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For 10th time, MPC retains 14% rate to consolidate reforms

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tive period, voted to retain anchor lending rate (MPR) at 14%, Cash Reserves Ratio .22.5%, Liquidity 30% across Asymmetric Corridor at +200 and -500 basis points around the Monetary Policy rate.

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Anxiety as 3 federal lawmakers die within one month 7

Gov Obaseki sacks commissioner over sweepers’ protest 10

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Be champions of growth mindset, Ambode charges new perm secs ÏÏÏ Lagos State Governor,

Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday swore-in two new Permanent Secretaries with a charge on the appointees to lead by example and be champions of growth mindset in public service.

The State Government had recently launched a special advocacy campaign to engender growth mindset among civil servants and imbue them with the right skills and attitude to contribute to the efforts to fast-track development and set the State on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth.

Speaking at a brief swearing-in ceremony held at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, Governor Ambode charged the new appointees – Mrs Ayinde Rhoda Olubusola, and Mr Olusanya Ebenezer Abayomi, to key into the template already created for the civil service designed to stimulate change of mindset and the infusion of innovation and creativity in government business.

He said: “Every appointment comes with higher responsibilities and expectations. For the Lagos State Public Service, a template has been developed and it is

being implemented systematically.

Essentially, the template is about change of mindset and the infusion of innovation and creativity in government business.

“As members of the top echelon of the Public Service, you are expected to be champions of this paradigm shift not only by words but by your actions.

You must lead by example and create the environment for your subordinates to emulate high standards of performance. This is the only way we can build a public service for the future and one that has what it takes to facilitate the level of development required of a Smart City.”

While congratulating the Permanent Secretaries on their well-deserved appointments, Governor Ambode expressed confidence in their ability to succeed in their new assignments.

He added that though the exercise had become a regular ceremony to fill vacancies, concerted efforts must be made to resist the temptation to see it as a routine but a solemn commitment to live up to expected standards.

“Although this exercise

has become a regular ceremony due to the vacancies created from time to time as a result of retirement of office holders, we must resist the temptation to view it as mere routine with no serious significance attached.

On the contrary, it is a solemn occasion in which a commitment is made before God and man to live up to expected standards,” the Governor said.

Besides, Governor Ambode thanked the former Permanent Secretaries whose retirement necessitated the appointment and swearing-in of the new appointees, for their contributions to the civil service.

While Ayinde has been posted to the Office of Establishment and Training as Permanent Secretary, Olusanya is to assume office as Permanent Secretary/Tutor General, Education District II. Responding on behalf of the appointees, Ayinde thanked Governor Ambode for the opportunity to serve at the highest level in the civil service, assuring that they would serve with unalloyed commitment, dedication and support the good governance currently being witnessed in the State.

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R-L; President Muhammadu Buhari with APC Governors among whom are Chairman Nigerian Governors Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Chairman APC Governor’s Forum and Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Kano State Governor Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Plateau Stae Governor, Mr Simon Lalong at the Presidential Villa Abuja.

L-R: Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje; Governor of Kogi state,Yahaya Bello and Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode during All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors meeting with National Working Committee at the Party’s National secretariat in Abuja, yesterday P HOTO: TEMITOPE BALOGUN

We’re tackling water shortages in Sokoto - Tambuwal

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state government said it has devised strategies to tackle the current water scarcity bedeviling the state capital and parts of some major towns across the state.

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this when he inspected water levels at Goronyo dam which experts say have depleted by as much as 90 percent of its installed one billion cubic meter capacity.

Speaking after the inspection, Tambuwal said the depletion of the dam’s water level was alarming.

“The reservoir of Goronyo Dam was constructed to hold one billion cubic meter of water but as we’ve seen today, the water in it is just about 100 million cubic meter.

“This has resulted in inadequate supply to the water board and in effect, we had to resort to rationing water to the people. We have

however adopted proactive measures to boost supply to the people pending when the rains will come and increase the volume of water in the dam.

“I have directed the state water board to immediately reactivate 12 boreholes in Sokoto metropolis and build additional ones to supplement what we get from other sources,” the Governor added.

Tambuwal urged residents to be more patient as solution to the problem is implemented.

“We urge the people to be more patient and to please economise their use of water. Residents should please stop wasting water because it is a precious commodity.

We are doing everything possible to overcome these challenges.”

Tambuwal said since the turn of the year, the sum of N510 million has been released to the water

for the provision of water treatment chemicals, maintenance, settlement of electricity bills, provision of gas among others which are needed for effective water distribution.

He equally urged religious scholars and community leaders to pray for early rainfall in the state this year.

Conducting the Governor round the dam site, Managing Director of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Engineer Buhari Bature, said the depletion was the worst seen in the dam in over 25 years.

He attributed the problem to shortage of rainfall in 2017, climate change and lack of desilting of the dam.

He said the problem has affected water supply to water board and irrigation farming in Sokoto and Kebbi states.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on crouches, during All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors meeting with National Working Committee at the Party’s National secretariat in Abuja, yesterday Photo: Temitope Balogun

Ajimobi’s wife donates gift, cash to orphanages to commemorate 59th birthday

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In a deft move, APC Govs align with Buhari Continued from page 1 with President Muhammadu Buhari, with a resolve to abide by the party’s constitution and hold ward congresses as earlier directed by the President.

The governors of the APC had on Tuesday met with the President but the meeting ended in a stalemate.

Five APC governors: Abdulazeez Yari (Zamfara); Simon Lalong (Plateau); Rochas Okorocha (Imo); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) briefed State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting which held in the office of the President on Wednesday at the Aso Villa, Abuja.

Speaking to State House correspondents, Governor Yari said: “Gentlemen of the press, you know yester-

day we left you in the dark after the meeting and today we have seen so many captions that there is disagreement between the governors over the issue of party Chairman or about the party leadership.

“No. We had a meeting with Mr. President yesterday (Tuesday), and we extended the meeting tonight and we followed up with the consultations with the President now.

“We consulted and all the 24 governors of the APC are on the same page with Mr. President that we are going to respect our party constitution, we are going to respect the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. So therefore, we collectively agreed that we will have congresses at all levels - Local - State and National.

“And the committee set up by the National Secretar-

iat of our party headed by governor of Plateau State is presenting its report later today. The governors are also meeting with the National Working Committee today so that we come up with convention committee names as well as timetable of the election.

“So, there is no deadlock in our meeting, we have progressed and very soon you will have the names of the convention committee members as well as the timetable.”

Governor Okorocha on his part said: “I just want to let you know that there is no crisis in the APC at all. And we want to use this opportunity to advise the media operatives to stop spreading rumours of crisis in APC. There is no single crisis in APC. “The issue was one of people who believe that we did not have enough time to

organise a party congress and run election. Some people felt that it was a good idea but the most important thing is that, if we do that we will be contravening both our party constitution and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. That is the major issue that we have that they call crisis. We do not have virus.

“This morning we met with Mr. President to finetune issues, one regarding the congress and we have resolved that the congresses at all levels and the Chairman of the elongation committee is also finetuning the arrangement in the same line. To this effect, the convention committee will be set out, it will be announced.

“But let me correct one impression, the issue of congress and convention does not mean that the previous people who have

President Muhammadu Buhari (right), during a meeting with service chiefs in Abuja...on Wednesday.

Suspected herdsmen kill 5 in Taraba community attack ÏÏÏ

Suspected herdsmen on Wednesday killed four members of a family in Mbiya village, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.

The gunmen, according to a statement by the state government, stormed the village in the early hours of Wednesday.

The head of the family, Sunday Sabo, his wife and two children were killed during the attack.

Special Assistant to the Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, in the statement said the suspected herdsmen were armed dangerous weapon

including AK- 47.

“The family was asleep at the time the attackers stormed the community.

Sources said they were more than 20, all of them armed with guns and cutlasses. The herds later headed for Bassa village where they also set houses ablaze,” the statement read in part.

Theophilus Danjuma, former minister of defence who called on Nigerians to defend themselves against killers, is from the local government area.

The suspects also struck in a community where Danjuma’s farmland is.

The attackers reportedly

burnt alive Sunday Sabo, head of the family.

Samson Tinton, a witness, said over 20 suspected herdsmen stormed the village on Wednesday David Misal, police public relations officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the attack but did not give details.

Shiban Tikare, chairman of the local government, also confirmed the killings, saying the family were “slaughtered like children”.

“By the time we got there, the family of five, a man, his wife and children were slaughtered like chickens,” he said.

Darius Ishaku, governor of the state, said the attack is the “latest in the wave of herdsmen killing of innocent people in the state”.

He spoke through Bala Dan-Abu, his senior special assistant on media and publicity.

This attack is the latest in the wave of attack on innocent people in the state by suspected herdsmen.

Taraba State is among the states where Operation Cat Race by the Nigerian Army is currently going on. The operation, according to the military is aimed at disarming bandits in order to secure lives and properties.

served the party have done badly. And it does not mean that they cannot come back or that they cannot re-contest, that is not it. We are simply saying that their tenure has ended and those who wish to re-contest can re-contest and can be elected into our party structure.

So we are all one as family and we are set to go for 2019 elections in victory.”

Governor Lalong said: “I’m submitting my report today. There is no crisis in our party.”

Buhari had at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of March 27 in Abuja said that the NWC’s tenure extension decided at NEC’s meeting on February 27 was illegal and unconstitutional.

The NEC had extended the tenure of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC and other executive committees of the party across all levels in the country by one year, starting from June.

The president had explained that the decision was already causing acrimony within the party as some of its members who were not comfortable with the matter had taken it to court.

Following the president’s rejection of the extension, he called a closed-door meeting with the APC governors on Tuesday.

After the meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, most of the governors wore long faces when they emerged from the meeting which lasted for close to two hours.

They simply declined to comment on the outcome of their meeting when State House correspondents approached some of them.

Meanwhile, the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has said that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party would take the final decision on the issue of the tenure elongation impasse when it meets on Monday next week.

The party also said every other member apart from NEC which is the highest body including the party governors were expressing their views which are personal and not binding on the party.

Addressing newsmen after a closed door meeting on Wednesday at the party secretariat in Abuja with some governors of the party, Odigie-Oyegun, said the party had resolved to hold another NEC meeting next week Monday where

report of the technical committee put in place will be presented and decision will be taken.

“Today, the Governors and the National Working Committee of the party decided to sit and look at the issues that are seemingly dividing us. I want to say to you with absolute satisfaction and pride that all the issues you have been commenting about in the last two days have been completely and totally resolved.

“We are back in business as one united and happy family. I want to also say that yesterday; we set up a technical committee as ordered by NEC. From the very first minute that we called them to session, they have worked non-stop because I emphasised when I was inaugurating them that their report was time sensitive.

“It is sensitive because we have already sent out notices for the meeting of NEC which will hold on Monday. I am glad to say that the chairman of the technical committee has reported that his report will be ready this evening or tomorrow morning.

“This report will be placed before NEC on Monday, April 9 and appropriate decision will be taken. Thereafter, we will announce to you the further steps that we are going to take resulting from NEC consideration on the recommendations when we receive them.

“The bottom line is that the APC leadership is back as one happy united and focused party; Strongly behind our president and strongly behind our governors in all the states”, he said.

Also speaking with newsmen, APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said: “It is left for the NEC to decide and if the committee recommends that the position of NEC should be maintained, then there would be no need for an elective convention and then the president and those who are concerned that the decision we have taken is correct or not will have more confidence in the position of the party.

“But if the committee recommends that congresses should be held then NEC will consider the report and at the same time, decide whether to reverse itself.

However, as I speak with you, there is no evidence whether the Committee will recommend this way or the other way”.

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For 10th time, MPC retains 14% rate to consolidate reforms Continued from page 1 The committee admonished the Federal Government to redeem contractors’ obligation in its purview estimated at N2.7 trillion to enable contractors liquidate their loans with the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to address rising None Performing Loans( NPLs).

Communicating MPC decisions to the media on Wednesday, Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said that the decision to hold all key policies unchanged was unanimously decided by nine MPC members after exhaustive re-

view of economic of both outlook and side risks.

The Daily Times recalls that the committee increased MPR, CBN’s lending benchmark to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) from 12 % to 14 % in July , 2016 and it has remained unchanged at 14% since then.

On the outlook trajectory, Emefiele said that the members of MPC took significant note of progress recorded by economy which he said was spurred by implementation of Economic Recovery and Growth Plan ( EGRP).

According to the CBN governor, the Committee was of the view that further

tightening would strengthen the impact of monetary policy on inflation with complementary positive effects on capital flows and exchange rate stability.

Emefiele said, “Nevertheless, it could potentially dampen the positive outlook for growth and financial stability.

“However, the Committee is of the view that loosening would strengthen the outlook for growth by stimulating domestic aggregate demand through reduced cost of borrowing.

“This may, however, lead to a rise in consumer prices, generating exchange rate pressures on the cur-

rency in the process.

“The Committee also believes that loosening could worsen the current account balance through increased importation.

“On the argument to hold, the Committee believes that key macroeconomic variables have continued to evolve in a positive direction in line with the current stance of macroeconomic policy and should be allowed more time to fully manifest.

The CBN governor advised that quick passage of 2018 Budget by National Assembly will not only accelerate economy recovery pace but deepen investors

L-R: Chairman, Organising Committee, 2018 Lagos State Security Summit, Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje; Executive Secretary/C.E.O, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun; Special Adviser to the Governor on Lagos Global, Prof. Ademola Abass; Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan and Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), ACP Olatunji Disu during a Press Conference on the 2018 Lagos State Security Summit, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos... on Wednesday

Buhari okays purchase of $1bn military equipment Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the purchase of military hardware worth $1billion for the use of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Buhari gave the approval on Wednesday during a meeting with the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), and the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Dan-Ali disclosed this development to State House correspondents shortly after the meeting in which the President directed the security chiefs to intensify efforts at securing the release of Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by Boko Haram for allegedly refusing to renounce her faith.

According to him, the meeting also discussed security situations across the country and the steps being taken to mitigate them.

The minister further said that the money was the same approved by the state governors to be withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency in the country.

Others at the meeting include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi Olonisakin, and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai.

Also present at the meeting were the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris.

APC passing through death throes, pre-election trauma PDP ÏÏÏ THE

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has observed that the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) was already passing through death throes and pre-election trauma as says the party leaders were now in a frenzy over “the baggage of an extremely unpopular Presidential candidate, ahead of the 2019 general election.”

According to the opposition party, the confusion, backstabbing and vicious scheming in the APC is a tragic testimony of a party that has become politically decapitated by the evident dishonesty, greed, selfishness and lust for power by its incompetent leaders.

These were contained in a statement issued by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday.

The statement said it was now clear that the APC

“is an ideologically empty movement and a special purpose vehicle put together by egoistic strange bedfellows just for the purpose of winning political power and not for the good of Nigerians.”

The PDP further said: “The APC is stewing in its own venomous broth. The nation can now see why, even with a sitting President, the party is still finding it difficult to agree on simple issues, but always attempt to circumvent and violate the laws to push desperate agenda of their selfish leaders.

“We call on Nigerians not to be deceived by the sudden law-abiding stance of the APC, as it is merely cosmetic and meant to cloak their hidden but soon to be manifested plots to manipulate the laws to push a selfsuccession plan of their incompetent candidate.

confidence.

He said that MPC members advised Federal Government to restrain from domestic borrowing in order to free credit lines for private sector to borrow.

He said the body expressed concern over election expenses with 2019 general elections months away.

On what measures the CBN has put in place, the apex bank boss urged Federal Government to pay contractors debts.

Emefiele explained that the “CBN has been very clear about this, and the size of contractor ‘debt is N2.7trillion and because these debts are unpaid to the contractors, the contractors themselves are unable to service or pay back their loans at the banks and that is why we seized the opportunity of this communique to talk about it so that these debts can be paid. The Central Bank itself stands ready to accord some form of liquidity status to some of these debts and through that mechanism we believe the NPL will recede and then the banks can now continue to play their role which is to catalyze growth and support credit delivery to the Nigerian economy.

The CBN, Emefiele said, would come up with mechanisms that would enable banks have credit facilities.

He said: “From time to time, the banking supervision department that primarily supervises or that has direct oversight on the operations of banks put in place policies that will encourage credit. The Monetary Policy Committee indeed looked at the size of credit to the economy and not very satisfied that credit growth has not been as good as we thought. For instance, between November 2017 to February 2018, the volume of credit has practically platooned at N16 trillion which we consider very very low because we think, for us to push for growth, the Deposit Money Banks must in one way or the other, be encouraged to grant credit to those who need credit.

“The details as to the kind of guidelines that will be unfolded by the Central Bank through the DBMs to encourage them to increase credit to the private sector so that to catalyze growth in the economy, will be made available in due course.”

However, the apex bank

boss said: “it is important for us to know that the CBN will continue to adopt as stated in the communique, the unconventional monetary approach that will in line with our development finance objectives to accelerate credit to the week, to the needy, to the priority sector of the economy at a single digit interest rate with a view to ensuring that we play our own role to catalyze growth to the country. Here we are talking about not only to the SMEs, to the Agric sector particularly and also to some very important and core manufacturing sectors of the economy at single digit interest rate. We will accelerate it and I think that the president about two weeks ago, inaugurated the presidential food security council which the committee applauded and I am sure that whatever support that is needed to boost food security in Nigeria, the Central Bank will support such measures.”

The new Deputy Governors, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad and Mr. Edward Lametek Adamu as well as the newly confirmed MPC members - Professor Adeola Festus Adenikinju; Dr. Robert Asogwa and Dr. Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi were all present and that brought the number of the MPC members that participated at the first monetary meeting for this year to a total of nine.

The Committee was of the view that further tightening would strengthen the impact of monetary policy on inflation with complementary positive effects on capital flows and exchange rate stability.

Nevertheless, it could potentially dampen the positive outlook for growth and financial stability.

But the Committee is of the view that loosening would strengthen the outlook for growth by stimulating domestic aggregate demand through reduced cost of borrowing.

This may, however, lead to a rise in consumer prices, generating exchange rate pressures on the currency in the process.

The Committee also believes that loosening could worsen the current account balance through increased importation.

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Anxiety as 3 federal lawmakers die within one month Henry Omunu, Tunde Opalana Ɨ Mathew Dadiya, ƄƑƉ

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and anxiety in the National Assembly, following the death of Senator Bukar Mustapha, the federal lawmaker representing Katsina North at the Upper Chamber.

Until his sudden death, the late senator represented President Muhammadu Buhari’s senatorial district at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.

Senator Mustapha’s death brings to three, the number of federal lawmakers that died in less than one month. He died Wednesday after a brief illness.

But Senator Mustapha’s death is coming less than a week after the deputy majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Umar Jibril, died after a protracted illness.

He died shortly after the Senate is still mourning the demise of Senator Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi) who died barely three weeks ago.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Katsina State and the National Assembly on the passing away of Senator Mustapha Bukar.

Buhari described his death as a “great loss to Nigeria’s democracy and the engineering profession.’’

He sent condolences to the family members, friends and professional colleagues of the legislator, who distinguished himself as an engineer before vying for political office to serve his people.

The President recalled that as a young engineer,

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the deceased used his ingenuity to proffer a lasting solution to the perennial water crisis in Katsina, working variously as a General Manager of the Water Board, Director of National Water Rehabilitation Project and Director, Water Supply at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

The President said, “Senator Bukar was so dedicated to his responsibilities and hardworking that he got an appointment with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, where he also demonstrated the same dedication and passion for service.

“I am always touched by the death of dedicated and creative public servants like Senator Bukar. We should emulate such rare and hardworking Nigerians for the progress of our country.’’

The President prayed that Allah would bless and forgive the soul of the deceased.

In a related development, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of the Senator In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki described the death of Senator Bukar as one too many coming a few weeks after the Red Chamber lost Senator Ali Wakili.

Saraki said, “I am saddened to learn about the passing of another friend and colleague, Senator Mustapha Bukar. When I and some of my colleagues visited Senator Bukar in the hospital after Jummat prayers last Friday, we

Man hacks his 38-year-old son to death Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

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A middle-aged man identified as Onyenwe Offor Ajah has reportedly hacked his 38- year-old son, Kenneth Ajah, to death.

Ajah. who hails from Ameke-Enu Oduma in Aninri local government Area of Enugu State, was said to gave killed his son during an argument. But the circumstances that led to the untimely death of Kenneth is yet to be established.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said

that the unfortunate incident took place on the 28 of March,b2018 at about 4.30pm.

According to the statement, trouble ensued at Orie Oduma Market between the father and his son while the former allegedly used an object to hit Kenneth on his head.

It was further gathered that Ajah Kenneth later became unconscious and was later confirmed dead.

Meanwhile, the deceased body has been deposited at Awgu District General Hospital Mortuary while manhunt on the fleeing suspect (the father) has commenced.

prayed with him and we were filled with hope that he would soon recuperate and resume his normal life and legislative activities.

“As a first-time lawmaker, Senator Bukar stood out for the quality of his contributions on the floor, his pragmatism and his work to strengthen the institution of the legislature.

We shall sorely miss his vibrancy and progressive mindset.

“But now that he is no more, we cannot query Almighty Allah over the incident because He gives and takes as it pleases Him. The late Bukar was forthright

and gentle in all his dealings.

“This is indeed another painful moment for the Senate, a sad moment for his immediate family, his constituents in Katsina North Senatorial District and the people and government of Katsina State.

“As we mourn his passing, my thoughts and prayers are with his family, President Muhammadu Buhari and the government and people of Katsina State.

I pray that the Almighty Allah, in His infinite grace, grants the dear and departed senator a place among the righteous ones in Aljannah firdaus.”

Also, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness and shock over the death of the Senator Mustapha Bukar, representing Katsina North Senatorial District, who died today in Abuja after a brief illness.

Dogara particularly lamented that the passing on of Sen. Bukar is coming barely a week after the death of a member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State and Deputy House Leader, Rep. Umar Buba Jibrin and less than a month after the demise of a senator from Bauchi State, Senator Ali Wakili.

The Speaker described late Senator Bukar as a fine

gentleman who exhibited high moral disposition and earned respect from his colleagues and associates while representing Daura Zone in the Senate.

“This is a great loss and painful one for that matter, especially coming at a time when we are still mourning the passing away of two of our colleagues, and distinguished lawmakers.

“Sen. Bukar was a respected lawmaker, a fine gentleman who carried himself with a lot of dignity and contributed immensely to the growth of the parliament and democracy in general. He was a patriotic politician whose exploits in the Senate were eventful.

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the Committee believes that key macroeconomic variables have continued to evolve in a positive direction in line with the current stance of macroeconomic policy and should be allowed more time to fully manifest.

Speaking on the outcome of the MPC, the Managing Director, Bic Consultancy Services, Dr. Boniface Chizea, said the MPC has announced its decision in keeping the monetary policy indices as it is. “I thought that was on the cards.”

Chizea further said that, “It is also recommended that we should formulate a regression model with the demand for credit as the

endogenous variable with interest rate as one of the exogenous variables to ascertain via the coefficient of correlation the extent to which cost of money impact the demand for credit.

“My take is that it is not significant except for the Corporate Treasurer. We should as a people meanwhile keep our eyes focused on the improvement we are witnessing with the economic indices while trusting and giving the benefit of the doubt to the monetary authorities that they are on top of their act to continue to promote the improvement in health of the national economy as we are currently enjoying.

“As the saying goes, ‘If it is not broken why mend it.’

We have witnessed steady

recovery of the economy from notional growth in GDP to persistent downward decline in the rate of inflation for about 12 months now. And as policy makers, the likely inclination would be not to rock the boat.”

But the FSDH Research had noted that the shortterm outlook of the Nigerian economy favours monetary policy easing in order to stimulate credit creation and economic growth.

“The easing may be in the form of an adjustment to the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) or an adjustment to the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR).”

The FSDH Research’s analysis of the growth pattern however, showed that two sectors, Agriculture

and, Mining and Quarrying were the major drivers of growth. They were the two sectors out of the six largest sectors of the Nigerian economy that recorded growth in 2017.

Other leading sectors such as trade, information and communication, manufacturing, and real estate all contracted; thus, the need for monetary policy easing. The increase in the crude oil price and favourable crude oil production in Nigeria have increased capital inflows and also led to favourable trade balance.

Consequently, the country’s external reserves (30Day Moving Average) increased substantially in the last five months, growing to $46.69billion at 26 March, 2018.

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Fayose raises the alarm over Buhari’s approval of $1bn for arms ÏÏÏ GOVERNOR

Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency, saying it was rather for the conduct of the 2019 election.

Fayose in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Wednesday, alleged that “it as a pooling of public funds for the purpose of funding President Buhari’s reelection as well as the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States.”

The governor demanded to know whether or not the $1 billion was from the Excess Crude Account (ECA), saying “it will be illegal and against the principle of federalism that operates in Nigeria for the President, who is the head of just one of the federating units to approve spending of fund belonging to the three tiers of government without the consent of heads of other federating units.”

Governor Fayose asked: “When did the National Assembly approve the spending of the $1 billion? Or can the President spend $1 billion belonging to Nigerians without the approval of the National Assembly?”

He said “Nigerians required explanations from the federal government as to where the $1 billion will be sourced because the President lacked the power to unilaterally spend money from the Excess Crude Account. Not even when there is a pending suit by Ekiti State Local Council Chairmen, challenging the powers the 36 state governors to purportedly execute the constitutional duty of the Federal government without their consent.”

“Since they said they have defeated Boko Haram, and later told Nigerians that they had a ceasefire agreement with the insurgents, what else do they need a whopping sum of $1 billion (over N370 billion) for; if not to fund the 2019 elections?

“Also, up till now, the government is yet to give satisfactory explanations as to the abduction and return of the

Dapchi School Girls. With the hurried approval of $1 billion, is it not being reinforced that the Boko Haram insurgency has become a source of looting public fund by this government?

“It is on record that Transparency International (TI) once said in its report that some top military officials in the country were feeding fat from the war against Boko Haram by creating fake contracts and laundering the proceeds in the United States, United Kingdom and elsewhere.”

The governor reiterated his challenge to the federal government to make available to Nigerians, how the money released by international donors for the fight against Boko Haram was spent.

He said; “Like I have maintained, they are building a huge financial war chest towards the 2019 elections and our treasury is daily being looted to achieve this. One of such means is the $1 billion approved by the President, purportedly for the procurement of arms to fight a Boko Haram insurgency they claimed to have defeated.

Man pleads guilty to attacking mother-inlaw, baby with machete ÏÏÏ A 32-year-old man, Usman Abdullahi,

on Wednesday pleaded guilty to launching an attack on his mother-in-law and her three-year-old daughter with a machete before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Abdullahi was arraigned for assault.

He, however, entered a “guilty plea”.

Summarily, the Chief Magistrate, A. Ipaye-Nwachukwu, directed that the accused should be kept behind bars in prison pending sentence.

Earlier, Police Inspector, Chinalu Uwadione, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 22 at 6.00 p.m. at Kadara Street, Ebute Meta on Lagos Mainland.

He said Abdullahi used a matchete to cut Ladi Yakubu (his wife’s mother) and her three-year-old daughter (name withheld).

He said Abdullahi justified the attack on the woman and her baby because she claimed that he (the accused) was responsible for the death of his child.

The offence contravened Section 245 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The magistrate adjourned the case until May 31 for facts and sentence.

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Oyo sets up task force on kidnappings ÏÏÏ THE

Oyo State Government on Wednesday reiterated that adequate security measures have been put in place to address the insecurity situation in the Oke-Ogun area of the state following the increased rate of kidnappings.

The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun disclosed this in

Ibadan.

Arulogun explained that after the various meetings held with farmers, herdsmen, traditional rulers, security agencies and other stakeholders, the Governor of the state Senator Abiola Ajimobi recently set up a taskforce to look into the spate of kidnappings, maiming and crisis between the herdsmen and

60 assorted fire arms, ammunitions recovered in Kano Yakubu Salisu, Kano

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command In response to the directive of Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, instructing state police commissioners across the country to retrieve illegally acquired fire arms from individuals in their respective commands, has recovered 60 prohibited and illegally acquired fire arms and ammunitions from individuals across the 44 local government areas of the state.

This was made known to news men in Kano on Wednesday by the state Police Commissioner Mr. Rabi’u Yusuf.

According to him, some of the weapons were recovered from criminals while others were voluntarily handed over by their owners.

Among riffles recovered

were, one Sniper rifle, 25 AK47, 1 G3, 2 Lar combat rifles, 23 locally-made and assorted pistols among others.

While displaying the recovered fire arms to reporters at the state police command, Yusuf warned members of the public yet to surrender illegally and prohibited fire arms and ammunitions in their custody to do so, emphasising that the police would soon embark on house-to-house search for the illegal weapons.

Furthermore, He added that after the exercise the police command will deploy its personnel to various entry points to the state to checkmate further influx of illegal fire arms and ammunition.

The operation he said, is partly connected to the security build-up preparatory for a peaceful conduct of 2019 general elections.

Kano honours Rimi, pours encomium Yakubu Salisu, Kano

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Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has described the state’s first civilian governor Alh. Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi, as a democrat and a leader with foresight and sincere to a purpose for the emancipation of the populace(Talakawa).

Ganduje represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Alhaji Usman Alhaji made this remarks on Wednesday, during the 8th Memorial Lecture organized by the Kano State government in collaboration with the committee of friends and supporters of the first civilian governor of old Kano state, held at the coronation hall, Kano State government House. “ This event is one way of preserving his legacies and acknowledging the historical role he played as an ideological yet practical politician, astute administrator, a pru-

dent manager of resources and a visionary leader” Rimi who served between 1979 -1983 was a pioneering legend who made tremendous achievements in areas such as literacy programme through the agency for mass education, the science and technical school board, the primary education board, Kano State environmental protection board, rural electrification board, the city television, KASCO among many others.

Rimi, also is being remembered for his ability to chart a course towards driving Kano to becoming a self-reliant state so that it would stop relying on handouts from the Federal Government through an aggressive agricultural development policy and commercial activities transformation through the creation of Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO) and Kano Agricultural Development Authority (KNARDA).

farmers in the Oke-Ogun Area, noting that the task force visited the zone to ascertain the present situation of things in the area.

Mr Arulogun said that the government has mandated security agencies in the state to beef up security around the state and improve on their intelligence gathering, stating that these efforts have been yielding positive results with the arrest of some suspected kidnappers by the security agencies.

He said that the increase in surveillance by the security agencies has doused the tension in the area, assuring that the state gov-

ernment will continue to provide adequate measures to ensure that lives and properties are secured in the State.

According to the commissioner, “the security situation in the State is not as bad as being portrayed by some mischievous individuals.

The breach was more from external than internal persons. Our administration is known for peace, safety and security.

This is evident in the 4-Star rating as a Well Qualified State to help foreign and domestic investors given by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commis-

sion (NIPC).

Also, the state was adjudged as the 4th best investment-friendly state and one of the only five states that attracted investment to the country in the last quarter of 2017 by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

“It is based on the peaceful cum secured environment that new businesses are springing up with a renaissance of the night economy in the state and government is getting a lot of investment requests.

We cannot allow anything to disrupt the peace in the state and that is the reason the Governor set up a task force to address the

issue of Oke Ogun in addition to the existing security apparatus.

“The security agencies in Oyo State are living up to expectation and we should all join hands with them to ensure that security is not breached in the state.

We should commend them for their improved intelligence as well as proactiveness to ensure that the state is not turned into the crisis-torn state.

On our part, the government will not renege to provide adequate security for its people and support all the security agencies to perform their duties well,” Arulogun added.

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$350m: Ooni appeals to Kaduna Senators to support el-rufai ÏÏÏ THE Ooni of

Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has appealed to the three Kaduna state Senators to forget their political differences and support their governor in the interest of development of the state.

The monarch was apparently reacting to the $350m which the Kaduna state government is seeking approval from the Senate and which the Senate recently rejected.

He said: “On the loan, I call on the Senators from Kaduna State to join hands with their Governor, Malam

Nasir El-Rufai and look at the future, they should not allow their political differences to allow the state lose the opportunity on ground.

Ooni made the appeal while speaking at the opening ceremony of the Kaduna invest Summit with the theme: Partnership for development in Kaduna on Wednesday.

He said Kaduna is a peculiar state with huge potentials and one of the most blessed states in the entire black race.

The monarch called on the three Senators to support their Governor, join hands with him as a formi-

dable force to make things work in the state.

“Let us look for the betterment of people we govern irrespective of political differences, don’t let your political differences affect the good thing that should happen in Kaduna State.

“I want to appeal to leaders to put their political differences aside in the interest of developing your state and the people who elected you.

“Kaduna is the convergent State for the entire northern region, and the need to convert the huge potentials into reality is imperative.

“We should all look in-

ward and come together as one big family in terms of our comparative advantages.”

On the summit, the royal father said, “there is the need in partnering for a better Nigeria, let us join hands to make sure that the summit will continue to yield results and not a talk show jamboree.”

Commending the efforts of the governor, the Ooni said,”Governor el-Rufai is the brightest, smartest and boldest governor in Nigeria,” adding that the governor needs all the support to transform the state positively.

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Meningitis threats: NEMA, FEMA launch campaign against CSM ÏÏÏ

The National Emergency Management Agency and FCT Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday launched campaign against Cerebrospinal meningitis.

The NEMA DirectorGeneral, Mustapha Maihaja, said at the launching in Abuja that the agency had the mandate to respond to strategic disasters in Nigeria.

Maihaja, who was represented by Bitrus Samuel, the Head of NEMA, Abuja Operations, said CSM epidemics was common in sub-Saharan Africa.

He said the epidemic was more intense during the dry season, pointing out that 2017 recorded the highest suspected cases with

8,057 as at April 2017.

According to him, the objective of the conference is to alert the public on the preventive method and response of CSM cases to reduce the spread.

He said: “The conference was organised to get expert advice, on the symptoms, preventive measures, control and management.

“To get information about the preparedness and response plan of all the main public health response agencies based on lessons learned from the 2017 outbreak.”

Also, Dr Muhammad Saleh, Senior Public Health Specialist, U.S Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, priority diseases like CSM were monitored

on yearly basis and the centre provides preventive measures to them.

He said that 26 states in North-West, North-East and North-Central fell within the meningitis belt.

Saleh said: “One of the key preventive measures is health education, to educate the public about the

signs and symptoms of meningitis, so that when they see it, they can seek for medical help immediately.

“The common symptoms are fever, neck pain, neck stiffness and general body pain.

“For toddlers, we have inability to eat or take breast milk but the common thing

to look out for is the neck stiffness, which is the key symptom for meningitis.”

He said there should be general and personal hygiene, washing of hand before and after using the toilet, adding that environmental sanitation assists in preventing CSM. Saleh said the disease

could easily spread in a crowded environment, noting that proper ventilation was key in the prevention of CSM. Florence Wenegieme, Head Disaster Risk Reduction, FCT FEMA, said the conference was to prepare for possible outbreak of the disease.

Gov Obaseki sacks commissioner over sweepers’ protest Ï `ƆƗƆƍƋ ƕ ^ƆƏƌ dƆƅè Lƈ ê Ƈ Environment Titus Akhigbe, Benin

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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has sacked the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun.

But The Daily Times has reliably gathered that the sudden removal of the commissioner and the redeployment of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment might not be unconnected to the embarrassing protest by street sweepers on Tuesday in Benin over alleged non-payment of six months salaries All attempts to get Okun’s response to his sudden sack proved abortive, as all calls to his mobile phone were unanswered at press time.

The governor also directed the immediate retirement of the General

Manager, Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua.

The governor further directed that the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Mrs. Obahiagbon R.E., should be redeployed to another ministry.

In a statement signed

by Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., the state government directed the officials to “handover their assignments to the most senior government official in their offices with immediate effect. They are also to handover all government property in their possession to the appropriate authorities.”

In the statement, the government thanked the disengaged officials for their service to the state and wished them well in their future endeavours.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (third right) with the Chairman, House Committee on Works, Rt Hon. Toby Okechukwu (left); Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Gbazueagu Nweke Gbazueagu (3rd left); Senator Hyde Onuaguluchi (second right), others, during the flag off of Nkwo Inyi-Akpugoeze-Anambra Border road…on Wednesday.

Another ex-Ekiti deputy governor resigns from PDP

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THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has lost another of its chieftains and a former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Sikiru Tae-Lawal, who has announced his resignation from the party.

Dr. Tae-Lawal followed the steps of another former deputy governor of the state, Mr. Bisi Omoyeni, who formally left the PDP for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Monday.

Dr. Tae-Lawal, who served as the deputy governor in the government of Chief Segun Oni, said he was quitting the PDP due to “irreconcilable differences” over the forthcoming

primary of the party.

According to him, he took the action based on what he said was “available fact” that the party’s delegates’ list had allegedly been skewed in favour of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s preferred aspirant and deputy, Professor Kolapo Olusola.

Lawal, who is also gunning for the party’s ticket said he had also resigned from his position as a non-executive Director in Odu’a Investment Company Limited.

Lawal, in a letter dated April 3, 2018, entitled “Withdrawal of Membership” and addressed to the Chairman of the party in Ward 9,

Ado Ekiti, Mr Tope Makanjuola, said his resignation takes effect from the date he communicated same to the party.

He said: “Reference to above, I wish to inform you that I, Sikiru Tae Lawal with membership number 2620001 registered at ward 9, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State wish to withdraw my membership of your party, PDP effective from today, Tuesday, 3rd April 2018.”

Lawal said he decided to take such a decision to afford him the opportunity to be able to defend his political interest and that of his people in another party.

He, however, did not men-

tion the political platform he would defect with his supporters across the 177 wards in the state.

He said: “Whatever you do in politics, you do it for yourself and your people. It seems PDP no longer needs us because the processes leading to our primary have been badly manipulated in favour of an aspirant.

“The message was clear that there is no level playing ground again in our party and there is no point wasting time in a party that has lost its bearing because the PDP is no longer the people’s choice, it has lost its goodwill due to pervasive impunity in the system.

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Only Atiku can salvage Nigeria from its current woes- Oladimeji Fabiyi Olademeji, a close ally of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the national coordinator of Atiku campaign groups and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with THERESA TEKENAH, Oladimeji speaks about the presidential ambition of the former vice president and why he deserves the PDP presidential ticket among other issues.

OLADIMEJI When should we expect Atiku to formally declare for the office of the president?

First and foremost; there are two things that happens, one is an event the other is a process; event in the sense that he move from APC to PDP; now he is in PDP, there are so many things to be done before declaration, consultation, meeting people this is a process. And you notice that when he returned life returned to PDP, he is on that process and as soon the process is over he would come out to say if he would contest, don’t forget that he is a founding member of the party, there are also many things to be done, these are processes, don’t forget he is the founding member of the party and he was forced out of the party, that is history now; he is meeting people, he is going there, that is a process, telling them that he has returned to the party, he met with Fayose as the chairman of the governors forum some weeks back, he has also been attending private events.

The battle line is as soon as this process is complete he would declare, he is consulting and there must be consultation, INEC has not even set time for the primaries, he is going through that process of meeting people, let them know that he is back in the party, and in a couple of weeks, he would come out and tell Nigerians his next move.

How are you managing the large number of groups indicating interest in working for Atiku?

We are overwhelmed by the number of people coming out by the day declaring their interest for Atiku. Right now there are about 600 groups coming together to support Atiku and we are in the process of profiling these groups now. It is not about Atiku, it is about the future of Nigeria, it is about him coming out to rescue the future of Nigeria, it is about the future of our youths.

How do you react to the insinuation that Atiku is corrupt?

The question of Atiku being corrupt is stale news now. Atiku’s wealth is not government money, it means his wealth is gotten through hard work, he has let the world know how he got into merchandising, he got loan, buys house, got into custom and he invested into agriculture and education; we know people who stole Nigeria’s money

Atiku is the second highest employer of labour in the country; go to Adamawa State, the school he built has put the state in the world map. Here is a man who almost lost his life while fighting for democracy for the country, a thorough family man, and he has the policy to move the country forward. He has the friends and connections to move the country forward, he is the best candidate for the job. where are they now? They are very broke, the money is finished. Atiku have told people how he invested in business, how he got loans to start, how he joined customs and left, how he invested into properties and he has challenged Nigerians if you have corruption case against me bring it forward and lets see. Nobody up till today has come forward, we are tired of talking about this issue, he has been traveling around the world, and nobody has arrested him. We know people saying all these things, Atiku had many times said how his got his wealth, let them come out and say how they got their wealth too.

Atiku belongs to the past, but he is still relevant to the present, and the future of youths of this country, it is about Nigeria, it is the future, Atiku belongs to the past, but he is still relevant to the present and the youths is key to the future of the country.

What machinery are you putting in place to ensure that those groups who would work against the interest of Atiku are checked like they have done in the past?

I want to say it is not the groups that worked against Atiku, it is the elite of the country, I call it elite conspiracy, they are against him because they think if he comes to power; he would not serve their interest,

they cannot control him. This is the reason they are working against him, it is up to us as Nigerians to work against these people. It is on record that Atiku has the ability to move the country forward; and they are afraid and they know if he comes to power he would surpass their achievements that is also why they are afraid. This few elite do not want this country to move forward we make a big mistake by electing someone like Buhari, lets move this country forward, get your PVC and you can vote these people out that is s the way forward.

Is Atiku ready to apologies to Obasanjo as advised by Jonathan?

Atiku holds nothing against Obasanjo and I believe Obasanjo holds nothing against him, there is no basis for begging; Jonathan talked like a leader, his advice is good. Atiku has taken it if he thinks there is need to do that he would do it.

How do you react to the Obasanjo inspired third force Coalition?

It is only God that makes leaders, nobody gave Obasanjo chance that he would come back to rule; judging where Jonathan was coming from whoever think is going to become the president? It is only God that determines; 1000 supporters cannot make any body president. Lets wait to see the outcome, whether third force or 5th force Nigerians are waiting to see the outcome.

Is Atiku desperate to rule Nigeria?

No, Atiku has been running for president for some time now; he contested in 1993 and he willingly stepped down for Abiola. In 2003 he stepped down for Obasanjo in spite of the fact that 19 of the governors where in his support, he said the Yorubas have only been in office for four years, in 2014 he had grounds to challenge Buhari in court, but he said lets deepen democracy.

He is not desperate to rule, he just want to liberate this country. Can somebody be desperate to serve his country. He is not like Buhari who contested several times under different party. Atiku just want to give back to the country, as the president he can do more for Nigerians.

Is he ready for dialogue with the other

presidential aspirants in PDP? When we get to that bridge we would cross it, we would speak with other candidates, but INEC has not declared the race open.

What has Atiku to offer Nigerians?

Here is a man who was an orphan at the age of 16, this is about a man who does not have any helper, he got educated through government scholarship; he got to where he is through hard work; his selling point is that he is a successful business man. Atiku is the second highest employer of labour in the country; go to Adamawa State, the school he built has put the state in the world map.

Here is a man who almost lost his life while fighting for democracy for the country, a thorough family man, and he has the policy to move the country forward. He has the friends and connections to move the country forward; he is the best candidate for the job.

How do you react to the election time table drama?

The Senate could not have been wrong; it is part of the beauty of democracy; I don’t think they have broken any law, fundamentally the National Assembly has right to amend the constitution, they have not tampered with the time, they only tempered with sequence. The sequence does not matter, why is Mr. President bothered about the time and sequence as if he is confident he would win the election.

The PDP is said to be in another crisis how true is this?

Let them say what they like, there is no crisis in PDP; we may have disgruntled members here and there, we may have few issues after the convention; it is part of politics; what of APC; the problem in PDP is smaller than what we have in APC, we would sort things out, since PDP came back APC knows they are in problem, let them go and do convention first.

They said Wike has hijacked the party?

One person cannot hijack the party, we have executive, the dynamics that shapes the convention is bigger than Wike, he may have the resources but he cannot take over the party structure.

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APC passes vote of confidence on Abia exco, ratifies Ikechi Emenike’s suspension Stories by Patrick Okohue It was a time of respite Tuesday for the executive members of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, as leaders and stakeholders of the party passed a vote of confidence on the State chairman, Hon. Donatus Nwamkpa and members of the state working committee (SWC).

This is even as the SWC, leaders and stakeholders of the party ratified the suspension of Chief Ikechi Emenike, a former governorship candidate in the state and a chieftain of the APC. The suspension was slammed on him by his ward executives of the party over alleged antiparty activities.

The motion for the vote of confidence passed on Nwankpa was moved by the South-East zonal Woman Leader, Mrs. Sally Chinebu and seconded by a former minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu.

Speaking at the meeting, Wogu extolled the exemplary leadership of Nwankpa saying, “he has done well.”

He said, “The chairman has been fair to all concerned.

He has taken the party to an enviable height. I jointly agree in the motion, that Honorable

Nwamkpa will continue this executive position as chairman of APC in Abia State.

“As we pass votes of confidence on our Chief Nwankpa-led executives, we shall all rise and condemn the antics of some people in this party, particularly, Chief Ikechi Emenike and his cohorts. We totally condemn their activities,” Wogu said.

In his speech, the leader of APC caucus in Abia State and a member of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Sam Nkire described Nwankpa as a good and experienced party administrator.

He backed the suspension slammed on Emenike over his penchant for sabotaging the party in the state.

“If Donatus Nwamkpa is running for an election today, I will support him. I adjudge him as a good chairman.

“Emenike was suspended through his ward to his local government and to the state.

He took the party to Court and the constitution of APC says you must exhaust all peaceful means before going to court. So, he disobeyed the constitution of the party,” he noted.

Contributing, a former deputy governor of Abia State, and a member of the Board of Trustees of APC, Dr. Chris Akomas lauded the leadership

Okechukwu accuses Okorocha of pitting Catholic Church Against APC The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has accused the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, of working to turn the Catholic Church against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and even President Muhammadu Buhari.

The VON DG who said he read a report credited to Okorocha where he allegedly “dared” Archbishop Anthony Obinna that he cannot install an All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), as governor in Imo State in 2019, noted that Okorocha’s actions could further pit the church against party.

The APC chieftain, however, called on the people of Imo State and Ndigbo worldwide not to take Okorocha as a “poster card” of APC. Okechukwu said, “What we lost in APC is because of him. He is a man who doesn’t believe in himself and he tells himself lies.

“My worry is that Okorocha should separate religion from politics.

“I remember vividly how he took President Buhari and all of us before the 2015 election to Archbishop Obinna, who welcomed Buhari whole heartedly.

OKECHUKWU “In fact, when we finished the preamble, we were not privileged to go into the inner reserve where the archbishop took Buhari and APC leadership to.

“As a member, I was not privileged to be in that inner circle, but from my calculation, it showed acceptance and support from an archbishop of a big diocese like Owerri Archdiocese, one of the biggest archdioceses in the Catholic kingdom all over the world.

“So, Governor Okorocha should please stop pitting the great Catholic Church against the APC and, by extension, President Buhari.”

qualities of Nwankpa and further expressed confidence that the Abia APC chairman will do more in keeping the party together.

He frowned at the attitude of some disgruntled elements in APC, who according to him were on a mission to destablise the party, stressing that Abia APC was intact and united under Nwankpa-led executives.

According to an online newspaper report, dignitaries who attended the enlarged Abia APC stakeholders meeting included, Senator N. Nwanunu, Senator Chris Adighije, Senator Nkechi Nworgu, 2015 governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Nyerere Anyim, former member of the House of Representatives, Acho Obioma, former Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Stanley Ohazuruka, three APC members in Abia House of Assembly, Chief KC Ugboaja, (Rtd) DIG of police, Azubuko Udah, Comrade Benedict Godson and other notable APC chieftains in the state.

Meanwhile, Former Abia State governor and APC chieftain, Orji Uzor Kalu and Chief Executive officer of Masters Energy Petroleum and former governorship aspirant, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah were represented at the event.

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has said that his son-in-law, Chief Uche Nwosu who he has preferred to succeed him would do better than him as governor because he has known all the secrets behind the success story of his governorship in the state.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Chief Alexander Mwolwus, has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his recent comments.

He stated that the retired General’s plot was to discredit the party, while promoting his personal interest ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Obasanjo, had in a statement on Monday, told Nigerians not to take the apology offered by PDP serious, and had described it as a corrupt political party.

But Mwolwus described Obasanjo’s pronouncement as “very unfortunate and selfish in nature”.

He described PDP’s apology to Nigerians through its National Chairman as “a right step in the right direction’”, adding that

Looters’ list: Publish your ‘List of Saints’, Shehu Sani tells APC The Senator representing Kaduna Central District of Kaduna State, Sen. Shehu Sani has frowned at the published lists of suspected looters by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the senator urged the APC and the PDP to also publish lists of those that had never sinned.

He wrote: “The two sides entertained the nation with their ‘List of Looters’.

“Now it’s time for them to publish their ‘List of Saints’ who have never sinned and

can confidently throw the first stone.”

He added, “The wave of inter gang violence, bloodshed and thuggery in Kaduna State has never peaked to this level in the history of our state.

“Those supporting, sustaining and encouraging these acts of criminality for their political or economic advantage should know that there will be consequences in the future even if they enjoy protection today.

“I condemned this atrocities in totality and call on security agencies and the general public to harmoniously work together to end this menace.”

SANI

2019: PDP chieftain attacks Obasanjo, says ex-president “only great men own up to their mistakes”.

“If PDP had apologised willfully, having owned up to its mistakes, I shouldn’t be castigated for that because every human organisation has its own limitations,” he told NAN. “Even though Obasanjo plots to discredit PDP for his own political party, he seems to have missed it and not knowing what he is doing.

“He is the most ungrateful Nigerian leader, who never knew how PDP was formed.

“But all the same, his party will not be anywhere close to having the confidence of Nigerians if that is the way he wants to go drumming for support to it.

“Obasanjo was never a member of PDP but out of sheer pity and magnanimity, the party brought him out of prison and made him president

on a platter of Gold,” he added.

Mwolwus further said “we made him who he is today, yet he had the guts to spit and shout against us.”

The PDP chieftain accused the ex-President of introducing corruption and corrupting the National Assembly with his failed third term ambition.

On the list of looters released by the Federal Government, Mwolwus called it lopsided, wondering why the names of those who jumped from PDP to APC were omitted.

“By that list, President Buhari ended up disappointing his ardent admirers and supporters.

“If people who looted and jumped into APC and those in APC that were caught red handed are not on the list, but only PDP members, then there is question mark on it,” he noted.

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, April 5, 2018

Nigerians should be allowed to celebrate the strides of the buhari administration – presidency

T Garba Shehu

he Presidency wants Nigerians to count the blessings that the a d m i n i s t r at i o n of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought to the country’s economy, irrespective of the other areas where the government is still working hard to ensure that every citizen can feel the change for which they massively voted in 2015.

Last year, the World Bank ranked Nigeria among the top 10 reforming economies in the world. This was clearly in recognition of the thorough and rigorous growth and developmentoriented economic policies of the Buhari Administration.

Today, investors and business men and women from around the world can arrive in Nigeria and get their visas right at the airport without any hassle. This is just one of the many reasons why Nigeria has advanced 24 steps in the global ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rankings of the World Bank.

The government is spending more on infrastructure than previous administrations, despite earning barely half of what the country earned from oil between 2011 and 2014 when the product was selling for an average of $110 per barrel. The latest GDP

figures show continued growth after the Buhari administration successfully brought the country out of recession, with virtually all sectors of the economy now on the rebound, and significant progress recorded in agriculture.

This administration has also ushered in significant progress in agriculture, where output has risen in local production, and Nigeria is now importing 80-90 percent less rice than in previous years.

Fertilizer plants have been resuscitated, prices have dropped.

More and more young people are going into agriculture, being able, for the first time, to see farming as a viable endeavour.

Has anyone heard of the Graduates-in-Agriculture Scheme in several states of the federation, a self-driven, government-assisted programme by which our young men and women are stopping their endless wait for white-collar jobs and creating wealth for themselves and the nation?

Power generation and distribution have more than doubled from 2015 when President Buhari took power to the present.

In his address at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium a week ago, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo reported that the Buhari administration has put in place “an audacious Social

Investment Programme to the tune of N500 billion, the largest pro-poor programme in our nation’s history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Africa. This was despite the fact that by 2015, oil prices fell by over 50% and our production also fell from over 2 million barrels a day to less than 700,000 barrels a day, sometimes even 500,000 barrels in 2016.

“We have seen today the empirical evidence of the successes of this programme, and all of that is evident for us to see and listen to several testimonies and stories. 200,000 jobs for undergraduates employed under the N-Power programme, 300,000 more waiting to be employed; they have been pre-selected; over 7 million children being fed daily in 22 States so far; beneficiaries of micro-credit loans going to about 300,000; and almost 300,000 households benefiting from conditional cash transfers.”

In line with campaign promises, this administration is spending trillions of Naira to build railways, roads and ramp up power supplies. On this spending on infrastructure the Vice President’s words were: “In 2014, when oil was at between 100 dollars and 114 dollars a barrel, the actual releases for capital for three ministries – Power, Works and Housing –

then they were three separate ministries, was in total N99 billion; while Transportation got 14 billion, and Agriculture got 15 billion. I am talking about actual releases, not budgeted, what they actually got. Let us compare that with capital releases to the same ministries in 2017, when oil price was between $50 and $60 a barrel, N415 Billion for Power, Works & Housing, N80 Billion for Transportation; N65 Billion for Agriculture; totalling N560 Billion, in a time when we were earning at least 50% less than we were earning in 2014.”

We wish, however, to caution that these comments should not be misconstrued as denying that there is more that needs to be done, as the current administration is relentless and determined to continue in its task of continuously improving the lot of Nigerians.

We are only saying that we must learn to pause and count our blessings. The loud voices of critics with selfish ambitions and ulterior motives should not be a veil that keeps Nigerians blind to the many ways God has blessed us and improved our lot through the Buhari administration.

Garba Shehu is the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity)

Getting ourselves out of the Chinese quagmire

I Adetayo Adegbemle

t is rather unfortunate that Africa, Africans and African Businesses, must always come out second best, in everything.

Is it not a wonder that it is in our sad history that Africans sold themselves into slavery, for a bottle of Gin and a piece of glass?

Is it not ridiculous that it is the same Africans that went on raids and pillaging of fellow African villages? The raids and pillaging was not for food, for territory expansion, or conquests. They were just to sell their brothers to Europeans as slaves? Were the Rulers/ Leaders responsible then? Yes They were.

Little wonder why Africa remains “backward” Over the centuries, has anything changed? No. This inhumane behavior has taken a different hue now with the present African Leaders and rulers towing the same path to another ignominious slavery.

This time, we have our leaders selling us all out to the new imperial Chinese.

With the new influence of the Chinese on the continent Africa, our leaders has re-invented the old African betrayal of fellow Africans, for their own selfish end.

The African landmarks is filled with an influx of Chinese, basically taking away our jobs, which were not enough in the first place, and putting Africa in debts that won’t be paid for by only the next 2 generations, thereby putting African future in perpetual debt, but also killing the little efforts of businessmen and professionals.

The trade agreement our government are making with the Chinese are not benefiting average Africans, and still killing African businesses. Our skills are no more enough, with ordinary technician from China to lord it over our highly skilled engineers here.

Further to our government not being able to protect local businesses and workforce, we now have these Chinese setting up one man businesses here in Africa, and further short changing us.

The story of Diana Chen broke

some weeks ago, and it was a sad one, that our leaders should have found a way to resolve. Apart from the fact that she is illegally, spitefully and craftily monopolizing the GAC brand of vehicles in Nigeria market, it is also on record that the Nigerian workforce working for her are under slavery.

Reports have it that Nigerians under her employ does not receive Letters of Employment, thereby making it impossible for them to have any benefit. There are Labour Laws in Nigeria.

There are Immigration Laws in Nigeria. Nigeria is a signatory to the United Nations Human Right Charter.

All these do not apply in the relationship of Ms. Diana Chen and her Nigerian staff. Yet, our Government has chosen to sell Nigerians into slavery once more by not taking a care.

As much as Nigerians laments the state of insecurity, it is also sad that genuine efforts of Nigerians to put bread on their tables has been met with betrayals once more from the people we chose to

lead us to prosperity and wealth.

We hereby call on the Nigeria Minister of Labour and the Immigrations department to take a formal look into the activities of Ms. Diana Chen and her Chinese cohorts in the country. Nay, all foreign owned companies should be investigated, contributions from Nigerians should be collected, and their findings made known to the public. Concrete actions against selling our relations short once again should be immediately put in effect.

In the interim, we will continue to identify all these anomalies while we try to get the Nigerian government to do what is right.

We need to work with better local content policies. We will continue to petition our politicians to do what is right by Nigerians and Nigerians interests.

Adetayo Adegbemle is a public opinion commentator/ analyst, researcher, and the convener of PowerUpNigeria, an Electric Power Consumer Right Advocacy Group, based in Lagos. (Twitter: @gbemle, @ PowerUpNg)

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Revisiting ‘with a NASS like this’ (first published 04/26/16)

Times Columnist MOHAMMED ADAMU

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Every parliament ought to be its nation’s ‘moral high ground’. Yet every parliament potentially can also be its nation’s ‘moral degenerate’. It can be both eminently corruptible and a willing infidel. And which is exactly what our NASS seems stubbornly bent on becoming –an assemblage of the eminently corruptible and willing infidels of our democratic learning process.

But is it their fault?

Our legislature takes undue advantage of a docile, pacifist electorate that has neither the capacity for righteous anger, nor the democratic will for the ventilation of dissent.

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his ingenious -even if doctrinaire- Separation of Power device, was thought to be democracy’s eternal staying power, because by sharing power among three distinct arms of government, it was naively thought that the possibility had been eliminated of absolute power uniting in one-arm which could wield it arbitrarily and in a manner inconsistent with the public-good. But the did had long been done since when the legislature was empowered not only to make, to amend or to abrogate laws, but also to approve or to deny spending across all boards; to oversight both executive and judicial arms of government; to approve appointments and removal of judicial and cabinet officers; to override presidential veto, and in fact even to determine when the President has ‘grossly’ mis-conducted himself and to proceed to impeach him. And what remedies are there to check these vast powers? Virtually none, other than the right of the electorates to wait for the next election, or in the interim to initiate recall of erring representatives –a measure which has never been successfully carried out here.

Said David Ingram, author of the book, ‘Law: Key Concepts In Philosophy’ “The American founders believed that a constitution that placed unlimited power in a legislative majority will inevitably result in tyranny, instability and lawlessness.” But the Americans are even luckier; they have managed to institutionalize a circle of citizens’ perpetual ‘mistrust of their governments’ (on the one hand) and governments’ perpetual ‘fear of the mistrust of their citizens’ (on the other) And it is on this never-ending circle of ‘mistrust’ and ‘fear’ of being mistrusted, that good and responsible governance is established.

Plus in most Western democracies there are in existence, nondemocratic –mostly security- institutions that have consolidated, over time, the requisite state power to prevent anyone (including the President) and to disable any institution (not excluding parliament and the Judiciary), from doing or

allowing to be done, any action that may imperil the nation. The system has never been averse to excoriating presidents who cross the line. After Senator Barack Obama became President-elect for the first time, CNN’s Christiane Amanpor, while reporting that he would soon be briefed ‘behind Washington’s closed doors’, said that the new President would be told what he would not have been entitled to know even as a Senator –namely the role of non-democratic –mostly security- institutions in whipping democratic actors into line. Whenever they dare to imperil America.

Every parliament ought to be its nation’s ‘moral high ground’. Yet every parliament potentially can also be its nation’s ‘moral degenerate’. It can be both eminently corruptible and a willing infidel. And which is exactly what our NASS seems stubbornly bent on becoming –an assemblage of the eminently corruptible and willing infidels of our democratic learning process. But is it their fault? Our legislature takes undue advantage of a docile, pacifist electorate that has neither the capacity for righteous anger, nor the democratic will for the ventilation of dissent.

It was in discussing the perils of parliamentary life, its lethal combination of inertia, greed and arrogance, that the British lawmaker Fenner Brockway once said: “Sometimes I remark that I have spent three years in prison and three years in parliament, and that I saw character deteriorate in parliament more than in prison”.

But nowhere does character deteriorate more than at our National Assembly in Nigeria. American author-cleric Edward Everett Hale, when he was asked whether or not he prayed for the senators, said “No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country”. And which is about all that we can do for now –concerning these greedy men-

about-town bent on riding N36 million SUVs even in the face of our severest economic adversity. Yes, we need to pray fervently that this veritable ‘touchstone’ of democratic liberty, the legislature, does not itself become the undoing of democracy in Nigeria We are at the mercy of a selfish legislative arm that has not only come to the realization of the full potentials of its legislative powers, but one which has also realized our practical lack of citizen-willpower to organize to bring it to account.

Our legislature is not only unlimitedly powerful, the corruption it abets is so instantaneously overwhelming that no radical or puritan had ever been there and did not recant: from unionists like the ‘Honorable’ Orock to journalists like the ‘Distinguished’ Chris Anyanwu. And now we have including ‘comrades’ like Shehu Sani and attention-seeking purveyors of ‘common sense’ like Ben Bruce right on the legislative ‘moral high ground’ as ‘Distinguished’ senators who believe that they can run with the hare and still hunt with the hound.

What do we not know about the deterioration of character at NASS? Our legislators have been caught several times in the past in one compromising situation or the other, either by the executive, e.g. ala Wabara’s ‘bribe-for-budget’ scandal; or by themselves e.g. ala ‘Senator Kuta Report’; but not once has any member ever been brought to book. The only time members get punished is whenever they dare to go against the grain of collective rip off of our common patrimony. Then there will be severe and instant judgment. If memory serves right, a Senate Committee under David Mark’s NASS once confessed to forgery of a Report and the only punishment it got was mere dissolution. And if memory serves right also, concerning ‘Kuta Report’ -which had indicted many

senators over NASS contract scam, senators had simply met at plenary to declare clemency on those indicted with a ridiculous warning to go sin no more.

Ghalli had once said that the NASS was constitutionally incapable of initiating a probe against itself. But the reverse is actually the case in our own situation -ironically. Only the NASS can subpoena the NASS. Or maybe better to say: with the exception of the courts, there is hardly any effective constitutional measure that can bring the legislature to book by institutions extraneous to it. Even the annual audit of NASS accounts by the Auditor General of the Federation –since as far back as Ghalli time- the NASS had fought, claws and fangs, to render in-operational.

And since then no Auditor General of the Federation has ever dared to send notice to the NASS he was coming to audit its account. Thus baring the courts, it can only take unleashing the revolutionary anger of the people to bring the NASS to order.

Whenever NASS speaks about ‘checks and balances’ it erroneously gives the impression that the ‘checking’ is an exclusive preserve of the legislature over the other two arms. Any attempt to make NASS amenable to ‘checks’ by others is interpreted as affronting it’s so called ‘independence’. In truth no one arm is ‘independent’ of another. Conceptually all the arms of government are mutually interdependent. But our lawmakers will not get this into their greedy, egotistic heads unless we the people are prepared to step out in moral aid especially of the courts to bring wayward lawmakers to justice or in support of an executive we can trust, to force the legislature to tow the path of progress.

Because with a self-serving NASS like this, we may have to do some swinging!

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PIB: Baru charges NASS consultant on choice of recommendation Idu Jude Abuja

ÏÏÏThe National Assem-

bly consultant on Petroleum Industrial Bill (PIB), Mr. Osteen Olorunsola, has been charged by the leadership of the NNPC to take a comprehensive look at the issues in the oil and gas sector and make bold recommendations that could engender enduring reforms.

The GMD Dr. maikanti Bari, gave the charge Wednesday at a consultative meeting with the

National Assembly led

by Mr. Osteen, who was former director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Dr. Baru, said with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill which deals with the governance structure of the industry by the National Assembly, the remaining two segments of fiscal terms and host communities would require extensive consultation to aggregate views and opinions of industry stakeholders in order to strike a bal-

ance that could attract investments while ensuring a decent government-take in terms of oil and gas revenue.

Speaking specifically on the fiscal terms, Dr. Baru noted the major complaint by operators in the industry was that of multiple taxation which include statutory contributions to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) as well as sundry expenses on security.

“We have to be able to design a system that works. If the 3%, 13% or any other statutory allocation for development is not working, then you should not be afraid to recommend a percentage that could work to replace the present system where operators pay multiple taxes and yet have to pay much more extra to secure their investments,” he said.

He said NNPC was interested in the segment of the PIB relating to the fis-

cal terms and was ready to spend considerable time and efforts to ensure that the National Assembly got it right in the interest of the nation.

He said NNPC would work very closely with the consultants to arrive at models that can respond to future challenges in the industry.

On his part, the lead consultant, Mr. Osteen Olorunsola, thanked the

218,000 PVCs still uncollected in Ekiti ahead of governorship election – INEC ÏÏÏThe

L-R: Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong; Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and Rivers State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Ipalibo Banigo, during the inauguration of committee on Tripartite National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja

FG deploys 500 technical aid workers in Sierra Leone ÏÏÏThe

Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Dr Habbis Ugbada, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government had deployed more than 500 Technical Aid Corps volunteers in Sierra Leone.

Ugbada told the News Agency of Nigeria in Freetown on Wednesday that discussions for more volunteers to be deployed in the country were on going.

He said: “On the September 10, 2009, Nigeria signed bilateral a agreement with the government of Sierra Leone for the second phase of the Technical Aid Corps programme, spanning over an eight-year period.

“Nigeria has sent more than 500 volunteers to Sierra Leone in various capacities, thus contributing in no small measure

to the development of the host country.

“Currently, there are 15 TAC volunteers in the country, serving as doctors and nurses.

“Talks are on-going to bring in more volunteers, as teachers, lawyers and engineers for human capacity building.’’

TAC is a Nigerian international cooperation organization through which Nigeria has been providing expertise support to many African and Caribbean countries for many years.

Ugbada added that the mission was currently working on resuscitating the joint commission agreement on trade and investment between both countries.

He said: “The joint commission is supposed to have been on by now. It is the turn of Nigeria to

host the joint Commission. It could be in Lagos or Abuja.

“Nigeria has taken step by writing the host country to submit some kind of intention to attend the joint Commission; but we are still waiting for their reply to be forwarded to

Nigeria for the necessary arrangements.’’

Commenting on the challenges Nigeria foreign missions were facing, the ambassador said that foreign missions could not run away from challenges, including inadequate funding.

GMD for the opportunity to rob minds on the critical issues surrounding the remaining segments of the Petroleum Industry Bill.

He said their mission was to seek input to come up with a comprehensive and balanced report to guide the National Assembly in its legislative work with regards to the Petroleum Industry Reform Bill.

Independent National Electoral Commission in Ekiti on Wednesday said that 218,000 Permanent Voter Cards were yet to be collected in the state.

The commission said this just as it formally issued a “Notice of Election”, which stated that the governorship election would hold in the state on July 14.

It said that this was in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Law. The INEC’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin, disclosed this at a public enlightenment forum in Ado Ekiti.

He, however, said that not less than 500,000 PVCs had far been collected by their owners.

Gbadegesin advised those who were yet to pick their PVCs to do so, saying that they would be disenfranchised during the forthcoming election without the PVCs. He said that the 500,000 PVCs already collected by would-be voters did not put an end to those that would be qualified to vote in July.

He said that the PVCs for those that registered

between April 2017 and date were yet to be delivered to the state from its national headquarters in Abuja.

The INEC image-maker said that the cards would be distributed to their owners as soon as they were delivered to the Ekiti State office of INEC. Gbadegesin said that university students and youth corps members, who had completed their stay in the state and had since left, might be those who had not collected their PVCs. Alternatively, he said that the commission was also suspecting persons who might have done double registration.

He stated that they might be afraid that they could be arrested if they showed-up at the state office of INEC for collection.

Gbadegesin said that the commission would still sensitise would-be voters ahead of the election.

The PRO also called on the various political parties to sensitize their followers and party members on the need for them to collect their PVCs.

Police recover 948 arms in Sokoto ÏÏÏ The Police Command in So-

koto State said it had recovered 948 guns under the state amnesty programme and police operations in last 24 months.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Murtala Mani, disclosed this at a news conference in Sokoto on Wednesday, Mani said the recovered and surrendered weapons, included AK47, double and single barrel and locally fabricated guns with 1,200 ammunition.

The commissioner said some of

the guns were surrendered during the amnesty initiative aimed at discouraging restiveness and criminalities as well as encouraging peaceful coexistence in the state.

He said some of the guns were recovered during the course of fire exchange between the criminal elements and the men of the command.

He added that some armed men voluntarily surrendered their weapons in recognition of the importance of amnesty initiative and that their nefarious activities were being monitored at all points across

the state.

Mani further assured that the police would continue to work toward ensuring a crime-free society.

He said measures had been put in place to sanction all manufactur-

ers of locally made weapons.

Mani said Sokoto enjoyed relative peace and appealed to the public to always report any suspicious movement or character to the police or any nearest security agency for prompt action.

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NYSC boss bemoans dilapidated facilities at orientation camps ÏÏÏ The Director-General,

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has expressed concern over what he called the dilapidated state of facilities in many orientation camps across the country.

Speaking at the opening of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ Pre-orientation Workshop, held in Ibadan, on Wednesday, he said that facilities in many of the orientation camps were nothing to write home about.

He, however, commended the Oyo State Government for what he said was its continued support for the NYSC through the provision of standard orientation camp, located

in Iseyin, and its routine maintenance.

Kazaure also said that the provision of an enabling environment for the operations of the scheme in the state was commendable.

He said that the law establishing the NYSC scheme placed the responsibility of provision and maintenance of orientation camps on state governments.

The NYSC boss therefore reiterated his call on stakeholders to live up to their statutory responsibility through provision of necessary facilities at orientation camps so as to make the scheme more effective.

Kazaure said, “Permit me to use this occasion to remind all stakeholders

that the law establishing the NYSC scheme places the responsibility of provision and maintenance of orientation camps with the state governments.

“On this note, I wish to reiterate our call on them to live up to this statutory responsibility. This call has become necessary in view of the dilapidated state of the facilities in many orientation camps.”

The DG said that the workshop, with the theme: “Achieving the NYSC mandate through an effective orientation course,” was aimed at evaluating previous orientation exercises with a view to mapping out strategies for the successful conduct of the forthcoming

one.

He added that the workshop would set the tone for the 2018 Batch ‘A’ orientation course, through the formulation of policies and operational guidelines for all players involved in the conduct of the exercise.

Declaring the workshop open, Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, acknowledged the pivotal role of orientation exercise in igniting the interest of corps members to render service to their fatherland, being their first point of contact to the scheme.

Represented by his Deputy, Chief Moses AlakeAdeyemo, the governor described the idea of holding periodic review of the

NYSC programmes as a step in the right direction.

As a keen watcher of the scheme, Ajimobi expressed happiness that NYSC had continued to live up to the dreams of its founding fathers by grooming youth in the service of the fatherland.

The governor said: ``I am delighted to equally note that the present management of the scheme has made giant strides in mak-

ing the scheme respond to the dynamics of the society.

“I, therefore, call on the management to consolidate on the many operational innovations it had started.

“Pursuant to the desire of the Oyo State Government to enable the scheme actualize its lofty objectives, we have stepped up efforts geared towards improving the welfare of corps members serving in the state.”

Heavy downpour wreaks havoc in Ilorin Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

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Properties worth millions of naira, including residential and public buildings were on Wednesday destroyed by heavy rainfall accompanied with windstorm in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

Our correspondent who went round the metropolis also noted that most schools were also affected, especially Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, where some of the School’s roofs top were blown off.

Areas badly affected by the rainstorm include: Taiwo road, Adewole, Alore, Oloje, Ogidi, Okolowo, Basin road, and Sango among others.

A mast erected within

the premises of Zenith Bank, Unity Road also felt on the roofs of houses beside the bank, causing serious damages.

The state government’s heavily mounted billboards along upper Taiwo road, Ilorin were also destroyed, while one of the billboards trapped a moving Mazda taxi car with the passengers sustaining injuries.

The windstorm also blew off roofs of many residential houses located on Sultan road, off Ibrahim Taiwo road, while shops and electricity poles were also destroyed.

The pathetic incidents also extended to private residence within the metropolis and outskirts of the metropolis rendering hundreds of people homeless.

Insecurity, rape: NYSC boss pushes for a new deal L-R: Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah(rtd), President, National Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Dr. Cyril Ikemefuna Ede, Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Treasury and Account, Mr. Timipre Seipulo and the State Chairman, Yenagoa District Society of the Institute, Mr. Tonye Richard Apiri, during the 2018 Bayelsa State Mandatory Professional Training Programme of the Institute in Yenagoa.

Bayelsa Pastor, members attack journalists in court

Akam James, Yenagoa

ÏÏÏ The founder of God is

Able Mega Fire Ministry, Opolo, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Apostle Kingsley Abiekunogho, standing trial for allegedly obtaining an SUV from his member, Seiyefa Sayou, by trick has led his members to attack Journalists covering court proceedings at Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Yenagoa.

The Pastor who directed his members to cover him up from the prying eyes of journalists after com-

ing out of the court room while he made his way to a car stationed to whisk him away, got infuriated when he realized journalists still managed to get shots of him.

Noticing that their pastor was no longer comfortable with the manner journalists managed to get a shot of him, his members descended on journalists who were outside on the order of the magistrate who prevented them from covering the proceedings inside the court room.

A Silverbird reporter was slapped in the face and

the battery of the camera belonging to the correspondent of TV Continental was also damaged, while other print media reporters tried to calm the situation.

While the drama lasted the pastor was whisked away, members continued to wreak havoc on journalists causing commotion in the court premises, before policemen in the court premises were able to bring the situation under control.

However, the matter was taken to A Division, where the issue is still being resolved at the time of filing in this report.

The case was adjourned to 24th March, 2018 for further hearing.

It could be recalled that Abiekunogho was alleged to have fraudulently obtained a Toyota sport utility vehicle and N20,000 from Sayou, in exchange for spiritual breakthroughs.

The cleric had allegedly collected the car and the money from Sayou, promising that he would receive the items in two folds after a month but the case ended up in court when the promise of spiritual breakthroughs didn’t come to pass.

Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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State Coordinator National Youth Service Corps, Plateau State, Mrs. Olutumilayo Akin-Moses, has tasked security agencies to step up its security mechanism to better protect the country from incessant crisis and harassment faced by Corps Members across the country.

The Coordinator stated this Wednesday in Jos, at a workshop tagged, “2018 NYSC CORPS EMPLOYERS’ WORKSHOP”.

She said, “insecurity prevents Corps Members from being posted to a State where they would naturally want to serve, to this end, the scheme has also provided Corps Members with the choice of selecting three states of their preferred State of service.

“Even when posted to a State to serve, we still have challenges with some areas within the State regarded

as trouble zones, which makes it difficult for a Corp Member to function effectively when deployed.

“Like today, some Corps Members in Bassa Local Government Area of the State, were supposed to join us in this workshop, but the current crisis going on there prevented them from being here with us”, the NYSC boss said.

However, with the theme, “Tackling Emerging Challenges In Youth Corps Administration Through Greater NYSC/Stakeholders Participation”, the workshop also seeks to address the issues of poor handling of Corps Members when posted to places of primary assignments.

The workshop fingered Rape, Rejection of Corps Members, Poor enumeration, Sexual harassment, Lack of Accommodation and others, as challenges faced by Corps Members while deployed to serve in their place of primary assignments.

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Aftermath of rainstorm: Bayelsa victims still await succour, cry for help

Victims and what remains of their houses

Akam James, Yenagoa It’s been barely one month after a deadly rainstorm caused havoc and destroyed several homes in Kilama and Biseni communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, when the weather suddenly changed; indicating rain. But, the rain which was described as slight shower came with a violent, cyclonic storm and without thunder.

The rainstorm which occurred on Monday, March 5, 2018 destroyed properties, several houses, including schools and churches de-roofed, electric poles brought down and crops destroyed worth millions of naira.

Victims of the incidence have since then been unable to receive succour from those who promised to redeem vows and assist the victims of the incident even as the Nigeria Agip Oil Company [NAOC] and Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC] are operating in the areas.

Commenting on the situation, the Paramount ruler of Kilama community, Chief Difference Nemigha, sad: ‘’I am the paramount ruler of Kilama community, the home of peace. We have never experienced something like this before, I’m 60 years. Our people have been rendered homeless, electric poles broken down, cassava and plantain farms all damaged. You can see one or two very close here. So, we need government support. They should find a way to send us relief materials; we are dying in pain’’.

When asked what really happened, he responded thus: ‘’There was a very big storm, the storm I have never experienced before in my life. We thank God no life was lost. It happened around 4:00pm.

The storm was accompanied with rain.

What we could describe as a similar incident happened some years ago, but it was meager. compared to this one. The other one removed the roof of only one building. Since then we never had such experience until this one. I have asked the community Secretary to take inventory of all affected buildings, farms and infrastructure [private and public]. He is still on that task so we cannot give you the exact figure of damaged or affected property for now’’.

When asked whether the matter has been reported to the authorities and if

another victim cried helplessly

any public office holder had visited after the incident, the chief replied: ‘’Yes, recently the man representing Biseni/ Okordia/Zarama Constituency in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Gentle Emela came here at about 2:00pm.

He also saw what happened’’.

In his brief, a farmer, Mr. Godhelp Okorobia, said: ‘’ On Monday, that was day before yesterday; we were in a family gathering. That was about 5pm. There was sign of little rain and, within a short while, this storm started. We were still unaware of what was to come. My

father’s house was opposite where were gathered. The next thing we saw was the roof of my father’s house was uprooted.

The violent storm continued for a while and we were trapped until after it subsided before we came out from the hall.

As we came out, we saw everywhere scattered, electric poles; everything off.

We were confused and helpless. People living in the affected buildings have been rendered homeless, like seven of my tenants; they are now homeless. My properties, including roofing sheets and CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

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ceiling have been destroyed.

But my furniture in the sitting room was not affected. That was what happened’’.

A widow, Madam May Zuku, narrated her experience and plight, being a victim of the cyclonic storm. ‘ Hear her: “Day before yesterday, I was inside my room when, I started hearing the sound of strong wind. After a while, I noticed the ceiling was breaking. So, I decided to leave the room with the little girl that was with me in the room. By the time we got to the veranda, the wind was there and has already taken away the roof of the sitting room and my kitchen’’.

She continued: ‘’The two incidents have given me so much concern; great concern and pain. More so as for now, I do not have hope on anyone who will come to my as again immediately. I am appealing to government and public spirited persons to at least assist me re-roof the building so that I can have shelter.

Since the death of my husband, I have been helpless and I even feel pain all over my body. My heart is heavy and putting these incidents together gives me great concern. I am not certain of my real age, but I am above 70 years, considering my age mates who are alive’’.

Another victim, Ogiama Mark Solomon, said: “This farm is owned by my aunt, my mother’s younger sister. The heavy breeze of Monday, around 4:005:00pm; collapsed the entire farm here.

My aunt is a farmer and she takes care of herself and her children through farming. The heavy breeze destroyed the whole farm, including the roof and ceiling of their building close to the farm.

Occupants of the building are suffering the impact of the damaged roof; as they can no longer remain in their rooms when it rains. I am using this medium to appeal to the government to come to their assistance by way of relief materials’’.

A survivor, Gift Otufu, who escaped death from one of the electric poles which fell right in front of selling store, said: ‘’My name is Gift Otufu. When the rain started we were here [with a little baby] and, because breeze used to accompany rain, I never suspected that this pole will fall. But when the wind became strong I decided to take my child and go inside house. So, as I just picked up my child and was about moving; I saw the pole as it started falling. I withdrew immediately to one corner and watched as it landed on the ground; scattering the zinc of my shade/table where I use to stay and sell. The things I was selling, groundnut and others were scattered, destroyed’’.

One of the worst case scenarios was a building which was completely deroofed by the violent wind and part of the blocks of the building went down.

Speaking specifically about that building, a young man named Kanarua Pinaowei said: ‘’ It happened in the evening day before yesterday. We were all in the house when the rain started. We ran into the house for shelter, thinking it was just the normal rain. Suddenlythe wind started and it was unusually strong. So, suddenly it took off our roof, brought down these blocks and damaged everything. As I speak with you now, all the

money to re-roof our damaged buildings. That is why we are appealing to the government. Tambiri 2, a neighbouring community in Biseni was also affected’’.

Another electric pole and plantain farm affected by the storm

Kitchen scattered

ten people who were living in this house; we have been rendered homeless. We were inside the house when the incident happened. It was by the grace of God, maybe one of thosemiracles; nobody got a scar except that I got little bruises under my feet. The roof was taken over 70 meters away from the building, across the road. I want to call on the relevant authorities, the government and NGOs; this is a passionate appeal to all of them.

Come to our rescue, it is an emergency. It is an emergency case and we are all now homeless. Come to our rescue, please. I know you can do it’’.

Rose Abariso, another young lady narrated the incident and her predicament this way: “We were inside the house when the wind just came and scattered the town. Even my house, as I was inside; the wind just carried away the roof.

Since that day, we have been at the mercy of rain. Apart from removing the roof,

it affected other things inside the house, my cloths, buckets and breakable plates were all damaged.

We need help to replace our roofs. Staying at the mercy of the Sun and rain is a great source of worry. If there is a way to prevent this kind of wild wind, they should help us stop it’’.

Also affected was the kitchen of the Deputy Paramount Chief of Kilama community, Chief Lawrence Benneth.

Commenting, he said:‘’ On Monday, around 5:00pm we were all in our houses and what we observed was that there was a little rain. After that, we saw a very big storm; just from Orashi River over side [direction across the community]. It came from that direction into our community and affected so many of our houses. Most of the victims have no place to stay for now, suffering.

So, we need government to come in and render help to us because we don’t have

80–year-old Smina Owei, also narrated her experience.

Hear her: ‘’It happened day before yesterday, Monday. The heavy storm affected my roof. Some sheets of zinc were blown away and others shifted from their positions. It carried the roof of the school next to my house and landed it first on my roof before it went down. When it rained again yesterday, I just managed to sleep at one corner of my room. I am thinking of returning to sleep on my bed today. I will be happy if government can help me with some zinc to repair my roof ’’.

During its visits for further investigations, the Bayelsa State chapter of the ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ACTION (ERA) / FRIENDS OF THE EARTH NIGERIA (FoEN), led by its coordinator, Comrade Alagoa Morris, suggested that the relevant Federal and State Government agencies, especially National Emergency Management Agency [NEMA] and its state counterpart should visit the affected communities, assess the situation and do the needful, adding that the people need relief materials urgently.

The group also noted that the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company [PHEDC] or any agency responsible for the supply of electricity in the area should immediately go in and ensure there is no threat from electric current and poles destroyed is replaced; with the necessary wiring works.

They also called on the Bayelsa State Government to see this as another major natural disaster and go in to assist the affected communities as is expected from responsible government, adding that the same is demanded of the Yenagoa local government and the Federal Government.

“There is need for NGOs/CSOs working in the thematic area and public spirited organisations, religious bodies and individuals should also try and help as they can, including madam May, the affected Widow.

Planting of trees, preferably economic trees such as palm trees or bush mango should be considered necessary and planted in rows good enough to serve as wind breakers in future. The open space across the Taylor Creek leaves the communities open to direct hit from such violent winds,” the group said In his reaction, the youth President of Biseni Community, Mr. Apama Prisu, said till now nothing has been done in form of assistance to the community, adding “we the community dwellers are trying to put up something tosee how we can raise the pole and stay out of darkness”.

While appealing for government’s assistance, he said:“The Federal agencies, individual donors, government and our representatives should assist us from this crisis, adding that it’s painful that indigenes are now using their monies to erect poles in the community.

“We appreciate our representative in the federal house of representatives who gave us some monies to get valuers who came to ascertain the level of damage in the area but it doesn’t end at that.

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3 killed, 7 injured, as pole falls on commercial bus in Lagos ÏdƆƒƆƏ Ƌ Ɛ ƆƏ ƈ ƉƑƏƆƗ

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persons on Wednesday lost their lives while several others sustained severe injuries after a bucket of a truck carrying granite stones pulled off and hit a signpost pole which fell on a commercial bus killing three persons instantly.

Preliminary information revealed that the incident which happened around 8am at Ilasa bus stop along Oshodi mile 2 Expressway, was one too many recklessness on the part of truck drivers plying the route.

A witness, Mrs. Asake Olufunke, who spoke to our Correspondent said the truck was coming on a top speed from mile 2 area when suddenly its bucket pulled off and some commercial bus drivers were calling her attention to it but he did not listen.

Asake said, “Immediately, the driver of the truck got to the signpost at the bus stop, the truck bucket pulled off the pole holding the signpost and the pole suddenly fell on a coaster bus who was waiting to pick passengers at the Ilasa bus stop and three persons died on the spot. “ it was terrible accident, those of us who were at the bus stop in the morning rushed to the scene to rescue the victims but we could not pull off the pole on top of the bus.

“Some of the passengers that did not die but trapped under the vehicle were seriously calling for help. We tried every means, but we couldn’t until the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Management Authority came with their crane and removed the poll from the mangled bus and evacuated the dead.”

Similarly, a witness who identified herself as Ifeoma said, one of the victim died few minute after he had called his company that he was involved in terrible accident. “before his colleagues from his office came he had already died. It was painful. a woman who broke her spine cord also died and a student of Command Secondary school at army resettlement centre at Oshodi all

died,” She said.

She further said, had it been the drive of the truck had listen to the commercial bus drivers calling the driver attention, the accident wouldn’t have happened.

Since I witness it, wasn’t myself anymore everybody that saw the crash was weeping. It was terrible thing to behold for a mother.”

In a press statement issued by the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Management Agency on the incident, the Agency said they had received the distress call via the Emergency toll free line at about 8.26 am.

The Agency’s Response Team was immediately deployed to the scene of incident.

The General Manager of the agency, Mr. Adeshina Tiamiyu said, “ A preliminary investigation carried out by the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of the incident revealed that an empty lorry truck with registration number MEK 695 XA hit an overhead advert board which subsequently fell on a coaster bus coming from behind.

“Unfortunately 7 victims (4 adult females and 3 adult males) with severe injuries were rescued and stabilized by the Agency’s officials and LASAMBUS and they were subsequently transfer to Mushin General Hospital for further treatment.

“Three persons lost their lives and were later handed over to officials of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) to be tranfer to the the mortuary. Lagos State Accident and Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA Response Team, Nigeria Police Force from Cele and Itire Station LASAMBUS, LNSC, LRU Paramedics were responders at the scene.”

Tiamiyu, however urged motorist to ensure they drive within the approved speed limit, and also watch out for road signs and other impediments to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

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ASUP, SSANIP, ABSU Alumini commend Sen Orji over bill on takeover of Abia Poly by FG Sunday Nwakanma – Umuahia

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academic unions, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP, and Abia State University, Uturu Wednesday expressed their happiness with Sen. Theodore Orji over his contributions towards Federal Government takeover of Abia state Polytechnic, Aba. The leaders of the group and chairmen of the various unions, Engr. Godswill Uma (ASUP), Chuks Nwachukwu (SANIP) and Arch. Dr. Ben Iwuagwu ABSU Alumini Association, Abia Polytechnic Aba Chapter recalled the various landmark agenda of the senator when he was the state Governor, including the Ochendo one grade level package for civil servants in the state, and the increase in state government subvention for the polytechnic from N25 Bill to N50 bill and to N90 bill which still subsists till today.

According to Engr.

Godswill Uma (ASUP), they are excited by the

current sponsorship of a bill at the senate by the senator for the takeover of the polytechnic by the federal government, stating “We want to make it clear that we are for Sen. T. A. Orji and we will do whatever it will take to re-elect them.

“We are so much delighted on you as a legacy governor, and have carved a niche for yourself in the history of the state, where your name cannot be omitted.

“In your eight years as the state governor, you have created a paradigm shift in governance and we want him to be among the ranking senators in this country as one who want to touch the lives of constituents.

“Though not representing Abia south senatorial district, but his disposition to the polytechnic and even taking the issue to the federal government to convert the polytechnic into federal polytechnic.

“We will ensure that people with PVC will cast their votes for you as you have unfinished projects”.

The described him as a quiet achiever who is making not only Abia central proud, especially as he continues to chunk out bills to the good of

the school, informing him “you have carved out a name for yourself in the state and the country at large”.

Responding, the senator representing Abia Central at the red chamber, Sen. T. A. Orji thanked them for reminding him of certain things he did which he has forgotten and “unaware that they have remained indelible in your minds”.

He said his efforts in making the polytechnic a federal one is for them, not himself and for the children and unborn ones, stating that the school is dear to him as he fought while he was he the state to ensure that the federal government took over the university through the federal Ministry of Education.

“But it did not materialize. But I am doing it for Abians, not for my constituency only”, he said stating that he tapped into federal government resolve to establish in each state in the federation a federal university, federal polytechnic and a federal college of education to sponsor a bill to convert Abia Polytechnic into a federal one.

“Other states are going for new ones, but informed the Senate that

I am going for an old school with the structures already down, instead of entirely new schools as in other states.

“But, it was correct and I presented the bill to the National Assembly and it sailed through without opposition”, he said adding that the location of Abia Poly is equidistant with neighbouring states.

“I stand for equity and do to others what I want others do to me”, he said disclosing that two weeks after the presentation of the bill, a public hearing was heard and it went well without any opposition.

“The result of that public hearing is positive. I am confident that before this dispensation ends, it will come to be passed”, stating converting Abia poly to a federal poly is less expensive as the structures are already on ground.

“I am not against the establishment of any other polytechnic in the state but I am on the one that has been existing in the state for long. I had all of you in mind while doing this”, he said and called for prayers so that the bill will sell “seamlessly”, “and by so doing, you are helping me to do my job”.

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formerly known as Musa Alhaji Usman Now wish to be known and addressed as Musa Alhaji Usmana.all former documemts remain valid.general public take note.

SANUSI MUTIAT KEHINDE

AYINDE RASAK OLAMILEKAN

Formerly known and addressed as OMOSHALEWA WALIAT KEHINDE. now wish to be known and addressed as SANUSI MUTIAT KEHINDE all former documents remain valid, general public should please take note

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I formerly known and addressed as AYINDE RASAQ FEMI now wish to be known and addressed as AYINDE RASAK OLAMILEKAN and my date of birth is 23 September 1978.all former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

LAWAL SULAIMON OLADAPO

I formerly Known as LAWAL SULU KALEN Now wish LAWAL SULAIMON OLADAPO. All former documents remain valid. general public take note.

MRS BAMIDELE AYORINDE OLUWAKEMI I Formerly Miss GISANRIN AYORINDE Now which to be addressed as MRS BAMIDELE AYORINDE OLUWAKEMI.All former documents remain valid. general public take note

I formerly known and addressed as IBRAHIM OMOWUMI OLORIRE now wish to be known called and addressed as OTHMAN HAFSAT OMOWUMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

MRS AKINSANYA ALICE OLUWASEUN

This is to inform the general public that my name was wrongly written as ANIMORAL AYO SAMUEL instead of AGBOGIDI SAMUEL ANIMORAL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss IDOWU ALICE OLUWASEUN, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs AKINSANYA ALICE OLUWASEUN. All former documents remain valid. The general public take note.

EGBE NKEM BENEDITA I formerly known and addressed as NKEM CYNTHIA OGENE now wish to be known called and addressed as EGBE NKEM BENEDITA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SUMAINA LAZIZI FATIMATU EBEYAN I formerly known and addressed as OGBORU VANESSA now wish to be known called and addressed as SUMAINA LAZIZI FATIMATU EBEYAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MIRABEL JOHNSON EYENE

I, formerly known and addressed as GRACE WILLIAMS EYENE now wish to be known and addressed as MIRABEL JOHNSON EYENE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ESSIEN INYANG EYO I, formerly known and addressed as ESSIEN INYANG now wish to be known and addressed as ESSIEN INYANG EYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

EMPOWERMENT BY US FOR US LADIES INITIATIVE Notice is hereby given to the general public that the above-named Initiative which is located in Lagos State, has applied to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE – 1. Mrs. Abeni Ogun 2. Mr. Ellis Tai Ogun 3. Rev. Olutoyin Olufunmilayo Olumo 4. Mr., Mojeed Orioladehinde Matanmi 5. Mrs. Abisola Omolola Bamidele AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To empower the less privileged and poor ladies in the society to acquire skills and knowledge for self-sufficiency and awareness in various fields.

2. To empower girls between the ages of 15 and 30 years old to acquire skills, abilities and knowledge with a view to changing their lives.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, CorporateAffairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication.

J N ENAJEDU Esq J N ENAJEDU & CO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, TEL 08023132360 ETON MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

The general public is hereby inform that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990 TRUSTEES 1. Dr Ebiwumi Taiwo Oni 2. Mrs Helen Tosin Oni 3. Dr Frederick Idowu Oni 4. Temitope Olayinka 5. John Oluwafemi Oni. AIM AND OBJECTIVE Prompting, healthful lifestyle, Education, research and social mobilization for positive change and development.

Any objection (S) 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

22 Change of Names MORUFAT AMOO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MORUFAT OWONIFARI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MORUFAT AMOO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHISOM OGBONNA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHISOM OGBONNAYA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHISOM OGBONNA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

LAWAL KEMI

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KAYODE OMOTOLANI

NWECHI IFEOMA

EDUIE EDWIN

EKONG CHARITY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FADUNSI KEMI ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAWAL KEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSEPH OMOTOLA AJOKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAYODE OMOTOLANI AJOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY AKUBUE IFEOMA DEBORAH NOW TO BE ADDRESSED AS NWECHI IFEOMA DEBORAH. FORMER DOCUMENT REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS AKPOROTU EDWIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDUIE EDWIN AKPOROTU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY EKONG CHARITY UKE NOW EKONG CHARITY DAVID MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 27TH NOVEMBER, 1986.

FORMER DOCUMENT REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

OLU TOYIN

SHAIBU JUMAI

AKINREMI IDOWU

ALARAPE TEMITOPE

OKEREKE CHUKWUEMEKA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUYIDE TEMITOPE SHAKIRA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALARAPE TEMITOPE SHAKIRA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS STEPHEN CHUKWUEMEKA REX, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEREKE CHUKWUEMEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLU TOYIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLU TOYIN IYABO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGBETOLA JUMAI.R, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHAIBU JUMAI ADIJAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTEMI IDOWU DANIEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINREMI IDOWU DANIEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANIGBO TEMITOPE

AKARANGWE PAULINAH

THANKYOU BILLY

ESUOMA LILIAN

OKAFOR UCHECHUKWU

UDEME JUDE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, AKARANGWE PALINE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, AKARANGWE PAULINAH ADAEKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, HARRY PREKUNOMA-A BILLY O., NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, THANKYOU BILLY PREKUNOMA-A. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MISS. ERUOHWO LILIAN KEVWE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MRS. ESUOMA LILIAN KEVWE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, OKAFOR UCHECHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, OKAFOR UCHECHUKWU VERONICA. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 30TH JULY, 1981.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, UDEME IBANGA NTAH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, UDEME JUDE IBEABUCHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. C.A.C, SHELL AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ABDULGANIYU OYENIYI

OGUNDIJO ABISOLA

ALIU KAUSARAT

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

UGWU OGECHUKWU

CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ABDULGANIYU ALARAPE RAHMAT. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ABDULGANIYU OYENIYI RAHMAT. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AJIBOYE ABISOLA OLAMIDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGUNDIJO ABISOLA OLAMIDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIU KAUSARAT KUBURAT ORITOKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIU KAUSARAT TITI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT I BEAR DADA AHMAD OLANIYI ON MY BVN AND DADA AHMAD OLUWADAMILARE ON MY BANK ACCOUNT BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS DADA AHMAD O L U WA D A M I L A R E . F O R M E R DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANITUBE OGECHUKWU CHRISTABEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. UGWU OGECHUKWU CHRISTABEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, KAREEM AYODELE KAZEEM WISH TO CORRECT MY DATE OF BIRTH WHICH WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS 22ND ,MAY,1981.

MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 5TH ,MAY,1981 ON MY BVN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ALLIU MARIAM

DAVID ODIRI

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

OMORUYI ETIONSA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUHAMMED MARIAM HARIKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALLIU MARIAM HARIKE .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DAVID ROBERT WARRINGTON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DAVID ODIRI WARRINGTON .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ALABURA ANDREW AND ALABURA ANDREW ZOLA IS D SAME PERSON , MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 25TH MAY 1996ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

SUSSAN ODEY ONAH , SUSSAN ONAH AND SUZAN ODEY IS ONE AND SAME PERSON. SHE WISHES TO BE ADDRESSED AS SUSSAN ODEY ONAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. OMORUYI IZIENGBE. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OMORUYI ETIONSA JOY. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SORONNADI WILLIAMS

TOCHUKWU ONYEDIKACHI

IBEAWUCHI QUEEN

ADEKOYA COMFORT

AZEKE WINNIE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SORONNADI JOSEPH CHIGOZIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SORONNADI WILLIAMS CHIGOZIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOBECHI ONYEDIKA EMERUEM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOCHUKWU ONYEDIKACHI EMERUEM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ONYEKWERE QUEEN CHINYERE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. IBEAWUCHI QUEEN CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS COMFORT OMOTOSHO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEKOYA COMFORT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS COMBO WINNIE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AZEKE WINNIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

PUBLIC NOTICE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS.ADEDAYO TEMITOPE OLUWATOSIN .NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ANIGBO TEMITOPE OLUWATOSIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

JACOB FRIDAY

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSEPH FRIDAY ODEH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JACOB FRIDAY ODEH .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AZEKE IMHANYUGO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AZEKE IMHANYUGO CYRIL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AZEKE IMHANYUGO CYRIL THADDEUS AND MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 23RD /07/1985. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ADDITION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT ENO JAMES ETENG, ENO JAMES AND ETENG JAMES ENO REFERS AS ONE AND THE SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ENO JAMES ETENG. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 16TH JUNE 1967. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT DICK NWAIGWE AND CHARLES DICK. N. REFERS AS ONE AND THE SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. I.H.S AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJUKWU SUNDAY, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD OGBONNAYA TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJUKWU SUNDAY OGBONNAYA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTES.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME UGWUTA SAMUEL WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN IN MY ACCOUNT, BUT NOW WISH TO BE CORRECTED AND ADDRESSED AS NGWUTA SAMUEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MBONU BENEDITH

OKECHUKWU ESTHER

ENEH PAUL

CHIDOZIE NDIDIAMAKA

NWANONENYI AMANDA

ELUKA EUCHARIA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MGBAONU BENEDITH OKAFOR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBONU BENEDITH EMEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OTUU ESTHER ETU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OKECHUKWU ESTHER EBERECHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FETHA, BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EKWUE EBELE FAITH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ENEH PAUL EBELE FAITH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKENEME AMAKA CHIDOZIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIDOZIE NDIDIAMAKA NICHOLAS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ONYI AMANDA NNEKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWANONENYI AMANDA NNEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AS ELUKA UGWUMBA EUCHARIA FELICIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ELUKA EUCHARIA FELICIA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID .GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT MR CHUKWUEMEKA BENSON ACHI (AKA) ACHISON CHUKWUEMEKA BENSON OF UMUEZEARO URUALLA IDEATO- NORTH OF IMO STATE DIED ON THE 9TH OF SEPTEMBER 2014 AND WAS BURIED ON 17TH OCTOBER 2014 AT HIS HOME TOWN. AGED 65 YEARS. HE DIED AT UNTH ENUGU. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF LOSS OF DOCUMENT OF LAND DOCUMENT BELONGING TO MR OKEY OJUKWU. THE RECERTIFICATE AND RE –ISSUANCE OF C OF O ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER. THE LEASE AGREEMENT EXECUTED IN RESPECT OF PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE AT UZAM OGULU EMENE WITH AN AREA OF 666.67SQ. METER IN DOCUMENT NO 70/70/385.SURVEY PLAN SHOWING THE LANDED PROPERTY OF MRS. BRIDGET OKUKWU AT EMENE. ALL EFFORT MADE TO RECOVER SAME PROVED ABORTIVE ,IF FOUND CONTACT THE MINISTRY OF LANDS.

NWOBI NDIDIAMAKA

CHIBUOKE VINCENT

UGWU CHINENYE

UGWUMBA FESTUS

ONYENEKE CHISOM

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OKAFOR NDIDIAMAKA LILIAN CHIZOBA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS NWOBI NDIDIAMAKA LILIAN CHIZOBA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIBUOKE MICHAEL VICENTMARY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIBUOKE VINCENT MARY MICHAEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBAH CHINENYE HELEN. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWU CHINENYE HELEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE..

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWUMBA FESTUS AUGUSTINE OKONKWO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWUMBA FESTUS OKONKWO ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IGBOKWE CHISOM MIRABEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ONYENEKE CHISOM MIRABEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EMEOHA MICHAEL

OKAFOR OGBODO

IBEKINWA NWAMAKA

SABINA UCHECHUKWU

GODDAY OLUCHI

IBIK NGOZI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDE MICHAEL IKECHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EMEOHA MICHAEL IKECHUKWU ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOHN OKAFOR OGBODO OKONWANNAJI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAFOR OGBODO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OBIHE NWAMAKA CHIDINMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IBEKINWA NWAMAKA CHIDINMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SABINA UCHECHUKWU UZOECHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SABINA UCHECHUKWU UDEH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS DIRIBE OLUCHI PROMISE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS GODDAY OLUCHI PROMISE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS NOSIKE NGOZI ODIRA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IBIK NGOZI ODIRA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IGWE BLESSING

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSUH BLESSING ANNASTACIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IGWE BLESSING ANNASTACIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1 ALAMU MATTHEW ADEMOLA - CHAIRMAN 2 JOHNSON ABIODUN – VICE CHAIRMAN 3 OMOTOSHO GABRIEL OLUKAYODE 4 OMIJIE OLUWABUKOLA OMOLARA 5 OLOYEDE OLUWATOBI SESAN - SECRETARY 6 AYANKOLA AYANGBEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To promote peace, love, unity and progress among members Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral 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: TRUSTEE

AN-NAJDAH ISLAMIC EDUCATION CHARITY 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.

TRUSTEES (1) OLARENWAJU ISMAIL OLADIPUPO = CHAIRMAN (2) OJO SAHEED OLALEKAN = SECRETARY (3) YUSUF ABDUL-HAMEED ABIODUN =TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PREACH AND SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH ISLAMIC PROGRAMS. (2) TO ORGANISE PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON EMPOWERMENT OF THE OF THE PEOPLE OF ISLAM IN THE SOCIETY (3) TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES RE-GAIN ACCESS TO EDUCATION. 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

MODERN CENTRE FOR RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Companies Registration 23

GRACIOUS VEIL CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS NOYO ALIKE ,IKWO L.G.A EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA The general public is herby informed that the above-named CHURCH has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration Under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 APOSTLE (ENGR) CHIDIEBERE MBAM .O. (GENERAL OVERSEER) 2.

PROF. NDUBUISI EDENNAYA IDENYI (SECRETARY) 3.

SENR . PST. FRIDAY IKANA EJOM (ASSISTANT G.O) 4.

BRO . JOSEPH ALI (TREASURER) 5.

ENGR. OTI CHIMEZA (FINANCIAL SEC) 6.

CHIDINMA BENEDICT NWAFIUKWA (LEGAL ADVISER) 7.

BRO. NWEKE CHIMA ARONA (P .R .O) AIMS & OBJECTIVE 1) To promote the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ.

2) To preach the gospel of peace to all nations.

3) To win souls for Christ.

4) To worship the lord our God in spirit and in truth.

5) To better the life of the poor Christians.

6) To produce heavenly minded candidates.

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

Signed APOSTLE (ENGR) CHIDIEBERE MBAM. O. (GENERAL OVERSEER)

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

TRUSTEES 1. PROPHETESS MARY OJO........ CHAIRMAN 2. AKINWUMI AJAYI......... SECRETARY 3. PASTOR BAMIDELE OJO 4. MRS DORCAS ALAWODE. 5. OLUMUYIWA AKINBOADE Aims: To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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

Signed: TRUSTEES

SAFEHOUSE GLOBAL CARE INITIATIVE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 ECHO LILY HEALTHCARE LTD RC: 1136198 SPECIAL RESOLUTION At the extraordinary general meeting of the above named company held on the 4th day of April, 2018 at the registered office of the company the following resolution were duly passed.

1. RESOLUTION TO WIND UP That ECHO LILY HEALTHCARE LTD be and is hereby voluntarily wound up.

2. APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR That Barr. Vincent Odje of No. 16 Ajayi Crowther Street, Asokoro, Abuja FCT be and is hereby appointed as Liquidator for ECHO LILY HEALTHCARE LTD for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the company.

Dated this 4th day of April, 2018

FAITHLINE MINISTRY CHANGE CHAPEL

WINNER FOR LIFE EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES 1. MR. GODWIN CHUKWUDI IHEDIOHA, 2. MR. LOUIS IFEANYI IWUANYANWU, 3.MR.TOCHUKWU KENNETH AKUBUO AIM 1. TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BY RURAL FARMERS ON THE NEED FOR PLANNING BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY 2. TO SENSITIZE THE RURAL PEOPLE ON SOCIAL PRACTICES THAT WILL IMPROVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 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: HELEN IFEOMA IWUANYANWU; LEGAL ADVISER

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. DAVID SHADRACH O. 2. DAVID EVELYN E. 3. UTUVAHWE ANDERSON ORUESE. 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: 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.

TRUSTEES: 1. DR(MRS) ODUWAIYE JULIANAH OLAYINKA- CHAIRMAN. 2. DEACON AKINDELE JOHNSON BAMIDELE- SECRETARY 3. ASHIMOLOWO OLUBUNMI RUFINA. 4. PASTOR OLAJUMOKE ISRAEL ADEBAYO 5. AKPARANTA CHIDI UZOMA. 6. AKPARANTA AYODELE OLUBUNMI AIM AND OBJECTIVE BETTERING THE LIFE OF NIGERIANS SUCH AS GRASSROOT ,LESSPRIVILEGED, WIDOWS AND JOBLESS. 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

GENTLEMEN ELITE CLUB OF NIGERIA -SAGAMU

FIRE IN THE WORD CHURCH

BABALOLA MEMORIAL GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ILESA OLD STUDENT ASSOCIATION 73/78 SET

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AWOBONA OLANIYI OLASUNKANMI 2. ADEITAN ADEYEMI WAHEED 3. OLUTUSIN ABDULRAMON 4. OYEFESO BABATOLA EMMANUEL 5. OYENUGA DAVID OLUSEGUN 6. OLUTUSIN LATEEF 7. BANJO KOLAWOLE ADEDAYO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG MEMBERS 2. TO CARTER FOR THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGN: PRESIDENT

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, DAVID ANTHONY NKEM 2, DAVID FOLASHADE SEUN 3, ONYSIKADI ANWULI RUTH 4, KOLAWOLE MICHEAL OLUGBENGA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS. 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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. MRS. YEMISI AWOKANDE - PRESIDENT. 2. MRS. OLUFUNMILAYO ADEBUKOLA EKEADE - GENERAL SECRETARY. 3. MRS. BOLAJI BECKLEY - MEMBER. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. COMING TOGETHER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE BABALOLA MEMORIAL GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ILESA OLD STUDENT ASSOCIATION 73/78 SET. 2. HAVING INTERFACE WITH THE RELEVANT EDUCATION AGENCIES AT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOL. 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

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH OF CHRIST

NDA 37 REGULAR COURSE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

MARYJOAN’S PASSION CARE FOUNDATION

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

TRUSTEES: 1. JAMES GWAZA KHALIFA MYAM ---CHAIRMAN 2. SAMUEL ABIODUN ADEBAYO 3. VINCENT CHUKWUMA OKEKE 4. AKUGBE IYAMU 5. ALOWE FAVOUR OLORUNTIMILEHIN----- SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FOSTER BETTER COMRADESHIP AND ESPIRIT-DE-CORPS AMONGST MEMBERS. 2. TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBERS IN ALL SPHERES OF LIFE 3. TO SUPPORT MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. 4. TO PROVIDE SUCCOUR AND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES OF OUR DEPARTED COURSE MATES 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGUBUEZE CHINWE - CHAIRMAN 2. IHEME OLUCHI GIFT - SECRETARY 3. AGUBUEZE ONYEBUCHI JAPHET AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:1. TO PROMOTE YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. 2. TO ORGANIZE HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON KILLER DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, HIV, BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, E.T.C ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS NO1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. MRS GEORGINA UZOCHUKWU 2. PASTOR SEBASTINE OGHENEVWEGBA AKPORERE 3. ELDER IFEANYI UZOCHUKWU 4. MR WASIU BAKARE AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. FOR THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. 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: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: SECRETARY

24 Change of Names WITHDRAWAL AS AN ADMINISTRATOR

I, Babajide Ganiyu Akinboyede has withdrawn my signatory as an administrator in Late Olufemi Akinboyede’s Letter of Administration PHC/1438L/14. General public take note.

DELIMA NATHANIEL AKPAN I, formerly known and addressed as AKPAN NATHANIEL SUNDAY, Now wish to be known and addressed as DELIMA NATHANIEL AKPAN. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

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ARAMIDE-EMMANUEL OLUWAKEMI JUMOKE

MRS GANIYAT FOLASHADE KUYE

I, formerly known and addressed as ARAMIDE OLUWAKEMI JUMOKE, Now wish to be known and addressed as ARAMIDEEMMANUEL OLUWAKEMI JUMOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public/ authorities concerned should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Ganiyat Folashade OLOBAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Ganiyat Folashade KUYE. All former documents remain valid .

General public note

AGBEYE DEBORAH OLADUNNI Formerly known and addressed as SANNI DEBORAH OLADUNNI, now wish to be known and addressed as AGBEYE DEBORAH OLADUNNI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADAMS OLU ADEBAYO I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUGBENGA ADAMS ADEBAYO DAHOOD, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADAMS OLU ADEBAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE

IBRAHEEM ADEDOYIN

ABUDU BOLADALE

SHOKOYA OLUWASEUN

FASEKI OLUWAFISAYO

TOCHUKWU ONYEDIKACHI

THIS IS TO DECLARE THAT BANKOLE DAVID TOSIN GOT MARRIED TO FORMERLY AS MISS ONI IFEOLUWA GOODNESS NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. BANKOLE IFEOLUWA GOODNESS ON 26TH JANUARY 2015 AT LKORODU, LAGOS STATE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. BAKARE ADEDOYIN ADEWUNMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. IBRAHEEM ADEDOYIN ADEWUNMI,DUE OF MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BOLA-ALAKA BOLADALE VICTORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABUDU BOLADALE VICTORIA, DUE TO MARRIAGE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHOKOYA OLUWASEUN PETER NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHOKOYA OLUWASEUN KOLAWOLE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FASEKI OLUWAFISAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FASEKI OLUWAFISAYO MONICA. MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 09/03/1995, NOT 09/03/1996. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOBECHI ONYEDIKA EMERUEM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOCHUKWU ONYEDIKACHI EMERUEM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

ADEMOLU TEMILOLA

JAMILA BASHIR

CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH

AMAEFULE MATHIAS

TABITI OLUWATOYIN

CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLABODE TEMILOLA FLORENCE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEMOLU TEMILOLA FLORENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JAMILA BASHIR YAHAYA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JAMILA BASHIR MUSA SULEIMAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS VICTORIA NSIKAN SILAS NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS VICTORIA UDO CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 10-02-1982.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMAEFULE ONYEKACHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMAEFULE MATHIAS ONYEKACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEYEMI TOYOSI ABIKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TABITI OLUWATOYIN DEBORAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EJORH AUGUSTINA

ADEDEJI ISMAILA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

USMAN ZULQARNAIN

AHMADU IBRAHIM

ADDITION OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBASEIME AUGUSTINA GLORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJORH AUGUSTINA GLORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABIODUN ADEDEJI ISMAILA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEDEJI ISMAILA AGBOOLA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS OBODO EMMANUEL WHILE IN SOME OTHER ONES IT WAS WRITTEN AS EJENAVI EMMANUEL OGHENEOVO. I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING ALL THE NAMES. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THE NAMES ARE VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOHAMMED ZULU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS USMAN ZULQARNAIN LDOWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMADU IBRAHIM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AHMADU IBRAHIM ALIYU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FATAI KAFAYAT NOW WISH TO ADD OMOLARA TO MY NAME. HENCEFORTH I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FATAI KAFAYAT OMOLARA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MUSTAPHA JANE ODOEMENAM UGOCHI MANDELA ESTATE LANDLORD’S ASSOCIATION PORT HARCOURT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND I FORMERLY KNOWN AND THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL THAT THE ABOVE ADDRESSED AS UGOCHI IYKE PUBLIC ADDRESSED AS NAMED ITOTOH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR ODOEMENAM NOW WISH TO BE JANE NOW WISH TO BE REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KNOWN AND ADDRESSED MATTERS ACTS, 1990.

ODOEMENAM UGOCHI ANURI. AS MUSTAPHA JANE. ALL TRUSTEES ARE: ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN 1.

PILOT FINEROAD NWAGWUAGWU CHAIRMAN REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO 2. ADEKUNLE IBRAHIM ADESINA - SECRETARY TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE. 3. ONYEGBULE KINGSLEY OGE 4. ENYICHE THOMAS IKECHUKWU

ADETUTU IYABO

OLAKADA GLORY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO PROMOTE UNITY, SAFETY, PROGRESS AND WELLBEING OF ALL LANDLORDS/PROPERTY OWNERS, TENANTS, AS WELL AS USERS OF FORMERLY MISS KAKA MANDELA ESTATE.

FORMERLY BANJO ADETUTU GLORY CHIWDO NOW IYABO, NOW: ODESINA ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO OLAKADA GLORY, CORRECT THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT ADETUTU IYABO. FORMER DATE BIRTH IS 07/06/1973.

420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, DOCUMENT REMAINS WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THISVALID. PUBLICATION. FORMER DOCUMENT GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD REMAINS VALID. GENERAL SIGNED: TAKE PILOTNOTE. FINEROAD NWAGWUAGWU PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE. (CHAIRMAN)

WINDING UP

OMITA PATRICK NMEZI TOCHI THE GOD AS OF OLD FOUNDATION MINISTRY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND I FORMERLY KNOWN AND THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERALADDRESSED PUBLIC THAT ABOVE ASTHE OMITA PATRICK ADDRESSED AS NMEZI BINTA NAMEDNOW HAS APPLIED TO THE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ALINCO NOW WISH TO BE CHIOMA WISH TO BE CORPORATE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALLIED MATTERS ACTS, 1990.

OMITA PATRICK EFE OGHENE. NMEZI TOCHI CHIOMA . ALL ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN THE TRUSTEES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL VALID. GENERAL ARE: PUBLIC TO 1) UDOHUDOH JOANA - GENERAL OVERSEER PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE. 2) JAMES IMOH 3) AUGUSTINE UDOHUDOH - SECRETARY

TOYIN JULAIANA JOHNSON ITUNU ADVOCACY FOR PRISON AND ORPHANAGES ORGANISATION

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NAMED OGUNTUSI THE GENERAL IS HEREBY THAT THE ABOVE HAS ADDRESSED AS PUBLIC EMMANUEL JULI NOTIFIED APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION MERCY FEBISOLA NOW TOYIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED ACT 1990 WISH TOMATTERS BE KNOWN AND AND ADDRESSED AS MRS TOYIN ADDRESSED AS JOHNSON TRUSTEES: JULIANA UMORU. ALL FORMER ITUNU MERCY . ALL FORMER 1 SEVOH OKIKIOLA SIKIRULAHI (CHAIRMAN) DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. DOCUMENTS REMAIN (MEMBER) VALID. 2. NOIBI ALIU ADEWALE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE 3. ABOLAJI FAUSAT TO OLAJUMOKE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE(MEMBER) 4. BADMUS IYABODE FATIMOH (MEMBER) TAKE NOTE. TAKE NOTE. 5. TAIWO FADILAT OMOLOLA (MEMBER) 6. MUHAMMADUL-BASHEER UMARUL-FARUQ (MEMBER) 7. LAWAL ABIODUN ENIOLA (MEMBER) 8. ADEDIGBA ISMAIL AYINDE (SECRETARY )

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; AMAECHI NKECHINYERE OLADOTUN STELLA OGUNREMI ASHABI 1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACROSS THE WHOLE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND I WORLD FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADOTUN ADDRESSED AS MISS TAJUDEEN KEMI STELLA WISH TO AMINAT NOW WISH TO REGISTRATION BE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SHOULDNOW BE FORWARDED BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED TO THEAND REGISTRAR-GENERAL, KNOWN ADDRESSED AS CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, AS OLADOTUN STELLA PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, AGUIYI IRONSI STREET,DELE . I MRS OGUNREMI ASHABI AMINAT OFFWAS 28/10/1968. ALL ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OFBORN THISON PUBLICATION. . MAITAMA, ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO TOSIGNED: PLEASE TAKE NOTE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE. SECRETARY

AUGUSTSECRETS COMMUNITY NUTRITION INITIATIVE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBANJO BOLANLE ALABA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINLADE BOLANLE ALABA, MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 26/8/1991. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUYEMISI ESTHER

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND I FORMERLY KNOWN AND 1. TO RAISE FUND THROUGH DONATIONS AND OTHER MEANS TO PROMOTE ADDRESSED AS OFAMACHI B. CHALLENGES ADDRESSED AS OLUYEMISI THE ATTENTION ALLEVIATING OF PRISONERS, ORPHANS N. AND RE. PATIENTS NKECHINYERE NOW MOPELOLA ABOSEDE NOW HOSPITALIZED. WISH TO BE KNOWN AND WISH TO BE KNOWN AND 2 TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN SERVICES ADDRESSED TO THE LESS PRIVILEGES. ADDRESSED AS AMAECHI AS OLUYEMISI ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE NKECHINYERE CYNTHIA . ALL ESTHER MOPELOLA ABOSEDE. REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN ALL FORMER ABUJA DOCUMENTS TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, F.C.T. WITHIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. PLEASE TAKE NOTE. TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE. SIGNED: SECRETARY

GREATER LOVE OUTREACH WORLDWIDE

FASTNOVI SERVICES LIMITED RC: N0 1320245 24, BALARABE MUSA CRESCENT, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS- NIGERIA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 FASTNOVI SERVICES LIMITED RC N0. 1320245

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

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, 1990.

*TRUSTEES* 1. OLUWATOYIN ONIGBANJO 2. DR. OSAMAGBE AIYUDUBIE ASEMOTA

NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN PURSUANT TO SECTION 468(1) & (2) OF CAMA 2004 THAT A MEETING OF THE ABOVE-NAMED COMPANY WILL BE HELD AT THE REGISTERED ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY AT 24, BALARABE MUSA CRESCENT, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS- NIGERIA AT 10:00AM ON THE 9TH APRIL, 2018 FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING AN ACCOUNT LAID BEFORE THEM SHOWING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WINDING UP HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY DISPOSED OFF AND HEARING ANY EXPLANATION THAT MAY BE GIVEN BY THE LIQUIDATOR.

*AIMS AND OBJECTIVES* 1. TO TRAIN WOMEN IN SELECTED LOW INCOME RURAL COMMUNITIES ON USING EASILY-ACCESSIBLE/AFFORDABLE FOODS FOR THEIR CHILDREN FROM WEANING TO SCHOOL AGE 2. TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES TO CREATE INNOVATIVE HEALTHY NUTRITION OPTIONS TO PROMOTE CHILD SURVIVAL

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLATUNJI FISAYO FELIX - PRESIDENT 2. BARIYAA BETTY DORNU - SECRETARY 3. OGBUJI VICTOR CHIJINDU - MEMBER 4. AKPAMA INAH EKAT - MEMBER 5. OFOEGBU EMMANUEL CHIMA - MEMBER 6. PHOENIX AUSTIN OGBIDI - MEMBER

MRS. FATIMA IBRAHIM-HARUNA LIQUIDATOR

MY DREAMS & MY VISIONS HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS, 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. SOLANKE , JOSEPH. TAIWO (2). SOLANKE, JANET TEMITOPE. (3). SOLANKE, RACHAEL OREOLUWA. (4) SOLANKE, FAITH ADURAGBEMI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ERADICATE CHILD POVERTY IN AFRICA AND SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THEIR NEED 2. TO HELP SINGLE PARENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN 3. TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO HAVE A MEMBER SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL ILLNESS 4. TO SUPPORT CHILDREN FROM HOMES WHERE PARENTS ARE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED

ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA F.C.T. WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: EYITAYO OGUNYEMI ESQ. (08060623454)

ROYAL DIADEM WORLD OUTREACH

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, 1990.

TRUSTEES; 1.ALEXANDER JOY- JACINTH OMOKEGBE 2,ALEXANDER CORNELIUS IZUCHUKWU 3,OMOTORIOGUN EKUNDAYO OMAI 4. AINA OSHIONAME OLADIPO: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO HEAL THE SICK., RESTRUCTURE INTO RIGHT PROPAL MIND SET. (SET THE CAPTIVE FREE AND DELIVER THE OPPRESSED. 3. TO PREACH CHRIST LOVE, FELLOWSHIP, RESPECT AND PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMONG MEMBERS

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

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

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How women suffer, die under restrictive abortion access Angela Onwuzoo

A teenage single mother who was forced to keep a pregnancy against her wish has spoken out how restrictive abortion access led her to give birth.

Now she is living in agony with the consequences of catering for a child she didn’t want in the first place.

Joy, not real name, 17, blamed her parents’ stigmatising attitude and lack of legal abortion services in the country for her decision to give birth after being impregnated by her boyfriend who said he was too young to father a child.

Her case was jumping from frying pan into fire. She has, in her life, gone through bitterness as she is a sickle cell anaemia patient.

Joy who had just secured admission into one of Nigeria’s federal universities to read Economics now faces the challenge of raising up her three-weeks old baby girl and furthering her education.

Aside the traumatic experience during her pregnancy owing to her condition, the young mother may have to live with the pain of raising the child alone without support from her run-away-lover and her parents who attributed her pregnancy to her carelessness.

Joy who said she was ignorant of the consequences of her affairs with her boyfriend as she was never allowed by her parents to associate with the male folks, however, blamed the country’s restrictive abortion laws for her present predicament.

Narrating her ordeal to our correspondent in Lagos recently, Joy who is from the South-South region of the country, said her parents’ attitude further worsened the problem and resulted to her having the baby.

Her ordeal: “I was going to buy bread for dinner in my area one Friday evening in June, 2017. I met a boy on my way who walked up to me and told me that he loved me.

He collected my phone number and said he wanted us to be friends.

From that time, we got charting for like a month. He was already in his second year in the university studying Computer Engineering.

“One afternoon, when my parents had gone to work, he visited me at home. When he came, he told me that he was in my house for us to know ourselves better and become more intimate. He assured me that nothing will happen that I should be brave like other girls and enjoy sex. So I ignorantly yielded to his overture.”

Joy continued: “But I didn’t tell anyone about it because of fear. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t know it was going to result into pregnancy. “ For two months, I did not see my menses so I called my elder sister who told me it could be an infection. My mother was too busy with her work as a banker to notice what was going on.

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Apregnant girl in agony

“So I started treating infection. But one day, my friends told me that I was pregnant. But I ignored their statement wondering how I could be pregnant. “Four months gone without seeing my menses, I went for a pregnancy test. Lo and behold, the result was positive.”

She went on :”I got the shock of my life that day wondering how one unprotected sex could make me pregnant. I now called my boyfriend to tell him what happened.

He told me that he was too young to become a father at the age of 20 and that if his uncle should hear about it, he would stop paying his school fees. So, he told me to sort out myself and never to bother him with the issue anymore after which he stopped picking my calls.”

“So I told my friends about it and they asked if I was going to keep it and I said no.

“I tried aborting it through a quack doctor about five times but it didn’t work. I even tried D&C and it still didn’t work. Then I was advised to visit qualified health personnel.

“The few places that I visited, the doctors there said they could not offer abortion services because my baby and I were in good condition. One of them, who reluctantly agreed to carry out the procedure requested for my parents’ consent. “ It was at this point I told my parents who felt so disappointed in me.They were heart broken but later started calling me all sorts of derogatory names. Now, when I requested for their consent to perform the abortion, they declined.

Instead, they sent me to my elder sister’s house in Lagos to have the baby.”

She further said: “Since I delivered the baby three weeks ago, it has been a period of mourning for me because it is not what I planned for.

Every night, as the baby cries, I also cry with her beacuse I do not know where the father is and nobody to support me.

“The most painful part of it is that, whenever I look at her, she reminds me of that fateful day. I don’ t know how long this sad memory will last let alone my education.”

The frustration of Joy is one among many troubles of women and girls who seek safe legal abortion procudure in Nigeria but the country’s restrictive abortions laws would not allow them.

Joy was however, so lucky to have survived the five attempts by quacks to terminate the pregnancy as many Nigerian women and girls have lost their lives to unsafe abortion.

Induced abortion is illegal in Nigeria except when performed to save a woman’s life and this has made many women to consult quacks and in the process lose their lives.

Regretably, while many are still grappling with the nation’s restrictive abortion laws, the decision of the U.S. President, Donald Trump to reinstate and extend the Global Gag Rule (GGR), has further denied women access to the procedure.

A recent study published by The Lancet publication revealed that restricting access to abortion by law does not reduce the number of abortions but only increases the risks to lives of women and girls.

According to the study, 25.5 million unsafe abortions were carried out yearly between 2010 and 2014 worldwide, with 97 per cent occurring in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The Global Gag Rule was first introduced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 under the name of the Mexico City Policy. Since then, it has been revoked by Democratic

Presidents who have taken office, and re-introduced by all Republican Presidents. In January 2017, a dramatically expanded version was signed by Trump soon after he took office.

Previously the Global Gag Rule applied to family planning funds only, this version of the Global Gag Rule applies to all global health funds provided by the US government.

It bans non-US organisations from receiving any US funds if they give information and referrals for abortion, provide safe abortion or plead for better abortion legislation.

Women’s rights groups in developing countries like Nigeria where funds and facilities are already limited, find the policy particularly worrisome.

The impact of GGR on women’s health is already being felt in a number of countries around the world, according to reproductive rights advocates.

According to Ipas, a Non-Governmental Organisation that works globally to improve access to safe abortion and contraception, Trump’s decision on Global Gag Rule is a blow to women worldwide as more than 22 million women every year almost all in developing countries will have an unsafe abortion because they lack access to safe, high-quality abortion care.

The NGO also frowns at the policy, stating that there are 225 million women in developing countries like Nigeria who want to avoid pregnancy but lack access to modern contraception.

According to a research conducted in 2012 by a United States-based Guttmacher Institute and Ipas, over 1.25 million abortions are carried out in Nigeria every year, equivalent to a rate of 33 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49. The

estimated unintended pregnancy rate was 59 per 1,000 women aged 15–49.

Ipas Country Director in Nigeria, Barrister Hauwa Shekarau, said the cost of carrying out abortion is high, and those who are not economically empowered resort to quacks, making unsafe abortion the most silent and persistent cause of maternal mortality in Nigeria.

“The abortion law in Nigeria is restrictive and it is only permitted to save the life of the woman if she is in a danger. But those that do not fall under this legal restriction are left to their own devices”,she noted.

Chairman, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning, Dr Ejike Orji, said that abortion deaths have become the second leading cause of maternal deaths in Nigeria.

Orji revealed that on the average of every five women with unsafe abortion, one of them may die.

“And where complications occur, the cost of treating the complication is six times more than an abortion that is safe. The cost of treating complications of unsafe abortion constitutes a significant financial burden on the public health care system in the developing world”, he explained.

According to Dr. Carolyn Sufrin from Physicians for Reproductive Health, a global network of medical professionals working to improve access to reproductive health care, the Global Gag Rule would affect women in developing countries most negatively and threatens to reverse progress made in improving maternal health outcomes.

“There is no question that this is targeting women in developing countries where they are already under resourced and rely on help from international organisations,” she said.

Also, President of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), Serra Sippel, said: “Trump’s dangerously broad global gag rule exposes the Administration’s gross incompetence when it comes to global health. “Women will pay the price for this unprecedented interference with global health systems.”

For the Clinic Director at a leading sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya known as Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK), Melvine Ouyo : “I think it’s going to be catastrophic. “ “ If we are to sign into the gag rule, it means then that we are going to throw away our mandate of reaching out to young women, women who need family planning services”, she said.

FHOK has already closed a clinic in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and more cuts may be coming.

“If we cannot get other means, if we cannot intervene in the right time, we are going to see a suffering country,” Ouyo said.

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OAM Foundation offers scholarship to blind albino undergraduate

Stories by Angela Onwuzoo

It was a day of joy for Kalu Victor, a blind albino student of History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos, Akoka, when a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Onome Akinlolu Majaro (OAM) Foundation, visited him with an award of scholarship.

The scholarship, the Foundation says will cover tuition and accommodation during the four-year programme.

The OAM Foundation which is committed to ending stigma and discrimination against people living with albinism in the country and beyond, is founded on the belief that enlightenment added with a little act of love and kindness can change the way people living with albinism are treated.

Speaking during the offer in Lagos recently, Co-Founder of the Foundation, Onome Okagbare Majero,said: “In line with this objective, we are supporting Kalu, a blind albino to realise his academic dream.

“We plan to offer more scholarships in the future and we are open to partnership to en-

L-R: Ugochukwu Gilbert Orji, Onome Akinlolu Majaro (OAM) Ambassador; Rita Chinwe Okagbare, member, Board of Director, OAM Foundation; Victor Kalu, scholarship beneficiary; Onome Okagbare Majaro, co-founder, OAM Foundation and another OAM Ambassador during the signing of agreement of scholarship for Kalu, recently.

able us do more in empowering more albinos.”

She said the Foundation came up with the scholarship policy to provide financial assistance for albino children and youths who would otherwise have been unable to find the resources for their education, while appealing to phi-

lanthropists and corporate organisations in the country to assist the Foundation to impact more lives.

Onome noted that her NGO was moved by the plight of Kalu because visually impaired people face more challenges than other people with

other forms of disability as they cannot see.

She therefore, called on Nigerians to stop stigmatising against people living with albinism, stressing that the condition is not a disease but only a genetic disorder.

Commending the Foundation for the gesture, Kalu who

is an indigene of Abia State, said that the scholarship was not only a big relief to him, but would also boost his academic performance and bring out the best in him.

“Before, I was living in fear, but now I am living in hope.

“In campus, everything is expensive and to make things worse because of my condition I have to spend more. The way we write is different and our materials are expensive”, he said.

Kalu who was beaming with smiles further said: “With this support, I know my dream of becoming a media practitioner can be achieved,” he added with palpable excitement.

On how he lost his sight, he explained: “I was not born blind, I lost my sight in 1998 about 20 years ago. It was domestic accident, people were fighting and one of the fighters wanted to hit the other person but happened to hit me on my left eyes and due to wrong medication I lost the second eyes.” “ We are six in number.My mother is late and my father is a taxi driver, so survival was not easy”, he added.

Promasidor, Empower 54 unite against malnutrition in Africa Angela Onwuzoo Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, has boosted Modupe Ozolua’s fight against malnutrition in Africa by donating to Empower 54 Project in support of its programme aimed at eradicating malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria.

The donation which took place recently, the donor said would in no small measure help to boost the worthy initiative of the organisation, which is at the forefront of eradicating malnutrition in the country.

Promasidor’s support to Empower 54 is in line with its corporate social responsibility policy, which has seen it contribute to worthy causes across the country.

Expressing delight at the gesture, Princess Modupe Ozolua, Founder and President of Empower 54, said the products were greatly appreciated and the donation worth emulating as malnutrition is a major concern among IDPs, refugees and underprivileged people not only in Nigeria but also across the

African continent.

According to the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, 33 percent of Nigerian children under five years suffer from chronic malnutrition, which translates into very disturbing statistics and many innocent lives lost due to lack of sensitisation.

Princess Ozolua commended Promasidor Nigeria Limited for supporting Empower 54 in such an immeasurable manner, assuring that the products, which contain vital nutrients would be judiciously utilised.

Empower 54 is a United States non-profit organisation providing humanitarian assistance since 2003 through health, education, empowerment, and IDP/ refugee programmes to underprivileged Africans.

The organisation evacuated the severely malnourished IDP children from Bama to Maiduguri for treatment two years ago, but realised more has to be done to save children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

Princess Ozolua said it was that experience that prompted Empower 54 to lead the move

Malnourished children

towards creating strategic measures to eradicate the deadly epidemic.

His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni

of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, is Empower 54’s global goodwill ambassador for its campaign to eradicate mal-

nutrition in Africa, and is also supported by the Australian Government, IMF and other international partners.

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Bayelsa Govt organises restoration Easter FEST to showcase indigenous artists Akam James, Yenagoa

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Bayelsans from all walks of life have commended Governor Henry Seraike Dickson, for organizing the Easter fiesta in the state, Tagged “The Restoral Easter Fest” music, comedy and dance show to celebrate the season and foster unity among the people.

The event which was also used to support budding talents in the state’s entertainment industry was held on Sunday 1st of April at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa with thousands of people in attendance.

The excited crowd praised the Governor for bringing back social life to the state as they sang, danced and laughed to the rib cracking jokes by comedians, entertainers and musicians including a sensational hip hop stars from Lagos and Port-Harcourt.

According to them, the event was historic and the security efforts of the restoration government have truly paid off as there was no incidence of violence throughout the period of the event which lasted for over eight hours.

In his speech, the commissioner for information, Hon Daniel Iworiso Markson, who represented the Governor Dickson, told the crowd that the present administration will continue to project the youths in the state as the leaders of tomorrow.

He pointed out that the

governor has demonstrated his passion for the youths through his massive appointments of youths into positions of authority as commissioners, Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants.

He advised the youths to shun vices such as cultism, robbery and other criminal tendencies as plans are underway to organize a talent hunt competition between the Local Governemnt Areas in the state this year which will be used to discover more youths and make them super stars.

According to Iworiso, from their performances Bayelsa youths can compete with other entertainers in the world, stressing that more of such fiesta would be organized for the youths to show case their talents and have a sense of belonging in the restoration government.

Also speaking, the State Commissioner for tourism, Hon. Ebiere Musa, commended the State government for organizing the event for youths, adding that her Ministry will organize a competition for the youths in the state and twenty winners who will emerge at the competition will be sponsored to watch all

the matches in the world cup in Russia.

She equally commended the youths for their show of talents and urged them to engage in meaningful ventures instead of dissipating their energies in cultism and other vices.

L-R: Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke; Chairman, House Committee on Establishment, Training, Pension & Public Service, Hon. Adedayo Famakinwa; Permanent Secretary, Office of Establishments and Training, Mrs. Clara Ibirogba and Managing Director, Viewpoint Educational Services, Mrs. Sidikatu Abiola, during the 2-day workshop titled: Impact of Transformation Leadership on Work Ethics, Innovation and Attitudinal Change, in Lagos

Aniocha North PDP boils over leadership tussle Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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trouble over leadership tussle has erupted in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), leaving its chieftains in exchange of blows.

In shameful act, the party

Re-introduce college’s running cost, Provost urges Taraba Govt Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo.

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Provost, College of Education (COE), Zing in Taraba State, Dr. Mike Dio Jen has called on the State Government to re-introduce the running cost it usually give the College to enhance its day to day academic activities.

Dr. Mike Dio, made the call while fielding questions from journalists in his office, shortly after the College’s 2017/2018 39th Matriculation Ceremony held yesterday at the school premises, Zing, headquarters of Zing Local Government Area of the State.

While enumerating some of the institution’s daunting challenges, Dr. Mike said “there is acute water shortage in the College”.

“The Students in the Hostel don’t have adequate source of water to meet up with their daily needs”.

He noted that there was

lack of fund to service and offset some of the expenses accrued by the College, for instance, electricity bill.

Reliving his experience on electricity supply as it affects the College, Dr. Dio revealed that the monthly electricity bill PHCN give the institution is above One Million Naira.

“Sometimes, we pay them N300,000.00 carryover and the bill is accumulating”.

“So, we appeal to government if they can reintroduce the Running Cost they usually give the College”, he said.

The Provost further narrated that the management of the College cannot rely on the fees paid by the Students to run the affairs of the institution stressing that as a Teacher Training College, the Students are not charged unnecessary fees.

His words, “Our institution is a Teacher Training College, we don’t charge unnecessary fees, people are

not even willing to come to the College. If you charge them high, everybody will run away, they don’t want to become Teachers, that is why we are handling them like eggs”, said Dr. Dio. The ordeal of non-availability of staff accommodation in the College, Dr. Dio described it as pathetic, noting that the staff risk their lives traveling long distance from Jalingo the State capital to Zing daily.

The 39th matriculation ceremony of the college therefore, the Provost stated that about 1,800 Students were matriculated, making the number of students to about 4,000.

The College Boss however, commended the efforts of Governor Darius Ishaku saying he has listening ears to the problems of the College.

“We have achieved much and made tremendous progress on areas of infrastructural facilities, accreditation of Courses and staff strength”

chieftains at Issele-Uku Headquarters of the council area on Tuesday, were literally locked in the web of shouting match that attracted passers-by including opposition All Progressives Congress members to the scene soon it degenerated into physical exchange of blows.

Although, the Aniocha North PDP Chairman, Prince Egune had described the shameful act as unfortunate, and ridiculous, but the crisis which led to the fight had refused to give way for peaceful co-existence among the party members.

It was reliably gathered that trouble started when a former APC Chieftain in the area defected to the party with his teeming supporters.

At the venue to welcome the defectors right inside the Aniocha Council Secretariat, supporters of the lawmaker (names withheld) representing Aniocha North Constituency who were said to have been dissatisfied with the insisting comment alleged made by the leader of the defectors, one Chief Calistus Nwanwolor in a furry took the microphone from the said Nwanwolor, leaving him and his fellow defectors in utter anger.

Eyewitness said while shouting match from both supporters of the lawmakers and the defectors lasted, dangerous weapons such as

broken bottles, sticks rented the air as onlookers scampered for their dear lives including Mobile Policemen who maintained neutrality during the unfolding melee.

Confirming the incident, the leader of the defectors, Calistus Nwanwolor said: “I was just making my speech when one K.C Ugbolue with his gang members pounced on me, took the microphone from me, they dealt several blows on me, and my supporters responded, Ugbolue is an aide to the lawmaker representing Aniocha North constituency, Mr. Emeka Nwaobi, I have reported the matter to the State Chairman of the party”.

But in a swift reaction, KC Ugbolue dismissed the allegations as untrue, saying that Nwanwolor allegedly made heresy statements during which he was given the opportunity to speak as a leader the decampees.

Sources said there has been palpable fear of the unknown within the party in Aniocha North in the last few months, particularly allegations of leadership tussle, and fetish imbroglio among its members.

While the crisis seemed to have been unabated, party supporters feared that 2019 elections might be bloody in the area for “interest group” including ambition of Mr. Emeka Nwaobi to allegedly “Lord it over others.

The lawmaker described

its “haughty” with alleged political abrasiveness, had in the last few months been swimming in troubled waters with leaders of the party, especially on his second term ambition.

He has been severally accused of using “fetish means” to intimidate those against him within the party, and as such had lost respect for some of the party elders.

But his media aide, Mr. Patrick Ochei in a swift reaction, dismissed as untrue, saying that those against the lawmakers were acting the scripts of their pay masters.

Speaking with journalists, the party chairman in the area, Prince Egune confirmed that suspected loyalists of the lawmakers descended on the defectors with dangerous weapons, adding that in a bid to put up defence by supporters of the defectors led to the exchange of blows.

Investigation revealed that party members of Aniocha North Local Government Area had been running inexplicable war far over what was described as wrong leadership; a situation that had also created bad blood among loyalists of various leaders of the party.

But Barr. Kingsley Esiso, the State Party Chairman, assured of peaceful co-existence4, warning that party members found wanting would be shown the way out.

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Jang: APC claims of looters’ list laughable Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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L-R: Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; representative of the Senate President, Sen. Sam Ohuabunwa and U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, during the 2017 World Aids Day in Abuja.

CodeLagos: 15,000 trained, as Ambode approves next phase of initiative Benjamin Omoike

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set to roll out across 5,000 primary and secondary schools, as well as 50 Outof-School centres by December 2018.

He said on Monday April 9, 2018, coding classes would commence in the Out-of-School Centres, which cater for Lagos residents who are above 16 years and are not currently in any primary or secondary school in Lagos.

“Coding classes will commence on April 9th in four centres - Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba; Isolo Public Library, Isolo; Ilupeju Public Library, Ilupeju; and Onikan Youth Centre, Onikan. Additional centres including other Lagos State public libraries, community centres and private training centres are scheduled to roll out in a few weeks.”

Bank-Olemoh also disclosed that plans are at advanced stage to commence coding classes in

with the success of the first phase of the CodeLagos initiative with over 15,000 individuals trained so far, Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the implementation of the next phase of the initiative, focused on expanding the reach and scope of the project to cater for more Lagos residents through its “In–School” and “Out-ofSchool” pathways.

CodeLagos, which has set the goal of teaching 1 million Lagos residents basic coding skills, was initiated in 2016.

Giving progress report on the progress of the programme and the commencement of the new phase, Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela BankOlemoh in a statement on Wednesday confirmed that over 15,000 individuals have been trained to date and that all is now

400 primary and secondary schools across the 6 Educational Districts in the State – both Government and Private – in the coming academic term set to resume this month.

“We will continue to train students in Scratch, Python and Mobile App development, depending on their level. This term we will also be introducing Oracle’s Alice and Greenfoot programming languages, through a partnership with Oracle Academy,” the Special Adviser said.

In a related development, Bank-Olemoh said Governor Ambode recently approved the release of funds for the payment of 224 CodeLagos facilitators, adding that the funds were disbursed to verified facilitators who successfully delivered training to students in the 2017/2018 school year, in both government and private schools.

According to him, “Facilitators in the government schools receive a CodeLagos grant of N25,000 per term while the facilitators in private schools receive a grant of N20,000. The grants are to compensate the additional time spent for prep work and to help cover some basic expenses like data purchase for personal learning and development. All CodeLagos facilitators are trained free of charge by Lagos State and receive support and resources throughout the term. Another round of training has been scheduled to hold this April as we commence the new term.

“His Excellency, governor Akinwunmi Ambode has given us a mandate to prepare Lagosians for the future economy. I believe we can educate one million people in the language of the future. Our success in Lagos State

Insurgency: Nollywood sets to change narrative in North-East Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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dustry is set to address the challenges of insurgency faced in the north eastern part of the country through epoch movies aimed at exposing the violent extremism that has bedevilled the region.

With an eight weeks drama series titled “In love and in Ashes” the movie is packaged

to rekindle hope in the face of the unfortunate disaster that has ravaged the troubled zones of the country.

Produced by Water Shade Entertainment, the movie will no doubt leverage on the largest television networks in the country as a medium to best pilot it’s message of uniting Nigerians as one indivisible nation that will rise up to the occasion of speaking against all forms of division

and violent extremism.

However, in a statement signed by the Media and Publicity Officer of Water Shade Entertainment, Mr. Martins Ulonnam, and made available to our correspondent, it says that the eight- episode drama series will showcase a cast that accentuates love over hate and draws the moral conclusion that will overcome extremism.

Ulonnam said, “the movie

is a story about loss, regret, forgiveness, and the incredible human spirit and it’s capacity for healing. It is a narrative of hope in the face of disaster, a bitter-sweet tale that highlights the social, humanitarian and moral challenges that bedevils communities and their inhabitants that have experienced violent extremism in the North East Nigeria.

immediate past governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang has said the claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he embezzled the sum of N12.5billion while in office as the governor of Plateau State is laughable and premature.

Jang stated this Wednesday, in a press statement he signed and made available to our correspondent in Jos. According to him, “the list released by Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the behest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government wherein he alleged that I got N12.5billion is laughable on preliminary evaluation, and pathetic when considered on the scales of truth and reality. The so called list of looters is a testament to the desperation which holds the All Progressives Congress in its firm grip after what is now certainly an infamous cameo in power considered by many to be tragic and regrettable.

“For all those who were on the list, sources of the funds allegedly looted were stated, but in my case, there was none. How possible is it for me to have gotten N12.5billion just like that from nobody and nowhere?

Unlike Lai Mohammed and the Federal Government, I know without any shadow of doubt, that to be a looter, one must have stolen or taken something by force. If their allegation is anything to go by, it falls short of the lowest standards of believability; otherwise they would have noticed that the allegation of getting N12.5billion from an unknown source isn’t the same as looting the said amount.

“Before going to the Senate, I was Governor of Plateau State from 2007-2015.

For 8years, I did my best for my people. The landmark achievements recorded within that period remain unmatched till date. They are a legacy of diligence, service, and accountability in governance. A computation of the value of the projects we executed throughout the 17 Local Government Areas of the State reveals a massive gulf of inequality between the insufficient resources we got as subvention and internally generated revenue, and the ambitious strides we were able to accomplish. I remember vividly how former President Goodluck Jonathan was unable to commission half of those projects while moving through the

State by helicopter. Before the day was over, he couldn’t hold back his amazement at what he saw, wondering where we got funds considering what comes to us from the federation account. Recently, some of such critical infrastructure were commissioned over two years after I left office as Governor of the State.

“When the APC government in Plateau State took me to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), they could not get a single case of financial impropriety to be filed against me in the courts. The EFCC has thoroughly investigated me and they know I don’t have an offshore bank account. They have all my account numbers and know the balances in each. Did they find the N12.5billion in any of them?

“Apparently unhappy with the findings of the EFCC they quickly ran to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC, seeking to have me investigated again. From the look of things that too would be another wild-goose chase which would ultimately culminate in another anticlimax.

“Today, a vast majority of Nigerians know that the present Federal Government only pays lip service to the fight against corruption.

Where they appear to be serious, it is in media trials and persecution of the opposition and perceived opponents. Why are we not talking of the campaign funds of the APC? Where did they get their funding from? Did they pluck the billions they spent from trees? Until and unless they tell Nigerians how they funded their campaigns in 2015, Nigerians would continue to see them as they are, and would not hesitate to vote them out in 2019.

“I know Lai Mohammed in our National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) days when we fought for the return of democratic rule to the country putting an end to military dictatorship. I know him to always stand for the truth. Alas, I can finally say that he is not that same person these days. In Nigeria today, it would seem that once you join the APC, you become baptized into the order of lies, falsehood, deception, and propaganda. Nevertheless, Lai Mohammed must make amends by recanting the phantom allegations he made against my good person within a reasonable timeframe or face the consequence of his indiscretion in the foreseeable future”, he said.

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Okowa on projects commissioning spree in Warri Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday, engaged in commissioning of projects in Warri North and Warri South local government areas of Delta State, saying, his administration was committed to executing more projects across the state.

Among the projects commissioned are, the Iwere College road, access road to Awaritse Industrial Park, Obite-Ugbo and Korobe road in Warri North local government area.

Also commissioned in the area, is Alema Modern College which is located at the home town of Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, his predecessor at Abigborodo.

He also, commissioned the Ugbuwangue/NPA bye-pass road, rehabilitated Okere/Ugborikoko road, Frank Omare Crescent and the Esiri street in Warri South local government area and inspected projects in Uvwie local government area of the state.

The Governor who also, paid courtesy call on the Olu of Warri, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli commended the people for their support to his administration, observing that executing the projects were possible because of the people’s peaceful disposition and reception of developmental programmes.

“I am glad that we are in Warri in continuation of our commissioning of projects, we are happy that the projects are impacting on the lives of the people, we will continue to

do more to touch positively, the lives of our people,” Governor Okowa said.

He added, “we are aware that development is not limited to physical infrastructure alone, that is why we are developing our youths, empowering our youths to be wealth creators.”

At the Palace of the Olu of Warri, the Governor assured the King that his administration recognises him as the only King in His kingdom.

Former Governor Uduaghan had at the Commissioning of Alema College, Abigborodo, commended Governor Okowa for his commitment to providing infrastructure across the state while the Olu of Warri in an address, said, “as we thank and appreciate you (Governor Okowa) for the good you have so far done, we pray that God will grant you the grace to do and achieve more.”

In a brief speech, the Chairman of Warri South local government, Hon. Michael Tidi, said, “your (Governor Okowa) commitment to the development of Warri, returning the oil city to its old glory which has earned you the nick name, Road Master can only earn you second term to continue with your good works.’

Today (04/04/18), Governor Okowa will hold town hall meetings with the people of Warri North and Warri South local government areas, even the Governor described as forum for him to share ideas unrestricted with Deltans, disclosing that such helps in articulating the needs of the people in his programmes.

L-R: Head, Investment Banking, Standard Bank Group, Bill Blackie; MD/CEO, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Peter Ndegwa and Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Dr. Demola Sogunle, during a business dinner in Lagos

Security: Lagos moves to tackle arms proliferation, gender crimes, others Benjamin Omoike

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ernment on Wednesday said plans have been firmed up to convene a security summit, where a comprehensive strategy and homegrown solutions will be developed by critical stakeholders to myriads of security challenges confronting the State such as cultism, drug abuse, gender-based crimes, arms proliferation, among others.

Executive Secretary of the state’s Security Trust Fund, Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun, who said this at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, on the forthcoming summit scheduled to hold on April 9, 2018 at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, said other critical topics including terrorism, transnational crimes, intelligence and community policing would also be examined at the

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He said the idea of the summit followed a pledge by the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode at the annual Town Hall Meeting on security held last year, to convene a larger platform for a more robust deliberation on current security issues, and to proffer actionable solutions which can be implemented by the state government.

“The summit would have four panel sessions on various aspects of security from cultism, drug abuse and gender-based crimes to arms proliferation, terrorism and transnational crimes including intelligence and community policing, among others,” Balogun said.

He added that the summit, with the theme – “Securing Lagos State: Towards a Sustainable Framework for a Modern Mega City,”

would specifically provide a platform for leaders, leading minds and subject matter experts to share best practices, knowledge and experiences focused on recommendations for a sustainable security framework for the State from 2018 to 2030.

While enumerating the objectives of the summit, Balogun said the event would be used to design and agree on an overall security strategy and system, as well as engage and secure input and buy-in of all critical stakeholders to the said security strategy, while it would also be deployed to develop homegrown solutions that can be implemented by the state government.

He added that a sustainable funding model for security in Lagos State would also be brought to the fore at the summit.

Balogun, who addressed

the briefing alongside other members of the Organizing Committee, also revealed plans of the state government to incorporate private security outfits operating in the State into the security architecture of the State.

He said: “This is going to be a very engaging summit even though it is just for a day but we are going to be having about 15 sub themes and these themes speak to the germane issues that we have in Lagos.

“For example, we have a topic on integrating private security practice in security architecture of Lagos State which is a very important aspect of our security architecture because as we speak, there are so many private security companies operating in this state and there is a need to bring them into the security of this State; they must collaborate with the Nigerian Police so that we can have a very robust security network in the state.”

20 Niger communities raise the alarm over insecurity Saka Bolaji, Minna

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About twenty Communities of Zazagi in Munya local government of Niger state have appealed to the federal government and Chief of Army Staff (CAS) to retain the military ‘operation Karamin Goro’ that has restored peace, stability and normalcy in the area.

A delegation of the communities led by the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Senator David Umaru, raised the

alarm at a press briefing in Minna, however commended the good and cordial military/civilian relationship exhibited as a sign of modern military.

Senator Umaru maintained that the withdrawal of the military could lead to possible attack if the communities are left on their own after enjoying relative peace from the kidnapping, robbery and farmers/ herdsmen clashes experienced in the past before the intervention of the

military.

He decried the disturbing development of the evacuation of the military operations in the area slated for Thursday, April 5 , lamented that their evacuation could lead to subsequent attack on the community by the criminals and the farmers preparation for this year’s farming season would be dashed.

In his remarks, a community leader, Ibrahim AbdulAziz who further lamented the various incident of in-

security experienced in the past couple with the payment of ransoms, applauded the relevant authorities for their families intervention urging government not to withdraw the military operations because it will affect their farming activities for the season.

The Youth leader of the community, Usman Idris said that the criminals have committed a lot of havoc and damages in the area before the coming of the military just as they have

continued to make arrest of criminals to date.

Idris disclosed that there is raising tension in the area sequel to the plan to withdraw the military operations in the community today Thursday 5, 2018 due to fear of return of the criminals to the community especially at Zazagi where they stationed.

It was gathered that over 40 persons have so far been killed and over 70 communities have been affected in Shiroro, Munya, Paikoro, Gurara, Rafi and Bosso lo-

cal governments respectively adding that the military operations begun on 14th December, 2017 to end on Thursday 5, 2018.

When contacted the Special Adviser (SA) on Security matters to the Governor, Mohammed Maikudi said the state government was aware of the withdrawal of the military but already it’s set to dispatch combine team of security taskforce to the area to sustain the tempo, while advising the people to be calm and go about their businesses.

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Police refute rape incident at Flavour’s concert Charles Onyekwere.

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Police in Enugu State, Wednesday, described as untrue reported rape of at least 20 ladies at a musical concert, which featured popstar, Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour in the State.

The concert took place at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu over the weekend.

The media was awash with reports that over 20 ladies were raped, while some left the show naked with their dresses torn by some criminals.

However, a check by DAILYTIMES correspondent at the Enugu Police Command headquarters showed that no such case was reported four days after the event.

Imagemaker of the Police in the State, SP Ebere Amaraizu told newsmen that neither the State command headquarters nor any of its divisions had received report from any victim over the reported rape.

Amaraizu, who wondered how the news was generated, said mischief could not be ruled out as those behind it must have had the evil intention to cast put terror in the minds of the law abiding members of the public and also paint security operatives, the State Government and the organizers in bad light.

“There is no reported case anywhere in the Enugu State Police command. We don’t have any incident arising from that event; whoever that

has any should come forward, and we will look at it.

“That event was organized

by Flavour as a way of giving back to the society, because he grew up here in Enugu.

“We won’t want a situation where people sit down somewhere and manufacture stories because he who asserts must also prove.

“You even begin to ask yourself, those people that quoted number of the rape victims as 20, how they did do they counting? Does it mean they were following the rapists around the taking the data? Or the victims were assembled at one place and raped? Who are these victims?

“So, people cannot just sit down and say 1,000 persons have been raped whereas there is no evidence to substantiate that. People are just abusing the social media because I understand that someone just tweeted it and it began to spread,” he stated.

While noting that “the handiwork of mischief makers cannot be ruled out”, the PPRO further stated that “these are people who are always there to cause panic in the minds of law-abiding residents of the State, to cause terror in their mind and to rubbish the good work being done by the security agents and the State Government.

“So, as far the command is concerned, we do not have any reported case of rape arising from that event or after the event. Any person who has any claim on the contrary should come up with it and we will take it up from there.

NURTW chief donates mosque for community in Lagos The chairman, Lagos Island National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Abdul Azeez Adekunle Lawal (aka Kunle Poly), has commissioned a multi-million naira juma’at mosque built for community in Apogbon, under Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state.

According to him, he donated the mosque to mark his birthday and in memory of their loyal comrade member, late Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Ayinla (aka Piero) who died recently.

He said he built the mosque for Allah’s sake and for the name, the good work of the diligent and committed comrade to live forever not for worldly reward, adding that he would not rest on his oars

in supporting the work of Allah and the poor.

He said it is through God that someone’s destiny is achieved, while he ordered the Islamic scholars present at the event to praye for the soul of the departed Comrade Ayinla, to continue to rest and for Allah to continue to give his wife, children and the entire family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

After leading the prayers at the new mosque, the Chief Missioner, Hisbunallahi International Prayer Group of Nigeria, Alhaji Surajudeen Akanni Asukuna, commended the donor for the gesture and contributions to the propagation of Islam, while praying Allah to reward him abundantly.

L-R: Imo Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Joseph Aremu; Special Assistant to Imo Governor on Peace and Conflict Resolution, Mr. Peter Ohagwe; representative of the 34 Brigade Commander, Nigerian Army, A. Y. Bwala and Zonal Commander of FRSC in-charge of Zone 9, Mr. Samuel Obayemi, during the inauguration of 2017 Ember Months Safety Campaign in Owerri, Imo State.

Murder of unidentified middle-aged man unsettles Delta community

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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murder of an unidentified middle aged man in Uzere, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State has unsettled residents of the community.

It was gathered that the victim whose name as the time of this report was yet to be known, head was cut-off from the body, and dumped at Uzere community Junction on Monday night by unknown persons.

But speaking to journalists on Wednesday, the

Former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Oviozourie Macauley described the act as barbaric, and called on the Nigeria Police to fish out the culprits.

Noting the need for the police to intensify efforts to bring the perpetrators to book, the former SSG explained that Isoko communities had been peaceful, and will continue to be peaceful.

Sources said that the murder of the unidentified man may not be unconnected with the present communal crisis in Uzere community; a situation six persons were

fared killed.

The Former SSG however urged residents of the community to douse their fears and work with the Nigeria Police by supplying requisite information that can aid their investigation into the case.

Also reacting to the development, the Special Assistant to the Governor on community, and conflict resolution, Mr. Evans Egbo described the incident as a taboo, and condemnable in all ramifications. While calling on the police to leave no stone unturned in unveiling the faces behind the acts, he also called for the co-oper-

ation of stakeholders, and residents towards solving the case Further investigation revealed that the body of the beheaded man was missing with just the head at the junction of Uzere as fear of the unknown enveloped residents of the community.

But the Police Image Maker in the state, DSP Andrew Aniamaka who confirmed the incident, said that the deceased’s head has been deposited at the Central Hospital morgue in the area, adding that the matter was currently being investigated by the police.

Panic grips Delta Council Service Commission workers over staff verification exercise Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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Fear of the unknown has continued to grip Delta State unified Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) workers following the commencement of State Verification Exercise with no fewer than 226 ghost workers reportedly uncovered, the exercise according to the commission, is line with the State Governor’s policy on the audit of all staff in its employment.

In a circular signed by the secretary of the Commission, Mr. Clement Onighoro, a copy made available to our reporter, stated that the verification exercise will help in evaluating the state strength of the Local Governments in the State for better service delivery.

Accordingly, the circular explained that all staff of the 25 Local Government Councils would be screened, adding that the ghost workers were currently being investigated.

Unconfirmed report said the ghost workers had been on the employment lists of the unified Local Government Service Commission over the years before the bubble burst.

But the chairman of the commission, Mr. Ulumani Oyibo, told journalists that no stone would be left unturned to fish out more ghost workers.

Meanwhile, the state government has said that it will stop at nothing in ensuring the welfare of civil servants in the state for optimal performance.

The Head of Service (HOS) Mr. Reginald Bayoko who made this known on Tuesday when delegates of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NSCU), South South Zone led by the Zonal Chairman, Mr. Toni Toki paid him a courtesy visit, said the present administration places high premium on the welfare, and capacity building of the workforce, and as such would always do the needful to get the best from the workers.

He reiterated the commitment to operate an open door policy, adding that he would always welcome suggestions, and cross fertilization of ideas aimed at not only moving the state forward, but also to actualize civil service forward and the SMART Agenda of the state

government.

He applauded the Labour Unions in the state for their peaceful disposition, adding that the present administration under the watch of a labour friendly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, would always carry the workforce along in the realization of set goals that would be beneficial to all.

In his remarks, the Vice President/Zonal Chairman, (NSCU) Mr. Toni Toki said they were in the office of the HOD to inform him of their workings, and appealed for efficient and effective service delivery by the health personnel at the health facilities designed for implementation of the contributory health insurance scheme to achieve desire result.

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Incidents: NCAA braces up in aircraft monitoring Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has intensified surveillance on the operating airlines in the country following recent minor and major incidents that occurred in the industry in recent months.

The regulatory agency said that its inspectors now monitor the activities of the airlines more especially at the ramp areas, stressing that it would continue to sustain and improve on the current safety level in the industry.

Capt. Muhtar Usman, the Director-General of NCAA disclosed this yesterday in an interview with aviation journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos.

He also said that the regulatory agency was learning from the recent major and minor incidences that occurred in the country’s aviation industry within the year, stressing that lessons learnt from the incidents would be put to use to prevent major calamities from happening in the industry.

Usman pointed out that the year 2018 had been turbulent in the global aviation industry generally with incidences and accidents, but assured that the CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

Environmental laws: Group threatens to sue Shell over violation

L-R: Engineer Clement Awogbami, Deputy Director, Federal Ministry of Transportation (left), Captain Dayyabu Danraka, Director of Operations, AIB, Engineer Akin Olateru, Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) during AIB media briefing on the inauguration of the Safety Recommendation Committee at the AIB Safety House, Lagos...on Wednesday.

Kachikwu commissions Oando’s $150m building Simon Ugwu The Minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday commissioned Oando’s $150million office complex named ‘The Wings’.

He however urged the management to be more transparent in their operations as it entered new building.

According to him, “Oando has shown uniqueness as a Nigerian oil company showing support to the Government and the Nigerian populace. The building has been developed using water, sand, cement, bricks, steel, concrete, wood and glass, all are elements attributable to transparency and strength.

The future is very demanding, I urge you to continue to inspire and be creative in the solutions that

Titus Akhigbe, Benin The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has threatened to sue Shell over violation of environmental laws.

Addressing journalists in Benin City during a press conference yesterday, Executive Director (ERA/FoEN) , Dr. Godwin

you proffer in your sector and for the nation.”

Speaking at the commissioning event, , the Group Chief Executive, Oando PLC, Wale Tinubu said: “At Oando, passion is not only one of our core values, it drives our ambitions. The idea for the Wings Office Complex was conceived in 2009 and the build kick-started in 2013.

“At the time it seemed a lofty dream; both in terms of size and the type of structure we envisaged.

We commenced the construction of Wings at a time when the price of oil was around $100; despite the 2014 crash in oil prices to $23 per barrel, the 60% devaluation of the naira and the 13-month long economic recession, we pushed on.

“Today the two towers stand tall as testament to indigenous companies like Oando who continue to

lead and set the standard for excellence. The project signifies the end to a series of capital projects that we have pioneered, invested in and built.”

Four years after the ground breaking ceremony of Wings, Oando has surmounted all odds to complete the world class office complex which gives credence to the Company’s resilient and audacious spirit.

Considering the skepticism associated with investing in Nigeria, more so the Oil & Gas sector in recent times, Oando commendably scored the trust and support of two South African companies RMB Westport and Redefine Properties, who put equity in the project.

The Wings Office Complex is home to leading brands such as

Ericsson and RMB Bank and Oando employees. It was built with the intention of accommodating all our Lagos based staff, to act as our new Head Office, enabling us finally relinquish leased space in Lagos.

Oando said it embarked upon the journey in 2013, when the price of oil was around $100 per barrel. A year later, in 2014, they experienced both macro and micro environmental challenges; a global recession that saw the value of oil fall as low as $23 per barrel; the devaluation of the naira and a 13-month long economic recession.

The assumption would be that the Company would give up with all the economic and sectoral challenges faced within the period of construction, but they didn’t.

Uyi Ojo said the (ERA/FoEN) has thrown its weight behind plans by friends of the Earth Netherlands to take shell to court.

Ojo said, “By the day it is becoming evident that Shell may be running from its mess but cannot evade justice. The plans by friends of the Earth Netherlands to take Shell to court will further embolden impacted communities in the Niger Delta

to institute more cases to demand that their lives seized and ruined by Shell’s activities are taken back.”

Ojo added that the ground breaking case, if successful would significantly limit Shell’s investments in oil and gas globally by requiring them to comply with global climate targets noted that the case is supported

by Friends of the Earth International, which campaigns for

climate justice for people across the world impacted by dirty energy and climate change.

Lamenting the ruins caused

by Shell’s activities, Ojo said ,”In Nigeria, according to the UNEP report on Assessment of Ogoni (2011) Shell is guilty of polluting community lands, community waters and gassing communities through gas flaring which is a major contributor to climate change.”

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AIB inaugurates 10-man safety Incidents: NCAA braces up in aircraft monitoring recommendations committee

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

To complement their efforts and enhance the industry’s capacity to improve safety, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday inaugurated a 10-man safety recommendation committee.

Members of the committee drawn from AIB, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Ministry of Transportation and the industry include: Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru, Director of Operations, Charles Irikefe, Sadik Abubakar and Roland Nwaohiri, all of AIB. Others are: Iteke Ifeanyi, J. O Vincent, S Aminu, J Adegboye and Taiwo Olugbenga of NCAA. Awogbami Clement from Ministry of Transportation was also amongst the members.

To ensure a balance and objectivity, the Honourable Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has also approved the appointment of experienced industry expertsCapt Kiddie Dare and Engr.

Gbolahan Abatan as consul-

tants to the committee. They are Capt Kiddie Dare and Engr.

Gbolahan Abatan.

Speaking at the media briefing on the inauguration of safety recommendation committee held at AIB Safety House, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Commissioner/CEO Of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Engr. Akin Olateru said that the reason for the inauguration is to consolidate the remarkable efforts being made by this management since assumption of office to extend the frontiers of aviation safety, not only in Nigeria but globally.

Engr Olateru noted that AIB inherited 27 outstanding accident reports out of which they have published 10 as at the end of 2017, adding that the reports generated 35 safety recommendations.

Emphasising that the responsibility for enforcing safety recommendations lies with NCAA, Olateru hinted that the committee will engage the affected stakeholders on the effectiveness of the safety recommendations addressed to them

and submit their report to AIB management, which will work on it for the benefits of the industry.

He however, informed, that the bureau hopes to release another set of six accident reports before the end of May, 2018.

“The purpose of accident investigation, which is to improve aviation safety cannot be achieved if our recommendations are not found to be effective by the stakeholders. The recommendations guide the regulators, operators, the Ministry and other stakeholders in the industry. It is noteworthy that the Bureau’s accident investigation and safety recommendations have recorded positive impacts in the national and global aviation arena”.

“Our investigations into the Bristow Helicopter crash, which occurred in Lagos on August 12, 2015 led to the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Sikorsky, the aircraft manufacturer taking global safety actions”, he said.

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regulatory agency in Nigeria would sustain and improve on the safety level in the past years while the safety recommendations of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) would be followed to the letter in order to improve safety in the system.

Usman pointed out that NCAA would continue to adhere strictly to the eight critical elements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in order to prevent an accident from happening in the system, adding NCAA had consistently carried out safety oversight functions of operating airlines in the country.

He insisted that NCAA no matter the current safety level would not rest on its oars, but would continue to beam its searchlight on all operators in order to prevent disaster.

He said: “So, we take note of those incidences that have happened, we are going to learn from those incidences to ensure that we don’t have any unforeseen accident. So, we are intensifying our surveillance especially the ramping aspect of it; checking, rechecking, training, re-training, inspections as much as possible to ensure that whatever happens is in the past.

“Let me say that the year 2018 started with so many incidences and even accidents worldwide. Unfortunately, even though we have some incidences here, none has resorted into

any fatality or any serious injury. Of course, when you have occurrences, incidences, they are to give you an early warning probably of something more to come if you don’t do anything.

“Of course, we are all humans with our own inadequacies and that is why accidents or incidences happen, but our job here in NCAA is to prevent those accidents or incidences from happening and that we do through the safety oversight systems as defined by ICAO.” On the recent incursion of Consumer Protection Council (CPC) into aviation activities, Usman advised the agency to focus much of its attention in other areas with less regulation.

He explained that aviation industry is one of the most regulated sectors in the globe with international annexes and documents.

He, however, pointed out that both government agencies were working towards a common goal of consumer satisfaction, adding that it would try as much as possible to work with the agency to ensure improvement in the system.

He said: “Aviation industry is one of the most regulated industries in the world, we operate under the standards and recommended practises set up

by ICAO. We have annexes to the convention that we have to abide by, we also have our own regulations following some of these civil aviation Acts and the international civil aviation annexes and documents.

L - R: Chief Executive Officer, Uzoma Dozie; Executive Director, Chizoma Okoli; Head, Retail Banking, Robert Giles and Head, Mass Market Segment, Osita Ede, all of Diamond Bank Plc, at the inauguration of DiamondXtra Season in Lagos.

ExxonMobil appoints Inoyo Vice-Chairman of Nigerian affiliates Simon Ugwu ExxonMobil affiliates in Nigeria – Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) have announced the appointment of Udom Inoyo as Vice-Chairman of the Boards of the Companies, with effect from March 19,

2018.

Until his appointment, Inoyo, was an Executive Director and In-Country Human Resources Manager for MPN and EEPNL. Udom joined the MPN in 1989 and after several Human Resources roles in Nigeria, USA and Belgium, was appointed Manager, HR Policies & Programs in 2001. He be-

came the General Manager, External Affairs between 2002 and 2006, and, thereafter, the In-country HR Manager. He was elected to the Board of MPN as Executive Director in 2004.

Udom Inoyo hails from Akwa Ibom State and holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science (1981) and LL.B in Law (1987), from the Uni-

versity of Calabar, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1988. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School and Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona. Udom is currently the President and Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).

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B3 Capital Market

FCMB Group Q4 2017 posts 123% PBT rise as provisioning soars

Bonny Amadi

FCMB group has reassured shareholders of commitment to grow their investments with remarkable growth in earnings, even as provisioning has sustained upward trajectory.

The Group’s (FCMB) Q4 2017 results for the period ended 31 December 2017, released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Wednesday reflects remarkable growth of profit before tax by 123 per cent y/y to N4.6billion, even as loan loss provision spiked.

The numbers were driven by growth in none interest income by 365 per cent, funding income 26 per cent y/y. FCMB

shares have outperformed the index year-to-date. The shares have gained 51 per cent ytd against the 7 per cent ytd gain delivered by the index The result, according to cross section of market analysts is likely to trigger upward revisions to consensus 2018 estimates and positive reaction from the market The marked growth in PBT was underpinned by a 76 per cent year on year (y/y) growth in pre-provision profit. The strong double-digit growth on this line completely offset a significant 877 per cent y/y rise in loan loss provisions and an 18 per cent y/y rise in operating expenses.

The result showed that

though both revenue lines contributed to the strong growth in pre-provision profits, non-interest income which grew by 356 per cent y/y was the major driver.

Funding income also advanced by 26 per cent y/y.

The 38% y/y growth in PAT

was buoyed by a -40 decline y/y in other comprehensive income (OCI).

The group’s result sequentially on quarter on quarter basis showed that, PBT grew by 53 per cent PAT grew much faster at 106 per cent q/q.

According to market ana-

lyst, FCMB’s Q4 2017 PBT “also came in well ahead of consensus 2017 PBT forecast of N9.8bn. As such, we expect to see upward revisions to consensus PBT forecast and a positive reaction from the market”

International Breweries delivered N3.5bn pre-tax loss in Q3 Bonny Amadi

Irrespective of merger with key brewing giants, International breweries (IB) Plc appeared not to have delivered the numbers that will trigger positive market sentiments as the company’s third quarter results have shown.

IB plc audited result for the third quarter (Q3) period ended 31 December 2017 released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange Wednesday showed that there might be negative reaction by the market as the result appeared bearish as Pre-tax loss stood at N3.5billion.

Daily Times Nigeria recalls that International Breweries Plc officially merged with Pabod Breweries (Pabod) and Intafact Beverages (Intafact) on November 13, 2017 barely end of the company’s third quarter.

Subsequent to the merge, the figures Q3 result include numbers for Pabod and Intafact but from November 13, 2017. As such, y/y and q/q comparisons could not be effected.

The result showed that Q3 2017 sales were N19.1bilion. The company Q3 reported a pre-tax loss of N3.5bn for the quarter, mainly driven by relatively low gross margin and a high opex-to-sales

ratio.

Gross margin for the quarter was 29.7 per cent and compares with an average gross margin of 45.6 per cent reported by International Breweries alone over the last five years.

Also opex-to-sales recorded was 32 per cent versus an average of 22.4 per cent over the same period. The company reported PAT of N1.5billion, mainly owing to a high tax figure of N5.0billion for the quarter.

Cross section of analysts maintained that the company’s result was disappointing hence the stable fx environment and anticipated improved cost efficiencies following the merger could have delivered better numbers On a 9M basis, sales were N36.5bn, pre-tax loss came in at –N3.2bn while PAT was N1.4bn.

Gross margin and opex-to-sales were 38 per cent and 29 per cent respectively, again weaker than figures reported over the last five years as stated earlier.

Year to date, International Breweries shares have been flat compared with a +6.6% gain returned by the NSEASI. FBN Quest analysts’ remark on the result noted “We expect the market reaction to these numbers to be neutral-to-negative”

L – R: Brand Manager, PZ Cussons Anaekwe Aishat, Assistant Director, Science and Technology Department, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Aberuagba Olufemi and the Area Sales Manager, Lagos North, PZ Cussons, Olabode Popoola at the First Stage Examination of 5th Edition of PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge in Lagos.

Sokoto to repeal obsolete laws as IGR jumps by 98% Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his administration has begun process of repealing obsolete laws hampering against effective revenue generation in Sokoto state.

To this end, a bill that will soon be sent to the state House of Assembly for passage into law is being perfected by legal and tax officers who are expected to complete their assignment in due course.

A statement issued in Sokoto Wednesday by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said Tambuwal spoke after a meeting with of-

ficials of the interim management committee of the state board of internal revenue.

“We have recorded modest achievements in revenue generation in the last year but I have to admit we have our sights set on far higher targets.

“In 2017, we achieved 98.40% annual growth on our IGR compared to previous year. This followed the intervention we put in place by appointing new officers to head the revenue generating agency in the state.

“We will continue to support your work by giving

you all the necessary tools to succeed. We will also institutionalize these achievements by passing relevant laws that will move revenue generation forward,” the Governor added.

He said a situation where some of the state laws being in operation since the 70s cannot meet up with the requirement of modern governance.

Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Sokoto achieved a 98.40% increase in its 2017 IGR, netting in a total of N9.02 billion into its coffer.

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B5 Motoring

Hyundai launches new-generation accent in Africa and Middle East markets Hyundai has officially launched the fifth generation of its popular Accent small car in Africa and Middle East markets, building on the strengths of previous models with Hyundai’s latest design and engineering innovations while also maintaining Accent’s unbeatable value proposition for buyers.

Highlights of the new model include a completely new exterior design and comfortable high-tech interior. More efficient powertrains deliver an outstanding combination of performance and fuel economy, with a choice of 1.4-liter or 1.6-liter engines, including a diesel available in some markets, matched to a sixspeed transmission in either manual or automatic.

Other advances include reduced cabin noise and remarkably improved driving dynamics, both helped by a stronger bodyshell, and a selection of the latest safety and convenience features offered either as standard or as options. The All-new Accent is also slightly longer and wider than the previous model, including an increased distance between the front and rear wheels, giving occupants more leg and shoulder room.

“This new model makes several key improvements on the previous Hyundai Accent, which was already an excellent car and very popular with customers,” said Hyundai’s Head of Operations for Africa and the Middle East, Mike Song. “Design and engineering are completely fresh, ensuring a car that looks superb, is enjoyable to drive, with high levels of safety, and will be economical to own.”

The design of the new Accent exhibits confidence and sophistication, delivering a new interpretation of Hyundai’s design language. This includes Hyundai’s signature cascading grille – a design element being introduced across the brand’s product range.

The grille is flanked by wraparound headlights and optional LED signature daytime running lights, while sharp character lines run the length of the car to the slim LED wraparound tail lights.

Accent’s interior continues the modern, confident, sophisticated theme of the exterior. A driver-oriented layout with intuitive controls combines with improved interior roominess, high-quality materials and premium technology features. Premium, soft-touch materials in key points create an inviting and comfortable environment for the driver and passengers. A wide instrument panel prominently features a standard backup camera system via the touchscreen LCD display. Beneath the screen, the control panel is laid out in a horizontal design with buttons and controls logically grouped by function. Other convenience features available include a proximity key with push button start, dual USB charging, and auxiliary input jacks.

Standard safety features include electronic stability control, traction control and anti-lock brakes, as well as emergency stop signal, which automatically flashes the brake lights when the driver brakes heavily. Available options include a six-airbag system, static bending headlights to provide better illumination of the road through corners, and auto cruise control.

The body is stronger than the previous model, with torsional rigidity improved through the increased use of advanced high strength steel and structural adhesives. The New-generation Accent features several improvements to the front side members and inner side sill for improved collision protection. The front crumple zones have been increased, front side airbags have been upgraded, and reinforcements have been added to improve the car’s collision energy management performance, especially in small overlap crashes.

“The New-generation Hyundai Accent includes many of the latest auto innovations available, immediately setting a new benchmark for its segment,” said Mike Song. “It offers something exceptional to car buyers, and will continue the Accent success story.”

Mitsubishi expands reach in compact SUV sector with eclipse cross The arrival of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross gives the automaker three models that can compete for buyers in Europe’s most popular SUV segment.

In terms of size and price, Mitsubishi has placed the Eclipse Cross in the middle of Europe’s compact SUV sector, which accounted for 1.94 million sales last year, according to data from JATO Dynamics.

This allows Mitsubishi to position the slightly smaller ASX as a competitor in the small SUV segment, which accounted for 1.34 million sales last year, JATO’s figures show. In Germany, the Eclipse Cross starts at 21,990 euros, while the ASX begins at 16,490 euros, which is below the Opel Mokka small SUV that starts at 18,990 in its home market.

The larger Mitsubishi Outlander has the same starting price as the Eclipse Cross in Germany, but Mitsubishi is confident the Eclipse’s more daring coupe-like styling will help lower the average age of customers. Mitsubishi’s team in the UK estimates the average age of Eclipse Cross buyers will be 40 years old, compared with 45 for the Outlander, managing director Lance Bradley said.

The car is the last global model to be designed and engineered at Mitsubishi before Nissan took over at the end of 2016. The Eclipse Cross is based on a shorter version of the Out-

lander platform. Subsequent cars are expected to use platforms from the Renault-Nissan alliance. The launch engine is a 161-hp 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline unit with a 2.2-liter diesel following at the end of this year. Mitsubishi has said an electrified version of the car will follow, without being specific on the date or the technology it will use.

The gasoline-powered car is available with either a sixspeed manual transmission or a continuously variable transmission.

Entry versions of the car will be front-wheel drive for some markets, for example Germany and Italy, but in the UK all models are four-wheel drive. The UK has chosen to give its variants a relatively high specification.

“We don’t do poverty-spec cars. It’s not what our customers want,” Bradley said. All models in the UK come with a so-called “floating” high-level dashboard screen that can be operated either by touch or via a trackpad near the gear lever.

This screen doesn’t offer a satellite navigation option, which means drivers must use mapping apps on their Android or Apple phones mirrored onto the screen. A more conventional 7-inch touchscreen with navigation is offered in other European markets as an alternative to the floating screen.

The Eclipse Cross brings the latest active safety technology, including adaptive cruise control that keeps a set-distance to slower cars ahead, and a collision warning system that’ll brake the car to a stop below 40 kph.

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Banks credit to corporate sector increases in Q1 2018 –CBN

L-R: Managing Director, DE-EIBON Pharmaceutical Limited, Chisom Maduekwe; Business Development Director, Medical Credit Fund Africa, Fisayo Okusanya; Medical Director/ CEO, Saseun Hospital and Maternity, Dr. Rowland Saseun; Head, Non-Financial Service, Emerging Business Diamond Bank Plc, Chioma Ogwo and CEO, Ever Right Diagnostic and Laboratory Services Ltd, Okpara Everest, at the Diamond Bank Business Workshop for the health sector, held at Lagos Business School, Ajah, Lagos….recently.

Diamond bank, MCF partner to reduce medical tourism In a bid to reducing medical tourism in Nigeria, Diamond bank in partnership with Medical Credit Fund (MCF) and Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) are training some selected group of health practitioners on the business aspect of healthcare.

The first phase of the training was conducted at the Lagos Business School’s EDC and it aimed at helping the health practitioners strike a balance between healthcare and business.

Enlightening on Diamond’s bank involvement, Chioma Kema Ogwo, Head, New Financial Services, Emerging Businesses, Diamond Bank Plc said having realised the importance of knowledge in building businesses, the bank had decided to focus on certain sectors in the country with the health sector being one of them.

According to her, the Health Management Programme (HMP) was carved out of Certificate of Entrepreneur Management (CEM), a general programme for people in business and a different curriculum developed for the sector upon recognizing their distinction from other forms of businesses.

Her words: “this is called Health Management Programme (HMP), for people in the business in the health sector and the first of the series we are having. We decided to create this programme from a programme called Certificate of Entrepreneur Management (CEM) which is for people in

business generally when we discovered that people in the health sector are different, and cannot be put together with other sectors because they are kind of specialized so we decided to develop a different curriculum for them.”

On what the bank tends to gain, Ogwo said “we are very interested in developing the health sector and reducing medical tourism which is prevalent in Nigerian by improving what we have here. We have set aside some fund for the health sector, and we want to be recognized as a business partner for those in health sector.

Corroborating her, Mr. Fisayo Okunsanya, Business Development Director, Medical credit Fund said as an organisation in partnership with Diamond bank to give loan for healthcare, they found out that many of them like to focus on the clinical aspect of the business, this therefore preceded the programme to help them understand the business side of healthcare to make their business more attractive.

He emphatically said they expect that they run better businesses by infusing everything they have been taught into their business which will yield a turnaround that would be evident immediately.

On how the programme was of benefit to them, some of the Diamond Bank sponsored health practitioners, which included Dr. Rowland Saseun, Medical Director Saseun Hospital & Maternity, Apapa, Pharm. Chisom Maduekwe,

Managing Director, De-Elbon Pharmaceuticals Ltd, and Mrs. Tinuola Akinremi, confessed to have gained some ample fresh knowledge they wished they had from the onset of their careers.

Dr. Saseun, who described the programme as a rear one said, “ I have learnt so much that I wished I had learnt before I started my hospital 15 years ago. If I had this opportunity beforehand, am sure I would have done better both in record keeping, account keeping and even customer care how you pacify them when they are sick, they are in pain, they came to the hospital and they still have to pay so if you are not good to them, they are not going to come back even at that time when you think they are rude or harsh to you, just know that they are in pain. They are some of the thing we were not though in medical school.”

While Mrs. Tinuola Akinremi, said she was a better person and more informed and knowledgeable in terms of Human Resource Management aspect of the business.

They appreciated Diamond bank for the opportunity and affirmed that the changes have started already, as they were already making amends and will be passing down their acquired knowledge to their facilities so that together, they can reach out to the larger society.

The bank sponsored five participants were chosen from divergent specialties in the health sector, including Health Monitoring Organizations(HMOs).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that commercial banks credit to the corporate sector increased in Q1 2018, and was expected to increase in Q2 2018.

The apex bank disclosed this in its Credit Conditions Survey report for the first quarter of 2018, adding that banks will demand more collateral in the next quarter.

The report stated that this was driven by brighter economic outlook, changing sector-specific risks, changing appetite for risk, tight wholesale funding conditions and market share objectives.

The CBN report, explained that lenders have increased the collateral requirements demanded from all business sizes on new loan applications.

“More collateral requirements were demanded from all firm sizes on approved new loan application in Q1 2018. Similarly, lenders will demand more collateral from all firm sizes in the next quarter,” the report read.

“Lenders reported that the prevailing commercial property prices negatively influenced credit availability of the commercial real estate sector in the current quarter.

“Demand for corporate lending from all business sizes increased in the current quarter and were also expected to increase in the next quarter. Demand for overdrafts/personal loans in Q1 2018 was higher in comparison with other loan types.

“The most significant factors that influenced demand for lending in the review quarter were the increase in inventory finance and capital investment,’’ the CBN stated.

The apex bank said households demand lending for house purchase decreased in Q1 2018, but was expected to increase in the next quarter.

According to the report, banks experienced a greater level of default on personal loans, a situation it says will improve in the second quarter.

Club lauds Ecobank’s supports on inter tennis league championship The leadership of the Calabar Sports Club has commended Ecobank Nigeria’s partnership of the 2018 East of the Niger Inter Club Tennis league Championship.

The President of the Club, Ambassador Asam Asam said regional sporting events like the East of the Niger Inter Club Tennis league Championship encourages creativity and excellence among the people as it affords them the opportunity to compete and socialize within their immediate community and beyond.

“The East of the Niger InterClub (ENIC) Tennis League has offered participating regions and clubs a platform to bond in friendship which is only peculiar to the game of tennis. The league has built solid relationships between the two regions of South East and South South over the years.” He said.

He reiterated that this year’s event was a huge success due largely to partnership by Ecobank and other farsighted sponsors, who are concerned about creating a positive and engaging future for the youth.

Ambassador Asam Asam who thanked the bank said the 2018 East of the Niger Inter Club Tennis league Championship (ENIC) had participants from 11 Sport Clubs representing 9 States in South South and South East. He assured that the competition will be sustained and further extended to include more Clubs within the region.

Also speaking Mr Godwin Eton, representing the Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria Mr Charle Kie said Ecobank is delighted to support initiatives that support youth development in the Niger Delta and Eastern region of Nigeria. He maintained that Ecobank is focused on encouraging creativity among Africans especially the young people, who are the future of the continent.

In his words “We are delighted to be a strong part of the success story of the East of the Niger Inter Club Tennis league Championship especially on this last edition, which had nine states in attendance. We hope this competition will grow to have every state of the federation represented”.

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Edo Fertilizer Plant ready for business –Govt The Edo State Government has said that the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL), Auchi, has produced enough fertilizer to serve farmers within the state and neighbouring states for the 2018 planting season.

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Se-

curity Programme, Prince Joe Okogie, the state government said the plant, which is run in partnership with WACOT Limited, is currently selling NPK fertilizer to farmers in the state and calling on more farmers to patronize its products.

According to Okogie, “We are delighted to announce to farmers in the state that the Edo Fertilizer Plant in Auchi is not

just up and running, but that its storehouse is filled with fertilizer ready for sale. So, we are calling on farmers, who are in need of fertilizer to head down to the plant in Auchi to make purchases.”

Okojie said that, aside selling to farmers, the plant will also supply fertilizer to the various agricultural initiatives being championed by the Governor

Godwin Obaseki administration in its quest to ensure food security and boost employment generation.

“We have maintained a steady narrative on our quest to drive socio-economic growth through agricultural development. This is to ensure that we tap from the inherent job creating opportunities in agriculture to engage youths and attain food security.

So, for the Fertilizer Plant in Auchi, some farmers are already visiting the facility to make purchases and we are glad the revamp of that plant has been a success story till date,” he said.

He added that the coming on stream of the plant will not only

boost agricultural activities in the state, but also attract more investors in agribusiness to tap from the conducive climate and availability of essential inputs and other business-enablers for increased productivity and profitability.

He added, “We have a number of agricultural initiatives in the state that stand to benefit from the Plant. Already, the plant has engaged at least 500 people and with the increased agricultural activities it will spur, we will see more youths being engaged in farms, as middlemen or processors of agro-produce.”

Gov el-Rufai: Kaduna needs $65.5bn for infrastructure Simon Ugwu

L-right: Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah retd, President, National Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Dr. Cyril Ikemefuna Ede, Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor of Treasury and Account, Mr. Timipre Seipulo and the State Chairman, Yenagoa District Society of the Institute, Mr. Tonye Richard Apiri, during the 2018 Bayelsa State Mandatory Professional Training Programme of the Institute in Yenagoa.

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China, Zimbabwe agree on strategic partnership of cooperation Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Tuesday agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries.

The two heads of state reached the agreement during their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Chinese president said the Zimbabwean people had started a new journey in building their country since Mnangagwa took office in November 2017.

“As a good friend, partner and brother of Zimbabwe, we are glad to see that,’ Jinping told Mnangagwa.

Hailing the long-term close relationship between the two countries, Jinping said the development of China-Zimbabwe ties is facing new opportunities.

China stands ready to work with Zimbabwe to jointly lay out the new blueprint of bilateral cooperation to continue the relationship and better benefit the two peoples, Jinping said.

Calling Mnangagwa “an old

friend of the Chinese people, who has been long committed to the cause of China-Zimbabwe friendship,’’ Jinping said that the visit

by Mnangagwa, who chose China as the first non-African country to visit, demonstrates the high importance he attaches to bilateral ties.

China and Zimbabwe are “allweather friends,” said Jinping, stressing that the two countries have always weathered hard times together, no matter how the international landscape changes.

He added that the bilateral friendship would emerge even fresher and stronger.

He called on both sides to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges and exchanges at all levels, carry out top-level planning in various areas of cooperation and continue to understand and support each other on issues regarding core interests and major concerns.

Jinping also encouraged both sides to dovetail development strategies, enhance cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative and within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), and continue to promote

cooperation in infrastructure construction, agriculture, investment and financing.

China supports Zimbabwe in exploring a development path in line with its own national conditions, he said.

The two countries should also enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges so as to consolidate the public opinion foundation of both sides, Jinping said.

China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation in regional and international affairs, the president said.

He called on Western countries and organisations to improve relations with Zimbabwe at an early date.

Mnangagwa, who is on a state visit to China from April 2 to 6 at the invitation of Jinping, congratulated Jinping once again on his election as Chinese president.

Speaking highly of Jinping’s vision and foresight on state governance, Mnangagwa said Jinping thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era greatly inspired Zimbabwe to take a development path with its own characteristics.

The Governor of Kaduna State, Naisr El-Rufai, says the state requires $65.5 billion to address its infrastructure challenges over the next 30 years.

While unveiling the Kaduna infrastructure master plan (20182050), El-Rufai said the long-term infrastructure master plan summarised the infrastructure target of the state aimed at providing job opportunities and making lives better for the people.

“The breakdown of the future infrastructural developments between now to 2050, include the transportation sector which would require N8 trillion while N5.1 billion would be required annually in the education sector to build about 9,006 schools including tertiary institutions.

“Other sectors include, the health system which would require N158 billion, while N100 billion yearly is targeted for the water sector; agriculture would require N53 billion, and 5,000 housing units would be devel-

Governor El-Rufai

oped annually all within the time frame of 2018-2050.”

According to him, the administration had attracted investments into the state in the last two years, with 79% coming outside the country, due to the low percentage of domestic investment.

He said the government would focus on attracting businesses to Kaduna by providing skilled workforce “To encourage domestic investment in the state, government’s first priority is to build human capital by engaging in different activities where the young people are willing to be employed in businesses,” he said.

El-Rufa’i disclosed that the government expects some of its investments to bear fruits before the next edition of the summit.

He listed the investments to include Vilisco textile park, Arfa dairy farms and ranches, Kaduna automobile village, Green economic zone, Solar power project, Dangote-PAN assembly plant among others.

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9ice: On originality and true music L2, 3

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Interview L2

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Why I cherish my single ‘Anytime’ –9ice He made a major impact in the industry with a national anthem and ever since he has always upped his game amidst several controversies.

A lot of things has changed about you; personality wise, while others say 9ice is arrogant, are you?

Enjoy…

What is this thing about you been proverbial with your choice of words in most of your songs?

You know Nigerians like one thing, ones they like At what point of your career did you actually breakthrough the industry, what do you think made that possible?

I think it is as a result of being unique then so many other element with the

the talent alone, but the media, the

All your previous work, which one will you tag your best?

What really inspires your kind of lyrics?

What was growing up like for you? toward our own era and you found out that all generation you will be like what is the meaning of all this nonsense songs they listen to, why

so I try and formulate that

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‘I learnt never to promise what is not achievable in politics’ as a credential is good conscience that behalf of What is the lesson you learnt in joining music with politics?

One of the things I learnt is be humble stay through to yourself and believe that what you do today determine your tomorrow there are some artist that cannot contest for an election not that are not popular but they will not dare come for an election because of the kind of music they

the good conscience. The best bet for politics is to make it unattractive and make it less cheap.

Now that you have a taste of what politics is all about what has changed about your impression about politicians?

instance never thought of running for an election

down with your family

and raise your

kids

really prompted the politics in me was that we

class this thing is failing and I have realize that it is not the academic background that matter

in Bariga is complaining of water and I will call one of my advisers who have an idea on water how can we solve this issue; what I need to have

know you are going to be the president of Nigeria from January to December and you are going to do road if the amount is more than the person

road is my paramount aim and after the four year there will be road everywhere water might not be

the history of Tinubu and Tinubu was the one that has the master plan. But when you have an identity it goes faster in this part of the world and then other places.

Do you patronize our African fabrics?

wear native to perform and now everybody wear it so glory be to god almighty.

Are you designer freak? depicts what I wear if I am happy I wear agbada so that I will have so many pockets so if you give me attitude I just be normal Where is your best fun spot? can buy my ticket What is your favourite drink?

Orange juice What is your best quote, maybe from the Quran?

That will be Ayatul Qurisiyu because it is a quote depicts so many things and it is very resourcefully.

What is your dream car?

That will be the latest Benz. I am contributing to make it complete quickly. I love Mercedes but am

What kind of phone do you like?

I like IPhone but they are very troublesome and you buy that‌ android makes it easier.

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Ajibade Alabi

L.A.X launches multi-million naira music company Singer, L.A.X has officially launched the RASAKI HEADQUARTERS which is a multi-million Naira edifice located in the heart of Lekki.

The 24-year-old music act who has experienced maturity from his early years as a Starboy signee is taking his career to another level by unveiling the RASAKI HEADQUARTERS. The singer who owns the brand, RASAKI GROUP, stated that the company caters to artistes in need of legal counseling since this has been a major challenge for a lot of artistes over the years.

“We have a team of lawyers whose aim is to protect and guide the intellectual properties of creatives”, He said.

L.A.X shared pictures of Wizkid, Mutay of Legendury Beatz and M.I, posing at the headquarters on Instagram.

Adey

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African beauties storm Nigeria for 2018 Africa Beauty Queen International pageant

Precious Jefferson The city of Lagos is set to witness a torrent of beauties as more than 25 ladies from different countries across Africa will be vying for the crown as the winner of 2018 Africa Beauty Queen International Pageant.

The pageant, a brain child of Roses and Rubies International, owned by Precious Jefferson, will hold its maiden edition on Friday, March 30 2018 at the Grand Ball room of Oriental Hotel, Lagos and will have the contestants thrill guests with exhilarating dance steps beautifully choreographed by ace pageant director, Mordi Chike.

Along with the beautiful display, will be exciting performances from MAVIN Records act, Reekado Banks and other top musical acts all of whom have expressed their excitement at being a part of the

project.

While speaking about the inspiration for the pageant, Jefferson who herself is an accomplished beauty queen having won several pageants including Miss Independence in 2011 and Beauty of Africa International Pageant Queen for me is more than just a pageant. It is a dream, one that I have nursed since I was nine years old. I am daily obsessed with a need to give back to thr society, help young girls achieve their dreams of becoming who and what they want to be. Being an exbeauty queen myself, I totally understand the challenges there are in the industry and Africa Beauty Queen is poised to proffer solutions and be the trademark of excellence as far as modelling and pageantry are concerned in Nigeria and

Adey releases ‘Slender’ lyric video As a follow-up to his Valentine song, Slender, Adegboyega Ogunlesi, popularly known as Adey has unveiled a catchy Lyric Video. acclaimed for its unique mix of Jazz elements with Hip-Hop.

In the mid-tempo song, Adey shows his music

The Slender Lyric Video is released by Temple Management and is available online and airs on major music channels.

Ecobank boosts entertainment in Benin, offers discounted movie tickets Ecobank Nigeria has entered into partnership with Kada Cinemas, a leading Movie destination in Benin City, Edo State to offer Masterpass QR customers access to exclusive movie ticket discounts offers.

This is targeted by the Bank to boost the entertainment industry in the ancient City. Under the arrangement, customers, who purchase movie tickets using Ecobank Masterpass QR every day of the week gets a 20 per cent discount off their Movie ticket. The offer which is open to all bank customers runs between March 1st and April 15th.

Speaking on the partnership, The Group Head, Transaction Services Group, Mr. Emile Sagna said it is one of the several initiatives by the pan African Bank to boost the entertainment and tourism industry. He stressed that that the partnership would re-ignite and engender Sagna added that apart from enhanced products and service delivery, the Bank recently invested massively in digital and mobile banking, noting that it was targeted at creating ease of transaction for all types of customers.

In his words Mr. Sagna said “this partnership with Kada Cinemas is part of our ongoing commitment to giving our

Emile Sagna

with their daily reconciliation.

He reiterated that the bank had the launch of Ecobank Mobile App in 2017. The Mobile app allows citizens the ease to open an Ecobank Xpress account within minutes on the go.

Also, it enables customers do instant payments..

To address the needs of businesses, Ecobank has released its Dynamic QR codes Application Program Interface

their lifestyles and needs. With Ecobank Masterpass, Merchants can now receive payments from their customers using the QR Scan and Pay, receive real-time Enterprise

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Planning

(ERP) system. With this integration, merchants will be able to generate dynamic QR codes which will contain customer and it includes the following, amount to be paid, what is being paid for, and any other information that the merchant may want to collect. The consumer would just insert his pin The MasterCard QR is available to merchants in different industries ranging from hospitality, food and beverage, aviation, Insurance, Utilities, lifestyle, health and entertainment.

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Mutiat Alli

Spice your look with Tulip Wrap From the runways to the owambe parties, the revolutionised Iro and Buba is always a delightful sight. The traditional Iro and Buba is no longer regarded as a style reserved for the older folks. It is currently a trendy red carpet look in Nigeria.

Young ladies rock this style in silk, chiffon and velvet materials. The way the Iro and Buba is worn has been modernised. No longer is it wound around the waist in a boring style. Iro is now worn as a tulip style wrap, tied in front or at the back.

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Hold both ends of the Iro (wrapper) in each hand.

Move the ends to opposing sides such that they are made to overlap each other.

Do a twist from one end to the other.

Repeat the twist and then, tie in a knot at the back.

Tuck in loose ends.

So, rock your Iro and Buba and be the trendiest chic on the block! Have fun tweaking your buba into fabulous styles – V-neck, round neck, short sleeves, sleeveless‌ the list is endless!

Rock your high heels elegantly When it comes to looking stylish, nothing beats a gorgeous pair of high heels. Heels make your legs look longer, your body look slimmer, and your Unfortunately, for many women, they also make your feet hurt something propensity for pointy toes, spindly heels, and narrow silhouettes for your aching post-heel feet. You should get rid of any shoes that cause any discomfort, the strategies to help you make your high heels work for you, not against you.

Below are tips on wearing your high heels comfortably (or at least more comfort).

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Buy the right size of shoe.

Stick to round toes.

Tailor your width Cushion up.

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anything with an ankle strap as it will make your ankles look wider and draw attention. Go for a pump or sling back instead. This will draw attention away from your ankles and make your legs look longer.

If your legs are short, avoid t-strap shoes because they shorten your legs and can make your feet look wider than normal. Similarly, ankle strap shoes toed shoes or nude high heels - they make your legs look long and lean.

If you want your legs to look longer, pointy-toed shoes will give you the illusion of extra height. A warning, though: pointy-toed shoes may be uncomfortable if you have wide feet, special occasions only! No point in being If you have wide feet, round-toed shoes have a cute vintage look, and can be the most comfortable option for those of us with wider feet. As a bonus, they can make your feet look smaller too.

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Adedayo Showemimo

Dear Nigerians, why are we committing suicide?

According to the World Health Organisation, every 40 seconds, one person commits suicide somewhere in the world, which tallies to 800,000 suicides annually, worldwide and if you own a smartphone in this part of the world, you would have surely read one or two suicide stories in the past week.

Back in 2016 when Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Lagos, Prof. Oni Fagbohungbe, said that suicide may increase in Nigeria, we all laughed it out as a social media joke.

self-reproach comes in. Then, aggression also comes in. The individual reacts to the society which is perceived as the cause of your failure.

These are the kinds of situation that aggravate With recent happenings in the country, the reality is setting it and we can go on to list the countless numbers of suicides reported in the past week.

1. The story of 35 year old medical doctor, Allwell Orji who parked his car and leaped off the 3rd mainland bridge is still very fresh in our minds.

chieftain of PDP, Dr Isaac Ojukwu who committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a rented hotel 3. And then the story of the young Fulani boy whose body was spotted hanging from a tree in a bush at Lariye Village in Zaki Not to mention the series of suicides on Facebook live and of course the many suicides stories that never make the news or get on blogs.

So what really is the problem?

Experts say financial and economic troubles push many to the edge in Nigeria, which is rated 2016 World Happiness Report.

The prevailing economic crisis, recession and poverty in the country is obviously a factor to consider in all these. But then, suicide is really not a new thing.

A 2012 report by WHO states that over 800,000 people die of suicide annually and that it is the second cause of death among young people between 15-29 years.

How to Help a Suicidal Person At this rate, we all need to do more, we must genuinely show love and concern for people around us and here are a few tips that can help us all save lives in these trying times.

Always take suicidal comments very seriously.

When a person says that he or she is thinking about suicide, you must always take the comments seriously.

Assuming that the person is only seeking attention is a very serious, and potentially disastrous, error. Get help immediately.

Listen attentively to everything that the person has to say. Let the person talk as much as he or she wants to. Listen closely so that you can be as supportive as possible, and learn as

much as possible about what is causing the suicidal feelings.

Let the person know that you are deeply concerned. Tell the person that you are concerned, and show them that you are concerned. A suicidal person is highly vulnerable and needs to feel that concern.

Comfort the person with words of encouragement. Use common sense to offer words of support. Remember that intense emotional pain can be overwhelming, so be as gentle and caring as possible. There is no script to use in situations like these, because each person and each situation is different.

Listen carefully, and offer encouraging words when appropriate. that the person says or feels. The person is probably suffering from a chemical imbalance in the brain, and thus could not possibly think clearly. Be supportive and caring, not judgmental, but get help immediately.

Be careful of the statements that you make.

You do not want to make the person feel any worse than he or she already does. Again, the person is probably suffering from a chemical imbalance in the brain and is thus extremely sensitive.

Listen, listen, and listen. Be gentle, kind, and understanding. Again, allow the person to talk as much as he or she wants. Always listen very attentively, and encourage him or her to talk more. Be as gentle, kind, and understanding as possible.

If the person is at a high risk of suicide, do not leave him or her alone. Do not leave a critically suicidal person alone for even a second. Only after you get professional help for the person can you consider leaving him or her.

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Daniel Nwaokocha

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Healthy eating tips to maintain your figure

The statement “See, I am fat!”, is what most of obsessed with their weight and there is a lot of confusion regarding what to eat and what not to.

With thousands of varieties of food containing nu-

time. Moreover, if the meal you had is left undigested then it can lead to toxin accumulation, weight gain and bloating. Most people tend to get back home from work very late and they still end up eating heavy. It is not right. You should stop over somewhere and eat before getting home or better still, have fruits for dinner instead of eating heavy.

on the desired result but never follow the path and that is where we lack. “Dieting these days has become a fad. Following a particular diet has become a status symbol. It gives you results too but at the cost of your inner body system and the moment you stop doing it, the weight usually bounces back. The focus should be on a healthy approach with a balanced diet to have long-term ist, yoga expert and a health Blogger, Rediscover, and unfortunate myth which has become a belief, that eating less will make a person weigh less.

Right food at right time and in right quantity is In addition, it is a forerunner of many vital functions the only effective and long-term solution. Today such as for the maintenance of skin, hair and heart you might not feed your body, and it might not health. So the next time you sit down to have lunch, demand for food but ill effects like poor health, be sure to include some vegetables in the menu. today, we took it upon ourselves to provide 5 simple, yet effective healthy eating tips that you always wanted.

5. Five servings of fruits and vegetables:

colors of fruits and vegetables in your diet, which is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals.

A human body needs a certain Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamins and minerals, which is considered as essential micronutrients.

4. Four pints (2 liters) of water: A lot of you ladies want the glow on your skin. component of healthy eating tips is to drink at least 8-12 glasses of water every day. A human body contains 55 per cent to 78 per cent of water that helps Moreover, it balances the immune system, maintains brain, blood functioning, and helps in carriage of nutrients throughout the body. So after eating, walking, working, be sure to drick a good glass of water.

3. Three major meals: The foundation of health consists of the three major meals that one should not skip in a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner. A balanced diet is when it has 10-15% of Fats. Therefore, skipping these meals can result in poor digestion capacity, stress, fatigue and a disturbed immune system. Many individuals tend to

fast, should be a taboo to you. Make sure you look forward to having all meals to have a healthy productive day.

2. Two hours of gap: If you are in the habit of eating your dinner and immediately going off to sleep, then you should stop that right now. As the day passes by, the metabolism decreases and your body needs at least two hours of gap between your last meal of the day and sleeping

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One hour of physical activity: Whether you are young or old, one hour of physical activity that keeps you charged is absolutely necessary. A proper workout should be a combination of strength training and cardio but if you do not have so much time to spare, then 30 – 35 minutes of brisk walking and stretching will also do. It will help you keep your weight under control and reduce stress and lifestyle disorders to a great extent. Do not neglect getting involved in physical activities.

Even at an old age, you could still look younger and stronger than your age.

We do hope that these tips have been useful to help you achieve your dreams of getting and have any more questions or contributions or issues you need to discuss, feel free to hit us up on our twitter account @danylcaesar and be

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Mutiat Alli

Dealing with worry There will always be something to worry about, all the time. Truly, life is full of ups and downs, unexpected disappointments and tragedies, and honestly a lot of things that just refuse to go according to our optimistic plans. Anyone who has lived a good number of years on earth would have some experience of this and if we look at it honestly, this might be a legitimate basis for worry and anxiety. And temptation to worry about how things work out; will our plan turn out well? Will the good become better or worse? or will the not-so-good things become

of our lives, there are possibilities which are beyond our control. This throws up some legitimate fears which then become the object of our worries. The problem with worry, however, is that it often takes things that are mere negatives possibilities (and have alternative possibilities which are positive) and treats it as if they are inevitable. Worry treats things that could happen and treat them as if they have happened or will certainly happen. This kind of anxiety and unease makes people miserable and sucks the energy out of them. It is dangerous, if left

danger to make decisions from a place of worry; it can be really damaging; not only to you, but to your immediate circle. You could hurt people around you due to the fact that you lacked a little

a way that eventually leads people to act desperate and often times ruin things that could have been better. While legitimate fears and possibilities that may cause us to have some worry and anxiety may come up, we must deal with them in such a way that we overcome such feelings of worry quickly, because it is better to be (reasonably) optimistic than to worry. Here are some important reasons why you must not tolerate worry in Your Life and we must confront worry as it comes up in our lives and not allow it to fester.

your wife, your best friend, who ever. Just try to learn to master the Art of being patient.

worst part is that many times, most of their fears never 1. Worry makes our thinking problem-oriented negative prospects of a situation; our logical reasoning does that. Worry simply comes to make it our main or only focus and when our thinking becomes with prevention or solutions, even though it may imbalance in the mind. In order to be or remain a problem-solver, one cannot live in worry.

2. Worry robs us of the ability to live in the present Worry is mainly about projections; negative projections that may never happen. This makes it a torment that robs people of the ability to enjoy and engage with life in the present. Many relationships suffer badly when one or both parties are prone to

3. Worry creates a negative attitude If a person is worrying, they are ruminating over negative possibilities and eventually it comes up in their speech, their attitude and disposition to life. Nobody wants to be around a negative person. And when you begin to start thinking negative, you tend to loose in a job, a task, or a project before you begin them. You should not allow yourself to develop a negative attitude because you have consistently built up a life of worrying. As a Man, your lady might not tell you but it can drive her away from you. Your children might not tell concerns the, because they know you will worry. Also to women, try and reduce your worrying to the mini-

physically) present for other parties. Life comes in happen or that has happened or that you think will hapthree phases. The Past, the present and the future. pen. Life is a gift. Enjoy it.

You should be able to reminisce and enjoy the moments of the past. Enjoy the moments of the present 4. Worry can lead to wrong decisions as they come and anticipate the moments of the Many times, worry and anxiety make people make future to come; so that when they do, you can enjoy them. Many people who make a habit of worry may

5. Worry can lead to controlling behavior When we allow our fears and insecurities to take over us, the tendency is that we will want to control things in order to prevent what we are afraid of from happening. This is bad for our relationships. Trying to control everything around us often spirals into manipulative and abusive behavior; we may tell lies, threaten people and do other desperate things just because we believe we are trying to prevent bad things from happening. Nobody in their right mind will stick around such behavior for long. As a parent, worrying can drive you to being over protective of them. You send a guide everywhere you kids go, you lock them inside the house before you go out, and

happen. Or as a guy in a relationship, you begin to stalk your lady where ever she goes, on social ing. You begin having different thoughts of things that would never happen and you develop distrust and your relationship fail and you start blaming her or him, whichever the case maybe.

6. Worry affects health and well-being constant worry supplies will create stress, deplete energy, make people unable to rest and properly take care of themselves. All of this will eventually show up as poor health; physical and mental.

Amongst these, you could age quickly; you could get an high blood pressure, an heart attack. So please. Prevention they say, is better than cure.