to him he never has sought retribution. He has forgiven those who did injustice to him. Instead he has chosen to focus on the future by building a democratic and peaceful nation.

Leadership newspapers, one of Nigeria’s national dailies, said it best when it conferred on its “Person of the Year” on him in 2011: “Out of the socio-economic and political fog that 2010 represented, at least three great themes emerged: the struggle between the search for democratic legitimacy and subsisting electoral injustices; the tenacious resolve of courageous characters who dared hypocritical

authority to prove points of principle; and a pervasive sense of self-doubt as the nation marked its 50th anniversary of independence.”

“Within this context, the year spawned a welter of heroes and villains from various arenas of human endeavour. But while some forces remained apostles of socio-political stagnation and retrogression, others represented untiring catalysts for progressive change. It is from this puzzling canvass that we must make our choices as to which personality impacted Nigeria most, for good or bad, in recent times. As it were, justice still remains the country’s most powerful idea, but the struggle is far from over. After almost 12 years of unbroken democracy, impunity at various levels of governance remains a defining feature of our national life. The successful reversal of some of the subsisting injustices, within the period of this assessment, through the influence of some courageous individuals, in the face of dangers to life and limb, sets Bola Ahmed Tinubu apart as a leader of note. Through his tenacity and uncommon focus in guiding the reversal of electoral impunity across a wide swath of the nation’s political landscape, he reaffirmed the enduring fact

that, indeed, justice is the first condition of democracy.”

Tinubu remains Nigeria’s most relentless fighter for democracy, justice and the rule of law. No history of modern Nigeria can be complete without giving due regard to his contributions to safeguarding the democratic aspersions of an entire nation and its people, regardless of creed and ethnic background, at a time when those aspirations were deeply threatened.

Today, he remains the most vociferous voice in the call for Nigeria to return to the path of true federalism and for him, the star prize is the enthronement of fiscal federalism that will give governors and Chairmen fully funded mandates and accelerate grassroots development.

One of Nigeria’s leading daily newspapers, ThisDay, in 2013 selected Bola Tinubu as its “Man of The Year”. The paper described him as the man who rebuilt Nigerian Opposition. In the words of the Newspaper, Tinubu “from the scratch he built the Action Congress of Nigeria to a formidable political party that within a short time became the major opposition party in Nigeria. He deployed his resources, energy, and political acumen to give the ruling party a fight in the political space”. The altering of Nigeria’s political landscape and balance of power that occurred in November 2013 had Tinubu’s imprimatur all over it. The political merger that produced the All Progressives Congress is Nigeria’s first and Tinubu was its chief architect.

Thanks to Bola Tinubu’s untiring political maneuvers and nationalistic approach to politics, Nigeria is now a 2-party state presenting Nigerians with clear choices. This is in tandem with his tradition of selfless sacrifice, political foresight and unequalled commitment to progressive and people oriented politics. Bola Tinubu has served the cause of humanity and expanded the frontiers of freedom and democracy in Nigeria and the African Continent.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is one of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists and champions of federalism. He is one of the few leaders and champions of democracy with the potential and experience to take Nigeria to the next level.

Tinubu was not in Lagos on March 29, 1952.

He is married to Senator Oluremi Tinubu while the couple are blessed with children.

Graduated 1979 Sumna cum laude (with First Class Honours) in Business Administration (Accounting and Management) with cumulative weighted average point of 3.54 out of a maximum 4 points) from Chicago State University, Illinois, USA. Chicago State University Dean’s List (throughout his stay at the university).

He received Outstanding Student’s Award and Certificate of Merit in Accounting and Finance He was the President, Chicago State University Accounting Society, in his final year in 1979.

He worked with Arthur Anderson, Delliotte, Haskins and Sells (now Delliotte and Touche).

He also worked at Mobil Producing Nigeria as Senior Auditor and Company Treasurer.

He joined politics in 1989 and elected as Senator on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1992.

He later joined the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in opposition to the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which SDP candidate, the late Basorun Moshood Abiola won.

He was elected as Lagos State Governor in 1999, and served two terms till 2007.

As Lagos State governor, Tinubu carried out educational reforms, under which mission schools were returned to their original owners, after decades of government takeover.

The Christian mission schools handed back were CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Yaba, Igbobi College, Yaba, Aunty Ayo Girls High School, Keffi, Ikoyi, Lagos, Maryland Comprehensive High School, Ikeja, Lagos, Howells Memorial Grammar School, Lagos, Methodist Boys High School, Lagos, Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos, Our Lady of Apostles Girls School (Primary and Secondary), Yaba, Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls Secondary School, Yaba, Baptist Academy, Shepherd Hill, Obanikoro, Lagos, St. Gregory’s College, Obalende, Lagos, Holy Child College, Obalende, Lagos, Agbowa Ikosi Baptist Grammar School, Agbowa-Ikosi, African Church College, Ifako, Lagos, Aladura Comprehensive High School, Lagos, Apostolic Church Grammar School, Orisigun, Ketu, Lagos, African Church Grammar School, Lagos, Eva Adelaja School, Gbagada, Lagos.

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Daily Times 2017 Award Winners

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, January 5, 2018

Lifetime Achievement Award

Aliko Dangote

Ï A business mogul with passion for jobs creation

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Alhaji Aliko Dangote, a northerner, precisely from Kano State, was born on April 10, 1957 into a wealthy Muslim family.

Aliko Dangote is the founder and president/chief executive of the Dangote Group, the largest conglomerate in West Africa.

His eyes for business started right from when he was young as he recalled: “I can remember when I was in primary school, I would go and buy cartons of sweets (sugar boxes) and I would start selling them just to make money. I was so interested in business, even at that time.”

He studied business from the Al Azhar University, Cairo in Egypt and thereafter returned to Nigeria to work with his uncle, Sanusi Abdulkadir Dantata. His uncle later provided him a loan of 500,000 when he was just 21 years old to start a business.

The Dangote Group, which started as a small trading firm, was established in 1977. Today, it is a multi-trillion naira conglomerate with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.

At present, Dangote has enlarged his line of businesses to also cover food processing, cement manufacturing and freight.

The Dangote Group also dominates the sugar market in Nigeria and is a major sugar supplier to the country’s soft drink companies, breweries, and confection-

Dangote ers.

The Dangote Group has also moved from being a trading company to being the largest industrial group in Nigeria and these include: Dangote Sugar Refinery, Dangote Cement, and Dangote Flour just to mention but a few.

In July 2012, Dangote approached the Nigerian Ports Authority with the idea of leasing an abandoned piece of land at the Apapa Port, which was welcomed and approved. He later went to build facilities for his flour company there. So also in the 90’s,

he approached the Central Bank of Nigeria with the idea that it would be cheaper for the bank to allow his transport company to manage their fleet of staff buses which was also approved.

In Nigeria as of today, Dangote Group with its dominance in the sugar market and Sugar Refinery is the main supplier (70% of the market) to the country’s soft drinks companies, breweries and confectioners. It is indeed, the largest refinery in Africa and the third largest in the world producing 800,000 tonnes of sugar annually.

Apart from these, Dangote Group owns salt factories and flour mills and also being a major importer of rice, fish, pasta, cement and fertilizer.

It is instructive to note that Dangote Group currently has presence in 17 African countries and is a market leader in cement on the continent. One of the Group’s subsidiaries, Dangote Cement Plc, is the largest listed company in West Africa and the first Nigerian company to join the Forbes Global 2000 Companies list.

The Group has diversified into other sectors of the Nigerian economy including agriculture and is currently constructing the largest petroleum refinery, petrochemical plant and fertiliser complex in Africa.

Internationally, Dangote sits on

the board of the Corporate Council on Africa, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative, the Clinton Global Initiative, the McKinsey Advisory Council, and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.

He was named Co-chair of the US-Africa Business Centre in September 2016 by the US Chamber of Commerce. In April 2017, he joined the Board of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which is helping countries build the systems necessary to provide health services to their people.

A dedicated philanthropist, Dangote made an initial endowment of $1.25billion to the Dangote Foundation in March 2014, enabling it to scale up its work in health, education and economic empowerment.

In addition, he is collaborating with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight polio. He is also on the Board of ONE, the anti-poverty group, co-founded

by Bono.

In 2013, Forbes listed him as the ‘Most Powerful Man in Africa.’ In April 2014, TIME Magazine listed him among its 100 ‘Most Influential People in the World.’ He also made the list of CNBC’s ‘Top 25 Business men in the World’ that changed and shaped the century.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Leo Stan Ekeh

Ï A computer guru with a difference ÏÏÏ

Whenever anyone talks of technology in Nigeria, the name Chief Leo Stan Ekeh must be mentioned. Born on February 22, 1956 in Ubomiri, Mbaitoli in Imo State, Ekeh is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the wellknown indigenous firm, Zinox Technologies Limited, makers of personal computers.

The technology guru surprisingly does not have a technology background as he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Panjan University in India and a postgraduate degree in Risk Management from Nottingham University in England.

Ekeh began his journey in the technology business when he set up Task Systems Limited which was a pioneer in desktop publishing and computer graphics

in Nigeria. The company was so successful that it is to his credit the computerisation of a high percentage of print media in Nigeria.

The astute businessman also founded other companies including ITEC Solutions Limited and Technology Distribution Limited.

He then set up Zinox Technologies Limited in October 2001 to produce locally made computers.

Always pioneering, his computers were the first Nigerian made computers certified internationally.

Zinox was the first computer manufacturer in West Africa to attain the WHQL certification and the ISO 9001: 2000 certification. In October 2013, Zinox Technologies unveiled their first tablet computer called Zipad produced locally at a media conference at the company’s headquarters in Lagos. The company is the

leading computer manufacturing company in Nigeria and is patronised heavily by the Nigerian government especially during elections.

Ekeh through his company, Zinox Technologies, has given back to the society in several ways. One of which is the Computerize Nigeria Project which was launched on August 5, 2000.

The goal of the project was to sensitise and encourage development in the use of computers by Nigerians.

Another such project is the CANi Scheme which was set up to provide quality desktop and laptop computers to the Nigerian populace at below normal market prices with the option of bank financing and a 24 month repayment period.

The testimonial of Ekeh’s business genius can be seen in the numerous awards won by both him and his company. They include but are not limited to: Zinox computers as ICT Company

of the Year at the Thisday Awards for Excellence in 2007, Computer Brand of the Year in 2006 at the Nigerian Information Technology and Telecom Awards, 4 doctorate degrees from reputable universities, etc.

Ekeh was conferred with the honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) of Nigeria by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2004 and is also a board member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

Ekeh also serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Zinox Technologies Ltd and Buyright Africa Dotcom Limited. He founded TaskDirect Limited in 1987. Chief Leo Stan Ekeh as a first rate Indian trained economist and risk Manager, was honoured as an ICON of Hope by President Olusegun Obasanjo October 1, 2002 for his sustained pioneering effort in the area of information

Ekeh technology and also as a pride to modern Nigeria.

He attended Holy Ghost College, Owerri in Imo State for his secondary education. As a young man, he wanted to own the biggest transport company in Nigeria.

He later went to India for his university education, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Punjab

University.

Ekeh believes that studying in India was “a great turning point in my life because I found the economy of India a realistic economy”.

After his university education in India, Ekeh opted to study at the Cork City University, Ireland, and later transferred to Nottingham University, United Kingdom, earning a degree in Risk Management.