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will begin to enjoy regular supply of electricity beginning from early next year.

This is in view of the speed of projects aimed at improving electricity supply nationwide,

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Politics Page Three Æ s Editorial Curbing the mayhem in North Central zone

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hile the Presidency and other stakeholders are redoubling efforts to crush the five-year Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, not much attention has been paid by the authorities to the unending loss of life and property in the North Central zone, brought about by the activities of suspected Fulani herdsmen. No week passes without news of clashes between cattle herdsmen and native farmers over farming and grazing land. Many people have been killed, tortured and raped, with entire communities razed and thousands rendered homeless. In essence, what is taking place in the geopolitical zone is a low intensity war in which the combatants employ all stealthy methods to ambush and eliminate their opponents.

Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna and Katsina states have been the worst hit, having been subjected to devastating attacks by Fulani herdsmen. Most worrisome is the brutality and impunity with which the assailants operate, without regard for the law and the sanctity of life. These form a lethal combination with the inability of the Police and even the military taskforce to defend victims that are brutally murdered in cold blood.

Recent reports indicate that these attacks have intensified in Jos North, Jos South, Jos East, Bassa, Riyom and Barkin Ladi local governments. Other stricken areas include Wase, Langtang North, South and Shendam. Also alarming is the fact that hoodlums have joined in the fray and constitute themselves into militias to lay ambush along the highways and lonely bush paths and harass innocent citizens.

Certainly, no one would deny that the rifts and even creeping lawlessness in the region has its roots in the lingering feud between the natives and itinerant cattle herders.

The conflict usually arises when the herdsmen invade community farmlands and let their cattle graze unrestricted on cultivated and uncultivated

land, thereby destroying valuable food and cash crops which are the mainstay of the host communities. When beleaguered communities try to resist the invasion and destruction, herdsmen go on the rampage, sometimes with the aid of mercenaries from neighbouring Chad, Niger, Mali and Cameroon.

70 people lost their lives recently, when suspected herdsmen invaded Karim Lamido in the Takum Local Government of Taraba State. Earlier, 30 were killed in two villages of Barkin Ladi LGA in Plateau State; while three Taroh communities, also in the state, were invaded by soldiers, in a suspected reprisal attack, following the alleged killing of their colleagues by unknown assailants. There are reports that suspected Fulani herdsmen torch houses, sack some communities and occupy them at will.

It is unfortunate that this level of criminal impunity is happening in a democratic country with laws that are intended to protect the security and welfare of the citizens.

Perhaps we need to ask why the police and the military are incapable of protecting the farmers from these incessant attacks. Why is it difficult for the Federal Government to end the reign of terror in these troubled areas? Who are those arming the cattle herders, and to what end? There is every need for the authorities to find amicable ways of resolving the crises, which sadly are becoming commonplace in the region. It is not enough for the Buhari Administration to ignore the continuing mayhem while the zone slides slowly into a Hobbesian state.

We condemn in the strongest terms the resort to arms in settling disputes of this nature. We also call on the authorities to create job opportunities for the youths, many of whom have turned themselves into mercenaries for hire by those fuelling the conflicts. The sooner the federal and state governments resolve the latent and manifest issues of landownership in the zone the better for affected communities, and the country as a whole.

How did Nigeria’s Diplomatic passport come to this sorry pass?

Sam Nzeh

ÎÎÎCan you believe that

Nigeria’s diplomatic passport up until Monday was in the hands of every Tom, Dick and Harry?

This, at least, is what the retrieval of the nation’s prime travel document from all former government officials and unauthorised persons by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday has proved.

The categories of persons affected by the revocation are former governors, former ministers, former senators and ex-

House of Representatives members among others.

Going by standard practice, only the President, his deputy, governors, deputy governors, diplomatic officials, ambassadors, select high ranking government officials and a few members of the National Assembly are entitled to the nation’s diplomatic passports. Sadly, this extant rule has been breached severely by the ruling class in connivance with NIS officials.

That the former government officials long after the end of their tenures and other unauthorised persons are in possession of the nation’s diplomatic passport, a restricted premium travel document,

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clearly shows how low Nigeria had fallen in terms of adherence to rules guiding the issuance of the document.

It also shows that the NIS, the sole agency responsible for the issuance of the document, allowed itself to be used by people in power to disobey the extant guidelines (criteria) applicants must meet before the nation’s diplomatic passport is issued to them.

So, beyond the present revocation of the diplomatic passports, the NIS must insist on strict adherence to the rules guiding issuance of the document. This will go a long way in ensuring the document is not bastardised.

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”It is time for the international community and particularly African leaders to take a good look at the factors responsible for the death and destruction at the Mediterranean by illegal migration of youths from Africa”.

“I have said it over and over that I am no magician. We have to come to accept the hard fact that we are not right there at the top, at the moment.”

“The APC say things will change. Nigerians are waiting to see the change”.

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Senate Rule 2015: Court strikes out Hunkunyi’s application Andrew Orolua Abuja

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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out an application by Senator Suleiman Hunkunyi, who had sought to join as defendant to the suit seeking to stop Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, from investigating the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rule 2015.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole struck out the joinder application by Hunkunyi, the Secretary of Senate Unity Forum and author of the petition for lack of diligent prosecution.

Neither Senator Hunkunyi, the Secretary Senate Unity Forum, and author

of the petition that ignited the police investigation nor his counsel were in court, on Tuesday, when the matter came up for hearing.

The court also could not hear the preliminary objection filed by the IGP, who was challenging the locus standi of the plaintiff, Senator Gilbert Nnaji and the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit.

Although Justice Kolawole granted the prayer of plaintiff ’s counsel, Chief Solo Akuma (SAN), for extension of time to file his reply to the objection and deemed same as properly filed, the representative of the Attorney General of the Federation, T. A. Gasali, complained that the preliminary objection

could not be taken, because he was not served with the plaintiff's reply. He said that he needed time to respond and explained in writing the law as it related to the matter.

Consequently, Justice Kolawole ordered that the case file be returned to the Chief Judge of Federal High Court as his duty as the vacation judge terminates on Friday. He adjourned the matter to October 29, 2015.

It would be recalled that Justice Kolawole had, in July, ordered the IGP to appear on August 4 to explain to the court why he should not be restrained from taking any further action or issuing any report in connection with what the liti-

gant termed “the devious and malicious petition of the Senate Unity Forum”, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit seeking to preserve the independence of the National Assembly.

He had noted while ruling on an exparte application by Senator Gilbert Nnaji, thus: “Whilst one may find the involvement of the first Defendant (IGP) being an agent of the executive arm of government dabbling, albeit on an invitation of certain members of the senate, into the internal affairs of the Senate a little bit worrisome, the court is a bit wary on an ex parte proceeding, to allow the plaintiff to have his day in court.”

L-R: Director, Product Development Department, Nigerian Export Promotion Council(NEPC), Mr Henry Otowo, NEPC Executive Director, Mr Olusegun Awolowo and International Consultant on Technical Barriers to Trade, Dr. Bruno Doko during the inauguration ceremony of the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Non-Oil Exports in Abuja... on Tuesday

FRC seeks review of Act to tackle corruption in governance Mathew Dadiya and Olatorera Dickson-Amusa Abuja

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Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has urged the Federal Government to look into the amendment of its Governing Act (FRA) 2007, to enable it have the necessary bite against any official or agency that violate its extant rule, especially in this era when the fight against corruption was being taken very seriously by President Muhamadu Buhari.

Its Acting Chairman, Mr. Victor Muruako, made the appeal, on Tuesday, in Abuja, while delivering a keynote address at a two-day awareness workshop on Fis-

cal Responsibility Act 2007.

He said that the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) needed to be amended, because it limited the commission’s powers to fight crime.

He commended the Buhari administration on its desire to rid Nigeria of corruption saying, “President Mohammadu Buhari has left nobody in doubt about its readiness to aggressively tackle the twin evils of inefficiency and corruption, which are the main ills that have retarded the growth of the economy of this nation.”

He urged Buhari to look beyond just embezzlement of cash and misappropriation and extend his dragnet to subversion of rules through kangaroo commit-

tees, whose singular purpose were to stop the process of achieving greatness for Nigeria.

Flagrant disregard for laid down statutory provisions and rules should attract equal, if not more punishments, he advised.

He said that “The Act mandates and empowers the Commission to monitor and enforce the provision of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 and by so doing, promote the economic objectives contained in Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

According to him, the FRC was only allowed to investigate and forward reports to other authorities,

adding that this had left the commission without the necessary powers to prosecute offenders.

The standing mission of FRC according the Chairman, was to reform the management of Nigeria’s public finance, noting that strategies towards achieving this goal included regular monitoring of governments financial activities, uncompromising investigation and a firm commitment to law enforcement. Acting Head of Legal Investigations and Enforcement of the agency, Barr Charles Abana presentation captioned; “An Overview of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007”, focused on the purpose and limitations of the Act.

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Olu of Warri’s death, a great loss to Nigeria - Atiku Olatorera Dickson-Amusa Abuja

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Vice-President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has described the passing away of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, as a great loss to the nation.

A statement released by his media office, in Abuja, on Tuesday, described the late foremost traditional ruler of the Itsekiri nation as, “a peace-maker and nation-builder, who went to great lengths to ensure peace and harmony reigned in his domain, and among Nigerians.”

According to Atiku, the

NBA boss backs Lalong on assets declaration Chijioke Kingsley Jos

ÏÏÏThe

Chairman, Plateau State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Leak Dafer, has said that there was nowhere in the Nigeria constitution that required a public office holder to personally declare his assets publicly.

His comment came on the heels of Governor Simon Lalong telling journalists that he would personally declare his assets, if need

harmony that characterises the daily lives and activities of Nigerians, who live and work in Warri, to a large extent, depended on the love, tolerance and patriotism that were part of the life of the late Olu. The Turaki Adamawa recalled that during the 28 eventful years he reigned as Olu, “Warri grew beyond its known limits and became a magnet of sorts for Nigerians and foreigners alike plying their different trades.

“The result was that the social and economic circumstances of the people improved raising Warri to a major economic hub in the country.”

be, since he had nothing to hide.

According to Dafer, “it is only required by law to declare your assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), which the governor has done. There is no law that says you have to personally go on air to make it public, unless the person involved decides on his on to do so.

Even the CCB does not, necessarily, have to make it public. But all the document will be with it and anyone who desire to have it Will have to apply, follow the process and the agency will make it available. The CCB is a public office and any document in their custody is for public consumption,” he said.

Woman dies three weeks after husband ÏÏÏ Three weekes after her

husband's death, Mrs Betty Ologara Ajiyen has passed on.

The death has sent shock waves among many residents of Ethiope West and Warri South local government areas of Delta State.

Mr. Lawrence Ajiyen was aged 80, while his wife was 67 years.

Mr. Ajiyen, popularly known as Otsimere! Onisuru! Eginowoyo! was a renowned philanthropist, while his wife, nee Gbenebichie, was a lover of the less privileged, a cause she pursued vigorously until her death.

They were both said to have contributed immense-

ly to the emancipation of indigent children in the state.

The families of Ajiyenmikpiaghan-Efeturi and Gbenebichie/Akpieyi of Ijomi-Ogharefe, in EthiopeWest, said that a service of songs for the couple would hold on September 11, 2015, at Ajiyen-Efeturi Place, Lucky Omimi St, Off Scott Road, Ogharefe, Delta State.

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Capital flight looms, as JP Morgan delists Nigeria Tunji Andrews

ÏÏÏCurrent economic policies may result in the isolation of Nigeria by the global community, going by emerging indications.

Respected global financial services institution, J.P Morgan on Tuesday announced plans to remove the country from its Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) series beginning this month.

Although the institution noted that the measure

would not impact Nigeria’s status in the Emerging Market Bond Index (EMBI) or its Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI), financial analysts expressed fears that the decision could result in massive capital flight.

JP Morgan’s Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) indices are comprehensive emerging market debt benchmarks that track local currency bonds issued by Emerging Market governments.

However following a series of administrative measures which according to J.P Morgan impeded the ability of foreign investors to replicate Nigeria’s weight in the GBI-EM suite of indices, in January 2015, Nigeria was placed on Index Watch.

According to J.P Morgan, foreign investors who track the GBI-EM series continue to face challenges and uncertainty while transacting in the naira due to the lack of a fully functional twoway FX market and limited

transparency. They noted that a series of administrative measures by the Central Bank of Nigeria impeded the ability of foreign investors to access the Foreign exchange market.

“As a result, Nigeria will be removed from each of the six GBI-EM indices starting September 30th. The weight change will be implemented nearly over a two-month period with half of the adjustment applied on September 30th, 2015, and the remaining on October 30th, 2015.

Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Dr. Olanrewaju Onadeko (right); receiving award from the Director of Civil Litigation, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Taiwo Abidogun on behalf of the Law School Class ‘85 during the recent NBA confab in Abuja.

PDP Governors accuse Buhari’s govt of dictatorship Akam James, Yenagoa & Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

ÏÏÏGovernors

and politicians on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of oppressing exaides of the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Their allegation came on a day the former President led the re-election campaign of the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson.

The campaign attracted a mammoth crowd of supporters and dignitaries, among whom were the Governor of Rivers and Ondo states, Nyesom Wike and Olusegun Mimiko respectively, as well as the

Deputy governors of Abia, Kogi, and Ebonyi and other representatives from the National Assembly.

In their communique, the Governors, said that the invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House is against the fundamental tenets of democracy.

They described the situation as worrisome.

The Governors stated: “The forum is worried, alarmed and shocked by such desecration. It is an assault on democracy and thus spells doom and poses imminent danger to our fledgling democracy”.

The action, the communique said, was one of such continuous attempts by the APC-controlled Federal Government to stifle the opposition.

They added: “We insist that the trend must be stopped henceforth. No democracy survives without a viable opposition in any part of the world.

“We once more advise the DSS to pre-occupy itself with the task of ensuring internal security and desist from daily harassing and intimidating members of the opposition.”

They called on the international community, the civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights activists to prevail on the APC-led-federal government to respect the wellentrenched democratic traditions, adding: ”we all have the duty to prevent this country from sliding into dictatorship.”

Jonathan, who was at the

Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, venue of the declaration ceremony with his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, said his decision to support the Governor is based on a four-point conviction that Dickson has performed. These are the prompt payment of workers’ salary, proper management of state resources without recourse to borrowing, improved infrastructural development and road constructions.

The former President said: “I have stayed in government for 16 years. I stayed with Dr. D.S.P Alameiseigha for six years and stayed in the Presidency for another six years. And in all those years I think Continued on page 12

It noted that currently, the weight of Nigeria in the GBI-EM Global Diversified (the most frequently used EM local treasury index) is 1.50 per cent.

Once the removal process is completed the institution noted, Nigeria will not be eligible for re-inclusion into the GBI-EM indices for a minimum of 12 months.

“Nigeria’s index eligibility after this period is contingent upon a consistent track record of satisfying the index inclusion criteria,” stated J.P Morgan.

GBI-EM, according to Reuters, is a restrictive index that limits inclusion to only those countries that are readily accessible and where no impediments exist for foreign investors.

Nigeria entered the GBIEM series in October 2012 after the Central Bank of Nigeria removed the one year lock-in period for foreign investment in government bonds.

As of November 2013 the following 18 emerging market economies were part of the GBI-EM Broad index: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico,

Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey.

The Nigerian economy has continued to take a battering in recent weeks, showing that it is not immune to global headwinds and signaling an imminent relapse into a recession.

Nigeria’s woes aren’t particularly unique as more and more emerging economies continue to struggle under the harsh realities of dipping commodity and capital markets. However, economists are unanimous in their verdict that the managers of the Nigerian economy seem to be making a fine job of hiding their heads in the sand. In isolation, the Naira’s 27% fall against the dollar over the last 18 months may highlight the nation’s fiscal weaknesses, but when placed side by side other commodity backed economies, there is a trend that indicates that Nigeria may just have not seen the worst.

The Russian Ruble has also seen a loss of 52% in the same period; Brazil’s Real lost 37%, with Colombia’s Continued on page 12

Power supply to improve by early 2016, ministry pledges Continued from page 1 CEO of the Niger Delta Independent Power Supply (NIPP), James Abiodun Olotu disclosed this on Tuesday during a public hearing on the power sector by the Senate, a view the Ministry of Power also echoed.

Olotu said most of the NIPP projects aimed at boosting power supply in Nigeria are nearing completion in different departments.

According to him, the project on power generation has reached an advanced stage of 87 percent completion, while that on Transmission is already 82 percent completed with Distribution projects reaching 93 percent completion.

However, the Permanent Secretary in the Power

Ministry, Ambassador Godswork Ighali told the probe panel that the power sector was crippled by long years of neglect particularly during the regime of former military heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Gen. Sani Abacha and Gen. Abudulsalam Abubakar.

Igali said for several years, the Nigerian government failed to invest in the power sector, making it to lie prostrate for long.

He disclosed that the last power plant in Nigeria before the emergence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 was built in 1991.

Igali also disclosed that said that the power sector was so backward that no engineer was recruited for 19 years, stating that it was Continued on page 16

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Ex-Plateau lawmaker tackles Buhari on insecurity Chijioke Kingsley Jos

ÏÏÏWorried by endless massacre

in the state, a former member of the House of Representatives, in Plateau State, Hon. Bitrus Kaze, has accused President Mohammadu Buhari and the APC-led Federal Government of bias in the fight against insecurity in the country, urging the President to stick to his inaugural pledge of commitment to all Nigerians.

The former Federal law-maker in a press release made available to journalists, noted that the APC-controlled Federal Government had continued with the fight against insecurity as if some sections of the country mattered

100 days: DPC scores Buhari low Akor Ejumene Abuja

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Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), on Wednesday, expressed disappointed over the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari, in his one hundred days in office, saying that Nigerians were yet to feel the much touted change he promised during the presidential race campaign for which he was elected in March.

Its National Chairman, Rev. Olusegun Peters, said “the Buhari administration’s leadership fatigue and policy paralysis are causes for concern to Nigerians who expect dividends of democracy. It is time for action. It is time to kick-start the government and pilot the ship of the Nigeria state to the path of rectitude, progress, development and advancement.

We reiterate that President Buhari does not have eternity to fulfill his campaign promises to the long-suffering Nigerians who, in spite of all odds, voted him into office”.

Peter further said that the Buhari administration’s unwarranted inertia was a betrayal of the confidence the populace had reposed in him.

more than others.

“While taking over the reins of power, President Muhammadu Buhari relocated the military command centre to Maiduguri, where it will remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued.

“Also, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has of recent been traversing Borno State and other parts of the North East, the birthplace and operational base of the Boko Haram insurgents. But most regrettably, the Federal Government has completely turned a blind eye to the perpetual killings by ‘unknown herdsmen’ on the Plateau.

Since the APC took over power in May this year, an average of ten lives comprising mostly innocent women and children, are being wasted on a daily basis in Plateau State, particularly in Riyom, Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local governments areas,” Kaze said.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); flanked by General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Henry Edet (left) and Commander 9 Mechanized Brigade, Brigadier General Ahmed Mohammed Sabo (right) during a courtesy call on the governor at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos… on Tuesday

I’ve no regret supporting Jonathan -Uwazuruike Val Okara Owerri

ÏÏÏLeader of the Movement for

the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said that he had no regret for supporting former President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election bid in the last presidential polls, and that the existing romance with the people of the Niger Delta, region would quicken in the actualisation of Biafra Republic.

He stated that although Jonathan lost in his re-election bid, the

South East had got closer ties with the people of Niger Delta region.

The MASSOB leader accused President Muhammadu Buhari of continually marginalising the people of the South East zone which had manifested in his current appointments.

Uwazuruike, who was fielding question from newsmen, on Monday, on his arrival from Zone 9 Police Headquarter Umuahia, vowed to sustain the struggle of actualisation of the Biafran Republic saying that incessant harassment by security agencies would not deter his members to achieve their

goals.

Uwazuruike stated that he was intimidated and humiliated by the invasion on his Owerri residence by the police, on September 7, 2015.

“I am being humiliated by the police. By midnight last Saturday, I received an alert that police invaded here (his residence in Owerri).

They stayed for over an hour and throughout that night I could not sleep because I kept on wondering what might be the reason for that.”

He said, “I got a letter directing me to go and see the Commissioner of Police and I drove with my lawyer and the CP told me

that he does not want MASSOB in Imo State and that the AIG Zone 9 wanted to see me in Umuahia.

I told him that since sixteen (16) years of the existence of MASSOB no single member had been accused of armed robbery, rape or kidnapping and I told him that we were a law-abiding people, who were fighting for freedom. I also told him that people fought for what he is enjoying today, because if Britain had continued their colonisation till today, he (the CP) would not have been a CP and that he cannot stop freedom fighters as MASSOB.”

Anti-graft war: NLC rallies for Buhari tomorrow Akor Ejumene Abuja

ÏÏÏPresident Muhammandu Bu-

hari-led administration’s determination to tackle corruption in the country, will on Thursday, receive workers support as they, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), are set to hold a nation-wide protest to demand from the political leaders at all levels accountability and good governance.

The protest tagged: “National Day of Action” is also to ensure that all funds identified to have been illegally taken from the common treasury are traced and recov-

Drivers protest against robbery attacks on Ife-Ijesha road Sodiq Adekunle Osogbo Buhari

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ered, and perpetrators prosecuted.

The protest is also aimed at supporting and calling for the establishment of special anti-corruption courts to try corruption cases in the country, realising that those who have looted the nation’s treasury have become adept at using loopholes in the procedures of regular courts to delay and in several cases subvert the cause of justice.

Addressing a press conference titled “The National Day of Action Against Corruption and for Good Governance”, in Abuja, on Tuesday, the president of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the

congress had resolved to join the Buhari administration to fight corruption before corruption kills Nigeria.

Wabba, who noted that there was an agreement about the fact that corruption had badly damaged the core of the national existence, said there was no agreement on how, as a nation, Nigeria could get out of the quagmire it now found itself in. He said the congress firmly believed that the political leadership of the country must act decisively to get the country out of the brink of disaster that greed and primitive accumu-

lation of wealth through the open looting of the commonwealth, in the last six and more years, had taken the country to. While believing that the enactment of special anti-graft courts, akin to the electoral tribunals, complete with time frame, within which cases once started are to be concluded, would give renewed impetus to the fight against corruption, Wabba said for this to become a reality, the executive and the National Assembly must work together to give the country the necessary laws for an enduring fight to defeat the national malaise.

have embarked on a protest against the frequent robbery attacks on Ife-Ilesa expressway, in Osun State.

The protest, which saw the drivers blocking the Ibodi junction on Ife-Ilesa expressway, started around 04.a.m. on Monday, as a result of a robbery incident which took place on the road, overnight.

Our correspondent learnt that

the protest disrupted the free flow of traffic for some hours.

Some of the protesters said they were unhappy furious because of the duration of the last robbery.

It was gathered that in April 2015, two robbery suspects with firearms were arrested by the policemen on patrol.

According to a driver, the robbers were fund of mounting bar-

ricades to slow down the flow of traffic.

One of them, identified as Deola said, “It was a horrible experience for us. The robbery that happened overnight was the worst. It lasted for over three hours and there was no security operatives to fight for us. Throughout the period of robbery, all the police and army that used to stop us on the way were conspicuously absent.”

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Stop your extravagance, Group cautions Oyo governor

A pressure group, Change Agent Movement, has cautioned Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State against his extravagant life style in view of the lavish wedding parties he held for his daughter in London, Lebanon and Nigeria.

According to the group, the governor should stop insulting the people of the state, saying that his extravagant life style amidst the financial crisis in the state amounted to ‘I do not care attitude’.

The group said that the recent life style of the governor

portrayed him as a person who doesn’t care about his neighbour, adding that the governor should at this time focus on the payment of backlog of salaries owed workers.

According to the group, “it is an insult on the people of the state for a governor who cannot point to anything as an achievement since his second term inauguration to be living an extravagant life style. Workers are being owed salaries running into months, yet the governor is gallivanting around the globe organizing wed-

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Bayelsa guber race hots up as Dickson declares, Sylva, others submit forms

Dicksom

Akinjide Akintola Tension is mounting ahead of the December 5, 2015 governorship election in Bayelsa State with more strong candidates joining the in the fray by throwing their caps into the ring.

While former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva, and a former Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Emmanuel Otiotio, on Monday submitted their expression of interest and nomination forms for the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in the state, Governor Seriake Dickson

Sylva on Tuesday formally made public his declaration to govern the state for a second term.

Sylva and Otiotio became the last set of aspirants to submit their forms at the party’s National Secretariat. Other prominent aspirants like Timi Alaibe had did the same earlier after dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at an elaborate ceremony.

After submitting his forms, Sylva told newsmen that he is in the race to salvage the state and complete the good work he started but was not allowed to complete before he was forced out by a combination of forces from

My team was excellent, Jonathan insists Despite growing criticisms against his administration, former President Goodluck Jonathan has insisted that his team was excellent.

In different congratulatory messages the former president sent to the duo of Dr Akinwumi Adesina and Ms Arunma Oteh, both of whom were recently appointed into high positions in African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank respectively, he stated that the development serves as a testimony to the fact that his administration had a good economic team that managed the affairs of the country.

Akinwunmi, who was President Jonathan’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has just assumed duty as the President of the AfDB while Oteh, who was the Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission, was appointed as the Treasurer and Vice President

Alaibe within and outside the state.

He accused the incumbent governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, of abandoning most if not all the projects he executed when he was governor.

Sylva said, “As of 2012, we were poised to celebrate in 2013 one year of uninterrupted power supply in Yenogoa city, I had installed turbans and there is a turban that was 93 percent complete when I was ousted. The outgoing government refused to commission it because they did not want me to take credit for it.

“I built a hospital that would have been one of the best in Nige-

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ria and was to be commissioned in May 2012. The outgoing government has refused to go near that hospital since I was ousted.

“There are a lot of projects that I embarked upon which were deliberately abandoned on the altar of politics. We were to commission the Bayelsa State Library, but today, that project has been overgrown by weeds because somebody wants to mislead Nigerians”, he said.

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ding parties for his daughter. The governor left for Lebanon again at the weekend for the wedding fixed for this week, while the state is in financial quagmire”.

The organisation in a statement signed by its chairman and secretary, Messrs Abolaji Adeosun and Malik Adehun, noted with regrets “that economic activities in the state is paralyzed, dirt have returned to the streets, polytechnics workers are on strike and nothing seems to be working presently, yet the governor is pursuing vanity instead of making the people happy”.

The organisation said: “it is sad to note that the realities of

the present situation is not of concern to the governor. The governor had his daughter’s introduction in London, wedding in Ibadan and the same wedding is happening in Beirut, Lebanon at the weekend. We are not saying the governor is not free to have a wedding for his daughter, but the extravagance of the wedding is a thing of concern for a state which is presently engulfed in financial crisis.

“We recall with nostalgia how the governor’s first daughter’s wedding was organized in 2010. It wasn’t continental, No London or Lebanon because of his financial status. Former governors of the state organized weddings for their sons and daughters too while in

power but they did not transverse the continent for it.

“Even, former Governor Akala, who was tagged a spendthrift didn’t show the kind of extravagance Governor Ajimobi is displaying now. It is a pity that the fate of the people of the state is in the hands of ‘Mr. Me and my immediate family’ alone.

“Recently, the governor responded to his critics, saying that they should understand the policies of his administration before criticizing him. We appeal to the governor to explain why he would have a wedding for a single daughter in London, Nigeria and Lebanon while he recently told workers to wait till October to get their salaries backlog cleared.

Labour blasts critics of Buhari’s appointment Amidst stinging criticisms of recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, the organised labour has rose to his stout defence and condemned the critics.

A lot of criticisms have trailed the appointments made

by President Buhari, majority of which accused him of favouring the northern part of the country.

But the labour condemned the controversy trailing appointments by the President, saying the criticisms were induced by personal agenda of those making them.

This came as labour also implored Nigerians to borrow a leaf from Cuba in the anticorruption war.

Speaking through the National Union Of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, (NUTGTWN), during the visit of Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Treso Sosa, to Lagos office of NUTGTWN, General Secretary of the Union, Mr. Issa Aremu, labour contended that Nigerians must learn to judge the content of the character and the vision for

good governance of the appointees rather than their tribal or regional marks.

According to him; “The point cannot be overstated; Nigeria is a 21st century democratic republic. It is not an enclave of hewers of wood and drawers of water in tribal communities that existed before Christ. ‘’We must therefore learn to judge the content of the character and the vision for good governance of the appoin-

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“We urge Governor Ajimobi to as a matter of urgency do the needful to get the bail out funds of the federal government in order to pay the workers and end the strike actions in the state higher

institutions instead of embarking on frivolities of life.

“However, any attempt to divert the N26b bailout fund would be met with stiff resistance and backfire” the organization warned.

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tees rather than their tribal or regional marks.

Section 23 of Chapter II dealing with the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State defines Nigeria’s national ethics as discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, self-reliance and patriotism.

“Do the newly appointed presidential men and women possess these qualities or not, that is the question?’’ He stressed.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured Nigerins that all is now set for the conduct of a free, fair and credible election during the governorship election fixed for November 21, 2015.

This is coming as there were reports of underage voters trying to register their names at the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in the state.

The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hussein Halilu Pai gave the assurance after an assessment tour on the ongoing

Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in the state.

The Director, Voter Registration, Engr. Emmanuel Akim, with his team, were in the state to assess the progress of the voters registration exercise.

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staged a comeback under the watch of the current administration.

On his part, Otiotio said his decision to join the race was taken because he was prepared for the job and that the people of the state deserve a leader like him who will bring to bear integrity in running the affairs of the state.

He explained that among his credential is the fact that he is a born again Christian who is prepared to govern the state with the fear of God. Otiotio dismissed insinuations that he was acting out a script of one of the aspirants who allegedly paid for his nomination forms.

According to him, it was uncharitable for anyone to suggest that he was being sponsored by another aspirant to fill up the numbers.

Sylva Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hinged his support for Governor Seriake Dickson’s re-election bid as one of the most performing governors in the country, based on his excellent track record of regular payment of workers’ salaries, reduction of the state’s huge debt profile and the unprecedented infrastructural development.

Governor Dickson last week, submitted his nomination and expression of intent form at the National secretariat of the PDP in Abuja to contest for a second term in office, and on Tuesday publicly declared his intention at an elaborate ceremony in Bayelsa.

Speaking while receiving Governor Dickson at his country home, Otuoke, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State, ahead of the declaration, Dr. Jonathan said, his decision

Alaibe was based on the developmental strides of the Governor in the last three and half years in the state.

“If Bayelsa is compared to other states in the country, in terms of the level of physical infrastructure, coupled with the degree of indebtedness in terms of bank loans and capital market, Governor Dickson deserved to be praised.

“I am not expecting the governor to score 100%. There are three key parametres I will like to score Governor Dickson, which are payment of salaries, physical infrastructure and low indebtedness of the state in terms of bank loans and in the capital markets.

If you compare what has happened in other parts of the country, you will praise the governor.

People should think more of how the way the state is being run and prepared for our future gen-

eration,” Jonathan said.

Describing Governor Dickson as his political first son, the former President noted that, if Governor Dickson was given the opportunity of a second term, he would strive to consolidate on the achievements already recorded.

Jonathan is said to be backing Dickson massively in order to ensure that the opposition APC in the state would not have a foothold to capture the state from him. He has also been able to ensure that his wife, Dame Patience has resolved her difference with Dickson and also backing the governor to the hilt to ensure victory for the party in the state.

Earlier in his remarks, Dickson had solicited the support and encouragement of Dr. Jonathan to run for a second term, stressing that, he and his entourage

“I am not expecting the governor to score 100%. There are three key parametres I will like to score Governor Dickson, which are payment of salaries, physical infrastructure and low indebtedness of the state in terms of bank loans and in the capital markets. If you compare what has happened in other parts of the country, you will praise the governor.

People should think more of how the way the state is being run and prepared for our future generation,” Jonathan

needed to seek his support, as he is the leader of PDP, both at the state and national levels.

Governor Dickson, who has been canvassing support from stakeholders of the party as well as royal fathers of the state preceding his formal declaration to run for the Governorship election, had earlier paid homage to the Chairman of the state Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete Spiff.

Dickson, who equated Dr. Jonathan’s support to him to the Rock of Gibraltar said, his encouragement dated back to 2005, when he served in the former president’s cabinet as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a related development, the Acting National Chairman of the party at a stakeholders meeting and dinner, allayed fears over the purported plan by the opposition to rig the election, stressing that, the national working committee and other organs of the party would put in all necessary machineries to ensure a free and fair electoral process.

He also assured aspirants, who are jostling for the party’s ticket, of the PDP leadership’s resolve to conduct a credible and zero expenses primaries in the state and thereafter, support the successful candidate to run an effective campaigns in all the nooks and crannies of the state.

Quoting copiously from the scripture, the PDP boss urged Bayelsans not to repay the party that provided the platform for their son and brother and the first minority to emerge president in the political history of the country with evil by voting for any opposition party in the forthcoming governorship election.

According to him, “we have what it takes to mount enough pressure on the federal government in such a way that INEC cannot rig you out. Not even the Police can do that because the Police and Army belong to the Federal Government and not the APC. So they cannot be used to rig you out”.

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of World Bank.

In a statement, Jonathan in separate letters of congratulation to both Adesina and Oteh which he personally signed, the former President described them as high class achievers and Nigeria’s worthy Ambassadors.

On Adesina’s choice as AfDB chief, Jonathan said: “Given your exemplary record of performance, while serving as the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in my cabinet, I have no doubt that you will deploy your energy and the bank’s resources to ensure that Africa experiences a new era of accelerated development.”

Speaking further Jonathan said: “You were not only a critical voice in my economic team, you also walked the talk, and earned the praise of our countrymen and women, by ensuring that Nigeria’s quest for self-sufficiency in food production became achievable dream.

“I am particularly pleased with your emergence as the AfDB boss; a development, I believe, has come as a reward for having served your country meritoriously”, the former President said, adding: “It also attests to the fact that my Administration had a good team that managed the affairs of the country”.

Similarly, the former President in a letter to Oteh praised the former SEC boss’ profound knowl-

Oteh edge of capital markets, describing her as being conversant with the challenges of the economies of emerging markets.

“I am delighted that you are going to your new job, fresh from the experience of having led the recovery and growth initiatives of the Nigerian Bourse in the wake of the decline, occasioned by recent global economic reces-

Adesina sion and financial crisis.

“I am particularly pleased that you are being rewarded and elevated on the world stage, after serving your country meritoriously, at a time I was the President. This is a clear testimony to your capacity, high integrity, and tenacity of purpose. It is also a vindication of the decision of my Administration to stand by

I won’t waste my time probing predecessor – Gov. Badaru Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, has said he would not waste his time in probing his predecessor but concentrate on the provision of good governance for people of the state.

The governor made the remark

Badaru

in Dutse during an interactive with newsmen as part of activities to mark 100 days in office.

He said that his administration was busy working hard to fulfill his campaign promises and other covenant he had with the people.

He however aded that the

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had commenced investigation into certain financial mismanagement of the immediate past administration in the state.

Badaru said that his administration distributed 16, 440 goats to widows in 274 wards in the 27 local government areas of the state.

He said that his administration had commenced the process of commercialising agriculture to provide jobs for the people.

He said that the government had concluded plans to build 790 low cost houses for civil servants in the state.

“Twenty low cost houses will be built in each of the 27 local government areas in the state,’’ he said.

you, believing in your abilities and competence, even when questions were being raised in some quarters over your choice.

“I am convinced that the experience you gathered as DirectorGeneral of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC) gave you deep insights on how to tackle the peculiar challenges of a developing nation.

The World Bank can draw from this to ensure that its future partnerships with emerging economies in Africa and other parts of the world are anchored on policies that will lead to sustained growth and development, which is a sine qua non for lifting millions of people in the developing world out of mass poverty”, the former president stressed.

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of underage voters trying to register.

Mr Pai said that despite all odds, the Commission is putting in place some centres near those

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living in difficult terrain for easy voting.

He said the Commission has learnt from its past challenges, assuring that what may pose as challenges during election have been taken care of.

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‘FG sliding towards dictatorship’ Continued from page 6 I know much about what some state governors have done. I may not know all the State Governors do.

And I also may not know all they don’t do. And I know what pained the people too.

When he told me that he wanted to declare for second term, I said he should do it. As I said he should do

it, some people were asking me questions through bulk SMS.” “But I want to tell him that I would also be here when he is presented with the flag of the Party. One of the things worrying many state governments is the issues of workers money by states. Dickson has done well in that aspect. Also another issue is that of the

borrowing. Dickson has done well .On infrastructure and development, Dickson has tried.”

In his speech, the Ondo State Governor and the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Olusegun Mimiko, said the decision to call for the re-election was based on noticeable development trend in the State, when you have a

Bad portion of Igbo Olomun, Ikorodu, Lagos… on Monday.

Governor that has lifted his people there is need for him to return. Some people are Abuja-based giants and newspapers giants in terms of politics. Dickson is a man of accomplishments.”

Mimiko said the meetings of the PDP Governors forum, held on Monday night, also dwelt on the rising and dangerous incursions made by the All Pro-

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gressive Congress (APC) led administration into the PDP controlled states of the South-South.

“The South-South people cannot allow the APC to trample on the states. More than 50 per cent of the Governors in the APC are products of the PDP. For us in the PDP, we have no shaking. We know that the truth will come out one day.”

In his message at the event, the First Executive Governor of the State, Chief D.S.P Alameiseigha described the gathering of PDP heavyweights at the event as a pre-electoral victory celebrations,” He noted that the event was more than just to declare his intention to run for a re-election but a celebration event based on the projects on ground, adding that they will only stand to support the party that recognized the minority and gave a President from there.

In his declaration, Governor Seriake Dickson said the decision to run for second term was a call for his team of administrators to re-dedicate themselves to the stability and development of the State. “Some people came here sometime ago to say the PDP is finished in Bayelsa. The gath-

ering here today is (proof) that the PDP is in charge of the State.”

“Of all the political offices in the State, the opposition party has only one at the State Assembly. Out of all the 105 councillors, they have none. From 1999 to date, we have Four Governors serving, and three are still in PDP. Only one went astray. It shows that this is an unshakeable party. Bayelsa has no room for any other Party. The other party has no message for us.”

“It is not because they have a Federal Might behind them, but because we have you, the people of the State. The good news is that they are not on ground in the State. And they are not our match. The good news is that unknown to them, they are another arm of the PDP. After their primaries, we will appoint for the man interim Party Executive Committee. And we will shut them down gradually.”

According to ex-militant warlord, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, the Ijaw people have never been brought down and will never be brought down, noting that the forth coming elections in the state will not be left for only Dickson to fight but a fight for the whole people of the state and the Ijaw nation.

Capital flight looms, as JP Morgan delists Nigeria Continued from page 6 Peso dipping by 41%. Since July 2014, crude oil has fallen steadily from $100 per barrel to its current price of about $53.13 per barrel. Much of the price decline has been driven by Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) strategy of creating an oversupply situation in order to deliberately drive prices down and stifle US shale production.

It also appears that Nigeria has so far lost all of its US crude oil market to locally produced shale derived crude oil; from a high of about 1.3 million barrels per day, 59% of Nigeria’s total production. A large portion of Nigeria’s Asian market seems under threat from the

emergence of Iran, which is eyeing the 500,000 barrels per day Indian market.

Ironically, much of the Asian demand that Nigeria is enjoying, was built out of embargoes on Iran, which had been supplying the same light, sweet crude Nigeria has to offer; and with price and proximity a strong factor, it is hard to not see Nigeria losing out.

With China being Nigeria’s number one import trading partner, it is very unrealistic to think that the cold in the Asian giant will not stretch its reach to Nigeria. Especially, since in an effort to make the buying and selling of goods much easier, Nigeria introduced the yuan into its foreign exchange system, by converting part

of its reserves to the yuan.

It is estimated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) holds between 5%10% of its foreign reserves in yuan, alongside dollars and euros.

It was hoped that at the port of entry, Chinese clients selling manufactured goods could pay excise and taxes, and get their goods into the local economy speedily. The immediate impact of the devaluation of the yuan would take a hit on Nigeria’s holding value, and the decision to transact in Chinese money could see further pressure on the Naira.

The fortunate area here though is that the goods being traded are still priced in American dollars.

If the yuan is devalued,

buying anything priced in dollars becomes more expensive for the Chinese. Therefore, the sale of commodities such as platinum, copper or coal may become more expensive, which could reduce demand. So while there is no immediate impact, in the medium to long-term, the sales of Nigerian oil and the Naira could take a knock further down the road.

Economist and lecturer at the University of Abuja, Dr. Ben Obi, says that the slow pace of the new administration to tackle the headwinds facing Nigeria may further compound the country’s problems.

“I think it’s clear for all to see, the CPI is on the rise, revenue is still shaky and very recently we saw poor

GDP and job creation numbers in the second quarter of the year,” he said. “When you take all these and add trade shocks and global headwinds to it, we should be taking urgent steps to curb the economy’s slump.

The GDP numbers particularly are a ten year low and it is unlikely that much will change for the third or even the fourth quarter, if the nation continues at such a pace.”

Research analyst, Sola Oguntade, believes that the nation may have squandered its international goodwill as it concerns foreign investors.

According to him, while the federal government’s much publicised anti-corruption initiatives are laud-

able, they should not be the reason to neglect the state of the economy.

“Global investors will invest in any economy they understand,” he said.

“Look at the unstable parts of Africa, or even loan defaulting Greece, investors will still go there, because to a large extent, they can predict the direction of the economy and easily price their risk. In Nigeria, we are facing challenges on multiple fronts - crude oil/revenue challenges, while there is still that foreign exchange dark cloud hanging over the CBN. So, in my opinion, the president needs to place his cards on the table (as it concerns economic management), so that investors can take a position.”

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Cameroun cleans payroll of 'ghost workers'

Zimbabwe's ousted Vice President, Joice Mujuru

ÏÏÏCameroun says it does not

recognise more than 10,000 people claiming salaries as state workers.

Authorities published the names for a second time on Tuesday as the country struggles to clean its payroll of "ghost workers" who cost the central African nation

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ident, Joice Mujuru, published plans on Tuesday to relax security and media laws and review divisive black empowerment legislation, signaling she could be lining up a challenge to President Robert Mugabe in 2018 elections.

Mujuru, once seen as one of Mugabe's closest allies, was dismissed from her government and ruling party posts in December on charges that she led a cabal that planned to topple Africa's oldest leader. She dismissed the accusations. On Tuesday she published a Blueprint to Unlock Investment and Leverage for Development (BUILD) — a two-page plan that read like an election manifesto.

"We have been hard at work and I wish to share with you, in brief, how we propose to translate our vision for a better Zimbabwe into reality," Mujuru wrote.

Mujuru, 60, has not formed a political party. But during her 10 years as Mugabe's deputy, she was seen as a shoe-in to replace Zimbabwe's sole leader since independence from Britain in 1980.

Her policy document comes at

an estimated $12 million every month.

Thousands of state workers from the hinterlands have been trooping to the capital, Yaounde, to find out if their names are on the list of 10 000 suspected fake employees published this week.

Teacher Emmerencia Ndum from northwestern Cameroon found his name on the list but says he is still working.

"I just came to verify my own name but I am always in service," he said. "I just came because there are mistakes that have been made.

Some people are here. Their names are there while they are always in service. It is a list of those teachers, call them ghost teachers, who have not always been in service."

Government workers have one week to verify their service. The salaries of all those not identified will be suspended.Ako Chancel is a government official supervising the campaign to clean up the state payroll."Somebody can be recruited, then at a given moment he abandons his job," said Ako Chancel, a government official supervising the campaign to clean up the state payroll. "Maybe he has got a better job abroad and maybe through relatives, he continues to take his salary. It can also be that some of them are late [dead] but their salaries continue to passed [paid]. We need to know who has been taking that salary."

Chancel said one week is enough time for verification because they do not want people who are overseas to have time to return and be identified with the complicity from corrupt government officials.

Cameroon has 220,000 state workers, excluding the military and police. Officials say as many as 50,000 of them could be ghost workers.

13 Africa Egypt clears Sinai militants, 29 killed

ÏÏÏEgypt's army said on Tues-

day it had launched a "major military operation" against the ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 29 jihadists and leaving two soldiers dead.

"Units of the police and army launched Operation Right of the Martyr at dawn to eliminate terrorist elements in Rafah, Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish in North Sinai," the army said in a statement.

"Twenty-nine miscreants were killed, while an officer and a non-commissioned soldier were killed and four others wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a bomb."

The army often reports large death tolls among the insurgents but they are impossible to verify and there has been little noticeable impact on the ability of ISIS to carry out deadly attacks on the security forces.

US reopens Somalia mission

ÏÏÏThe US mission to war-torn a time the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has split and weakened over how to confront Mugabe.

The ruling ZANU-PF party has already chosen Mugabe as its candidate for the 2018 presidential poll, when he will be 94.

In the document, Mujuru said a black empowerment law, which forces foreign-owned firms to sell majority shares to locals, would be reviewed to attract investment and help build infrastructure.

Foreign investors often cite the empowerment law as a barrier to investing in the mineral-rich southern African nation, which is struggling to emerge from a catastrophic recession that was marked by hyperinflation and food shortages.

Mujuru said she would push for a free press and a repeal of restrictive media and broadcasting laws that ban private television stations and bar foreign journalists from working permanently in Zimbabwe. Tough security laws that Mugabe has used against the opposition would also be removed, Mujuru said.

Mujuru, a veteran of Zimbabwe's independence war against white minority rule, declined to comment further when contacted

by Reuters. She apologized in June for her past role in Mugabe's government, fueling speculation she planned to succeed him.

Mali arrests jihadi suspects over attacks, media threats

ÏÏÏMalian special forces have

arrested a group of suspected jihadists over attacks against police and the UN in the capital, and death threats against foreign journalists, officials said on Tuesday.

A source close to the investigation said three men arrested at the weekend had admitted participating in ambushes in August against police stations and a building housing UN workers.

"Three masterminds of recent attacks against the UN mission in Mali were arrested by Malian special forces in the night from Saturday to Sunday," a defence ministry statement said.

The suspects are Malian citizens from the south, although one is of Ivorian origin while another originates from Burkina Faso.

The ministry said the men were behind "threats perpetrated against news men last week", referring to a "statement from the Guardians of Jihad" e-mailed to foreign correspondents and

journalists from overseas media, threatening to cut their throats.

The authors of the threat affirmed their intention to "begin with the French journalists and those working for France, which is the main enemy of Islam".

A search conducted at the home of one of the suspects had uncovered a large consignment of weapons, including grenades, the ministry said.

Sources close to the investigation told AFP a further two suspected jihadists were arrested on Tuesday as part of ongoing enquiries.

The arrests come as the west African country, which has seen several uprisings since independence from France in 1960, implements a peace deal despite continuing unrest from militant groups and jihadist attacks.

Mali's north came under the control of jihadist groups with links to al-Qaeda who imposed a brutal version of Islamic shari’ah on locals in 2012.

A move south towards the capital by the extremists prompted France to intervene in January 2013, pounding their positions in the north.

While their organisational structure has been smashed, small pockets of armed Islamists have managed to remain active, and continue to carry out deadly attacks.

Somalia began work on Tuesday without an ambassador or an embassy and based in a neighboring country, the State Department said.

American diplomats will not be based in Mogadishu, scene of the infamous "Black Hawk Down" battle in 1993 that left 18 US servicemen and many hundreds of Somalis dead.

Instead, they will commute cautiously from Kenya's capital Nairobi as they gradually work to strengthen Somalia's internationally-backed government.

Washington recognised the Somali government in January 2013, and Secretary of State John Kerry visited Mogadishu in May, but the country is far from stable.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's forces are at war with the al-Shabaab Islamist militia and survive thanks to the 22 000 peacekeepers of the African Union AMISOM force.

Only last week, at least 50 African Union soldiers were reported killed when al-Shabaab fighters stormed a camp 80km from the capital.

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Declare your assets now, APC tells Fayose Gbenga Sodeinde

Ado-Ekiti ÏÏÏThe All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ekiti State, has urged Governor Ayo Fayose to declare his assets 10 months after its earlier call on the governor to follow his predecessor, Governor Kayode Fayemi, who publicly declared his assets to the applause of the Ekiti people.

Its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said that the call became imperative against the background of earlier calls for the governor to declare his assets, failure of which had fuelled speculations that state re-

sources were allegedly being channelled towards private enterprises outside the state by Fayose.

“The governor must seize the opportunity of declaring his assets to douse speculations of his alleged funnelling of the state resources to his private enterprises abroad. It is curious that he has not abused President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after they declared their assets. Fayose’s loud silence on the President, in this case, is curious because he has never seen anything good in whatever the President does,” Olatunbosun

said.

Tasking the governor to act now to restore public confidence in him for accountable governance, he said open declaration of assets would shame the critics of the governor who always accused him of alleged diversion of funds to private use.

“We are worried by the unconfirmed reports of primitive acquisitions by the governor, who allegedly own properties in Ghana, Dubai, South Africa, Abuja, Ibadan and Banana Islands and Magodo in Lagos, which were believed to have been acquired in the last nine

months after he assumed office.

“Our party is aware that Fayose had no visible means of income prior to October 16, 2014, when he became governor and the properties he owned in Ibadan and Lagos are subjects of litigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is probing the governor for misappropriation and diversion of N1.3 billion poultry project cash to personal use in 2005,” Olatunbosun said.

He said current allegations of funds diversion gained currency on the heels of Fayose’s frequent

trips to Dubai and South Africa “whenever he receives Ekiti State's allocations from Abuja.”

He added: “Fayose is alleged to be building a stateof-the-art hotel in Dubai after he became governor, and after he is also reported to have paid a whopping N722 million to himself as ‘arrears of his allowances’ as governor, during his first term on the strength of the Supreme Court judgment which nullified his impeachment.

“Curiously, too, Fayose has kept mute on various sums of money he has received on behalf of the

state government, such as the N22 billion refund on federal roads, N2 billion ecological fund, N2 billion micro-credit fund, which he has diverted, N2.1 billion Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas bailout fund, N9.6 billion bailout cash, N8.5 billion windfall received in June and an average of N3 billion regular federal allocations he has been receiving since October 2014 till date.”

Fayose

UN empowers clinics to treat rape victims, pregnant IDPs Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin (left) welcoming the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, to his office in Abuja… on Tuesday

Horror in Awka as four women die in same building Nkiru Nwagbo

Awka ÏÏÏAwka, the Anambra State capital, had a black Tuesday, when corpses of four married women were found dead and decomposed in a building at Olisa Onyeka Street in the Government Reservation Area (GRA).

When Daily Times visited the building, it was gathered that one of the dead women, who owned the property, had lost her husband last Saturday and the body deposited at the mortuary.

It was on that fateful Saturday that the woman whose name was given as Mrs. Chinwe Obi, said to be a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (I NEC), Awka, invited three women suspected to be members of her church, the Omega Power Minis-

try (OPM) for an all-night prayers in her flat.

It took three days for her neighbour (names withheld) to alert people in the area about a decomposing stench and dirty fluid flowing from the flat.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hassan Karma, confirmed the incident.

He said: "It’s quite unfortunate. It is something nobody should pray for.

There was no sign of violence on their bodies. We also saw a power generating set but there was no fuel in the tank. It is left for an autopsy to be carried out on them, in order to find out what killed them.”

A source confirmed that the woman, in whose flat a prayer session was held, who was in her midforties, and her late husband had no children, and

Tom Garba Yola

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United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has flagged off distribution of health kits to victims of rape, as well as pregnant women affected by Boko Haram insurgency.

Speaking on the occasion, at Nana Asmau Maternity Centre, in Yola, on Monday, the Deputy Country Representative of UNFPA, Koffi Kouame, said the fund was targeting 4.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the North- East geo-political zone.

“I am pleased to be here today to flag off the distribution of 11,000 dignity kits and 256 comprehensive health kits that will of benefit to survivors of insurgency and communities in which they live. This new round of distribution to Adamawa, Borno and Gombe states is co-funded by the Government of Japan and UN Central Emergency Response Fund (UN-CERF)."

He said the donated materials would provide range of solutions to beneficiaries including prevention of HIV/ AIDS.

Ekiti to complete Awedele Road within two months Gbenga Sodeinde Ado Ekiti

ÏÏÏThe Ekiti State Government has given an assurance that the one-kilometre dual-carriageway project by the new Awedele market in Ado-Ekiti would be completed within the next two months.

The State Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Mr. Kayode Oso, who

gave the assurance during an on-the-spot assessment tour of road project, said that the road would guarantee free flow of traffic inand-out of the new market, as well as serve as an alternative route for commuters going to the state secretariat, thereby curbing gridlock in the metropolis.

Expressing satisfaction with the pace of work at the site, Oso charged the con-

tractor to use quality materials, in order to deliver a good job.

Oso noted that hundreds of tons of unsuitable materials – including top soil, rocks and debris from demolished structures had been evacuated from the project site, while casting of concrete drainages have reached an advanced stage of completion.

He added that the defec-

Police recover property worth N24.4m in Niger Pita Chikwem

Minna ÏÏÏThe out-going Commissioner of Police (CP) in Niger State, Mr. Olusola Amore, on Tuesday, said that the command had recovered property valued at N24.4 million in the past one year.

Amore made this known in Minna at the official

hand over to the new commissioner of police, Mr Abubakar Marafa.

He said that 1, 655 cases were reported within the period, 2,071 persons arrested, 1,229 persons convicted, 372 awaiting trial and 366 cases under investigation.

Amore said that 776 raids were carried out

within the period under review, adding that four major crimes, such as cattle rustling armed robbery, kidnapping and youth restiveness, were also identified He said that 16 cases of cattle rustling were reported within the period, 24 suspects arrested and charged to court; recov-

tive box culvert on the Awedele stream which had been a major cause of flooding in the area would be removed and reconstructed within the next few days.

Oso said that rural development projects would be extended to all communities across the state within the limit of available resources, stressing that the gesture was to make life worth living for the people.

ered 1,106 and 120 cows and sheep, respectively.

Amore said that 41 arms 1010 ammunition were recovered, adding that nine suspects, out of the 24 arrested were fatally injured.

Responding, Mr. Abubakar Marafa pledged to improve internal security of the state by developing the structure of community policing to ensure security of lives and property.

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Now that the honeymoon is over

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Ladesope Ladelokun

here is no arguing the fact that Nigeria is a country blessed with enormous human and natural resources. Sadly, the endowments have failed to catapult her to rightful place among comity of nations. Many have traced Nigeria’s woes to dearth of the right leaders. They argue that while some advanced countries grapple with natural disasters, ours has always been leadership disaster. This is why the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as president birthed hope for a country in a crisis.

President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of many firsts. Apart being the first to defeat an incumbent president in Nigeria, he is also the first to vie for the presidency four times. Of course, he is not the first of having the privilege to rule Nigeria twice.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo beat him to that. One interesting thing about Buhari’s second coming is that he met a country on its knees like he dis thirty years ago.

As a head of state, Buhari was in a hurry to fix Nigeria. He loathed and fought corruption, and wasted no time in clamping looters and drug couriers into detention. Little wonder lovers of filthy lucre and free money fought to frustrate his second

coming. Today, his integrity and tough anti corruption stance have catapulted him to the highest office in Nigeria.

On assumption of office on May 29, 2015, many expected Buhari to hit the ground running. In the thinking of some folks, he should be able to turn water to wine, forgetting that he’ is not Jesus Christ or late Professor Pellar(Nigeria’s popular magician).But the Dauraborn leader is perceived by critics to be too slow in the discharge of his duties, thereby earning him the sobriquet “Baba go Slow”. Is Buhari slow? I do not think so. Is he on the right track? I believe so.

In responding to his critics, Buhari said he was working and planning meticulously to fix Nigeria.

In the same vein, APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said Buhari was still in the honeymoon period and urged Nigerians to be patient. Tinubu said, “It is an international norm all over the world, there is a honeymoon period, at least minimum of 100 days”.

So how has Buhari fared in his first 100 days? Let me state that I belong to those that believe a leader’s character is capable of influencing the attitude of his followers. That is why I cannot

dismiss the influence of Buhari’s body language. How do you explain the revival of the anti – corruption agencies since Buhari assumed office? We know of EFFC and an ICPC that bark and not bite. Not only that, there is a Presidential Advisory Committee in place to give Buhari the right advice in his fight against graft.

Similarly, the power sector also had its dose of CHANGE. According to the permanent secretary in the ministry of power, Mr. Godknows Igali, the improvement is traceable to the efforts of government to stop the activities of pipeline vandals.

Worthy of note are the steps so far taken in rallying other West African countries to fight Boko Haram insurgency. The decision dig up abandoned UNEP report, and clean up Ogoni is another high point among others.

However, Buhari has also drawn flaks for his actions or inactions. For instance, his appointments so far are believed to be lopsided in some quarters, especially when no single appointment is yet to be made from the Southeast geopolitical zone.

Though his media aides have argued that subsequent appointments will balance things out, some analysts believe he must carry every region along.

Now that Buhari has exhausted his first 100 days in office, expectations remain high, especially in the areas of job, creation, security of lives and property and fight against corruption. Being a strong leader, he is in the best position to lead the campaign for strong institutions that will outlive him. Whatever success he records during his tenure may not amount to much if he fails to build enduring institutions.

In these day of declining GDP and cash crunch, finding alternatives to our mono-culture economy to shore up revenue base will forestall impending doom as indications are strong that oil price may plummet further. It is heart- warming that the Buhari administration is thinking in this direction. In the run up to the elections, he promised to diversify the economy to agriculture and mining. The promise sounds familiar but matching words with action will make a lot of difference.

As Buhari lays foundation for a new Nigeria, it is incumbent on everyone to add building blocks.

All hands must be on deck to ensure Buhari succeeds regardless of political, religious and tribal sentiments.

Prosecuting the war against corruption

B Mukhtar Usaini Alasan

efore President Muhammad Buhari came to office, one of the issues that formed his campaign was the war against corruption.

Many Nigerians came voted for him, hoping he would tackle the many problems militating against the progress of this country, one of which is corruption. This menace exists in all federal agencies, and ministries.

Corruption led to a situation whereby, countries like Ghana, South Africa among others, have overtaken Nigeria in terms of development.

The recent revelations of the huge sum of money, stashed away in foreign countries, is another factor that make the war against corruption inevitable. News of people accused of stealing the amount of money, they cannot spend even, if they live for 1,000 years, shows the extent of this obstacle to Nigeria’s march, becoming a force to reckon with, in terms of development.

It is important to note that, with current glut, that led to the decline in the price of crude oil, coupled

with our inability to diversify the economy, made it necessary for the President, to find the ways of getting the money in order to get the country out of its current travail. The only way to do that, is to recover the money, stolen by those who served in the previous administration.

Because when Buhari assumed office, he claimed that the governmenttreasury was empty. Coupled with the fact that both the excess crude account and the foreign reserve were depleted. That was why, even the federal government could not pay civil servants, No person in his right mind, will kick against the effort. However, in Nigeria, because of entrenched ethnocentrism and the nature of our politics, everything no matter how good is portrayed as attempt to persecute some people, due to their political affiliations, religious leaning or ethnic backgrounds. The corrupt public officials are united in their attempts to shortchange Nigerians. There is no reason why some people should shout blue murder that one of their own has to pay the price of being corrupt.

PDP is not left out of the criticisms as it continues to take a

swipe at the way the war against corruption is being prosecuted, claiming that it is aimed at witch hunting those who worked under Goodluck Jonathan. Then there is a section of the country that does not hide their disappointment with this crusade. Suddenly, the Chairman of EFCC was invited to the Senate based on petition alleging diversion of more than N2trillion.

However, many people feel the invitation is not unconnected with the, recent invitation by the EFCC of the Senate President’s wife.

But analysts are of the opinion that inviting Lamorde at this time, when anti corruption campaign is at full throttle, will derailthe effort at curbing the menace.

Instead of discouraging President Buhari, those against the decision to probe the corrupts should support him, so that at the end of the day, the money recovered will be used, to improve the lives of Nigerians.

Nigerians will never forgive Buhari if he allows those looters of public treasury, to go Scot- free.

What the officials of the last administration embezzled belong to Nigerians. Therefore, it is the responsibility of government to

retrieve the looted money.

For any country aspiring,to develop, corruption should be regarded as stealing, not the other way round.

No person with Nigeria in his mind will go against the scrubbing of this soiled Augean stable. This corruption could have brought Nigeria to her knees, if Buhari had not won the last election. Those people who want to stop the war against corruption, should be reminded that other countries are ridiculing Nigeria and turning it into a butt of derision, because of the public office holders who kept stolen money in foreign countries and boosting their economies.

Therefore, it is not enough to probe the thieves, they should be jailed, as doing this will serve as a deterrent to others.

It is good that Buhari is looking for courageous judges, that will sit in trials of those accused of corruption. He should not listen to those dissuading him from doing the right thing. He should not spare those who around him, if their culpability is established.

Doing so will give credibility to his quest, to purge the country of corruption.

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FG to prune foreign missions Egena Egena Abuja

ÏÏÏIndications

emerged on Tuesday that the Federal Government is tinkering with the idea of cutting down the number of the country’s foreign missions.

To that end, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to constitute a committee to examine the existing missions abroad and recommend whether they should all be retained of be pruned.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Paul Bulus Lolo who disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents after briefing the President on the activities of his ministry, said that thinking was in concert with the current

economic realities in the country.

He said: “Mr. President asked the Ministry to be realistic in terms of our representation abroad.

“We have 119 Missions.

He asked the questions whether we needed to have that number or we can rationalise based on our capacity.

“Right now, the economy is looking down. We are trying to revive and revamp. It is a matter of time.

“The specific directive that he has given is that a committee be formed to look at the whole issue of our representation abroad, the size and the number of missions on whether or not the number should remain the same or we do something about those numbers.”

On the likely diplomatic consequence of such an ac-

tion, Ambassador Lolo stated that it was a matter of the country’s interest and the resources available.

He added that no time frame was given for the completion of the committee’s assignment, stating however, that the soon the job was done, the better.

“It is a function of interest and capacity. I believe what the president was saying to us is that we should cut our coat according to our material, and not according to our size,” the Perm Sec submitted.

Ambassador Lolo also stated that the objective principles of the country’s foreign policy were still relevant and sound.

He noted however, that what needed to be changed are the peculiarities that any administration bring to bear on governance as its

overriding priorities.

He pointed out, accordingly that a review of the nation’s foreign policy might be necessary in order to align it with the policy thrust of the Buhari administration on security, economy and fight against corruption.

“The last comprehensive report was done in 1986, next year, it will be 30 years and I believe that even in the life of a child, you look back and ask, are you going in the right direction?

“The fundamentals of our foreign policy as defined by the objective principles are not only sound but relevant.

What changes is the nuance that governments and regimes bring from time to time.

“We are now looking at them and crystalizing the priority of the present ad-

L-R: Director Admin and Human Resources, Border Communities Development Agency, Ibrahim Kwajafa; Director Inter-Government and Communication Relations of the Agency, Tayo Odumosu; Executive Secretary, Border Communities Development Agency, Numoipre Wills and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo during a courtesy call at the Presidential Villa in Abuja… on Tuesday

ministration that has articulated security, the economy and the fight against corruption.

“All these will be impor-

tant to our ministry and the mission abroad to take outside and explain to the rest of the world,” according to the Perm Sec.

Obasanjo visits Buhari, declines interview Egena Egena Abuja

ÏÏÏFormer President Oluse-

gun Obasanjo was a guest of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the Aso Rock villa, Abuja.

The two leaders met behind closed-doors in the President’s office for over an hour.

Obasanjo declined comments when State House correspondents approached him after the meeting while being seen off to his car by President Buhari.

It is however believed that the visit of the former President is not unconnected with his mission to Guinea Bissau where Buhari had appointed him as special envoy in the country’s political crisis.

It was suggested that he was in the Presidential Villa to brief Buhari on the outcome of his visit to Guinea Bissau where he was mandated to restore constitutional order following the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr. Domingos Simoes Pereira and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz. In line with true African solidarity and brotherhood, President Buhari had sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy

to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau, a statement issued August 31 by Presidency spokesman, Femi Adesina had said in a statement.

The statement added that Chief Obasanjo had embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar.

It regretted, however, that while Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall, President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear-in a new Prime Minister in the person of Mr. Baciro Dja, a development that has since worsened the political situation in the country.

President Buhari, the statement also said, had appealed for calm and called on the leadership in Guinea Bissau to exercise utmost restraint and ensure the maintenance of law and order as efforts continued to resolve the lingering crisis.

Tuesday’s visit of the former President was to avail Buhari of the details of his mission to the troubled West African country, a source told the Daily Times.

Power supply to improve by early 2016, ministry pledges Continued from page 6 the government of former President Obasanjo that brought life to power sector in 1999.

He attributed the problem with the sector in the country to lack of consistent investment into it by the federal government.

“I do know that despite government’s effort at funding power sector, the nation continues to experience epileptic power

supply, however it takes time to stabilize,” he said.

Igali disclosed that as at 1999 when Olusegun Obasanjo took over, power generation stood at 1,750 megawatts and because it is capital-intensive, the Ministry had to bring in the private sector, which has resulted in a reasonable improvement.

He said that at the moment, due to efforts aimed at boosting the power generation, Nigeria has started generating an

average of 4, 600 megawatts of electricity.

He gave a cheering report of improvement in the Power Sector which he said has been witnessing less and less of vandalisation of equipment by hoodlums.

He also disclosed that the sector is also being boosted by the regular supply of gas to power turbines, just as he stressed the interests by investors in the privatization of the sector by the Federal

Government.

He said Nigeria will begin to enjoy regular supply of electricity by the time the current efforts by the government to make it so gets in full stream.

Earlier the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Power and the Managing Director NIPP disclosed that successive regimes of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua committed N2.74 trillion to the sector in

Nigeria between from 1999 to date.

In his presentation, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Godswork Ighali said a total of N1.1 trillion was released for power project within the period under review.

He disclosed that for power projects, the Federal Government appropriated a total sum of N1.56 trillion, less the releases to the NIPP. According to him, the

amount represented a release of N948.2 billion and the sum of N155 billion as subsidy to cushion the expected shortfall in the revenue flow for the power projects.

Also giving account of spending by the NIPP within the period, the Managing Director, Mr James Abiodun Olotu said the sum of $8.234 (N1.640) was spent on power generation, distribution, transmission and gas plants. Details later.

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Helios completes payment of $50m OPIC loan Emmanuel Ogbonnaya

L-R: Executive Secretary, Financial Reporting Council, Mr. Jim Obazee and Acting Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, Dr. Dan-Azumi Ibrahim, presenting some publications to Obazee during FRC management’s visit to NOTAP in Abuja... on Monday

NEPC moves to boost non-oil exports ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), said it was looking inward to promote the business of exportation through the federal government policy of one state, one product in order to reduced heavy concentration on the oil resources of the country’s economy.

National Director of the council, Mr. Olajide Ibrahim disclosed this at a “One-day BankExporter Forum” organized, in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

Speaking at the event, the National Director of the National Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Olajide Ibrahim, disclosed that the forum was organized to deliberate on salient exporting financing issues and to bridge the gap between exporters and financial institutions in the country.

Mr. Ibrahim, who said the council is saddled with the responsibility of promoting nonoil exports in the country, noted that lack of finance and loan from bank still constitutes a major barrier to the growth of business.

He also noted that exporting

business is a key driver to the sustainable development of any economy and identified the unwillingness of banks to lend out fund as a major responsibility to the dearth of financing export.

“In spite of the large presence of conventional and specialized banks, access to finance still constitutes a major challenge to business’ success in Nigeria”.

The NEPC Boss expressed dismay on the high concentration of oil for the survival of the country and revealed that the federal government has initiated policy that would help identified 13 strategic export products to replace oil.

“We want to put all our effort behind these 13 products and NEPC is leveraging on that government policy, coming up with one state, one product initiative in which case: in every state, a product will be identified”, he said.

The “one state, one product policy”, according to him, would help each of the states to concentrate towards the production of its major product for international market and help to salvage measures to take Nigeria out of oil doom.

“All efforts will be put behind

that product and we will push it into the international market across the whole value chain, production, processing packaging and export”.

Guest lecturer at the forum and Chief Executive Officer of DAlEHAN Ltd, Fidel Anyanna, said there must be a continued synergy between exporters and the financial institutions in the country.

Anyanna noted that the forum was an avenue to solve the inches that always arise against trading goods and other services out of the country abroad.

While appealing to financial institution mostly banks to set up consultancy desk, the Guest lecturer said this would help promote better services in terms of advisory role to the willing exporters.

Anyanna said the export finance can be acquired from advance payment from overseas buyers, loans from banks, which provide advances to exporters as pre-shipment and post-shipment finances.

He also advised exporters to concentrate more on production rather than export raw materials which would reduce the value of such materials in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

Helios Investment Partners has repaid in full a $50 million loan to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government’s development finance institution. The OPIC loan, which was issued in 2006, helped capitalize Helios Investors $305 million growth equity fund that invested across various sectors in sub-Saharan Africa.

With a focused investment strategy to build market-leading companies operating in core economic sectors of key African markets, the Fund made six investments and to date has exited three of them, generating sound financial returns while laying a foundation for lasting development impact.

Through the Fund, Helios invested in Equity Bank, a leading bank in East Africa that is empowering the unbanked population with products and services that promote financial inclusion; launched HTN Towers, the first independent telecommunications tower company in Africa devoted to building and operating shared towers infrastructure, helping to drive down costs for mobile operators and their customers; and expanded and supported marketing channels for businesses operating in Africa with Continental Outdoor Media, Africa’s largest outdoor advertiser.

“With OPIC’s original backing Helios has grown from one of the first private equity investment firms in Africa to a successful fund manager that has earned the trust and confidence of global commercial investors. Through Helios’ mobilization of private capital to support impactful and viable projects, OPIC achieved both development and financial goals. The success of Helios’

Littlefield

emerging market investments validates a strategy that simultaneously seeks high-quality development objectives, viable financial returns, and catalyzes capital in emerging markets,” said Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC’s President and CEO. Tope Lawani, co-founder and Managing Partner of Helios Investment Partners, added, “We are proud of Helios’ long association with OPIC, and pleased to demonstrate through our successful investments the positive impact of the capital it has provided to our funds over the years.

OPIC’s support for Helios’ funds has catalyzed commitments from the world’s leading institutional investors who recognize the value of having OPIC invest alongside them to access compelling investment opportunities in African markets.”

Following the initial loan to Helios in 2006, OPIC approved an additional $78.5 million for Helios Investors II, L.P, a $908 million fund raised in 2010.

In 2014, OPIC awarded Helios Investment Partners the inaugural OPIC Impact Award for Private Equity, recognizing the firm’s successful strategy for social impact through private investment in a diverse array of sectors across the African continent.

Helios Investment Partners is an Africa-focused private investment firm bridging international capital and know-how to African talent and enterprise. The firm has built a record that spans creating start-ups to providing established companies with growth capital and expertise. One of the few independent pan-African private equity investment firms founded and led by Africans, Helios manages funds totalling over $3 billion.

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Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Insurers get Sept 30 deadline to clear outstanding claims

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has given insurance companies in the country up to September 30, 2015, to clear all outstanding claims or be sanctioned according to extant laws.

The commission in a circular signed by the Deputy Commissioner Technical NAICOM, Mohammed Kari, issued to all insurance companies, said henceforth, all claims must be handled strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Insurance Act 2003.

The circular noted that as a palliative gesture, the commission shall allow a grace period of September 30, 2015 for companies to clear all backlogs of outstanding claims as provided in the Insurance Act.

It said “from October 1, the commission shall evoke the full application of punitive sections of the Insurance Act, including but not limited to sections 8 (1) (m), 70(1) (b) and 70(2) without further recourse.”

“You would recall that the commission collated claims details from all insurance companies and complaints on delayed and unsettled claims from members of the insuring public in its efforts to verify the persistent complaints of the consumers of insurance about an unsavoury attitude of the providers that has brought the image of the industry to disgrace,” it said.

“Our study of the records and the complaints received has confirmed the truth of this situation which, happily, is perpetuated only by a few, whose sad posture stains the efforts of the many,” he said.

Kari

American insurance firm adds stock value to life policy

NAICOM, Anglophone countries sign cross border Insurance MOU Mathew Dadiya, Abuja National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with some Anglophone countries in West Africa to strengthen cross border insurance supervision within the sub region.

Speaking at the signing in Abuja, Mr Mohammed Kari, Commissioner for Insurance, NAICOM noted that the insurance supervision would be strengthened through information sharing and mutual cooperation.

He said that this was in conformity with the International Association of Insurance Supervision (IAIS) principles.

According to Kari, the collaborating countries are the National Insurance Commission, Ghana, Central Bank of Liberia, SierraLeon Insurance Commission, the Central Bank of Gambia and NAICOM. The Commissioner for Insurance said that, the MoU underlined NAICOM’s goal to build effective working relationships with regulators in the West African region and beyond.

He expressed optimism that the collaboration would greatly enhance the cross-border supervision among the member countries.

“Insurance in the whole of Africa has been characterized by low penetration and poor contribution to the African financial growth in most countries.

“Therefore, maintaining efficient, fair, safe and stable insurance market in the West African region must be promoted for the

Olatorera Dickson Amusa

NAICOM building

benefit of the policy holders.

“The MoU will help us to effectively communicate with each other in addressing such fraud across jurisdictions in compliance with Financial Action Task Force recommendation on AntiMoney Laundering, he said.

“We look forward to our mutual assistance in the promotion of international standards to foster favourable investment environment and orderly markets in West Africa,’’ Kari said.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwakobia stressed the need for continued collaboration in order to achieve more stable international economic and financial system.

“It is heartening to see that the West African Insurance Regulators have recognized the need to come together to examine possible ways to collaborate and develop harmonized regulatory standards. “ The West African Insurance Supervisors Association is therefore vital because of our rapidly

integrating insurance industry and the growing practice of our insurance companies operating across regional and international boundaries.’’

Daniel- Nwakobia, who was represented by the Director, Home Finance in the ministry, Mr Kalli Zaji, assured the member countries of Nigeria’s support toward achieving the set objectives.

Miss Lydia Bawa, the Commissioner of Insurance, Ghana, said that the member countries must all strive to ensure that the objectives set out in the collaboration were achieved.

She said “the timely provision of the information on the financial position, compliance with the rules on solvency, risk concentration and intra-group transactions among other things will facilitate group-wide supervision.’’

“Individually all Regulatory Authority will save time and cost and avoid duplication of efforts in achieving our respective supervisory goals thereby channeling resources to other areas.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is taking Whole Life insurance to a new level with the introduction of the Index Participation Feature (IPF).

This patent-pending feature allows Whole Life policyholders to link a portion of their cash value to the performance of the S&P 500 Price Return Index, subject to a cap and floor; a feature that no other Whole Life insurance carrier offers in the market today.

With the IPF, policyholders can allocate a portion of their paid-up additions’ cash value, choosing an allocation from zero to 100 percent. When a policyholder allocates money to the IPF, dividends on these paid-up additions are adjusted based on the performance of the S&P 500 Index, subject to a 12.5% percent cap and a 4% guaranteed floor – ensuring that the policy’s downside exposure is limited.

In addition, the IPF allows policyholders to change their IPF allocation for future index periods, providing flexibility over time.

“Guardian is delivering a fresh, new perspective on Whole Life insurance and taking it to the next level,” said Michael Ferik, Executive Vice President, Individual Life and Wealth Management, at Guardian.

“The IPF is an innovative rider that individuals and their financial advisors have been looking for during this low interest rate environment. It offers a unique opportunity for index-linked upside potential, while still supporting the robust guarantees that policyholders have come to expect with Whole Life. And best of all, clients can change their IPF allocations as their needs change, so they are never locked in.

The Index Participation Feature (IPF) is a rider available with select Guardian participating Whole Life policies. With the new IPF, policyholders can now allocate between 0% and 100% of the cash value of paid-up additions (PUA) to the IPF each year.

The IPF provides an adjustment to the dividend paid under the policy. This adjustment, subject to the cap rate (currently 12.5%) and floor (currently 4%), may be positive or negative based on index performance. Adverse market performance can create negative dividend adjustments which may cause lower overall cash values than would otherwise have accrued had the IPF not been selected.

While the adjustment provided by this rider is affected by an external index, it does not participate in any stock or equity investment of the external index.

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Waterfront investments will rake in billions for government – Ibrahim, NIWA Boss This investment will not attract a kobo from government, it is going be on build, operate and transfer process. The only thing is that government will have a stake and that stake will generate billions of naira to the government.

Ibrahim

Danladi Ibrahim is the Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). He has spent well over 17 years in the maritime sector. Recently he had an interactive session with the correspondent chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kogi state council on how to reposition the sector through investment opportunities. Our correspondent IBRAHIM OBANSA brings excerpts of that interaction On his experience in the maritime industry I started as manager legal services and rose to become general manager legal services and company secretary before my recent appointment as the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in the month of June, 2015.

However, having spent about 17 years in the public sector I can categorically say that I am an icon as far as inland water transportation is concerned. In this 17 years I have been a management staff I have been part of almost every decisions and the team that sought for solutions to challenges in the agency.

His vision for the sector Having said this, my vision for the inland waterways transportation in Nigeria is to unlock the economic potentials of the northern states particularly now that the federal government is moving away from the oil sector to agriculture and solid minerals as alternative sources of revenue.

It is only through inland waterways development system that government can make the two sectors successful because it is about transportation from the hinterland to sea port and it is through shipment which is via inland water ways. To buttress this point the management of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have just announced the revocation of all contracts for the supply of crude oil to the refineries in the country. That is Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and the only option they were thinking, is the marine transportation. That is to say that crude oil will now be transported on our waterways to Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries and if you are going to Kaduna refinery you must pass through river Niger and river Kaduna.

How navigable are the northern rivers?

It is true that the North is landlocked, but apart from some parts of Kano and Katsina, every state in the North can be assessed by water. Even the crude

oil that has been discovered in the Lake Chad basin can also be transported by water. It is a matter of linking Chad with river Benue.

If the Inland waterways can be developed, every part of the north can be assessed by water.

This is one of our visions and it takes very little to achieve. What is required here is the political will of the government through finances and the agency providing adequate manpower to achieve the desired vision.

Maintenance of the waterways by NIWA We can maintain waterways through two means. First, it can be maintained through Public Private Partnership (PPP) by concessioning it to the private sectors. All the infrastructure can as well be leased out to private sectors, government can also develop and concession.

It can as well be purely private sector initiative and at the same time it can be developed by government.

Concession here means government putting its money into developing the waterways and giving it to private sector to operate. So with the right legal framework government can achieve the feat.

Having said that, the other areas are the infrastructure which is the port, the jetties and the dock yards. This can also be developed through the same means mentioned earlier. For instance we are developing five ports which is fully funded by the government, by the time the ports are completed it will be

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concessioned. We have completed the Onitsha port and in the process of concessioning them.

Secondly, another aspect of the inland waterways which has been neglected by government for long is the landed asset on our water front. The waterfront is a lucrative asset.

All over the world waterfronts are developed into huge investmenst and luckily for us in Nigeria we have this land on our waterways which can be found in Lagos, Warri, Onitsha and Asaba. What we are considering to do now is to develop all these land into mega structures just like what exist in developed world like Dubai, America and China.

This is what we intend to do and it will yield a lot of billions of naira to government. This investment will not attract a kobo from government, it is going be on build, operate and transfer process. The only thing is that government will have a stake and that stake will generate billions of naira to the government.

On how to overcome challenges of funding.

Underfunding have been our major problem in his agency , but the good news is that we have our bill at the National Assembly called National Inland Authority Bill and as soon as that bill is amended and passed into law the issue of underfunding will be a thing of the past because we have hope in the bill.

Contribution by major stakeholders are also needed. We are

coming with a second thought that why can’t we have what America have or what America called Inland Waterways Trust Fund? in America the inland waterways is funded through a trust fund. The trust fund comes from contributions made by the major stakeholders.

So all infrastructure development on waterways are funded from this trust fund and lucky enough for us in Nigeria we have a very large pool of stakeholders that is; the oil companies which operates within our waterways. 70-80 per cent of oil exploration in the Niger Delta are carried out in the water. All dams that generate electricity in this country are right inside our waterways, yet we have never gotten a kobo from National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) before it was privatized.

Even at that, they are now dealing with generating, distributing and transmitting and yet we are not getting anything from the companies.

All these companies are stakeholders because all their earnings are from the activities taking place in the waterways. There are other several dredging companies operating in Niger-Delta and Lagos. We have large pool of stakeholders, our thinking is that as soon as we have a legal frame work that will compel these stakeholders to contribute into the trust fund, the issue of finances will be a thing of the past, and once the issue of finance is solved, other challenges are secondary and can easily be solved.

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assured the exporters and NEPC of abiding by the “1Digit Interest Rate” to encourage people assess bank loans for the exporting business.

But, the participants mostly youths at the forum called on the government and NEPC to improve on its policy drive on agriculture for large production in order to limit the intervention on exportation.

international market.

Also, representatives of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Bank of Industry (BoI), Fidelity, Access, and Guaranty Trust Banks gave their support for the federal government initiative with promised to improve on their relationship with the exporters.

The financial institutions also

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FiiRO Mandate Æ s

Industrial profile of high quality cassava flour production INTRODUCTION The desire to reduce import dependency and conservation of foreign exchange has increased the Federal Government’s drive to source for local alternatives to partially or fully substitute imported goods.

Wheat flour substitution becomes utmost priority especially now that the price of wheat in the international market is becoming unbearable. The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) under its Composite Flour programme, which started as far back as 1962, has developed and perfected the process technologies for production of composite flours using various crops like cassava, sorghum, millet, soybean, rice, and so on. High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) suitable for partial substitution of wheat has been successfully produced at the Institute.

The Institute has demonstrated that bread and confectionaries baked with 5-40% High Quality Cassava Flour inclusion in wheat flour compared favourably with those baked with 100% wheat flour without any negative health implication.

The technology is available for transfer to interested entrepreneurs through the Institute’s technology transfer and entrepreneurship development training programmes. The Institute is also involved in contract production of High Quality Cassava Flour through its cassava processing catalytic plant at Owode, Ogun State for interested entrepreneurs.

MARKET INFORMATION The demand for cassava flour in Nigeria is high. The force driving the demand is the Federal Government policy on cassava flour inclusion in wheat flour for cassava-wheat composite flour production especially for bread and confectioneries baking. The national demand estimate for cassava flour is 700,000 tonnes/annum. The estimated demand by the Flour Millers alone is 6000,000 tonnes/annum at 10% inclusion level. The level of supply is still far below the demand. The prospect of commercial production of cassava flour from marketing point is therefore, high.

RAW MATERIALS Fresh cassava root is the only

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raw material for production of High Quality Cassava Flour.

Cassava is grown in almost all the states in Nigeria and Nigeria has been rated the highest producer of cassava in the world with production estimate of over 50 million metric tonnes annual cultivation. This implies that sourcing cassava for the proposed project will not be a difficult thing.

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT The major equipment for production of High Quality Cassava Flour are: Hammer Mill Grater, Detoxifier, Hydraulic Press, Granulator, Flash Dryer, Hammer Mill with Cyclone, Vibro Sifter, Packaging Machine.

FIIRO has designed and fabricated complete process line machinery and equipment for HQCF production. This is available at micro, small and medium scales. The Institute can also deliver the complete process line on turn-key basis within eight weeks of commissioning by the investor/entrepreneur. The cost however, depends on the capacity which could vary from 1T/ day to 4/Ton/day.

PRODUCTION PROCESS The basic unit operations involve in High Quality Cassava Flour production from fresh cassava roots are: Sorting and Weighing: The tubers are sorted to select the wholesome roots for production. The tubers are then weighed.

Peeling: The weighed cassava roots are peeled manually to reduce high peeling loss associated with mechanical peelers due to irregu-

lar shape of cassava root.

Washing: Peeled roots are washed with sufficient quantity of potable water to remove sand, dirt and other contaminants.

Grating: The peeled roots are grated to cassava mash.

Detoxification: The cassava mash is detoxified mechanically in a mash agitator for a certain time to eliminate the toxic hydrogen cyanide present in cassava.

Dewatering: The moisture content of the mash is reduced mechanically to about 50% to prepare for drying operation.

Granulation: The resultant cake from dewatering process is disintegrated into fine granules using hammer mill.

Drying: Granulation process is followed by drying operation to

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produce High Quality Cassava Flour of desired quality.

Milling: The flour obtained is milled to particle size desirable.

Sieving and Packaging: The flour is sieved and packaged appropriately.

LABOUR REQUIREMENT The project requires the services of both skilled and unskilled personnel. These consist of the production, administrative/account and marketing personnel. The administrative division is to be responsible for staff matters, finance/account, store management, security, purchasing and other administrative function, while the production staff to take charge of production. Marketing activities are the responsibilities of all the staff especially the marketing staff. About fifty (50) personnel are required for the project take off.

Initial Fixed Capital N22,806,430.00 Initial Working Capital N5,208,170.00 Pre-production Expenses N1,912,320.00 Contingencies N2,992,692.00 TOTAL N32,919,612.00 PROFITABILITY INDICES Return on Investment (Year 1) 48.6% Return on Equity (Year 1) 82.3% Net Profit to Sales 14.4% Gross Profit to Sales 20.6% Profitability Index 2.2 Breakeven Volume 46.5% Payback Period 1.5 Years Net Present Value @ 25% N13,971,880.00 SERVICES AVAILABLE AT FIIRO 1. Training on High Quality Cassava Flour Production.

2. Machinery and Equipment Fabrication.

3. Preparation of Bankable Feasibility Report on HQCF production.

4. Quality Control Services 5. Technical Assistance Services (including machinery and equipment installation, commissioning and personnel training on installed plant).

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: The Director-General/ CEO, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) 2, FIIRO Road, Cappa Bus Stop, Oshodi, P.M.B. 21023, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Website: http://www.fiiro. gov.ng E-mail Address: info@ fiiro.gov.ng, technoentrepreneurship@fiiro.gov.ng. deleoyeku8@yahoo.co.uk, bukkyadesegha@yahoo.com Telephone: +234-70-33493395, +234-80-3801-0362, +23480-2365-3752.

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DIVINE SUCCESS GLORY CHRIST POWER CHURCH

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UGWUEME DEVELOPMENT UNION, LAGOS

The general public is hereby notified that the above name CHURCH has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.

The general public is hereby notified that the above name has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Pastor Aminu Oluwaseun 2. Elder Popoola David Ajani 3 Lady Evangelist Bukola Okuwoye Oluwaseun 4 Deaconess Bukola Okuwoye Oluwaseun 5 Mr Abraham Adekunle Areo 6 Pastor Olumuyiwa Akintola 7 Mrs Bunmi Lynda Akintola 8 Mr Abraham Tope Matteu 9 Lady Evang. Ruth Adebola Alade

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Okeke Ikechukwu - Chairman 2. Okorie Anthony - Vice Chairman 3 Nwafor Peter - Secretary 4 Nwankwo Ospndu John 5 Odihekandu Matthew 6 Okeke Denis

UMABOR GREAT BROTHERS CLUB The General public is hereby notified that the above named club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission,for registration under Part “C” of the companies and Allied matters Act No1 of 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Odo Stephen Ugochukwu - Chairman 2. Eze Andrew Okafor - Secretary 3. Ugwuanyi Boniface 4. Ugwuoke Ikechukwu 5. Nwodo Simon Chinwuba

2. To maintain a strong body of Christ’s followers for the advancement of worship of the father through Jesus Christ

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To foster peace unity and progress of the members 2. To stand as one body and work towards the welfare of members 3. To engage in activities aimed at prompting the welfare f its members 4. To defend the extend good image of the union 5. To organize conference, seminar, symposia, geared towards members empowerment

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

Signed: TRUSTEES

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

Signed: TRUSTEES

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 from the date of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

KING ADO HIGH SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

WOMEN ENERGY IN PRODUCTIVE ACTION

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ

HIGHER-GROUND FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN BIBLE CHURCH The general public is hereby notified that the above named church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAP C 20, LFN 2004.

This is to notify the General public that an application has been made to the Corporate Affairs Commission for the registration of the above named ASSOCIATION under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE:1. Ojo Segun Michael 2. Osei James Rotimi 3. Ojo Seyi Samson 4. Ojo Yemisi Rebecca 5. Chibuoke Celestina Ifeyi 6. Fawole Deborah Olubunmi

The Trustees are:1. Adele Adewale Taofik- (President) 3. Ojulari Cecelia Oluwayemi 5. Rabiu Jamiu

Aims and Objectives: 1. To preach the gospel of Christ to all nations.

2. To uphold the truth of the Gospel.

3. To empower people spiritually through the teaching of the word of God.

2. Aweda Raphael Olafemi.- (Secretary) 4. Olaoye Kafayat

The Aims and Objectives are:1. To promote the welfare,standard,prestige and good name of the school 2.To encourage a close relationship between the school authorities,staff,students and the general public 3.To provide assistance where necessary to the various components of the school

Any objection to the Registration should be sent to the Registrar- General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: SECRETARY

Any Objections to the registration of this Association are hereby invited and same should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission plot420,Tigris crescent,off Aguiyi Ironsi street,maitama,Abuja, within 28 Days of this publication SIGNED BY:- Kehinde Sanni-Mutushi ESQ. 08122112511. 0805607370

EBENEZER TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL

CHARITY WITHOUT LIMITS FOUNDATION

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. To promote unity, love and togetherness among members.

2. To render assistance to one another in times of needs.

3. To do all other things considered beneficial to members.

35, LOLA AYODELE STREET, SELIAT, EGBEDA LAGOS

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied matters Act NO.1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Dr Rachael Adefunke Wellington - Founder/Chairman 2. Princess Oluyemisi Alufa - President 3. Princess Mary Wellington - Director Of Finance 4. Mrs Jacqueliar Peter-Kio 5. Mrs Peace C. Ubochioma 6. Mrs Ozioma Justina Eze 7. Mrs Ogechi Kester-Eguaoge 8. Mrs Omolara Kuye THE AIM & OBJECTIVE IS:To empower the grassroot women economically, financially and socially.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General,Corporate Affairs Commission,Plot420,Tigris crescent,off Aguiyi Ironsi street,maitama,Abuja,within 28 days from the date of publication.

SIGNED BY:- PRESIDENT

SALVATION REDEEMED EVANGELICAL MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

This is to notify the General public that an application has been made to the Corporate Affairs Commission for the registration of the above named MINISTRY under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named foundation has applied to the corporate affairs commission, abuja for registration under part c of the companies and allied matters acts, 2004

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Apostle Philemon Ehimark 2. Peace Onohi Itua 3. Victor Eromonsele

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Nwogu Ifeoma - President 2. Nwogu Ogechiamaka - Secretary 3. Okodeh Samuel - Treasurer 4. Chukwuka Kelechi - Member

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To depopulate the kingdom of darkness and populate the kingdom of God 2. To bring men to the fullness of destiny 3. To gather a people, teaching them about Jesus Christ, the benefits of living a right life free of sin and void of violence with the gospel 4. To reach out to the unsaved throughout the world.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To raise the standard of life of vulnerable women, children, youths, physically challenged people, poor widows, orphans.

2. For the development of the affairs of the marginalised, victims of social domestics and gender based violence and people affected by hiv/aid and other communicable and non communicable diseases.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.To preach the gospel of Jesus in all parts of the country and beyond.

2. To establish churches.

3. To be involved in community services.

Any Objections to the registration of this CHURCH are hereby invited and same 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 BY:- SECRETARY

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general of corporate affairs commission, plot 420 Tigris cresctnt, off aguyi ironsi street, abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED: OGECHIAMAKA NWOGU SECRETARY

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the registrar general, corporate affairs commission, plot 420 tigris crescent, off aguiyi ironsi street, maitama, garki, abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: ELIM SOLICITORS 08034743519.

UGBELE MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION

DZUELS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

The general public is hereby notified that the above named foundation has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1of 1990.

The Trustees Are: 1. Oscar Ugbele 2. Odo Chinedu Cosmas 3. Odo Chika Evaristus AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To empower people on the scourge of cancer and its prevention.

2. To mobilize education and promote policies that will help to eradicate cancer.

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

Signed: TRUSTEES

CITY OF DOMINION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE1. Agbelusi Bolaji Delisa - President 2. Agbelusi Adeyemi Bamidele- Secretary 3. John Yakubu Anna 4. Dada Olawale May 5. Bode-Disu Kate Chindnye Objectives: 1. To assist the less privileged in their educational 2. To carry out trading enlightenment and awareness programm to enhance psychology intellectual and social wellbeing of mankind.

3. To undertaken in activities that align with enhancement of health education and social welfare in the nation 4. To work with organisations who have similar aims and objectives.

Any objection to the Registration should be sent to the Registrar- General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: SOLICITOR 08034007405.

OWODE APA PETROLEUM DEALERS ASSOCIATION This is to inform the general public that the above named association has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja under part ‘C’ of the Companies And Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. HLH adelani ganiyu - chairman 2 Chief james azonadu - vice president 3 Mr josiah sunday gbemenu - financial secretary 4 HAH rauf kayode lbrahim - treasure 5. Chief Pemede Ebenezer - Secretary 6. Mr. Gbenu MOH Joseph - Gen. Auditor AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To enable members move together 2. To build more cordial relationship among members Any objection to this registration should be addressed to the Registrar- General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28th days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: Secretary

This is to inform the general public that the above-named Ministry has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Pastor Tobi Alex Omokiniovo - President 2. Pastor (Mrs) Tobi Ngozi Theresa - Secretary 3. Bro Akpan Udoufot Umoh - Member

CHRIST’S WARLORDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY This is to inform the general public that the above named MINISTRY has applied for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Dr.Joshua Kunle Obasa 2. Pastor Kunle Afolabi Adewoyin 3. Princess Olayimika Kehinde Adebola 4. Pastor (Mrs) Ajibike Adijat Obasa

- President - Secretary - Treasurer - Member

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2. To embark on personal and mass evangelism Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja, within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

IGLESIES DE DIOS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named CHURCH has applied for registration under part “C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

The Trustees are: 1. Fajinmi Bukola Charles.

2. Fajinmi Francesca Funmilola.

Aims and Objectives are: 1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ.

Any Objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar General, corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja, within 28 days of this Publication.

Signed: Trustees.

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CHRISTIAN FAITH APOSTOLIC CHURCH INT’L

HUMAN AID RESCUE FOUNDATION The general public is here by notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act NO1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied for registration under part”C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Araba Oloye Fakayode Oyewusi.

2. Chief Fasunmade Olapade.

3. High Chief Sulaiman Omiyale.

4. Chief Idowu Olukunle Adewole.

5. Chief Onifade Oladejo.

6. Chief Falere Odegbola.

The Trustees Are: 1, Bishop Alfred Emenike Elesia -Prelate 2. Bishop Isaac Onyemaechi Onuoha 3.Elder Festus Ogbonna 4. Elder Polynus Okoro 5.Chief Oduga Ndubueze Ogbonnaya.

6. Deacon Chuka Arum 7.Bishop Chukwuma Ogbonna 8. Bro, Obilor Nwanguma 9.Rev. Sunday Obinache 10. Rev. Basil Uchenna Agwu.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To foster unity and progress among the members.

2. To protect the interest and welfarism of the members.

The Aims and Objectives Are: 1. To preach the gospel of Christ to the world 2. To help the needy and orphans

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

Signed: Trustees

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

Signed: Trustees

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general plot 420 tigris crescent off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication.

Signed: TRUSTEES

ASSOCIATION OF IJEBU ELDERS WOOD WORKERS AND FURNITURES

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AREWA FARMERS’ SUPPORT ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

This is to inform the general public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

The Trustees Are: 1. Soewu Tajudeen 3. Adesegun Yinusa 5. Odusanwo Tajudeen 7. Fowora Morounkeji 9. Adedayo Moshood

2. Okunowo Sakibu 4. Farotimi James 6. Odusina Adeleke 8. Idowu Micheal

Aim and Objective: 1. To cater for welfare of members Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

Signed: Trustees

ANGY NWAFE ODIAKA OUTREACH

This is to inform the general public of the loss of certificate of occupancy belonging to Mr. Arnest Ogugua Reg. As 28/28/21 at Land Registry with Plot No. 362 Community Estate Layout, Enugu. If found contact the ministry of Lands and Urban Development, Enugu.

SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS INITIATIVE

The Trustees are: 1. Igbokwe Tochukwu Obinna 2. Igbokwe Ikechukwu Chigozie 3. Onoh Vivian Ifunanya Aims and Objectives.

1. Humanitarian services 2. Poverty alleviation

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

The trustees are: 1. Mahmud Mohammed Abdulkadir 2. Mundi Idris Shaba The Aims and Objectives: 1. To Support and protect the interest of Arewa farmers Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary GREATER BUSINESS OUTLET MODERN MARKET ASSOCIATION ONITSHA

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

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

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Odiaka Janefrances Ngozi 3. Odiaka Francesca Ifeoma 5. Ayeke Chinedu

The trustees are: 1. Chief Kunle Uthman 2. Prof. Joash Ampitan

THE TRUSTEES ARE:

2. Ogbo Helen Uju 4. Odiaka Nancy Nkiruka 6. Dibiaezue Chukwudi

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To give succour to widows and widowers.

2. To give shelter to homeless.

3. To inculcate core values on the youths.

The Aims and Objectives: 1. To enhance the environment, create awareness and enlightenment of the public over environment, social, economic and other rights

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: CHUKS DIBIAEZUE, ESQ. (Legal Adviser)

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

Signed: Adegboyegha Kolade, Esq. Chief programme officer

EZINWANNE DINAMBA FRIENDS CLUB OF NIG

Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

1. Chief Okeke Godwin Ubaka - Patron

2. Mr. Okoye Arinze Paul - Chairman

3. Chief Ezeofia Samuel Uzoukwu - Member 4. Chief Nwankwo Raph Chukwudi 5. Chief Oguezi Chinedu Frank

6. Mr. Nwajiobi Chukwunonso S.

7. Mr. Okeke Uchenna Godwin

8. Chief Ezemba Chimezie Anthony

9. Mr. Chinwendu Ndukauba THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To foster unity among members.

2. To promote love, mutual understanding and co-operation among members.

KHAIRU-LAHI ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NIGERIA

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

Trustees 1.Gbueke Ikechukwu Christ (Chiarma”bia Dickson Ebere (Secretary) 3. Chukwu Rapheal.

4. Chidi Odo. 5. Okoro Dosie Christopha.

6. Ezeibe Okechukwu Godwin.

7.Ogbuka Felix.

8.Dimgba Jame

Trustees (1) Alh. Ibrahim Uthman Waliyulahi Alase (2) Mr, Ibrahim Yunus.

(3) Alfa Muslihudeen Babatunde , (4) Alfa Abdul-Wasiu Tihaamiy Bamidele , (5) Mr Taiwo Hassan Eletu.

(6) Mr Abdul-Akeem Abul-Azeez.

(7) Mr Abass Gasali , (8) Alhaja Suwebat Olanrewaju Adegboyega , (9) Mrs Hafsat Nurudeen Badmus .

(10) Mrs Sofiyat Luqman ,

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To cater for the welfare of its members 2. To promote unity among members

AIM. To propagate Islam and assist the needy.

3. To render useful assistance to members of this Association when in need or distress.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: DAVID N. UMAHI, ESQ. (Solicitor)

NRU UNITED BROTHERS ASSOCIATION ABUJA BRANCH The general public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The trustees are: 1. Asogwa Ndubuisi Christian - Chairman 2. Asadu Anayo Augustine - Secretary 3. Attamah Mark Onyebuchi Eze 4. Ugwuarua Johnson Chijioke The Aims and Objectives: 1. To foster unity and cooperation amongst members of the Association.

2. To protect the interest of members.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general plot 420 tigris crescent off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication.

Signed: Abdul-azeez Hamzat oyewumi.

Secretary

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

SIGNED: OKPE IBEZIM, ESQ 08037417805

LOVE OF JESUS PRAYER ASSEMBLY

THE CONERSTONE APOSTOLIC BIBLE FIRE ASSEMBLY

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 Act 1990.

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 Act 1990.

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 Act 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Abdullah Taofeeq Ayinla – Founder 2. Omotayo Rahamon Olalekan – Secretary 3. Muritala Yusuff Adewale 4. Oyeniyi Abdulwaasi 5. Aminullahi Salman Akanbi 6. Salman Aminullahi Akanbi

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Pastor Adeshina Olusegun- General Overseer 2. Pastor Oluwagbemiga John Idowu 3. Pastor Adenaike Peter Adewale - Secretary 4. Lady Evangelist Makanjuola Felicia Funmi 5. Pastor(Mrs) Oluy-Adesina Florence Olawumi

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Pastor Olayinka Adebayo Oyekanmi – General Overseer 2. Okupevi Kolawole Joshua – Secretary 3. Oyekanmi Bukola Janet 4. Idowu Michael 5. Pastor Adenaike Peter Adewale

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. To care for the orphans, aged, widows and the less privileged people in the society.

2. To promote poverty and illiteracy eradication in the society.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE : to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ

AIM AND OBJECTIVE : To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ

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

Signed: Secretary

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

Signed : Secretary

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

Signed: Secretary

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

SIGNED: BARR. ENELICHI LUKE C.

ALLAH IS ONE FOR REAL HELP AND AID ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA

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GLOW CARE FOUNDATION

23 Public Notice

EVIDENCE PENTICOASTAL BIBLE CHURCH

HANDSAW DEALERS ASSOCIATION,DELTA STATE WARRI NORTH CHAPTER

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 Act 1990.

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 Act 1990.

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 Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Ajisaiye Olufemi 2. Okenwe Great Obumneme – President 3. Oyenuga Rechael Olusola

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Chukwuemeka Victor 2. Chukwuemeka Miracle Amarachi 3. Ademoyegun Olanrewaju Rufus 4. Daniels Ifechukwu

Trustees.

(1) Aroma Oduwan. (chairman) (2)Onuwaja Edwin’s. (Vice -Chairman).

(3) Sanni Farouk. (Secretary).

(4)Efe Digun. (PRO) (5) Bamiji Coler (Treasurer) (6) Dele Lalo(Financial Secretary).

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To show love, care and affection to the less privilege.

2. To help people medically by offering drugs and medical advice Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed : Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ 2. To set captives free by the power in the name of Jesus Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED ; MBADUGHA AYOBA ES

JHERI HAVI FOUNDATION

WARIEN ROSE FOUNDATION

Aim and objective.

For the benefit and interest of its members.

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

Signed. Sanni Farouk.

(Secretary)

MERCY THRONE GOSPEL ASSEMBLY

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

TRUSTEES: 1, Chief Sunday Warien Anaughe - Chairman 2, Mrs. Rosaline Anaughe 4, Mr Buchi Atuonwu 6. Mr. Odafe Anaughe 8, Mr Nicholas Akpovire Anaughe 10. Miss Efe Catherine Anaughe - President

TRUSTEES; 1. Mr. Jerry Adebayo Suarau - President 2, Mr, Kolawole Luqman Suarau 3, Mrs. Deborah Adedigba Iwalokun 4. Mr. Oluwaseun Paul Suarau 5, Mr. George Okor Edwin 6. Miss Efe Catherine Anaughe - Sec 7. Miss Elfreda Olayinka Davies 8. Mr. Righteousman Erhabor 9. Mr Evans Anayo Goment 10. Mr Olumuyiwa Ebiesuwa

Trustees.

1. Pastor. Akinyemi Samuel Olanrewaju.

2. Evangelist Dada Deborah Adedoyin.

3. Deaconess adekoye Ronke. (Jp).

4. Miss. Zion Feyisara Akinyemi.

5 .Master oluwasina Divine Akinyemi.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; Warien Rose Foundation seeks to empower people and embark on projects and initiatives that are beneficial; economically; socially, educationally, emotionally, psychologically, mentally etc to individuals, families and the society at large.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; Help accident victims and accident wards of hospitals with finance and medical equipment. Build emergency response hospitals that will be first respondents at any accident scene

Aim and objectives.

1. To reach the world with the great and powerful gospel of Jesus Christ.

2. To win souls to the kingdom of God. 3. To carry evangelical programs all over the country and the world at large.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B 198, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of publication.

Signed: President.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B 198, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of publication.

Signed: Secretary.

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

Signed: SECRETARY

CLUB 25 GOLDEN FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL

PEOPLE ADVOCACY FOR TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE

EVANGELISTIC POWER LIBERATION MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

3, Mr Timothy Melaye 5, Mr. Evans Anayo Goment 7, Mr Otemu AghoghoAnuaghe 9. Kiki Kamanu

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Chief Erakpotobor Peter Urhie (Jp)– President 2. Chief Okorare Augustine- Vice- President 3. Chief Itigha Matthias Erhieyovwe – Secretary 4. Chief Ogboru Julius – Adviser 5. Chief Owugbonu Stephen – Adviser 6. Chief Irero Roland - Adviser

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Francis Bassey 2. Chinemerem Nkemjika 3. Alhaji Muhammed Chubado Umar

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. Pastor Isaac I be Uma 2. Pastor Enyioma Ibe Uma

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To assist d govt thru ptnaship wit d anti graft agencies like the EFCC, the ICPC,the CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU etc to fight against corrupt practices in govt.

2. To help sensitize the public on the dangers of corruption in Nigeria

3. Pastor Sunny James Okoro

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

SIGNED: Barr D. E ODEY 08037490647

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-

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

Signed: J. K NANA - 08037769526

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVEA 1• To promote friendship and love among members.

2• To assist one another in time of need.

3• To look after the welfare of member of the club.

4• To make monthly contribution.

5• The club shall not be a Religious or political organization.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed by ONYEKACHI UMAH.

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This is to inform the general public of the

This is to inform the general public of the loss

This is to inform the general public of the loss

loss of Certificate of Occupancy (C off O) of a

of Certificate of Occupancy (C off O) of a prop-

of Certificate of Occupancy (C off O) of a prop-

property situated at No. 8, Oluwakemi Street,

erty situated at No. 39, Ago Palace Way, Okota ,

erty situated at Ikotun Town in Alimosho Area

Isolo Lagos registered as No. 52/52/1996H at the

of Lagos state registered as No. 76/76/2001A

Lagos Land Registry, belonging to Mrs. Umoru

measuring 669.764 sq. mts belonging to Mrs.

Mushin Western Region, registered as No.39 at page 39 in volume 652B at Lagos Statee land registry, belonging to Shittu Akanbi of No.8,

Aishetu Adamu of No. 4, Okiki street, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Oshodi Isolo Lagos State.

Oluwakemi street, Mushin, Lagos State. All ef-

All effort to trace the said document proved

fort to trace the said document proved abortive.

abortive.

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

This is to inform the general public of the loss of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of a property situated at No. 39, Ago Palace way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos State, registered as No. 52/52/1996H at the Lagos state land registry, belonging to Mrs Umoru Aishetu Ademu of No. 4, Okiki street Ago Palace way, Okota Oshodi Isolo, Lagos. All effort to trace the said document proved abortive.

STEM THE TIDE FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mr Omosegbon Michael - Chairman 2. Mr. Charles Osakue - Vice Chairman 3. Mr. Stepen Mere - Secretary 4. Mrs. Omoseggon Osayi - Financial Sec. 5. Mr. Surajudeen Yusuf - P.R.O 6. Miss Olatunde Olatayo Adenike Yetunde - Treasure AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To create awareness against corruption in Nigeria and beyond 2. To stem the tide of poverty through economic and entrepreneur empowerment of the less privileged in society 3. To tem the tide of human rights abuse in Nigerian through intellectual engagement and citizen right advocacy.

4. To promote religious, ethnic and social harmony in society.

5. To create a platform for enlightening of the electorate for peaceful conduct of election in Nigeria and beyond.

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

PUBLISHED BY: LAWCARE COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS SUITE 230, ANBEEZ PLAZA, WUSE ZONE5, ABUJA- FCT 08066729910.

Esther Mojisola Ogunyemi of No.3B, Johnson street, Bariga, Lagos State. All effort to trace the said document proved abortive.

WO ISLAMIC CIVIC CENTRE 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 Act 1990.

Trustees A. Dr. Musbau adelasoye (medical practitioner) (president).

Add: NO. 1, Mogaji Family Compound, Iwo, Osun State.

B. Alhaji Imam Abdur-Rasheed Fazaazi (Technician). Same address.

C. Mr. Yekini Atanda Adiatu (Retired Civil Servant). Same address.

D. Chief Yekini Orobimpe (Trading). Same address.

E. Alhaja Afusat Adejoke Bello (Teaching). Same address.

F. Alhaji Imran Asiru Adio ( Mosque Worker). Same address.

G. Alhaja Olatundun Adijat Oloyade ( Civil Servant). Same address H. Alhaji Aderemi Wakil Situ. (Teaching) (Secretary) . Same.

2.

Aims and objectives: 1. To assist the less privileged in Society 2. To advance the cause of Islam.

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

Public Notice 24 CENTRE FOR PREVENTION OF EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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TABERNACLE OF GOD FELLOWSHIP CENTRE

THE TABERNACLE OF LIGHT OF PEACE INT’L

This is to inform the general public that the above named centre has applied for registration under part”C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

The general public is here by notified that the above named has applied to the corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act NO1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

Marlene Onyeocha Okolie 2.

Bonita Chinwe Onunka 3.

Nma Emeruwah-Eshihu 4.

Alhaji Musa Usman 5.

Bridget Utah 6.

Promise Ndidiamaka Amahah

The Trustees Are: 1.

Cletus Etim Okon 2.

Faith Cletus Okon 3.

Oliver Mfon Okon 4.

Pastor Nsikak Akpan

The Trustees are: 1. Apostle (Dr) John Ogbevire Ekakitie (J.P) - G. Overseer 2. Deaconess Clara Ekakitie 3. Isaac Ighotemu -(Secretary) 4. Vick Emoakpor 5. Sanguine Abu 6. Deaconess Patience Umukoro 7. Elder Daniel Esaiyigbowho

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To support women empowerment.

2. To engage the measures that promote women and children.

The Aims and Objectives Are: 1. To preach the gospel of Christ all over the world.

2. To take care of the welfare of its members.

3. To establish local branches for the propagation of the gospel worldwide

Aims and Objectives.

1. To preach the gospel of Christ all over the world.

2. To take care of the welfare of its members.

3. To establish local branches for the propagation of the gospel worldwide

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

Signed: BARR CHINENYE ELENDU SOLICITOR

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

Signed: SECRETARY

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general plot 420 tigris crescent off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication.

Signed: SECRETARY

GOD CHOSEN TABERNACLE OF PRAYERS AND MIRACLE MINISTRY INT’L

PASTORS ORDINATION AND CERTIFICATION CENTRE

This is to inform the general public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

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 Trustees Are: 1. Prophet Amughoro Ufuoma Moses - (G. Overseer) 2. Efetobor Movoria - (Secretary) 3. Prophetess Amughoro Julie 4. Sobotie O. Onoriode

TRUSTEES: 1. Pastor Breakthrough Khenz Ogah 2. Pastor Alfred Chukwu 3. Pastor Danladi Isaac.

Aim and Objective: 1. To preach the gospel of Christ all over the world.

2. To take care of the welfare of its members.

3. To establish local branches for the propagation of the gospel worldwide.

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

Signed: Secretary

PEARL GARDENS ESTATE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

TOWER OF GRACE AND DELIVERANCE CHURCH The general public is hereby notified that the above named non-governmental organization has applied to the corporate affairs commission, abuja, for registration as an incorporated trustee under part c of the companies and allied matters act, cap. C-20, laws of the federation of nigeria, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). Pastor Terison Igho Odje - President 3).

Vera Chibuzo Adibua 5).

Engr Isreal Wisdom Abrakasa 7).

Engr Emmanuel Johnson Edemeka 9).

Mr Peter Emuobonuvie Odje

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To train, ordain and certificate pastors Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar-general. Corporate affairs commission, 420, tigris crescent, off aguyi ironsi street. Pmb 198, matiama, abuja within 28th days from the date of publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

ACCESS TO HEALTH AND RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

2) 4).

6).

8).

10).

Engr Okechukwu Uchendu Ene Pastor Blessing Edafe Onogoke Sheila Godswill Eka Engr Benjamin Asamilor Tuna Mr Oghenemere Christopher Eka

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I). To take the gospel of salvation of our lord jesus to all parts of the world and to bring souls into the body of christ Ii). To deliver people from darkness and the bondage of sin, sickness, poverty and every satanic oppression and manipulation Iii). To promote religious harmony Iv). The promoting of holiness as a way of christian living v). The quest for salvation as the key to happiness in daily life Any objection to this registration should be addressed to the registrar general corporate affairs commission, plot 420 tigris crescent, off aguiyi ironsi street, maitama, abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

SURE STEPS CHILD HEALTHY FEET FOUNDATION

The general public is hereby notified that the above named non-governmental organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, for registration as an incorporated trustee under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap. C-20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 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, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1).

Ejiofor Augustine 2) Erharuyi Nosa 3).

Azubike Obi 4).

Omoko Nonso 5).

Onuegbu Hyginus

The trustees are: 1.

Ngozi Nwosu Juba 3.

Orebiyi Temitope Roseline 5.

Peter Akakasiaka

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

Olukayode Ajulo 2.

Wunmi Ajulo 3.

Zak Babah 4.

Biodun Ogundipe

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Chairman

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES i).

To foster unity among residents of Pearl Gardens Estate Association. ii).

To enhance the physical development and security of Pearl Gardens Estate association iii).

To maintain peace among members. iv).

To engage government corporate bodies and other agencies on development issues within Pearl Gardens Estate to interact and deliberates on matters concerning their welfares Any objection to this registration should be addressed to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

UNITED CORPORATE BROTHERS CLUB OF NIGERIA, LAGOS

2.

4.

Wilfred Okichie Cheikh Traore

The Aims and Objectives: 1. To promote youth empowerment with capacity building and grassroots development.

2. To administer malaria, tuberculosis and STI management

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Ensuring that any child affected by clubfoot and other congenital abnormalities receives the best standard of treatment, providing clear information and give support to affected families.

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

Signed: SECRETARY

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: Secretary

ABIA UNITY FRIENDS CLUB PORT HARCOURT

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

The general public is hereby notified that the above named non-governmental organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, for registration as an incorporated trustee under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap. C-20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Trustees 1.

Okoye Kingsley Onyedikachi 2.

Dike Kingsley Uchechukwu 3.

Igweze Alexander Amaechi 4.

Eloka John Chukwuma 5.

Okolie Christian Chinenye 6.

Uchenna Christian Oguike

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1).

Nwogu Lucky 2) Eze Ekene 3).

Enock Austine 4).

Orji Augustine 5).

Kanu Kingsley

-Chairman -Member -Member -Member -Member -Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To protect the interest and welfare of members 2. To dedicate ourselves in promoting peace, unity, progress and love among our members.

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

SIGNED: ROBINSON ALAEKWE ESQ SOLICITOR

HIGHER-GROUND FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN BIBLE CHURCH The general public is hereby notified that the above named church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Ojo Segun Michael 3. Ojo Seyi Samson 5. Chibuoke Celestina Ifeyi

2. Osei James Rotimi 4. Ojo Yemisi Rebecca 6. Fawole Deborah Olubunmi

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President

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES i). To assist the members financially ii). To prepare members for leadership positions by organizing seminars and conferences iii). To assist the less privileged in the society iv). To contribute her quota in nation building v). To attain the highest level by making its members to be self-employed Any objection to this registration should be addressed to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

KING ADO HIGH SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

GREG OMIEFE 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) Greg Omiefe.

2) Omiefe- Greg Abiodun Adebunmi.

3.Daniel Nwali.

Aims and objectives: To reach out and help give scholarships to children from very poor homes.

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

WOMEN ENERGY IN PRODUCTIVE ACTION

This is to notify the General public that an application has been made to the Corporate Affairs Commission for the registration of the above named ASSOCIATION under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission,for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied matters Act NO.1 of 1990.

The Trustees are:1. Adele Adewale Taofik - (President) 2. Aweda Raphael Olafemi.- (Secretary) 3. Ojulari Cecelia Oluwayemi 4. Olaoye Kafayat 5. Rabiu Jamiu

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Dr Rachael Adefunke Wellington - Founder/Chairman 2. Princess Oluyemisi Alufam -President 3. Princess Mary Wellington - Director Of Finance 4. Mrs Jacqueliar Peter-Kio 5. Mrs Peace C. Ubochioma 6. Mrs Ozioma Justina Eze 7. Mrs Ogechi Kester-Eguaoge 8. Mrs Omolara Kuye

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To preach the gospel of Christ to all nations.

2. To uphold the truth of the Gospel.

3. To empower people spiritually through the teaching of the word of God.

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Corruption: Ondo APC raps Mimiko, Jonathan’s ministers ’Tosin Ajuwon Akure

ÏÏÏThe

All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter, on Tuesday, said the fight against corruption was sacrosanct and indispensable under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

Its Publicity Secretary, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, said corruption had been a clog in the wheel of economic development of Nigeria.

He alleged that the party was aware of efforts by Governor Olusegun Mimiko who doubles as the Chairman, People Democratic Party (PDP) Governor’s Forum and Olisa Metuh, its Publicity Secretary, and some former minister to Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan to blackmail the anticorruption crusade of the Buhari administration.

“We are aware of the vigorous efforts by the PDP Governors' Forum Chair, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP leadership and former Ministers under the ExPresident Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to rubbish and blackmail the anti-corruption crusade of the APC-led federal government by tainting and painting it as selective, witch-hunt, political attack and a mere time waster.”

He said Nigerians voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the last Presidential election, amongst other reasons, because President Muhammadu Buhari promised to fight corruption.

“We advise them not to exercise fears if they are not corrupt, as President Muhammadu Buhari, whom the Nigerian public and the international community has nicknamed ‘Mr. Integrity’ will

be fair and just to all in the fight against corruption.

“Any attempt to jettison the fight, will amount to a breach of trust on our electoral promises to millions of Nigerians.”

He explained that Nigerians’ passionate appeal to Buhari was to be fearless, not to be deterred, and to intensify more efforts against the menace called corruption, in order to bring culprits to book.

The APC spokesman added that the statement credited to the Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, on August 1, 2015, that some people had concluded plans to begin a series of petitions against Mimiko, Jonathan’s Ministers and PDP leadership to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was baseless and amounted to running away from one’s shadow.

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Enugu

ÏÏÏGovernor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi

of Enugu State has described the late Professor Julius Onah, the foundation Vice-Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), as a motivational father whose life examples had led various people to greater heights.

The governor made the comment as eminent Nigerians converged in Orba, Udenu Local Government Area, for Onah’s burial.

Onah was the first Professor of Marketing in West Africa.

Ex-Gov Nyako’s aide sworn-in as Adamawa commissioner Tom Garba Yola

ÏÏÏThe former Press Secretary

during the tenure of former Governor Nyako, Comrade Ahmed Sajo, has finally been sworn in as Commissioner of information, after so much tussle, when on two occasions his name was sent for screening to the state lawmakers.

Presiding over the ceremony at the council chambers of the Government House, in Yola, Governor Bindow Jibrilla said the appointment was well deserved and

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ÏÏÏThe Nigerian Medical Associ-

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, with Dr. (Mrs) Anu Esuola and Mr. Bode Esuola . co-leaders of a medical mission from Maryland,United States of America when they visited Oyo at the weekend.

PHOTO: Tajudeen Kareem

ation (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has challenged President Buhari Muhammadu to direct all political office holders to, henceforth, seek medical attention in Nigeria and ban them from oversea medical trip.

Speaking at a press briefing to herald the association’s Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Lagos, the chairman of the association, Dr Tope

Rep canvasses fairness in composition of House committees Henry Omunu

Abuja ÏÏÏA member of the House of Representatives from Ebonyi State, Mr. Iduma Igariweh, has tasked Speaker Yakubu Dogara to reflect the spirit of federal character and fairness when constituting the standing committees of the House.

Igariweh, who is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Afikpo North/South Federal Constituency, said, in Abuja, that only a fair representation process can forestall the outbreak of rancour among House members.

He said that fairness and equity

were necessary in the composition of the House standing committees, in order to sustain the already existing peace in the House, adding that no room should be created for disaffection among members when law-makers resume for a plenary on September 29.

“If discrepancies and unfairness are allowed to come into play in the exercise, then you can be sure that all may not be well. I draw my strength from what Dogora has said about being guided by fairness.

“I want to believe that if the speaker allowed himself to be guided by the spirit of fair play in

the distribution of various offices, I think the prediction of doomsayers may not come to pass. I have a lot of confidence and trust in him, that he will be fair to all manner of people both my party, the PDP, and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress,” Igariweh said.

He also challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to embrace federal character in his appointments as enshrined in the constitution, and emphasised a need to reflect federal character by all tiers of government.

“Every effort ought to be made to reflect federal character. And that is why in a multi-ethnic coun-

try like Nigeria, people expect that appointments ought to reflect the minimum requirement of assuaging feelings of marginalisation. If you make 20 appointments for example, and all of them come from a particular area, that is not what the constitution says. One expects that those 20 appointments will be shared across board..." he said.

Dogara

25 News Ugwuanyi mourns death of ESUT pioneer VC Ugwuanyi urged his contemporaries to emulate the late Onah by distinguishing themselves in their various disciplines.

Also speaking, the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Godfrey Onah, urged people who aspired to achieve greatness on earth and remained hopeful in having a place in God’s Kingdom to follow the path of sincerity as exemplified in the life of late Onah. enjoined the new commissioner to discharge his responsibility to people of the state.

The governor said that the information ministry was critical to the development of the state and urged Sajo to obtain clearance from him or the Secretary to the State Government before embarking on any action on behalf of government.

He noted that the choice of Comrade Ahmed Sajo was a collective choice from stakeholders in the state.

The Representative of Speaker of the State House of Assembly, who is representing Mubi and Chairman of Integrity Group of the House, Abdulrahman Abubakar, thanked the governor for swearing in Sajo. He called on all to join hands to develop the state.

Ban oversea medical treatment, NMA tells Buhari Ojo, said the ban of oversea medical treatment will be taken as the first signal of seriousness of the Buhari administration to reform the health sector.

Ojo said, "The NMA remains as worried as ever regarding the state of our dear country as evidenced by the deplorable conditions of infrastructure and amenities such as bad roads, lack of portable water, poor state of medical facilities, lack of uninterrupted power supply, unavailability of decent and affordable homes, poor drainage system, environmental pollution and poorly developed transportation system amidst other social, political and economic challenges faced by Nigerians on a daily basis." He however commended the current anti-corruption stand of the President Muhammadu, saying it represents the key to building a stable economy.

"We believe that this agenda should be pursued relentlessly and all culpable public office holders should be punished appropriately," he said.

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Season of sanctions on telecom operators Another season of sanctions has hit the telecommunication industry in Nigeria. The plethora of sanctions imposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the big mobile telecommunications operators has caused a major stir on the part of operators and subscribers in the telecom industry. In this report, TONY NWAKEGHO examines the reasons for the present and the previous sanctions.

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently slammed fines totaling N120.4 million on MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat for failing to fully comply with the directive to deactivate pre-registered and defective Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards from their

various networks.

The fines were contained in letters addressed specifically to the operators, dated August 26 and 28 respectively and were signed on behalf of Prof. Umar Danbatta, NCC Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer by Efosa Idehen and Yetunde Akinloye, heads, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement and Legal and Regulatory Services, respectively.

MTN Nigeria incurred the lion’s share of the collective sanction, as the regulator asked it to pay N102.2 million as fine, representing 84.8 per cent of the total sanction.

MTN is the largest telecoms company in the country with over 43 per cent market share.

It currently has over 62 million subscribers on its network. The South African telecoms company was followed by Globacom, which was fined N7.4 million.

Etisalat and Airtel were also asked to pay N7 million and N3.8 million as fines respectively.

NCC in the letters, said the monitoring exercise revealed that the operators were still harbouring pre-registered and defective SIMs on their networks.

In the letter addressed to MTN, titled: ‘Re: Monitoring of Status Compliance with Stakeholders Resolution of August 4, 2015 on Deactivation of Incomplete and Improperly Registered SIM Cards - Notice of Sanction’, NCC claimed that in continuation of its monitoring exercise, it placed voice calls to 402 MTN subscribers from among the list of numbers submitted to the telecommunications for deactivation.

“The numbers called are those whose registration were incomplete or invalid as regards facial capture and the responses from those affected MTN subscribers were that MTN has neither through text messages nor any other means invited them to come forward to validate and update their registration,” NCC stated.

The regulating body said in accordance with Regulations 19(1) and (2) and 20(1) of the Telephone Subscribers Registration Regulation 2011, “MTN will pay to the commission the total sum of N80.4 million being fine for the contravention.”

It added that the amount should be paid on or before September 9, failure of which shall, in accordance with Paragraph 2, Part B, Second Schedule of the Nigerian Communications (Enforcement Processes etc.) Regulations 2005, attract N100,000 per day for as long as it remains unpaid.

The second letter also asked

MTN to pay another N21.8 million for the discovery of 109 additional pre-registered SIM cards purchased and found to be active on the network.

Also, in the letters addressed to other mobile network operators (MNOs), Globacom, Etisalat and Airtel, NCC recalled that at an industry engagement session of June 11, the commission had directed the MNOs, through its letters dated July 8 and August 4, to mop up all pre-registered SIM cards from the market.

The regulator said after the directive expired on August 11, it commenced monitoring of all MNOs to ensure compliance with the instruction.

According to the NCC, despite all warnings and pleadings to the operators, it found 37 preregistered SIM cards still active on Globacom’s network, resulting in a N7.4 million fine for the indigenous telecoms company.

The same pattern of letter was addressed to Etisalat and Airtel, on whose networks 35 and 19 preregistered SIM cards were found respectively.

Accordingly, Etisalat has been mandated to pay N7 million as fine and Airtel N3.8 million.

However, NCC warned that while it would continue to monitor and apply appropriate sanctions on the MNOs for all such preregistered SIM cards purchased by the commission, operators risk additional N100,000 fine per day for as long as the fines remain unpaid.

The commission had asked the operators to deactivate over 37 million SIM cards from their networks because of improper registrations and after having discovered that about 45 per cent of registered SIM cards on their networks were invalid.

As such, NCC had sent 18.6 million numbers to MTN for revalidation, 7.4 million to Airtel, 2.33 million to Glo and 19.46 million to Etisalat.

“However, our monitoring showed that MTN had only removed just 1.6 million and put

them on ‘receive only’ mode. Airtel had only removed 2.3 million SIMs, Globacom also removed only 3.5 million from the network, but it was also partially done. Etisalat barred only 3.3 million SIMs also.

“The current sluggish stance of the operators to follow the directive could make the operators secure regulatory wrath, as their action is tantamount to be against the interest of the nation in the government’s efforts at enhancing the safety of the citizens,” Idehen had said in an August 11 interview in Lagos.

With over N31.1 billion said to have been spent so far on the SIM registration by the operators, stakeholders have continued to wonder why the exercise continues to face irregularities.

The renewed move by the NCC to enthrone sanity in the SIM registration database was consequent upon a meeting between Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Department of State Services (DSS), the network operators and the NCC, last month. Participants at the meeting took into cognizance crimes committed against members of the public either by kidnappers, terrorists, robbers and threats to lives, using unregistered SIM cards. The sale of pre-registered SIM cards is unethical and fundamental crime.

The implications of the sale of pre-registered SIM cards cannot be over emphasized, as innocent citizens could be wrongfully implicated due to the indiscriminate use of the pre-registered SIM cards arising from its sale to seasoned criminals who are seeking to perpetuate one form of crime or the other.

To justify the Commission SIM registration Project which cost N1.7 Billion, the immediate past Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, is reported to have told a government sub-committee probing the project that data of about 100 million old subscribers has been CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

The telecom operators have not really justified the profits they are making from this sector by doing the needful in giving subscribers better quality of service and also promoting national security by registering the subscribers on their network — Stakeholders

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There is no basis to fault the NCC — ALTON Chairman CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26

captured. In their response, representatives of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) expressed confident that the N1.7 Billion price tag for its SIM registration project is money well spent, ALTON, ATCON, OTHERS REACTION Chairman of Association of Licenced Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr Gbenga Adebayo, in his reaction said though he was yet to be briefed by the telecom operators, he would not be in a hurry to fault the regulator since the current sanction bothers on disrespect of the authority of NCC which gave orders that ought to be carried out.

“From what I gathered, the recent sanction is not based on poor service quality but on a given order from NCC to operators to deactivate pre-registered SIM cards and all incomplete and improperly registered SIM cards on their networks for security reason which, of course, has nothing to do with poor service quality that is often blamed on operators erroneously. If the reasons for the penalty are based on violation of directives, then there will be no basis to fault the NCC,” Adebayo said.

Commenting on the issue of fines on the telecom operators, President of the Association of Telecommunication companies, (ATCON) Engr. Lanre Ajayi had this to say.

“We all agreed now that every SIM should to be registered and Nigerians have come to accept that for our own security and for our own sake. So, if we accept that all SIMs should be registered, we should also accept that SIMs not registered that are on the networks should be suspended. I think what they did is to suspend and not remove. In order words, if they go back to re-register, they will be re-activated back.”

Ajayi explained that his position about the registration of SIM is that the operators could have been allowed to handle it, adding that since it was in the wisdom of government that they decided the regulator should also participate in it and it has been done, they should leave it as it is.

On his part, the President of National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo said there is nothing to fault NCC on, since it was a directive given to telecoms operators on matters of national security.

He however said NCC could

have extended the period of ultimatum to 30 days instead of one week to enable the operators deal squarely with the matter, since it bothers on subscribers which he said are slow to react to certain issues that concern them.

Miss Kasis Abone, a telecom consultant said that cards that have also been pre-registered by wrong persons also need to be identified and destroyed, stressing that when they fall into the wrong hands, “the consequence could affect the process and have a devastating effect on National security.”

Mr. Kingsley Odumodu, a subscriber and businessman while venting his anger, complained that the telecom operators are taking subscribers for granted because he has registered his SIM on one of the network thrice and now the firm has been threatening that if he fails to re-register the SIM, his line will be barred immediately.

“I went to several service centres to do what they said again, but met sea of heads of people who are waiting from morning till evening to get registered again.

All this goes to show that the operators don’t have a good data base, hence people continue to do the registration several times over,” he said.

PAST SANCTIONS ON OPERATORS It would be recalled that the Commission had sanctioned the three major mobile network operators for various breaches in the past years.

In May 2012, NCC fined all the four Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) operators including MTN, Glo, Airtel and Etisalat, nearly N1.17 billion for failing to meet up with the minimum standard of quality of service (QoS) for the months of March and April 2012.

Airtel, MTN, Glo, and Etisalat were fined N270 million, N360 million, N180 million and N360 million respectively. The sanctions were communicated to the mobile operators in letters dated May 10, 2012 and states that the four GSM operators failed to keep up with the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as specified in Schedule 1 Table 2 of the QoS Regulations of 2012.

Airtel was fined a total of N270 million, N15 million and N2.5 million was for each parameter for a service contravened throughout the months of March and April respectively. NCC had directed Airtel to pay to the Commission on or before May 25, 2012, N270

million or attract further N2.5 million per day as long as the contravention persists.

Glo was fined a total sum of N180 million. N15 million and N2.5 million was for each parameter for a service contravened throughout the months of March and April 2012 respectively and was expected to pay up N180 million on or before May 25, 2012 or risk additional N2.5 million fine per day as long as the contravention persists.

Etisalat and MTN were fined a total of N360 million each. N15 million and N2.5 million was for each parameter for service contravened throughout the months of March and April respectively.

NCC directed Etisalat and MTN to pay to the Commission on or before May 21 and May 25, 2012 respectively N360 million each or attract further N2.5 million per day as long as the contravention persists.

It was like a showdown between the NCC and the operators, but after several weeks of trading blames, the NCC decided to lower the standard of its Key Performance Indicators (KPI) with which it uses to measure network performances. Based on that decision, the operators reluctantly paid the fine, several weeks after the fine was imposed. No details were, however, given that the operators paid the daily penalty.

Prof Danbatta

In December 2013, the former EVC, Dr Eugene Juwah-led NCC issued a ‘Notice of Intention to Sanction’ to all Mobile Network Operators MNOs to improve Quality of Service and meet set Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by December 31, 2013 or face regulatory intervention.

The sanctions on the operators were contained in separate letters dated February 19, 2014, addressed to each of the affected MNOs. NCC had asked Globacom, MTN and Airtel to pay N277.5 million, N185 million and N185 million respectively for the month of January.

However, some stakeholders in the industry condemned the NCC for imposing a fine of N647.5 million on Airtel, Globacom and MTN Nigeria due to poor quality of service, while lamenting

that the regulator is only dancing round in circles.

The issue of pre-registered SIM cards and quality of service are intertwined in the development of the telecom ecosystem and adding value to the life of the subscribers in all ramifications.

The telecom operators have not really justified the profits they are making from this sector by doing the needful in giving subscribers better quality of service and also promoting national security by registering the subscribers on their network.

Some pundits said that the operators have the belief that any sanction on their part to their subscribers would give them the choice to port to other networks in line with the mobile number portability (MNP) scheme.

JUST HUMAN 5.11pm. Serious bargaining at Iyana-Ipaja market, Lagos. Photo God’s Covenant Snr/067.

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No illegal 54 varsities in Nigeria, says NUC Augustine Okezie Abuja

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has denied the existence of 54 illegal universities operating in Nigeria, contrary to publications by some social media.

Briefing newsmen in Abuja recently on the online publication alleging the existence of 54 illegal universities in Nigeria, the Director Information and Public Relations, Ibrahim Yakassai, said the commission had earlier discovered over 50 unlicensed universities operating in different parts of the country nine years ago and had taken steps to close the schools while currently prosecuting perpetrators of the act.

Mallam Yakassai further noted that the Commission had set up a committee in partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Police that monitors and closes any university declared illegal by the Commission.

He said: “NUC has a committee that closes down illegal universities and the commission is in partnership with the ICPC, the police and other law enforcement agencies.

“I want to say that there is no illegal universities currently operating in Nigeria that is of the knowledge of the NUC; Our Commission did not suddenly wake up to it responsibility of discovering 54 illegal universities”.

He also disclosed that the management of the National Universities Commission included a branded list that comprised the names of illegal universities and determined to consistently publish the names in its Monday Weekly bulletin to keep the public well informed.

“There is a list of 52 that has been close down long time ago, NUC is maintaining the list in the public domain through it Monday weekly bulletin to get people acquitted and also to make sure these names of the illegal schools become stigmatized and then no Nigeria will patronize such places”, he said.

FG urged to review laws on establishment of varsities by religious bodies Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia In view of the high cost of school fees being paid in universities run by religious institutions across the country, a call has been made for the Federal Government to revisit relevant laws that empowered religious organisations to establish universities in the country.

This call came recently from a member of the recently inaugurated Visitation Panel to the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Dr. Nwadinobi John Kay, in an interview with Daily Times in his Amaogwugwu Ohuhu country home in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State.

He said that the high school fees by such organisations is a discouragement for their members who cannot afford it, but

Buhari

contributed their widows might in funding the establishment of such universities.

“If churches, religious institutions should establish universities, there should be a laid down pattern (rules) by the Federal

Government through its educational authorities, Nwadinobi said, urging for sanity in rules for the establishment of universities.

Nwadinobi, who was inaugurated alongside Prof. Joshua

Ogbonna, who is the panel chairman, expressed happiness that he was part of the panel made up of quality members, assuring that they would do their best on their mandate.

On the issue of fallen standard of education in the sector in the country, Nwadinobi said every academic and non-academic staff in every institution should be in serious check over misconducts describing as corruption, a situation where a student’s scores are changed over money and other gratifications by lecturers.

“If we don’t take it out, education standard is falling. If we don’t take measures, we will go back to medieval period”, he observed, advocating that Alvan Ikoku College of Education be upgraded to a university as one of the premier College of Education in the country.

Most varsity administrators, lecturers are ICT illiterates— Okebukola Augustine Okezie Abuja Former Executive Secretary of, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has described a larger population of University administrators and lecturers in the country as ICT illiterates and ignorant about the renewed quest for the adaptation to modern age computer technology.

Okebukola, who made the disclosure in a keynote address at a two-day interactive workshop jointly organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Digital Promise Foundation tagged ‘’Technology-assisted learning conference for Universities, ‘’called for refresher courses and capacity building for University Vice Chancellors and administrators to spearhead the campaign for ICT revolution in Nigeria’s education sector.

Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, has charged universities in Nigeria to explore the possibility of realising increased access and expanding the frontiers of the acquisition of world class knowledge through the in-

L-R: Guest speaker, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; representative ofthe Vice Chancellor, Universty of Ibadan, Prof. Babatunde Salako and chairman of the occasion, Prof. Lanre Olutayo, at a lecture titled, The state of Nigerian diaspora and gender relations in the 21st century, in Ibadan... on Monday

troduction of efficient Information Communication Technology (ICT) system that will complement already provided infrastructure.

Okojie further noted that there are more qualified student applicants for UTME admissions but with limited access and poor quality of teachers.

He said: ’’Addressing the issue of quality of programme organised by universities and that of graduates had remained a chal-

lenge. Government through TETFUND has increased funding, but we are only busy building structures which we only have already, we only need to pursue the inclusion of ICT programmes to expand access to teaching and learning’’.

The NUC boss further called for a clear departure from the use of obsolete traditional teaching methods to a more advance technology.

‘’We must key into the change factor and must be challenged by issues. We must be involved in the budgeting of university system’’, he said The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Hindatu Abdullahi, while speaking at the occasion pledged government’s support and leadership in the campaign to revitalise Nigeria’s technological growth and development.

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FG boosts basic education as states get N37bn annual grant Stories by Augustine Okezie Abuja The Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Suleiman Dikko, has disclosed that the Federal Government has so far released the sum of one billion naira as matching grants to the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to boost the development of basic education in Nigeria.

Dikko, who spoke in Abuja at a meeting with the Executives of Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN), said a total of about N37 billion is allocated to the states annually to improve infrastructure in schools.

He also said that State governments should be held responsible for the general decline in basic education in Nigeria, leading to

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poor performance of students in public examinations.

He further added that UBEC as an intervention agency has little to do in terms of ensuring that quality and standard are maintained in primary and secondary schools in the country as people are made to believe.

He noted that many people erroneously blame UBEC for the perceived fall in the quality and standard of education in the country when in reality basic education is under the purview of states as provided in Constitution.

He said: “UBEC is basically an intervention agency of the Federal Government to manage the 2 per cent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund set aside to provide support to states in development of basic education.

“Recall that many states that had refused to pay their counterpart fund of about 100 percent of

the Federal Government matching grant have had their allocations accumulated well over N37 billion with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

“The commission is not a regulatory body. We don’t employ teachers or regulate the recruitment of teachers. Education is on the concurrent list and what the Federal Government is doing is to provide support to the states through this matching grant.

State governments are in charge of basic education delivery. They construct classrooms and determine the number of pupils and teachers to engage”. Chairman of ECAN, Mr. Chuks Ukwuatu, earlier in his remark, said basic education was critical and that there was the need for effective collaboration with the media in order to ensure that Nigerians are properly informed on the intervention of government in the sector.

AUN students develop apps for Hausa, Fulfulde languages The Vice Chancellor, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State, Dr. Margee Ensign, has announced a major breakthrough by Computer Science students on written computer application for teaching Hausa and Fulfulde languages.

Dr. Ensign, who disclosed the feat in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at a two-day Conference on Technology-Assisted Learning in Nigerian Higher Education organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and AUN recently, said AUN deployed ICT massively and would soon connect Yola with fibre optics to boost access to ICT. She said: “We have a programme called Student Empowerment through Language, Literacy and Arithmetic (STELLA) where all our students are teaching vulnerable people how to read.

“Our Computer Science students have written apps for teaching Hausa and Fulfulde because people want to learn in their mother tongues.

“We will sign an agreement with the US Government to extend STELLA to other parts of North-East Nigeria.

“We are training vulnerable children on eight weeks free ICT access to know how to access technology; we hope to bring fibre optics to Yola so that the whole community has access to technology.’’

She said that the school had es-

tablished a strong internet presence; which earned it a visit from Google two years ago.

According to her, Google visited AUN because it noticed AUN presence on the worldwide usage map as the institution used some Google technology.

“We are using e-books everywhere; every student and staff uses computer – a laptop or ipad.

“So, we have access to world knowledge; our jobs as faculty members and teachers are train people on how to access technology and how to evaluate it.

“We have 22 programmes focused on STEM- Science Technology Engineering and Maths in the secondary schools.

“The American Library Association recently ranked universities according to their digital holdings; AUN was one of the top three in the world – above Oxford and Cambridge.

“We have one of the best digital holdings.’’

Ensign said that AUN took into cognizance the challenges in the North-East and believed that technology could be used in tackling her challenges.

On ICT challenges facing universities in the country she said: ‘’We believe technology is an important part of the answer; we thought it was right to partner with NUC to bring all the VCs together to see how we can map out strategies on how to tackle the problem.’’

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (middle) after he awarded scholarships to two First Class Law School students, Mr. Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin (1st left) and Mr. Adam Muhammed Ndakudu from Irepodun and Edu LGAs of Kwara State respectively, on Monday.

Don rejects NCE certificate as minimum teaching qualification A University Don, Professor Benedicta Egbo, has described as obsolete and inappropriate the continuous use of the Nigeria Certificate of Education (NCE) awarded by the nation’s Colleges of Education as the minimum teaching certificate in Nigeria and called for its replacement with the Bachelor’s Degree in Education as obtainable in advanced countries.

She said: “In other climes, the minimum teaching qualification is Master’s degree. We need to examine the idea of NCE as its time has come and gone. We should adopt B.Ed as the minimum qualification for teaching in primary and secondary schools as it is done in developed countries. Edu-

cation indispensably remains a critical tool for economic development. With the right policies and programmes, Nigeria’s education could become a viable social project’’.

Prof. Egbo, who currently teaches in a Canadian university, expressed the position in Abuja during the presentation and launching of her book, ’Education and Sustainable Developments in 21st Century’, described Nigeria as a country with an immense promise and whose opportunities must not be wasted.

The former inspector of Education in the old Eastern Region further called for a new teacher curriculum to level up with modern

realities.

In her view, the teacher should be constantly engaged, empowered and highly motivated in development activities On the reason behind her writing the book, she said it was ‘’a labour of love that took her several years to write out of passion for Nigeria’s Education. ‘’I am very passionate about this country and it’s time we sit down and think about how to salvage her.

Education is the centripetal force that pull together other institutions. When Education fails, the society fails, Nigeria with her potentials and promises fails also’’, she said.

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100 days in office: Buhari now has blueprint to reposition Education sector — Acting PS Recently the Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Hindatu Abdullahi, granted a special interview to select newsmen in Abuja as part of activities marking President Muhammadu Buhari’s 100 days in office. She also spoke on other issues affecting the nation’s education sector. AUGUSTINE OKEZIE was there and reports.

How do you see President Buhari’s 100 days in office especially as it concerns Education and what impact has he made to the sector these 100 days and what are we looking forward to?

You see, the present government has its blueprint on education. Luckily enough, we have already done our briefing to Mr. President. So I am sure President Buhari will not any way leave Education behind because that is the bedrock. Everybody knows that. So wait for him to unveil his Education plans which will be made public in the coming months.

But we are going to work strictly with the blueprint to ensure that we follow at least their implementation in the system.

We already have strategic plans that will enhance school enrolment, improve quality teaching and learning and ensure rapid growth and transformation of the sector in the basic education sector.

We are going to overhaul Nigeria’s Education as presently constituted to ensure productivity and rapid development in line with the change agenda of the present administration.

For some time now, there had been raging controversy and protest over the reversal to status quo of the new Universities of Education. Some said they have been downgraded back to their former status.

Some said they are still universities of education, some said they got circular signed by the Acting Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, asking them to reverse back to their former status. Can you please throw more light on it?

What exactly is the status of these schools?

Thanks for asking me this question. Why I am saying so is that apart from being the person overseeing the Ministry of Education, I had been the director Tertiary. I was there in, through and through when those colleges were converted into universities. You see, I am surprised why people should make issues out of nothing. Now, this is an issue of

government policy.

The previous administration towards the end, I can precisely say towards the last two weeks, decided to convert these institutions; that is Federal College of Education Kano, Federal Collage of Education Zaria, Alvan Ikoku College of Education and Adeyemi College of Education, to convert them into the statues of universities. Earlier on, let me go back to tell you, there were discussions, you know issues on changing some of these institutions to dwell more on status, but that is giving them autonomy to award degree as much as they award NCE. Because of that agitation, the government then set up a committee much earlier to look into the issue.

The committee has concluded the work. So let me come back to when the previous government decided to go farther; they decided to upgrade the colleges to the status of universities. We had provost in the universities before; we looked at what can be done with these provosts because their tenure was still on when the issue of conversion came on. There are other principal officers in the institutions. That is the registrars, the Librarians, the bursars. So in its wisdom at that time, the previous government decided to say okay let us appoint vice chancellors from outside because the present provost cannot be the vice chancellor as at that time. I think three of them were doctors except one for Adeyemi.

Adeyemi’s provost was a professor but government has its own way of making decisions. So it was decided that four of them would be converted to deputy vice chancellors. But because the salary of deputy vice chancellor is not the same with the salary of the provost, so it was agreed that their salaries should be made personal to them. That was as at that time. Now other principal officers will maintain their position until when their tenure ends.

I can give you example: if I am a registrar and my tenure in the institution is for four years but I have already done two tears, so I will now conclude my remaining two years. There are other issues

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to be looked at, the issue of staffing. We have to realign on who and who to remain as staff of the Federal University of Education and who and who needs to be upgraded.

We have not done all those ones when the new government came in. Like I said when some people ask me question, I say I am a civil servant, I receive instructions on what I should do and at that time, I received instruction to do a memo for the Federal Executive Council for the conversion; now, I received another directive from Mr. President that we should revise to the status quo that I made, for the time being. And this is exactly the case.

I do not see why people are taking issues out of it. Yes at that time, the government decided to; at this time now, the government decided to hold on to this conversion. We don’t know what the final decision will be, may be they will look at it and say okay; X Y Z to happen but we were clearly directed to revise the status quo.

Simply! And when you are asked to revise status qu0, you know what it means. So we have to call these people, talk to them and inform them, brief them so that we carry them along. We called the

vice chancellors; we called the former provosts who are now going to go back to their position as provosts of the College of Education and informed them.

Many of these institutions are going about protesting in their respective institutions and some of them have said that Universities of Education is the way to go in the modern age now. Other countries are having it, why would Nigeria not have it too?

Well, people are entitled to their own opinion. Government made a decision; everybody is at liberty to interpret that decisions whatever way. Government may have its own reason, but to me, I don’t think that the issue of protesting is what matters at the moment, but with dialogue, we can see the way out of it. Let us see how we can convince the government that this is what we want but not protesting. Protesting in most cases can never solve any problem but with dialogue you can make your case, make your position, not necessarily through protest. This is my own opinion anyway.

You were part of the past government. In your perception, was due process followed by the previ-

ous government based on lapses the new government saw and decided to reverse back to the status quo?

You know as a civil servant, any government that comes, you serve them. I would not know.

You said lapses, which lapses?

Government said come and do this, which lapses are you looking for? And the government said, stop doing that, do this, which lapses are you looking for?

On the students who were on scholarship abroad; there is protest by some of them that their stipends had not been paid to them over some months now. They tried to reach out to government but they were stopped. They have even turned to beggars. What is the Ministry doing about it?

Okay, let me go further to bring out the issue. Every year, the Federal Ministry of Education budgets the money for the remittances of scholars’ upkeep allowances.

Now the allowances payable to our scholars outside the country is from January to December and every year that amount of money is calculated and put into the budget. Now whatever we receive as capital allocation to the ministry, we work out this money for the scholarship and the board will now pay into Central Bank, which remits the same according to the information we have given them because the federal scholarship board had given them.

It will remit to the embassies and the embassies will now remit to the scholars. Unfortunately our yearly release if you look at the trend, does not come from January, it does not start from January.

Normally if you are lucky, you will start getting capital releases from April or May. So that is why you find out, most of the time, there is delay in the payment of scholar’s remittances for upkeep allowance depending on what time we have the release of fund.

Take note, the scholarship money that is the upkeep allowance we pay the scholars is not under our overhead. It is under capital.

So we can only receive it when capital allocations are released to various MDAs. If there is any delay in the release of capital allocation, it will affect scholarship upkeep allowance. And you know very well this year because of the change of government and other things, there is a delay in the release and that is why up to the present, they have not been paid.

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otry, hatred or ethnic sentiments.

The Nigerian youth movement will make meaningful contributions to national development if only it is driven by intellectualism. The issue of PMB failing youths in 100 days is a perspective that is out of consonance with the interests of the youth constituency.

PMB in his manifesto before election said among many things that relate to youth matters that he would harness and develop our potentials to the fullest so as to facilitate the emergence of the new generation of citizens. He said further that he would put in place measures to identify talents and promote Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry. All this emphasised statements are directed towards the youths. It is so shameful that most of us are already having heated arguments on whether he

has made attempt to make this come to pass in his 100 days in office. It is just so painful that most youth movements are not driven towards a defined goal and with clear constructive objectives. Individual youth and youth leaders have personal goals and objectives perhaps but a movement must be unified with a vision and commitment stimulated by some mutually beneficial objectives.

My own understanding of the problems is clear and have been stated on many occasions vis a viz: •That the phones, games, electronic gadgets, cars, clothes, shoes, jewelry, wrist watches, among other that we crave to acquire and fondly display to the extent of undertaking unethical ‘jobs’ and crimes to earn enough to buy, are made by our mates in Singapore, China, Brazil, India, Korea, and even South Africa.

Therefore, what youths in Nigeria need is not to be handed leadership. We rather need a development programme comprehensive enough to provide for ideal valueorientation, standard education and training, entrepreneurial capacities, and funding mechanism that will enable us to compete with our mates in knowledge, skills, executive competencies, and industrial diligence.

•That an average actor in India writes films that promote national interests, revamp failing value system, or depicts India’s strength over Pakistan and Kashmir or express the values of Indian culture in comparison with Western culture. Indians won’t kiss in films nor have sex but play love within the parameters of their culture. Where are we? What do our Nollywood actors do? Imitate western cultural behaviours that are illicit in our cultural eyes in the name of civilisation. Nollywood and our music industry, a youth driven sector, as it is only contributes to the bastardisation of our future leaders and therefore need serious orientational reform before funding.

I will therefore mobilise Nigerian youths to support the ongoing reforms towards getting firstly our orientation about governance and corruption. Without fear of disagreement, I would say President Buhari has not failed the Nigerian youth constituency.

He is already setting the pace for us to be handed a good leadership system. My reasons are stated below: •Every other sector he had touched has youths benefitting the most. Civil service has over 60 percent youth population. So, his interventions that put smiles on the faces of workers benefit youths the most. Even the elders in the civil service can now fund their youth-children’s education and upkeep.

•When the Agric sector reform takes off, youths will make over 60 percent of benefactors.

•If the treasury management reform saves us a fortune in national revenue hitherto unremitted to treasury, Nigerian youths will benefit the most.

•Our Universities centers on youths. So, reforming education is youth centred project.

The problem is that we assume some individuals that are self-christened and parade themselves as youth leaders to be the youth PMB must talk to or ‘touch’ directly. It is a crooked thinking and Baba himself is aware of this. Our constituency holds the key to the greatness of this country. We must assume the position to help and not be helped. We must reform ourselves before we are been reformed.

active in Students’ unionism.

Without missing words, Olajide disclosed that he has served in different capacities under both students and youth organisations as two-time Honourable member of Students Representative Assembly (SRA) of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria in Kaduna State as well as the National Provost of National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS. Revealing how ready he is to join full time politics, Olajide

noted that he is ready to resuscitate the youth wing of the party in order for youths to regain their rightful place.

Present at the venue of the press conference were past and present members of the National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS), National Association of Polytechnic Students(NAPS), West African Polytechnic Students’ Union executives (WAPSU), Students’ Union Presidents of various

higher institutions in the country.

Buhari’s reforms and Nigerian youths

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Whyte Habeeb Ibidapo I am obliged with the responsibility that life placed on me to suggest a path deserving a collective action from Nigerian youths towards what fate have for us as Nigerians. You would agree with me that we are the architects of our present circumstance and blaming anyone for our actions or inactions would be injurious.

However, the present action of voting the ‘change’ we desire is not injurious but a blessing in disguise. Nigeria is our fatherland and so shall it remain. The struggles of our heroes shall not be in vain and that is why we keep advocating for ‘positive change’ and not just change.

The much talked about change can’t be taken by face value; it will resonate well on our daily lives, but after a long and painstaking work. In essence, President Mu-

hammadu Buhari’s effort in the last 100 days in office cannot be said to have failed the youth constituency.

I would be right to say that President Buhari was elected because we got tired with lying and looting personnel in the realm of governance. The country desperately needed an honest leader at that period. To the glory of God, we got one and our criticisms of him should be to avoid the repeat of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s (GEJ) days. We can’t afford another stray administration. Change is not just a word, and it takes collective action. I would not join the bandwagon of those that assume that criticising a shortcoming of Buhari is an expression of regret for ever supporting him. Of course, we must do criticism but what our government needs as at now is criticism that is founded on intellectualism devoid of big-

Student leader joins politics, to contest as PDP youth leader Temitope Yakubu Ado-Ekiti The immediate past Chief of Staff to the President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Wolimoh Olajide, has said he is retir-

ing from active students’ unionism to join politics.

Olajide made this known while addressing journalists and students leaders at a press conference in Abuja.

According to him, he decided to join politics due to the various experiences he has seen while still

Whyte Habeeb Ibidapo is a member of the NYSC currently serving in the Federal Capital territory. He is a lawyer, United Nations Award winner, Africa International Arbitration Award winner, Promasidor Runner-up for the Best Future Writer in Nigeria, i-Hustle Campaign Initiative Ambassador and Editor, Egba Youth Awards Foundation.

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Sweet Mother ÎÎÎ

Sometime in 1995, an international organisation outside our shores was re-engineered.

Some staff members were made redundant and morale was very low among those remaining.

As if not yet done with ‘dealing’ with the staff, the Management decided to cut some perks enjoyed by certain staff categories.

Among the perks to be axed was the Education Allowance. It all started as a rumour but when the item featured on the agenda of a Board meeting, the Staff Council convened an emergency meeting. This meeting was dominated by women of different levels.

The solidarity even surprised the Staff Council President. He just allowed the women to run the meeting that day.

An on-the-spot decision was taken by the women to protest by stripping at the Board meeting where the decision to axe the

Education Allowance that affected their children and wards would be taken.

The Board, comprising of the President, Executive Directors, Vice Presidents, Secretary-General and top Management staff met once a month and it was on a Wednesday.

The female staff hoped that if the non-regional members looked on with glee at the naked women, the regionals would look away (even if they were tempted) knowing fully well that all over (Black) Africa it was a taboo for a woman to disrobe in anger. Some members were chosen to carry out this fabulous action.

Alas, the women couldn’t carry out their plan because the Board and Management eventually beat a retreat and the Education Allowance was maintained. Ce que femme veut Dieu le veut - What a woman wishes God approves.

Memories of that day

came tumbling down when I heard the news of the women who joined their children to protest before the gates of the University of Lagos the cut-off mark chosen by that institution as its entry point. One of the women’s placards read, ‘Give our children admission’.

The women accused the institution of hiking its cut-off point to 250 instead of the 180 announced by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Splashed on the front page of one of our dailies the following day was the photo of the mothers seated on the ground outside the university gates.

Sweet Mother!

The news reviews and analysis in the radio the next day did not miss out on the news item either. ‘The university is right to choose its own cut-off mark,’ said one news analyst while his colleague believed that, ‘University education isn’t for all, some can go into vocational training and so on.’ Something’s missing in all this. Was it only I who noticed that it was mothers - sweet mothers who came out to support the children? Where were the Daddies? Where were the fathers the day the mothers decided to stand

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shoulder to shoulder with their children?

Should the fathers’ absence be credited to the fact that the onus of grooming the child falls more on the mother than on the father? The mother is the vessel through which the child journeys to the world. No child is born a robber or a cultist.

Circumstances, social and otherwise made them turn out to be that. Parenthood isn’t only nature, it’s nurture as well. Any woman addressed as Mama by child is in loco parentis to the latter.

Therefore the onus of nurturing that child falls on the former. The parent or guardian is the child’s role model so through our words and deeds we should help the child to build a moral conscience by highlighting that which we find virtuous and morally deficient e.g. cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, drugs, cyber crimes etc..

Some areas in Lagos have now turned to battlegrounds where gangs rage wars on real and imaginary rivals.

These boys and girls didn’t just drop from heaven.

Members of these gangs have mothers.

In fact one was said to have been pursued to his mother’s house and there

he was gunned down.

Those committing cyber crimes do have mothers some of whom are now called ‘Mama Bournvita’.

Why were they given this sobriquet? These mothers know that their children don’t have any legal means of livelihood but are always smiling to the bank. What interests these mothers is the ‘stomach infrastructure’ serviced by their children’s actions. Do they know that the chocolatey taste in their mouth will one day turn acidic? Where are the mothers of those committing crimes in the society? Where are the women living in these crime-ridden areas? Why are they keeping quiet?

From the South-East came cheering news of the Women’s Delegates’ Conference. Every August this bevy of women choose one of the Southeast states as venue of a conference that ‘draws women from every part of the globe’. These women’s actions make an impact on the socio-economic cum political aspects in the South-East so much so that the region’s governments believing in the raison d’être of this group, render financial assistance to them. At the just-concluded August Meeting in Owerri, Imo

State, Aisha Buhari, the President’s wife, ably represented by Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President, lauded the achievements of these South-East women who dared ‘to dream’. Aisha Buhari urged women to arise and speak. She also said that, ‘It is the women that groom children for a better society .........’

Where’s the mother the Psalmist says is a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of her husband’s house, the mother whose children shall be like olive plants round about their father’s table? Rumi, the great mystical poet, in ‘Duck’, says, The natural longing of ’ the child’s soul ‘comes from’ his ‘mother’.

So when will all women join hands in grooming our children for a better society?

Hopefully it won’t be long when women on our land would aspire to be like that woman described in the Book of Proverbs as ‘she (who) opens her mouth in skilful and Godly wisdom to give counsel and instructions’. For that’s when our children and the world as a whole will call us ‘Blessed’. And when Nico Mbanga’s song, ‘Sweet Mother’, comes up we can dance heartily to it because it fits us like a glove.

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Local accessories will one day outshine foreign ones –Adeola Badmus Nkarenyi Ukonu even on the wall. I had a great record of being the best student in art from my primary level to my secondary level. I made calabash and mask with old newspaper prints and my mother’s starch. When I was in SS1, I made a painting of our ex President Olusegun Obasanjo. I later studied Art, design and printing technology at The polytechnic Ibadan, I was number one of the best two students that graduated with Upper credit though I was expecting distinction, but God knows best. While working with Access bank PLC, I attended a skills acquisition program organized

by GIO designs and Eve concepts where I learnt Ankara craft. Creativity is my name, I love creating new and unique things out of nothing.

Were your parents in total support of it initially?

My parent at first did not like my being an artist but they fell in love with my creativity and passion for Art. Ever since I started this Ankara craft business, they have supported me with their time, strength and money. My mum will help in cleaning and arranging my little art studio while my daddy gives me transport fare to exhibitions and seminars.

Badmus Adeola, CEO of Pwinzez Hollar Kreationz is one of the budding creative designers to look out for in the fashion industry having carved a niche for herself in the transformation of Ankara fabrics into various designs. These include clutch purses, pillow throws, bags and shoes amongst others. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, the art design and printing technology graduate revealed how she fell in love with art creations; her next line of action and other issues. Excerpts: How lucrative is the Ankara craft business?

Ankara craft business is not as lucrative as it ought to be, but I can see it being lucrative in the nearest future.

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The journey to being creative, how did all start?

I am a born artist. Art have been a part of me as a teenager. I remember back then my parent and teacher would beat me for drawing on my note books, text books and

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How did you juggle learning with work?

Not easy I must say, I learn during the day and make my creative piece at night; above all, it was all about good Timing.

What distinguishes you design from others?

What distinguishes my designs from others are the use of shapes, forms and designs which are unique and creative. My choices of colors are powerful. My designs are durable, attractive, artistic and affordable.

How long have you been in this business?

Barely a year I must say but I am progressing is the honest truth.

What has been the reception from your few clients since you started?

Sincerely at first, it was not encouraging at all but because I knew where I was going, I never got discouraged at any point but now it is bit better because Nigerians now appreciate our local fabrics most especially the accessories aspect of

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it because it stands out at occasions.

In terms of price, how affordable are your products?

Very affordable because it is not as expensive as shopping for the western designs like the designer bags, shoes, belt and the likes that gulp so much amount but the reality is that for as low as a thousand naira you can get Ankara accessories designs.

What were the challenges since you started?

The very key challenge has always been capital, to up things together, so also is the environment the business is located because that totally determines whether your product will sell or not. The fact is people barely buy the Ankara made bags not to talk of the accessories.

Do you thing Nigerians are appreciative of locally made accessories?

Sincerely, Nigerians don’t really appreciate locally made accessories due to the fact that we have shifted the love we have for our culture, norms and value and the way we dress, due to civilisation. But I think we are coming back home very soon because people like Pwinzez Hollar will impart the upcoming generation with African craft and cultural values.

Considering the several fabrics we have, which are you more comfortable working with?

Africa itself is beautiful. Our fabrics are colorful and attractive. In making African craft and accessories I am more comfortable using Ankara, Adire, Aso-oke, Hollandaise, and Ghana fabrics.

In the trending of how fashion industry has been going in recent time, we have seen that Nigerians in the Diaspora appreciate more of our own Nigerian fabric, how do you intend taking your own fabrics outside the country?

I believe in God’s direction and favour because by the time the product is known everywhere and rocked by top celebrities, Nigerians in the Diaspora get to see them and with that they start ordering. Before the ordering will start, I am bent sure that all my works will be made available on several online platforms and with that, I will be shipping in and out of the country.

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Rihanna Loves Dior! Fronts New Editorial in Sheer Pieces & Flawless Makeup Controversial singer Rihanna might just be the fashion muse everyone wants to use. In her latest shoot for a Dior editorial, the music megastar is clad in head-to-toe pieces from the design label. The star usually lets the world know when she’s into something, from fan art of her RiRi by Rihanna fragrance to people when they’ve crossed the line – by posting on her Instagram page. So when she uploaded 9 images of the Dior shoot by Craig McDean, she was speaking loud and clear.

Dressed in a see-through dress, a trench coat paired with latex boots, and a print unitard, she looks super-hot and sexy.

Michelle Gentry models Abbyke Domina’s collections

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Awe releases ‘Nirvana’ Resort 2015 Collection play

Nigerian brand Awe unveils Resort 2015 collection titled ‘Nirvana’. The upcoming brand shows off a collection of lace with detailed print looks, inspired by the word ‘Nirvana’ itself from the ancient Sanskrit meaning “to blow out”, “liberation” or “freedom”. It describes a state of profound peace of mind and release from suffering. The collection is dedicated to the freedom fight of the legendary Nelson Mandela, it also serves a major transition of the two year-old brand in the Nigerian fashion

Nollywood actresses Monalisa and Fathia cover Maliq Magazine Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda and Nollywood Yoruba A-list actress, Fathia Balogun Williams, are the cover girls for the latest edition of House of Maliq magazine. The stunning actresses dazzle in red for their cover on September issue of House of Maliq. Balogun stunned in a red lace dress while Chinda was a vision in a sheer, red creation. The actresses looked gorgeous and sexy in their hot red dress.

Model is perfection for Estee Lauder’s ‘Modern Muse Le Rouge’ fragrance

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Daughter of actress and MAG DIVA CEO, Mercy Aigbe Gentry features in Abbyke Domina teen collection. We know the young fashionista loves to dress up and take stylish shots with her mom, but she’s taken it up a notch and is now the face of eponymous fashion label, Abbyke Domina‘s new teen line.

The shoot, which has Michelle and the fashion designer, shows the pair playing the role of mother and daughter. They are rocking silk and embroidered lace dresses which feature face prints, floral lace and more. Speaking on why she launched a teen collection, Abbyke says, “Fashion should have a strong hold from the teen age.”

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The creative director of the brand, Apooyin Abiola employs zig zag patterns, vertical lines and print as a medium to tell a story of freedom creating casual, chick, simple, sporty and ready to wear fashion pieces. According to the brand, “The concept behind the collection is to create a fashion collection that brings about a release from the conventional and rather trite fashion ensembles into simple and minimal fashion pieces”.

Kendall Jenner looks all grown up as she goes super glam in red for Estee Lauder’s fragrance advert. The pretty model and reality star showed off wearing the fragrance in the commercial while strutting down the street in a red pant suit complete with bold red lips while she gets stares and attention of all passers-by taking in all the attention. Kendall Jenner wore rich dark locks and a glam makeup look for the commercial.

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Fayrouz L’Original 2 Finalist Team HAI debuts “Tribe of Kevlan” Collection The Fayrouz L’original 2nd edition came to a close about a month ago, and crowned Team Meddlelane as the winners.

However, that isn’t stopping the 1st runner up, Team HAI from pursuing their dreams in the fashion industry. For their official debut, they present a creative & enchanting collection titled – “Tribe of Kevlan“. The collection is based on the mythical ‘Royal Fairy’ in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, and photographed in a haunting & foggy garden. The movie inspired the creative director, Sheye Oladejo, to explore creativity and the details in historical fashion culture during the medieval era, Celtic tradition & British folklore. This helped her envision unique, alluring and enchanting pieces showcasing the beauty of the ‘Royal

Fairy’. Fabrics such as taffeta, charmeuse, brocade, cord lace, sequins and more were used to design ball gowns, draping dresses and more with dainty accents like floral headbands, fairy wings, statement ‘backlaces’ etc.

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skinny ties Chris Oparaugo

to pair a skinny tie with a fitted dress, shirt that has a smaller collar.

Ties have become increasingly narrow and more of a fashion statement than an accessory meant for black tie affairs. A tie is considered “skinny” if it is as small as 2.50 inches. Wearing a slimmer tie is now a style that tends to trend so fast worn by most celebrities home and abroad.

• Skinny ties look best with 1 or 2 button suit or blazer jackets.

Skinny ties are not just a masculine affair but also rocked by their feminine counterparts; hence if your body type is bulked-up, a skinny tie is probably not the best option for you.

• Button down collars are less suited for narrow neckties.

Skinny ties can be worn for both formal and casual occasions. For a formal look its advisable

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How to rock them

• Don’t wear a shirt with a wide spread collar when wearing skinny ties.

• Match the narrow tie with a smaller, slightly tie knot. A perfect tie knot is the so called four in Hand knot.

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Tobi Dada Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry rocked the print blouse with a pair of black skinny jeans, adding a bit of colour by coordinating her accessories with a pink pair of pumps and pink bag. Designer/stylist, Abbyke Domina, wore the same blouse with a pair of blue flare bottomed jeans and black jeans. You can decide who wore it better.

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Get high with high top Omobolaji Afolabi

High top Snicker shoes are one fashion accessory that gives you a second glance from your audience when properly matched with a corresponding outfit depending on your choice of attire.

•High top sneakers usually look good on bum shorts, making every beach event a memorable one.

•High top sneakers can be worn with either short or long gown with a nice blazer.

•Making a fashion statement with your sneakers when rocked with a traditional outfit. Every bold step counts.

•Rock your high top sneakers with a fled skirt, making you the cynosure of all eyes at every event.

•Steal your audience attention when sneakers snooze alongside your crazy jean.

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Nose rings

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Nose rings are fast becoming the most trending fashion pieces for celebrities now. It’s a type of style that is gender-free as both men and women rock nose rings but mostly seen on the ladies. Wearing a nose ring might be a bit difficult and confusing but with the safety tips below you are safe.

Safety tips on how to put on your nose rings ÏRemove the bead. Hold the ring on either side of the bead. Gently pull both sides of the ring in opposite directions, pulling them apart. The bead should fall out once the ring has been opened far enough. You might be able to do this by hand if the ring is fairly thin, but for 14 gauge rings and sizes that are even thicker than that, you might struggle to open and close the ring. If that happens, you can use captive ring opening/closing pliers. Simply grab one side of the ring with your pliers and hold the other side with your hands, then bend and twist the ring as usual.

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ÏTwist the ring. As soon as the bead falls out of the ring, turn your right hand clockwise and your left hand counter clockwise to twist the ring into a semi-spiral shape.

Twist the ring as little as needed for it to fit into your nose piercing. If you twist the ring ends too far apart, you might have difficulty twisting them back together again.

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ÏPosition the ring inside your piercing. Feed one end of the ring into the piercing hole in your nose. Gradually wind the ring further into the hole until the center rests inside the piercing and the opening lies directly below the piercing.

ÏFit the bead back onto the ring. Click one side of the bead into one end of the ring. Carefully twist the two ends toward each other again until they line up evenly, then click the second end into the other side of the bead.

ÏThe bead should have small dimples on either side.

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Look smart on double denim outfits

JEAN ON JEAN otherwise known as Denim is a trend that has been around for decades and it’s one that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. So many people think that double denim or denim on denim, is a no go area. However, when it’s done right, it can look amazing!

Dos and Don’ts of rocking double denim DO: ÏPlay with colours if you’re a total beginner ÏDenims are better rocked with sporty shoes ÏAlways make your underwear simple and plane ÏA bit of patterns and colours to your denim will make it flawless DON’T ÏDenims usually don’t need too much accessories ÏWhen rocking your denim, shirts with stripes are good enough ÏNever wear an all down clothing’s when rocking your denim. ÏDon’t wear your denim with too many holes in it

Fit the ends of the ring into these dimples when fitting the bead back on the ring. Once the bead is snug and secure, the nose ring is set in place.

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Men’s Athletics for Nigeria Competitor 4x100 Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 3rd place Bronze medal m relay m Championships Valencia 60 World Indoor 2008 – 1st place Gold medal Games Algiers All-Africa 2007 – 1st place medal Gold Algiers 100 m 2007 – 1st place Gold medal 4x100 m Games Hyderabad Afro-Asian 2003 – 1st place Gold medal 100 m

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Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds, thus making him the fastest African of all time.

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He was a member of the Nigerian bronze medal winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games. The same year he won the African Championships on 100 metres.

He won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games behind Asafa Powell and was the indoor world champion over 60 metres in 2008, becoming the first African to complete the feat.

Early life Fasuba was born in Sapele, Delta State in Nigeria, the eldest of three children. Sprinting was part of his family life as his mother, a Jamaican, was a runner in her youth and is the cousin of Don Quarrie, a 200 metres Olympic gold medallist. His parents encouraged him to run from a young age and he was so fast that secondary schools would ask him to compete for them, even though he was of primary school age. Furthermore, he was a proficient football, volleyball or basketball player and, as a result, he managed to attend Merit Mixed Secondary School through an athletics scholarship. He dominated the school’s athletics events, winning not only the sprint events but also the high jump and long jump.[3] Fasuba continued his studies at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife but found the work difficult. Encouraged by his mother, he decided to leave the education system in favour of athletics, his foremost passion.

Athletics career Fasuba had his breakthrough year in 2003, starting with the 2003 national trials. He was selected for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and finished fourth with the Nigerian team. Fasuba closed the year with a win in the 100 m at the inaugural Afro-Asian Games. In 2004, he went on to win at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics, and won his first major medal a few months later – an Olympic bronze medal as part of the 4×100 m relay team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The following year he competed in the 100 and 200 m at the World Championships, but failed to reach either final.

In early 2006 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and second at the Commonwealth Games. He then established a new African record with 9.85 seconds from the Doha Grand Prix in May, breaking Frankie Fredericks’ old record of 9.86 s from 1996, Fasuba’s run was remarkable as he is almost a foot shorter than many other sprinters, he is thought to have one of the fastest footspeeds in athletics. Despite having injury problems throughout the season, Fasuba defended his regional title at the 2006 African Championships.

For his 2006 achievements the The Athletics Federation of Nigeria chose him as the Nigerian Male Athlete of the Year.

Personal life Fasuba is the first child of Olumide and Evelyn Fasuba, and has a younger brother (Kayode) and a younger sister (Yinka). He met Ngozi Nwokocha, a 400 metres runner, at his first national athletics training camp in 2003 and they are now married They have 1 daughter.

Military career In April 2011 Olusoji joined the Royal Navy applying through the Royal Navy Careers Office Oxford, and embarked on a career as Logisticianin (Supply Chain) Rating. He hopes to continue with athletics as a hobby and compete for the Royal Navy. He stated that the reason behind this that he was looking for a more settled life forwas his family. Now a fully qualified Logistician.

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h e enduring rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana in football will be renewed t o d a y

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(Wednesday) when their U23 teams clash in a 2015 All Africa Games match in Brazzaville.

Coach Samson Siasia’s team will kick start their campaign in the tournament against defending champions Ghana after their opening day opponents Egypt pulled out.

Both nations have met at this stage four times, with Nigeria claiming victories on two occasions, Ghana won once and they drew a game.

Their first meeting was an Olympic Games qualifier in July 2007 when Nigeria won 3-2.

The second meeting was the return leg in November 2007 which ended in goalless draw for Nigeria to book a place at Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Incidentally, both matches were tinkered

by Siasia.

They clashed again in the AAG in June 2011 which Nigeria won 3-1, while the last meeting was the return leg in July 2011

which Ghana won 2-0 to deny Nigeria qualification for 2011 AAG. Nigeria’s Dream Team VI will be hoping to start the competition on a winning note against an arch rivals Ghana, who were lucky to hold a very lively Senegal to a goalless draw at the weekend.

Dream Team forward Etebor Oghenekaro said they are ready to battle the Black Meteors.

“We are fully prepared for the game, we are going for victory and by His grace, we will get the victory,” said the Warri Wolves star.

“Ghana are always tough against Nigeria, we are not bothered as we are ready for them. I am calling on Nigerians to support and pray for us wholeheartedly, we won’t disappoint them.”

Nigeria, who won the AAG gold in 1973 as host, will be counting on an attack led by Junior Ajayi and Turkey-based Umar Aminu after the likes of Godwin Saviour were not released by their European clubs.

Oliseh should scout for more talents – Amun

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ormer Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation Fanny Amun has advised the coaching crew of the Super Eagles led by Sunday Oliseh to search for more players to strengthen the squad for subsequent matches.

Amun who discovered the likes of Kanu Nwankwo, Celestine Babayaro and Wilson

Oruma at the Japan 93 Fifa U17 World Cup was impressed with the performance of Carl Ikeme and adviced coach Oliseh to discover more talents for the country.

“I would advise Oliseh to continue in the good way he has started most especially scouting for good and talented players which has now brought to lime light goalkeeper Carl

Ikeme”, Amun said.

“As a coach I am particularly happy about this because if you have abundant talents on ground blending won’t be a problem. Oliseh should go out of the shores and spend more time in Europe and other parts of the world where Nigerians are playing and bring them back home to form a solid national team.

“Whoever will believe that we have a player like Carl Ike me waiting to be tapped in England and nobody has ever thought of giving him the call up before Oliseh did so.

“The solution is to search for new talents and I am in total support for Oliseh to go all out in search of quality new players for the Eagles.

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he Super Eagles boss, Sunday Oliseh, was delighted with his side’s 2-0 victory against the Mena - and also confirmed that Usman Mohammed has a lot to learn despite his impressive performance Oliseh hailed his side’s improvement after Tuesday’s 2-0 home win over Niger Republic at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt.

Goals from Ahmed Musa and Simon Moses were all the Super Eagles needed to get back to winning ways - as well as hand coach Sunday Oliseh his first victory in charge of the senior national team.

The team faced barrage of criticisms following their uninspiring display against Tanzania in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Dar es Salam but Oliseh said his side showed a lot of progress in their victory over Francois Zahoui’s men.

“It was not only important for us to win, but playing organized and that is why I’m happy for the lads,” Oliseh said after the game.

“They [Niger] played very well and gave us a good fight. We were not only playing them, we also wanted to see if we really corrected the errors we made on Saturday [against Tanzania].

“I think we were better organized when we lost the ball, and when we pressed we did it better. I think all we have to do now is hold the balls for a longer period and dictate the pace of the game. Though that is going to take a very long time.”

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igeria’s U-23 team will start their quest for the gold medal in the football event of the All Africa Games (AAG) taking place in Congo today (Wednesday) when they tackle Ghana.

Nigeria haven’t had much success in the competition of late and one will remember Cairo ‘91 when Emmanuel Amuneke led an exciting band of footballers to clinch the bronze.

Samson Siasia and his wards will have heir hands full when they take on reigning champions Ghana in their first

game at the AAG. Ghana played out a goalless draw with Senegal in the first game of the group while Nigeria had a bye because Egypt, whom the team was to face withdrew from the competition.

Led by Okechukwu Azubuike, Siasia has a team capable of wining the gold medal, but getting on the podium won’t be a walk in the park and they have to start on a good note against a strong Ghana side.

The team will miss the services of Shehu Abdullahi of AC Madeira of Portugal and Godwin Savior of KVV Oostende who were not released

by their clubs, while Taiwo Awoniyi ( below) has been excused to settle down at his new employers Liverpool FC. “We have a team capable of winning the gold medal for Nigeria,” Siasia said.

“It’s true we are going to miss some players but we have enough to help us do the job, we promise to do our best.”he added.

Siasia will hope the likes of Junior Ajayi, Oghenekaro Etebor and Aminu Umar from Turkish side Osmanlispor to propel the team moving forward while Seun Oduduwa and Seth Sincere will hold forth at the back.

unshine Stars playmaker Paul Onobi says he has what it takes to marshal the Super Eagles’ midfield effectively if given a chance by coach Sunday Oliseh.

The Akure Gunners’ star was recalled alongside Nasarawa United’s Bature Yaro to beef up Eagles midfield against the Menas after the team struggled against Tanzania in Dar es Salam.

Onobi who revealed he was not surprised about his recall insists that he can bring life back to Nigeria’s middle if given the nod to feature against Niger Republic.

“Getting a recall into the senior national team did not come to me as a surprise because coach Oliseh had promised us that

he would get back to us should the foreign based professionals not measure up in Tanzania,” Onobi said.

“If given a chance to feature against Niger Republic, I will definitely give my all because my aspiration has always been to represent my country as a footballer.

“I can help Eagles find balance in the middle if the opportunity beckons, that is why I was giving an invite and I’m ready to justify that and win myself into the hearts of the technical crew,” he concluded.

Nothing short of a win would be enough for Nigeria fans who saw their team play a lackluster 0-0 draw in Dar es Salaam where they were rescued by the heroics of debutant goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.

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he Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have laid down rules for the country’s officials who have indicated interest to contest for the FIFA presidency next year.

Former Nigeria captain Segun ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami and for

Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu have declared their interest to replace outgoing FIFA boss Sepp Blatter.

In a communiqué after an emergency executive committee in Port Harcourt on Monday, the NFF stated the candidates have to get a letter of endorsement from CAF

as well as their respective Football Associations.

The aspirants should also present a letter of support from the National Sports Commission (NSC).

They also have to prove they fulfill all the FIFA presidential elections eligibility provisions.

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hooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) attacking midfielder, Cletus Itodo has promised to net more goals for the side in the remaining 10 matches of the ongoing league season.

The former Abia Warriors and Sunshine Stars player has netted two goals for the Oluyole Warriors in his short stint with the Ibadan warlords.

Itodo said emphatically that he will be primed to contest for the top scorer’s gong by the time the ongoing season will come to an end.

“My first goal for 3SC was the 3-1 defeat of Heartland in Oba while the second was the 2-1 win against former side, Sunshine Stars in Ibadan at the weekend.

“I thank God for the ones I have scored I strongly believe I will score more goals in the days to come to even challenge for the top scorers’ award.

“It looks laughable at the moment considering the fact that some players have already scored as many as 12, 13 goals with 10 matches left on the season’s calendar.

“For me impossibility is nothing, I will strengthen myself and work hard towards achieving the target,” said Itodo.

Itodo said his side will not comeback empty-handed in the NPFL match day 29 clash at Enugu Rangers on Sunday.

“Rangers are traditional side in the domestic league and almost impregnable at home but that profile will not change the fact that on match day it will be 11 players on each side.

“We will work very hard to challenge for the three points at stake, if we cannot take the whole points we cannot miss taking a point from the clash.

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Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprin who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the ter current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds, thus making him the fastest Africa n of all time.

He was a member of the Nigerian bronze meda l winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games. The same year he won the African Championships on 100 metres.

He won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwe alth Games behind Asafa Powell and was the indoor world champion over 60 metres in 2008 becoming the first African to complete the feat., Early life Fasuba was born in Sapele, Delta State in Nigeria, the eldest of three children. Sprinting was part of his family life as his mother, a Jamaican, was a runner in her youth and is the cousin of Don Quarrie, a 200 metres Olympic gold medallist. His parents encouraged him to run from a young age and he was so fast that secondary schools would ask him to compete for them, even though he was of primary schoo l age. Furthermore, he was a proficient footb all, volleyball or basketball player and, as a resul managed to attend Merit Mixed Secondary t, he School through an athletics scholarship. He dominated the school’s athletics events, winning not only the sprint events but also the high jump and long jump.[3] Fasuba continued his studies at Obaf emi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife but found the work difficult. Encouraged by his mother, he decid leave the education system in favour of athleed to tics, his foremost passion.

Athletics career Fasuba had his breakthrough year in 2003, starting with the 2003 national trials. He was selected for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics and finish2003 fourth with the Nigerian team. Fasuba close ed the year with a win in the 100 m at the inaugd ural Afro-Asian Games. In 2004, he went on to win at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics, and won his first major medal a few months later – an Olympic bronze medal as part of the 4×10 0 m relay team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The following year he competed in the 100 and 200 at the World Championships, but failed to reachm either final.

In early 2006 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and second at the Commonwealth Games. He then established

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a new African record with 9.85 seconds from the Doha Grand Prix in May, breaking Frank Fredericks’ old record of 9.86 s from 1996, ie Fasuba’s run was remarkable as he is almo a foot shorter than many other sprinters, he st thought to have one of the fastest footspeedis in athletics. Despite having injury problems s throughout the season, Fasuba defended his regional title at the 2006 African Champions For his 2006 achievements the The Athleticships.

Federation of Nigeria chose him as the Niger ian Male Athlete of the Year.

Personal life Fasuba is the first child of Olumide and Evely Fasuba, and has a younger brother (Kayode) n and a younger sister (Yinka). He met Ngozi Nwokocha, a 400 metres runner, at his first national athletics training camp in 2003 and they are now married They have 1 daughter.

Military career In April 2011 Olusoji joined the Royal Navy applying through the Royal Navy Careers Office in Oxford, and embarked on a career as Logis (Supply Chain) Rating. He hopes to continuetician with athletics as a hobby and compete for the Roya l Navy. He stated that the reason behind this that he was looking for a more settled life forwas his family. Now a fully qualified Logistician.

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he Gallo-Roman walls, fine arts museum, botanical gardens, Le Cathédrale SaintJulien. Perhaps even a visit to the Circuit de la Sarthe, where the Le Mans 24 Hours – the world’s oldest existing sports car race – unfolds.

That was until the phone rang and the 22-year-old was informed his journey had been cancelled. You may be surprised to hear his reaction.

“I was monstrously happy!” he exclaimed. Rafinha Alcantara had, after all, been told that he had been dropped from Brazil’s Olympic squad for a friendly against France in order to represent the senior Seleção alongside the world’s most expensive defender, a FIFA Ballon d’Or recipient and a man en route to outranking Pele as the futebol titans’ all-time leading marksman.

The latter was, indirectly, behind the Barcelona No12’s call-up. Mumps sickened Neymar. Rafinha deputised.

The little trickster scored in a thrilling 5-4 win over Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup and glistened against Athletic Bilbao.

Dunga’s eyes were on those runouts in Tbilisi and Basque Country. So, when Ramires and Oscar pulled out of the Brazil squad for the friendlies against Costa Rica and USA, the coach predictably turned to Philippe Coutinho and unexpectedly handed Rafinha his

maiden invitation.

Merely two days after that phone call, Rafinha was on a flight from Catalonia to New Jersey. During the journey, Neymar snapped a selfie with his ‘brother’, which he shared with his 30.6 million followers on Instagram – a record for a footballer – accompanied by the caption: “Sailor on his first voyage!”

That virgin voyage almost didn’t take place. Rafinha was born in Sao Paulo but spent a good deal of his upbringing in Spain, where his father – 1994 FIFA World Cup™ winner Mazinho – played for Valencia, Celta Vigo and Elche.

His brother Thiago Alcantara (born in Italy) and cousin Rodrigo (born in Rio de Janeiro) both represented La Roja at youth and senior levels. Rafinha, by contrast, played for the Spanish U-16, U-17 and U-19 sides before pledging his allegiance to Brazil.

“I chose Brazil because I’ve always

felt Brazilian,” he said. “It was easy. It wasn’t that easy for my brother, but I’ve always wanted to play for Brazil. There was always joking with Thiago. He always had the opportunity to play for Spain. He made his choice and is happy because of this. Me and my dad always tried to urge him towards Brazil, but it didn’t work.”

Mazinho, whose daughter is an aspiring basketballer in Vigo, recently expressed his disappointment that Thiago chose to represent Spain: “I was very sad. I represented my national team for many years and wanted my children to do the same.”

Rafinha, who touched down in ‘The Garden State’ fittingly wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, could now fulfil his father’s wish in Harrison, New Jersey on Saturday or Foxborough, Massachusetts three days later – dates Dunga described as “solid last tests”

“I was playing the guitar,” said a young Spanish citizen. “I’d been thinking about the trip [to Le Mans].”

for his side heading into Russia 2018 qualifying. Only a penalty shootout loss to the Netherlands denied Costa Rica a semi-final place at Brazil 2014, while USA surfaced from a pool in which they seemed destined to drown before being outlasted by Belgium in a sizzling 120-minute slugfest in the Round of 16.

“I’m loving being here,” said Rafinha.

“It’s always great to be around Neymar.

He introduced me to everybody and showed me how things work in the Seleção. He’s a big mate, but here he’s the captain. Friendship doesn’t exist, just respect.”

Neymar will not, however, sport the armband when Brazil begin their bid to reach Russia next month. The five-time world champions’ most recent quest for a sixth star unravelled when injury ended the forward’s tournament, and the talismanic 23-year-old will miss the opening two 2018 qualifiers through suspension.

Dunga has hinted that he will rotate his offensive ammunition – Douglas

Costa, Hulk, Kaka, Lucas Lima, Lucas Moura, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Willian are also in the squad – over 180 minutes in Eastern America as he strives to determine which quartet will line up against Chile and Venezuela. “I really hope I get a chance to play,” said Rafinha.

Rafinha absolutely relished his last trip Stateside. He fulfilled “a dream” by appearing in front of 93,000-plus in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, where his dad helped Brazil lift the World Cup Trophy.

He witnessed San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics – separated only by a striking self-anchored suspension bridge – duke it out in baseball’s ‘Battle of the Bay’. He got to mess around with an American football at 49ers Stadium (he’s quite a fan). He netted a flying volley against Manchester United. He even got to meet his idols Kobe Bryant and Floyd Mayweather.

The only downside? “I missed my girls,” Rafinha confessed with a smile after landing in Barcelona in August.

The ‘girls’ Rafa was referring to were his beloved guitars. His other idols, you see, include the late, great B.B King, Slash of Guns N’ Roses fame, and Bob Dylan.

Rafinha Alcantara now hopes his latest US adventure leaves him knock, knock, knockin’ on Dunga’s door for a return to the Americas in early October.

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ADVISER REJECTS REMATCH WITH PACQUIAO

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eonard Ellerbe, Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s most trusted man, doesn’t see the American champ giving Manny Pacquiao a rematch.

This was Ellerbe’s reaction when asked about the possibility of arranging a second fight between the Filipino superstar and the undefeated boxing champion.

The first fight, although lacking

in drama, was a huge financial success for both boxers. It generated almost $500 million in revenue with Mayweather getting a reported $300 million, while Pacquiao supposedly earned $150 million.

But when Ellerbe was asked by Sports Illustrated if he would consider a rematch between Pacquiao and Mayweather, he came up with a terse response.

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Palladino ready to face old teammates

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ony Palladino is relishing coming up against some familiar faces ahead of the visit of Essex to The 3aaa County Ground.

Palladino, who began his career at Chelmsford before signing for Derbyshire ahead of the 2011 season, is set to face his old teammates in the LV= County Championship fixture which starts today at 10.30am.

The 32-year-old says the squad are determined to finish the campaign well beginning with the visit of Essex.

“It’s always nice to play Essex and I still know a lot of the lads there. Hopefully we can get a good result against them and we will have a drink together after the game,” said Palladino.

“We want to finish well, we’ve not won a game at home this year so it would be good to win at least one of our two remaining fixtures.

“We’ve had some good chats after

the last couple of games and it is a great opportunity for us in front of a home crowd to put what we have spoken about into action.

“I always enjoy bowling against good players, they have got a very good batting line-up which makes it more of a challenge and that’s what you want as a professional cricketer.

“It gives you a great feeling dismissing players of good quality and hopefully we can come and do the business tomorrow and for the next four days.”

Palladino believes the team have played some good cricket in stages of their four-day campaign, but inconsistency has meant that they haven’t produced as many wins as they would have liked.

“We have been inconsistent, we’ve played some very good cricket and some very bad cricket – we’ve been at both ends of the spectrum,” he added.

“Absolutely not,” he said as quoted

by Boxing Scene.

Mayweather has maintained that he will be having his farewell fight against Andre Berto this weekend and leave the sport for good.

Ellebre said his client is unlikely to come out of retirement like he did in the past even if he gets offered with another huge payday.

“Well, in Floyd’s case it’s a little

Rosberg Still Free To Fight Hamilton –Mercedes

different -- because lots of fighters have come back mostly for the money. Floyd has generated hundreds of millions of dollars. He’s set for generations. He’s done everything that he possibly could [while] boxing these many years and it’s just time to ride off into the sunset,” he said.

Pacquiao lost by unanimous decision during his “Fight of the Century” with Mayweather.

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ico Rosberg remains free to chase Lewis Hamilton for the 2015 title, their Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists. That is despite the fact that Rosberg’s retirement at Monza leaves him a whopping 53 points behind, which in the past might have been enough for a team to conclude that a clear championship pecking-order should be imposed. “No,” Wolff told Speed Week, “there are still seven races left and 175 points still to give out. So nothing is decided yet.”

Indeed, while downbeat after Monza, Rosberg said he is not giving up. “I know I need a small formula one miracle if the championship is still going to work out for me,” he wrote in his latest column for Bild newspaper. “But my fighting spirit is still alive. ‘Give up’ is not in my vocabulary.

I still believe that I can be world champion,” Rosberg added.

So Wolff said the pair will be left alone to fight, even though the chasing Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel is ready to pounce.

“We will let them fight, just as we always have done,” he insisted. Two former F1 drivers, however, know exactly how tough Rosberg’s battle is.

Both David Coulthard and Mark Webber have been at championship-winning teams as their respective teammates consistently dominated. “My weakest year was the year after (Sebastian Vettel’s first championship) and Nico is going through that now,” former Red Bull driver Webber told BBC radio.

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LOOKING FOR THIRD 2015 TITLE

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aughn Groenewald is one of only three players who have won twice on the Sunshine Tour this year, and he will be looking to go one better than George Coetzee and Dean Burmester in Thursday’s Vodacom Origins of Golf event presented by Samsung at Vaal de Grace.

Groenewald broke an eight-and-ahalf year victory drought in April when he took the Zambia Sugar Open in Lusaka, and he followed that with a win in last month’s Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge for his fourth Sunshine Tour title.

And while the other men who have won two titles – Coetzee took the Tshwane Open and the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, and Burmester the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open and

the Lombard Insurance Classic – are riding high atop or inside the top five of the Order of Merit, Groenewald is in 25th spot with nearly R555,000, the second-highest winnings haul of his career which now spans 21 years.

Defending champion PH McIntyre is in Kazakhstan this week, playing on the Challenge Tour rather than on his home course, and that opens the door for some form players to make a dash at the crown and the winner’s share of the R650,000.

Besides Groenewald, some of those players are the likes of Jean Hugo, who won on August 22 in the San Lameer leg of the series, and Justin Harding, who took the season-opener at Langebaan on June 6.

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defenders nightmare, warns West Ham ace

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est Ham United defender James Tomkins is relishing the chance to link up with his former England team-mate Victor Moses, who he has described as a nightmare to opposing defences.

Tomkins has fond memories of playing alongside the talented winger for the England U21 side and has remained good friends.

He said Victor Moses will be a nightmare to the opposing defenders.

“I know Victor Moses well fairly well from our time playing together for England,” Tomkins told the West Ham website.

“He was brilliant for Stoke last season and is a nightmare to mark.

The lads have already seen that in

training. He can be a match winner on his day and I will try and help him settle in as I know him well.

“He is a similar age to me and he wants to play games. He is playing for a massive club like Chelsea and they have offered him a new deal which shows what they think of him.

“But for him to come here and play first-team football is something he is seeking to do.

“I think it is good business for the club and we have strengthened areas of the squad that we needed to and it was great recruitment.”

Moses has completed a seasonlong loan move to ‘The Hammers’ from Chelsea and hopes to establish a regular first-team place at the Boleyn Ground.

AKPEYI has arrived in South Africa

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igeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi has arrived in South Africa to begin his sojourn with South African Premier Soccer League side Chippa United.

The former Warri Wolves arrived yesterday morning and will resume training with his team immediately.

His representative Mohammed Lawal told AfricanFootball. com the goalkeeper is full of hope.

“Daniel Akpeyi is here. He arrived this morning (Tuesday).

He will resume training with Chippa. He is happy to be here and ready to start playing,” Lawal said.

The former Warri Wolves goalkeeper secured his work permit last week.

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Real Madrid rejects £110 m bid for Ronaldo

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rench giants PSG reportedly failed in a world record bid for Real Madrid’s Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

Brazilian news agency Globo Esporte reports that Real Madrid rejected PSG’s £110 million offer for the 30-year-old star in the recently closed transfer window.

PSG’s bid would’ve eclipsed the current world record fee Madrid paid Tottenham Hotspur for Gareth Bale in 2013.

Bale joined Ronaldo at Madrid for a staggering £85.3 million.

Ronaldo’s current contract expires in 2018 and the former Manchester United star has been linked with a return to Old Trafford in recent times.

The Real Madrid forward is the current holder of the Ballon d’Or.

StarTimes introduces new add-on bouquets for sports enthusiasts Sam Nzeh

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port enthusiast subscribers on StarTimes digital TV platform can now access and enjoy more sports channels and programs on their preferred Digital TV bouquet without having to upgrade to a higher bouquet.

This is as the foremost service provider has announced the launch of two new add-on bouquets called Sports Play and Sports Plus, specially designed for sport enthusiasts on the basic and classic packages on the Digital Terrestrial (DTT) and on the Smart package for Digital Satellite (DTH).

For StarTimes subscribers on Basic bouquet who currently watch Sports Focus, they now have an opportunity to request and watch 2 more sports channels hitherto on higher bouquetsSports Arena and Sports Life, by activating the Sports Play add-on bundle with N600 extra.

While for subscribers on Classic bouquet who currently watch Sports Arena, they now have an opportunity to request and watch 3 more sports channels hitherto on higher bouquets - World Football, Sports Premium and Sports Life, by activating the Sports Plus add-on bundle with N1200 extra.

Also, subscribers on the Smart package for Digital Satellite (DTH) can also activate the Sports Plus addon bundle with N1200 extra to enjoy 3 more sports channels hitherto on higher bouquets - World Football DH, Sports Premium HD and Sports Life.

Mr. Israel Bolaji, Public Relations Manager at NTA Star TV Network StarTimes, who confirmed the new developments, remarked that the additional bouquets option demonstrates StarTimes Nigeria’s commitment to offering the most innovative and exciting pay television options by giving sports lovers more

premium sport in the Basic, Classic and Smart range of bouquet options across both DTT and DTH platforms.

“We are delighted to launch this new option and we are sure that it will be well received by our loyal subscribers.

We remain committed to the provision of exceptional customer services to our subscribers by ensuring that they have access to the finest premium quality local and international contents on a carefully selected bouquet designed to meet the viewing needs of the whole family, while providing flexible pricing options, he noted. ” With StarTimes 5-year deal to

broadcast the German Bundesliga men football league and a 3-year deal for the Italian Serie A football league exclusively, subscribers can enjoy the best of football in Nigeria and across Africa. Meanwhile, old and prospective subscribers can also participate in the ongoing promo which gives a guaranteed bonus of 50 percent discount on the second month recharge if they recharge for two months on any of the bouquets. They also qualify to be selected as one of the lucky ten winners for a free trip to Germany or other consolatory prizes like generator sets, smartphones and TV.