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Minimum Wage: Confusion looms over nationwide strike today FG, Labour fail to reach agreement

Govt insists on N24, 000, Labour wants N30, 000

Mathew Dadiya, Tunde Opalana, Andrew Orolua, Jude Idu, Abuja and Joy Okeke, Lagos

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The Chairman of the Tripartite Committee and a former Head of Service of the Federation, Ms Amal Pepple, said this on Monday after a nine hours marathon meeting, which was also attended by the leadership of the labour unions.

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to the government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, who has been hosting the series of meetings in his office.

Pepple said the committee will have to submit both the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the unions and the N24,000 proposed by the government to President Muhammadu Buhari for onward submission to the National Assembly and urged the unions to shelve their planned strike.

She said. “We have concluded and we had a little challenge with what we call chapter five of our record and that is why we resort to negotiation again and the figures we concluded with and the committee has passed it to them. The Federal Government suggested N24, 000, and Labour and organised private sector gave the figure of N30, 000. There is no stalemate, we have finished and signed it. What we are insisting is that the strike should be called off.

“N24, 000 and N30, 000 were the figures we used for the negotiation, remember that Labour gave the figure of N52, 500, but when we put that figure together, plus the figures we got from the states when we wrote to them, about 21 of them responded and some of them gave us figures which we put in the basket.”

On his part, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the two figures will be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said, “We are making progress. The governors figure should be the Federal Government’s figure, we are just trying to carry them along, that is why we made the discussion tripartite plus, yes the figures are standing, you know that there are other processes, it has to go through the council of state, through an executive bill that will be transmitted to National Assembly. The Federal Government figure of N24, 000 is noted, because it is based on affordability and the ability to pay.

“The Labour is satisfied, we are doing the needful. The only aspect of it now that we need to do, is to fix an appointment of handing over the report to Mr. President. Yes, we are reconvening tonight (last night) because that appointment has to be gotten, the President has gone home and have taken the feelers to the place, and as soon as we get the appointment, we will reconvene and know what to do. The state government has no choice now, because they have attached themselves to us.”

The leaders of the Nigeria

Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the yet to be registered United Labour Congress (ULC) have yet to take a decision to shelve the strike.

None of the officials were willing to talk to newsmen when approached for comment.

Meanwhile, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed to both the Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)/ Trade Union Congress (TUC) to work together in order to avert the proposed workers’ strike in the interest of Nigeria.

Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, urged the two sides to demonstrate sensitivity and concern for the plight of ordinary Nigerians who are already battling with the harsh economic conditions in the country.

He expressed appreciation for the patience displayed by the labour leaders as he noted that the issue of the new minimum wage could have been resolved long before now.

He said, “My Appeal is for the two sides to immediately move fast, shift from their extreme positions and create a new middle ground in the negotiations for the new minimum wage. The shift in positions can be done even before the period of the commencement of the proposed strike action so that we do not further create tension within the economy.

“At this point, the interest of the people should be paramount in our minds.

Any labour strike will cause inconvenience and discomfort to our people. While the government and labour are representing the interest of the people, it is important to also ensure we avoid any action that will not show sensitivity and sensibility to the plight of the people”.

However, Justice Kado Sanusi of the National Industrial Court said in Abuja on Monday that it was not necessary to make a fresh order on the planned nationwide strike by the organised labour because its order of last Friday stopping the strike is subsisting.

The judge alluded to the order while ruling on a fresh suit filed by a civil society group, Kingdom International in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Daily Times recalls that the NIC had on Friday restrained the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TLC), Federal Government, Attorney General of Federation and Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Governors Forum from taking any further step on

the planned industrial action pending the determination of substantive matter filed by the Federal Government.

On Monday, the civil society group, Kingdom International’s lawyer, Mr. Okere Nnamdi, had informed the court that he had filed his client’s ex parte motion alongside other processes on November 1.

He, therefore, urged the court to grant the prayers, including the one seeking an order of substituted service of the court processes on the governors whom he had joined as the 10th to the 45th defendants in the suit.

But the judge immediately asked the lawyer if it would still be necessary to proceed to hear the application, in view of the Friday’s order made by the same court.

Okere conceded that he was aware of the order made by the judge on Friday.

The Federal Government had filed its suit following the threat by the organised labour, comprising the National Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, and the United Labour Congress, to embark on strike if its demand for increase in the national minimum wage from N18, 000 to N 30, 000 was not met.

Contrary to the labour’s demand, the Federal Government said it could only pay N24, 000 as minimum wage and the state governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors ’ Forum, had stuck to N22, 500.

The lingering dispute between government and the labour prompted the Federal Government to seek and obtain the court order stopping the strike last Friday.

The fresh ex parte application by the group is seeking to stop labour from embarking on the strike and to also compel government to commence the process of paying the N30, 000 minimum wage was filed by a civil society group, Kingdom International.

In a related development, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that the nationwide industrial action which the union started on Monday will continue indefinitely until government fulfills its demands.

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview on Monday, stated that it has given the government enough time to fulfill the Union’s demands, adding its demand was all about funding and making the nation’s tertiary institutions good for learning.

“Our only demand is funding of the tertiary

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Ekiti PDP stakeholders insist on Olujimi as leader ...Says dissolution of SWC is inevitable Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Stakeholders Forum has insisted that the Senate Minority Leader, Mrs Biodun Olujimi remains the leader of the party in the state.

It also said that there was no going back in its call for the dissolution of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party.

The forum while reacting to position of the Ekiti PDP House of Representatives Caucus on its Saturday resolution predicated its decision to install Olujimi as the new leader on her political antecedents and present status.

The House of Representatives had on Sunday dissociated themselves from the party stakeholders’ meeting held in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, pledging their loyalty to the leadership of the immediate past Governor Ayodele Fayose The party leaders in state had at the meeting adopted Olujimi as the new leader of the party in the state and Southwest.

They also called for the dissolution of the State Executive Committee of the party urging the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) to constitute a caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party in the state.

The stakeholders in a statement issued on Monday 5, November, 2018, by the forum’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Gbenga Akinola and made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Monday said the PDP constitution does not recognize any Caucus within the party including the so called Reps Caucus.

The statement read: “On behalf of members, leaders and stakeholders of our great party in Ekiti State, let it be on record that Olujimi is a onetime SA Health, Reps member 2005, deputy governor 2006, Commissioner for

Works, 2007-2010, Federal Board Chairman, Senate member 2015 to date, PDP BoT member, National Convention Committee member, making her the most informed, visible political office holder in the whole of Ekiti state.

“On the lingering issue in our party in Ekiti, we want to reinstate that Senator Olujimi remains the authentic and incontrovertible political leaders of our party in the state.”

On the PDP federal lawmaker positions, he said” Reps Caucus was not known to the party’s constitution and that they were imposed on the party in 2015 in spite of the fact that they were all Labour Party returning that were not confirmed as PDP members for the two years membership term of the party.

“They are far distanced from the political happenings at their home state.

The stakeholders are expecting that they come around to work for their own victory and the party in the presidential election in 2019 and address the illegality and offences of the SEC as contained in our party constitution Section 58 subsection 1(d) page 99.

“We adopt the position of our former governor after the presidential election in 2015 that the then party National Chairman, Makarfi should be removed from office saying “failed team should go home”.

The party leaders told Lere Olayinka to stop disparaging the founding fathers, leaders and committed members of party, saying on what capacity was he speaking? We expect his handlers to put him on leash.

On the issue of the council chairmen in the state, the stakeholders said they were part of the problems from the onset as they were handpicked by the former governor to occupy the position.

The party leader appreciated the PDP National Vice chairman, Southwest, Chief Eddy Olafeso for his intervention in the crisis.

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Legacy of monumental development in Kogi

Dino Melaye

The promise in the first series of my declaration to make a personal sacrifice for the success of our struggle for freedom remains sacrosanct. On your part, my brothers and sisters, you must make courage your watch word in our journey to the ultimate destination, if we must overcome those who torment you and your children. Be reminded that courage, according to the late distinguished American Senator of all times, McCain is never the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite fear.

We do not subscribe to violence as a means of expressing our disgust against the rotten system foisted on us, because, violence, is alien to our culture in kogi west. We have instead, opted for a civilized approach of systematic re-awakening of the political consciousness of our people, to begin to honour and protect the Sanctity of our sovereign right to elect leaders of our choice.

Even the much denigrated “Oyinbo” imperialism” was magnanimous and merciful to have allowed the “conquered” people the right to elect their leaders without coercion or political manipulation. If our fathers could stand to defend the inalienable right of all Nigerians, under the dreaded colonialists, then, why can’t you and I surpass their achievements with all the ideological and political sophistication at our disposal in the 21st Century? This is food for thought.

I therefore call on all patriots, and all right

thinking citizens of Kogi West extraction, to think before you leap in the coming 2019 general elections.

History has made us to be pace-setter by virtue of our educational achievements. It is incumbent on us to live up to this rating so that future generations can be proud of our legacy. We should not create a bad impression that with “bread and butter” the great Western Kogites can be taken for a political ride or purchased by future despots. A Yoruba adage says “Oruko rere san ju wura ati fadaka lo”.

My dear Kogites in the West, I will like to assure you that my second coming, if given your mandate, is to serve as the harbinger of good tidings to the people. I pledge to serve as a catalyst for the rapid socio-economic transformation of my constituency and by extension, Kogi State. I am determined to be remembered for good, by leaving a legacy of monumental development in every nook and cranny of the West.

I will at all times collaborate with my colleagues in the National Assembly irrespectively of party affiliation, to bring dividends of democracy to the door step of the common man. Also, for effective service delivery, I will establish two functional complementary senatorial offices, one in Lokoja and another in Kabba for easy accessibility. The two offices will serve as information collating centers where diverse interests of the various communities will be articulated and packaged by competent hands and made available to me for necessary

prompt action.

I want to assure you once again my good people, that as a patriot and a completely detribalized Nigeria, no part of my constituency will be marginalized in the distribution of goodies. This is because I feel at home with many communities in Kogi State and I speak some of their languages fluently and this made me a home grown Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. To enable me address the palpable infrastructural state of Kogi West, I am determined to “hit the ground” as soon as I am sworn in by the grace of God and your good will, by setting the necessary machinery in motion to accomplish the task. The functions will be amongst to consult with the Local people so as to determine their priority areas in infrastructural development.

The input of the local people will certainly guide me in the preparation of bills and motions to be tabled before the committee of the whole Senate.

My good people of the West, I want to assure you once again, that, I unlike others, and as a Kogite proper, will never move my resources and wealth otherwise called capital flight, outside the state at the expense of those who elected me, and the economic development of the state. To do that amounts to nothing, but a great disservice to the people, the state, and “the finger that feeds the individual” and above all an abuse of political privilege. Fellow Kogites, this a reminder of our recent past experience when someone who rode

on our back to power transferred all his acquired property/resources for eight years, to develop a neighbouring state without showing any sense of remorse and the same individual is being conscripted for the same ignoble mission against the wishes of the people.

My clear brothers and sisters, our experimental democracy is being put on trial by usurpers.

The year 2019 is the magical year, all Kogites are expected to rise up and say NO to despotism. It is only you and me that can save this generation from impeding political intimidation. All lovers of democratic decency and all lovers of truth and progress, are hereby called upon to imbibe the philosophy of “No Retreat no Surrender” for the emancipation of our people, come, 2019. This issue transcends Party divide. It is a Kogi project.

Everyone must be concerned and be involved.

Finally, my dear brothers and sisters, now, is the time to take our destiny in our hands as 2019 presents the golden opportunity for selfdetermination. I do not claim to be a miracle worker but as a pragmatist with progressive political inclination, my antecedent in the National Assembly over the years, attests to the fact that entirely of my political career revolves around the welfare of the people. In this regards, I wish to solicit your support and mandate in the coming 2019 Senatorial Election in Kogi West to enable me consolidate on my modest achievements.

Minimum wage, maximum conundrum

Emma Agu

There can never be any question about the justification for a wage increase in Nigeria.

While wages have remained constant for some time, the value of the naira has depreciated with concomitant rises in prices of goods and services.

It is therefore perfectly understandable that workers should agitate for wage increase. What is debatable is the timing of the demand as well as the possibility that a wage increase, rather than improve on the fortunes of workers, could indeed worsen their situation. Besides, wage movements are not static; any wage increase will have far-reaching long term implications as it impacts on other areas such as taxes and pensions.

From their initial demand of a minimum monthly salary of N65, 000, (as against the present minimum wage of N18, 000), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), have descended to N30, 000 which is the new bone of contention. The Federal Government has reportedly offered N24, 500 even as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina has pointedly warned that the wage increase would be difficult to implement. It is also no longer news that state governors have offered N22, 400 which the Federal Government and organised labour reportedly turned down. That leaves us with an impasse, a conundrum that is snowballing towards another strike, if labour should make good its threat to paralyze the nation starting November 6.

The entire wage saga has been one hard knot for Labour and Employment Minister, Senator Dr. Chris Ngige, to crack. Last Friday, speaking after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ngige assured that the Economic Management Team (EMT) would meet to reconsider the matter on Monday, October 29, 2019 with some state governors and the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF. Flurry of meetings have taken place in Abuja and Lagos aimed at resolving the impasse.

Meanwhile, labour has relocated to Lagos to perfect their strategies for the strike. For its part, Government has been engaging all parties-the NGF, the Organised Private Sector and labour.

While labour insists that the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee set up by the FG arrived at a consensus figure of N30, 000 via a motion moved and seconded at the last meeting, the Hon. Minister of labour insists that the figure was not reached by mutual agreement and consensus as the FG delegation to the meeting had insisted on the figure of N24, 000 only.

As things stand, these groups now owe the nation the patriotic duty to arrive at a consensus that does not throw the national economy completely out of joint. To start with, everybody knows that many state governments are reeling under heavy wage burdens with many being unable to pay the present N18, 000. At the last

count, only about NINE states are able to pay the minimum wage of N18, 000 regularly. The number of defaulting states would have been far higher but for the bailout funds from the Federal Government to the states. One wonders what gives labour the confidence that the defaulting state governments would conjure some magic to begin to live up to their responsibilities. If they cannot pay N18, 000, it is hard to understand how labour expects them to pay N30, 000. This demand looks like a clear invitation to chaos. Of course, the logical consequence will be the return to the retrenchment of workers, embargoes on employment and promotions especially in the public services of the states and the Federal Government. In fact the organised private sector will be off without excuse.

If the ramifications of a wage increase were to be limited to the public sector, perhaps it would have been less invidious. Unfortunately, any increase triggers agitation for more wages outside the civil service. Landlords and other service providers have not found a way of distinguishing between public servants and other tenants such as private sector workers or self-employed people who are managing to eke a living from their environment. The implication is that labour, by its uncompromising posture, may throw the nation into a bigger conundrum that it possibly could anticipate.

It is also common knowledge that, in the public service, any minimum wage increase will always have a concomitant wage adjustment from that of the lowest paid group with attendant consequential financial implications.

It is instructive that the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has already indicated that, in the public service of the Federation, this will run into hundreds of billions of naira. Labour owes the nation the patriotic duty to weigh the frightening implications of this unfolding burgeoning impasse for inflation, redundancy declarations and unemployment indices. Besides, with the Boko Haram insurgency and other flashpoints, it is doubtful if any government would fold its arms and watch labour or any group for that matter, paralyze strategic operations of the state.

Much more importantly, we do not need a soothsayer to predict that should labour make good its threat to down tools, the minimum wage quest could precipitate the kind of maximum conundrum that will make for huge losses in the fragile economy and unnecessary deaths following closure of public hospitals.

Let’s get it straight. Labour will be failing in its duty if it does not engage employers in a manner that enhances the welfare of its members. What is debatable is whether a wage increase is the only avenue for achieving that noble objective. By the way, a worker’s salary is only useful to the extent that it can procure needed goods and services with provision for the rainy day. I will admit that today’s wage cannot satisfy immediate needs

let alone provide for savings. But has labour explored or been exploring other avenues that could enhance workers’ welfare? To some extent, yes; that is, if one factors in the various effort at providing houses for workers. Yet, again, one is tempted to ask, how many workers are able to benefit from these housing programs?

The disquieting saga of toying with workers wages has gone on for far too long that there is a sense in which labour could become an accessory to the unfortunate plight of workers through acquiescence in malfeasance, selective amnesia or outright failure of strategy. Over time, what obtains is that labour would hold the Federal Government by the jugular over workers salaries.

You begin to wonder why labour cannot shut down those state governments that are notorious for denying workers their emoluments, to the extent of callously compelling them to indulge in the illegality of signing away portions of their salaries and pensions. The most recent case of the misuse of the bailout fund, by some states, reeks of the most callous display of inhumanity by those in whose care the workers have been entrusted. One would expect labour not simply to paralyze such state governments but to ensure that nobody associated with them ever gets elected or reelected. It should be emphasized that the Federal Government is not the culprit here.

Labour should devise strategies to make their state councils not only alive but also accountable to workers.

If governments are held accountable as advocated above, the need for higher wages could become redundant because governments that are responsive to the needs of their people will definitely lay the infrastructure for development. For instance, if state governments provide good roads, hospitals and schools and assist small holder transport companies with soft loans, the transportation nightmare that erodes the income of workers will abate. If contiguous state governments develop light rail networks, such as the one in Abuja, transportation cost will be drastically reduced. If state governments provide free education (with free books as was done by the administration of Alhaji Lateef Jakande in Lagos State between 1979 and 1983), the financial burden of educating their children and wards will be so drastically mitigated that agitation for wages could decline. But that is not happening. Instead, for many a state government, the difference between public funds and their private pockets is only a function of the type of dress they are wearing. Many are known to have raided their states in the manner of the legendary English pirates of old, on the high seas.

As we ruminate over this issue, we cannot but return to the issue of the kind of federation we choose to run. Nigeria can no longer continue to deny that the era when the government could say that its problem was how to spend money, is gone forever. Concomitantly, the federal arrangement that supported that frivolous

understanding of our economic power can no longer stand. By extension, it makes no sense to have a uniform minimum wage in all the states of the federation. If different states are differently endowed resource-wise, no matter how resource is defined, then the wage arrangement must accommodate these differences and allow for each state to pay according to its ability. It is therefore left to the worker to choose the state in which to work. Anything outside this is a futile effort in self-deception and can only deepen the wage conundrum bedeviling the country.

For us to get it right, we should also shun the temptation to think that the present agitation is about Ngige or President Muhammadu Buhari for that matter lest we have the case of the angry fellow who invoked rain and thunderstorm forgetting that his mother was away to the farm.

Thus, in the instant case, there is the compelling need to adopt a bipartisan approach at consensus building, in the full realisation that whatever decision is reached will be implemented by administrations that cut across party lines. By the same token, one cannot over-emphasize the need for labour to tone down on its rhetoric and threats. During their first demonstration on Tuesday, I saw some placards saying “Remove Ngige for Minimum Wage”. My immediate impression was that some labour leaders have misinformed their members because in the history of labour and productivity, Nigeria has not had a more vibrant labour minister than Ngige who, by all means, is very much qualified for the job and who has brought Nigeria back to the Governing Board of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, after 10 years exit.

Politics aside, the steps being taken by the Federal Government in the areas of infrastructure and social inclusion carry the prospect of enhancing the quality of life of Nigerians. I get amused when people say that the Buhari Administration is commissioning projects started by other administrations. One such project is the Abuja-Kaduna rail-line and the other rail projects all over the country. That will sound implausible to anybody from my town, Nsu in the Ehime Mbano Local Government of Imo State. A hospital started by the government of the defunct East Central State is lying there uncompleted. It is like Ajaokuta Steel Complex, the Second Niger Bridge before now and similar uncompleted or abandoned projects all over the country. If our recommendation to Buhari is that he should abandon the projects he inherited, then we are teaching our children the wrong things.

Back to the wage palaver; between government and labour, it is important to realize that Nigeria has technically been at war for about seven years; that the country is sitting on a fragile peace; that some moments in the history of a country call for sober reflection and sacrifice. In my view, this is one such moment. Both labour and the Government owe the people the duty of discretion: let them exercise it.

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Editorial Commentary Your right to vote and to vote wisely

Times Guest Columnist Dr. Jumai Ahmadu

Election is defined as a formal and organised way of choosing people for a political office or other positions. In Nigeria, elective democracy was introduced in May 1919, when the Township Ordinance gave right to vote for three members of Lagos Town Council to some men.

The first election to the council was held on 29 March 1920.

The first national election to be held in Nigeria was in 1959, and in 1965. Elections were held in the southern region of Nigeria. After a long period of military rule, the 1983 general election took place.

This was however cut short by the December 1983 coup that brought Muhammadu Buhari as Head of State.

In 1993, the country witnessed another general election that was adjudged as the most free, fair and credible elections by both local and international observers. The said election was presumably won

by Chief MKO Abiola, but sadly the results were annulled by the then Military President General Ibrahim Babangida. From 1999 till date, the country has enjoyed uninterrupted democratic dispensation witnessing four successive elections and the fifth coming up in February 2019.

Election makes a fundamental contribution to democratic governance as it enables voters and citizens to choose leaders and representatives and to hold them responsible and accountable for their actions in office as they are only elected to serve the people for a defined period of time as allowed by the country’s constitution.

In a developed democracy, because those in elective positions are conscious of the fact that they are required to submit themselves for periodic elections, they tend to put in their best to serve the people knowing full well that their performance will be the determining factor for their re-election.

This is why we have high rate of fulfilling election campaign promises; it also go beyond individual candidates vying for various elective positions to the general political ideology.

Moreover, where the electoral processes is competitive and forces parties and candidates to expose their records and future performances to proper scrutiny, election serves as a platform for the discussions and debates on public issues and policies. It also serves as facilitator of public expressions. Election thus provides political education for citizens and ensures the responsiveness of democratic governments to the yearnings of the people. It also serves as acts to legitimise the acts of those who wields power.

Elections seem to facilitate social and political integrations and it is also a tool to actualize a self-actualising purpose by confirming the worth and dignity of individual citizens as human beings. Whatever other needs, participations in an elections serves to reinforce the worth and self esteem of individual voters.

As 2019 general elections draw nearer, voting gives the citizenry an opportunity to have a say in issues pertaining to their lives and through expressing partisanship, to satisfy their needs to have a sense of belonging. Seeing the importance of elections and the powers of the electorate, it is therefore important for the electorate to know those characteristics an individual possess before casting their votes. In that case, the electorate can be glad with the choice of the candidate he or she

made to represent them at all level since the aim is to bring development to their communities.

Whether held under authoritarian or democratic regimes, election has ritualistic aspects. Campaigns that precede elections are dramatic events occasioned by rallies, posters, banners, and television coverage, all of which draw attention to the importance of participations on the events. Candidates, groups and political parties and others representing diverse opinions and objectives combine to invoke the spirit of nationalism. Whatever the peculiar national or regional or local variations, elections are events that arouse emotions, and channelling these emotions and passions into collective symbols help in breaking the monotony of national life and focus attentions on the common fate.

Most elections do not determine public policies but instead confer on a small group of officials the authority to determine public policies through the instrumentality of laws and other devices on behalf of the whole. Political parties are central to the elections of public officers, the selections and nominations of candidates, a central and vital first stage in the electoral processes, generally lies in the hands of political parties:, an election only serves as the final process in the recruitments of public officials. The party systems can thus be regarded as an extension of the electoral processes.

In Nigeria today, we have repeated cases of vote buying which has made the electorate to deprive themselves of the right to question the performance of their elected representatives. This is so because the officials believe they bought the conscious of the people they are representing hence making them act as lords when in the real sense reverse should have been the case.

For instance, an average Briton see himself as very busy, that is why he will tell you boldly that the Prime Minister is there to serve and they can hold her accountable for any slightest wrong committed and ultimately remove her from office if need be. This is why you have all elected officers performing based on their campaign promises. It is no longer news that in developed democracies politicians are removed from office for failure to account for just £1,000 or he can be made to explain why the state funds was used to pay for his utility bills. What do we have in Africa? Leaders feeding fat on our commonwealth and at the same time depriving us from questioning their actions because they believe with the state resources in their disposal they can have their way during any election period.

This could have been avoided if credible individuals were voted in from the onset of the current democratic dispensation. However, it is not late to remedy the situation if we can collectively look at individual track records and vote wisely and not along party lines, but based on what we think they can offer and reject whatever the obviously morally bankrupt politicians are offering which will continue to make our collective development a mirage .

Voting for the right candidates give us the latitude to call them to order whenever we feel they are not representing us well. This will no doubt lead to appreciable development of our country and we will all be glad to have lived a good legacy for the future generations.

OUR POSITION Missing General and matters arising

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nother chapter in Nigeria’s chequered history took place on Saturday when the remains of Major - General Idris Alkali (N/8353) was laid to rest at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The body of missing General Alkali was recovered on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, in a shallow grave found in “No man’s land” Guchwet in Shen, Lafande Community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State after his wife raised the alarm of her missing husband on September 5, 2018.

Mrs. Salamatu Alkali had reported to the military authorities on September 5, 2018 that her husband left his home in Abuja to Bauchi on September 3, 2018, and that when she last spoke to him on his GSM number 09056890335, he claimed to have passed Jos and was on his way to Bauchi.

Report of the missing Major General Alkali, who retired from service on August 7, 2018, received immediate attention of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, during the combined COAS 2nd, 3rd quarterly Conference held in Abuja. He immediately set up a Search and Rescue Task Force to locate General Alkali dead or alive.

The Search and Rescue Task Force Team comprising officers and soldiers from 3 Division of the Nigerian Army quick response team, Operation Safe Haven, Nigeria Police, Vehicle Inspection Office, Fire Service and local divers went on its task combing everywhere in Jos and environs but to no avail until it received credible intelligence to search an abandoned mining pond at Dura Due District.

That intelligence collaborated the findings of an appropriate technical intelligence tool that aligned with information by Mrs. Alkali that she spoke with her husband on his GSM number 09056890335.

We commend the Nigerian Army that despite the “cultural” obstacles and several insinuations that confronted the assignment to locate General Alkali, it finally achieved the objective of Search and Rescue Operation and did more by unearthing several revelations.

It is now clear even to doubting Thomases that the crises in Plateau need to be addressed from its root causes instead of surface dressing we employed any times ugly incidents such as this that takes innocent life occurred.

From the recoveries made at the abandoned mining pond at Dura Du where General Alkali car was eventually found, not less than nine other vehicles and several tricycles were pulled out.

This is a very sad development in a country where every citizen and foreigners alike enjoyed their right to freedom of movement.

We, therefore, join millions of Nigerians who have on several occasions called on the Federal Government to look into the security situation in the country and squarely address them.

Just like those consoling the death of Alkali at grave side stated on Saturday, “every Nigerian has the right to live or pass through any part of the country without being harassed or

intimidated by anybody or group of people.”

This is a fundamental human and constitutional right of everybody, irrespective of tribe or religious affiliations.

The findings by the Nigerian Army revealed that on September 2, 2018 at about 8pm, unknown gunmen attacked a shopping complex located at Lafande community in Dura Du that resulted in the killing of 11 people. That General Alkali travelled on September 2, 2018 on the day irate youths barricaded some roads in protest is instructive.

But there is need, more than ever before, for the Army to strictly enforce its rules and regulations on the use of it combat uniform, in view of lingering crises and the attendant suspicious that killings are being carried out by gunmen in military uniform.

For instance, the public expressed doubt and suspicious when a pair of boots, combat military uniform were recovered in mside the retired general car after he had retired from service.

All military uniform except ceremonial address ought to be retrieved from retired officers and soldiers.

Now that the puzzle about the whereabouts of the missing General has been solved by the Nigerian Army, we sincerely commend the Nigerian Army for its investigative prowess and urge other security agencies, particularly the Nigeria Police whose primary role is investigation of crimes to emulate the worthy example of Nigerian Army. The Nigeria Police must wake up and live up to expectations.

Enough of unresolved killings in Nigeria.

S I G N AT U R E Publisher

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N687.2m Fraud: How I kept $2m in my house for Short News Ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi - Witness Striking Oyo college lecturers call Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja A prosecution witness, Ekene Charles, in the trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, who is being prosecuted for an alleged N687, 294, 680.00 fraud, on Monday, November 5, 2018, told Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos how he once kept about $2m in his house for Akpobolokemi.

Akpobolokemi was re-arraigned on Monday alongside Ezekiel Bala Agaba, a former Executive Director, Maritime Safety and Shipping Development, and Vincent Udoye, a former Director, Maritime Safety and Seafarers Standard, on an amended 12-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N687,294,680.00.

The money, belonging to NIMASA, had been released for the implementation of Voluntary International Maritime Organisation Member State Audit Scheme

(VIMSAS).”

One of the counts reads in part: “That you, Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba and Vincent Udoye , between October 30, 2014 and May 6, 2015 in Lagos with a dishonest intent converted to your own use the sum of N346, 844, 680.00 only property of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) released to you for the implementation of Voluntary International Maritime Organisation Member State Audit Scheme (VIMSAS).”

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.

In view of their pleas, the prosecuting lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to allow him to present his witness, Charles, a Senior Administrative Offcer with NIMASA, in the matter.

Giving his testimony, Charles, who worked as Personal Assistant to Agaba, revealed to the court that Akpobolokemi,

in 2014, set up a Committee on VIMSAS and made Agaba the Chairman of the Committee.

He said Committee members included staff from various departments in NIMASA, stakeholders and consultants from outside the Agency. “After the Committee was set up, an account was opened for VIMSAS with Zenith Bank and I was asked by the Chairman of the Committee to draw up budgets. Also, various sub-committees came up with their budgets,” he said.

The witness further told the court that two budgets were approved for the Committee for VIMSAS and funds were released to the Committee’s account after the budgets had been forwarded to the National Security Adviser for approval.

According to him, “The first budget put together by me as directed by the Committee Chairman requesting funds for VIMSAS was N318million , which was supposed to be the only budget for the VIMSAS. But another budget was prepared and approved for the sum of N498.2million.

off 4-month industrial action …Apologise to management

The striking lecturers and non-academic staff of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Oyo State, have suspended their more than four months industrial action with immediate effect.

Besides, the institution’s branch of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has tendered “unreserved apology” to the management of the college for what it called the deplorable conduct of some of its members on November 1.

The institution’s academic and non-academic staff had been on strike since June 28, 2018, in protest against delayed payment of salary arrears, which the governing council is said to have now decided to clear in instalments.

A communiqué indicated that the truce was brokered at a meeting between representatives of the state government, which owns the institution, and all the stakeholders in the college, held at the Ministry of Education, Secretariat, Ibadan, on Sunday.

In the spirit of give and take, the management of the institution also agreed not to press criminal charges against members of the academic staff union at the centre of the “deplorable incident,” details of which the communiqué was silent upon.

Vision Africa Radio unveils 10 music icons, holds personality awards Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia The Christian Vision Africa Radio (VAR) Umuahia weekend unveiled 10 music Icons finalists, while rewarding 6 Nigerians in Umuahia.

Speaking during the occasion, the President of VAR, Bishop Sunday Ndukwe Onuoha said the radio was set up 14 years ago “to mould the character and raise a generation that will be role models” in the country.

The societal system, he said is getting corrupt, while leaders who are supposed to be role models are derailing, advising that people can be millionaires without soiling their hands, adding that the essence of the festival was to raise people who believe that things can be done right.

According to him, great things can happen in the state and the entire country. He appealed to rulers in the south east and the country that “great things cannot only happen when there is Python Dance, it can happen when there is Chicken Dance”.

Police arrest drivers who attempted to kidnap Lagos businesswoman Joy Anyim, Lagos L-R: President, Customary Court of Appeal, Oyo State, Justice Eni Esan; state Governor Abiola Ajimobi; Chief Judge, Justice Munta Abimbola; and Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Hon. Olajunju Ojo, during the inauguration of Esan, at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan... on Monday.

2019: INEC Chairman charges CSOs to educate citizens on electoral process Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) to be more proactive in educating Nigerians on the dynamics of electoral process.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the Commission’s Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) Dialogue held in Enugu on Monday.

Yakubu noted that there is need for CSO’s to increase their knowledge on rules and regulations guiding the conduct of elections said “I urge you to acquaint yourself with the law and the changes that have taken place since the last election. The Nigerian people look up to civil society groups and organization for untainted analysis and clear understanding of issues in the electoral process.

“Let me also emphasize that as a society develops and as more innovations are brought to bear on the electoral process, civil society groups and organizations must strive to increase their knowledge and understanding of the nuances and dynamics of the electoral process. Without a good knowledge of the constitutional and electoral framework regulating

and guiding the conduct of elections, it will be difficult for civil society groups and organizations to inform properly, advocate rationally and Impart knowledge and sensitize the Nigerian people,” he said.

The INEC Chairman who was represented by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC) Barrister Festus Okoye who explained that the mission and the vision of the commission is to conduct free and fair election for sustenance of democracy enjoyed the CSO’s to act with integrity while engaging the citizens on the electoral process “and in a no-partisan manner,” He said the aim of the dialogue meeting with the CSO’s is for them to endorse some of the innovations that will be deployed for the 2019 general elections adding “we would want the civil society groups to use this wonderful opportunity to interrogate ad proffer solutions to a wide number of issues such as vote buying, internal party democracy and more especially gender inclusiveness and PWDs representation which have consistently remained low in spite of the efforts of the commission and other stakeholders. In doing this, you will be adding value to the system ad also protect the collective interest of the people you represent”.

He said “As you are all aware the Commission

has just emerged from the conduct of several off season governorship elections and has continued to improve with successive elections. The 2019 general elections is a few months away, it is expected that the engagements between CSO and the commission will be more regular. I must not fail to state that the CSO’s partnership with the commission has been of tremendous help in strengthening the electoral process through their observations reports, mobilization of citizens to participate and cast their votes in an informed manner and the issues they regard as appropriate and good in shaping and redefining policies.

“Your ideas and suggestion have also contributed immensely in drawing up the Commissions guidelines, manuals and regulations. This meeting is not just to share ideas but to share knowledge and experiences from the people committed to the sustenance of democracy. I therefore expect implementable suggestions, constructive criticisms, questions and answers in order to improve electoral process,” he added.

Prof. Yakubu thereby commended European Centre for electoral Support (ECES) for the support accorded to the commission in their efforts in conducting free and fair election for the sustenance of democracy.

Undercover operatives from the Federal Special AntiRobbery Squad (FSARS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three members of a kidnap gang who had allegedly attempted to kidnap a Lagos based business woman called Ijeoma Eze-Okafor.

Two of the suspects, Emmanuel Okemayin and Austine Anyia both drivers to the victim and her husband had arranged with their friend Arowosola Adewale to contact a native doctor for charm to protect them during and after the operation.

It was gathered that the suspects had unknowingly requested for arms, ammunition and a vehicle from the undercover agents.

Parading the suspects at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja on Monday, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal said the command got the information on the planned kidnap on October 10, 2018.

Saraki receives 3,000 APC defectors in Kwara Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin No fewer than 3,000 members of the All Progressives Change (APC) in Kwara state have dumped the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Sunday’s defection brought the number of defectors from APC to the ruling PDP in the state to about 4000.

About 800 former loyalists of an APC stalwart, Prof Shuaib AbdulRaheem, had last week, in two instalments decamped to APC. The decampees gave the internal wrangling among their leader and lack of unity of purpose amongst them as reasons for their action.

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2019: Be ready to accept defeat, PDP tells Buhari, APC Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by his undertaking to accept the outcome of the 2019 Presidential election which, by all indices, will be overwhelmingly won by its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The party invites all Nigerians and the international community to note the undertaking given by the Director-General of Buhari’s Campaign Organisation and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to a delegation from the European Union (EU), ostensibly having seen

that the tide is flowing against their candidate.

The Buhari Campaign Organisation has seen the handwriting on the wall; that Nigerians across board have reached an irreversible consensus to end the Buhari administration and vote in our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as their next President and that no amount of smear campaigns, intimidation and threats can shake their will or cow them from firmly defending their resolution after the elections.

The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are aware that they have failed Nigerians in every way. They know that Nigerians have seen through their unending lies, deception, propaganda and interminable penchant for beguilement, and

that there is no way they can resist the resolve of the people for a new beginning.

This is a government that has gone down in history as irredeemably incompetent, blatantly corrupt, overtly insensitive, incurably vengeful and under which Nigerians are facing the worst form of economic hardship, hunger, starvation, social instability and unabated bloodletting, to the extent compatriots are resorting to slavery and suicide missions as options.

The PDP, therefore charges the Buhari Campaign organization and the APC not to, in anyway, engage in any activity that is capable of derailing the electoral process, before, during or after the elections, as such will be firmly resisted by Nigerians.

Short News Tenure elongation cause of crisis in APC - Emokpaire Tom Okpe, Abuja A chieftain of the All (APC), Chief Ibrahim Emokpaire has noted that the lingering crisis in the ruling party is as a result of tenure elongation proposed by some of its leaders supporting the previous National Working Committee (NWC) led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Emokpaire, however called on all party supporters to support the current leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to ensure victory for the party in the 2019 general elections.

Chief Emokpaire speaking to journalists on Monday in Abuja stated that Comrade Oshiomhole deserves the support of all the APC members this period that the party is supposed to be strategizing to ensure landslide victory in 2019.

A former APC National Chairmanship aspirant, Chief Emokpaire who stepped down for the current National Chairman said: “We can see the handwork of the agent of tenure elongation at play; the same advocates of tenure elongation are mostly behind the removal of the party National Chairman.

“The primary election crisis was created by these same tenure elongation agents where election congresses were duplicated across the 36 states. These same advocates of tenure elongation have metamorphosed into election primary crisis in our great party today.

How Benin national used finger to defile 10-year-old in Lagos Joy Anyim, Lagos A Benin Republic National, Lukman Haruna, is currently being held by the Lagos State Police Command for defiling a 10-year-old girl (name withheld).

The suspect had allegedly consistently inserted his finger into the survivor’s private part whenever she helped him run an errand.

The Police Commissioner for the State, CP Imohimi Edgal said one Mrs. Abali, a neighbour who observed blood stains in the genital region of the survivor raised the alarm.

When asked, the survivor had revealed that Haruna was in the habit of fingering her whenever she went to his place.

Edgal further stated that the Command’s Gender Unit received the report November 2nd, 2018 and has since begun investigation into the case.

The Commissioner of Police said the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

Similarly, a house wife who was in the habit of locking up her 14 year old maid in the toilet whenever she is going out has also been arrested.

Petrol station supervisor, attendant, 4 others held for robbery Joy Anyim, Lagos Ongoing construction of the Oshodi Transport Interchange at an advanced stage, being built by the Lagos State Government in Lagos... on Monday.

Neighbourhood watch set to commence operations, says Gov Wike Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Agency would soon become operational for the detection and prevention of crimes across the state.

The governor urged traditional rulers to cooperate with operatives of the Agency to ensure that they succeed because the operatives were largely nominees of traditional rulers.

Governor Wike spoke during the 108 and 109 General Session of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers on Monday in Port Harcourt, capital city of Rivers State.

The governor continued: “The Neighbourhood Watch arrangement will soon be fully operational throughout the State to complement the efforts of the security agencies in the detection and prevention of crime and improve the security of lives and property in our neighbourhoods.

“Let me remind you that the corps

members were recruited based on your attestations with regard to their character and suitability. Consequently, we will hold you accountable to the performance of the corps and the success of the scheme in your local government areas, communities and neighbourhoods,” he said.

The governor urged the traditional rulers to shun partisan politics as getting involved in politics would reduce their social relevance.

He wondered why a First Class Traditional Ruler would be involved in partisan politics with the aim of undermining the state government.

He said: “If you don’t respect your stool, you will have challenges. Withdraw yourselves from playing politics. If you don’t withdraw yourselves, I will withdraw you. If you take sides, I will also take sides,” he warned.

The governor charged the traditional rulers never to allow any politician to breach the peace in their communities during the forthcoming campaigns.

“We expect the political parties to play by the rules and embark on peaceful and issue-based campaigns. But you must be on the watch out to ensure that no person or entity violates the peace of your

communities under the guise of political campaigns.

“At the end of the campaigns the votes of our people are very important and we expect the INEC to conduct free, fair and credible general elections that will enable our people to freely determine their political direction and destiny. Here again, you also bear individual and collective responsibility to mobilize your subjects to collect their permanent voters cards and vote for the candidates of their choice,” Wike stated.

Governor Wike urged the traditional rulers to lend their voices in condemnation of the alleged neglect of Rivers State by the APC Federal Government.

“It is time you lend your voices more forcefully to the neglect of the State by the Federal Government, the devastation of our environment by the oil companies, the grand fraud and deception in the Ogoni cleanup exercise and the call for economic justice and fiscal federation,” he said.

In an address, Chairman of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers, King Dandeson Douglas Jaja, appealed to the Federal Government to revive the ports in Rivers State to create employment opportunities for the youths.

A Petrol Station Supervisor, a pump attendant and four others have been arrested for masterminding a robbery operation at Skepter Petrol Filling Station at Igbo-Elerin Bus-Stop along Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

The suspects Obinna Ofoma, 25 years; Ndukwa Junior, 22 years; William Okon, 22 years; Tony Oluchukwu, 28 years; Charles Mike, 20 years and Freedom Daniel, 20 years had stormed the Petrol Station on October 8th, 2018, dispossessing customers and attendants of large sums, phones and other valuables.

Although the suspects had made away with their loots before the arrival of operatives from the Lagos State Police Command and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Operatives, they were however trailed and arrested at their hideout.

Briefing journalists on how the suspects were arrested, the Lagos Police Commissioner, CP Imohimi Edgal said, “ Information was received from a credible source that some armed men were sighted at Skepter Petrol Station situated at Igbo-Elerin Bus-Stop, Ojo area of Lagos robbing fuel attendants and their customers.

On receipt of the information operatives from Ilemba Hausa Police Station and FSARS Ikeja jointly mobilized to the scene.

Group commends US victory prediction for Buhari Tom Okpe, Abuja A Group, Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has commended the United States of America over what it described as credible and more authoritative the finding by a Congressional body, that President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressive Congress (APC) will win next year’s Presidential election.

It also applauded the methodology adopted by the body to arrive at its conclusions.

In a widely circulated report, the United States Initiative for Peace (USIP), a body set up by the US Congress, had stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to emerge victorious in the 2019 Presidential election. It also said that steps must be taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies to avert violence in about eight States including Lagos, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Adamawa, Rivers and Anambra.

In its reaction in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke in Abuja on Monday, the group welcomes the conclusion and the scientific approach USIP employed to arrive at that conclusion.

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Critical look at FCT High Court new Practice Direction Andrew Orolua, Abuja On the 29th day of October, 2018, at the Annual Legal Year of 2018/2019 of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory- Abuja, the Honourable, Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, signed a new Practice Direction and issued same into law, titled; “Practice Direction on Service of Process(es) at the Federal Capital Territory- Abuja.”

This paper aims at a review, commendation, criticism and call for compliance by stakeholders.

The said Practice Direction is an amendment to the Order 7 of the Rules of the Court, even though, this fact is not directly mentioned in the said Practice Direction. This position of the writer of this paper is verified by the list of arrangement of order which states Order 7: Service of processes.

Therefore, the writer of this paper considers this as an omission on the part of the maker of the Practice Direction or the drafter with due respect.

By Order 7 Rule 1 (a) of the Practice Direction, the Practice Direction shall apply to all civil and criminal matters relating to service of process (es) by the Court. Also, by Rule 2, the purpose of the Practice Direction is to provide for uniform fees for service of court process (es), mode of proof of service of the court process(es) and uniform fees chargeable for the production of records of the court. Furthermore,according to Rule 3 of the Practice Direction, with effect from the date of coming into effect of the Practice Direction, fees chargeable by the Bailiffs or all Process Servers except Registered Process Servers shall be as provided in the First Schedule attached to the Practice Direction.

Furthermore, Rule 4 of the Practice Direction provides the procedures to be adopted by the Bailiff or Process Server outside Jurisdiction of the Court (outside FCT) which are as follows : (a) Depose to an affidavit; (b) Exhibit an affidavit of service of the Bailiff or the local court in the State where service was effected; (c) Exhibit the receipt(s) issued by the transport or airline company through which the bailiff actually travelled or Receipt(s) issued by the hotel(s)/lodge(s) the Bailiff stayed in the course of effecting the service of the process(es).

Furthermore, by the provisions of Rule 5 of the Order 7 to the Practice Direction, there is now a procedure to be abided by for the payment of service fees by a party or counsel. This procedure is as laid down in the said Rule 5 thus ‘Pursuant to Order 7 Rule 14(1) of the High Court of FCT civil procedure Rule, 2018- 1 | P a g e (a) A party or Counsel requiring services of Processes shall pay to the Registrar of the Court the appropriate fee for the service of such process (es) as contained in the First Schedule to this Practice Direction to the Registrar of the Court before whom the matter is assigned.(b) The Registrar shall on receipt of the said amount, issue to the Party or Counsel, a non-revenue receipt acknowledging the receipt of the said sum.(c) Thereafter, handover the said sum and process (es) to the Bailiff of the Court who shall in turn acknowledge receipt of the said amount from the Registrar.’. So, it is the observation of the writer of this paper that henceforth, a counsel or party does not deal directly with the bailiff, he might not even know which of the bailiffs served his processes until the service has been effected for his proof of service rather he only deals directly with the court’s registrar and the service fee is only paid to the registrar who issues a non-revenue receipt acknowledging the receipt of the sum and not to be paid into any bank account. Also, it is observed that a party or his counsel can apply for proof of service or the affidavit/certificate of service of the said process for his documentation and he can as well meet the registrar of the court to whom he had delivered the said process to in order to confirm if the service has been effected. He can as

Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Justice I.U. Bello

well seek to view the notebook of record of service by the bailiff referred to in Rule 6 of the Order 7.

Also by Rule 6 of the Order 7, Pursuant to Order 7 Rule 18 of the High Court of FCT, Civil Procedure Rule 2018, the Registrar of every court shall keep an A4 sized, thick back notebook of Record of service by Bailiff. Information to be contained in the notebook should be in accordance with Schedule 2. The writer of this paper is of the hope that this notebook is readily available and that the various registrars of the Courts are aware and have adequate trainings to effect the provisions?!Also,

by Rule 7 of the Order 7, all Registrars shall not later than the first week of every month prepare and send to the Office of the Chief Bailiff, a Comprehensive Report of service of process(es) done by the bailiff in their Courts. Finally, by Rule 8 of the Order 7, the fee chargeable by the Court for the production of proceedings shall not exceed the sum of N50.00 per page. This in the view of the writer of this paper relates to Certified True Copy (CTC) of the record of proceedings and no more. This provision should be taken with care and lawyers are advised to be at alert so that this provision is not misinterpreted into being generally applicable to all applications or Certified True Copies.

Furthermore, the schedule of fees payable by a party or counsel are defined under Schedule 1.The service fees for serving a process within FCT Metropolis such as: Maitama, Wuse, Asokoro, Ways, Lokogoma, Apo, Gudu, Games village and Durumi is N2,000.00, however, there shall be an addition of N1,000.00 per defendant (where the address is different from that of the 1st Defendant). Therefore, the writer of this paper observes and submits that the facts that there are many Defendants within the 2 | P a g e same address or premises but different plots or on different storey buildings will not attract any additional fees.

Furthermore, service of process from FCT Metropolis to satellite towns such as:Gwagwalada, Gwarimpa, Kubwa, Zuba, Kwali, Abaji, Karmo, Life Camp, Jiwa, Gwagwa, Dei-Dei, Bwari, Nyanya, Karu, Orozo, Karshi, Mpape and Lugbe attracts the sum of N3,000.00 only, however,there shall be an addition of N1,000.00 per defendant (where the address is different from that of the 1st Defendant). Therefore, the writer of this paper observes and submits that the facts that there are many defendants within the same address or premises but different plots or on different storey buildings will not attract any additional fees. Also,

service of process within Satellite towns such as: Gwarimpa,Kubwa, Lugbe, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Abaji. Karmo, Life Camp, Jiwa, Dei-Dei, Zuba, Bwari, Karshi,Nyanya, Orozo, Karo and Mpape attracts the sum of N3,000.00 only, however, there shall be an addition of N1,000.00 per defendant (where the address is different from that of the 1st Defendant).Therefore, the writer of this paper observes and submits that the facts that there are many Defendants within the same address or premises but different plots or on different storey buildings will not attract any additional fees.

Furthermore, service of processes in States contiguous to FCT such as: Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue and Kwara attracts the sum of N15,000.00 only, however, there shall be an addition of N5,000.00 per defendant (where the address is different from that of the 1st Defendant).Therefore, the writer of this paper observes and submits that the facts that there are many Defendants within the same address or premises but different plots or on different storey buildings will not attract any additional fees. Likewise, service in State noncontiguous to FCT such as: Lagos, Rivers, Borno, Kano, Edo, Taraba,Ogun, Oyo, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross river, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Katsina, Jigawa,Adamawa, Yobe, Kebbi attracts the sum of N40,00.00 however, there shall be an addition ofN10,000.00 per defendant (where the address is different from that of the 1st Defendant). Therefore, the writer of this paper observes and submits that the facts that there are many Defendants within the same address or premises but different plots or on different storey buildings will not attract any additional fees.

Furthermore, it should be noted that a party paying for service or counsel shall by Rule 5 of the Order 7 fill a service form as contained in the Schedule 1 to the Practice Direction and the Registrar shall issue a receipt of confirmation of payment as mandated by the said Rule 5 of the Order 7. Therefore, the writer of this paper submits humbly that any other means of payment laid down including payment into or through bank account(s) is illegal and unlawful as it has no legal basis.

On a general note, the writer of this paper commends in no small amount, the great efforts of the Honourable, the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court. This indeed is a very difficult efforts of which the Honourable, the Chief Judge has taken a brave act to undertake. This indeed brings the

issue of bailiffs 3 | Page or ordinary clerk asking for a total sum of N7,000.00 or N10,000.00 to serve a court’s process from Kubwa FCT High Court to Byazhin Layout which is just a few kilometers from the court as the writer of this paper had complained about few months a go. The writer of this paper salutes the courage and the daring efforts of the Honourable, the Chief Judge of the FCT. May God Almighty continue to inspire His Lordship towards a better development and sanitation of the FCT Court’s System and the FCT Judiciary.

The writer of this paper appeals for an extension of this efforts to the fees of other lower courts in FCT such as the Magistrate Courts, the District Courts, etc. and same appeal goes to the Honourable, the Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the FCT and the President of the Court of Appeal of the FCT as this effort is great in the fight against financial corruption in the court’s system and the judiciary. Furthermore, the writer of this paper also appeals for a continuous monitoring as to compliance with this Practice Direction by the appropriate persons.

Nevertheless, lawyers, parties, bailiffs, the Judges, the Registrars, and other registered servicing person(s) are all stakeholders in the implementation of this Practice Direction. It would amount to an act of corruption for a lawyer or party to pay any additional fees beyond and or below the prescribed fees. It is also an act of illegality for any court’s staff or bailiff or Registrar to demand for an addition beyond the prescribed fees or without issuing a receipt of confirmation of payment as mandated by this Practice Direction.

So, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has a role to play.

The writer of this paper further recommends that CCTV camera should be affixed to each place where the fees is to be paid and the collector of such fees should be mandated to remit same to the specified account under the Practice Direction.

Furthermore, the writer of this paper is very surprised that the Practice Direction which is not up to or not more than ten leaves could be sold at the price of N1,000.00 only even without a receipt of acknowledgement.

The question is who receives the publication fee? The government or a private individual?

The same instance occurred at the time of the issuance of the 2018 FCT High Court’s Rules. In these two scenarios, no receipt was issued to the writer of this paper for the payments. So, it is hoped that the same way corruption is fought all around the various areas in Nigeria, same would be extended to the High Court of the FCT by the appropriate law enforcement agencies in the fights against corruption. Finally, the writer of this paper applauds and commends the giant efforts of the Honourable, the Chief Judge of the High Court of the FCT for these wonderful efforts! It is the prayer of the writer of this paper that God Almighty would reward His Lordship’s efforts.

Also, other courts are advised to emulate the efforts put forward by His Lordship, the Chief Judge of the High Court of the FCT, in order to sanitize the Court’s system and the Judiciary as a whole. It is also hoped that lawyers and litigants or party paying for service fees would insist on the prescribed fees and report any form of corrupt practices or illegal demand or additional but unlawful demands by any court’s staff or bailiff or registrar to the 4 | Page appropriate authority or law enforcement agency. Therefore, this Practice Direction should be a lawyer’s handbook whenever he aims at service of any court’s process in the FCT, whether such lawyer is within or outside jurisdiction of High Court of the FCT. Mr. Hameed Ajibola Jimoh Esq. is an Abuja based legal practitioner.

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Servicom: FAAN to address staff extortion, negative attitudes Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

L-R: Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank, Emeka Emuwa; Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Convener, Art Summit Nigeria, Adenrele Sonariwo and Managing Partner, Aluko & Oyebode, Gbenga Oyebode at the opening ceremony of Art Summit Nigeria

Buhari reassures of sustained massive investments on infrastructure Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhar has reassured Nigerians that his administration will sustain massive investments to upgrade and develop the country’s transport and power infrastructure.

Buhari stated this on Monday when he received members of the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARCAN) led by Ambassador Oladapo Fafowora, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President told the retired Ambassadors that Nigerians will never forget the ‘‘lost opportunity between 1999 and 2015,’’ when the nation had enormous resources at its disposal. ‘’There is no part of the country I haven’t been to, having attempted to be President four times. ‘’I know the condition of our roads. The rails were killed, there was no power despite the admittance of some previous leadership that they spent $16 billion on the sector. ‘’Today, we are getting our priorities right and we believe that of the three

fundamental issues we campaigned on – security, the economy and fighting corruption-, we have remained very relevant and Nigerians believe we have achieved something,’’ the President said.

Buhari also used the occasion to appreciate the People’s Republic of China for financing some of the rail and power projects in the country through concessionary loans. ‘’I will do my best to see that where there are possibilities of making a quick improvement on infrastructure, we will do it,’’ he said.

He also appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to consider what this government inherited and the more it is doing with fewer resources in putting the economy right.

The President took note of some concerns raised by the retired Ambassadors including an appeal for the adjustment of their pension entitlements, retention of diplomatic passport for retired career ambassadors, allocation of land for ARCAN headquarters in Abuja and adequate funding of the Foreign Affairs ministry, among others.

Senate to probe NNPC’s claim on diversion of NLNG’s dividend Tunde Opalana, Abuja Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate on resumption of plenary will further probe the claims made before the Senator Ahmad Lawan’s Adhoc Committee by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on how and why the corporation was diverting the dividend from the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) to defray the cost of under-recovery in the importation of fuel.

Saraki, while reacting to questions from newsmen at the Ilorin Airport, admitted that he had received series of telephone calls on the issue by many concerned

Nigerians and others who wanted to know the position of the Senate on the issues raised by the NNPC’s GMD before the Ahmad Lawan’s Adhoc Committee.

This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu.

The Senate President stated that the disclosure by the NNPC boss in response to enquiries by the Senate adhoc committee probing the issue of illegal payment of subsidy on fuel, called for further investigation by the Senate and also showed that as alleged in a motion moved earlier by Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, a lot of illegal and unapproved spendings are going on in the petroleum corporation.

“Let me assure Nigerians that there will be no cover-up. We are confident that the adhoc committee will do a thorough job.

All the issues will be unearthed. That is why when the Senate set up investigative committees on issues, we want Nigerians to have confidence in us that we do not act because we want to embark on a wild goose chase. There must be some serious issues to be looked into. The revelations by the NNPC’s GMD have justified the need for this investigation and they have shown that we are acting in good faith.

“When in my ruling on the motion raised by Senator Olujimi, I insisted that we want a transparent, honest and non-partisan investigation on the fuel subsidy issue, it was clear to me and my

colleagues that certain irregularities are being perpetrated and we should let Nigerians know the truth. That is why we set up the committee in the first place and to demonstrate the seriousness we attach to the issue, we decided that the ad-hoc committee should be led by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan.

“We are however shocked that the NNPC’s GMD was claiming that the illegal diversion of dividends from the NLNG which should be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation for funding the fuel subsidy was done ‘in compliance with the National Assembly directive that NNPC as the supplier of last resort should, and has, maintained robust petrol supply”, he stated.

Interswitch, Microsoft, partner to pioneer Blockchain technology in Nigeria Motolani Oseni Interswitch Group, a Pan-African integrated digital payments, and commerce company, in partnership with Microsoft, has announced the launch of its innovative blockchain-based supply chain financing service.

This novel initiative brings together entrepreneurs, major financial institutions and corporate organisations, all on a single platform to provide end-to-end visibility that will ensure fast and seamless trade

financing in supply chain operations.

The Interswitch Blockchain Service (Supply Chain Finance Module), built and hosted using the Microsoft Azure Blockchain technology, provides a proven security, compliance and scalable cloud platform that accelerates and supports the next generation of blockchain applications.

Mitchell Elegbe, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Interswitch said: “In our 15 years of operation, we have experienced the bottlenecks associated with the existing

corporate-based financing infrastructure in Nigeria. This is why we are happy to partner with Microsoft, by leveraging the advanced technology of the Microsoft Azure Blockchain, to prove the possibility of building a distributed ledger that is practical, viable and has the propensity to solve some of Nigeria’s most difficult financial and logistic problems.”

With the launch of the Interswitch Blockchain Service (Supply Chain Finance Module), small to middle-sized businesses can access more funding in a shorter time (up to three weeks) from

participating banks such as United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTB) and Zenith Bank Plc, and enjoy increased sales cycles from participating corporations such as the Dangote Group.

While the application of blockchain is usually associated with cryptocurrency, the Interswitch Blockchain service does not deploy the use of cryptocurrency in its application. Transaction enquiries and verifications will be handled by authorised officials from participating entities, without the incentives of a cryptocurrency.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN says it is strategizing to ensure that the issues of reports of negative staff attitude, lack of trust, extortion, weak customer relationship management and service failures across agencies are addressed.

To this end, the FAAN Managing Director, Saleh Dunoma at the 4th SERVICOM Quarterly Stakeholders Forum in Lagos said as a matter of urgency, the agency is brainstorming and strategizing on the way forward for the upcoming year.

This is just as he added that the agency is reviewing what has been done in the earlier Programmes and identify whatever area that they are yet to improve upon.

Dunoma represented by the Lagos Airport International Manager, Mrs. Victoria Shinaba noted that with the complaints receive from the SERVICOM Presidency of ill-treatment of airport users, cancellation of flights without resource, loss of baggage and non-refund of claims, 100% customer satisfaction cannot be said to have been achieved.

“Our customers are the voice of reasoning that we must endeavor to listen to if we are to achieve remarkable results.

We must cooperate with them to achieve seamless facilitation”.

He emphasized that this is the time to think outside the box and seek to WOW its customers, “the world is a global village and as such we must strike to replicate other good things we have seen in other airports globally, we must not be left behind.”

General Manager, SERVICOM, Mrs. Ebele Okoye while delivering her address of welcome noted that after the last Quaterly meeting some issues raised like maintenance of the conveyor belts, CCTV, convenience facilities have been addressed.

“More CCTV have been installed in strategic places for more coverage at the airport environment, conveyor belts are constantly serviced for efficiency, FAAN has illuminated the walkways from the MMIA terminal building to the car park to ensure passengers/customers safety, the lift is in a far better working condition and more efforts are in place to ensure more seamless service.”

She explained that the forum has been held at 5 airports across the country, namely MMIA, Abuja, Enugu, Kano, and PortHarcourt airports, x-raying the primary challenges faced by their stakeholders who have I depth interface with service seekers and solution were also proffered through this process.

Meanwhile, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN has presented the certificate of appreciation to the Daily Times in the covering of servicom activities at the airport.

Presenting the certificate to The Daily Times at the Servicom last quarter stakeholders’ forum 2018, the Managing Director of FAAN Engr Saleh Dunoma, represented by the General manager Customers service, Mrs. Ebele Okoye said The Daily Times has been objective and timely in the reportage of its activities at the airport.

While enjoining The Daily Times team to continue with the quest of educating, informing and entertaining the public, the FAAN boss remarked that FAAN will always partner organisations that were ready to bring change.

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Crude oil price hits $72.83 as US’ restriction Iranian export begins Brent crude oil price on Monday rose to $72.83 a barrel, while US light crude was 15 cents lower at $62.99, as United States sanctions against Iran’s fuel exports began.

Although, the impacts were softened by waivers, which allowed major buyers to import Iranian crude for a while, however, Tehran said that it would defy Washington and continue to sell.

At 2.00 a.m. commodities, US crude was $62.91 per barrel and Brent was last at $72.62.

At 3.00 a.m. US crude was $62.68/barrel while Brent was last at $72.41.

“Oil bulls have long pinned their hopes on the Iran factor and today’s dearth of upside potential will be a major source of concern,’’ Stephen Brennock, an analyst at brokerage PVM Oil, said.

Washington imposed sanctions against Iran on Monday, restoring measures lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by the administration of former US President Barack Obama.

In response, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, in a speech broadcast on state Media that Iran would break the sanctions and continue to sell oil.

Dangote Group unveils new products at Lagos Trade Fair Motolani Oseni Companies under the leading African Indigenous Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited, as part of its strategies to increase market share and deepen customers’ affection, will be unveiling their various new products at the on-going Lagos International Trade Fair at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Onikan, Lagos.

Of note is the grand introduction of the new Blocmaster cement from the staple of the company’s flagship business unit, Dangote Cement pls.

NASCON Allied Products Plc, the producer of the prominent Dangote Salt and DanQ seasoning is also introducing Dangote Stew mix and Curry power to the delight of visitors to the company’s stand.

Other business units from the group that is exhibiting at the fair include Dangote Sugar Refinery, Dangote Flour Mill, Dangote Agrosacks, Dangote Pasta, and Dangote Cement.

Some of the products to be displayed at the fair include Danvita, Alkama (wheat meal), confectionary flour, sugar, salt, Dangote seasoning, and its pasta varieties.

According to a statement from Company signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, visitors to the group pavilion at fair will have the opportunity of buying products of these companies at reasonably reduced prices.

A unique offering from the Group in this year’s Lagos Trade Fair is the Dangote Combo pack. The pack contains products from the stable of business units within the Group and is offered to participants at the fair at a muchreduced price.

The statement indicated that the economy pack which will contain household products like Dangote spaghetti, macaroni, sugar packets as well as salt and season products range would be combined in a pack at a giveaway price.

The combo pack, it stated further will offer participants at the fair an opportunity to purchase all consumable product range in Dangote Group in a single buy.

There will also be free samples of the products for the visitors. Dangote Pasta will be offering free samples of several varieties of its products to visitors to the kitchen/ restaurant which will be attached to the Dangote Stand to wet their appetite.

Dangote Cement recently unveiled in Lagos to the delight of block makers, distributors and other stakeholders, a new premium high strength cement, the Blocmaster.

According to the Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Engr. Joseph Makoju, blocmaster which is presently on display at the trade fair is the final answer to the yearnings and expectations of Block and concrete makers who desire a new product that could combine all the qualities of the existing range of cement in the market.

He explained that BlocMaster is a product of intensive research, laboratory and field tests, and regulatory authorities’ approval. According to him, the new cement comes with a difference and value for money.

L-R: GMD / Founder, Interswitch Group, Mitchell Elegbe; Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Azure Blockchain at Microsoft Corporation, Michael Glaros; Group Chief Information Officer, Dangote Group, Prasanna Kumar Burri; Divisional Chief Executive Officer, Payments Processing, Interswitch Group, Akeem Lawal and Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Akin Banuso, at the launch of Interswitch Blockchain Service (Supply Chain Financing Module) on Friday

Finance Minister tasks tax appeal on professionalism Denies report of looming petroleum products shortage Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, on Monday, urged the newly inaugurated Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) Commissioners “to discharge their duties with high level of professionalism, integrity, diligence, and fairness to all parties”.

The Minister of Finance, who stated this while inaugurating the new commissioners in Abuja, also implored the commissioners to avoid unnecessary delays and adjournment of cases and that their decisions should be in line with tax laws.

Ahmed said that the government’s desire to achieve a sustainable growth and development of our economy has informed the concerted efforts by successive governments over the time to reform the Nigerian tax system, among others.

According to her, one of the outcomes of the series of reforms is the strengthening of the appeal process and creation of the Tax Appeal Tribunal by the Federal Government in 2010.

She noted that the establishment of the Tribunal marked a very significant milestone in

the annals of our nation’s tax dispute resolution mechanism.

The minister said, “One of the critical objectives of the government in setting up the Tribunal is to reduce the incidence of tax evasion and improve the taxpayers’ confidence. Others include the need to ensure fairness and transparency of the tax administration and to minimize delays and bottlenecks in the adjudication of tax disputes.

“As an essential component of the ‘change’ agenda of the present administration, Nigeria launched a Revised National Tax Policy in January 2017 and a provided tax amnesty platform through the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme. Very fundamentally, the current tax policy of the government emphasizes areas of harnessing all necessary inputs towards achieving voluntary tax compliance. We, therefore, urge you to ensure quality service delivery in line with extant laws, particularly in supporting the government quest to improve revenue generation and minimize the monolithic dependence on oil revenue.

“The government has strengthened the Tax Appeal Tribunal by ensuring that the tribunal is constituted across the six geo-political zones in

addition to the ones in Lagos and Abuja for ease and accessibility by the taxpayers. Additionally, we have also expanded the Lagos Tribunal to three panels to facilitate the timely resolution of appeals emanating from Lagos. Going forward, the government is working towards the strengthening of the operations and legal framework of the Tax Appeal Tribunal in line with the recommendation of the National Tax Policy Review Committee.”

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, had said, the Tax Appeal Commissioners being inaugurated today are “expected to hold office for a term of three years, which is subject to renewal for another term of three years only” He noted that the Tribunal is one of the windows provided in Nigeria’s tax administration system which offers an aggrieved party the opportunity to explore other dispute resolution mechanisms before gaining access to the Law Courts. Amongst other things, it helps to reduce the caseload of the over-laden regular courts by providing less formal fora for quicker, cheaper and expert resolution of tax disputes in the public interest.

Nationwide strike: Foreign airlines may be exempted - Union boss Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo There are strong indications that foreign airlines operating into the country may not adversely be affected by the planned grounding of activities in Nigeria, following agitation for wage increase by the nation’s unions.

This is as aviation unions said they empathised with the domestic operators and other business organisations in the industry that would be affected by the action, saying that as affiliated members of labour centres, they had to comply with their directives.

Speaking with our correspondent on phone, Comrade Illitrus Ahmadu, President of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) said that if the tripartite meeting with the Federal Government failed, the unions would obey the directive of the labour

centres and shut down the airspace.

He, however, said that the industry unions were not unmindful of existing Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) arrangements Nigeria had with foreign countries whose airlines operate into the country, stressing that the issue at hand was a domestic one, which should not be allowed to affect international airline operators.

He recalled that during the fuel pump price hike of January 2012, the unions allowed international airline operators to reschedule their flights from 6 am to 6 pm, stressing that if the strike went on as planned, such treatment may recur.

Ahmadu stated that the unions had allowed international carriers to operate into the country in the past because some Nigerians caught in the web had traveled into the country for holidays and needed to return to their respective countries to resume work, adding that some were equally traveling on scheduled medical.

He said: “The fact is that we are affiliated with labour centres and we are under obligation to comply with directives. So, from the strike notice issued so far, we are to shut down by mid-night of today. However, as we speak, the tripartite discussions have resumed; they are in a meeting and we hope that something good will come out of the meeting so that we will no longer embark on the strike.

“You know, we are in a very volatile industry.

This is our national problem; we have several bilateral agreements with most foreign nations that their airlines fly into Nigeria. It is our domestic problem. We should not allow it to adversely affect the fortunes of the international operators. We have offered a corridor where we will accommodate them. The primary shut down we have had in this industry so far was during the price hike of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Buhari group accuses PDP, Atiku of planning to spend N400m to lobby US Visa for ex-VP Commends US body on findings for 2019 election

Stories by Patrick Okohue The Buhari Media Organisation has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of hiring a US lobbyist for millions of dollars just to score cheap political points of securing an American visa.

This is even as the group also described as credible and more authoritative the finding by a United States Congressional body, that President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressive Congress (APC) will win next year’s Presidential election.

The BMO in a release signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke claimed that the party would be paying Brian Ballard who is believed to be close to US President Donald Trump the equivalent of N400 million over a one year period to ostensibly lobby Washington on behalf of its candidate ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, describing it as another chapter in PDP’s “book of corruption”.

The group added that even if Trump’s friend convinced the US authorities to clear the path for Atiku to finally enter the US, it won’t clear the former Vice President of the corruption scandals that have over the years stuck to him It said, “Nigerians are not prepared to easily forget how the PDP Presidential candidate’s name featured in high profile sleaze probe ranging from that of the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) to Siemens during his 8-year tenure as Vice President.

“Not even a close ally of Trump can wipe clean a slate of corruption that took years of intense begging for his former principal to reluctantly accept his apology, but which he still wants him to seek the forgiveness of Nigerians.”

The pro-Buhari group however said it was not surprised that a party with credibility problem thinks the solution to its problem lies in throwing money around “These are people that have been conditioned to see dollar rain as solutions to local credibility

Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, a perfect combination for Lagos development - Group A group of media practitioners in Lagos, Sanwoolu Media Support Group(SMSG), has hailed the choice of Hon. Obafemi Hazmat, a Former Commissioner for Works during former Governor Babatunde Fashola, as the running mate of the Governorship Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.

In a statement issued in Lagos, by its Chief Administrative Officer, Kunle Sijuade, the group described the combination of Sanwo-Olu and Hazmat as the best for the party and Lagos at large, saying that both of them would bring to bear their professional and political sagacity on the next administration.

The statement reads, “Hon. Hamzat has a political background that can make him to add tremendous value to the next government as his father was part of those that built the progressive politics of Lagos.

Hamzat himself was actively involved in grassroots politics even as he is a thoroughbred professional and scholar.”

The group added that the party leadership should be applauded

for the choice as Hamzat would be the face of the Justice Forum in the government.

They stressed that Sanwo-Olu would perform beyond people’s expectations because of his public and private experience, saying that Hamzat’s technical knowhow would assist Sanwo-Olu in delivering greatest happiness in the greatest number of the people.

“It is obvious that the Lagos APC and its leadership mean well for Lagosians with this combination. Mr Sanwo-Olu is a right choice as governorship candidate and Mr Hamzat remains the perfect running mate to make the actualisation of ‘Greater Lagos’ achievable” “We, therefore, eulogise the political prowess of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in grooming dependable leaders across board since 1999” The group, however, urged Lagos voters to come out enmasse to cast their votes for all APC candidates in the coming 2019 general elections.

The statement concluded “We urge Lagos voters to cast their votes for all APC candidates from National to the State level”

problems. Coming soon after they had shared wads of dollars among party delegates, they did not feel bad spending more to boost the economy of Dubai where they have been holding strategy sessions.

“The same people have signed a deal of $90,000 a month to secure an American visa for a morally challenged presidential candidate “They are busing boosting businesses in other countries, yet they are running a presidential campaign with the theme of ‘making Nigeria great again. How ironic!” BMO added It wants Nigeria to see the difference between a President Muhammadu Buhari whose party does not need to spend money in any currency to whitewash his image and that of a candidate that needs to pay the equivalent of N400 million to clean its image in just one country.

Speaking on the finding by the United States Congressional body, the group applauded the methodology adopted by the body to arrive at its conclusions.

In a widely circulated report, the

United States Initiative for Peace (USIP), a body set up by the US Congress, had stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to emerge victorious in the 2019 Presidential election. It also added that steps must be taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies to avert violence in about eight states including Lagos, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Adamawa, Rivers and Anambra.

In its reaction, BMO welcomed the conclusion and the scientific approach USIP employed to arrive at that conclusion.

“We are impressed that the USIP said the report is based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors and that ‘though many Nigerians feel that the current administration has not fully met their aspirations, this is not likely to cost the All Progressive Congress (APC) government its hold on power’.

“We note also that the original intention of the survey was to sample Nigerians’ opinions on the possibility of violence during the elections and

whether they think that the elections will be free and fair.”

BMO says it is gratifying that the prediction of Buhari’s victory was an added value flowing from responses of the sampled populace.

The group says it is also instructive that this report is by a “credible, authoritative body, founded, funded, and answerable to an arm of the United States Government; an incorruptible, non-partisan and uncompromisable agency.

“This is unlike commercial entities that are ready to sell to the highest bidder, and whose predictions are often porous, opaque, unreliable, off the mark and whose voodoo methodologies are often shrouded in secrecy.”

The group called on the Nigerian electorate to “shine their eyes on who to believe between the democratic body and commercial purveyors of falsehood.

“We believe firmly that Nigerians will find advocates of peace initiatives more credible than economists masquerading as political experts.”

Ben Bruce faults APC over Atiku, Peter Obi, Saraki’s meeting in Dubai Says Buhari spent 5 months in London meeting APC leaders prior to 2019 poll Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District of Bayelsa State, Ben MurrayBruce has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC), over its condemnation of a meeting held by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, Peter Obi, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondu, in Dubai.

The APC had claimed that Atiku, Obi, Saraki and Secondus travelled to Dubai for “sinister purposes”, even as the Buhari Media Organisation also condemned the meeting, arguing that they were using resources generated from the country to help other nation’s economy grow.

The APC in a statement signed by the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Sunday, dismissing reports that the four men went to Dubai to “plot strategies to oust President Muhammadu Buhari” in next year’s election and urged security agents to be on the alert.

But reacting to the APC statement, Ben Bruce reminded the ruling party of Buhari ‘s meetings with APC leaders during his stay in UK for eight months.

The Bayelsa lawmaker on his Twitter page wrote: “How can APC say Atiku Abubakar met with myself, Bukola Saraki, Peter Obi, Reno Omokri and others in Dubai to plan against Nigeria?

“In 2018, Buhari spent five months in UK. He met with almost the whole leadership of APC there. Did PDP complain or condemn?”

Bruce

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Nigerians on the march for 2019: INEC goes tough, disqualifies 300,000 voters from voting Tunde Opalana, Abuja

As the countdown begins over the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disqualified over 300,000 voters out of over 80 million registered voters by through fingerprints identification.

The chairman of INEC. Prof.

Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Monday while receiving a delegation of the ECOWAS Election Monitoring team at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja.

He, however, asked Nigerians to visit the 120,000 voters’ registration centres across the country as the Commission will from Tuesday (today) display votets’ register within the next four days for claims and objections.

The chairman also said the commission shall display the list of candidates for the 29 governorship elections and the 991 states constituencies nationwide!between November 6 and 12,b2018.

Giving a breakdown of 1558 constituencies elections to be conducted by INEC in 2019, Yakubu said there will be one presidential constituency, 109 senatorial districts and 360 federal constituencies, 29 governorship elections, 991 state constituencies and 68 constituencies in the FCT for the area council, the chairmen and councilors.

Disclosing further that 88 parties will participate in the 2019 polls, Yakubu said: “We have 91 political parties registered out of which only three did not sign notices for their primaries. We have 79 parties indicating interest to contest in the presidential elections, we

have over 1800 contesting for 109 senatorial districts and then over 4100 contesting for the 360 federal constituencies”.

He said over a period of 16 months from the 27th of April 2017 to 31st of August 2018, INEC registered 14.5 million new voters in addition to the existing register of 70 million, making it over 80 million registered voters for the 2019 election.

Talking about INEC’s preparation for the 2019 general election, the INEC chairman said: “In fact, we can say that the 2019 general election is perhaps the most deliberately well planned election in our history. We have finished the strategic planning, we have finished our strategic programme of action, we have completed the election project plan, we have issued a timetable and schedule plan on activities for the 2019 general elections “.

Gen Alkali’s killing: Buratai seeks review of Nigeria’s security architecture Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has said that the security architecture of the country must be reviewed to ensure that current killings are stopped.

He added that the death of Major General Idris Alkali (rtd), who was killed by yet to be arrested persons in Dura Du community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State on September 3, 2018, should be “a wake up call for all including the military to be decisive on the issues of insecurity in the country.”

Buratai stated this in Abuja on Monday when he received a delegation of Plateau State Government led

by Governor Simon Lalong on a condolence visit over the killing of General Alkali.

The COAS said that security is fundamental and remains the focus of governance because without it so many things goes wrong affecting peace which is essential for any meaningful development to take place.

He regretted that it is taking the

country too long to realise the need for peace despite its bitter experiences of unrests. Buratai said that the security situation in the country need to be improved upon but regretted that authorities who ought to take responsibility in their areas have renegade their duties.

The COAS said that the late General Alkali case is just one among many, adding that several people have been killed in communities whose cases are not investigated.

He said that even where investigation are commenced, they are not concluded and suspects are not prosecuted.

He said, “We have a very big gap between arrests and prosecution in our hands and as security agencies we must bridge that gap.”

He said that one of the cars that was found in the pond was a case reported in 2013 but its investigation was inconclusive.

Buratai said that commanders of security outfits in communities must henceforth be held responsible and sanctioned because they knew what is happening in their areas of jurisdiction but choose not to address the issues.

The COAS also urged leaders to speak out and condemn criminal activities in their areas and leave sentiment apart.

He advised Governor Lalong to ensure that the cases of those responsible for General Alkali’s death and other security breaches are diligently prosecuted. He assured that those on the run will be arrested.

Earlier, while expressing his condolence, Governor Lalong, who was accompanied by some members of Plateau State House of Assembly and members of State Executive Council, described the killing as unfortunate, adding that it was “first time in our life that we are witnessing this type of thing.”

The Governor thanked the Army for unraveling the killing that happened at a time Nigerian Army is helping to fight insecurity in the state. He appealed to the army not to be discouraged on what happened as God will expose the causes of insecurity in the state.

Lalong also assured the army that the unfortunate incident will not happen again in Plateau State.

...Controversy looms over nationwide strike today Continued from page 3

institutions. Federal Government came out with the idea of funding education though tuition fee and we challenged them that students are already paying too much as it is. That we should not add to the burden of the parents, majority cannot afford two square meals a day. We had the issue of source of funding. Dr. Wale Babalakin who is the head of the government team insisted that ASUU should not talk of source of funding through budget allocation.

“Budgetary allocation is the main source of funding education in the world. Every country decides what percentage will be allocated for

education. We gave them example of Ghana. In the last 20 years, Ghana has never voted less than 20 per cent to education.

“The Minister of Education acknowledged that too during the Education retreat that was held last year. Later, they came up with the idea of Education Bank. They forgot that education banking is not a new thing in the country. It was introduced in 1993 but became a flop,” he said.

He clarified that the union’s action was not in any way linked with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike action as ASUU’s struggle and strike action has been on since 2016.

“Our own action has been on since 2016. We had 2016 warning strike when

we were asking for renegotiation and implementation of the 2009 agreement.

That time, we went to the National Assembly and the Honourable minister promised us that they will start renegotiation. We went back trusting them but the renegotiation lingered for 17 months without anything coming out of it,” he said.

He added that the Federal Government has not yet indicated interest to call them to a round table.

“We cannot force them to call us for a meeting. We believe that they will call us when they feel it is right. The first thing that government does in this type of situation is to ignore you. When it becomes uncomfortable, that is when they will call you,” he said.

Yakubu

Agra Innovate showcases Nigeria’s agric potential as Gov Fayemi leads delegation to expo Ladesope Ladelokun, Lagos Agra Innovate West Africa expo will host the agribusiness leaders and stakeholders from Nigeria and beyond at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island in Lagos, from November 27 to 28, 2018. The event will be held under the theme: “Food Security: The role of finance in the creation of commercial opportunities for agricultural value chain stakeholder operations.”

The 2018 expo, organised by Informa and Contact Consulting Nigeria, marks the fifth edition of the event, with growing emphasis on thematic conference and seminars on topical issues. This year’s event serves as a high level platform for product exhibition, business-to-business linkage, deal making, networking, technology transfer, knowledge exchange, public-private collaboration and policy discourse among participants drawn from the agribusiness community, academia, advocacy groups, development practitioners, policy experts and high calibre government officials from within and outside Nigeria. Over 5,000 exhibition visitors have registered online and attendance is free for online registered delegates.

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, who has confirmed his attendance as the Special Guest of Honour, and is leading a high level delegation from Ekiti State, will lead the way for other states’ chief executives on how to turn agricultural prospects into prosperity as he addresses agribusiness stakeholders on potentials for agribusiness partnerships. Governor Fayemi has indicated that his government will make agriculture a top priority in Ekiti State.

Confirmed speakers at the event are Mr. Michel Deelen, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy, who will deliver an address the audience on emerging potential partnership opportunities between Nigeria and the Netherlands; Vanessa Adams, Vice President, Country Support and Delivery, AGRA (Kenya); Alex Elphistone, Programme Director, Adam Smith International; Fatima Ali Mohammed, CEO, Brand Warrior; Ade Adefeko, VP, OLAM (Nigeria); Nneka Eze, Country Director, Dalberg Global Advisors; and Dr. Olusegun Ojo, Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (Abuja). Mrs. Sarah Alade, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank Nigeria, will deliver this year’s keynote address.

At the last year’s Agra Innovate expo, Chief Onikepo Akande, former Minister of Trade and Investment, who gave a keynote address, emphasised the need for Nigerian and West African farmers to use modern agricultural tools to boost food production. She expressed concerns over massive wastage of food after harvest, saying that although much food is being produced through the efforts of peasant farmers, so much goes into waste from the field to the table.

“After the success of last year’s Agra Innovate in Nigeria, we are ensuring that the upcoming exhibition will again have the great ambience all attendees have previously experienced.

The seminars have consistently been the best in terms of layout, facilities and hospitality. It will be the one place this year where the whole agriculture industry will come together to learn and do business,” states Folusho Olaniyan, Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa.

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Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Nigeria responsible for 24 per cent Foreign Bikers Tour: Nigeria safe global burden of HIV/AIDS – UNICEF for tourism business – FG Says the country records 267,000 new cases in children

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria is responsible for 24 per cent of global burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the world.

Quoting the UNAIDS report of 2017, Dr. Ijaodola Olugbenga, Assistant Director, National Aids and STIs Control Programme, (NASCF) in the Federal Ministry of Health also said that Nigeria contributes one of the largest proportion of new vertically acquired HIV infections among children.

He said, “Nigeria is responsible for over 12.4% of the global burden of HIV infected children with an estimated number of 267,000 children living with HIV in the country, he said.

He spoke during a two day media dialogue on “Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission” organised by the Child Right Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

While reiterating that Nigeria is committed to the goal of eliminating the mother to child transmission by 2020, he said that the country has initiated a number of

policies and strategies to reduce the impact.

He lamented that out of the 9,784,285 women in Nigeria estimated to be pregnant in the country per year, based on fertility rate and population, only 40 percent of them make use of established health facilities, adding that mothers who already have the virus give birth to 8.4 per cent of children with the virus in the country.

“9,784,285 women get pregnant annually. Out of this figure, only 4,025,074 register for Anti-Natal Care at the health care centers. While 2,682,337 pregnant women test for HIV, 64,811 pregnant women test positive to the disease.

“267,000 children are infected with HIV virus in Nigeria, 54,167 children under 14 years are under anti-retroviral drugs, 10,464 children have their viral loads tested, while 4,699 Nigerian children have viral load suppressed.

“For Nigeria to be able to address the challenges of the global burden of PMTCT, pregnant women must have access to PMTCT,” he added.

Earlier, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, urged the media to champion the cause of children to live free of the virus.

The Minister, who was represented by Olumide

Osanyipeju, Head, Child Rights Information Bureau of the Ministry, said the Federal Government is on track to bring health services to every child since a large number of children are exposed to the virus.

He added that Nigeria is committed to the goal of Eliminating Mother to child transmission by 2020 and has initiated a number of strategies to achieve it.

On her part, Dr. Abiola Davis, UNICEF HIV/AIDS socialist, in her welcome remark, lamented the gradual decline in global fundings by donor agencies and called on the leadership of the country to map up plans on how to redesign to meet up with the global standard.

“95% of the nation’s HIV funding/response is generated from donor partners. This is becoming a serious call for concern as the donations are dwindling.

There is need for collaborative efforts from agencies and stakeholders to address the situation by redesigning HIV funding plan to meet up with global standard”, she added.

HIV /AIDS was first reported as a strange ailment, and first noticed by 5 gay men in Los Angeles, USA in 1982.

More than 100 men died thereafter within two months of discovery of the strange condition.

Tom Okpe, Abuja

After the end of the foreign bikers visit to the country, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the successful, two-week tour of cultural heritage and historic sites across the country by local and foreign bikers, under the auspices of the Latin America Motorcycles Association (LAMA), has indicated that Nigeria is safe for tourism and business.

The Minister made the remarks in Abuja on Monday while bidding farewell to the foreign bikers at the end of the tour that took them to eight states covering four geo-political zones and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He said, “From the report that I have received, this tour is a great success. It is also an attestation to the fact that Nigeria is indeed a safe destination for tourists and business people alike. Yes, there are security challenges here and there - and this is not peculiar to Nigeria. But our country is safer today than it was before the advent of this Administration in 2015, thanks to the political will shown by the Administration and the commitment of our security agencies.”

Mohammed said the bikers, who crisscrossed Nigeria by road and returned to Abuja, the starting point of the tour, safe and sound, will be in a better position to tell the world the situation in the country.

“They are not armchair analysts or critics. They are practical men and women who zoomed across the country on their power bikes. No one can tell the story better than them.

And the feedback we have received is overwhelmingly positive,” he added.

The Minister said the tour, which he flagged off in Abuja on 23rd of October 2018, took the bikers to Niger, Kogi, Enugu, Cross River, Rivers, Edo, Oyo and Lagos as well as the FCT. He listed some of the sites toured by the bikers as Gurara Falls in Niger; the coal city of Enugu; the Millennium Park, Slave History Museum and Tinapa Lake Resort in Cross River; the National Museum in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; the National Museum and other sites in Benin, Edo State; the ancient city of Ibadan in Oyo State; Lagos Mega City and many sites in the FCT. In his remarks, the President of LAMA, Mr. Mario Nieves, described the tour as an ‘’incredible experience’’, saying that he discovered that contrary to what is being portrayed

by European historians, Africa has a ‘’beautiful history’’ and an ‘’incredible civilization’’.

“There are many people in this world who are trying to hide our history but one thing I learnt here and in South America is that our history has been hidden from us.

“They taught us all Africans were always in the bush. They had no history, they don’t write, they don’t do anything and the same

thing with South Americans and North Americans, the Indians, the Azteca that all these people they are animals and they had nothing. No! We had an incredible civilization and we have been lied to,” he said.

Mr. Nieves described the tour as a ‘’trip of a lifetime’’, saying that he was practically blown away by the sheer discovery of history. He also stated that Africa is indeed the cradle of civilization.

While thanking the Minister for giving them such a life time opportunity to discover the history of their roots, particularly those of them from the Caribbean, Nieves urged government at all levels to continue to promote history.

He also conferred an honorary membership on the Minister, saying he is the 11th honorary member of LAMA in the 41-year history of the organization.

Lai Mohammed

Recovery of Public Properties: Appeal Court voids Presidential panel’s power to prosecute, seize properties Sets aside forfeiture order of Tumsah brothers properties

Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday voided the power of Chief Okoi Obono-Obla led Presidential Panel on Assets Recovery to prosecute, saying that the panel lacked the power to initiate criminal proceedings against any accused person.

The appellate court further held that the panel lacked the constitutional power to seize properties of alleged offenders.

The judgement of the Appeal Court was sequel to an appeal filed by a staff of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing , Tijani Tumsah through his lawyer, Kehinde Ogunwumiju SAN.

The panel had approached the High Court and obtained an order forfeiting his properties alongside that of his brother , Ibrahim Tumsah, who is the Director of Finance and Accounts in Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.

Not satisfied, Tijani had approached the appellate court, challenging the prosecutorial power of the panel.

Besides the Tumsah brothers, the panel had also filed a charge against the Deputy Senate President , Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senators Hope Uzodinma and Stella Oduah.

But in unanimous judgement , a five man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Hussein Muhktar who began to read

the judgement at about 6:15pm held that going by the Act that established the panel,it lacks power to prosecute any offender.

The court further held that the powers of the panel is only limited to investigation and not prosecution.

In the appeal, Ogunwumiju had asked the court to determine whether the suit culminating in the forfeiture order against his client was validly instituted by the panel before the court below.

The appellant also asked the appellate court to determine whether or not the panel could validly rely on the EFCC Act to obtain the freezing order granted by the the lower court on December 6, 2017.

Also the appellant asked the

court to determine whether or not the lower court was right when it refused to set aside its interim freezing order of December 6,2016.

The court however resolved all the three issues in favour of the appellant.

It held that nothing in the Recovery of Public Property Act Cap R 4, LFN 2004 empowers the panel to initiate court proceedings pursuant to its investigative powers for the purpose of obtaining an interim order for forfeiture of property The Court of Appeal said , “ The panel cannot clothe itself with the cloth not given to it by the Act that established it. It cannot take over the responsibilities of the EFCC.

“The power to investigate and prosecute is solely for the EFCC and such cannot be taken over by any person or agency. “ The provision of the Act is unambiguous and not confusing.

The powers of the panel is to conduct investigation on any officer who have corruptly enriched himself or breached the code of conduct.

“No power or authority is conffered on the panel to prosecute offenders. “ The ex-parte order granted by the lower court as regards the properties of the appellant is hereby set aside.

“The court below lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter , let alone enter judgement”.

The court held that suit instituted against the appellants at the lower court was not properly instituted.

The court further held that the Panel cannot take over the power of the EFCC in prosecuting criminal cases.

The court also held that the lower court was wrong for failing to set aside its forfeiture order.

Earlier, Justice Muhktar had explained why the judgement was delivered late in the day.

According to him, the judgement was earlier scheduled for Tuesday (today) but the panel got the hint that a nationwide strike may begin, hence the need to deliver the judgement on Monday evening .

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, November 6, 2018

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SIGNED: TRUSTEES

LEAD THE YOUNGSTERS INITIATIVE

GIRLCHILD FOR BETTERTOMORROW INITIATIVE

NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE & INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

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

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAME 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. NNAMA FAVOUR EBERECHUKWU 2. AGUDE GEORGE CHINEDU 3. INNOCENT SUSAN OGECHI 4. NNAJI DESMOND MONDAY

CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

AIMS & OBJECTIVES TO PROPAGATE AND INCULCATE MORALS AND POSITIVE VALUES THROUGH SEMINARS, WRITINGS, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING. 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: NNAMA FAVOUR EBERECHUKWU CHAIRMAN

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MARYANN EKEH - IZUCHUKWU 2. MUOMALU IZUCHUKWU FRANCIS AIMS & OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF GIRLCHILD. 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: TRUSTEES

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CASMIR EZEORAH ELIAZ 2. IJEOMA GIFT OKORO 3. DENNIS EZEUGWU UGWUOKE AIMS & OBJECTIVES 1.

INITIATION, FACILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE-ENHANCING PROJECTS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITIES. 2. PROMOTION OF PEACE, UNITY, JUSTICE, PROGRESS AND ENTERPRISE AMONG MEMBERS AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. 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: SECRETARY

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THE CHOSEN SOLID ROCK OF ZION MINISTRY

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EDUCATION AND HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR THE GIRL CHILD AND WOMEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. CHINEDUM OKORONKWO CHUKWU 2. CHINEDU OKORONKWO CHUKWU 3. DR NNANNA ELERI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO INFLUENCE AND INSTIGATE THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT RURAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING ANY OBJECTION TO THE RE-REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THIS PUBLICATION.

MERCY YOUTH ASSEMBLY NIGERIA THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. MERCY IFEANYI NWACHUKWU 2. GLORIA UGBAJE OKWUTE 3. BARR EZE JOSEPH OKORE 4. NKECHI UDUNNA OGUERI 5. JENNIFER OLUCHI OGUNJIORFOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: 1. FOR EMPOWERMENT OF YOUTHS IN NIGERIA, AFRICA, AND DIASPORA 2. MOULDING THE LIFE OF THE YOUTHS POSITIVELY, TO BUILDING AND MENTORING OF YOUTHS IN THEIR LIFESTYLE, POTENTIALS, EDUCATION, CAREER AND FUTURE 3. TO TRAIN AND REBRAND YOUTHS FOR SELF ACTUALIZATION, FOSTERING THE YOUTHS FOR GOOD LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE AMONG THE YOUTHS AND NATION AT LARGE

SIGNED: CHINEDU OKORONKWO CHUKWU

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

WANDIJU CHILD INITIATIVE

KINGDOM AMBASSADOR ASSEMBLY

GOD IS GOOD MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: OSAYANDE ODARO GIAUS [GENERAL OVERSEER/FOUNDER] GIAUS OMOH AUGUSTINA [TREASURER], OSAYANDE LOVETH [SECRETARY], IDEHEN EHIOSUMWEN [MEMBER], AGBONIFO CHRISTOPHER [MEMBER], OGHOGHO IDEHEN FAMOUS [MEMBER]

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. ATAMAN MORRISON STANLEY - PRESIDENT 2. AIGBEBEMEN, FAITH IKHARO - SECRETARY 3. ATAMAN CYRIL PRINCE - FIN - SEC

TRUSTEES ARE: 1.MAMZA IJUPTIL WABADA (CHAIRMAN) 2.WADIAMU WABADA MAMZA (SECRETARY) 3.PATRICK NGAMARIJU MAMZA 4 .BENJAMIN NGAMARIJU MAMZA 5. CHARITY DUTMAN.

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WIN SOUL FOR HIM

AIM AND OBJ: 1. TO SERVE AS A MEANS OF COUNSELLING TO THE SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WOUNDED 2. TO POPULATE HEAVEN BY DEPOPULATING HELL 3. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

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

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

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

SIGNED BY BAR. GLORIA I. BAIYE-EWA

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

UNITED STATIONERY MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

GOSPEL ASSEMBLY INTERCONTINENTAL - CAC/IT/NO: 1331

AL-HUDA INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL & EDUCATION CENTRE CAC/IT/NO: 33926

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CREATE AWARENESS AND MOBILIZE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILD’S RIGHTS 2. ENHANCEMENT OF CHILDREN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE, PROTECTION AND PROMOTIONS

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES: 1. RAHMAN ASIMIYU BABATUNDE 2.TIJANI BABATUNDE AKEEM 3. ADEDOJA ILORI 4. AKHIBI GLADYS CHINEDUM 5. ALABI TOPE JAMES 6. RAHMAN BOLANLE IDAYAT 7. ALOFE KIKELOMO ADESOLA 8. AKERELE BOSEDE ELIZABETH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED CHURCH IS SEEKING FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

1. THE OLD TRUSTEES: A. RT. REV. DR. JOSEPH ANAVI MOMOH - REMOVED B. RT. REV. JOEL RAJI EJINGWON - RETAINED C. REV. EZEKIEL AHMADU - RETAINED 2. THE NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR ISAIAH ALABI 2. PASTOR DANIEL SALAWU 3. PASTOR DAUDA JAMES MOHAMMED 4. SAMUEL ADEWOLE BELLO 5. DR. PHILLIPS OMEIZA SALAWU, FCA

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

1. THE OLD TRUSTEES: A. MOHAMMED ZUBAIR (NOW MOHAMMED ZUBAIR ONUBEJI) - RETAINED B. ALI ABBAS USMAN - RETAINED C. MOHAHMMED AWWAL - REMOVED D. TAJUDEEN ABDULRAHIM - REMOVED

3. AMEMDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION: THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED.

2. THE NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BABAGANA ALI 2. AMINU SHEHU 3. AUWAL IBRAHIM

4. REASONS FOR CHANGES: RT. REV. DR. JOSEPH ANAVI MOMOH IS LATE, WHILE OTHERS WERE APPOINTED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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

3. REASONS FOR CHANGES: TWO WERE REMOVED BY 2/3RD MAJORITY, WHILE OTHERS WERE APPOINTED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: JOHN ONIPE SALAWU, ESQ. (SOLICITOR)

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

AIM AND OBJ: 1. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG MEMBERS

HAND OF LOVE AFRICA INITIATIVE

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

TRUSTEES 1. OYEFUGA TEMITOPE OYEDERO CHINYEM. 2. AKINYEMI ADEOLA. 3. OGUNJOBI OYEYEMI OLUFUNKE. AIM TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG THE MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THE RE-REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ERUSU IMPROVEMENT UNION-LAGOS CAC/IT/NO/ 27373

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

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MOSES OLUSOLA AKANDE - REMOVED 2. SAMSON ONIREMI DAMIRO - REMOVED 3. MICHAEL SUNDAY OLUFEMI - REMOVED 4. TAIWO ABIODUN LAWAL - RETAINED 5. FAGBEMI BAMIDELE MATHEW - RETAINED 6. JATTO FELIX - REMOVED 7. OBASANYA DAVID - REMOVED THE NEW TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ALONGE JAPHET OLORUNFEMI 2. AWE SAMUEL AJAYI 3. OLUFEMI ADEFEMI TANIMOLA 4. OGUNLEYE DAYO JONES 5. BELLO EMMANUEL OLUFEMI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

SIGNED: SECRETARY

GREAT CIRCLE PEACE PEOPLE CLUB OF NIGERIA THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES- ARE. (1) CHIZOBA AYOGU. (2) OGUCHI ECHEZONA CHRISTIAN. (3) CHIDIEBERE MICHAEL (4) ANAYO UGWUOKE (5) CHIJIOKE AMOKE (6) KINGSLEY ASOGWA. AIMS- AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO PROMOTE UNITY AND PEACE AMONG MEMBERS. 2. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND WELLBEING OF MEMBERS AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE RE-REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: BARR. OTUMU KATE

HAROLD NWARIAKU FOUNDATION

HOPE EMMANUEL ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION

WOMEN IN MINISTRY AND MENTORS INTERNATIONAL

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

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLAMIDE NWARIAKU-HAROLD 2. HARRISON GODSON FAYEOFORI 3. BANKOLE HAMEED MOHAMMED 4. KEHINDE OYEWOLE SALAMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO TRAIN AND EQUIP YOUNG GRADUATES WITH ADDITIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO MAKE POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED:- SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. OWHE JONATHAN 2. OWHE OLUTOYIN. 3. OTEMUYIWA BOLUWATIFE AIM AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO SUPPORT CHILDREN & GIRLS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT AND ELIMINATE ILLITERACY 2. TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENTS & HEALTH EDUCATION TO COMMUNITIES 3. TO PROVIDE PARENTAL SUPPORT, HOUSING, FOOD, EDUCATION, LIFE SAVING SKILLS TRAINING AND OTHER LIFE ESSENTIALS FOR CHILDREN AND ESTABLISH ORPHANAGE HOME .

TRUSTEES: (1)JOY O. ABIODUN (2) MRS MARGARET U.FABIYI (3) REV FRED OCHEIDO (4) UFEDO O. ABAH (5) PATIENCE B. OGBE (6) ROSELINE N. EJIKE (7) REBECCA F. AKULA AIMS (1) TO IMPACT LIVES MEANINGFULLY THROUGH MENTORING AND MOTIVATION (2) TO NETWORK AMONG WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE ABOVE AIM (3)TO ORGANIZE CHRISTIAN PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA AND OTHER GATHERINGS TO ENLIGHTEN MEMBERS AND THE LISTENING PUBLIC ON THE NEED FOR IMPACTFUL AND POSITIVE MINISTRY

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

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

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

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ILEYEMI TAIYE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOWUMI TAIYE HELEN NOW WISH TO KNOW AND ADDRESSED AS ILEYEMI TAIYE HELEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. ANEKE, JUDE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBED CHUKS ANEKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANEKE, JUDE ECHEZONA. MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 02/11/1980.

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

OLUWAKEMI ADEFUNKE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWAKEMI ADEFUNKE OYINLOYE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS OLUWAKEMI ADEFUNKE OYEBODE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID, ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS. KOJUSOKA SUSAN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS KUPONIYI SUSAN MODUPE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. KOJUSOKA SUSAN MODUPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

VICTORY PROGRESSIVE MEN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OBI ALFRED EKEYEKWU (PRESIDENT) 2. ODIGBOH CHUKWURA INNOCENT (SECRETARY) 3. KINGSLEY OKEKE 4. ORJICHUKWU CHUKWUGOZIE EMMANUEL 5. GABRIEL CHIDOLUE IGBOKWE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE ASSOCIATION 2. TO PROMOTE AND CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF NIGERIA. 3. TO PROMOTE PEACE, PROGRESS AND UNITY AMONGST MEMBERS AND HUMANITY. 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 FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAME

WE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS 1. AKINBOBOLA DIRAN OGUNTULA, 2. ADEDUNTAN FOLASADE OGUNTULA, 3. JESUTOONI FIYINFOLUWA OGUNTULA, 4. SAMUEL AKINLOLUWA OGUNTULA AND 5. TEMILOLUWA IFEOLUWA OGUNTULA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS 1. OLUWAFUNMILOLA AKIN OLUWATULA, 2. ADEDUNTAN FOLASADE OLUWATULA, 3. JESUTOONI FIYINFOLUWA OLUWATULA, 4. SAMUEL AKINLOLUWA OLUWATULA AND 5. TEMILOLUWA IFEOLUWA OLUWATULA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MAKING OTHERS EARN A LIVING ORGANIZATION

AYODELE HELEN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLORODE HELEN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYODELE HELEN MONISOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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OGECHI RITA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OGECHI RITA OKEREKE. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS OGECHI RITA NWOBODO. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MUSTAPHA AKINOLA

AHMED OLUWABUSAYO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINBODE BUSAYO DOLAPO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AHMED OLUWABUSAYO DOLAPO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSTAPHA AKINOLA ORIYOMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSTAPHA AKINOLA RAFIU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUTOBA OLUWAKEMI

UDOH PIUS

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANYAKOHA CHINWE PRECIOUS NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IBIRONKE PRECIOUS CHINWE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OSOBU-KOMOLAFE

ORJI OLAYINKA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LASISI OLAYINKA AMINAT. NOW ORJI OLAYINKA AMINAT. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

LOUIS EKATA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. LKERI CHIBUZO AMBROSE 2. IKERI TOYOSI TOPE 3. OLUYALE OLUREMI DARE 4. ALEKE, PASTOR FABIAN CHIDI 5. DR. ADELEYE, OMOKHOA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN TO ALL PEOPLE 2. TO TEACH THE TRUTH AND WHOLESOME WORDS OF THE GOSPEL 3. TO ENGAGE IN MISSION WORK 4. TO RAISE BELIEVERS WHO WILL MIRROR THE LIFE OF CHRIST.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. EGBE, BENJAMIN BASSEY 2. EGBE, GLORIA ONYI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH EVERY AVAILABLE MEDIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE LAND 2. TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, LOVE,PEACE, UNITY AMONGST MEMBERS

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION OF THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESECENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED BY: CHAIRMAN

NDI OMA - UNIQUE ASSOCIATION

ELEME CHRISTIAN YOUTH FORUM (ECYF)

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO FOSTER UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTIONS 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: SECRETARY.

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

FRESH INITIATIVES FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL WOMEN AND YOUTHS.

LEAGUE OF CHIEF IMAMS AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY IKEJA DIVISION

SIGNED; CHRISTY OYOWHE.

FORMERLY EVBOROKHAI EKATA PHOEBE NOW LOUIS EKATA PHOEBE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE

ADDRESS: 1 LAYO ADENIYI CLOSE OFF DADDY SAVAGE STREET IJU ISHAGA ROAD LAGOS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990.

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

MARYAM ADAMZ

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MARYAM ADAMS MOHAMMED NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS, MARYAM ADAMZ LAWAL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

PLOT 717,AINA AKINGBALA STREET, OMOLE PHASE 2 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) BARR CHIJIOKE OSITA OGUBIE -CHAIRMAN (2) OHAEGBUCHI PHILIAN CHIBUIKE -SECRETARY (3) OKECHUKWU MOSES AGIM (4) THANKGOD NWACHUKWU (5) CHIMA OKAMGBA

AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. TO BRING WOMEN FROM ALL WORKS OF LIFE TOGETHER. 2. TO SHARE THE IDEAS TO IMPROVED THE LIFE OF WOMEN. 3. TO EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH ORGANIZING OF WORKSHOP AND SKILL. 4. TO CREATE AVENUE FOR WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.

CHANGE OF FAMILY SURNAME: I, OLEWUEZE ALOY OHAEGBULAM FATHER OF OLEWUEZE OHAEGBULAM MARVELOUS CHUKWUEBUKA FORMERLY BEARING OHAEGBULAM MARVELOUS CHUKWUEBUKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLEWUEZE OHAEGBULAM MARVELOUS CHUKWUEBUKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THE GLORIOUS BEAUTY OF LORD’S MINISTRY WORLDWIDE

THE TRUSTEES: 1,. AIRIOHUODION OTASOWIE 2, GRACE OATES 3. AIRIOHUODION CHRISTIAN 4. KIZITO USIOSEFE AIGBE

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. CHRISTY OYOWHE .

2. ISAH AMINA SULE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINWUSI OLUWAMODUPE AYOMIDE MARY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEKIEL OLUWAMODUPE AYOMIDE MARY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IN HIS STEPS GLOBAL MINISTRY

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

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

MRS IBIRONKE PRECIOUS

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UDOFIA OBONG NTINWUK NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UDOH PIUS ROBERT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSOBU MODUPE MOSUNMOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSOBU-KOMOLAFE MODUPE MOSUNMOLA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

OMOTAYO OLUWAFUNMILOLA

I FORMERLY CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS SANGOSANYA OLUFUNMILOLA ADEDAYO, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS OMOTAYO OLUWAFUNMILOLA ADEDAYO.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EZEKIEL OLUWAMODUPE

AKINTOMIDE OGECHI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBASI QUEENETH OGECHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOMIDE OGECHI QUEENETH. DUE TO MARRIAGE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDOWU OLUWAKEMI ADEBOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUTOBA OLUWAKEMI ADEBOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1, EMPOWERING MEMBERS AND THE NEEDY 2,PROMOTING THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS.

ADAMU MUHAMMED

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUHAMMED ADAMU MUHAMMED PRINCE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADAMU MUHAMMED. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1)BALOGUN TIJANI OLAYOIWOLA -(CHAIMAN) (2)MUKAILA AREMU STANDA, (3)BALOGUN ADESHINA MUSHAFUA : (SECRETARY) (4)AZEEZ RAHMAN AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY AMONG ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. OSAROBE OBENWAKA - PRESIDENT. 2. ANITA SUNDAY - SECRETARY. 3. BARA-OL TOMBARI - TREASURER. 4. SUNDAY YOBO - FINANCIAL SECRETARY. 5. JANET SUNDAY NWAFORLOR - MEMBER. AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. CREATING AVENUES FOR THE YOUTHS TO ARTICULATE THEIR VIEWS AND GOOD IDEAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATE BODIES IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION 2. ORGANISING WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN WITH A VIEW TO REENGINEERING THE PERCEPTION OF YOUTHS TOWARDS GOD AND THEIR ROLES IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTIONS 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; PRESIDENT.

HEAVEN IS REAL GRACE ASSEMBLY

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ANYANWU FRIDAY AZUOMA -CHAIRMAN. 2. EMELE AUGUSTINE .C. - SECRETARY. 3. NMEREGINI JOSEPHINE NKEMNELEM - MEMBER. 4. ONYENEGECHA MIRACLE IZUCHUKWU MEMBER .

5. LAZARUS OBINNA MEMBER. 6. BENJAMIN OBINNA ACHONWA MEMBER 7. ANOSIKE CHIOMA RITA -MEMBER. 8. AKAEGBU CORNELIUS EZE - MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. SAVING LIVES. 2. CHANGING LIVES A 3. BUILDING LIVES .

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI, STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ANYANWU FRIDAY AZUOMA CHAIRMAN

Classified 22 MRS OTUBANJO FATIMAH

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STEVEN. CHUKWUJINDU

MRS JOLAOSHO ELIZABETH

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SHEKONI FATIMAH REMILEKUN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OTUBANJO FATIMAH REMILEKUN.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADEGUNLE ELIZABETH TITILAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS JOLAOSHO ELIZABETH TITILAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS STEVEN. CHUKWUJINDU ENEBELI NOW WANT TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS STEVEN. CHUKWUJINDU NWANJI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID . GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS BODE ESTHER

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADEMILUYI ESTHER ADEBOLA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS BODE ESTHER ADEBOLA.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE

OGOR--IGBOSUAH I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGOR-IGBOSUAH DANIEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGOR-IGBOSUAH DANIEL NOSIKE . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINWANDE TEMITOPE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINWANDE TOPE ESTHER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

JACOB RACHAEL.

EMEFIELE NGOZI

AKINWANDE TOPE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HAROLD RACHAEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JACOB RACHAEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORISAFELE NGOZI BENEDICTA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EMEFIELE NGOZI BENEDICTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT JUNAID ROTIMI ALANI AND JINADU ROTIMI ALANI REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON BUT HENCEFORTH, WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JUNAID ROTIMI ALANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

OLAYINKA BERNICE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYINKA ADEDOJA YEMISI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAYINKA BERNICE ADEDOJA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ABDULFATAH MUHUMMED

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDUFATAH MOHAMMED ABDUFATAH AJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULFATAH MUHUMMED HAJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

NGOZI VICTORIA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NGOZI VICTORIA JOSHUA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NGOZI VICTORIA OKPALA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME

EGUNJOBI BOLAJI

VICTORIA ADEKUNBI

MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS MACAULAY BAMIDELE AUGUSTINA INSTEAD OF MACAULAY REMILEKUN JARINAT. MY CORRECT NAME IS MACAULAY REMILEKUN JARINAT. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

I,

FORMERLY

KNOWN

AND

ADDRESSED AS EGUNJOBI BOLAJI IDIAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EGUNJOBI BOLAJI BIODUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.

GENERAL PUBLIC

TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEREMI ADEKUNBI TANDOH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS VICTORIA ADEKUNBI TANDOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OYAMA ENANGHA

ALABI ADEYINKA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALABI ADEYINKA OLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALABI ADEYINKA JOHN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADELEYE TUNRAYO DEBORAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS IKEDIASHI TUNRAYO DEBORAH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYAMA SAMUEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYAMA ENANGHA SAMUEL. THAT MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 08/07/1992.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAMÉ

EZENNA OBY

JOSIAH CHUKWUONYEDUE

MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS MHAMMUD SEKINAT MOJIROLA AND MUHAMMUD SEKINAT MOJIROLA INSTEAD OF MEMUDU SEKINAT MOJIROLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OKAFOR CHUKWUDI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAFOR CHUKWUDI EMEKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKAFOR CHUKWUDI DANIEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS IKEDIASHI TUNRAYO

I

FORMERLY

ADDRESSED AS

KNOWN

AND

EZENNA OBY

ANIAGU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN CALLED

AND

ADDRESSED

AS

EZENNA OBY EVELYN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS

REMAIN

VALID.

GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

MRS. UZONDU PEACE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS IKEKWE PEACE CHINONSO , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. UZONDU PEACE CHINONSO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EHIWUOGWU JOSIAH CHUKWUONYEDUE NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESS AS JOSIAH CHUKWUONYEDUE MIKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT MODUPE KUBURAT ODUKOYA AND MODUPE ADUFE ODUKOYA AS USED ON MY VOTER’S CARD ARE ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANTHONY SUSANNA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESTHER OSEBUREKA BIDEMI ODUWAIYE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESTHER OSEBUREKA BIDEMI ODUWAIYEORAGBADE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GEE SUSANNA OPEKUMO ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANTHONY SUSANNA OPEKUMO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS .GODWIN STELLA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FRED CHIOMA , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS .GODWIN STELLA CHIOMA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANEFIOK CHINYERE

OJINI CHIOMA

ADEDOYIN OLUWASEUNFUNMI

ESTHER OSEBUREKA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONUNKA CHINYERE UCHECHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANEFIOK CHINYERE UCHECHI ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJIAKA CHIOMA JOY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJINI CHIOMA JOY, THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 21/05/1979 AND NOT 21/05/1986 ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEDOYIN ADERONKE CHRISTIANAH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEDOYIN OLUWASEUNFUNMI ADERONKE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

WASILAT ABDULSALAM

BAKARE RAFIAT

MRS KEHINDE BOSEDE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALAMI WOSILAT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WASILAT ABDULSALAM ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS WAHEED RAFIAT OMOLABAKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BAKARE RAFIAT OMOLABAKE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AKINWANDE TAWAKALITU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS KEHINDE BOSEDE REBECCA ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS MATIMINU DORCAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ADENEYE DORCAS OLUWADAMILOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MATIMINU DORCAS OLUWADAMILOLA .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BANKEYE GABRIEL

OBISESAN YETUNDE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOWUNMI MUIBAT YETUNDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBISESAN YETUNDE IYABO.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS. SIMEON BUKUNOLA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BANKEYE GABRIEL GEBBSON, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BANKEYE GABRIEL ADELEKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BAKARE BUKUNOLA OYEDELE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. SIMEON BUKUNOLA OYEDELE ESTHER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ODENIYI ELIZABETH

MRS. FADEYI OLUWABUNMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODENIYI TUNRAYO BOSE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODENIYI ELIZABETH BOSE. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 19 JANUARY 1971. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

IBRAHIM RASHIDAT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJUWON RASHIDAT MODUPE OLUWA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IBRAHIM RASHIDAT MODUPE OLUWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS OYETUNJI GLADYS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AFONUGHE GLADYS VICTORY AND MISS AFONUGHE GLADYS OGHENETEGA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OYETUNJI GLADYS OGHENETEGA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

SUNDAY INNOCENT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJIRIKA OKWUOSHA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY INNOCENT OBIEKEZIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

IROEGBU JOSEPH

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ROWLAND JOSEPH CHIGEMEZU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IROEGBU JOSEPH CHIGEMEZU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OSSAI NWAMAKA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UCHE PHILOMINA OMOOVWIYE ,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSSAI NWAMAKA PHILOMINA . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

NWANAGU VANESSA-

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UDO -UZOAGBA DANIELLA CHISOM , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWANAGU VANESSA-RUTH NGOZI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

BUHARI FATAI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BUHARI FATAI OLANREWAJU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BUHARI FATAI OLASUNKANMI ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

AROWOLO RISIKAT

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AROWOLO OLUWAKEMI ALHAJA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AROWOLO RISIKAT ABEKE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS. TAIWO BUKOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ALADE BUKOLA VICTORIA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. TAIWO BUKOLA VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AGU NORSO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGU CHISOM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGU NORSO SOLOMON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ABAYOMI ADEPEJU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AJAYI OLUWABUNMI MODUPEOLUWA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. FADEYI OLUWABUNMI MODUPEOLUWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SANUSI ADEPEJU FATIMO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ABAYOMI ADEPEJU FATIMO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OMOIKE ESTHER FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EHIKIOYA ESTHER ABAYEMIBE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOIKE ESTHER ABAMIBE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADENEYE OMOTOYOSI MARIAM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SHITTU OMOTOYOSI MARIAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS CHIDINMA ESTHER

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS CHIDI ESTHER ONYEMENAM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS CHIDINMA ESTHER OYINLOYE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADDITION OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSILIU RASAK NOW WISH TO ADD TOLANI TO MY NAME. HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MUSILIU RASAK TOLANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ONYINYECHI IROKA.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DURU ONYINYECHI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYINYECHI IROKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. FCMB AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OBI MARGRET OLUCHI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORISAKWE MARGRET OLUCHI , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBI MARGRET OLUCHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

OKORO GABRIEL

I ,FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GABRIEL IKECHUKWU , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORO GABRIEL IKECHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AJOSE OLUWAKEMI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJOSE OLUWAKEMI BOLUWATIFE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AJOSE OLUWAKEMI OPEYEMMI,THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 31/03/1993 ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

LAWANSON HENRY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAWANSON BABATUNJI LAWANSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAWANSON HENRY BABATUNJI ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

SHITTU OMOTOYOSI

MRS AMARACHI GRACE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AMARACHI GRACE SAMPSON -ORJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AMARACHI GRACE BOSUNARIYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

EKEDO-NWAGBOSO

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKEDO NANCY IJEOMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKEDONWAGBOSO NANCY IJEOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ATUFU TOCHI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IGWEKIRE TOCHI ANNASTECIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ATUFU TOCHI ANNASTECIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SOWOOLU IHUOMA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ORISAKWE IHUOMA LOVELYN , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SOWOOLU IHUOMA LOVELYN . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

BASSEY VICTOR I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BASSEY VICTOR NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BASSEY VICTOR JOHN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. IGINLA OLUWATOMISIN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAWUMI OLUWATOMISIN MARY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IGINLA OLUWATOMISIN MARY ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

UMAR MARIAM

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Francis Uzoho out for four weeks, misses South Africa clash

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has been dealt a heavy blow following the withdrawal of first choice keeper, Francis Uzoho, for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

The 19-year-old has been ruled out for four weeks through injury, which he confirmed on his official Twitter handle on Monday. “Injury is part of the

game,definitely not the best timing but there are things beyond us. So sad i won’t be there for my teammates for the next 4weeks đ&#x;˜­they’re more than capable to get the job done ✅ Coming back a beast IN CHRIST ALONE,â€? he posted.

On Sunday, Uzoho who keeps for Elche in Spain got injured in a Segunda clash against Cadiz which they lost 5-1.

Uzoho ended the match but had to be taken to the San

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Rafael Clinic for treatment.

With the development, attention would shift to who mans the post for the Eagles between Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa for the Eagles against South Africa on November 17.

Recall that Akpeyi lost his place for his poor showing against South Africa in the first leg played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in June last year.

Super Falcons off to Abidjan for final AWCON camping Cup holders Super Falcons of Nigeria will spend eight days at a training camp in Abidjan to perfect tactics and strategy for the defence of their continental title before arriving in Ghana for the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals.

The team, which has been camping in the magnificent Jubilee Chalets and Resort in Epe near Lagos – courtesy of the Lagos State Government – for the past few weeks, will travel aboard an Air Ivoire flight on Tuesday morning to the Ivorian capital.

Head Coach Thomas Dennerby on Monday unveiled a list of 23 players who will make the trip to the world–renowned ASEC Mimosas FC academy, Sol Beni, before two players are cut for a final squad of 21 for the trip to Cape Coast.

Thenff.com learnt that the eight– time African champions will play a

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couple of friendly games in the Sol Beni camp before flying to Ghana on 14th November – four days to their Group B opening encounter against South Africa’s Banyana Banyana.

Nigeria will also tackle Zambia and Kenya in their pool, as they bid for a ninth continental title out of 11 championships.

Dennerby will be joined on the technical bench by fellow Swede Jorgen Petersson, as well as Justine Madugu and Maureen Madu.

Hosts Ghana, Algeria, Mali and Cameroon will battle things out in Group A in Accra.

Goalkeepers: Tochukwu Oluehi (Rivers Angels); Christy Ohiaeriaku (Confluence Queens); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels) Defenders: Glory Ogbonna (Ibom Angels); Ugochi Emenayo (Nasarawa Amazons); Sarah Nnodim (Nasarawa Amazons);

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Ngozi Ebere (Barcelona FC, Cyprus); Faith Michael (Pitea IF, Sweden); Onome Ebi (Henan Huisanhang, China); Osinachi Ohale (Vaxjo DFF, Sweden); Josephine Chukwunonye (Asarum AIF, Sweden) Midfielders: Amarachi Okoronkwo (Nasarawa Amazons); Ngozi Okobi (Eskiltuna UTD, Sweden); Rita Chikwelu (Krstianstand DFF, Sweden); Halimat Ayinde (Asarum AIF, Sweden); Ogonna Chukwudi (Krstianstand DFF, Sweden) Forwards: Anam Imo (Nasarawa Amazons); Rasheedat Ajibade (FC Robo Queens); Asisat Oshoala (Dalian Quanjian, China); Francisca Ordega (Washington Spirit, USA); Desire Oparanozie (En Avant Guingamp, France); Chinaza Uchendu (SC Braga, Portugal); Chinwendu Ihezuo (Biik Kazygurt, Kazakhstan)

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