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Forex infractions: CBN deducts N5.5bn from Stanchart, Citibank, Stanbic IBTC Motolani Oseni, Lagos

The Central Bank of Nigeria has deducted total sum of N5.486 billion from accounts of Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Stanbic IBTC Plc over violation of extant laws and regulations, including the Foreign Exchange (Forex) mitoring and miiscellaneous Provisions.

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($7.9 million), deducted N1.2 billion from Citigroup and N1.889 billion to meet a regulatory fine imposed last week when it was found to have aided telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, to illegally repatriate funds from the country.

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Edwin Clark g 3 petitions Buhari, NSA over police raid on his residence Reps accuse minister of diverting $35m, petition Buhari, World Bank g 13 Voting population now 84.27million as INEC seeks adequate PVCs collection g 6 Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (middle) with the Team Save-A-Soul Nigerian schoolgirls from Anambra State who won the World Technovation Competition foreign trade in the United States at the Presidential Villa in Abuja...on Thursday. hits N6.57trn in Gunmen snatch money from aspirant as he declares intention g 5 Q2 2018 g 6

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CBN deducts N5.5bn from Stanchart, Citibank, Stanbic IBTC Continued from page 1

Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Foreign Exchange Manual, 2006’.

The CBN normally debits the account of banks when it imposes a fine or to implement aspects of its monetary policies such as cash reserve requirements.

One of the affected banks, Stanbic IBTC Holdings on Thursday announced that the CBN has deducted the N1.886 billion fine placed on it for its involvement in the $8.1 billion MTN deal.

The commercial lender in a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) stated that the CBN has deducted N1.88 billion from the accounts of its banking subsidiary Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC. This pertains to the fine imposed on the bank in relation to the remittance of foreign exchange on the basis of certain capital importation certificates issued to MTN Nigeria Communications Limited.

The lender’s group, in a statement signed by Chidi Okezie, Company secretary, stated that the CBN has debited the account of its banking subsidiary, Stanbic IBTC Bank which it has with the CBN to the tune of $8.1 billion for the full amount of the above-stated fine advised to the Bank.

The group stated “Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, as well

as our banking subsidiary, maintain our position on this matter, which is the fact that the Bank has done nothing illegal and accordingly the Bank will continue to provide CBN with documents and details in support of our contention that our actions in relation to these transactions were not illegal.”

It further stated that “Please note that this debit does not impact on the capacity of our banking subsidiary to handle clients’ requests or clients’ ability to continue to carry out viable business transactions with either the Bank or any member of the Stanbic IBTC Group, whether in relation to the importation of capital or otherwise, and our business transactions will continue to be handled professionally and in a manner that is aligned with Nigeria’s laws and regulatory guidelines.”

The Daily Times recalls that the CBN, had since last week ordered MTN and its lenders to return $8.134 billion it alleges MTN had sent abroad in breach of foreign exchange regulations.

MTN denies any wrongdoing, while Standard Chartered said it was fully co-operating with the central bank with a view to resolving the issue as soon as possible.

Citibank said in a statement it has sent a detailed response to the central bank addressing the allegations after the U.S.

bank had received a letter imposing sanctions on it.

The centrak bank fined Standard Chartered, Citibank, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Diamond Bank, for allegedly failing to verify that MTN had met all its foreign exchange rules.

Stanbic IBTC Bank, the local unit of South Africa’s Standard Bank, was fined 1.8 billion naira and Diamond Bank 250 million naira.

Stanbic, said in a statement on Thursday that it had been debited by the central bank for the fine.

The bank, however, noted in a statement to the Johannesburg stock exchange that it would continue to engage with the central bank despite the debit.

But the CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, had said that the actions of the Bank became necessary following allegations of remittance of foreign exchange with irregular Certificates of Capital Importation (CCIs) issued on behalf of some offshore investors of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and subsequent investigations carried out by the apex bank in March 2018.

The CBN has therefore asked the Managements of the banks and MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to immediately refund the sum of $8,134,312,397.63, illegally repatriated by the company to the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Edwin Clark petitions Buhari, NSA over police raid on his residence Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Elder statesman and leader of the South-South region, Chief Edwin Clark, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Security Adviser, Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (rtd), over police raid on his Abuja residence.

The erstwhile Information Minister is demanding for a full blown investigation into the matter and has named the Commander of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tactical Squad, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Kolo, and Assistant Inspector General of Police (Federal Intelligence), Umoru Usman, as those who instructed the raid and search on his residence.

The development was contained in two separate petitions addressed to President Buhari and NSA Monguno.

In the petitions with reference No KACCL/PET/

KA/76/18, dated September 6, 2018 and signed by his lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, Clark said though he has accepted the public apology from the police, he wants the matter to be thoroughly investigated.

The police had on Thursday interdicted ASP David Dominic and dismissed Inspr Godwin Musa, Inspr Sada Abubakar and Inspr Yabo Paul, who raided Clark’s residence on Tuesday.

Clark, a 92-year-old nonegenerian, wondered why the police authorities who are in the know of the masterminds and conspirators of the invasion are going after the four junior officers who were merely carrying out instructions from their superiors.

The petition reads in part: “Our client did brief us that at about 12:30pm on Tuesday, the 4th day of September, 2018, officers and men of the IGP Tactical Squad (a unit under the direct command of the Inspector General of Police), alongside pressmen invaded and ransacked his Asokoro

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L-R: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar and Executive Director, Micro Enterprises Bank of Industry (BOI), Toyin Adeniji, during the launch of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP), Trader Moni, at the Utako Ultra Moden Market in Abuja...on Thursday.

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L-R: Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori; Kano State Governor/Chairman Osun State Campaign Committee, Umar Abdullai Ganduje; Osun State APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola; Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi; APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; former National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande; APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, at the presentation of Oyetola at the Osogbo City Stadium, Osogbo ...on Thursday.

residence on the pretext that they were in search of arms and ammunition. However, despite the siege and search, they found nothing incriminating on our Client.

“Our client further briefed us and we confirmed that at the point where officers and Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bukola Saraki flanked by men of the IGP Tactical Squad Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi (right); Senator Chukwuka Utazi and other guests during the commencement were to commence their search of Saraki’s nationwide meet the delegates tour in Ebonyi State ...on Thursday. having introduced themselves, stating that they were acting under the instructions of the Inspector General of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police Yusuf Kolo as their commander.

Ambassador Boladei Igali (Former SSG Bayelsa State and former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Power) who was with our client at venue of the search put a call through to Assistant Inspector General of Police (Federal Intelligence), Umoru Usman Shehu, who spoke with the leader of the search party and gave authority to go ahead with the search.

“Having so searched in vain, the Inspector General Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar (middle) during Continued on page 6 the submission of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to the National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Col Austin Akobundu (left), while Senator Ben Bruce cheers on at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja...on Thursday.

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At last, Anambra schoolgirls get presidential recognition Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

In what can be referred to as presidential recognition over heroic performance, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, received the Anambra State schoolgirls that won the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, United States, last month.

The Nigerian team, which was mentored by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, defeated representatives of other countries including the US, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to win the gold medal at the contest.

Accompanied by the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke, Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, and the Principal of the Regina Paces Secondary School, Onitsha, the six girls: Promise Nnalue, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo, Vivian Okoye, Jessica Osita and

Miracle Igboke were warmly received at the Presidential Villa by the Vice President.

Osinbajo, who spoke while receiving the girls on Thursday, said that the Federal Government would be part of the success story and would be talking to the government of Anambra State about what could be done to support the project.

According to Osinbajo, the Federal Government would also collaborate with the Edufun Technik Stem Centre, whose Managing Director, Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, mentored the girls in developing the application.

He said that some of the areas of education that government was looking at were the preschool and primary school that would take into cognizance technological development.

The Vice President said, “In our new curriculum, what we are looking at is a variant of STEAM. So we are

looking at Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths, STEAM. “We have already drawn up an indicative curriculum and of course the focus is technology because technology is the leveler and it will bridge not a few divides, not just the gender gap, but practically everything, including the knowledge gap between developing countries and developed countries.”

Osinbajo further stated that the federal government was developing a system of code “so that from pre-primary school, young people can begin to learn the system of code writing. They can also begin to learn the development of applications.”

He said: “For us, this is existential. We have no choice but to ensure that young people, especially from preprimary to primary school, are able to use technology in innovation and creative ways.

The world has changed. The

entire system of education has challenge because certainly, we cannot prepare not just for the 21st Century but even the next five years without serious investment in technology.”

On her part, the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke, reiterated the State government continued support and investment in education in view of its critical importance to development.

Also, Uchenna Onwuamaegbu in her speech, said the programme which began in January 2018 was aimed at bringing STEAM education to all parts of Nigeria.

She added that Technovation is a world event that introduces girls into coding and entrepreneurship.

Promise Nnalue, one of the girls who gave an insight on how the FD-Detector App works, explained that the App detects fake, expired and counterfeit drugs.

“The App also teaches about the six categories of drugs, their examples, the bad ones and the side effects,” she

added.

The Daily Times recalls that the six teenage girls from Regina Pacis Secondary School Onitsha, Anambra State had won the Gold Medal at the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, US. The team, named Save A Soul, represented Nigeria and Africa in the contest.

The girls developed the “FDDetector”, an app that combats the menace of fake drugs in Nigeria. The app can ascertain the genuineness of a drug by just scanning the barcode.

Led by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, CEO of Edufun Technik STEM, Save A Soul clinched the gold medal ahead of 2,000 competing applications from representatives of countries including the USA, China, Spain, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

Having won, the girls, who were personally sent off by Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, also attended field trips, workshops including a networking session during their one week stay in the US.

Osinbajo, Oshiomohle, Tinubu, others storm Osun for Oyetola Jide Oke, Osogbo

Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi Odubiyi, Deputy Governor, Kaduna State, His Excellency, Hon. Arc. Yusuf Barnabas, Counselor for public affairs, American Embassy, Nigeria, Aruna Amirthanayagam, at the opening ceremony of the Kaduna Book and Arts Festival sponsored by Sterling Bank Plc...on Wednesday .

Gunmen snatch money from aspirant as he declares intention Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Gunmen numbering four on Thursday opposite Umuahia General Post Office snatched a Ghana-must-go- bag with suspected cash from the media aide to an All Progressive Congress (APC), chieftain, Dr. Uche Ogar who later

declared his intention to remove Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu from government house.

Eyewitnesses disclosed that the victim who drove in a Primera car was double crossed by the gunmen in a Toyota Camry.

According to the sources, three of the gunmen came out while brandishing Ak-47 riffles.

While one tried to control traffic,

another was at the steering, as two others surrounded the victim, dragged him out, carried the bag containing some money and zoomed off without firing a single shot.

All efforts to get official reaction from Ogar proved abortive at press time while he was sighted at the APC secretariat in Umuahia to address party faithful.

The people of Osun State, on Thursday, stood still for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola, just as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo called on the people of the state to vote massively for the APC and its candidate in the September 22 governorship election.

Supporters of the APC and Oyetola in the state trooped out in their large number as they danced round Osogbo town before they finally converged at the Osogbo Township Stadium, where Vice President Osinbajo, APC National Leaders and the governorship candidate addressed them.

Oyetola had earlier paid a courtesy visit to the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Lanipekun Laaroye, in his palace for his support and blessing in the governorship election.

He told the monarch that he was in the race to consolidate on the achievements recorded by Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led administration in the state, in the last eight years.

Oyetola said: “I am in the race to improve on the quality of life of the people of Osun State, in all areas of human needs. Aregbesola did his best for the people of the state, within the last eight years,

but I believe I can still do more in the areas of education, health, agriculture, employment, and roads among other areas if given the opportunity to serve”.

Oba Lanipekun Laaroye, in his response, said: “As you might rightly be aware, respectable traditional rulers are fathers to all members of political parties in the state and Nigeria as whole. Our own is to pray to God to guide candidates seeking elective offices aright and choose those who will move our state and the country forward and benefit the masses.

“It is in this regard that I am praying to God to be with you, guide you, bless your aspirations and crown all your effort with success”.

Addressing the gathering, the APC National Leaders, urged the people to vote for the APC candidate, for the good work Governor Rauf Aregbesola started in the state eight years ago. They said by so doing, the people of the state would continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy of the APC government.

Among the dignitaries present at the ceremony were Chief Bisi Akande; State Governors: Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo); Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); the APC State Chairman, Adegboyega Famodun; Hon. Amere Akintayo Gafar and Hon. Onaolapo Isaac Olawale among others.

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Nigeria’s foreign trade hits N6.57trn in Q2 2018 Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The total value of Nigeria’s merchandise trade was N6,569.98 billion in the second quarter of 2018, which was a -8.89% contraction from the figure recorded in Q1, 2018 (N7,211.12 billion) and a 14.56% growth from Q2, 2017 (N5,734.80 billion).

The National bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this on Thursday in its second quarter 2018 trade report, pointing out that the contraction of total trade in the reviewing quarter was mainly driven by the decline in both imports and exports.

The trade balance in Q2, 2018 was a surplus of N2,356.60 billion, which is an 8.36% increase from the figure in Q1, 2018 (N2,174.60 billion) and a 399.82% increase from the figure in Q1, 2017 (N471.48

billion).

The total value of Nigeria’s external trade in goods amounted to N6,569.98 billion in the second Quarter of 2018, which is a decrease of N641.1 billion or -8.9% from the N7,211 billion recorded in the first quarter of 2018.

The export value for Agricultural goods in Q2, 2018 (N85.90 billion) was 17.3% higher than the value in Q1, 2018 (N73.24 billion) and 127.3% higher than the value recorded in Q2, 2017 (N37.79 billion).

Raw material exports value decreased by -2.98% in Q2, 2018 (N31.72 billion) compared to Q1, 2018 (N32.70 billion) but increased by 19.7% compared to Q2, 2017 (N26.50 billion).

Solid Minerals exports value in Q2 2018 (N19.93 billion) recorded a -25.98% quarter on quarter decline (N26.92 billion), and a -19.7% year on

year decline rate compared to Q2, 2017 (N21.02 billion).

The value of Energy goods exported in Q2, 2018 (N10.99 billion) was 5.8% higher than that of Q1, 2018 (N10.39 billion) and 0.6% higher than the value in Q2, 2017 (N10.93 billion).

Manufactured goods exports in Q2 2018 (N69.86 billion) recorded a significant decline by -83.9% over the previous quarter (N434.37 billion), and higher by 0.9%% when compared to Q2, 2017 (N69.26 billion).

The value of Crude Oil exports recorded in Q2, 2018 (N3,728 billion) was 4.2% higher than the value in Q1, 2018 (N3,579 billion) and 53.7% higher than the value in Q2, 2017 (N2,425 billion).

Other oil products exports in Q2, 2018 (N516.32 billion) declined in the reviewing quarter, with a

-3.6% contraction from Q1, 2018 (N535.68 billion) and a 0.8% growth from the value recorded in Q2, 2017 (N512.41 billion).

According to the report, major export trading partners and percentage share to Q2, 2018 included India 16.19%; Netherlands 10.25%; Spain 9.55%; South Africa 8.06%; and the United States 6.87%.

The major import trading partners and percentage share to Q2, 2018 were China 25.28%; Netherlands 8.59%; Belgium 8.11%; India 6.88% and the United States 6.72%.

The NBS reported that major trade agricultural products were Cashew nuts, in shell; Seamus seeds, whether or not broken; Superior quality raw Coca beans; Good fermented Nigerian Cocoa beans; other frozen shrimps and prawns and other quality raw cocoa beans.

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of Police in the face of the impudent search conducted on the property of our Client, has publicly denied any knowledge of the said search and has immediately ordered the arrest of the four (4) junior officers who were responsible for the search and tendered a public apology to our Client.

Taking into the consideration the circumstances of the invasion and uncivilized search conducted on his property, and the attendant embarrassment caused to our client and what he stands for, it is imperative to hold the view that there are serious questions which ought to be determined forthwith and without mincing words.

“It will be rather unfortunate for junior officers and men of the IGP Tactical squad who were at best acting on the orders of their superiors to fall prey in this regard.

“It beats our Client’s imagination that despite the fact that our Client has the compliments of the Nigeria Police Force and the State

Security Services protecting him, his property, and overseeing his daily activities, such level of conspiracy could be perpetuated against him.

He wonders what exactly warranted such unfounded suspicion on his person to the extent that a search warrant could be procured against him on the demeaning allegation that he is involved in gun running.

“It is public knowledge that our client has been a frontline advocate against taking up of arms by the youths of the Niger-Delta and he has been responsible for brokering peace between the Niger-Delta and several administrations in Nigeria, in leading the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), our client has join other stakeholders to put a halt to youth restiveness and wanton destruction of oil pipelines in the region and ultimately restore peace, thereby increasing production of Nigeria’s sustenance in oil production and encouraging foreign participation.

“But the invasion of his Asokoro-Abuja residence

Clark has since fanned wrong embers, caused uproar and pandemonium in the NigerDelta of which our clients and others have been assiduously working to curtail.

“Our client appreciates unreserved double apologies by the Nigeria Police; the first which was conveyed by the delegation of the IGP lead by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Habila Joshak (Operations), Assistant Inspector General of Police, David Ogbodo (Legal), Commissioner of Police Abu

Sani (IGP Monitoring Unit) and Commissioner of Police of FCT and the second which was publicly tendered on behalf of the Nigerian Police Force by the Force PRO Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood.

“While our client accept the apologies, it is his sole demand that this case be comprehensively probed and thoroughly investigated to fish out all the conspirators who masterminded the invasion of his residence without due cause”.

Leadership crisis rocks IPAC Tom Okpe, Abuja As the battle of 2019 draws near, leadership crisis currently rocks the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) like any other political body in the country.

This crisis has galvanised members of the committee that conducted the election which produced Peter Ameh as IPAC Chairman to declare the election inconclusive.

Briefing journalists in Abuja

on Thursday at the party office, Samaila Safiwa, Secretary of IPAC National Election Committee alleged that, “in the process of the election we received the petition against the chairman of Electoral Committee which borders on conflict of interest”.

Safiwa stressed that, all efforts made by members of the committee that the chairman should step down for an unbiased person to be appointed to conduct the election failed.

According to Safiwa, “it was

also discovered that the election was induced. Some members of the Electoral Committee and a larger number of delegates were heavily induced financially. As a result of this, the election was compromised, casting doubt on the credibility of the entire process.

“Financial inducement to influence the outcome of elections is in breach of section 94 sub section Vii (e) of IPAC code of conduct and section 124 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) which prevent political parties and

their officers from engaging in vote buying, offering of bribe, gifts, reward, gratification or any monetary or material consideration or allurement to voters and electoral officials.

“Therefore, we the majority members of the electoral committee decided to suspend the continuation of the election, resulting in its inconclusiveness.

“We, members of the electoral committee of the 2018 IPAC National Executive Committee Election, hereby declare the election inconclusive,” the committee secretary stated.

Voting population now 84.27million as INEC seeks adequate PVCs collection Registers 84, 271,832 voters

Tunde Opalana, Abuja To ensure adequate collection of already available permanent voters’ cards (PVCs) and reduction of uncollected cards deficit ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to employ strategies to effectively dispatch the voters’ cards.

The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, also disclosed that one of the measures to be put in place is informing voters of availability of of ready PVCs through short messages to their handsets.

He added that as at the end of the 16 months continuous voters registration which ended on August 30, the nation now has a voter population of 84,271,832.

Yakubu stated this at a regular meeting held with Resident Electoral Commissioners at INEC secretariat in Abuja on Thursday.

He also stated that the figure may drop slightly after the running of the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). He said that the current figure represents about 21% increase on the existing register, adding that at the end of the exercise, a total of 14,551,482 new voters were registered.

He said, “We are partnering with telecommunication companies to send bulk text (sms) messages to citizens for the collection of their PVCs. Today’s (Thursday’s) meeting will also consider other options, including the devolution of collection to Ward level”.

The INEC boss however insisted that no PVCs will be collected by proxy.

He said, “Registered voters must endeavour to collect their cards personally. We are working hard to ensure that no PVC goes into the wrong hands”.

Yakubu said in addition to fresh registration, the Commission is also processing 769,917 requests for intra and inter-State transfers as well as 1,178,793 requests for replacement of lost, damaged or cards with

misspelt names or incorrect personal details of voters as required by law.

He said, “This means that the Commission has to print a total of 16,500,192 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and make them available for collection by citizens ahead of the 2019 general election. Already, the Commission has printed the PVCs for those registered in 2017 and delivered them to States for collection.

He also confirmed that the PVCs for 2.7 million voters registered in the first quarter of 2018 have been printed and will be delivered to the states next week while reassuring Nigerians that every registered voter will have his/her PVC available for collection before the general election.

He said the Commission is convening a meeting of the national Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) next week to review the security arrangement for the September 22 Osun State governorship election.

Yakubu added that INEC is working on a multi-faceted approach to the menace of vote-buying and other sundry electoral malpractices.

He said, “We will introduce changes to the election-day administration of our polling units, in addition to the electronic tracking of our sensitive materials.

We are discussing with the security agencies on a more vigorous enforcement of the law against voterinducement. Furthermore, we are working with the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and other stakeholders on voter education and sensitisation”.

The commission, he said, has distributed PVC to 1.6 million registered voters by Local Government Areas, Wards and Polling Units of the Voters’ Register, while 48 political parties are fielding candidates in the election.

The chairman assured Nigerians that elections will continue to meet the requirements of the laws, processes and procedures as well as international best practice.

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Plateau: Gunmen kill 2, injures others as police begin investigation Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The killings in Plateau State continued on Thursday with four persons shot, out of which two died leaving the other two with several degree of injuries.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Tyopev Mathias said armed Police personnel were immediately

dispatched to the area.

A statement signed by the police spokesman, and a copy made available to our correspondent said, “on September 6, at about 0630hrs, the Plateau State Police Command, Jos received a distress call to the effect that unknown gunmen shot some people in Nding Suisut Village of Barkin Ladi LGA. “Armed police personnel were immediately dispatched to the area and on arrival at the crime scene, four persons were seen with gun

shot wounds.

“They were then recovered to the General Hospital Barkin Ladi where the doctor on duty confirmed two out of the four victims dead.

The two others are on admission in the same hospital and in a stable condition.

“The family members of those who lost their lives declined autopsy and the corpses were released to them for burial.

“Investigation in the killings is in progress”, the statement read.

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Short News Adamawa 2019: Ahmed promises new lease of life Tom Okpe, Abuja A top contender in the 2019 Adamawa State governorship election, Dr. Mahmood Halilu Ahmed has promised to create a new lease of life for his people.

Dr. Haliru who is contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the desire to let the people have a feel of what dividends of democracy means informed his decision to join the race.

He stated this in Abuja on Thursday while receiving the APC expression of interest and nomination forms obtained for him by his friends and associates, saying with this gesture, victory was in sight.

The astute politician and accomplished business mogul who is presently the chairman of Hinterland Group of Companies noted that he would not, like other politicians made superfluous promises, but will change the fortunes of the State when elected.

Rivers 2019: Professionals endorse Wike for re-election Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt Professionals in Rivers State, under the aegis of Rivers Professionals for Wike (RIVPROW) have endorsed Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for a second term.

The Rivers Professionals announced their endorsement of Governor Wike during their solidarity visit to the Rivers State Governor at the Government House Port Harcourt yesterday.

Leader of RIVPROW, Mr. Enemi Alabo George said that professionals in the state were satisfied with the performance of Governor Wike, hence their decision to support his re-election.

He said: “As Professionals, we subscribe to your vision. We are willing to work for the success of the New Rivers Vision”.

Ebonyi APC adopts direct primaries Siting: Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki (middle); representative of Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company of China (PCC) (right); and representative of Tianjin University, China, in Beijing China during the signing of the agreement to establish a Chemical Engineering programme in a university in Edo State.

Science teachers commend Ugwuanyi’s role in education Moses Oyediran, Enugu Science teachers in Enugu State yesterday commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his “dynamic” role in promoting science education in the state through procurement and distribution of science equipment, computers and other educational materials to both primary and secondary schools for teaching and learning of sciences.

The teachers made the commendation when members of the executive committee of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Enugu State branch, paid a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House, Enugu.

Speaking on behalf of the teachers, the chairman of the association, Mr. Emma Ofordu, applauded Gov. Ugwuanyi for the prompt payment of workers’ salaries and retirees’ pensions in the state as well as recruitment of

over 4000 teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Mr. Ofordu noted that majority of the teachers recruited were science teachers, adding that Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration has been rehabilitating schools and reconstructing access roads across the state.

“With all these done in less than three years in office, we hereby decree with the permission from God that come 2019, the governorship seat is yours, no controversy”, the Chairman stated.

He disclosed that the association has recorded remarkable achievements in promoting cooperation among science teachers, educators and administrators in Nigeria with a view to raising the standard of science education, among others.

Responding, Gov. Ugwuanyi reiterated his administration’s commitment to continue to support the revitalization of

science, vocational and technical education in the state to provide sustainable manpower development and boost employment potential among the youth.

Gov. Ugwuanyi, who was represented by his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, affirmed the state government’s continued support and assistance to science teachers in the state for the speedy realization of “our collective aspirations for science education in Enugu State” to reap the inherent benefits.

According to him, “it is also the aspiration of the government to leverage on the advantages and opportunities offered by science and technology to help turn Enugu State into the industrial hub of the South East region”.

He therefore, appreciated the association for its efforts towards the promotion of science education and the stimulation of children’s interest in sciences.

Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi state chapter said it would use direct primaries for all elective offices ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The party noted that with the controversies surrounding the just concluded Wards, Local government and State Congresses across the country for which Ebonyi was inclusive, it was expedient to use direct primaries to avoid litigations.

In a statement, the state chairman of the party, Dr. Sylvester Nwambe disclosed that the decision was reached after the meeting of the state Executive committee, stakeholders and aspirants to various offices held at the APC Secretariat in Abakaliki.

The chairman said that it was in line with the party’s directives that primary elections into all elective offices shall be by direct primaries or as agreed by stakeholders.

2019: West declares for Brick House under PDP ...Says it’s time for Riverine gov Memoye Oghu, Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Ezenwo Wike declared that he will be running for a second term in office in 2019, another aspirant, Soalabo West has also announced his willingness to contest for the governorship ticket on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

West, a maritime lawyer of the Kalabari ethnic extraction says his willingness to vie for the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the PDP “is anchored on a new paradigm to make Rivers State great again.”

He stated that the circumstances that threw up Wike in 2015 have been actualised with his emergence as governor under the aegis of the PDP, and it is now the turn of riverine communities to produce the governor of Rivers State in 2019.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, September 7, 2018

Nigeria’s wrong notion of opposition politics

Zainab Suleiman Okino

As tributes poured in for the super politician and statesman, Senator John McCain after his death recently, one of the archival materials that resonated with the world was when he (McCain) reprimanded one of his supporters who called Barack Obama, his opponent, names and doubted his identity. In a widely circulated video recorded at a McCain rally in 2008, a woman, in an extreme show of loyalty to McCain’s cause, went overboard when she said: “I can’t trust Obama. I have read about him, and he is an Arab”, to which McCain retorted: “No ma’am, he (Obama) is a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that is what this campaign is all about”. Defending Obama elsewhere in a hate-filled 2008 presidential contest, over race and religion, McCain said “he (Obama) is a decent person that you do not have to be scared of… I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments. I will respect him.

I want everyone to be respectful, and let’s make sure we are. Because that’s the way politics should be conducted in America”.

Here in Nigeria, politics is not about issues as they relate to the wellbeing of the society, but more to do with personalities and their self-aggrandisement.

Our brand of opposition politics dwells on inconsequential matters that can’t engender debates on issues with positive impact on the country.

Although the advent of the cantankerous Donald Trump and his attitude of denigrating opponents and the media is fast changing the face of American politics, there exists a gulf of difference between opposition politics in

Nigeria and that of America.

As the 2019 election beckons, we are daily regaled with only defections from and to either the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), without as much thoughts for the country’s progress.

When the British prime minister, Theresa May said in South Africa that Nigeria harbours the world’s poorest people, it never got on the top burner of national discourse. By the following day, she was in Nigeria, and was given a red-carpet treatment without any group/ party taking her up on her assertion.

It is normal for the opposition to hold government accountable, and disagree with it on policy direction, governance and welfare, etc. However, the extent to which PDP is taking a swipe at what ordinarily is APC’s internal squabble is ridiculously annoying. Tell me, what is the PDP’s scruples with how APC conducts its primaries; whether direct or indirect, in the open or in secrecy?

Why is PDP taking Panadol for APC’s headaches? Of all the frivolous knee-jerk reactions to APC matters, this clearly missed the point.

PDP spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, while reacting to the still brewing controversy over APC primaries, said: “Having eliminated contest within the APC, the presidency, which is now apprehensive of apathy against President Buhari due to his increasing unpopularity, plots to import non-members of the party…to create an impression of overwhelming popularity for Mr. President and use that to validate the fictitious votes they are conjuring for the presidential election. The PDP is

reliably informed that this rigging plot is the reason, APC aspirants to the position, especially APC state governors, are demanding for direct primaries instead of indirect primaries earlier approved for them by their party.”

This is in addition to other weighty and unsubstantiated allegations of compromise by INEC officials. If there is any rigging of the primary election of the APC, it is not the business of the opposition but that of members of the party. How does the primary election of a political party affect the general election, just as I’m confused on why the primaries, which is almost a done deal for Buhari, and which by convention in Nigeria the incumbent has the first right of refusal of, should be a talking point for the PDP, of all issues begging for attention in the country at the moment.

Their attitude smirks of a lack of coordination or inability of the opposition to articulate issues of national importance to which people are rallied.

PDP and other opposition parties should talk sparingly, and only when absolutely necessary. Instead they should consult, organise and strategise more on how to win back the hearts of Nigerians.

Condemning every step of the ruling party is not constructive and cannot serve the PDP’s interest. What will stand it in good stead is to task the government on good governance and take it up on bad policies. A good example of what the PDP should be talking about is the president’s refusal to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and the Electoral Amendment Bill, without convincing reasons. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) had been in the works for 12 years before the

current National Assembly split it into four parts for the ease of implementation – the PIGB being the first in the series.

It was meant to bring about sanity in the running of the petroleum sector, upscale it to international best practice and minimise the cult-like secrecy of its operations.

The Electoral Amendment Bill was geared towards improving and legalising the use of electronic devices, including the card reader, which former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega had introduced before the last general election. That singular act paved the way for the free and fair election that ushered in the current government. What then is the president afraid of? Why did he withhold his assent? Why is he reluctant to improve on the good of the past? Is governance all about fighting the opposition in the name of fighting corruption? These are questions PDP should be asking. The government of the day said the over $300 million Abacha loot will be disbursed to the poor. Other than civil societies, is any group or PDP trailing the disbursement?

Is the opposition all about struggling to take over power at the centre?

These and more are issues that should engage the attention of the opposition PDP and not what APC has in its closets, although the latter is not immune from such inanities and faltering too.

There should be decorum, decency, and believability in order to avoid scornful rebuke from Nigerians, just as our form of democracy will not grow to maturity with the mediocre government and opposition that we have continued to produce in the country.

Nigeria youths and Xi Jinping’s 8 development initiatives

Kemi Yesufu

Nigerians have been quite vocal with their views on the recently concluded Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which held between September 3 and 4, 2018.

FOCAC, comprising China and 53 African member states and the commission of the African Union is a platform for high-level dialogue between China-Africa leaders and business representatives. At this year’s meeting, the 6th edition of China-Africa Business Forum was also held .

Back in Nigeria which is the biggest economy in Africa and one of China’s most important trading partners, the varying comments Nigerians made on the social and traditional media, as could be predicted, started rolling in as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari touched down in Beijing. The commentary intensified with two major announcements. First was the declaration that President Buhari and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, would witness the signing of an agreement on the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase 11 between Galaxy Backbone Limited and Huawei Technologies Limited (HUAWEI) at the cost of $328m facility provided by the Chinese EXIM Bank.

Then there was the remarkable pledge

by President Xi that China will extend a total of $60billion of financing to Africa.

The financing will be provided in the form of government assistance as well

as investment and financing by financial institutions and companies, the Chinese President said in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of FOCAC 2018.

Following the establishment of FOCAC in 2000, China-Africa cooperation has aided development in Africa. This is just as the founding of FOCAC has seen cooperation between China and African countries being improved on, in critical sectors such as agricultural modernisation, public health, infrastructure, industrialisation green development, poverty alleviation, trade and investment facilitation, peopleto-people and cultural exchanges, peace and security.

Aside from the key areas listed above, there is data that indicates that trade volume between China and African countries rose from $10.6 billion to $170 billion from the year 2000 to 2017. This is more than the current trade volume between African countries and other so called super powers. China’s outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock in Africa has soared from $500 million to more than $41 billion in the same period of time.

But following the mixed reactions that trailed the two key declarations

by President Xi and President Buhari, I decided to take an analytical look at the Chinese leader’s much talked about keynote address at the summit. I even grew more keen on paying attention to the policy statements emanating from the closely monitored summit, when Buhari in dismissing fears, as

expressed by sections of the Nigerian and international press, that Africa was being ensnared into a debt trap, disclosed that China funded $5 billion worth of projects in Nigeria.

Buhari explained on the last day of the summit, that under the partnership with China through FOCAC, these projects had been executed in the last three years of his administration.

Arguing that Nigeria would be able to repay the loans, he also said Nigeria was leveraging Chinese funding to execute $3.4bn worth of projects at various stages of completion. This is even as Buhari said support from China has helped Nigeria address significant challenges in the areas of human capacity development, infrastructure, power, transport, agriculture and humanitarian support.

As mentioned earlier, I fed my curiosity on how Africa can truly benefit from China’s extension of a hand of fellowship by analyzing President’s Xi’s speech. And quite early in my dissecting his address to African leaders, I noticed that in the speech entitled: ‘Work Together for Common Development and a Shared Future’, the Chinese leader itemised eight major initiatives to be executed in close collaboration with African countries in the next three years and beyond, based the 10 cooperation plans already adopted by FOCAC leaders.

The Chinese leader disclosed the he will launch the industrial promotion initiative, the infrastructure connectivity

initiative, the trade facilitation initiative, the green development initiative, the capacity building initiative, the healthcare initiative, the people to people initiative and finally, the peace and security initiative.

Its worthy of note, that it is based on the need to fund these thematic interventions, which I believe Africa and its most populous nation, Nigeria stand to greatly benefit from, that Xi announced the $6 billion investment in Africa. Maybe what those are freighted by the fact that African leaders, especially those in Nigeria have historically mismanaged aids and loans, should be doing is to look at the eight thematic areas in order to set specific targets for the Federal Government.

Also young people have a role to play post FOCAC 2018, because President Xi categorically stated that the these initiatives are designed to assist young people on the continent, Nigerians inclusive.

Having largely participated in the summit virtually (online) and venting their opinions on social media, Nigerian youths must mobilise, like they have done in the entertainment and ICT industry and of recent politically, to get the #NotTooYoungToRunBill passed, to see to Nigerian leaders transparently managing the funds coming from China. This is not time to agonise and criticise, rather Nigeria-China relations is an issues youths should organise and mobilise for in orders to have positive outcomes.

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Editorial Commentary Why MTN, again?

Times Guest Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

It seems MTN is never too far from the speed dial to trouble. Three years ago, the telco, which has the dominant share of the mobile telecoms market in Nigeria, was slammed with a $5.2 billion fine for failing to disconnect 5.1 million subscribers after the registration deadline.

After a back-and-forth, a bloodied nose and a shake-up in which the Chief Executive Officer Michael Ikpoki lost his job, the company coughed up $1.7 billion in renegotiated fines.

Once again, there’s the familiar ringtone of trouble and the last fine is looking like child’s play.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced last week that MTN should, “with immediate effect”, refund the sum of $8.1 billion “illegally repatriated

by MTN on the basis of the illegally issued CCIs (certificates of capital importation)” by four banks.

The CBN also fined the banks – Standard Chartered Bank, Citi Bank, Stanbic IBTC Nigeria and Diamond Bank – sums ranging from N250 million to N2.4 billion for their roles in the transaction.

On top of this, it was reported on Wednesday that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation is claiming that MTN underpaid taxes by $2 billion in the last ten years, compounding the company’s misery.

The question in the gilded yellow corridors of the telco giant is: Why us, again?

Twenty-four hours after the CBN announcement last week, MTN shares in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange plunged 30 per cent and later rallied slightly, wiping off about $3 billion in market value.

From the press, you would think that MTN raided the treasury of the Central Bank with the help of the banks and made away with billions of dollars to pay its offshore investors.

Yet, the news came as MTN struggles to shed its Robin Hood image by listing more shares in the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Also, in response to shrinking margins from voice, the company has been struggling to head off growing competition in data service, as a result of which it acquired a $154 million Pay-TV licence for three years that has been barely activated.

Why MTN? CBN said, in contravention of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995 and the Foreign Exchange Manual 2006, the company illegally converted shareholder loans into equity with the help of the four banks and transferred the funds out of the country to some offshore investors without its final approval.

A number of companies operating in Nigeria are quite comfortable breaking the rules (mainly as a result of weak regulation), collusion with insiders, or both. In seven cases out of ten when they’re caught, they sound as if investment is a favour and warn that future foreign investments could be in danger, as if investments thrive in anarchy.

As a result of years of incompetent regulation and corruption, the corporate tail is used to wagging the regulatory dog; and a number of companies have long forgotten how to do the right thing.

Sure, there is a thin line between regulatory competence and malicious exuberance, but the impression given by some financial reports that the basis for the CBN’s action is unclear is, to say the least, incorrect.

In fact, a Reuters report insinuated that unlike the situation three years ago when the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) slammed a $5.2 billion fine on MTN, for example, even though the penalty seemed excessive, the rationale and provisions of the law were clearer than they are in the present case.

That is wrong and misleading. The reporting of the $8.1 billion case may have been mugged in transmission, perhaps because of CBN’s messaging, but the facts are clear.

Section 15 (5) of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995, states that, “The repatriation referred to in subsection (4) – which deals with foreign exchange imported into Nigeria and its remittance – of this section shall be communicated by an authorised dealer to the Central

Bank, within fourteen days of the repatriation and the Central Bank shall furnish same to the Minister on a monthly basis for information and statistical purposes only.”

Section 16 makes non-reporting an offence, while Section 29 makes false reporting an offence, which in an extreme case could be fined by up to ten times the amount of foreign currency involved.

The Foreign Exchange manual makes pretty much the same point.

MTN has denied any wrongdoing, saying, “no dividends have been declared or paid by MTN Nigerian other than pursuant to CCIs issued by our bankers and with the approval of the CBN as required by law.”

The question is, what type of approval did MTN’s bankers get and which law, other than the ones in reference, was the company referring to?

Whether MTN unknowingly believed its bankers, instigated or acted in cahoots with them, it has to deal with the claim of the CBN, that in the Standard Chartered Bank’s letter of December 10, 2009, for example, the bank allegedly said its illegal conversion of shareholder’s loan was “an unintended conversion.”

An “unintended conversion” that allowed a substantial part of the$8.1 billion camel to pass the bank’s needle eye, must have been, well, knowingly unintended.

MTN’s statements so far do not indicate that the company is unware of the admission of the “unintended conversion”, or that in the CBN’s meetings with the company and its banks also cited in the letters to the four banks, the company put forward any satisfactory defence to prove its innocence in an investigation that spanned 30 months.

The banks have been remarkably silent. The Central Bank’s letters to the commercial banks highlighted a pattern of systemic and troubling abuse – not only limited to the transaction with MTN – but also, extending to a number of other customers as well. It is noteworthy, also, that a top figure in one of the four banks involved who now plays a role in MTN had a hand in preparing the 2006 Foreign Exchange manual.

The spotlight on the dodgy dealings of the banks, including those with significant foreign holdings, may well be a watershed moment for the CBN governor who has been frequently accused of indulging the banks because of his own background as a commercial banker.

To be sure, there is also the argument that the CBN’s action has a political undertone. It has been said that MTN is a victim of a cash-strapped government that is just as desperate for money ahead of the next election as it is to search and destroy any real or imaginary financial nests of its political enemies.

A source, in fact, said that the only thing that could have unleashed CBN sniffer dogs on MTN for an “offence” that was committed a decade ago, “is reasonable suspicion that the offshore shareholders in question may well be Nigerian big political guns on the wrong side of the government or those with strong links to them.”

Whatever may be the political motive, it would be foolish for the Central Bank to go after MTN without a strong legal basis to stand on. MTN may well swallow the bitter pill without despairing or falling for the bait of persecution and self-pity.

The Central Bank has neither imposed a fine on MTN nor claimed that the $8.1 billion in question was not legally earned. The catastrophic difference in exchange rate between 2007 and now makes it looks punitive, but a refund is not a fine.

If the original sum remitted is more or less, the company should say so with proof better than grasping at the straws of the Senate’s clearance last November. Monetary policy is squarely the job of the Central Bank not the Senate’s.

MTN should make the refund, cure the defective transfer, and remit what it has legitimately earned legally. It could use this adversity – or go to court, if it feels hard done by.

Asking why MTN will not solve the problem.

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Presidency, rule of law and democracy

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he recent speech of President Muhammadu Buhari that his government would continue to place the nation’s security and national interests above the rule of law has continued to receive mixed reactions from Nigerians.

Since the 1999 Constitution (as amended) also describes and defines the national interest, then the national interest is necessarily protected and promoted by observing the constitution which is, the rule of law. And so it is that in a constitutional democracy, the national interest is inextricably linked to the rule of law, whereas in a dictatorship, the national interest is linked to the opinion of the maximum ruler. When it comes to ruling, there are basically two options: the rule of law or the rule of man.

President Buhari, who recently spoke while declaring open the 2018 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja said that his government adopted the stance on the basis of subsisting decisions of the Supreme Court.

He maintained that individual rights of alleged offenders would not be spared when national security and public interest were threatened.

But many public analysts including the civil societies and opposition parties have kicked against the idea that the national interest can exist outside the ultimate law, the constitution.

Incidentally, the concept of national security remains ambiguous, having evolved from simpler definitions which emphasised freedom from military threat and from political coercion.

Conversely, the rule of law has been defined as the “authority and influence of law in society, especially when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behaviour; (hence) the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally.

Interestingly, the NBA in a communique it issued at the end of its 58th Annual General Conference, tackled the President over his declaration and insisted that issues of national security must be managed within the perimeters and parameters of the rule of law.

The NBA also frowned at what it described as a growing penchant by Buhari’s administration to disobey court orders.

It is refreshing to note that after the criticism from the NBA, members of the public and other relevant stakeholders, President Buhari made a U-turn from his previous stance on rule of law, saying that his administration would always uphold the sanctity of the rule of law in governing the country.

Speaking during a bilateral meeting he had with visiting German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Buhari said that the unity and harmony in every society could only be preserved by observing the rule of law.

We are of the opinion that the president missed the point by trying to place national interest above the rule of law. We wish to

remind the President that even though he was not wrong as it is the global practice since the emergence of cyber crimes and terrorism altered the traditional balance between civil liberties and the tools used in maintaining the imperatives of national security/national interest, it was not within his power to declare that national interest is supreme to rule of law.

We believe that the rule of law is the way to go and the pronouncement on the rights of individuals vis-a- vis the national interest is the exclusive preserve of the judiciary which is constitutionally empowered to deliver verdicts over any contestation between individuals and corporate entities.

In the Western world, libertarian streams of thoughts which support the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over any kind of authority have been bemoaning the rapid erosion of civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism or perceived new security threats.

We are of the opinion that there is a mix - up on issues such as tension between the ‘rule of law’, “national interest” and “national security” rather than as a tension between national security/national interest and civil rights. They are not quite the same.

This is because even when a government decides to abridge people’s civil liberties - freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, etc, such abridgements are backed by extant laws.

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Short News Raid on Edwin Clark’s home: I am shocked, embarrassed – Oshiomhole Elephants rattle community in Kebbi Tom Okpe, Abuja

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has expressed shock and embarrassment over the raid on the Abuja residence of elder statesman and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark by the police on Tuesday.

Comrade Oshiomhole in a press statement on Thursday at the party secretariat, Abuja signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Simon Ebegbulem said: “I am shocked to learn about the raid on

the Abuja residence of our elder statesman and highly respected South- South leader, Chief Edwin Clark by the police, last Tuesday.

“I am even more baffled and embarrassed that no reason was given for that invasion and from the comments by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Kpotum-Idris, the raid was not authorized by the police hierarchy. Therefore, the IGP has a responsibility not only to detain the policemen involved but to also ensure they are diligently prosecuted in court. Anything short of that will be unacceptable”.

Oshiomhole urged the police hierarchy to come out clean

on this matter, and handle the entire issue transparently, including disclosing the names of the officers involved in this unwarranted attack on the person of Chief Clark.

“I share in the pain and embarrassment Chief Clark was subjected to by the said police officers, particularly as no reason has been given for the action as this is one matter the IGP must never sweep under the carpet”, he noted.

He further reiterated that no Nigerian would be allowed to be subjected to such recklessness or impunity on the part of those charged to protect them.

Haruna Aliyu, Kebbi There was panic and anxiety in some Kebbi communities when three elephants entered a village called Zaria Kala Kala within Bagudo and Kaoje local government area of Kebbi state.

According to the Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Hassan Umar Kalgo, the huge creatures are suspected to have come from Benin Republic because Kebbi shares border with the country through Kaoje and Illo, therefore might have been on their seasonal migration, and broke away from their group and entered Kebbi.

The commissioner stated that as they got the news of their appearance in the state, they collaborated with the affected local governments and traditional rulers to warn people not to provoke them, describing the elehpants as peaceful animals unless provoked.

He said the state governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu visited the twin towns of Kanten Tudu and Kante Rafi were the animals spent two days.

NMA gives FG Sept 30 deadline to reconstitute MDCN board The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday issued a September 30 deadline for the Federal Government to reconstitute the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

The President of the NMA, Dr Francis Faduyile, gave the deadline at a news conference in Abuja.

Faduyile said that the association’s call for reconstitution of the board was part of the resolutions reached at the justconcluded National Executive Council (NEC)’s meeting of the body at Osogbo in Osun.

He said the NEC had expressed its displeasure over the Federal Government’s inability to reconstitute MDCN, in spite of repeated appeals by the NMA. “We call on the Federal Government to immediately reconstitute the council to ensure smooth operation of medical practice in Nigeria,” he said.

Ondo residents scamper for safety, as thugs invade APC secretariat

Oyingbo bus terminal nearing completion by Lagos State Government... on Thursday

Osinbajo, Oshiomhole to storm Kano, may receive Shekarau, others Yakubu Salisu, Kano There are strong indications that the former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekaru would be joining the Ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) after all, any moment from now.

This is coming on the heel of rumours that the former Minister has defected from the People Democratic Party (PDP) following the dissolution of the Kano PDP Executives by its National Chairman, Uche Secondus.

Recall that, throng of supporters, belonging to Aminu Wali and Ibrahim Shakarau camp, on Monday in Kano, staged a solidarity protest at the party’s

Secretariat to reject the dissolution of the State Executive leadership by the national body of the party during which Kwankwaso was rejected after being accused of being behind the crisis.

However, the PDP Chairman in Kano, Senator Mas’ud JibrilEl Doguwa unequivocally stated that he remains the State party Chairman, also that, all the other Exco members’ seats remain valid until a fresh election is held.

Since the beginning of the crisis, there had been rumours from different quarters and information from the Shekaru’s camp indicating that the two times Governor of Kano State and former Minister of Education has defected from the PDP a rumour he (Shekaru) dismissed and

pleaded for calm as discussion were on going on what line of action is to be taken next.

Information available indicates that, the APC is on the verge of concluding plans to woo the aggrieved former minister and his supporters as the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the APC National Chairman, Adam Oshiomhole and other top APC Officials are expected to pay Shekarau a visit during which final arrangements would be made to receive him and his supporters.

The crisis which has hit the PDP in Kano no doubt, is being celebrated within the Gandujiya’s Camp as the APC is left without any other strong political opponents to contend with, come 2019 general elections.

Some residents of Okitipupa in the Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, on Thursday scampered for safety as unknown thugs invaded and disrupted activities at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat.

The thugs destroyed parts of the secretariat, setting party flags ablaze and tearing posters of candidates vying for chairmanship, councillorships and ward leaders’ positions pasted at the secretariat.

A witness who preferred anonymity said that the thugs, who came in large numbers, besieged the secretariat chanting solidarity songs and disrupted activities as residents in the area scampered for safety.

“Some of the thugs stormed the secretariat to disrupt activities and tear posters of candidates, just as many of the people scampered for safety,” he said.

FCT APC warns against monetary incentives, adopts indirect primaries The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned political aspirants against monetary incentives to voters during the 2019 elections.

Similarly, the party adopted indirect primaries for its elections.

The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Abdullahi Candido, said this at a meeting with stakeholders on Thursday in Abuja.

Candido, however, described the act of using money for elections as unnecessary, adding this usually leads to voting of wrong candidates into offices. ”We have advised our party members especially our excos to approach this election with no thinking of unnecessary monetary incentives,” he said.

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Saraki kicks off campaign in Ebonyi, Enugu, says Nigeria at crossroad Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki & Moses Oyediran, Enugu Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Thursday kicked off his presidential campaign ahead of 2019 general election in Ebonyi State even as he endorsed Governor David Umahi for second term.

He said the choice of Ebonyi was informed on the developmental agenda of the present administration, leadership prowess and his quest for inclusiveness in governance.

At Enugu, Saraki further stated that Nigeria needed a president that will be Youth friendly, assuring that if he becomes the president of the country, he would make South East youths like Asian Tigers.

Saraki, a two term Governor of Kwara state while addressing the stakeholders of Ebonyi

State said Nigeria is at a crossroads and danger of living full life anchored on rule of law.

He said Nigeria has never been so divided like it is now and lamented that the unity of our founding fathers propagated is at the verge of collapse while the country is drifting to anarchy.

“There is high level of un-inclusiveness in the country. We must choose leaders that have capacity to move the country forward. What you are seeing in Ebonyi is not by chance, it is because your governor has capacity that, that is why you are witnessing development. How then can you choose a man with capacity in your state without choosing also a leader with capacity at the national level?”

“We fight poverty, we will fight corruption too and not selective fight. We will develop solid minerals in Ebonyi State. We will bring private investors in the country and turn around youth involvement in governance by

bringing youths to governance” Responding, Governor David Umahi who was presented with the governorship nomination form purchased by the members of the State Executive Council described Senator Saraki as a refined Nigerian and defender of democracy as well as friend to Ebonyi State.

Governor Umahi reiterated his earlier promise to return power to Abakaliki bloc in 2023 after his second term, adding that his administration remains focused on the developmental agenda.

“We will hand over a state that is most beautiful, best economy and richest in the country”.

He commended Saraki for standing firm over the various crises and urged that the National Assembly must work together to unite the country and turn its fortunes to the best.

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Abia APC caucus settles for direct primaries Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia To avoid imposition and rancour capable of truncating the party’s chances in the forthcoming general elections, the Abia state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Donatus Nwankpa said the party has adopted the direct primary system for their primaries Speaking to journalists after closed door caucus meeting with the aspirants at the party secretariat yesterday in Umuahia, he stated: “based on the veritable facts available to us we have decided to make things open through direct primaries in Abia for the purpose of allowing the grassroots and members of the party to choose those who will fly their flags.”

The party, he said “has refused to allow few persons to determine those who will fly its flag in the coming elections”.

1.38m PVCs yet to be collected in Lagos – REC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Thursday said some 1.38 million Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) were still uncollected in the state.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Lagos State, Mr Sam Olumekun, gave the figure in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

“We still have about 1.38 million PVCs uncollected as we speak. Only about 15 per cent of the 2017 new registrants whose cards have been produced have come to pick their cards. It is very poor.

“We have also added close to 750, 000 new registrants, whose cards are still going to be produced and distributed,” he said.

2019 Taraba guber: 168 Wards pick form for UN official Tom Okpe, Abuja

A cross-section of young artists during the foundation in Yewa Ogun State.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, representatives of 168 wards in Taraba state have picked the nomination and expression of interest forms for a United Nations (UN) Commission official of the Federal Government, Alhaji Aliyu Umar.

The group endorsed Surveyor, Alhaji Aliyu Umar, a former concluding part of Yewa Art Development initiative competition by Otunba Ayinde Ibikunle civil servant, Director, Maritime Services and Geo-Information Technology and currently the Desk Officer for Nigeria’s Extended Continental Shelf Project in New York whom the group said will redeem the state from maladministration.

The representatives led by former commissioner for Information in Taraba State Kabiru Jalo said Surveyor Umar is the sole governorship candidate in the state, though with 14 other aspirants vying for the same position under the All Progressives Congress (APC). general election.

Senatorial District with reference to how Obong Ekpo regretted any negative Governor Clement Isong in the former decision of the party in the past that caused Cross River State was robbed of his second members as Senator Umoyo to leave. term ambition in 1983 and concluded that He assured that Senator Umoyo has Eket People would not be denied such returned to what he described as a reformed opportunity the second time.

Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki PDP where power retains with the people.

Umoyo admitted that he never supported In his defection speech titled “The Giant Governor Emmanuel in his first tenure but Bird has returned home,” Senator Umoyo he assessed the Governor’s performance in The Senator representing Ebonyi North zone on the platform of recalled that he teamed up with elders of the the past years in terms of infrastructure and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Sam Egwu, and his area to form PDP in 1999 which resulted in decided to give him a second chance. colleague, representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial zone, Senator the Victory of the party in various elections.

“Although I did not subscribe to the Obinna Ogba, have expressed confidence of winning re-election Senator Umoyo further explained his process that produced Mr. Emmanuel as to the red chambers come 2019.

The duo is seeking for a second term in the Senate. Also, roles in agitation for power shift in the state Governor, I accorded him the necessary and the need to sustain it; as the former respect and recognition as father of all of us. their counterparts from the House of Representatives on the platform of PDP including the member representing Abakaliki/ governor Godswill Akpabio was not sincere “So far, Governor Emmanuel, from Izzi federal constituency, Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga; the member to the zoning principle of the party when he my assessment and consensus opinion in representing Ebonyi/Abakaliki federal constituency, Hon. promised to make Obong Umanah Okon Akwa Ibom and beyond is doing well and Chukwuma Nwazunku; the member representing Ikwo/ Umanah to succeed him (Akpabio) as the therefore deserved my support for a second Ezza South federal constituency, Hon. Lazarus Ogbee and the Governor of the State. term. I have seen sincere commitment on the member representing Afikpo South/North federal constituency, Senator Umoyo further told party part of Governor Udom Emmanuel to leave Hon. Idu Igariwey, have equally expressed confidence that their constituents would re-elect them in the forthcoming general supporters that he decided to join the PDP Akwa Ibom better than he met it”. to help Governor Emmanuel achieve his Senator Umoyo warned politicians elections.

The trio of Nwazunku, Igariwey and Ogbee are seeking second term ambition. against any attempt to re-invent history to for a second term while Ogbaga wants to return to the green Umoyo who narrated the history of Eket suit their interest. chambers for the fourth time.

2019: Sen Etang Umoyo dumps APC, endorses Gov Emmanuel for second term Isaac Job, Uyo A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Etang Edet Umoyo has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and embraced Governor Udom Emmanuel second term’s ambition in Akwa Ibom.

Senator Umoyo represented Eket Senatorial District between 1999 and 2004 in the National Assembly.

In a mini defection rally at Esit Eket Council Hall, Uquo, christened “The Return of the Legend”, the State Chairman of PDP, Obong Paul Ekpo remarked that the door of the party was opened to receive all members who left the party as “PDP is Akwa Ibom and Akwa Ibom is PDP”.

Ekpo observed that the PDP was the only political party that parades highest number of senators in the state against other parties and urged members to remain united to face any onslaught from any quarter in 2019

Senators Egwu, Ogba, others confidence of winning 2019 re-election

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Information Minister wants media Short News to criticise, not denigrate President PDP sets up state screening, Tom Okpe, Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised the media to feel free in criticizing the President but not to denigrate him or his office.

The Minister said this in Abuja on Thursday when he visited the Peoples Daily Newspapers in continuation of the advocacy for the National Campaign Against Fake News, which was launched in July.

He said that in the rush to demarket the President and his government, some mainstream media platforms have now resorted to the use of uncouth language to denigrate the person and office of the President.

“In fact, fake news has taken another dimension. Now, it is not uncommon for otherwise respectable media organisations to accuse the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria without backing up their accusation with an iota of evidence.

“The latest of such occurred two days ago, when a newspaper wrote an editorial in

which it resorted to the use of uncouth language to denigrate the President on the farmersherders clashes and other issues. ‘’In their eagerness to demarket the President, they forget that the President is the living symbol of the nation, and that by denigrating him, they are denigrating the country, including them”, Alhaji Mohammed said.

He said because of the impressive performance of the present administration, the critics know they could not take on the government on issues pertaining to performance, hence their resort to fake news.

“They are unrelenting, because fake news is the only weapon they have against a performing Administration like ours.

“They know they cannot take on us on the issue of infrastructure, economy, fight against corruption and agricultural development. They have therefore resorted to using fake news to de-market our Administration.

Thankfully, they are failing”.

Alhaji Mohammed, who described fake news as a

global menace, said even though different countries have been evolving ways to deal with the issue, Nigeria’s approach is to appeal to the sense of responsibility of media practitioners, bloggers and social media influencers.

He said even though the National Campaign Against Fake News has not discouraged its purveyors, it has brought the phenomenon to the front burner and equally heightened public discourse on the dangers of fake news which, he said, has the capacity to instigate religious and ethnic crisis in the country.

In his remarks, the Chief Operating Officer of the People’s Daily Newspapers, Mr. Hameed Bello, described as very strategic the decision of the Minister to rally the media in furtherance of the campaign against fake news.

“This visit is very strategic and I think we should advise the Minister to continue this kind of interface with the media because it has the capacity to correct some misconceptions that people have on the workings of government,” he said.

appeal committee Tunde Opalana, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up screening and appeal committees in all the states of the federation ahead of primary elections.

The Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections of the PDP stipulates interalia, “there shall be, for the purposes of the primary elections, a state Screening Committee whose duty shall, among other things, include the screening of aspirants from that State”.

Similarly, there shall be a Screening Appeal Panel whose duty will be to consider appeals arising from the screening exercise.

In compliance with the provisions of the Guidelines, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has approved the nomination of the party members for the screening and appeal exercises.

Enugu Speaker opens new constituency office Moses Oyediran, Enugu Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Uchenna Ubosi, Wednesday, opened a new constituency office for his constituents in the state.

Ubosi who is also the Deputy Chairman, Conference of Speakers of Nigeria, declared open the new constituency office at a colourful ceremony that attracted top politicians from across the state and some members of the House of Assembly.

He is the member representing Enugu East Urban Constituency.

Commending the Speaker for the good work he is doing for his people and citizens of Enugu state at large, Hon. Paul Osondu Nnajiofor thanked the people of Enugu East Urban Constituency for supporting Ubosi.

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Mambilla Power Plant: Chinese consortium targets early 2019 to commence 3050mw project -Presidency

L-R: Logistics /Customer Safety Manager, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Oluwafemi Adebayo; Deputy Corps Commander, representing Edo Sector Commander, FRSC, Udensi Emea Oji; Site Director,Guinness Benin Plant, Adebayo Alli; Regional Logistics Manager, East, GNPlc, Magnus Amaechi; and Assistant Corps Commander/HOD, training department, FRSC, Kyrian Okolo, during Guinness Nigeria 2018 Transport and Safety week in Benin-City... on Thursday

Reps accuse minister of diverting $35m, petition Buhari, World Bank Henry Omunu, Abuja The House of Representatives on Thursday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the World Bank, accusing the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelemah of allegedly diverting $35 million meant for the Growth Employment (GEM) Project to an illegal small and medium enterprise fund.

Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (upstream), Rep. Mark Gbillah (PDP/Benue) in separate letters to the President and the World Bank, accused the minister of colluding with his personal staff in diverting $35 million and violating due process in the running of the scheme.

In a petition dated August 24, 2018, the lawmaker alleged that three months into the GEM project, which is being funded by the World Bank and the UK Department

for International Development (DFID), the minister appointed a former staff of his personal company, African Capital Alliance as the project coordinator in violation of the laid down rules and guidelines.

In the petition titled: “Breach of the World Bank principles and good governance practice in the management of the Growth Employment (GEM) project in Nigeria,” Rep. Gbillah alleged that the minister has converted the project into his personal project, engaging a staff of his company, Mr. Ugo Ikemba as project coordinator and reducing the number of benefitting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from the initial 4, 000 to only 23.

According to him, the project coordinator has restructured the entire project and facilitated the release of $35 million from the ministry of finance and created a “parallel SME investment fund to be managed by an independent private company to be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to dispense

between $250,000 to $2 million each to only 23 unidentified companies without government oversight or involvement”.

He further alleged that, while the initial project was to cater for 4, 000 SMEs, the minister through his appointed project coordinator has unilaterally scaled the scheme down to only 25 SME’s.

“Why did the minister of industry, trade and investment insist on engaging a former employee of his private firm (African Alliance Company), Ugo Ikemba on contract as the GEM project coordinator with a salary of N4.7m in clear violation of the approved GEM project governance and implementation framework and the procedure for engagement of consultants”, he asked.

Continuing, the lawmaker queried why the project coordinator in just three months initiated the virement of $35 million of the original GEM project funds for the creation of an SME fund targeted at only 25 SMEs projected to receive between $250,000 to $2

million.

“Mr. President should be aware that the GEM project intended to be strategic to job creation in the country currently does not have a project coordinator, the minister controls it directly as an appendage of his office to the extent that he now approves project funds contrary to statutory provisions and principles,” the lawmaker added.

He said though the head of service of the federation complied with the resolution of the National Assembly by posting a director and assistant director to the GEM project in accordance with the governance and implementation framework, the minister rejected the posting and continued to directly control the day to day operations of the GEM project as he has done since February 2018.

Our correspondent reports that the GEM project is an employment scheme conceptualized by the federal government aimed at job creation and increased

President Muhammadu Buhari has received assurances from the Joint Venture Partners assigned to construct the 3050 Megawatts Mambilla Hydro-electric Power Plant, that all processes leading to the start of work would soon be completed to pave way for the commencement of the project early next year.

The presidency, in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated that at a meeting Thursday in Beijing with Professor Lyu Ze Xiang, the President of CGCC, the construction company, President Buhari asked to be briefed on time lines for the commencement of work, following his highly successful meeting with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.

The Nigerian President, who likened the Mambilla to China’s Three Gorges Dam, said given the significance of the project to Nigeria’s socio-economic development, there was a need for its speedy completion.

“I am very pleased with the concern you have shown for the significance of this project,” he told the head of the construction giant, adding, “I would like you to ensure its speedy completion.”

Xiang informed President Buhari that Nigerian officials and the project consultant would meet in two weeks to address the questions raised by President Xi for more detailed and updated feasibility and sustainability studies. He said a team had already been set up to work on the financing aspect.

“We fully understand the importance of this project to the economic and social wellbeing of Nigeria. In two weeks, we will sit down with the parties for the economic and sustainability analysis. It would take about four weeks to conclude the update,” he assured.

According to the lead contractor, “precommencement work,” would thereafter begin, dealing with access to site and putting in place the necessary support infrastructure such as power, water and transportation.

‘Why Nigeria must unlocks investment potentials in oil, gas sector’ Motolani Oseni Due to huge investments potential embedded in the nation’s Oil and Gas sector, the President, Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN), Dr. Mayowa Afe, has said there is a need to advangate of huge opportunities for investment in the Nigerian oil and gas sector including power.

He made this diclosure in Lagos recently, while speaking on the Future Energy Africa Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference slated to take place in South Africa in October this year with the theme: “Africa’s Integrated Oil, Gas and Energy Transformation”, in Lagos.

The African Oil and Gas Exhibition which will be organized by Future Energy Africa is oil and gas integrated, energy programm, which will encompass the future of oil, energy, gas and where we are moving from here. Afe said it’s going to bring together over 200 senior executives in the oil and gas industry in Africa and those that are interested in investment in Africa

According to him, Nigeria is going to be a very big time player, adding quite a number of industry experts will be participating in the programme including the Hon Minister of state for petroleum resources It is going to be a very big oil and gas event in Africa, and you know the people that are organizing this, they have a very wide experience of over 25 years in the industry and organising conferences and bringing players together in Africa, so, this is an event that whoever that is interested in Africa will be there, it’s a networking environment, he added.

Afe who noted there is still huge potential yet to be tapped pointed out there is still overt 400m cubic oil reserves in Nigeria begging to exploited adding there’s no country in Africa that has that kind of potential We are going to take Nigerian companies there and we are going to arrange their meeting with foreign investors, it will bring investors into Nigeria, the National Assembly will be going with us, the upstream chairman for energy in the National Assembly, and also the House of

Reps will be in attendance, he assured “It’s a big conference that will expose opportunities particularly in Nigeria, we need a lot of investors in energy, the provision of gas, the provision of so many investments that are begging for partnership in the country including, Nigerians are participating and we want people who will come and invest in Nigeria” “One good thing about Nigeria is that it is a place people still want to come and invest, we want to go and tell our story in South Africa, we are going to have an exhibition space for Nigeria, we are inviting Nigerian companies to come and showcase their company, expertise and look for opportunities and look for those who are interested in investing in Nigeria they will have a meeting with them”, he reassured “Do you know how much we are generating in terms of power and you know our population, what we are generating at the moment is a far cry from what we need for a country of over 190million people, they can help us to generate more power so that everybody including will have access to power”, we have huge potential here

in Nigeria that investments can come, he maintained.

Let me tell you that out of the whole countries of Africa Nigeria is more developed than 40 other countries of Africa, in terms of population and in terms of opportunities, we are close to 200m people, we need power, we need it either domestically or in terms of companies that are here that need power to run their companies The opportunities are huge here and every investor is really looking up to Nigeria, people are waiting for us and we are going there to exploit the opportunities Nigeria has, we keep talking, we keep negotiating, particularly in the oil and gas industry According to him, the discussion is going to be about investments in Africa, and Nigeria in particular adding we are going there to take advantage of investors, people who are coming to meet potential investors in Africa, there are going to be investors from Namibia, Cameron, Gabon and other parts of Africa, they want to listen to opportunities that are available in each

of these countries, before they can make up their minds Nigeria attraction is there because of the nature endowments, we really need to tell our stories, we really need to reassure them this is what’s going on in Nigeria, look at opportunities that are here in Nigeria, and the reserves that here He is of the belief that this event will eventually take place in Nigeria, let’s move on, this forum is for the entire Africa, and every country is going there to make a case for their country, that’s why we are inviting Nigerians to come and make a case for their country The Editor, Orient Energy Review, Margaret Nongo-Okojukwu said future energy Africa will provide the integrated platform to advance future oil and gas production. According to her future energy will bring together exploration and production efficiency, capital investment, and providing solution across the energy value chain, provide an honest reflection and in-depth analysis of Africa’s energy and grow the importance of renewable energy.

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Stanbic IBTC eliminates deposit slips for cheque, cash lodgments Motolani Oseni In a bid to enhance customers’ experience and enables them control their financial transactions, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, has deployed some changes on its Cash Deposit Process and Cheque Truncation System (CTS) portal, which includes the elimination of cash and cheque deposit slips in branches.

Among other key features of the new offering are proper customer data collection, reduction in the presentation of stale and post-dated cheques and activation of cheque deposit receipt functionality on the CTS portal.

However, deposits for accounts such as electricity bills, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Customs, and Lagos Inland Revenue Service, among others, still maintain the use of customized deposit slips.

The initiative, tagged “Speak Your Transactions,” became operational for cash deposits on August 13, 2018

and August 20, 2018 for cheque deposits. The purpose of the initiative is to further embed the Stanbic IBTC Group’s “Go-Green” culture as it continues on the paperless journey and empower its customers to speak their transactions.

Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, Dr. Demola Sogunle, said the new initiative is in fulfillment of the bank’s commitment to improving customer experience, work efficiency, data quality and ensure all improvement opportunities are maximized to the customers’ benefit.

“This is another initiative that speaks to our determination to consistently reinvigorate our systems and procedures in order to provide bespoke financial solutions to our clients. As a service business, we recognize that customer satisfaction is a cardinal operating principle and there is no better way of showcasing this than empowering our customers and enhancing their banking experience,” Sogunle said.

He added that as a member of

the Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, Stanbic IBTC will continue to leverage on the 155-year experience, expertise and strong financial clout of the mother brand to deliver superior sustainable shareholder value by meeting the needs of its clientele. “Our ultimate goal is to continue to render best-inclass service to our customers and also play a leading role in driving their growth”.

Regarding cash deposits, the process entails some simple steps in which the bank teller receives the customer’s account name and number, and subsequently validates the details provided by the customer and then receives cash to be lodged in. Thereafter, the teller processes the request and prints duplicate receipts that are handed over to the customer. After endorsement of both copies by the customer, the teller appends his/her signature and stamps the receipts; then hands over a copy to the customer while the duplicate is kept as evidence of processed transaction.

EEDC installs 50, 000 pre-paid meters in 5 states Moses Oyediran, Enugu No fewer than 50,000 customers of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) have been provided and installed with pre-paid meters within eight months this year, says an official of the company.

The company’s Head of

IVTEC: Kwara signs MoU with NDE, World Bank

Communication, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday that the eight months covered between January and August, 2018.

Ezeh noted that the 50,000 meters was installed within EEDC customers’ franchise area, which included the five South-East States of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. He noted that with the latest development in smart prepaid meters installation, it bringing the total number of its prepaid customers to about 190,000.

“Our metering department is working assiduously to meter as many customers as possible. We have committed both human and financial resources to ensure

the success of this project.

“It is an aspect of our operation which we believe so much in; and these meters as well as its installation are delivered to our customers at no cost,’’ he said.

Ezeh appealed to customers to be patient and also appreciate the efforts made in the provision of the meters, noting: ``Metering is a process and there is no way all customers can be metered at the same time.

“With the wide metering gap which we inherited, all we ask for is patience and understanding from our customers.

Metering is our commitment and we are on course’’, he said.According to him, another area where we are experiencing challenge is in the area of meter bypass.

Sterling Bank to make 50 African firms globally competitive Sterling Bank Plc has announced plans to partner with 500 indigenously promoted African enterprises in a bid to make 50 of them globally competitive in the next five years.

Group Head, Strategy and Innovation, Sterling Bank, Mr. Shina Atilola who disclosed this while addressing participants at the African Ventures Programme hosted by the bank in Lagos recently explained that the Africa Venture Programme is an annual pan-African leadership event that brings together exceptional emerging leaders from government, businesses and non-profits across Africa.

Mr. Atilola added that the programme enables the transfer of knowledge, know-how and inspiration across generations and attracts some of the most inspiring leaders in the world today as participants.

“It creates a new generation of African leaders who have the cultural intelligence to work fluidly and flexibly across the continent, who have the analytical and creative skills to use diversity to spark innovation, and who have extraordinarily broad African networks,” he said.

Mr. Atilola stressed that Africa needs leadership in every sector of the economy and not only in government, adding that, “We need leaders that can see wider and deeper than others can see. We need leaders that are willing to take the risk. We need leaders that are willing to leave their comfort zones.

“Leadership is about service, not an entitlement. Leadership is about what you are willing to give and not what you are expecting to receive. Leadership is about denying yourself just because you

want to achieve a greater purpose. It is not about solving your problems, but it is about solving other people’s problems.”

The group head noted that a leader must combine his concern for the greater good with an excellent indepth understanding of how to run a business or how to create and deploy new technology. He reiterated that Africa needs leaders who can think broadly and who excel in teamwork and communication. “It is not about you (leader) but about us,” he said.

He emphasised that Africa needs leaders that are innovators and entrepreneurs in spirit and who must keep on trying until they get what they want. “A leader must conquer himself before he can aspire to conquer the world.”

Mr. Atilola said the African continent needs the voices of women and the poor while urging the two groups to inspire themselves in order to inspire the world.

Also speaking, Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy and a management expert, described Lagos as Eko Akete, Iluogbon or a city of wisdom and smartness. He explained that Lagos used to be a very small coastal town in the 1960s while the largest town at that time was Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Utomi said one of the things that helped to transform Lagos over the years is its culture, symbolized by a theatrical production called Kakadu, which chronicles how Lagos evolved with culture from the civil war days.

He noted that Lagos evolved from two events which are related to the civil war: “One, most of the people from the South Eastern part of Nigeria who are mostly entrepreneurial by nature used to concentrate their enterprises in the port city of Port Harcourt.

Kehinde Akinpelu, ilorin Kwara State, International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the World Bank on the training of 250 students for a first-level skills training.

The MoU according to the Governor who signed on behalf of the state government provides for payment of monthly stipends for each trainee for the period of the training.

He added that the three months training programme would be followed by a six months industrial apprenticeship to further exposed the trainees to their various chosen jobs The governor explained that the College was established to provide the best technical, vocational and entrepreneurship training to youths in order to make them gainfully employed and contribute their quotas to the society.

Governor Ahmed added that IVTEC is benchmark against global standards in vocational education through partnership with globally recognized certification bodies like City and Guilds of London among others.

Speaking earlier, the Director General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan had in his remarks said the partnership in the area of skill training is a right step in the right direction, explaining that it would open a new vista in the implementation of the skills for job of components of YESSO.

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki (middle); representative of Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company of China (PCC) (right); and representative of Tianjin University, China, in Beijing China during the signing of the agreement to establish a Chemical Engineering programme in a university in Edo State.

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Anti-graft war: Okei-Odumakin Short News Group wants Navy to punish seeks support for EFCC officer allegedly involved in The Movement Against Corruption (MAC), a coalition of civil society groups, on Thursday called on Nigerians to give the necessary support to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its fight against corruption.

The Steering Committee Chairman of the movement, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Okei-Odumakin said the anticorruption war would be more effective if citizens gave the EFCC the needed cooperation in its assignment.

She urged Nigerians to always volunteer information to expose perpetrators of corruption, as it would enable the commission to act on such people.

“Nigerians should support the EFCC by volunteering information and exposing perpetrators, especially in our public institutions.

“Also, citizens can support the anti-graft war by educating themselves against corrupt practices through the various faithbased organisations.

“Family and peer groups can also impact positively on the moral regeneration of the society, thereby drastically reducing the menace of corruption,’’ she said.

Okei-Odumakin said the anticorruption war should be citizendriven to yield the desired results.

She urged the EFCC and other security agencies to see the need to constantly engage stakeholders and enlist the support of all Nigerians to strengthen the war.

“The advocacy against corruption should be citizen-driven, by so doing; perpetrators will begin to see it as a war not only between them and the EFCC. “They will see that it is also between them and Nigerians who are often the real owners of the commonwealth that is being stolen,’’ she said.

Okei-Odumakin said MAC was birthed out of the need for civil societies to come together to fight corruption collectively.

He said the movement would continue to partner the EFCC on advocacy and citizens’ education on the dangers of corruption to development.

The movement chairman said she did not share the sentiments in some quarters that the anticorruption war as being fought by the EFCC was selective or politically-motivated.

While noting that people had the right to their own views, she said majority of those being fingered for corruption actually had questions to answer.

Okei-Odumakin said the EFCC had acquitted itself remarkably in its assignment so far, but much needed to be done to win the anti-corruption war.

“While we may respect the right of such persons to their opinions, it is important to say that the fight has been holistic, even though we, as a country, haven’t been able to get to our desired end in eradicating corruption.

“It is also not enough to say that majority of these cases of corruption, especially those being prosecuted by the EFCC, are politically-motivated.

“It is public knowledge that several of these people genuinely have one corruption-related issue or the other associated with the EFCC,’’ Okei-Odumakin said. (NAN)

Tompolo’s N10bn property theft Benjamin Omoike, Lagos

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC), has called on Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewo, not to leave any stone unturned in bringing to book the Naval Personnel involved in the alleged stealing of N10 Billion property of ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo.

It will be recalled that three Navy personnel deployed to protect the facilities at Tompolo’s Waterfront and Jetty, near Chevron Clinic, Edjeba, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, confiscated on the order of a Federal High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were caught, July 22, 2018, carting away a transformer from the premises with civilian accomplices.

NDIMRC in a Press Statement signed by its President, Nelly Emma, Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations Officer (PRO), Stanley Mukoro, demanded for a proper probe into the case.

According to the press statement: “First and foremost, we want to commend the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewo for his prompt response to the case of the looting of the property of Tompolo by some Navy Personnel. But we want to implore him to do more by ensuring that those involved in the criminal act are made to face the music. There should be no hiding place for those giving the Navy a bad name.

The law must be allowed to take its full course. We are not going to rest until the perpetrators are exposed and tried properly. Justice must be done to this case.

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Defection from PDP to APC: Group backs Salvador, faults Bode George Stories by Patrick Okohue A political organisation, Lagos solidarity movement (LSM), has put their support behind the defection of the erstwhile chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Moshood Adegoke Salvador to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The group in a statement by its chairman Tony Okafor and secretary, Tunde Jaiyesimi noted

that it was not surprising that Salvador left the PDP amid Chief Olabode George’s arm-twisting politics.

According to the LSM, the history of Lagos PDP is replete with similar stories which made the likes of Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, Dr Wale Ahmed, Dr Yomi Finnih, Mr Demola Seriki, Mr Wale Mogaji and many others jump ship.

“As a group that has closely followed activities of the Lagos PDP, we make bold to say that the once formidable party is today a sinking ship due to the over bearing attitude, lack of respect for

team work, the PDP constitution and autocratic tendencies of Bode George.

“Therefore, Salvador is not saying anything new because George has always seen the party as his personal fiefdom and boasts of having the likes of Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal and senior officials of the Police hierarchy as his ‘boys’.

“We have it on good authority that this was what drove Dr Wale Ahmed and Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi out the PDP, as Ahmed almost landed in jail while

Gbadamosi was detained by the DSS over a false allegation.

“The simple question to ask is why won’t Salvador who has been PDP’S major financier leave this “slave camp” with the recent attempt to send him to jail over a trumped up charge of murder while trying to build the party.

“For those who can read between the lines, we charge them to read George’s address at his recent press conference to know his mind on Salvador who was tried by a court, discharge and acquitted after considering evidence from the security agencies and Director

of Public Prosecution (DPP) which shows his lack of respect for the Judiciary and the rule of Law,” the group said.

Continuing, the LSM called on security agencies to provide adequate security for Salvador, even as it said there are speculations that his life was being threatened by perceived political enemies.

The group said such speculation should not be handled with levity in view of its seriousness and sensitivity in view of the killings within the Lagos PDP in the recent past.

I’m a man of honour, integrity, says Turaki As Akobundu commeneds him for running decent campaign A frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN has said that he had always been a man of honour, integrity and credibility, stressing that it is impossible to change that character trait which Nigerians from different parts of the country can attest to.

He spoke while responding to questions from journalists over allegations that he was fronting for an unnamed presidential aspirant, shortly after returning his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the National Secretariat of the PDP in Abuja on Wednesday.

Turaki who was represented by his Director Media and Publicity, Mr. Sola Atere wondered why some people would be ascribing such a thing to him if not for the sake of mischief to tarnish his hard-

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earned reputation.

He queried: “How can anybody allege that I’m fronting for somebody else when I have personally been paying the bills of running my campaign organisation, purchasing the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms and also traveling on consultations with my team round the country visiting at least 32 states, and in most cases flying to those places?

“As a man of honour, there is no way I will announce to Nigerians that I want to be their president and be deceiving them. I was not brought up as an ambivalent character.

“Besides, there is no way that I would have attained the rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and also practiced for decades as a legal practitioner without blemish if I have not been found worthy in character.”

“Look, one of my strongest points as a leading presidential aspirant is that I have the fear of God in addition to my incomparable attributes of integrity, credibility, education, knowledge, experience, dynamism and determination to succeed.”

When asked whether the state chapters of the party have been receptive to his consultations, Turaki pointed out that the consultations have provided the delegates and other members including the PDP governors the opportunity to assess his capacity in terms of education, intellect, courage, experience and dynamism besides integrity and credibility to hold the office of the president.

“Everywhere we went, they have been astonished at my eloquence, outstanding knowledge and profound solutions to Nigeria’s problems. In fact, there had been comments after my engagements with some of our distinguished

members asking: ‘what else are we looking for after having this caliber of person?’”

“I am humbled by such favourable comments, but irrespective of such comments, I am, as a loyal party man ready for the free, fair and transparent primary promised by our party.”

On the question of whether the North West has not had its fair share of producing more Nigerian leaders than other zones in the north, Turaki explained that the PDP had not categorically zoned its presidential slot to the North West only.

That is why, he said, other aspirants have emerged also from the North East and the North Central zones just as the North West. In fact, he added, people are even talking about the possible emergence of an aspirant from one of the zones in the South.

Also speaking earlier during the event, the National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Colonel Austin Akobundu (rtd) has commended Kabiru Tanimu Turaki,SAN for running a decent campaign.

Colonel Akobundu who said that he had been monitoring Turaki’s campaign across the country counseled presidential aspirants to avoid acrimony and mudslinging bearing in mind that they are through their campaigns expected to portray the PDP as the best alternative to rescue Nigerians from their current predicament.

The National Organising Secretary further urged them to comply with the party’s regulations guiding campaign. He reassured them that the National Working Committee under the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus will not compromise on a free, fair and transparent presidential primary.

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Delta 2019: Okpe leaders warn PDP, APC leadership over choice of State Assembly candidate Political leaders in Okpe, a major ethnic group in Delta State have drawn battle-line with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the Sapele State constituency seat.

Saying, “We are prepared to stake everything in this political war in order to vindicate our cause”.

In a statement in Sapele, signed by the Chairman, Sapele Okpe Community, Mr. Patrick Akamovbe, the leaders urged the good people of Sapele urban to reject at the 2019 polls completely PDP and APC candidates from Sapele rural,” This position is sequel to speculations that APC and PDP might present candidates from Sapele rural.

But, the leaders vowed to mobilise the women and youths to reject APC and PDP in 2019 should they go ahead to present candidates from Sapele rural.

“A political party can win election only by the will of the people.

There abound many people who are well qualified to represent the constituency from Sapele urban.

We’ll ensure power shift in 2019,” the

leaders said.

Specifically, the leaders urged APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and PDP Chairman, Delta State Chapter, Mr. Kingsley Esiso not to take Sapele urban aspirants for granted.

“There is no force on earth to stop us from installing someone from Sapele urban as member of the Delta State House of Assembly in 2019.”

They stated that ethnic and political leaders in Sapele urban are now united.

“Hon Ejaife Odebala from Amukpe represented Sapele State Constituency from 1999 to 2007. Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya from Elume has been representing the area since 2007.

Sapele urban has over eight wards while Sapele rural has less than three wards. The next representative must come from Sapele urban,” the leaders stated.

“If PDP doesn’t present Sapele urban candidate in 2019, it should better forget the assembly seat” the leaders added.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) AMADI, CHINYERE MOSES--CHAIRPERSON (2) BROOMS, ANTHONY --SECRETARY AIMS & OBJECTIVES: (1) TO HELP CHILDREN LIVING UNDER THE BRIDGE AND IN THE STREET OF NIGERIA. (2) TO PUT A SMILE ON THE FACES OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY (3) TO CREATE A PLATFORM FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED, THE WIDOWS AND THE WIDOWERS.

AFRICAN GLOBAL ENHANCEMENT FORUM

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FORUM 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 FORUM 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. ZEKERI BELLO OBOH 2. EMMANUEL OBOH 3. OBOT AKPAN HENRY 4. RITA BELLO OBOH 5. BARR. BENJAMIN AKPEJUNOR

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SOLA-EBIRE MATHEW OLUSOLA - PRESIDENT 2. AYEBO STEVE IGBEKELE - SECRETARY 3. AFOLABI MOSES OLUSEGUN 4. OLASEINDE OLUWATOYIN ADENIKE

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP AND ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED

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 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: AMADI, CHINYERE MOSES --CHAIRPERSON

SIGNED SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ERADICATE POVERTY IN AFRICA 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: PRESIDENT

FRESHACRES DRUGFREE FOUNDATION

UMUIGBO AND FRIENDS CHARITY FOUNDATION

GODSPOWER PILLAR OF SALVATION MINISTRY

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. GODWIN, SAMPSON GODSPOWER 2. GODWIN, NSEOBONG BLESSING 3. UMAH, GODWIN SAMPSON 4. AKPAN, BESSIE NED 5. NED INNOCENT

THE TRUSTEES 1. OTUNBA LANRE IPINMISHO CHAIRMAN 2. ALHAJI MUSA MOHAMMED 3. DR. ADETUTU AJEMIGBITSE 4. FARIDA LANRE-IPINMISHO - SECRETARY 5. OLUBUKOLA LANRE-IPINMISH

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OGBUANU, EZEDINI EMMANUEL 2. UKWU CHINWENDU AYOKA 3. ANIKWE CINTHIA 4. OKEREKE SAMUEL EKPEREDIKE 5. KARIMU NGOZI PEACE 6. OMAKA PRINCE OBIORA 7. MBAGWU IHEANYI RICHARD 8. OKORO NNAMDI JUDE 9. ASODIKE KENIS CHUKWUNEZITE 10. OKOLI EMETU IFEANYICHUKWU PAULINUS 11. NZEREM CELESTINA ADAEZE 12. NWOKEOCHA TIMOTHY OKWUDILI 13. ATUMONYE MARCUS OGUAMANAM 14. ALEXANDER JOY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE , TRADITIONS AND WELFARE OF UMUIGBO AT HOME AND DIASPORA. 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: CHAIRMAN

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

WHITESTONE GLOBAL BIBLE CHAPEL

ASSOCIATION AGAINST VOILENT EXTREMISM

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABIOLA OLUDARE ADEBAKIN 2. OLUWATOYOSI OPEYEMI ADEBAKIN 3.OLUSEGUN MICHAEL MAKINDE -- SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROF. NANA TANKO 2. PROF. ISAAC OLAWALE 3. PROF. OSHITA O. OSHITA 4. PROF. DUNG PAM SHA 5. JAYE GASKIA (AYODEJI AJAYEOBA)

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH AND PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: DAVID I. AJABA, ESQ 08032924309.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF MEMBERS AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ON PROVISION OF SUPPORT MECHANISM IN SKILLS, EDUCATION AND INCOME TO ITS MEMBERS AS WELL AS ON SETTING UP EARLY WARNING SIGNAL SYSTEMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OSAKWE NEYE NWAMAKA

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) PROVIDE COUNSELING AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES IN DRUG AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. (2) PROVIDE INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: BAR. O. YUSUF (SOLICITOR

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AYODEJI OLUGBEMIRO OGUNSOTO 2, ADETUNMBI FOLASHADE OGUNSOTO 3. SOLA BARNABAS OKUNOLA 4. FUNSO OWONIBI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED CHILDREN AND CAPABLE YOUNG PEOPLE

BY PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND SPONSORING THEIR EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OSAKWE NEYE NWAMAKA

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IHUOMA KPORO EGO BROTHERS CLUB

UGBOBI YOUTH ASSOCIATION

VALUE-BASED COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTENRS ACT 1990.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. IFEANYI KALU (CHAIRMAN) 2. HYACINTH CHINEDU (SECRETARY), 3.KELECHI EZE (MEMBER) 4.MAXWELL AHIZE (MEMBER), AIMS & OBJS: 1.TO ENSURE COOPERATION AND WELFARE OF HER MEMBERS 2.TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE FOR THE PROGRESS OF OUR SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

TRUSTEES ARE. 1. ODINAKA IGBEKE ....................PRESIDENT. 2. ISAIAH BRIGHT JOSAIH. 3. UZOR IKECHUKWU. 4. JULIUS THEBOY ODUM. 5. UMAYGBEWE ABALI .............TREASURER. 6. EKPETE BUDUKA GIFT. 7. LIVINGSTONE EASTER ............SECRETARY. 8. OTUZA CHIDOM.

TRUSTEES’ 1. NNEKA IRENE BUSH (CHAIRMAN), 2. DANIEL UMARU LAGI (SECRETARY), 3. CHINWE AMAUCHE ANORUE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ORGANIZE AND DIRECT THE ENTIRE YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN UGBOBI LAND THROUGH RESPONSIBLE, EFFECTIVE, AND PEACEFUL MEANS. 2. TO SEEK AND DEFEND THE STATUS AND CORPORATE INTEREST OF UGBOBI YOUTH. 3. TO CREATE SOCIAL AWARENESS AMONG THE UGBOBI YOUTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UGBOBI LAND. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: IFEANYI UNAEZE, ESQ. (SOLICITOR) 08033247782

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

AMETS AND FRIENDS SOCIAL CLUB

GOVERNMENT SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL MISAU CLASS OF 85 FOUNDATION

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

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

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OSEZELE INNOCENT OKOJIE_CHAIRMAN FERDINAND OSEMUDIAMHEN UNUABOR ABDUMALIK NOSA AUDU AUGUSTINE OMOSEFE AMADIN ANTHONY OMUKAKONOLUKUTU AGBOJU_SECRETARY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE UNITY, MEMBERS

PEACE

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GROWTH

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. KABIRU YUSUF 2. ABDULKADIR AHMED 3. ABUBAKAR UMAR KARI 4. DR. SAMBO BELLO ZAILANI 5. GARBA HUSSAINI SULAIMAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO UNITE AND ASSIST THE MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY 2. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF OGUIYI 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, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

CARE 70 INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. FIDEL INA PEPPPLE 2. IQUO OKON UDO 3. BLOSSOM ENO ABIA 4. AKPABIO EKPA 5. OWOIDOHO UDOFIA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

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

ODENIGBO NDI IGBO EFUNA FOUNDATION, THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1) ANIKPE PRINCE JOHN TOCHUKWU 2) KUTI TINA CHINENYE 3) EDEKOBI JUDE ANAYOCHUKWU 4) UGWUNWA SUNDAY EDWIN 5) IGWEBUIKE IFEANYI CHRISTOPHER 6) OKECHUKWU CHRISTOPHER OBUMNEME AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1)TO HELP CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOTHERS IN THE SOCIETY. 2) TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND ORPHANS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

GANIYU ABIODUN JOHNSON FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE ,UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTENRS ACT 1990 OLD TRUSTEES 1. GANIYU ABIODUN JOHNSON 2. OLUWATOYIN BALOGUN. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE: FUNKE JOHNSON AIMS REMAIN THE SAME

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

JOKERS GLOBAL FOUNDATION

ETERNAL HABITATION GOSPEL MINISTRY.

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

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

TRUSTEES 1. IBIDAYO AKEREDOLU-ALE -CHAIRMAN 2. FAROUK OLOKODANA -SECRETARY

TRUSTEES 1. NKEM MOSES-ELIJAH EDET - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. NKEM HANNAH EDET - ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER. 3. NKEM MOSES -ELIJAH STEVEN- SECRETARY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PROMOTE FUN, SUCCESSFUL LIVING AND IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF YOUTHS IN NIGERIA

NNEKA PERPETUA

I, formerly known and addressed as NNEKA PERPETUA NWABUEZE, now wish to be known and addressed as NNEKA PERPETUA AROH. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note

AMADU OLUWAFEMI

I formerly known and addressed as Alademehin Elias Jaiyeola Now wish to be known and addressed as Amadu Oluwafemi Abimbola.

All former document remain valid, general public kindly please take note.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE. 2.TO BUILD SOULS FOR MATURITY.

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED TRUSTEES

ETERNAL LIGHT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

GREAT UNITY AND BELOVED BROTHERS CLUB OF NIGERIA

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

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

TRUSTEES 1.REV. PROF OMOLAYO ARIBILOLA SAMUEL - GENERAL OVERSEER 2.OMOLAYO MARY EBUN 3.PASTOR OJO JACOB OLABODE. 4. REV.OLADIMEJI OLALEKAN MICHAEL.

TRUSTEES 1.EZEANIETO CELESTIN NWABUEZE 2.EZEOFOR CHIGBO THOMAS 3.OSUOKU TOCHI MATIN

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO SEE TO THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS

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

SIGNED TRUSTEES

SIGNED TRUSTEES

SIGNED TRUSTEES.

ONANI SUNDAY OKONKWO l formerly known and addressed as Onani Sunday Now wish to be known and addressed as Onani Sunday Okonkwo. Correct date of birth is 20/8/1969. All former document remain valid, general public kindly please take note.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED BELLA ODIGIE, 08030947902

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE VALUE -BASED COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, PROMOTES STRENGTHENING OF COMMUNITIES TO HARNESS THEIR ASSETS FOR COMMON GOOD IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER THAT RETAINS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND VALUE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO ENSURE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

MRS ADEOLA JULIET

formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEOLA JULIANA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADEOLA JULIET ADETUTU. All former documents remain valid.

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CHANGE OF NAME

l formerly known and addressed as NWEKE EMMANUEL EJIKE. Now wish to be known and addressed as NWEKE EMMANUEL CHUKWUJIKE. All former document remain valid, general public kindly please take note.

COFIRMATION OF NAME

I NWOKONKWO CHIBUZO BENJAMIN is the same person bearing ANDREWS CHIBUZO BENJAMIN NOBLE now wish to be known and addressed as ANDREWS CHIBUZO BENJAMIN NOBLE. All former documents remain valid.

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HUMPHREY ENEMUO I formerly known and addressed as Nnalue Felix Now wish to be known and addressed as Humphrey Enemuo . Wrong date of birth is 08/08/1983. correct date of birth is 7/7/1970. All former document remain valid, general public kindly please take note.

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

This is to inform the General Public that Original Irrevocable Power of Attorney given to me by MR. CHINONSO CHUKWU NGWU and EKENE SUNDAY CHUKWU NGWU as the beneficial owners in respect of Plot 880, Nyama Layout, Amagu, Akegbe Ugwu in Survey Plan Number RSSE/EN017/2018 registered with the Ministry of land as LEN35043 and MAR/86/2016 in Favour of MR. EMMANUEL ONYEKACHI NWANNA got lost at Enugu on the 10th June, 2018 and efforts to trace it proved abortive. If found return to Ministry of Land Enugu.

ONUBA LUCKY I formerly known and addressed as Chiaha Blessing Uzoamaka Now wish to be known and addressed as EZE BLESSING UZOAMAKA. All former document remain valid, general public kindly please take note

NWACHIMER EZE

I, formerly known and addressed as ODOH EMMANUEL CHINEDU, now wish to be known and addressed as NWACHIMER EZE CHINEDU EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

NWAYALANI MICHAEL

Confirmation of name: In some of my documents my name was written as NWAYALANI MICHAEL, also appears as NWAYALANI MICHAEL OBIORAH. That I am the same person bearing these names. All former documents remain valid, general Public and authorities corncern kindly please take note.

Classified MRS JULIET UZOAKU I, formerly known and addressed as MISS JULIET UZOAKU NWANERI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JULIET UZOAKU OBIOMA IWUEKE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note.

EMEM VICTOR

Formerly Known and addressed as EMEM FEBIAN EKOTT Now wish to be known and addressed as EMEM VICTOR JAMES.All former documents remain valid General public and Authority concerned please take note.

IKUPOLUSI ADENIYI

I,Formerly known and addressed as AYINLA ODUSOTE Now wish to be known and addressed as IKUPOLUSI ADENIYI OLADELE. All former document reamain valid, General public and Authority concerned please take note

ADERINOLA KAFILA

Formerly known and addressed as OLAONIPEKUN RAMOTA TEMITOPE Now wish to be known and addressed as ADERINOLA KAFILA ABIOLA.All former documents remain valid General public and Authority concerned please take note

AMACHUKWU GRACE

I formerly known and addressed as Eletuo linda Onyinyechi now wish to be known and addressed as Amachukwu Grace Onyinyechi . All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note.

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MRS UKAMAKA CELESTINA I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UKAMAKA CELESTINA ONUMA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UKAMAKA CELESTINA EGERUO. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note.

OLALUSI KEHINDE

Formerly known and addressed as Mrs TINUOSHO KEHINDE Now wish to be known and addressed as Miss OLALUSI KEHINDE JANET.All former documents remain valid General public and Authority concerned please take note

BABALOLA GANIYAT Formerly known and addressed as MRS. MUSBAU GANIYAT AYINKE Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BABALOLA GANIYAT AYINKE.All former documents remain valid General public and Authority concerned please take note MRS. ADESINA ZAINAB

Formerly known and addressed as MISS. Oladejo Zainab Gbemisola. Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADESINA ZAINAB GBEMISOLA. All former documents remain valid General public and Authority concerned please take note.

KAFARI DAVID

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OTUBELU NWODU

I formerly known and addressed as Otubelu Christian Nwanneka , now wish to be known and addressed as Otubelu Nwodu Christiana . All former document remain valid.

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OGUNLARIN FOLORUNSO Formerly Known And Addressed As Ogunlakin Folorunso John.now Wish To Be Known And Addressed As Ogunlarin Folorunso John.all Former Documents Remain Valid.banks And General Public Take Note.

ADDITION OF NAME:

I Formally known as Akindele Michael, I hereby wish to add my middle name. I hereby which to be known and addressed as Akindele Michael Akorede. All Former documents remain valid General public take note ALAO-MEGIDA YEWANDE

I formerly known and addressed as WRIGHT YEWANDE TAWAKALITU now wish to be known and addressed as ALAO-MEGIDA YEWANDE TAWAKALITU. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm and certify that UYAMADU JOHN NKEMUAKONAM, UYAMADU JOHN FRANK and UYAMADU JOHN MADUBUEGWU refers to one and same person. Henceforth i wish to be known, called and addressed as UYAMADU JOHN OKAFOR. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note.

NWAWULU –EGEONU UJU

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South Sudan court jails 10 soldiers for rape and murder

Ethiopia reopens embassy in Eritrea amid thaw in ties Ethiopia has reopened its embassy in Eritrea after a 20year hiatus, in a further sign of improving relations between the neighbours who signed a peace accord earlier this year.

A brief reopening ceremony in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on Thursday was attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and senior officials of both countries, according to state-affiliated Ethiopian Fana Broadcasting.

Redwan Hussein was named the new Ethiopian ambassador.

Since signing an agreement in

Asmara to restore ties on July 9, leaders from both countries have moved swiftly to sweep away two decades of hostility that followed the conflict in 1998.

In July, Eritrea reopened its embassy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and named an ambassador to represent it.

Air links were also reestablished with Ethiopian Airlines commencing direct passenger flights between Addis Ababa and Asmara.

Once a province of Ethiopia, Eritrea seceded in 1993 after a long independence struggle. A dispute over the demarcation of

A South Sudanese military court has handed out jail sentences to 10 soldiers for the rape of foreign aid workers and murder of a local journalist in 2016.

Eleven soldiers were on trial but one was set free due to the lack of charges against him.

In Thursday’s ruling, where the sentences handed down ranged from seven years to life, the court also ordered the government to pay damages to the victims.

The case was widely seen as a test of will by President Salva Kiir’s government to bring accountability to a military that has long drawn accusations of widespread rights violations and a culture of impunity.

The attack, one of the worst on aid workers in South Sudan’s civil war, took place in July 2016 as President

their shared border triggered the conflict.

The Horn of Africa nations remained at loggerheads since Ethiopia rejected a United Nations ruling and refused to cede to Eritrea land along the countries’ border following the 1998-2000 war.

Elevated to the premiership in April, Abiy announced in June that Ethiopia would give up its claim to the disputed border territories that triggered the fighting.

The new Ethiopian prime minister said Addis Ababa will fully implement the UN-backed peace agreement which awarded the territories to Asmara.

US: 4 killed in Cincinatti bank shooting, including gunman A gunman opened fire in a downtown bank in the US city of Cincinnati, killing three people and wounding five others.

Police received an emergency call at 9:10am [13:10GMT] on Thursday and several officers responded to the activeshooter situation.

The Cincinatti Police Department said in a tweet they were investigating an “active shooter/officer involved shooting” at the Fifth Third Bank, located in the city’s Fountain Square, a busy meeting place.

Cincinatti Police Chief Elliot Isaac told reporters the shooter opened fire at the loading dock of the building before entering the bank’s lobby where he continued his rampage.

Isaac was quoted as saying there “was an exchange of gunfire between our officers and the suspect”. He was unable to confirm whether the shooter was killed by police or ended his own life.

The shooter’s identity or motive were not released.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said the gunman was “actively shooting innocent victims” and it was a “horrific” scene. He offered “thoughts and prayers” to the victims’ families.

Cranley said the attack could have been “much worse” had it not been for the quick response of police officers.

“Police were there within seconds, literally,” he said.

Streets around Fountain Square were closed Thursday morning and the area cordoned off. The situation appeared to be under control shortly before 10am [14:00 GMT].

“There was a senseless act of gun violence on the streets of Cincinnati this morning,” Ohio Governor John Kasich said on Twitter.

One unnamed eyewitness, a construction worker, told WLWT television he heard at least six gunshots before police arrived.

“I just seen people running out of the building,” he said. “There’s guys with suits laying on the ground, hiding behind big flower pots.”

Controversy over mass shootings has been a motivation for growing protests in the United States over the past year.

There have been more than 500 deadly incidents with weapons in the US in 2018, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a website that tracks gun-related attacks.

A rampage in February at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people - mostly minors - spurred demonstrations across the country.

Leaders of the movement, including survivors of the Parkland shooting, have called on politicians to stop offering “thoughts and prayers” instead of enacting stricter gun control.

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Kiir’s troops won a three-day battle over opposition forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar in the capital Juba.

Mike Woodward, manager of the Terrain Hotel where the attack happened, told a court last year that “between 50 to 100” soldiers arrived at the hotel in the afternoon and began looting an hour later.

“Five women working with humanitarian organisations were then raped. John Gatluak was shot at 6:15pm,” said Woodward.

Witnesses told Reuters news agency that victims phoned UN peacekeepers stationed a mile away and asked for help which did not arrive.

The military head of the UN peacekeeping mission was sacked and the political head resigned over the incident.

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SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Friday, September 7, 2018

Official: Ondo athletes to be absent at youth sports festival

Athletes from Ondo State will not participate in the National Youth Sports Festival slated to begin in Ilorin on Friday due to the late submission of their budget to the state government.

The Acting General Manager of the Ondo State Sports Council, Wande Fabuluje, made this known in an interview with journalists.

Mr Fabuluje, who recently assumed office, said his team would shift its attention

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to the National Sports Festival holding in Abuja in December.

Ondo State Badminton Coach, Tumise Olalere, expressed regrets at the development, saying “the championship would have been a boost to the morale of the state’s athletes.’’

Ondo State finished third with 12 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals at the last National Youth Sports Festival in Ilorin.

Golden Eaglets outclass Cote d’Ivoire 5-1 to revive U17 AFCON hopes alive The Golden Eaglets revived their hopes to qualify for the U17 AFCON in Tanzania next year after they outclassed Cote d’Ivoire 5-1 in a second group game in Niamey, Niger, today, after they lost their opening game to Burkina Faso.

The Nigerians will now wait till the weekend when Burkina Faso tackle Cote d’Ivoire to know whether they finish top of Group B or runners-up.

Star man Akinwunmi Amoo sporting jersey No 13 was outstanding for the Nigeria youngsters and was named Man of the Match.

Skipper Samson Tijani also shone as he was a big screen to the Eaglets defence.

The Eaglets raced to 2-0 lead after 10 minutes.

They scored two more goals in the first half, before they made it 5-0 in the second half.

However, the Ivorians pulled a goal back from the penalty spot late in the game.

Japan cancels friendly with Chile after earthquake Japan have cancelled Friday’s international friendly with Chile scheduled to be played at the Sapporo Dome after a powerful earthquake struck the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, the country’s soccer federation said.

The Japan Football Federation (JFA) said they had taken the decision after considering the magnitude of damage that included widespread power outages and transportation disruptions, as well as spectator safety.

“Due to the effects of the earthquake, Japan Football Association has decided to cancel the Kirin Challenge

Cecilia Okoye: D’Tigress can shock the world at FIBA World Cup D’Tigress forward Cecilia Okoye is confident that the Nigerian team will end its winless streak at the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup scheduled for September 22 to 30 in Tenerife, Spain.

A total of nine African countries have featured at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup since Madagascar paved the way in 1971 but none have scored up to 100 points in a game.

Okoye who is currently training with the

D’Tigress in Lagos expressed her confidence in their ability to “shock” the world.

“We want to shock people. People don’t talk of Nigeria outside of Africa, but we want to change that,” said Okoye in an interview with AIPS. “We have the quality to rewrite history by winning games in the World Cup.” Meanwhile Africa’s victories so far – seven of them, have only come in the classification stages.

Cup 2018 match between Samurai Blue and Chile national team,” JFA said in a statement on Thursday.

The 6.7-magnitude, pre-dawn quake has paralysed Hokkaido, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected in Hokkaido,” JFA president Tashima Kohzo added.

The match would have been the first for the new head coach, Hajime Moriyasu in charge of the team. Japan is scheduled to play Costa Rica on Sept. 11 in Osaka.

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NFF presidential aspirant faults LMC over aborted NPFL Presidential aspirant in the Sept.

20 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) election, Mr Chinedu Okoye, has faulted the decision of League Management Company (LMC) to end the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with 13 matches left to play.

Okoye, the proprietor of Bimo football club of Lafia, stated this this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while reeling out his six-point agenda ahead of the forthcoming NFF board election.

He said the abortion of the NPFL with 13 games left to play when teams were separated from each other with just few points, can best be described as “match fixing”.

“This is the first time in the history of Nigeria football where the league was concluded with 13 matches to go.

“Four people just sit down and decided to award Lobi Stars FC the NPFL title.

“We all know that we have a problem; it is only in Nigeria that you know the winner of the league from the beginning of the season. We have to stop this,” Okoye said.

According to Okoye, time has come

when Nigerians should find out how football especially the leagues are run in the country.

Okoye who wondered why the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board cannot tell Nigerians what the football secretariat got from sponsors annually, vowed that things would change if he is elected the NFF president.

“This administration of Amaju Pinnick has destroyed our football because corruption thrives in NFF and if they say there is no corruption there, let them tell Nigerians how much they get from sponsors.

“There is sponsorship money from coca cola and other big companies; you cannot run NFF like a cabal or your father’s property because it has a mandate to develop football in Nigeria.

“NFF collects 4.3 million dollars every year from FIFA for the development of football in Nigeria including the payment of state Football Associations, as well as female football but unfortunately, this money get into individual pockets.

“Is that the way to grow? No. We don’t need NFF president that will go and watch Arsenal when his national team is playing a friendly game; that is what

we have currently in Nigeria, but it has to stop.

“I am talking about transparency and accountability in the NFF and I will be ready to answer anybody that will come to me to how much comes into NFF and how much goes out.

“In this current administration, you dare not ask because if you do, you are pushed out the following day,” Okoye added.

The NFF presidential aspirant noted that the annual financial grant from FIFA was basically meant for the development of football at the grassroots with FA chairmen taking the driving seats and not to be spent on frivolities.

He said: “There is no facility and there is no age grade competition in Nigeria.

Children from age eight to 18 don’t have any competition.

“Again the issue of doping in our games has to stop. If I become the NFF President, the people that dope will have no place in our sport.

NAN reports that election into the executive committee of the NFF is scheduled to hold on Sept. 20, according to the amended timetable of the Sani Katu-led electoral committee.

NOC scribe explains decline in Nigerian sports General Secretary of the Nigerian Olympics Committee, Tunde Popoola, has blamed the continuous decline in Nigerian sports on poor facilities, inadequate funding as well as leadership crisis.

Popoola made this known in Osogbo while featuring as a guest at the monthly forum of the Osun chapter of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria.

He said if the challenges were not tackled headlong, sports would continue to take a turn for the worst in the country.

All categories of sports in the country, he said, should be properly funded while those who head federations and sports ministries should be chosen from the field of sports.

Popoola, a former international hockey player, stressed that developed countries had been successful in sports due to the huge investment in the game through private sector contributions.

He said what was required of the government was to provide the enabling environment and platform for sports to thrive.

Popoola insisted that all sports federations must be independent, well managed and led by professionals who would work in accordance with the government’s policy.

He said all successful Nigerian athletes must be commended for their unrelenting and personal hard work, dedication, commitment and patriotism.

Popoola added that the country had not lived up to expectations in terms of providing funding, facilities and welfare for athletes.

He said: “We must commend those who have won laurels for Nigeria at the national and international levels because they achieved this not on the platter of gold but by the dint of hard work.

“Some of them spend their personal money to buy sporting equipment required for training, camping, preparation and even embarking on self-sponsorship to participate in some events.

“Government at all levels should do more in terms welfare of athletes and their coaches and ensure that adequate backup is provided for federations which should also be financially independent to be able to run its activities successfully.”

Popoola gave an assurance that the NOC had been fine-tuning its strategies to ensure a successful outing for Nigerian athletes at the forthcoming 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Pogba gives vague update on Man Utd future

AFCON: Super Eagles coping with ‘difficult’ Seychelles artificial pitch – Officials Super Eagles Europebased stars are coping well with the unfamiliar artificial pitch in Seychelles, according to team officials.

The Eagles have so far trained twice on the artificial pitch, where they will battle the home team on Saturday afternoon in a crucial AFCON qualifier.

“It’s a difficult pitch to play on but no matter the difficulties, the players are coping with it,” reported team spokesman Toyin Ibitoye.

“We’re all looking forward to a good game on Saturday.

“We’re also not taking anything for granted but we wish to win so as to turn around our qualifying campaign.”

In the meantime, coach Imama Amapakabo said the Eagles are very much aware of the importance of this game after the team lost their first qualifier at home to South Africa last year.

“The players are aware the importance attached to the match

after we lost the first game to South Africa at home,” he said.

“The match will give us a clear idea of our qualification to AFCON 2019.

“But apart from the commitment of the players, we need the element of luck and prayers of Nigerians.”

Having been linked with a move to Barcelona throughout the transfer window, Paul Pogba has finally spoken out about his Manchester United future.

The 25-year-old has refused to commit his long-term future to the club, but has described speculation linking him with a move away from Old Trafford as nothing more than “talk”.

Pogba was a reported target for Barcelona throughout the transfer window, with former United defender Gerard Pique openly admitting he would be welcome at Camp Nou. However, Pogba ultimately remained at Old Trafford for the time being after the European window closed on Friday.

The relationship between Pogba and Jose Mourinho has repeatedly been questioned but the World Cup winner insists there is no problem with the United manager.

“There was a lot of talk, but it was just like that, I’m under contract in Manchester,” Pogba said to German outlet Sky Sport.

“My future is currently in Manchester, I still have a contract, I’m playing there at the moment, but who knows what will happen in the next few months.

“We have a pure coach-player relationship, that’s right. One thing I can assure you: I will always give 100 per cent, no matter which coach I always give everything for United - I cannot say more.”

Pogba is on international duty with

France, who take on Germany in their UEFA Nations League opener on Thursday.

The United midfielder shone for his country over the summer at the World Cup in Russia, leading by example from the middle of the park as Didier Deschamp’s side won the competition for the second time in the nation’s history.

Pogba even managed to score in the final 4-2 victory against Croatia, which topped off an impressive overall tournament for the enigmatic playmaker.

United fans will hope that he can display the same level of performance at club level when he returns next week, ahead of the Red Devil’s vital clash with Watford in the Premier League.

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