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Daily Times hosts national discourse on role of Ndi Igbo in United Nigeria Patrick Okohue,

Igbo in a United Nigeria’.

The one-day discourse comes up early January 2018 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

According to Mr. Fidelis Anosike, publisher of The Daily Times, the issues that continue to Continued on page 6

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56 days after: Buhari under attack over Lawal, Oke

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Buhari under attack over Lawal, Oke Continued from page 1 report on the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal and the suspended Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ayodele Oke, President Muhammadu is yet to act on the much awaited report.

Buhari had set up the Osinbajo-led panel while

the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd) served as members.

Osinbajo had also on August 23, 2017, submitted the report to Buhari when he (Buhari) returned to Nigeria after his three months medical vacation in the

United Kingdom.

But the general public and analysts are wondering why the President is reluctant to act on the report on the grounds that the president cannot be saying that he is fighting corruption while he is dilly-dallying over an opportunity to prove that his mantra against corruption is not a fluke.

The analysts are further questioning the propriety

on the president’s failure to act on Osinbajo’s report, couple of months after the suspension of Lawal and Oke. They further want the president to demonstrate his leadership quality in the fight against corruption which is one of the cardinal points that led him to victory in the 2015 presidential election.

Speaking on the matter, a senior lawyer, Mr. Sebas-

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (left), with the chairperson of Council of Federation, Federal Assembly of Russia, Valentina Matvienko and members of her team at the Trachesky Palace during the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Pittsburgh, Russia… on Tuesday.

tine Hon (SAN), stressed the need for the Federal Government to commence immediate action on the report, saying that the more the President delays, the more Nigerians smell possible foul play.

Hon, who noted that Nigerians are anxiously expecting the President to release the findings of Osinbajo report, added that the time to act is now.

He said: “ Mr. President rode on the crest of his acclaimed moral purity to power; hence any attempt, willingly or unwillingly, wittingly or unwittingly, on his part to compromise his hitherto known moral high ground will spell doom for not just his administration, but also his political and social standing.

“Three months, in my humble estimation, is enough time for Mr. President to let Nigerians know the honest outcome of the Vice President’s findings on Lawal and Oke. The issues against the duo are indeed too weighty to be swept under the carpet.

“Many things are happening so fast with the Presidency, including the recent events at the NNPC. Mr. President should act fast to reassure Nigerians; otherwise, public commentators, local and international, are already aiming mortal darts at the Presidency. The time to act is now”.

Also, a former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has wondered why Buhari has been treating the matter with kid gloves. He noted that if the SGF report was about a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the president would have wasted no time in acting on the report.

Odinkalu said: “But that is exactly the point I am making. You see, if that report had been about people in the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government or former late President Umaru Yar’Adua government or in the PDP, do you think you would not have seen what it says by now?

“That is the point. You cannot have uneven standards when you are fighting corruption, whether it affects the family or your folks. But that is not happening now”.

But the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that the Federal Government will act on the report at the appropriate time.

When contacted on the telephone on Tuesday night, Adesina told one of our correspondents that: “There is no cause for alarm. The president will act on the report at the appropriate time.”

Rahmat Mohammed to dismiss the motion for been an abused of court process, vexatious and a calculated attempt to undermine the provisions of the ACJA for speedy trial in a criminal matter.

The prosecution counsel further argued that Dasuki’s motion emanated from the referral of a matter to the Appeal Court, adding that by law, referrals can only be made by Court.

He contended that since the High Court did not refer any matter to the Court of Appeal, there is no reason to grant an adjournment in respect of a referral that was done without the permission of the court.

He argued that Dasuki’s motion was for stay of trial and not for adjournment and that the motion runs

counter to the intendment and purposes of the ACJA to the effect that Criminal matters be taken day to day by trial court.

Besides, the counsel argued that no material was placed before the court to grant the motion and to suggest that there would be miscarriage of justice if the trial proceeds.

“This motion is a smoked screen to delay the trial and to put a clog in the wheel of provisions of the ACJA on speedy dispensation of criminal matters and should be dismissed”, Okpeseyi said.

Justice Mohammed adjourned the matter to November 15 , 2017 for ruling on the motion.

Dasuki was first arraigned for the offence in December 2015.

Unlawful possession of firearms: Dasuki asks court to adjourn trial indefinitely

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Embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) yesterday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to adjourn his criminal trial on charges of unlawful possession of firearms and money laundering indefinitely pending an appeal he filed challenging a decision of the court to screen witnesses.

Defendant counsel, Mr Ahmed Raji (SAN), brought a motion pursuant to section 305(1a) and 492 (3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) and section 36 of the 1999 constitution which deal with fair hearing . He said that

an adjournment was essential as he has referred the constitutional issues which arose during the course of his trial to the Court of Appeal for determination.

Moving the motion dated September 14, 2017, the applicant pleaded for adjournment of trial on five grounds of law.

Specifically, he claimed that his appeal with number CA/A/523C/2017 borders on constitutional issues and has to be determined one way or the order by the Court of Appeal before a meaningful trial can proceed.

Dasuki is claiming that the ruling of the court on June 15, 2017, in which the court granted protection and screening of witnesses that will testify for the federal government and

against him is unconstitutional.

The applicant further stated that the protective order granted the witnesses violated section 36 of the 1999 constitution and it will rob him of fair trial which he is entitled to.

Dasuki said he has asked the appellate court to set aside the order on protection of the witnesses and to allow all the witnesses to be seen by him and his legal team in the interest of fairness.

He maintained that since the grounds of appeal raised a very serious constitutional issue which necessitated his filing of Notice of Appeal at the Court of Appeal to stay proceedings in his trial, it is incumbent for the High Court to allow the Appeal Court deter-

mine the issue.

He urged the court to look at section 305 of the ACJA 2015, which he said enjoined the lower court to tarry a while when a constitutional matter has been referred to the Appeal Court. “We are not asking for stay of trial, we just want this court to take note that major constitutional issues arose on fair trial and witness protection and since these constitutional issues have been referred to the Appeal Court it is the normal practice for the lower court to await outcome of such issues before proceeding in the main issue.

In response, the federal government counsel, Mr Dipo Okpeseyi in a vehement opposition to the request urged Justice Ahmed

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Daily Times hosts national discourse on role of Ndi Igbo in united Nigeria Continued from page 1 threaten the integrity of the country especially as it concerns the perceived marginalisation of the South Eastern geo-political zone and the resultant call by some fringe elements for a secession of the region and a creation of an independent state need to be carefully, and in a responsible manner, discussed within the

context of a strong role that Igbo people play in Nigeria and will continue to play as all stakeholders strive towards building a virile and strong Nigeria.

Anosike also disclosed that The Daily Times is emboldened by its belief in the very many positives that come with a united and indivisible Nigeria where all concomitant groups within the federation are given a level playing field to devel-

op and ensure that citizens receive better quality of life and credible infrastructural development.

The recent meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders from the South East zone including the President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and Governors of South East states has thrown up a basic rapprochement which has cleared the way for further

dialogue with a view to better understanding the issues and proffering practical and immediate executionary initiatives thereby muting the continuous cry of marginalisation of the region.

The discourse, according to Mr. Joseph Edgar of Katunga Media, will bring together intellectuals, technocrats, socio-cultural influencers, deep thinkers and the traditional instructions to discuss the issues

based on facts and data, while at the same time eschewing myths and deceit in establishing the need for the continuous involvement of the Igbo people in the Nigerian project.

The conference would be a one-day event drawing speakers from a wide spectrum of the society, including the highest lev-

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Charley Boy’s group resumes protest over FG’s silence on corruption allegations Myke Uzendu, Abuja

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The popular music maestro, Charles Oputa, also known as Charly Boy, and his “OurMumuDonDo” group on Tuesday commenced another round of protest over President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaction on several corruption allegation leveled against his appointees.

The group, as early as 8am, hit the streets of Abuja through the Unity Fountain to kick against President Muhammadu Buhari’s perceived inaction in the face of multiple sleaze allegations involving some top officials of his government.

The allegations boarded mainly on abuse of office, insubordination, mismanagement of public funds and outright looting of the national treasury against several top officials of government but President Buhari has not wielded the big stick against any of them as anticipated by most Nigerians.

The protest was relative-

ly peaceful as the police and the Department of State Security (DSS) monitored the activities of Charly Boy and his group in contrast to what transpired earlier in August when security operatives dispersed them with security dogs, water cannons and teargas under the guise that some miscreants were planning to hijack the protest.

In his address, the coconvener of the group and leader of the “Resume or Resign Group”, Deji Adeyanju, said that they were in the streets to ask the President pertinent questions about the seriousness and sincerity of his anti-graft war.

He said: “if President Buhari once ordered the raiding of the homes of judges suspected to be tainted with corruption and also directed the handcuffing and dragging to court of alleged corrupt members of the opposition, we demand similar treatment for the suspended SGF, Babachir Lawal and other top govern-

ment officials.”

Another group leader, Ariyo Atoye, who convened the pro-democracy group, a Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), urged the Senate not to approve the $5.5bn foreign loan request made by President Buhari unless he is genuinely committed to the fight against corruption within his own government.

“There is no basis for the $5.5bn foreign loan request, if corruption has not been fought to a standstill. President Buhari also needs to tell Nigerians how the loan would be repaid,” he added.

One time President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Mahmood, and the convener of Campaign for Democracy, Bako Usman, contended that if President Buhari fails to take action against allegedly corrupt members of his cabinet, he should quit office.

“You said you will fight corruption and Nigerians

voted you on the basis of that promise. Quit office if you cannot prosecute your allegedly corrupt friends.

It means you are also corrupt,” they said.

The chief convener, Charles Oputa also known as “Area Fada “ added that the group would not back down on its call for the President to act or quit office if he is incapacitated in the fight against corruption, just as he reminded Buhari that his promise to fight corruption to finish was the major reason the masses voted for him.

Some of the officials facing corruption allegations are the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babchir Lawal, the Director General of Nigeria Intelligent Agency, Wale Oke, including the recent allegations from his Minister of State on Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachukwu, against the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru.

els of government, to the International Conference Centre Abuja, the venue of the summit.

The over one thousand attendees will be feted and entertained by a selection of Igbo cultural groups combined with a display of Igbo cultural artefacts telling the story of Ndi Igbo in Nigeria.

the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has said that the House is focused on using its oversight functions over the executive as a cooperative tool to bring development and better the lives of Nigerians rather than as a tool of adversary.

He made this statement on Tuesday while delivering a keynote address at a two-day summit on Intergovernmental/party relations and the budget reform process for sustainable development in Nigeria in Abuja.

He restated that the power of appropriation is vested in the legislature which means it can alter proposals by the executive in any manner it feels will be more beneficial to Nigerians, and shed light on reforms the House has done on the budget process, including a bill he sponsored on budget reforms.

Dogara said, “The budget is also a legitimate opportunity for the government to set its policy agenda and priorities. Thus, in almost all political systems, it is generally accepted that the executive has the primary role in developing an annual budget and presenting it to the legislature.

“However, the legislature plays a more active role in shaping the outlines of the budget submitted to it by the executive. In most presidential democracies, such as ours, the legislature has the right to review, in some cases, amend, alter, approve or reject the spending plan proposed by the executive.

“Suffice it to say that even in developed democracies, the executive and legislative branches have traditionally struggled to find an equitable balance of power over financial matters.

“Over the years, the National Assembly and the executive have often disagreed over basic and more fundamental issues ranging from the petroleum

price benchmark for the budget and role of the National Assembly in amending or modifying budget proposals submitted by the executive to reflect diverse national development requirements.

Dogara also said that “Over the years, legislative oversight has been seen as more adversarial than cooperative. However, in conducting oversight, the principles of co-operative government and inter-governmental relations must be taken into consideration, including the separation of powers and the need for all spheres of government and all organs of state to exercise their powers and perform their functions in a manner that does not encroach on the functions of other arms.

“Seen in this light, the oversight function of the legislature complements rather than hampers the effective delivery of services with which the executive is entrusted,” Dogara stated.

He, therefore, called for a more cooperative goverment where the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, in their collective struggle to develop Nigeria and ensure better life for her citizens, will always adhere to a common loyalty to the country that is committed to securing the well-being of all the Nigerians and provide effective, transparent, accountable and coherent government for the country.

The speaker added that the outcomes and recommendations of oversight undertaken by the legislature should be eagerly received, studied and implemented by the executive as a measure of accountability.

He cited an instance where late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua requested for the report of the probe carried out by the House ad hoc committee on Customs in the 6th Assembly and started implementing the recommendations even before the report was adopted.

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I won’t return to PDP, Obasanjo tells Makarfi Ï Says Nigeria needs strong opposition party Ï Buruji supporters kick over Markafi’s failure to meet them Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he would never return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) just like a dog would never return to its vomit.

Obasanjo who publicly tore his PDP membership card just before the 2015

general elections said this while answering reporter’s questions after the National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Markafi, on Tuesday met with him at the Presidential Library, Oke Mosan Abeokuta.

“I will never return to the PDP, just like a dog would never return to its

vomit,” he told reporters.

The ex-president who spoke intermittently in pidgin English while answering journalists’ questions after the meeting described his guest as a friend and close ally but declined to state the details of the meeting which lasted for over an hour.

“Before, before I was in PDP but not now. God for-

bid, say when a dog vomits he go go back to eat his vomit again. No, I’ve said no partisan politics for me again,” Obasanjo said.

“But Nigeria is my passion until death do us part. And anything that concerns Nigeria, the good of Nigeria, you will see my involvement.

“So, chairman has come to greet me and I greet am.

National Chairman, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), Mallam Shitu Mohammed (left); Former President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), during a courtesy visit to Babangida at his Hilltop Residence in Minna, Niger State… on Monday.

IPOB: Court orders Senator Abaribe, others to produce Kanu in court Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, ImmanuuEl Shalom Oka Ben Madu and Tochukwu Uchendu to produce the leader of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in court on November 28, 2017 and show cause why Kanu was absent in court.

Justice Binta MurtalaNyako gave the order on Tuesday, following the absence of Kanu in court.

Kanu, the first defendant in the treason trial had secured his bail on health grounds through three sureties: Senator Abaribe, Immanuu-El Shalom and Uchendu who also signed N100million bond.

At the resumed hearing of the trial yesterday, Justice Nyako noted that Kanu was not in court while three other co-defendants: Chidie-

bere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi were in court.

The judge also observed that Bright Chimezie (the 5th defendant) was not produced by the Department of State Security . The judge then said that the court could not conduct the trial in the absence of the two defendants in a joint trial.

Justice Nyako noted that since Kanu’s lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, had informed the court that he did not know the whereabouts of his client, the normal thing for the court is to issue an order for the sureties to appear in court and show cause why Kanu was not in court.

The judge added that the motion filed by the lawyer to Senator Abaribe, seeking to withdraw his surety could not be granted. The judge thereafter gave Abaribe three options. The senator should either produce Kanu, forfeit the N100million bail bond to the federal govern-

ment or get more time to produce Kanu in court. Abaribe, however, opted for the third option.

The judge therefore directed the Nigerian Prison Service to allow Madubugwu and Nwawuisi (3rd and 4th defendants) have access to medical treatment .

Earlier during the proceedings, the prosecuting lawyer, Mr Labaram Shuaibu, had informed the court that he was ready to open the government case but unfortunately Kanu was not in court.

The lawyer recalled that Kanu was granted bail on April 28, 2017 on health grounds and barred from attending rally and gathering of people more than 10 persons.

But Shuaibu told the court that Kanu had violated the bail conditions by holding rallies. He argued that since Kanu was not in court, the court should revoke his bail.

The prosecuting lawyer also urged the court to issue

bench warrant for the arrest of three persons who stood as sureties for Kanu.

But Kanu’s lawyer, Ejiofor claimed that within the intervening period between April 28, when the court granted the bail and on Tuesday, soldiers invaded Kanu residence on September 11 and killed 28 persons and wounded several others.

He said, “I cannot tell whether Kanu is alive or dead and I don’t know where my client is.”

Lawyers to other defendants also informed the court that they have filed applications, praying the court for separate trials instead of the joint trial. They also want the court to hear their fresh bail applications which they filed following the amended charge.

Justice Nyako thereafter said that the lawyers could move their bail applications after the arraignment .She however hinted that she has ruled on bail application before now.

So, now that we have greeted ourselves, chairman will be going. You, gentlemen and ladies of the press can now go and leave the chairman alone”.

Speaking on the survival of PDP as an opposition Party, Obasanjo said, “But I’ve said that publicly before and I will say that again. For our democracy to thrive and to continue to be strong, we need strong party in government and strong party in opposition”.

“It has to be that way, otherwise the party in government will get away with impunity and that is not good for democracy”.

All efforts to get reactions from the visiting Caretaker Chairman, Senator Markafi was met with a mere,”I aligned with what Baba have just said”.

Meanwhile, failure of Markafi to meet with the supporters of Senator Buruji Kashamu while in Abeokuta has continued to generate reactions.

The Kashamu faction Chairman of PDP in the state, Engineer Bayo Dayo, was visibly angry that Senator Markafi shunned the group when he visited Abeokuta.

His words, “Only yesterday (Monday) night, we heard that our national Caretaker Chairman, Senator Markarfi, is coming to the state today and we quickly sent message across the 20 local governments telling them to join us in welcoming the great leader to the state.

“And we also learnt that in his programme, he will be visiting baba’s house

Obasanjo which is a stone throw to our office here and as a result we assembled party men for us to welcome the national leader and to as well tell him our grievances but unfortunately we did not have the opportunity to see him as well as the party members do not have the opportunity of welcoming him to the state”.

“Our carrying of placards today was to tell the chairman of our intension and also to welcome him into the state.

“We are not planning any attack as you can see we are not carrying any arm nor engaging in any fracas as you can see I am an elderly man who will not engage in any fight whatsoever,” he said.

On Markafi’s entourage were the Osun State Caretaker Committee Chairman of PDP, Chief Sarafa Tunji Isola, and many others.

It would be recalled that former Governor of Ogun State and a frontline aspirant for the national chairmanship seat of the party, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and members of the caretaker committee in the state paid Obasanjo a visit some days ago.

Buhari signs Petroleum University bill, pledges support for Niger Delta Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the bill establishing the University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, into law and pledged continued support for the socio-economic development of the Niger Delta region.

Buhari gave the assurance on Tuesday at a brief ceremony in the State House, Abuja during to signing the bill saying, “This administration is

fully committed to supporting the Niger Delta in its endeavours to achieve socioeconomic development.”

He appealed to all communities in the region to strive for peace through dialogue in resolving all conflicts not only among them, but also with business entities and the authorities.

With the signing of the bill into law, the path has been cleared for the establishment of the specialised university in the Niger Delta, charged with training and research in petroleum technologies.

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2019: Stay off Ogun politics, Rep warns Ajimobi Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

Following his alleged endorsement of a governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Hon. Abiodun Akinlade, has warned the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to stay off Ogun politics.

Akinlade who is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State while reacting to a recent video footage where the Oyo State governor was seen endorsing a lawmaker as the next governor of Ogun State in 2019, urged Ajimobi to face governance in his state and leave the people of the Gateway State to determine who to lead them.

It could be recalled that Ajimobi had over the weekend during the 50th birthday celebration of Chief (Mrs.) Zhikrah Aduke Akanbi, wife of Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi at Ibadan, picked out the lawmaker who was also present at the ceremony, as the next governor of Ogun State.

The Oyo governor said, “By the special grace of God you are the next governor of Ogun State. I know that some people will be angry with what I said in Ogun State, but people know that I speak my mind; take it or leave it.”

Differing on the governor’s statement, the three-term House of Representatives member, said “In as much as the governor is entitled to his opinion, the statement made by him at a function in Ibadan is not needful and demean-

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ing to our state.”

Akinlade, who is a front-runner for the governorship slot from Ogun West Senatorial district on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC), noted that some spent political forces in neighbouring states have begun to play to the gallery by endorsing certain candidates who are not even card carrying members of any political party in the state.

According to him, “The people of Ogun West know those who have been at the epicenter of the struggle for the marginalised region to produce the governor of the state and it would only be reasonable for them to be allowed to sort themselves out now that there seems to be a consensus that

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the Ogun West Senatorial District would be allowed to produce the next governor of the state.

“It is only reasonable that the people be allowed to slug it out amongst themselves without harmful endorsements of those who are not even card carrying members of any political party in the state.

“Instead of facing the responsibilities of governing Oyo State which he was elected to do, he has started dabbling into matters which have no direct bearing with him. Oyo people are better off without a loquacious governor who clearly appears to be less busy.

“He should be reminded that Ogun State, an entity created by

the constitution same as Oyo, has credible people running its affairs as well as those that will take over from the present leaders and doesn’t need a governor of another state to choose for it.

“The electorate and the good people of Ogun State haven’t surrendered their constitutional right of choosing their leader to an indigene of another state regardless of the person’s position.”

While commending the statesmanship of the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Akinlade said the sense of neutrality of the state governor on who succeeds him, is worthy of emulation by the likes of Ajimobi and other governors.

Former National Interim Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has been commended for his boldness in stating that the presidential ticket of the party was open to all in the 2019 general election.

Insisting that the position of Akande was backed by the constitution of the country, a 2019 Presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC, Chief Charles Udeogaranya said Chief Bisi Akande has once again raised the bar of statesmanship at a time the commodity is very rare and unavailable in our polity.

According to Udeogaranya “Time has come for Nigerians to thoroughly think through before electing their next president and my party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) need to ensure that Nigerian electorates are availed with as many possible choices as possible,” he said.

PDP chieftain decries attacks on rural dwellers, urges PLSG to ‘act decisively’ Patrick Okohue with Agency Report Worried by the incessant midnight attacks on Plateau State rural communities, Chief Alexander Mwolwus, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the state government and security agencies to “act decisively” to end the trend.

“The attacks are frightening; they have become a daily affair.

Governor Simon Lalong must rise to the challenge because we cannot continue like this,” Molwus told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Pankshin.

NAN reports that 35 people had been killed and several others injured in midnight attacks on Bassa rural communities in the last three weeks.

According to figures released by the Plateau Police Command, 25 people were killed at Ncha village, six at Taegbe, while four

were killed at Jebu-Miango.

Last Friday, the attackers visited Wereh, a village in BarkinLadi Local Government and killed four persons, including an unnamed soldier and former Plateau Head of Civil Service, Mr Moses Gwom.

Government imposed a duskto-dawn curfew on Bassa last week, as part of measures to end the killings, but the attacks have not abated.

Mwolwus, who described the killings as “callous, evil and uncalled for,’’ urged government to arrest those involved and deal with them so as to deter others from committing same crime.

“Any attempt by anybody or group to take Plateau back to the dark days of the past should be strongly resisted by Plateau people,” he said.

The PDP chieftain, who sympathised with relatives of the deceased, called for more action towards stemming the “very

disturbing trend’’.

He wondered why human life was being taken “so casually”, pointing out that the worsening

state of insecurity in the state was scaring investors that were already returning to the state.

Molwus urged members of

the public to help the police by being alert and watchful, while reporting suspicious individuals to the security agencies.

R-L: Former President Ibrahim Babangida, National Chairman, Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA), Mallam Shitu Mohammed, at the Hilltop residence of the former president in Minna, during the party leaders’ visit to discuss developments in the party and state of the nation with the former leader.

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Ekweremadu lifts indigent students with N38.5m in Enugu Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Ikeoha Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation founded by the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has awarded scholarships and bursaries worth Thirty Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N38.5m) to indigent students in Enugu State.

Beneficiaries of the scholarship and bursary awards are indigenes of the state who are first year students in universities in the country while students in penultimate and final years in polytechnics and universities also benefited from the bursary.

The foundation which is in its fourth edition awarded N400, 000 each to eighteen students and N40, 000 to each of the 300 students to support their education.

Speaking at the Ikeoha Foundation Adult Literacy Day and 2016/2017 Scholarship and Bursary Award Ceremony, Ekweremadu said though the cost of financing the programme was becoming worrisome, he would continue to appeal to God to help him sustain the foundation.

“I thank the almighty GOD who is providing the resources to sustain the foundation. The society has been nice to me and I believe that this scholarship and bursary award is one of the ways I can give back.

“I want to assure you that I will continue to give back through

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Ikeoha Foundation for the good of the people,” he said.

The Deputy Senate President while emphasising on the importance of education said he could not have gotten to the stage he is in the society without education.

“I want to tell the adult learners that it is never late to go to school,” he said.

He congratulated the young boys and girls that benefit from the bursary and scholarship and advised them to make good use of the opportunity.

Ekweremadu further assured that they would continue to support indigent students that are

brilliant despite their economic situations in their homes and encouraged the beneficiaries to go back to school and prove themselves.

One of the beneficiaries, Akagworow Cynthia Ukamaka, who spoke on behalf of others, said she is full of joy and prayed to God to continue to bless Ekeremadu.

“With this assistance we will do our best in our academics,” she said.

The event features many activities such as spelling bees, cultural dances, match past, recitations, among others by the Adult Literacy Students of the foundation.

Anambra governorship: CLO boss challenges Obiano, others on sensitisation of voters Alphonsus Nweze, Awka The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, the Speaker and members of State House of Assembly and political appointees in the state have been challenged to go to their constituencies to sensitise their constituents on the compelling need to participate in the November 18, 2017 governorship election.

The chairman, Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) in Anambra State, Comrade Vincent Ezekwume who made this appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in the state also appealed to stakeholders and opinion leaders in Anambra State such as traditional rulers, religious leaders, president-generals of town unions, market leaders, students union leaders, labour and civil society leaders to join in the campaign for the Anambra people to come out en masse to discharge their civil duty that day.

While condemning the continuous call for the boycott of election by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), the Comrade said “boycott of the election will be very detrimental to social, economic and political development of our dear state. The political class should discomfort themselves

in order to comfort the citizens, thereby restoring people’s confidence in government and in leadership, so that agitations, secession, restiveness, anarchy, lawlessness, injustice and unemployment will be reduced to the barest minimum or totally eliminated.”

He contended that it was only through elections that citizens renew or withdraw their mandates given to its leaders; hence the generality of Anambra people should not miss this golden opportunity.

Appealing to the people to vote for credible candidate, who has the best programme for the people of the state, he quoted Edmund Burke as saying that “the reasons we are being governed as fools are because good people sit down and do nothing.”

He said the threat of election boycott was real, hence the need for the stakeholders to educate the citizens to understand that election boycott would not be in the best interest of all, rather it would worsen the already painful and pathetic situation of our people.

But beyond IPOB threat, Ezekwueme lamented that “majority of our citizens exhibit arrogant display of ignorance by their lukewarm attitude towards the November 18, governorship election.”

Accord Party appeals Lagos Council election

PDP sets to reclaim Kogi from APC in 2019, says Idris

Iniobong Iwok

Idris Ahmed, Lokoja

The Accord Party (AP) in Lagos State has appealed the judgemnt delivered by the State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal upholding the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate in the Idi-Olowo -Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA), in the chairmanship election.

The tribunal headed by retired Justice Folashde Atiba, had last week upheld the victory of the APC candidate, Raska Ajala in the election dismissing the petition of the Accord Party as lacking merit.

But reacting to the judgement in an interview with The Daily Times, the secretary of Accord Party in Lagos State, Lanre Ogundare said the party was not satisfied with the judgement of the tribunal, adding that it had appealed the judgement.

Ogundare said the party

wants an interpretation of the LASIEC guideline from the tribunal stressing, that the APC submitted its candidate’s list outside LASIEC guild- line approved day.

He said “We know we are fighting a tripod battle, the state government, the Commission and the other forces.

But we would not condemn the tribunal totally because they have given us some fair hearing.

“The substance of the case was ignored by the tribunal.

The APC did not comply with the guild-line of LASIEC, go and check, the House did not amend Section 25 of the Act that says substitution can be done.

“Yes there was a law from the State Assembly few days to the election, but LASIEC didn’t amend its guild line to that effect, so it does not hold.

That mean the APC candidate could not participate in the election and his votes are void.” Ogundare said.

Former Kogi State governor, Alhaji ibrahim Idris who is the leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, has predicted that come 2019, his party will reclaim its mandate which was taken over by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2015 election.

Alhaji Idris who made the prediction after the successful conduct of the ward congresses of the PDP across the state, maintained that they have “learnt their lessons from the mistakes of the past.

“PDP is not in disarray, we have learnt our lessons from the mistakes of our past leaders,” the former governor stated.

Alhaji Idris explained that with the happenings in the state, where all the people were being margin-

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alized, it has angered the people and has given hope and courage to the opposition.

He told Journalists that his party has perfected mobilisation process to ensure acceptance of PDP in the state.

Idris, who ruled the state for nine years told reporters that his assignment to conduct a credible congress at the ward levels was peaceful, free and suc-

cessful.

The ex governor assured the people of PDP ‘s readiness to correct the damage and untold hardship meted out on them by the APC administration led by Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

The PDP congress was held on Saturday in the 239 wards across the state without hitches, while those of the local governments are expected to be held on Wednesday.

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Survival of local airlines

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ewspaper reports that the local airlines in Nigeria may collapse within the next five years if urgent steps are not taken to improve their performance has brought to the front burner the current poor performance of most domestic airlines in the country and the need for urgent steps by the government to safe the aviation industry from imminent collapse.

Local airlines in the country currently operate domestic and regional routes, but they may find it difficult to operate further because of stiff competition arising from the open skies initiative now gaining ground across Africa. The open skies agreement which liberalises air services in Africa was signed in Yamoussoukro in 1988. The resultant deregulation of air services and the promotion of regional air markets brought in its wake transnational competition among airlines in Africa, thus creating a palpable fear that most airlines, especially the weak ones will eventually collapse.

The Yamoussoukro declaration is expected to take effect within the next five to seven years. But before the agreement goes into effect, some local airlines in Nigeria started experiencing operational difficulties which almost grounded their operations. They were bailed out by the federal government a few years ago. Unfortunately, some of the airlines that took the bailout are yet to fully pay back, thus creating a bad image for the aviation industry and making it difficult for the government to extend lifeline to them again. Consequently, experts are warning that in the ensuing competition the weak airlines would collapse, thus giving way to the strong ones to survive.

For Nigeria, many local airlines may not be able to compete favourably in the next few years and operate regular flights for a number of reasons. First, less than 20 of the 47 registered local

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L-R: President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai; Dankadai of Kano, Dr. Basheer Mohammed and Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, during the Launching of the PSN Foundation/Inauguration of Board of Trustees in Abuja… on Tuesday. PHOTO: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

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airlines in the country have good insurance policy and without good insurance policy, they might not be able to effectively operate and compete both in the local and in the regional market.

Also, most of the local airlines have poor business plans and bad aircraft holding structure. They also operate multiple aircraft types and have poor maintenance history, bad crew and aircraft management system. It is also instructive that for many of them, the bailouts they received from the federal government some years ago are yet to be fully repaid, for some others, their aircraft holding structure cannot sustain their flight schedules.

In addition, most of them have poor corporate governance in running their airlines. Some have fat pay for foreign pilots and staff and meagre pay for local pilots and staff doing similar jobs.

Added to this are rampant corruption, fraud and conversion of operations money to personal use by many owners of local airlines. Worse still is the nonchalant attitude of some of the aircraft owners to the state of affairs of their airlines.

The way forward is for the strong airlines to streamline their aircraft holding structure for better performance and be ready for the stiff competition ahead. In addition, the airlines should adopt realistic business plans that can make their airlines survive the tough competition ahead.

The option of mergers and acquisition should also be vigorously pursued by airline owners. In doing this, some of the big airlines should merge to form mega airlines, or acquire the weaker ones. Where the airlines are unwilling to merge, the government should come up with a survival plan that would make them merge just as it did some years ago the Central Bank allowed many banks in the country to merge to meet the N25 billion minimum capital base directives set for the banks.

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“One of the truest test of integrity is the blunt refusal to be compromised”.

“ The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough”.

“ No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people”.

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Poverty eradication: FCT Min, Dogara task FG on existing legislation Idu Jude Abuja

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Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has advocated for more legislation that would provide relief for the needy as well as support for celebrities to use their fame to draw attention of the government to the dangers poverty pose to the society.

Bello made this point at a Charity Football match, tagged “ Kick-out Poverty Charity Football Match”, organised by the Elizabeth Foundation at the weekend, in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He stressed that one of the greatest challenges confronting humanity in the 21stcentury is chronic excruciating poverty that is unsparing of race or creed.

Represented at the occasion by, the Secretary, FCT Education Secretariat, Senator Isa Maina, Bello acknowledged

that government has not succeeded with its numerous programmes on poverty eradication, but vowed that the battle against poverty will be executed with the empathy it deserves.

The minister, who linked diseases, crime, lack of education and terrorism to poverty, noted that the administration has fully key into the federal government social safety and economic empowerment programmes consisting of the N- power scheme, the school feeding as well as the conditional transfer scheme towards ending the circle of poverty in the country.

Combating this obstacles to good quality living has been a global issue for as long as the existence of humanity.

“Sadly, however, we have not succeeded in our quest of pulling more than a third of our people out of the vicious circle of want,” he emphasized.

Corruption: Reinhard Bonnke’s crusade promises solution for Nigeria

Esther Taiwo

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Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke has planned to win about 30 million souls for Christ in his forthcoming Farewell Gospel Crusade even as he promised that the last crusade will bring about spiritual healing for Nigeria as well as rescue the country from its spiritual pollution and socio-political corruption .

Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos State chapter, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola said this during a press conference organized to announce the crusade where he diclosed that the renowned world evangelist is set to return to Nigeria for a five-day crusade and a three-day multi-purpose ministers’ fire conference.

According to him, the crusade targets to reach about 30million people across Africa out of which 10 million are expected to attend the crusade billed to start on November 8, 2017 at Sparklight Estate, opposite OPIC Plaza, Isheri Osun, Lagos/ Ibadan Expressway .

“By the grace of God , Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke will hit the shores of Lagos for a five-dayfarewell crusade that will unleash the power of God on Nigeria and liberate it from the very present demonic forces eating up its socio-economic and spiritual potentials”, he said.

He said Bonnke has made it clear that the

choice to stage a comeback to Nigeria in the final lap of his large scale global evangelism outreach is God ordained and will therefore be explosive adding that Nigeria is a blessed country full of potentials.

As Lagos crusade would be the last of Bonnke’s international crusade, Bamgbola said the “Christ For All Nations anticipates conversion of many souls to Christ as Bonnke delivers his farewell message to crowd of worshippers in Nigeria.”

He added, “One of the highlights of the crusade will be a ‘passing the burning torch conference’ for leaders and church workers. Bonnke believes in God for many thousands of pastors and evangelists from around the globe to be inspired to evangelism.

The CAN chairman expressed optimism that the crusade would transform the church not only in Nigeria but across the African continent.

“All the churches are thrilled to join with Reinhard in this vision, and know that the results of this crusade will be farther reaching and of even greater consequence than we can even imagine.

“Ever since God gave Evangelist Bonnke a vision for a blood-washed Africa – a continent washed in the blood of Jesus Christ – over 40 years ago, he has been filled with a burning commitment to win the continent for Jesus,” he said.

Bonnke, a renowned

EFCC trains Kano officials on corruption fight Azubike Nnadozie

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Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, at the EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja, pledged training support for the Kano State Public Complaints and AntiCorruption Commission, KPCACC. Magu, who disclosed this during the opening ceremony of a 5-day intensive training programme on Anticorruption and self defence, spoke through the Acting Commandant of the EFCC Academy, David Tukura.

He advised KPCACC officials to initiate moves towards having a good working relationship, in terms of capacity building with the judiciary since the sector is key to the fight against corruption.

“If you fail to develop a judicial system that is just and ready to complement your efforts in the fight against corruption, you may end up being frustrated at the end

of the day”, he said.

The EFCC boss further stressed the readiness of the EFCC to collaborate with other states, agencies and international bodies that might wish to take advantage of the “state of the art” infrastructures at the EFCC Academy in capacity building.

“We are by all standards the best in Nigeria when it comes to the area of training on economic and financial crimes” Magu said.

He urged the participants to imbibe the attitude of the EFCC operatives which has served as its strength in discharging its duties without fear or favour.

Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, Executive Chairman, KPCACC, in his remark thanked the EFCC Chairman for the support.

“This is the first time in history, the Kano State Public Complaint and AntiCorruption Commission is allowed to carry out the diligent recruitment of the one hundred and forty (140) staff under-going training

at the EFCC Academy presently which is the outcome of the advice from the EFCC boss”, he said.

He advised the participants to be committed to all the activities during the training as well as abhor all forms of corruption in the conduct of their duties.

“As some of you already know our position on zero tolerance for corruption, I have sacked staff because of three thousand naira”, he warned.

He used the opportunity to commend the state governor for the unwavering support and provision of all needed tools and logistics for the Commission to carry out its mandate.

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, represented by the State’s Head of Service, Mohammed Awwal Naiya, expressed delight over the assistance rendered by the EFCC in providing training for the officials of the KPCACC at the Commission’s prestigious Academy.

“The innovations intro-

duced by the present administration of His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in the fight against corruption in Kano state has yielded so many positive results”, he said.

On the scope of the Commission’s activities, he said that the KPCACC covers the entire forty-four local governments of the State.

According to him, “KPCACC so far, has recovered over half a billion naira aside several cases of corruption it is prosecuting in various courts.

He advised the participants to justify the huge investment expended on them by the government by ensuring increased productivity after their training.

Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja, pledged training support for the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, KPCACC.

Delta State Governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa (right) and others, during the inspection tour of the Grace Road Construction in Udu L.G.A of Delta State… on Tuesday.

Buhari’s instruction to World Bank impeachable offence- HURIWA ÏÏÏA leading pro-democ-

racy and non-governmental organization – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned as an impeachable infraction by President Muhammadu Buhari, his purported directive to the World Bank to focus all her developmental assistance to Northern Nigeria.

The Rights body said the disclosure by the World Bank president that the Nigeria president had asked the BrettonWood Funding Institution to focus exclusively on Northern Nigeria has confirmed the long held perception that the current president is a Northern irredentist who has scarce regards for the constitutional principles of equity, equality and social justice to all Nige-

rians and that he has no care in this World about respecting the constitutional principles of Federal character in the appointments and execution of government policies.

The group said it is also a breach of his constitutional oath of office and allegiance to the constitution not to implement government’s policies based on his ethnoreligious interests.

In a media statement by the national coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs’ Director Miss Zainab Yusuf, the Rights group has asked the National Assembly to open a probe of this shocking disclosure and to censure President Buhari and ensures he either counter-instructs the World Bank to work for all of Nige-

ria or the National Assembly begins an impeachment process because a breach of constitutional oaths of office is extensively damaging.

“Under Sections 140(1) and 140(2), the President is required to take the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office, an act that is significant to the extent that the Oath of Office expands the responsibility to which the President commits himself when he bears true Allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and when he undertakes to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

HURIWA expounded further that scholars of constitutional law have affirmed that by taking the Oath of Office, the President commits himself to

specific goals of general nature to wit:(i) bear allegiance to the Republic;(ii) faithfully discharge his duties in accordance with the Constitution;(iii) strive to preserve the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy;(iv) avoid influence caused by personal interest;(v) abide by the code of conduct; and(vi) treat all people equally under the law”.

Besides, HURIWA further accused president Buhari of breaching the constitutional provisions which absolutely prohibits discriminatory enforcement of policies to favour particular sections of Nigeria against other zones just as the rights group warned against the sweeping of these allegations under the carpets of impunity.

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Okorocha and Jacob Zuma’s statue

Times Columnist REUBEN ABATI

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Okorocha is of course, a master of the overkill. He does everything, good and bad, with the same level of enthusiasm.

When he followed President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States in 2015, and got a sideline chance to shake the hands of President Barrack Obama, it became what seemed like the biggest event of his life. Billboards of him and the two Presidents suddenly started popping up all over the state capital with the inscription – “Behold the new faces of change”.

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hat is it about South African President Jacob Zuma and statues?

Two statues in one month- generating controversy from the streets of Pretoria to the streets of Owerri in Nigeria.

In the first week of October, a 30-feet monument was unveiled in honour of President Zuma in the North West region of his country. South Africans had opposed the idea of the statue since it was first proposed in February 2017. When it was eventually unveiled, and labeled a monument, the attendant outrage was bitter and loud because it was actually a glorification of Zuma, disguised as a tourist project to preserve the site where Zuma and 45 others were arrested by the apartheid police as they travelled out of the country for military training in 1963.

The Premier, Supra Mahumapelo who commissioned the statue was accused of bad governance and insensitivity. The Zuma statue at Groot Marico has a borehole attached to it, whereas there is no potable water in the city in which it is located. Aggrieved South Africans recommended that the Statue should be pulled down, with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) offering to take the lead.

Jacob Zuma is not one of Africa’s most loved leaders despite his having won election twice and leading one of Africa’s most historic political parties; the African National Congress.

His Presidency has been scandal-ridden, from allegations of abuse of office to a personal life characterized by much burlesque. The biggest threat to state reconstruction in Africa has been the ego and misconduct of African leaders. Compared to those he succeeded as South African President, it is hard at this point to imagine Jacob Zuma’s eventual place in South African history.

This is the same man that Rochas Anayo Okorocha, the Governor of Imo State in Nigeria has chosen to honour. In the course of a just concluded two-day visit to Imo state, Nigeria, Zuma received the state’s highest honour, a traditional chieftaincy title- Ochiaga (Great Warrior), a street named Jacob Zuma Road, and wait for it- a life-sized statue! Governor Okorocha may not be able to convince anyone that he is not aware of the controversy over the Zuma statue in North West South Africa, and yet another piece of art that showed Zuma scantily-clad. The Premier of North West South Africa, actually wanted a life-size statue of Zuma in bronze, but public objection compelled him to rename the project a monument, but it remains a statue because the only man it celebrates is Zuma, whose obelisk is projected skywards over 6 metres.

Okorocha probably decided to embark on his own project in Nigeria to tell the anti-Zuma South African crowd that if they do not appreciate Zuma, he would be celebrated abroad; after all a prophet has no honour in his own home. The monument in Groot Marico is reportedly a R1.8m bronze structure; the one in Owerri, Nigeria is a N520 million bronze statue, both standing at over 25 metres! President Zuma could not

Okorocha and Zuma get exactly what he wanted in South Africa, a sculptural piece that was meant to show him in his full height and majesty. He now has it in Nigeria, even if the imbecilic artist did a bad job. Standing in front of that towering Owerri statue, Jacob Zuma must have indeed felt like a giant. In his mind, he must have like Ozymandias said to himself: “I am a god! Go and tell them on the streets of South Africa!”

But his compatriots back in South Africa are not impressed, except may be the compromised South African Presidency which enthusiastically celebrated the deification of Jacob Zuma in a corner of Nigeria. Nigerians and the people of Imo State are unimpressed too. The Owerri statue has only achieved the effect of focusing attention afresh on the shortcomings of the two men at the centre of the drama: President Zuma and Governor Okorocha. “Instead of a statue”, wrote one South African, “Nigeria can keep the real thing”. Well, we don’t need your President. We have our own and nobody has erected a giant statue of his.

Another South African wrote: “It’s only fair that Nigeria built a statue of Zuma.

After all, under his leadership, we took in a million of their citizens”.

Point of correction, sir: Governor Okorocha, not Nigeria, built the statue with public funds. You “took in a million Nigerians?” Or South Africans killed hundreds of Nigerians due to xenophobia? Your statement is actually part of the reason Nigerians are angry: why honour a man under whose watch South Africans are killing Nigerians in South Africa? If you must know, like your Premier of the North West, Governor Okorocha has been accused of wasting public funds on a statue of the South African President when Imo state teachers and pensioners are being owed salaries and arrears for months.

To worsen matters, Governor Okorocha is setting up in Owerri, the equivalent of a political Jurassic park. Alongside Zuma’s statue are other statues, draped in national colours of Nigeria and other African countries. My personal worry is that when those other statues are unveiled, we may just discover that Governor Okorocha has included in this emerging park, statues of himself and his wife! African leaders who erect statues are ever so tempted to erect one or two of their own. Okorocha may even one of these days have a brain wave and erect a bronze statue of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe on Nigerian soil. You have your Zuma. We have our Okorocha.

He has tried to justify the present gaffe but his explanations sound hollow and false: “We in Imo State have chosen to identify with this great leader who meant well for his people…” We? Which we is Okorocha referring to, please? Did the state House of Assembly deliberate over the decision to establish a political Jurassic Park in Owerri? And who discussed and approved the honour’s list? We? Is Mr. Okorocha referring to his own sycophantic State

Executive Council or the local government staff called traditional rulers who gave Zuma the title of Ochiaga? Many Nigerians in fact believe that Nelson Mandela’s statue would have been preferable, especially as Governor Okorocha praised President Zuma as “a great leader who meant well for his people, who had to toil, struggle and fight for the liberation of his people, not minding the consequences thereafter. This to me is courage. This to me is strength of character…” Who are the brainless speech-writers penning these cliches?

Nelson Mandela is the one whom these words best describe. President Zuma is the one the South African system is accusing of Constitutional violations, 783 corruption allegations and wanton abuse of the people.

The Governor in the long run pretended that there was something positive out of the entire show. In a press statement, we are told: “President of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma has said that a South African must not kill a Nigerian and a Nigerian must not kill a South African, adding that the relationship between Nigeria and South Africa should be stronger than any other part, for the sake of the continent of Africa.”

Nobody should kill anybody, Nigerian or South African, in the first place.

Murder is inexcusable. Xenophobia defeats the goals of African integration.

President Zuma is very adept at telling people what they want to hear. What did he do while South Africans killed Nigerians under his watch? How many South Africans have been convicted for promoting xenophobia and taking the laws into their hands? What has President Zuma done in concrete terms to promote bilateral relations and peopleto-people diplomacy between our two countries? Governor Okorocha may have been trying to be a good host but to import a bronze statue of President Zuma, which South Africans rejected, and then physically implant him on Nigerian soil is an insult and overkill!

Mr. Okorocha is of course, a master of the overkill. He does everything, good and bad, with the same level of enthusiasm. When he followed President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States in 2015, and got a sideline chance to shake the hands of President Barrack Obama, it became what seemed like the biggest event of his life. Billboards of him and the two Presidents suddenly started popping up all over the state capital with the inscription – “Behold the new faces of change”. How? Please, how does a mere handshake with Obama translate into change in Nigeria? In a particular billboard showing Okorocha and President Obama, he is described as “a true Igbo leader”. The same Okorocha who cannot even say a kind word about his own brothers who are asking for equity and justice for all Igbos? He was also once accused of naming a government building after his own daughter, that daughter’s husband is reportedly a member of the Imo State cabinet. When the Governor turned 55 recently, 27 women represent-

ing the 27 local governments in Imo State serenaded him with 27 cakes as gifts. Okorocha obviously has enough cake to last him till he leaves office, but he should be careful because too much sugar is not good for anybody’s health.

This same Okorocha -when journalists asked him to publicly account for the state’s revenue and expenditure since 2011 when he assumed office, he threatened to deal ruthlessly with the journalists and chase them out of Imo State. President Zuma and Governor Okorocha obviously have a lot in common. They both love entertainment.

They both think they are smart. They both don’t like criticism. They consider themselves very good politicians.

They both like to be celebrated too. On this latter score in an official citation, Okorocha is described hyperbolically as a “Professor of Philanthropy!”

But I must pause a little, here, to say this. I don’t have any personal axe to grind with either President Zuma or Governor Okorocha. I am in fact aware that Okorocha has been described by Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana - “Grand Counsellor of Imo State” - as “a gift to humanity”. Of him President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chairman of the Rochas Foundation, has also said: “Rochas does not only love education, he has passion for the education of the underprivileged… I doff my hat for him for his great strides in education.” President Obasanjo made this statement at the 10th graduation ceremony of the Rochas Foundation Colleges. In 1998, Okorocha established the Rochas Foundation to provide free education to the children of the “poorest of the poor”.

President Jacob Zuma has a similar Foundation known as The Zuma Foundation. This is what brought the two men together in the first place. President Zuma visited Nigeria to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Zuma Foundation and the Rochas Foundation. He spoke about the need to support the African Child.

Between 2011 and now, the Rochas Foundation has established a total of five colleges – 2 in Imo state, one in Ibadan, one in Jos, and one in Kano.

Tagged Project #55555, this free education programme, targeting orphans and the displaced, has reached about 15, 000 children from 55 African countries. The students’ population at the Rochas College in Kano alone is over 500. In the course of his visit to Nigeria, President Zuma interacted with Rochas Foundation students. Both men claim that they are determined to give to the African child, the same privileges and opportunities that they could not have, in the belief that it is better to use one’s achievements to raise the underprivileged. Zuma is a man of little education. Okorocha used to sell second-hand clothes while his mates attended school. He got to where he is by practically hustling through life. On the surface of it, both men can be said to mean well.

But the tragedy of their recent meeting in Nigeria is that nobody believes the nice statements they both made.

Africans no longer trust their leaders even when they openly profess good faith. They have learnt to suspect every move that they make. Across Nigeria, it is not surprising that the question is being asked: what is Okorocha’s next game? In South Africa, the same question is being asked of President Zuma.

The people are no longer as stupid as African politicians assume. They are tired of being used as stepping-stones.

I put myself in their shoes and I share their pain. Let Zuma and Okorocha stay away from funny billboards, the casting of bronze statues and castles of personal glorification. When in doubt, let them read Percy Shelley’s sonnet – Ozymandias. Statues will crumble, brought down by the opposition or ruined by the vagaries of weather and the ravages of time. But good deeds will endure and history will speak.

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Senate urges FG, states to reduce poverty Chris Emetoh, Abuja

ÏÏÏAs Nigeria joined the rest

of the world to mark the United Nations International Day for Poverty Eradication, the senate warns that unless appropriate measures are taken to reduce the level of poverty in the country, it faces risks of witnessing a revolution.

The Senate during plenary on Tuesday, following a motion sponsored by Senator Ali Wakili (Bauchi South) and 23 others therefore urged that policies and programmes evolved by the Federal Government through the Social Investment Programmes and other poverty alleviation and eradication measures are vigorously pursued, and that the federal government implements the necessary State Development Goals (SDGs) that will eliminate poverty in line with goal 16.

While it also called on the federal, state and local governments to henceforth designate and observe October 17 as World Poverty Day in line with the UN resolution, the upper legislativd chamber appealed to Community Based Organizations (CBO) and the media to step up discussions on the scourge of poverty and its debasement of human dignity.

Leading the discussion, Senator Wakili noted that the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and its antecedents, the world day for overcoming extreme poverty are intended to promote dialogue and understanding between people living in poverty and

their communities and society.

“It is meant to demonstrate the strong bonds of solidarity between people living in poverty and people from all works of life, and the commitment to work together to overcome extreme poverty, a chance for men to make their concerns heard and a moment to recognize that the the poor people are are in the forefront in the fight against poverty.”

“It is interesting to note that achievement of a world free free from poverty provides a path tawards achieving peaceful and inclusive societies as envisioned in goal 16 of SDG, which key target is to ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision making at all level,” he said.

Senator Wakili Ali further recalled that the recent data from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics indicates that no fewer than 112 million Nigerians representing 67.1percent of the country’s estimated population now live below poverty level. “ Hence the challenge for all to rise to the occasion to vanguish poverty. “ He added that the passage of the Poverty eradication bill has been the right step towards the actualization of the UN agenda 2030 for sustainable development and meeting the obligation by all countries to end poverty in all forms.

Senator Jibril Barau (Kano ) also in his contribution, attributed the level of Poverty in Nigeria to bad leadership and also advocated the need for a sound economy that will provide opportunity for the dispossed.

HIV: Prevention of mother to child transmission to save millions in Kano Yakubu Salisu, Kano

ÏÏÏDirector

General, Kano state Agency for the Control of AIDS(KSACA), Dr Bashir Usman has said that the Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS program would save next generation from the virus infection.

The director stated this during the closing ceremony of third batch training of 40 women of Health Workers on Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) which lasted for three days sponsored by Saving One Million Lives For Result (SOML PforR) in collaboration with Kano state Agency for the Control of AIDS(KSACA) held at Horizon Hotel Kano.

The director general stressed that the training taught the participants on how to eliminate HIV/ AIDS through screening of pregnant women as well

as putting affected ones on medication, adding that support and caring during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding are part of global crusade against the virus .

Usman told the participants, that Saving One Million Lives Program is a great initiative endorsed

by Governor Dr Abdullah Umar Ganduje.

Dr Usman said since PMCTC is a continuing program, participants are expected to train their colleagues in order to sustain it, pointing out that refusal would deprive people from getting appropriate care.

A participants,from Jido Health Clinic Dawakin Kudu, Binta Dambo said that they have learned a lot especially on new techniques for PMCTC, assuring that they would impact the knowledge to other colleagues for wider elimination of the virus in the society before the year 2030 target.

Commander, 16 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen Kevin Aligbe (2nd right) and others, cleaning Opolo Roundabout as part of the activities of the Operation Crocodile Smile in Yanagoa Bayelsa State… recently.

Armed herdsmen killings in Plateau abominable – HURIWA Motolani Oseni

ÏÏÏDue

to the liquidity mop up by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through Open Market Operations (OMO) and Treasury bill auctions, the Nigerian currency, Naira, in circulation has declined to N1.78 trillion in September of 2017.

For the umpteenth time, the pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop his rhetoric and take legal action to declare armed Fulani herdsmen as terrorists.

HURIWA said the taciturn and conspiratorial approach of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration towards

adopting objective steps to declare armed Fulani herdsmen as terrorists which is suspected to be because he is Fulani by ethnicity will obliterate whatever legacy he may bequeath to Nigeria after his tenure in 2019.

The Rights group also dismissed the verbal reaction of president Buhari to the continuous genocide in Plateau State masterminded by armed Fulani herdsmen, as hypocritical following his administration’s refusal to do the right thing by legally classifying armed Fulani herdsmen as terrorists and deploying military forces to decisively crush them.

The Rights group specifically condemned the pattern of systematic killings that have taken place in Bassa, Plateau State

particularly the accusations by some survivors that soldiers in Plateau State relocated them to the primary school and abandoned them to be callously massacred by the rampaging herdsmen. HURIWA recalled that recently some affected farmers attacked in Benue state by armed Fulani herdsmen appeared before the Presidential probe panel on human rights violations by the military and blamed the armed soldiers for aiding and abetting armed Fulani herdsmen’s attacks.

“We condemn in very strong terms, the persistent denial of the reality of the armed Fulani terror campaign across the country by the current administration of president Buhari which has so far failed to take concrete,

verifiable and legal based actions to put to an end the spectacles of blood cuddling terror attacks of armed Fulani herdsmen”.

Also, the Rights body condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council for rewarding the Buhari’s government with an undeserving membership of this body even when the current administration will go down in history as the most brutal civilian government which has so far grossly breached the human rights of Citizens.

“Why should the United Nations allow Nigeria to win a re-election into the discredited UN human rights council on the very day that armed Fulani herdsmen continued their murderous genocide of farmers in parts of Plateau, North Central Nigeria dominated by Christians?”

Aare Ona Kakanfo: Tinubu congratulates Gani Adams, Alaafin ÏÏÏAll

Progressives National Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Oodua Peoples Congress Leader, Otunba Gani Adams, over his appointment as the next Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.

Asiwaju Tinubu also congratulated the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, for breaking the 19 years hiatus in picking another nominee for the prestigious title.

Maintaining that Gani Adams richly deserves the appointment, he said the OPC leader had never left anyone in doubt over his resolve to fight for the interest of Yoruba race.

In a letter to Otunba

Adams dated October 17, 2017, the former Lagos governor commended him for having a steely heart.

The APC Leader said in the letter: “Dear Otunba, I congratulate you on your appointment as the next Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.

With this, you have joined the elite rank of generalissimos in Yorubaland.

“You deserve this honour. You have a heart of steel. You have never left anyone in doubt about your resolve and readiness to fight for and defend the interest of Yoruba race.

“In Yorubaland, particularly in the old Oyo Em-

pire, the position of Aare Ona Kakanfo has always been a significant one “You are now the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo. Going through the list of those who have occupied the position, you come with an extra youth, vigour and vitality, which would be an added advantage as you forge ahead in the service of our people.

“I rejoice with you and wish you well as you assume this leadership mantle”.

In the letter to Alaafin, Asiwaju Tinubu said: “May I congratulate you Kabiyesi, Iku Baba Yeye, over the appointment of Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland

“You have accomplished another important task.

You have broken the 19 years hiatus in picking another nominee for this prestigious title.

“Otunba Gani Adams’ appointment comes after the demise of the last occupant of the office, Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12 election, who died in incarceration in 1998.

“I commend you Kabiyesi for the thorough search which produced the Oodua People’s Congress Leader as the next occupant.

“While wishing you renewed strength, good health and continued successful reign, I also wish the new Aare Ona kakanfo a glorious tenure”.

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s ESUST Mgt Sciences Faculty to celebrate alumni at homecoming reunion Esther Taiwo

In a move to celebrate some outstanding Alumni for their commendable achievements and various contributions to society in general, the Faculty of Management Sciences of Enugu State University of Science and Technology will be celebrating its 32 year Alumni homecoming and reunion.

The event which comes up in Enugu on Thursday, October 26, 2017 under the chairmanship of the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, will feature awards to the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Enugu State House of Assembly Speaker, Chief Edward Ubosi; Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo; as well as other leaders and technocrats.

Speaking at the occasion will be Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the Senate and Dr. Ernest Ebi, chairman, Board of Directors, Fidelity Bank Plc. According to the Dean, Faculty Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); Commissioner for Education, Hon. Kola Omotunde Young (right); Chairman, Osun State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Felix Awofisayo (2nd left); Executive Secretary, Ife South Local Government, Remi Odewale (left), during the Inspection tour of the on-going renovation of High School at Ifetedo of Management Sciences, Prof. Fred Eze, the Faculty of Management Town, in Ife-South, Osun State… on Tuesday.

Sciences established in 1985, houses the departments of Accountancy, Banking & Finance, Business Administration, Cooperatives & Rural development, Insurance & Risk Management, Marketing, Public Administration and Mass Communication.

He went further to state that in 32 versities to be supported financially. We are ity in various human endeavours in addition years of existence, the faculty has Esther Taiwo not saying Federal Government should just be with the vocational skills the university has produced leaders in top echelons of government and managers who ocFormer Executive Secretary of the Na- throwing money at them but it should be per- impacted on them.

“We have trained our students to come out cupy strategic positions in both the tional Universities Commission (NUC), formance driven”, he said.

He said the grants should be based on cours- of the traditional arena of looking for white private and public sectors of the NiProfessor Peter Okebukola, has urged the Federal Government tom extend Tertiary es they are offering that will be of benefit to collar jobs after graduation, that is why we gerian economy.

Prof. Ike Ndolo, chairman of the Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) allocations the society and to also base the allocation on make sure they possess enough skills that could make them stand on their own after Homecoming & Reunion Committee, to private universities because their products stress test.

“The stress test should be based on those graduation and they are also trained to in- stated that the whole idea of a homeare also commodities that would benefit the universities who are able to pay their staff crease their visibility and specialise in their coming is to primarily celebrate the country in various endeavours.

Alumni in their various capacities Okebukola said this at the 7th convocation without the input of the proprietor, those who area of strength”, he said.

He said the university has also imparted and investments in national develof Caleb University, Imota Lagos while field- are able to sponsor staff for international ing questions from journalists where he dis- training, get all their courses approved by into their lives commitment to duty, obedience opment, offer the Alumni the opporclosed that in the 80s Federal Government was NUC accreditation team, this will enable gov- to rules and regulations, compassion for fellow tunity of a reunion with each other giving Grant-in-Aid to private universities as ernment know the ones that need financial human beings and the fear of God, adding that and also reconnect with the universupport to function effectively”, he said. if they diligently carry these out, they will sity from where they earned their he implored government to revisit that policy.

Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Dan- definitely soar like Eagles as he urged them fruits, under the leadership of Prof.

“Equity should take place here, steps should be taken towards amending Tetfund Law in a iel Aina, said the 409 graduating students have to be of good courage in the face of daunting Luke Okechukwu Anike, Vice Chancellor and Chief Host. way that it will make provision for private uni- been empowered with value addition mental- challenges.

Consider private varsities for TETfund allocation, Okebukola urges FG

LASG recounts benefits of UAC weekend classes on students’ performance Esther Taiwo

The Lagos State government has lauded UAC Nigeria Plc for its free weekend league classes aimed at promoting education in the state.

At the closing ceremony of the 2017 free weekend classes as part of the Goodness League Initiative organised by UAC Nigeria Plc for students in Lagos State held at Agege Secondary School, Tutor General/Permanent Secretary, Education District 1, Dr. (Mrs.) Olayinka Ayandele, said education is the companion which no

misfortune can depress, no enemy can eliminate and no despotism can enslave, adding that it is quite expedient to bring to the fore the formidable social responsibility of the UAC that focuses on education rather than on mundane activities with less pay roll. “During the course of six weeks of Saturday coaching for the 300 students, the benchmark of performance set for students was not for five Credits, our interaction with you last year has yielded good results.

“I am moved by the impact you made on the children which is beyond imagina-

tion. For instance, Oyewole Senior Secondary School which over the years was known for negativity but with the interaction you had with the students, normalcy has been brought to the school, the students are ready to learn and show eagerness with anything that has to do with education.

For the first time in the history of the school at the 2017 WASSCE, the school had the best result with seven A1s “, she said.

She said the school recorded about 232 students getting admission directly to the universities for the first

time in the history of the district and urged the students to partner with their colleagues to devise strategy studies and form habits that will further improve on their educational. “This year, UAC Nigeria Plc has directly interacted with 300 students but indirectly with almost 7000 because each student is a mentor to other 20 students”, she said.

Group Managing Director, UAC Nigeria Plc, Mr. Abdul Bello, said 10 years ago, the company was greatly worried by the falling standard of education in the country and fully aware that the

progress a nation makes is heavily linked and interwoven to the progress the nation makes in education, hence the establishment of UAC Goodness League Initiative which is a corporate social responsibility initiative borne out of the need for a special focus on the critical role education plays in the transformation of any nation as well as to also emphasise the right of every citizen no matter the background to quality education.

He said the overall purpose of the initiative which began in 2008 is to equip students with knowledge and

skills to be more competent and more confident while at the same time increasing their opportunities to live a more productive life and enhance their little contribution to the society.

The outgoing Chief Executive of UAC Nigeria Plc, Mr. Larry Ettah, said the impact is for the children to know that they have people who can take them in career counseling, as role models and prepare them for exams while appealing to other companies to have concerns and invest in people in order to liberate their minds through education.

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Lagos 95% literacy target not negotiable - Ambode’s aide The Senior Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela BankOlemoh, has reaffirmed the state government’s determination to meet the 95 per cent literacy target deadline by 2019.

He gave the assurance at the 2017 Adult Learners’ Quiz Competition organised by the Agency for Mass Education for adult learners in the state recently. It is an annual event to test the knowledge and understanding of the participants of the scheme on what they are taught and reward those outstanding among them and consequently encourage illiterate others to key into the programme.

About 30,000 people participated in the programme this year against 20,000 of that of last year when the literacy level was at 87%.

A 42-year-old petty trader, Mrs. Hassanat Amodu, from Apapa Local Government area emerged the

winner of the English speaking class category while Mrs. Wosilat Abayomi won the Yoruba speaking class.

They defeated nine other contestants in respective category that made it to the finals of the competition held at the Alausa secretariat.

Speaking further, Bank-Olemoh, represented by the Permanent Secretary in his office, Dr Shamsudeen Allison, said the state government was serious about increasing the literacy level from 87% it was last year and consequently pursuing it aggressively by coming up with new ideas and innovations towards its realisation.

He noted that part of the ideas was the establishment of study centres in market places, mechanic villages, churches and mosques as well as other places that near and accessible to learners.

“We don’t want to give room for

people to give excuse why they cannot enrol for adult literacy class anywhere within the state,” he said.

He added that radio and other agents of mass media were equally deplored and intensified for enlightenment campaigns for the scheme.

Lagos, according to him is a good model for other states of the federation and will continue to perform that leading role not only in education but also in other sectors of the economy.

He however appealed to residents of the state who are still illiterate to take advantage of the flexibility of the scheme to enrol, saying the benefits are enormous.

In her remark, the Director of the agency in charge of the scheme, Mrs. Oluwakemi Kalesanwo congratulated all the contestants, saying they were all winners.

Mohammed Dauda: NANS wants FG, states to fix health sector Augustine Okezie, Abuja

The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has tasked governments at all levels as well as corporate bodies to begin conscious efforts aimed at fixing Nigeria’s health sector.

President of NANS, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, who made the above declaration while addressing newsmen on the preparations for the burial plans for their former President, Comrade Muhammadu Dauda, who died recently in faraway India, as a result of liver cirrhosis requiring transplant which could not be performed in any hospital in Nigeria, and as a result of delays by different government owned hospitals which lack the required facilities, personnel and care deserving for such patients.

He said: ‘’We note with disdain that a nation that prides herself as the Giant of Africa, post 57 years after independence from colonial masters, could not afford a single health facility, well equipped to manage citizen’s health. We are more pained that even those saddled with the responsibilities of providing

our populace with medical facilities for their ailments rush to countries not as viable as Nigeria to seek medical care and treatment. ‘’Nigerians die on a daily basis due to the neglect and noncommitment of the very government elected by them to fix the fundamentals such as health, education, and infrastructure and food security. How then are we proud to be called Giants of Africa? In bringing these issues to the fore of government attention, the National Association of Nigerian Students has resolved to commence a 7-Day National Action to demand that all essential sectors that enhance life, good living and total development of our nation be declared by government at all levels as emergency sectors’’.

The student body further directed its members nationwide to embark nationwide mass action ‘’beginning from the moment the corpse of our late revered leader and former President- Comrade Mohammed Dauda, touches down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja’’, while the details and strategy for the peaceful protests shall be communicated to them later.

Caleb College wins 2017 national anti-corruption debate contest

L-R: HOD Agriculture, Federal College of Agriculture Ibadan (FCAI), Dr Olutayo Adenekan; Provost, FCAI, Dr. Babatunde Adelekan and Registrar, Mr. Abimbade Abass, at a press conference on activities of the FCAI in Ibadan, Oyo State... recently.

UTME: JAMB replies Abioje Augustine Okezie, Abuja

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reacted to several criticisms made by Professor Oyeniran Abioje of the University of Ilorin through an article which was published on some national dailies (not The Daily Times) in September this year, titled “Clarification JAMB Should Make”. A press statement which was signed by Abdul Rahaman Akpata from the Information Unit of JAMB, said the Unilorin Professor had wanted to know the relevance of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the roles of JAMB as a ranking body and clearing house.

The statement further alluded that the writer also raised issues on why JAMB examination results is not a fail or pass mark and the rationale for 120 marks as cut off for universities and 100 for polytechnics,

and Colleges of Education, and the need to bury UTME. Mr. Akpata while admitting that the Board as a responsible and responsive organisation may not want to join issues with the Professor, nor run its affairs on the pages of newspapers, it however intended to put the record straight for the benefit of all Nigerians who had sought for clarifications.

He said ‘from the background information on JAMB which re-emphasises the workings of JAMB, its mandate; the various intervention policies as well as the aspirations of the current leadership under Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is designed to enhance the Board‘s efficiency in line with global best practices’’. ‘’The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established to conduct matriculation examinations and place suitably qualified candidates into tertiary institutions in collaboration with the institutions,’’ Akpata said.

The Board further reminded Nigerians that candidate’s performance in the Board’s UTME examination is not what majorly qualifies a candidate for registration in any tertiary institution, rather the possession of at least five ordinary level credit passes in five (5) subjects, including English and Mathematics. ‘’The only qualifying result to any tertiary institution in Nigeria is the ordinary level result. The Board’s examination is only but a ranking examination for the selection of suitably qualified candidates to fill the insufficient spaces in the Tertiary Institutions. ‘’The cut off mark is just a pruning mechanism, a benchmark that is unanimously arrived at the stakeholders after exhaustive deliberations and analysis of performance of the examination statistics presented by the Board. In most cases the cut off mark is put to a voice vote. JAMB does not fix the cut off mark for the institutions.

Masters Adegbohungbe Ayomide and Abiola-Awe Oluwatise of Caleb International College, Magodo, Lagos State, have emerged the overall winners of the 2017 National Anti-Corruption Debate Competition for both public and private secondary schools in the South-West zone of the country.

The schools’ debate competition was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to test students’ understanding of Federal Government’s anti-corruption crusade, the citizens’ role in the crusade, the students’ debating skills and mastery of English Language pronunciations in accordance with global standards.

Over 500 schools from the six South-West states of Nigeria participated in the competition at the preliminary stages, while Caleb International College, Magodo, Lagos State and other 50 schools scaled through to the finals, which produced the college as the overall winner.

During the presentation of prizes to the winners, Caleb College, which scored 76.8 points, received a plaque, a 1.5 inch multifunction portable mobile bar battery speaker, two wireless microphones and cash rewards.

The final rounds of the competition in which candidates spoke on the topic, “Corruption as an Impediment to Sustainable Development Goals”,

was well attended by the representatives of Ministries of Education of all the South West states, senior government functionaries, stakeholders in the education sector, school administrators and traditional rulers, among others.

In his remarks on the success achieved by the college, the Proprietor, Dr. Ola Adebogun, explained that the feat was achieved as a result of the school’s foundation as a faithbased school that offers balanced education that combines morals with quality teaching and industry experience as well as ensuring that the students study in a serene atmosphere conducive for learning and connect global best practices.

“At Caleb International College, we insist on doing it right always, more so that our core values are Godliness, innovation, service, integrity, team work, excellence and creativity,” Adebogun stated.

Proprietor, Caleb International College, Dr. Ola Adebogun

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The general public is hereby notified that the above named NGO have applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission For registration under Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE Ï L9ddê 9jR6 M 9`R`R Ï L`ê d&j6 R#&G& RG jnM RdnM Ï L`ê RGn`&L9 9z &L9 Ï L`dê RG M9 9 d6 E9` j RLRG ` Ï L` # y9d G&`n Ï L`ê C L&d 69 R1zn AIMS & OBJECTIVES 1. TO HELP THE YOUTH DISCOVER, DEVELOP AND RELEASE THEIR POTENTIAL 2. TO BUILD A COMPLETE YOUTH, MAKING HIM/HER A ROLE MODEL IN THE SOCIETY 3. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to The Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

ITOHAN IRORO FOR: HAZON SOLICITORS 81, AWOLOWO WAY IKEJA.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

AYINLA QOSIM ABIODUN I formerly known called and addressed as AYINKA KAZEEM ABIODUN, now wish to be known called and addressed as AYINLA QOSIM ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ADERINOLA OLABISI VICTORIA

IGBINADUWA OSARIEMEN OSAS

OGUNSUNLADE NOFISAT ADEJOKE

I, formerly known and addressed as IGBINADUWA OSARIEMEN now wish to be known and addressed as IGBINADUWA OSARIEMEN OSAS. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ADESHINA NAFISAT ADEJOKE now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNSUNLADE NOFISAT ADEJOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AMAKA CHIGAEMEZU CHINEDU now wish to be known and addressed as CHINEDU CHIGAEMEZU FAVOUR. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note.

This is to confirm that the names ORHI MICHEAL SAMUEL and ORHI TERNENGE MICHAEL refers to one and the same person. All former document reman vald. General public should take note.

SOLOMON BANGU I formerly known and addressed as Bulus Daniel.

Now wish to be known and addrressed as Solomon Bangu. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as RICHARDS PRECIOUS now wish to be known and addressed as OMORUYI PRECIOUS . All former document reman valid.

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I , formerly known and addressed as UCHE NNAH, now wish to be known and addressed as PRINCE JOSEPH UCHENNA . All former documents remain valid.

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FRIDAY OWAKWE

DAU-EBIMONE TIMIPRE FERDINARD I , formerly known and addressed as DAUEBIMONE TUMIPRE FREDRICK , now wish to be known and addressed as DAU-EBIMONE TIMIPRE FERDINARD. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

I Formerly known called and addressed as Olagbemi Olasunkanmi, now wish to be known called and addressed as OLAGBEMI OLASUNKANMI OLAMILEKAN. All former documents remain valid general public should please take note

I formerly known and addressed as JOHN W. EZIEKWE, now wish to be known and addressed as IKEMEFULA JOHN WILLIAMS. All former documents remain valid.

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DIOGU CHINEMEREM LINUS I formerly known and addressed as DIOGU CHINEMEREM LIVINUS, now wish to be known and addressed as DIOGU CHINEMEREM LINUS. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

OMOSANYA YESIRUDEEN BOLANLE

I formerly known and addressed as OMOSANYA BOLANLE ADEWUNMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OMOSANYA YESIRUDEEN BOLANLE. All former document remain valid.

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ADENOLA ABIGEL MONISOLA I formerly known and addressed as Abigail Monisola Bakare, now wish to be known and addressed as Adenola Abigel Monisola. And my correct Date of Birth is 5 December 1969. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Gokir Joshua Goladi. Now wish to be known and addressed as Gokir Wugokwe Goladi. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

OKOSIMEKA SIMEON

MRS. AMA CHINWE JENNIFER

GOKIR WUGOKWE GOLADI

CHINEDU CHIGAEMEZU FAVOUR

MRS JOSEPHINE EKWUEME

This is to confirm and certify that Musa Sulaiman Damilare, refer to the same and one person bearing as Musa Sulaimo Olarenwaju and Musa Sulaimon Oludamilare, Musa Sulaimon Adio and also bearing Musa Sulaimon Damilare. Henceforth l wish to be known and addressed as MUSA SULAIMAN DAMILARE. All former documents remain valid, authorities concerned and general public should please take note.

OMORUYI PRECIOUS

I , formerly known and addressed as , DAVID GEORGE, now wish to be known and addressed as OKOSIMEKA SIMEON . All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I , formerly known and addressed as MISS. ONWUGBUFOR CHINWE JENNIFER , now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AMA CHINWE JENNIFER . All former documents remain valid.

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NNODUO OLUCHI GRACE I , formerly known and addressed as MISS. OBIJURU OLUCHI GRACE, now wish to be known and addressed as NNODUO OLUCHI GRACE. All former documents remain valid..

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MRS. CELINE ONYEKACHI ORJI

I , formerly known and addressed as MISS. CELINE ONYEKACHI NNAJI , now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CELINE ONYEKACHI ORJI. All former documents remain valid.

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AGBASI OLISAEMEKA SAMUEL I, formerly known and addressed as ADILI EMEKA SAMUEL , now wish to be known and addressed as AGBASI OLISAEMEKA SAMUEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as ENO GEORGE NTONG, GIFT GEORGE NTONG, NTONG ENOBONG GEORGE and PRECIOUS GEORGE NTONG, now wish to be known and addressed as NTONG GIFT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, MICHAEL MABEL ACHINEDU, wish to add ACHINEDU to my name which was formerly MICHAEL MABEL. I now wish to be known and addressed as MICHAEL MABEL ACHINEDU. All former documents remain valid.

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I, KENNETH OCHA ASU, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as KENNETH ASU in my BVN instead of KENNETH OCHA ASU. I now wish to be known and addressed as KENNETH OCHA ASU . All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

ALLWELL AKWAGBULEM CHIGOZIE

CHANGE OF NAME AND CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

SALAMI OLUWATOYIN FUNMILAYO

PHILOMINA ISI PETER-KADIRI

MRS. AKINTOLA BUKOLA ELIZABETH

I formerly known and addressed as Philomina Isi Eronse, now known and addressed as Philomina Isi Peter-Kadiri. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEKUNLE BUKOLA ELIZABETH, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AKINTOLA BUKOLA ELIZABETH. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I, ALLWELL AKWAGBULEM CHIGOZIE, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as AKWAGULAM ORWELL CHIKOZI in stead of ALLWELL AKWAGBULEM CHIGOZIE. I, now wish to be known and addressed as, ALLWELL AKWAGBULEM CHIGOZIE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I , formerly known and addressed as ONYEBUCHI HYGINUS NNAJIOFOR , now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEBUCHI HYGINUS . MY correct date of birth is 20th day of August, 1975.

All former documents remain valid. General public take note

NTONG GIFT

I, formerly known and addressed as ATERE OLUWATOYIN FUNMILAYO now wish to be known and addressed as SALAMI OLUWATOYIN FUNMILAYO, all former documents remain valid public please take note.

I , formerly known and addressed as MISS. JOSEPHINE CHIOMA NSARUM EDWARD , now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JOSEPHINE EKWUEME . All former documents remain valid. General public take note

ADDITION OF NAME

I , formerly known and addressed as FRIDAY ONUH MATHIASS , now wish to be known and addressed as FRIDAY OWAKWE.. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

CORRECTION OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as ABOGUNRIN OLABISI VICTORIA, now wish to be known and addressed as ADERINOLA OLABISI VICTORIA. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

PRINCE JOSEPH UCHENNA

ONUH BARTHOLOMEW OKECHI I, ONUH BARTHOLOMEW OKECHI, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as ONUH BARTHOLOMEW OKECHUKWU instead of ONUH BARTHOLOMEW OKECHI. I now wish to be known and addressed as ONUH BARTHOLOMEW OKECHI. All former documets remain valid.

General public should take note.

MRS. GEORGELINE NWAKAEGO ABARA I, formerly known as MISS GEORGELINE NWAKAEGO OKAFOR, now MRS. GEORGELINE NWAKAEGO ABARA. All former documents remain valid. Federal Medical Centre Owerri, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and general public please take note.

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JOY UMEH OBUBA Formerly known and addressed as JOY UZUNMA MADUBUKO, now wish to be known and addressed as JOY UMEH OBUBA. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS. OJEDIRAN RISIKAT OPEYEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. WAHAB RISIKAT OPEYEMI. All former documents remain valid.

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GANIYU SIMIAT IYABO

SHABANI MILA BUYA Formerly known and addressed as BUYA SHABANI MILA now wish to be known and addressed as SHABANI MILA BUYA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as SAMUEL OLUWATOYIN JOHN now wish to be known and addressed as ORIGBOYE OLUWATOYIN PRINCE. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as CHUKWU EZEONYEMAECHI CHIBUZOR, now wish to be known and addressed as EZEH ONYEMAECHI OGE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as YUSUF SIMIAT IYABO now wish to be known and addressed as GANIYU SIMIAT IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLAYINKA AJOKE EBIELEMI

ADEBOWALE OLADEINDE RASHEED

MRS. WAHAB RISIKAT OPEYEMI

ORIGBOYE OLUWATOYIN PRINCE

IMRAN BABATUNDE LAWAL

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ANYAOHA JULIET ADANMA

Formerly known and addressed as OSUJI JULIET ADANMA, now wish to be known and addressed as ANYAOHA JULIET ADANMA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

ADDITION OF NAME That my name were written as OLUWARANTI OLAGOROYE instead of OLUWARANTI MARY OLAGOROYE the full name. That I wish to be known and addressed as OLUWARANTI MARY OLAGOROYE henceforth. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

OKPE CECILIA OJO Formerly known and addressed as ADAKWU CECILIA OJO, now wish to be known and addressed as OKPE CECILIA OJO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AKINDELE SOFIAT RASHEED

AKPAN KATE EFFIONG Formerly known and addressed as EFFIONG KATE now wish to be known and addressed as AKPAN KATE EFFIONG. All former documents remain valid.

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ADEBIYI ABOSEDE TOPE Formerly known and addressed as ADESANYA ADETUTU VICTORIA now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBIYI ABOSEDE TOPE. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to inform the general public that my name was mistakenly written as SAIDI SIDI instead of SAHEED SIDI. That my correct name is SAHEED SIDI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OLAYINKA AJOKE JOSEPH now wish to be known and addressed as OLAYINKA AJOKE EBIELEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OGUES ANDREW SUNNY now wish to be known and addressed as IMRAN BABATUNDE LAWAL. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as RASHEED SOFIAT TEMITOPE now wish to be known and addressed as AKINDELE SOFIAT RASHEED. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS NKEM HARRIETH MMEZI

MRS BLESSING UWEMUA IMUZEZE

MUSA ZAINAB AYOBAMI Formerly known and addressed as LIZZY AYOBAMI MUSA now wish to be known and addressed as MUSA ZAINAB AYOBAMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ALROZAQ SHAMSIDEEN now wish to be known and addressed as RAZAQ SAMSON BOLAJOKO. That my date of birth is 16 April 1985 and not 15 April 1985. All former documents remain valid.

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APOSTOLOSX APOSTLE HALCIYOON

I, formerly called and addressed as PRINCE HALCYON DUMBARI EMMANUEL NWINIKUA. now wish to be known called and addressed as APOSTOLOSX APOSTLE HALCIYOON. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS BLESSING UWEMUA OIKELOME now wish to be known and addressed as MRS BLESSING UWEMUA IMUZEZE. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. CHINYERE FRANCISCA UMUNNA

I, formerly called and addressed as MISS CHINYERE FRANCISCA NJOKU. now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. CHINYERE FRANCISCA UMUNNA. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm and certify that GANIYU LAWAL ADETUNJI on my BVN and LAWL ADETUNJI refer to one and same person. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

YUSUF MOSUNMADE AYONI

CHUKWUSA GIFT ONYEMEACHI

Formerly known and addressed as BALOGUN MARIAM ADUKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ALLI MARIAM ADUKE BALOGUN. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as BaBalola Mosunmade Ayoni now wish to be known called and addressed as YUSUF MOSUNMADE AYONI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Adewale Adeshade Gift now wish to be known called and addressed as CHUKWUSA GIFT ONYEMEACHI. All former documents remain valid.

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ABDULKAREEM SHEHU TIJANI

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAME We, formerly known and addressed as MRS. ADEDAYO YEMISI OLUWATOYIN and my son, ADEDAYO OLUSEGUN ADEBOYE, that henceforth, we wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS. ADEGORIOLA YEMISI OLUWATOYIN and my son, ADEGORIOLA OLUSEGUN ADEBOYE. All documents bearing our former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as FATOLA FADEYI ENIAYEWU, now wish to be known, called and addressed as KOLADE ABASS SALAWU. All documents bearing my former names remain valid.

General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ALLI MARIAM ADUKE BALOGUN

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULKAREEM SHEHU TIJANI IYANDA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULKAREEM SHEHU TIJANI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MARY ACHINA OWOLOYI

On my bank account, my name appears as BEREGBANIKA DAMIEIBI BRIGGS P, while on my BVN, my name appears as SELEMA BEREGBANIKA. That i am the same person bearing the above mentioned names. Henceforth wish to be known and addressed as SELEMA BEREGBANIKA. All documents bearing these names remain mine and valid general public/authorities concerned should take note

I, formerly known and addressed as MARY SHOK OWOLOYI, Now wish to be known and addressed as MARY ACHINA OWOLOYI. All former documents remain valid. General public/ authorities concerned should take note.

LIKEMIND LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION UMUEBULU

KOLADE ABASS SALAWU

MRS. OLUTADE RASHEEDAT YINKA

I, formerly known and addressed as AJIBADE RASHEEDAT YINKA, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OLUTADE RASHEEDAT YINKA. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

IBOYI PRAISE PRAISE

Formerly known and addressed as OKOGU IBOYI EDIRI, now wish to be known and addressed as IBOYI PRAISE PRAISE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OLADEINDE RASHEED now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBOWALE OLADEINDE RASHEED. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS NKEM HARRIETH IBEH now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NKEM HARRIETH MMEZI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

LAWAL OMOLARA RUKAYAT

Formerly known and addressed as LAWAL AYOBAMI OMOLARA, now wish to be known and addressed as LAWAL OMOLARA RUKAYAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

RAZAQ SAMSON BOLAJOKO

SAMUEL FATIMAT ADEOLA

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNWOMOJU FATIMAT ADEOLA now wish to be known and addressed as SAMUEL FATIMAT ADEOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BABATUNDE NURUDEEN ALANI

Formerly known and addressed as BABATUNDE-NASIR NURUDEEN ALANI now wish to be known and addressed as BABATUNDE NURUDEEN ALANI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

OLANIYI WURAOLA ESTHER Formerly known and addressed as BAJIMILEHIN WURAOLA ESTHER now wish to be known and addressed as OLANIYI WURAOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

HENRY IZUCHUKWU OKPALEKE

This is to confirm and certify that OKONKWO UCHE and OKONKWO UCHE BENJAMIN refer to one and same person but henceforth wish to be known and addressed as OKONKWO UCHE BENJAMIN. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as HENRY JOHN OKPALEKE now wish to be known and addressed as HENRY IZUCHUKWU OKPALEKE. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME/ DATE OF BIRTH

OGUNDANA OLUGBENGA OLUSOLA

My name was wrongly written as MANUKWEM GODFREY FECHUKWU instead of MANUKWEM GODFREY CHIMAOBI. My date of birth was wrongly written as 01/10/1986 instead of 03/10/ 1986. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNDANA AKINOLA GBENGA, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNDANA OLUGBENGA OLUSOLA. All former documents remain valid.

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ADDITION OF NAME I formerly called and addressed as PATIENCE ALERUCHI HANETU. I want to add my last name DICKSON instead of PATIENCE ALERUCHI HANETU. Henceforth, I’m PATIENCE ALERUCHI HANETU DICKSON. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

HABIBAT ADEDOJA AMI

I was formerly known and addressed Habibat Adejoke Aileru and Habibat Adedoja Aileru now wish to be know and addressed as Habibat Adedoja Ami. All former document remain valid general public take note.

MISS OGENE ADAOBI MARYANN

NWAFOR PRECIOUS CHIDIOGO

Formerly known and addressed as MRS ISAAC ADAOBI MARYANN, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS OGENE ADAOBI MARYANN. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as UMEAKU PRECIOUS CHIDIOGO, now wish to be known and addressed as NWAFOR PRECIOUS CHIDIOGO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

GARBA-DABA MUHAMMED SALISU

OIGONU MARGARET AGBO

I, formerly known and addressed as DABA SALISU, Now wish to be known and addressed as GARBA-DABA MUHAMMED SALISU. All former documents remain valid. General public/ authorities concerned should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as JOSEPH MARY INYAM, now wish to be known and addressed as OIGONU MARGARET AGBO. All former document remains valid.

General public take note.

JOSEPH IKECHUKWU WISDOM

I, formerly known and addressed as EWESIOBI IKECHUKWU WISDOM, now wish to be known, called and addressed as JOSEPH IKECHUKWU WISDOM. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

LOSS OF DEED OF SUB-LEASE DOCUMENT

GBENGA AKINWANDE FOUNDATION

Aims and Objectives 1.To improve the welfare of the members of the association.

2.To liaise with the relevant security agencies to protect the lives and properties of the residents.

3.Using the association as a platform for the development of our estate.

This is to inform the general public of the LOSS OF DEED OF SUB-LEASE between H.F.P. ENGINEERING (NIGERIA) LIMITED and DOUBLE Q INVESTMENTS LIMITED for a parcel of land measuring approximately 453.195 sq. metres which is part of total land area 205.41 hectares allocated to HFP ENGINEERING and referred to as IKOTA Government Land Allocation Lekki Peninsula Scheme11 which is situated at Lekki Peninsula in the Eti- Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State of Nigeria.

All efforts to trace the said documents have been abortive.

This is to inform the general public that the above named BODY has applied to the corporate affairs commission (CAC), Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters Act 1 of 1990 Names of Trustees 1.

Gbenga Segun Akinwande President 2.

Otekpen Mary Akinwande Vice President 3.

Funmilayo Oyewole Member 4.

Ismaheel Abidemi Jeifa Member 5.

James Dotun Akinwande Member 6.

Paul Olaniyi Akinde Secretary Aims and objectives 1.

To promote access to good and quality health care services 2.

To promote educational aid to the less privileged 3.

To support, promote and sponsor sporting activities in enhancing the social emotional and physical development of the youth in the community

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affair Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off AguiyiIronsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication.

Signed: Trustees

SIGNED: OWOLABI PAUL LAWAL CHAIRMAN/CEO; DOUBLE Q INVESTMENTS LIMITED NO. 56b ITAFAJI STREET, DOLPHIN ESTATE, IKOYI, LAGOS

This is to inform the general public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters Act 1 of 1990 TRUSTEES ARE 1.Ori Chukwu 3.Chinaeke Cyprain Ebere 5.Geral Nnaemeka Nwagbo 7.Oladiran Niyi Thompson

2.Iziguzo Livinus 4.Eke Udoka Henry 6.John Ayagwung.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affair Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off AguiyiIronsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication.

Signed: Femi Kasunmu & Co

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MRS. NWOSU ONYINYECHI JOY

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHUKWU ONYINYECHI JOY, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. NWOSU ONYINYECHI JOY. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MRS. ONYEKWERE CHINONSO PRECIOUS I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AMALIRI CHINONSO PRECIOUS, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ONYEKWERE CHINONSO PRECIOUS. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

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CORRECTION OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

MRS STELLA ADA ONWUZURUIKE

MRS. MAYEN JOSEPH INYANG

This is to confirm that the name NZE EMEKA JOHN JAMES and AHUWANYA CELESTINE IKEME refers to one and the same person; now wish to be known and addressed as NZE EMEKA JOHN JAMES. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

My name was wrongly written as MICHEAL IKE OZONDU instead of UZONDU IKE and my date of birth was wrongly written as 105-1976 instead of 01-6-1974. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

I, formerly known as MISS AKWOULE STELLA ADAKU, now wish to be know and addressed as MRS STELLA ADA ONWUZURUIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Mayen Asuquo Edighienyong, now wish to be known as Mrs. Mayen Joseph Inyang. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ABRAHAM OKE AKIRI I formerly known as OKE OKORO KALU AKIRI wish to be known and addressed as ABRAHAM OKE AKIRI. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as EKPE BENARD AKPAN wish to be known and addressed as EKPE BENARD LOT. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

MRS GRACE AKORU AKPAN

LATEEF IDRIS OLUWANISHOLA

BAOKU EZEKIEL SUNDAY

I, formerly known and addressed as Mrs Grace Akoru Eko, now wish to be known as Mrs Grace Akoru Akpan. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as LATEEF SHOLA and LATEEF IDRIS SHOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as LATEEF IDRIS OLUWANISHOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as SUNDAY BIOKU, now wish to be known and addressed as BAOKU EZEKIEL SUNDAY. My correct Date of Birth is 07/03/1982. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLUWASEYI OLAIDE OGUNFOLU I, formerly known and addressed as OLUWASEYI OLAIDE OGUNYANMODI, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUWASEYI OLAIDE OGUNFOLU. All former documents remain valid.

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SUULOLA IBUKUN OMOLOLA

OKAFOR SAMUEL ADIMMABUA

SURU JAMES GERMAIN

FASANU AYOOLA MICHEAL

I formerly known as Apata Ibukun Omolola wish to be known and addressed as Suulola Ibukun Omolola .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as Anyasi lucky Adimmabua wish to be known and addressed as Okafor Samuel Adimmabua .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as SURU JAMES DENISE wish to be known and addressed as SURU JAMES GERMAIN .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

OLUKAN ADEOLA ELIZABETH

CYPRIL EBERECHI MERCY

ASHU SUNDAY AGABI

I formerly known as Ramon Adeola Elizabeth wish to be known and addressed as Olukan Adeola Elizabeth .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as VERONICA EZINNA ONLYEMCHI wish to be known and addressed as CYPRIL EBERECHI MERCY. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as SUNDAY AGABI ASHU and AGABI SUNDAY A. wish to be known and addressed as ASHU SUNDAY AGABI and wrong date of birth is 25/2/1987 and 27/12/1987 my CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 5/11/1988. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

That I ANIMASHAUN IDERAOLUWA NIMOTA is the same person bearing these names ANIMASHAUN IDERAOLUWA.N. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

That I MULAK AMINU HASSAN is the same person as MOHAMMED HASSAN AMINU and MOHAMMAD HASSAN AMINU wish to be known and addressed as MULAK AMINU HASSAN. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

OKI EZO GODWIN MOSES

I formerly known as EZO MOSES GODWIN wish to be known and addressed as OKI EZO GODWIN MOSES. All former documents remain valid General public please take note.

MRS ANYANWU CHIAMAKA SHALOM

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ASAKULA KAFAYAT AJOKE

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NWABUEZE CHIOMA GLORIA

OLOGUNAGBA SHOLA JULIUS

UDE MABEL OBELE

MRS ADAH LYNDA CHIAMAKA

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UGWU EMMANUEL ONYEBUCHI

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AWOTUBO DUNNI AMINA

EKPE BENARD LOT

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CORRECTION OF NAME

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) PASTOR KELVIN IKECHUKWU NDUWUAKU__GO (2) PROPHETESS TINA UGOCHI NDUWUAKU AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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HOPE FOR THE HUNGERED FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABIOLA TITILOPE OMOLARA AJEWOLE 2. BARRISTER A VIOLIN OLUWATOSIN AJEWOLE 3. BARRISTER EZEKIEL OLANREWAJU AJEWOLE 4. MR. KAYODE SILAS ADAMU 5. BARRISTER OLUWAYEMISI AYOBAMI ENILOLOBO.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ODEBIYI ISRAEL OLADIJI, 2. OKEWOLE LANRE YINKA, 3. ODEBIYI ABIOLA SHOLA, 4. OYERINDE OLUWAREMI MARIA, 5. ODEBIYI FUNMILAYO MARY, 6. OLUDIRAN ISAAC OLULERE, 7. MUHAMMED KAZEEM, 8. ODEBIYI OLUWATOYIN MUYIBAT, 9. ODEBIYI GBENGA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO MAKE PROVISION OF MEAL AND FOOD SUPPLIERS TO THE POOR AND AND FOOD THE INDIGENT. 2. TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT SOUP KITCHENS IN COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE DAILY MEALS & BASIC MEDICAL AIDS TO HOMELESS PERSONS. 3. TO EMPOWER AND EQUIP INDIGENTS WITH BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SUSTENANCE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

SIGNED: CHIBUIKEM OPARA - LEGAL PRACTITIONER.

CHRIST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL

JOHNSON ABAFI MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SHONOLA OKIKIOLUWA TEMILOLA 2. SHONOLA OLUSHOLA MARY 3. FALOLA MUSA

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.AKAU GENESIS KABOSHIO 2.SARAH ILIYA SALEH 3.GAMBO JOHNSON MUSA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 2.TO HELP THE NEEDY .

3.TO ASSIST THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

COMMISSIONERS FOR CHRIST INT’L MINISTRY

SUBURBIA 180 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 TRUSTEES ARE: 1). BAADOM GOODMAN EELEBARI PRESIDENT 2) ONWUZURUIKE PAUL MMADUABUCHUKWU 3). EDIAE NELSON OSAIYEKEMWE SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). TONY EYAGBAJUMI HAMMAS 2). KARINA WOLO-ISRAEL 3). MICHAEL KEAMA KARIKPOR 4). KELECHI NWAOHA BRIGHT 5). KEVIN CHIDUBEM NWAOBA

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.

OGANIHU NKWUMEATO AND ELEGWU/UMUCHIENTA FORUM

TRUSTEES 1. MR. CLETUS IWU 2. CHIEF CLEMENT AMAOBI 3. MR. MATHIAS OKAFOR 4. PROF. CHIEDOZIE EZE 5. MR. DAVID EBE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS AND PROMOTE OUR CULTURE. 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 FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AKOREDE RAMONI. 2. BELLO JELILI AYINDE. 3. RAHEEM RAFIU ADEBAYO. 4. OLALOKO ISWAT ASAABI. 5. OLUGBADE RASHEED ADISA. 6. OLAIDE TAIBAT ADUKE. 7. OLAJIDE MUSIBAU ADESHINA. 8. LAWAL ADIJATU NINILOLA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FORM A MUSLIM COMMUNITY WITHIN ABARI STREET, AGEGE, LAGOS STATE AND IT’S ENVIRONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPAGATING ISLAM. 2. TO BUILD A MOSQUE WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS IKE OLUWA MOSQUE. 3. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSLIMS THROUGH VARIOUS ECONOMIC/ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES. 4. TO SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR THE COLLECTION AND JUDICIOUS DISTRIBUTION OF ZAKAT, SADAQAT AND GIFT AND TO GIVE SCHOLARSHIP TO INDIGENT MUSLIMS. 5. TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER MUSLIMS ORGANIZATION WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION/ EDUCATION. 6. TO ENGENDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION FOR MORAL,SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR VOLITIONAL EXPERIENCE

SIGNED: MOSHOOD OLANREWAJU RASAQ ESQ.

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAME WE FROMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED ASDORINDA EJEME IDEMIDIA NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESSED AS DORINDA EJEME ABRAHAM AND DIONA OSEMUDIAMEN IDEMUDIA NOW DEONA OSEMUDIAMEN ABRAHAM AND DARIELA ESEIWI IDEMUDIA NOW DARIELA ESEIWI ABRAHAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TAKE NOTE.

FAVOUR KINDNESS AND GRACE 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.

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.

NAMES OF TRUSTEES; 1. MARK NACHE WOJI - CHAIRMAN 2. MARTIN TAMAI WOJI - SECRETARY 3. GULU NSU WOJI - MEMBER

TRUSTEES: 1. OYEDOTUN BABAYEMI 2. OLATUNJI OLAGOKE 3. OLADAYO OLANIYAN 4. EFFIONG BASSEY 5. SHERIFF BADMUS 6. MABEL BOLADE

AIMS & OBJECTIVES; À 61 '/219'4 #0& #+& ;170) 2'12.' 6*417)* 81.706''4+0) #5 # MEANS TO GAINING PROFITABLE EXPERIENCE À 61 )+8' ;170) 2'12.' +052+4#6+10 #55+56#0%' #0& '/219'4/'06 61 DISCOVER, LIVE AND ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS 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 FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

AFRICA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY II). TO HELP THE INDIGENT IN THE SOCIETY TO SET UP SMALL SCALE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES III). SOCIAL WORKS AND HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING IV. SUPPORT AND GRANTS V). TO ASSIST ANY MEMBER IN TIME OF DIFFICULTIES AMONG OURSELVES

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CHURCH MEMBERS,TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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.

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

ABONDANT NEW LIFE GENERATION OF CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM CHURCH

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

EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION ENHANCEMENT INT’L INITIATIVE

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE AND GENERAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICES TO THE POOR TO THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ENUGU INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ASSOCIATION

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

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

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. UNYIME NKEREUWEM ROBINSON 2. MRS. UGONNE WUNYI 3. PROFESSOR DANIEL MUSA GWARY 4. DR. INIOBONG ENE ESSIEN 5. ADEOLA OLAFUNMI ADEOYE 6. MRS. UMOREN IDARA PRINCEWIL

TRUSTEES: 1. SANI MOHAMMED ZARIA 2. A’ISHATU ISMA’ILA BABALLE 3. AHMED MAGAJI ABDULLAHI 4. NASIRU ABDUL MOHAMMED 5. ABUBAKAR OSE ISA 6. MOHAMMED BALA ALIYU 7. GEODINA ALOYSIUS 8. ILIYASU MUHAMMED SANI

TRUSTEES 1.

BISHOP DR. GODWIN CHUKWUMA NNAJI CHAIRMAN 2.

REV. MICHAEL OKECHUKWU AGU VICE CHAIRMAN 3.

BISHOP DR. SLYVA ONYEKA EDE SECRETARY 4.

BISHOP JOSEPH ONUOHA ONUCHUKWU 5.

REV. PROF. PAUL EMEKA 6.

REV. SIMEON OKECHUKWU ANIEDE 7.

REV (MRS) LOVETH CHIEBONAM ENEH 8.

REV. DR. CHRIS ASADU 9.

REV. GREGORY UGWU ANI

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN OUR RURAL AREAS. 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 FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. CHINEDU NDUBUISI NWANKWO 08037662644

-PRESIDENT -VICE PRESIDENT -SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 2. TO PROMOTE THE ELIMINATION OF MALPRACTICES IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS. 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 FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO SENSITIZE THE CHILDREN OF GOD OF ENUGU STATE ORIGIN ON WAYS TO BE EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN. 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 FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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Public Notice 25

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

MRS SUCCESS JONATHAN DABARA

ONYE KELVIN AMARACHUKWU

In some of my documents my name appears as FAWI ELIZABETH FUNMILAYO and FAWI ELIZABETH TEMIDAYO While in some other ones it appears as MRS KEN-EROTA ELIZABETH TEMIDAYO FUNMILAYO .The names refer to the same person. Henceforth I wish to be known as MRS KEN-EROTA ELIZABETH TEMIDAYO FUNMILAYO. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as WURUYAI SUCCESS AKPODIKUMO now wish to be known and addressed as MRS SUCCESS JONATHAN DABARA .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AMARACHUKWU KELVIN GODWIN now wish to be known and addressed as ONYE KELVIN AMARACHUKWU .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

MRS DENNIS ONYEMOWO

OLUDE GBEMISOLA ENITAN

ODUBADE OLAJIDE SOLOMON

ADEBAYO FATIMAT FEYISOLA

SIGNED: OMEGA REIGNS CHAMBERS. 3RD FLOOR STANDARD PLAZA OFF AMINU KANO CRESCENT WUSE 2 ABUJA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AUDU ONYEMOWO HELEN NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS DENNIS ONYEMOWO HELEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKUSANYA GBEMISOLA ENITAN NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUDE GBEMISOLA ENITAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODUBADE OLAKUNLE OLAJIDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODUBADE OLAJIDE SOLOMON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOYE FATIMAT FEYISOLA OLUWAKEMI NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS ADEBAYO FATIMAT FEYISOLA ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AUTHORITY CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

NEW COVENANT FOR ALL NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

ARIT BELLA JAMES

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ODUOLA AJIBOLA MOJEED. 2. LAWAL ISHAK KAYODE. 3. ABODUNRIN PETER KAYODE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO CREATE AWARENESS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER. 2. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. 3. TO ASSIST AND CARRY ON SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE INCIDENTAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER. 4. TO ASSIST IN TAKING CARE OF THE WELFARE OF CANCER PATIENTS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLUSOLA YOUNGER 2. ATANDA KAYODE 3. ATANDA TIMILEHIN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL AND TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEEDY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED:- BARR. ATANDA KAYODE 07035666104

SAINT BIRGITTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

CORRECTION OF NAME In some of my documents including Bank document my name was wrongly written as ABDULRAHAM MOHAMMED instead of MUHAMMED ABDULLAHI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I FORMERLY KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS BLESSING JAMESTOWN. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, CALLED AND ADDRESS ADDRESSED AS ARIT BELLA JAMES. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

VIVIAN BLESSING PETERS--ZEVA

CHRISTIANA OMOWUMI IKECHUKWU

AKINYELE ABDULHAMEED

I FORMERLY KNOWN AS MRS VIVIAN BATURE PETERS NOW WISH TO CORRECT/CHANGE TO BE KNOWN AS VIVIAN BLESSING PETERS--ZEVA WHICH IS MY MAIDEN. FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHRISTIANA OMOWUMI EJIKO NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS CHRISTIANA OMOWUMI IKECHUKWU ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AUTHORITY CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINYELE HAMEED NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINYELE ABDULHAMEED DUNMININU. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH 16-09-1995. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ELLIS EHIJATOR

BELLO OLAJUMOKE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELLIS EHIJATOR IDEMUDIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELLIS EHIJATOR ABRAHAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANIFOWOSE OLAJUMOKE FATIMOT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO OLAJUMOKE FATIMOT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. STERLING BANK AND ALL OTHER BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

HEALING WAVE MISSION

LAWAL RAIMI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RAHEEM AKANNI OLAIYA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LAWAL RAIMI AKANNI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FALADE MARY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DAVID TAIWO MARY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FALADE MARY TAIWO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ECCLESSIA KINGDOM WORKERS’ NETWORK INT’L

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DEACON. OYEDELE NATHANIEL ADELERE - CHAIRMAN 2. MR. MAKINDE SUNDAY ADIGUN - SECRETARY 3. MRS. OYEDELE KATHE LAILA 4. MR. KEHINDE OYETADE OLADELE OYEDELE 5. ENGR. ODEBUNMI OLATOKUNBO BABATUNDE 6. MRS. DAWODU ADEBISI MERCY 7. MRS. OLUTOYIN ADENIJI

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. OLATUNDE OLANREWAJU PRAISE - CHAIRMAN 2. OGUNLANA OLUWATOYIN MOJI - SECRETARY 3. ADENIJI ADEWOLE SAMUEL - TREASURER 4. OLUDOTUN OLASUNKANMI VICTORIA - MEMBER 5. OJO AYODELE - MEMBER

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. EBONY I THEOPHILUS OLOCHE 2. OLUSEGUN KOLAWOLE CHRIS.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1. TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PASTORS AND KINGDOM WORKERS 2. TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE WIDOWS, DESTITUTES AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. OSAMUYI ENOHO UHUNAMURE 2. FLORENCE DIVINE OMOBUDE 3. IYOBOR UHUNAMURE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO PREACH AND TO TEACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2. TO CARRY OUT EVANGELICAL OUTREACHES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS.

SIGNED:- SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. REV JOHNSON FAROJOYE 2 . PASTOR KELLY AKINJOLE (PRESIDENT) 3. HON BEN OGUNMAYIN (SECRETARY) 4. HON BENSON KALEJAYE AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SOCIETY

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

SIGNED: EYITAYO OGUNYEMI ESQ. 08060623454

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKE JOSEPH AKINYEMI 2. OKE MAGRET OLUFUNKE 3. ILESANMI BENJAMIN ADENIYI 4. JAMIU ALEX ADETUNJI 5. FIJABI OLANREWAJU 6. BROWN ADENIRAN IBIYEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

WOMEN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. TAJUDDEEN YUNUSA 2. HASSAN ADAMU 3. AHMED MUHAMMED BURGA 4. MUSTAPHA SHUAIBU 5. SHEHU IDRIS 6. UMAR YUSUF 7. MUNKAILA SHUAIBU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. ASSIST THE VULNERABLE TO ACCESS QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES IN OUR SELECTED COMMUNITIES 2. PROMOTE REDUCTION OF POVERTY THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING AND EMPOWERMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF OGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

GRACIOUS NEW LIFE CHURCH OF GOD 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) PST. EKENE LIVINUS UGWUANYI 2) PST. (MRS.) CHARITY IFEYINWA UGWU 3) ENGR. PATRICK EFFIONG OBOHO

SECRETARY

THE AIM OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO EMPOWER, TRAIN AND HELP WOMEN DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS TO EARN A LIVING AND LIVE BETTER. ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA. WITHIN 28 DAYS SIGNED: MR. UGOCHUKWU JONAS NWOSU SECRETARY

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP 20, LFN 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1.MRS UDOKA AMARACHI CHAIRMAN 2.MR. UGOCHUKWU JONAS NWOSU

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PREACH AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT NIGERIA AND ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. 2. TO PLANT, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN MISSIONS AND WORSHIP CENTERS THROUGHOUT NIGERIA AND IN FOREIGN LANDS FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE WORD OF GOD. 3. TO GATHER, ASSEMBLE AND CATER FOR SPIRITUAL WELLBEING OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B. 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: UDO RAPHEL E. ESQ. (SOLICITOR)

26 Public Notice ASSOCIATION OF YAM FARMERS, PROCESSORS AND MARKETERS /CAC/IT/NO. 94958 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR THE CHANGE OF ITS NAME TO ‘’NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YAM FARMERS, PROCESSORS AND MARKETERS’’ AND AMENDMENT OF ITS CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE NEW NAME AND TO ADD SOME WORDS, PHRASES OR CLAUSES TO SOME PROVISIONS THEREIN UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED. MATTERS ACT, NO.1 OF 1990.

- THE OLD NAME SHALL BE CHANGED BY ADDITION OF THE WORD ‘’NATIONAL’’ BEFORE ‘ASSOCIATION’ FOR THE NEW NAME TO BE ‘’NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YAM FARMERS, PROCESSORS AND MARKETERS’’.

-THE CONSTITUTION= THE OLD CONSTITUTION SHALL BE ALTERED BY REFLECTION OF THE WORD, NATIONAL IN THE ASSOCIATION’S NAME AND ADDITION OF SOME WORDS, PHRASES OR CLAUSES TO SOME PROVISIONS THEREIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEARITY. - THE TRUSTEES= REMAIN THE SAME. - THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES – REMAIN THE SAME. ANY OBJECTIVE(S) TO THESE CHANGES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARS GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI – IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, October 17, 2017

OKOKON JOHN

AINA OMOLOLA NANCY ADETUTU

I formerly known and addressed as OJO OMOLOLA NANCY now wish to be known and addressed as AINA OMOLOLA NANCY ADETUTU .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ASUQUO MOSES JAMES now wish to be known and addressed as OKOKON JOHN .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

TITUS SHOLA PETER

I formerly known and addressed as JOHNSON SHOLA PETER now wish to be known and addressed as TITUS SHOLA PETER .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

RITA TAMUNO MUMBO

MRS ABIMBOLA ODUNEYE ADEAGBO

AZEEZ TAOFEEK OLADELE

I formerly known and addressed as TAMUNO RITA MOSES now wish to be known and addressed as RITA TAMUNO MUMBO .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ABIMBOLA ODUNEYE OLUKOYA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ABIMBOLA ODUNEYE ADEAGBO .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as LASISI TAOFEEK OLADELE now wish to be known and addressed as AZEEZ TAOFEEK OLADELE . My date of birth is 21/03/1973.All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

VICTOR STEPHEN SEUN I formerly known and addressed as NWEAJIM STEPHEN SEUN now wish to be known and addressed as VICTOR STEPHEN SEUN .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

SUNDAY NKECHINYERE MAUREEN

I formerly known and addressed as GLADYS NNOROM now wish to be known and addressed as SUNDAY NKECHINYERE MAUREEN .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

OHA UKWA NGWA CONGRESS. RC. NO-13478

JEWEL OF NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

WHYTEACE INITIATIVE

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) ETTAH THERESA BASSEY 2) OFFIONG SHEKINA GLORY AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO PROMOTE AND EMPOWER PERSONS THROUGH SKILLS ACQUISITION 2) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED BARR. EZINNE EZIAKU NWAGBARA.

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ALELO DAVID AMEH. 2. SAMUEL ELEOJO OYIBO NATHANIEL. 3. JONATHAN AJODO. 4. AJODO BENJAMIN. 5. SIMON ACHUMUGWU. 6. SALISU HARUNA. 7. MONDAY OJOMAJE AWULU. 8. FR. ELIAS ATTAH OJOMAH. 9. JACOB UGOYA. 10. BISHOP UGOYA JOHN. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO HARNESS THE POTENTIALS OF THE YOUTH AND PRESENT A COMMON FRONT FOR THE UNITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE OF IBAJI. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

TRUSTEES: 1. OROGUN OGHENEFEJIRO SOPHIA. 2. ESSIEN WHITE MFON AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. FACILITATING A POSITIVE AND REALISTIC FUTURE FOR INDIGENT AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN, PROVIDING SERVICE THAT SUPPORT THEIR WELLBEING. 2. TO REINVENT A CULTURE OF PRIORITIZING CHILDREN HEALTHCARE NEEDS(CHNS) AS A MEANS TO SECURE A FUTURE FOR THEM ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

INTEGRATED AID FOR HELPLESS MANKIND FOUNDATION

SIGNED: SECRETARY

ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS AUCHI POLYTECHNIC CLASS. 93/96

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR 2. ZANGINA JIBRIL ALI 3. GONI UMAR MALLAM 4. SALISU IBRAHIM SHERIFF 5. HARUNA MAMMAN 6. BABA ALHAJI SAMBO

TRUSTEES: 1. JOE SIMEON OKHAIFO 2. ALLIAGBOR ABDULWAHAB 3. ISMAILA HAYSON KADIRI 4. RUKAYAT FORUN 5. FRANCESCA ISI IGOCHE 6. ONI OSAROBO 7. ANTHONY ERUTE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO BUILD BRIDGE BETWEEN INTEGRATED AID FOR HELPLESS MANKIND FOUNDATION AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES 2. TO PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION FOR IDPS WOMEN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AUCHI POLYTECHNIC ON THE NEED TO BE A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: DICKSON OMAIYE ESQ

SIGNED: MIMSA SHUAIBU ESQ

MIRACLE CHURCH OF CHRIST POWER & FAITH

INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL PROMOTION

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

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. OLUBODE ADELAGUN 2. BOLA ADELAGUN 3. NIYI OJEKUNLE 4. SERI FOLAMI 5. SEKI LAWAL

TRUSTEES ARE 1. NZEKWE VICTOR UGOCHUKWU -- CHAIRMAN 2. NJOKU--ERNEST LOVELINE NGOZI -- VICE PRESIDENT 3. GILBERT ALEXIS NNAMDI -- SECRETARY 4. NWOKO BEDE ONYEKA -- MEMBER 5. AMAECHI FERDINAND UGOCHUKWU -- TREASURER

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ELEKIMA NEA RACHEL -- CHAIRMAN 2. EKE VIOLET -- SECRETARY 3. JAHUN ZUBAIDA ISMAILA 4. SUSAN HABILA

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE FRENCH LANGUAGE STUDIES IN NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.MRS SARAH SAMUEL BATTA 2.MR VICTOR BATTA 3.MR JOSEPH IMAIKOP 4.MRS IMAOBONG IMAIKOP 5.MR PRECIOUS BATTA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.TO CARE FOR THE INDEGENT IN OUR SOCIETY. 2.TO OFFER ASSISTANT TO THE WIDOW AND ORPHANS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1.,IWU LILIAN AIGB0V0 2, AKHIGBE JMOY IYEN 3, AKHIGBE EMMANUEL 4, UUJAMHAN PATRICIA EKANIYERE 5, EGBE CORDELIA OFURE 6, IKEJIMBA MAUREEN NKECHI 7, OKODUWA JOSEPHINE 8, UGBODAGA PETER FEMI 9, NDUBUISI THERESA UCHENNA 10. . REV. FR. EGBE PETER ABUMHENRE

WEEPING VOICE AND LESS PRIVILEGE HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION

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Senate wants companies sanctioned for proscribing unionism Chris Emetoh, Abuja

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Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (left), addressing the newly promoted men of the Nigerian Police attached to him after being decorated in his office in Umuahia, Abia State… on Tuesday.

Suspected ‘Karowel Militants’ kidnap four missionaries in Delta Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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Command has confirmed the kidnap of four missionaries by suspected “Karowel militants”, disclosing the Anti-kidnapping team of the Police was on the trail of the kidnappers.

Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, the Police Commissioner in the state who addressed journalists yesterday in Asaba, explained that intelligence revealed the kidnappers, a 5-man armed gang suspected to be members of “Karowel Militants” stormed Enukorowa creek community in Burutu Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped four white missionaries; Dr. David Donavan, Chilly Donavan, Alana (surname unknown), and Tyan (surname unknown) who were engaged in preaching, and giving free medical treatment in the area in the last three years.

The police boss added that the kidnap of the four white missionaries may not be unconnected with the current onslaught on militants activities embarked upon by the military code “operation crocodile smile” saying that efforts were being made in conjunction with the Joint Taskforce (JTF) towards ensuring the victims’ rescue, the police said manhunt for the kidnappers had been intensified with a view to ensuring they are res-

cued unhurt.

Meanwhile, with no few than forty-three kidnap/robbery/ murder suspects paraded before journalists, the Police Commissioner said that crime rate which used to be very high in the state, had declined considerably, adding that successes that have recorded over the years, were efforts from useful and intelligence gathering.

Expectedly, the Police disclosed that four kidnap suspects; Emmanuel Julius, 27 years, Goodluck Okpa 22 years, Akadhe Henry 21 years, and Johnson Amalaka 34 years old were recently arrested in connection with the kidnap of one Ruth Edemagbata 19 years old and resident of Isioghe Street, Ozoro.

Accordingly, the Police Boss added that on 19/07/2017, one Felicia Oyibo, the mother of the victim, Ruth Edemogbata returned from market with her Toyota Rav 4 Jeep with registration number KSF182DC when her daughter (victim) came out of their house to welcome her mother, a kidnapping syndicate led

by Emmanuel Julius (Alias RED Boyii) accosted them at gun point, and kidnapped her into the Rav 4 Jeep, before he zoomed off to an unknown destination.

“We intensified search for the kidnappers, and three persons, Friday Joe, Ruke-

vwe Emeka and Oghenevo Odirome were arrested by Eagles-net Patrol Team of the police in connection with the case, and the suspects upon interrogation, confessed to the crime and made useful statements to the police that led to the arrested of the earlier mentioned gang members” the Police Boss added.

On kidnapping/murder; the Police Commissioner said that one Halilu Isaku 30 years, Nyale Mohammed 25 years, and Mohammed Shumu, have arrested in the kidnap of one Emeka Chimaokwu 64 years old in plot 59 Housing Estate Asaba.

According to the police boss, Emeka Chimaokwu was kidnapped by unknown armed man along Idumuje Unor road, Issele-Uku, adding that the police acting on a tip-off, the victim’s phone was tracked, and one Nyale Mohammed of Kogi State was arrested, and confessed upon interrogation to the crime; a situation he mentioned his gang members.

He said that the suspects led the investigating team to the bush where the decomposing body of the victim was found where it was hidden with bamboo leaves inside a forest at Atuma Quarters, IdumujeUnor after he strangled to death as the corpse of the victim had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre

(FMC) Asaba for autopsy.

The suspects were said to have also confessed to the kidnap of one Engineer Charles Chukwuemeka Eze on the 22/5/2017 along IdumujeUnor Idumuje-Ugboko road, and Rev Fr. Andrew Annah of Sacred Catholic Church Obomkpa on 1/8/2017 along Obomkpa-Issele Uku road.

On robbery, the police boss said that three persons; Friday Miri, 25 years, Friday John 20 years, and Blessing Shaluong, 31 years, all of Nnamdi Block Industry, express road Issele-Uku were arrested in connection with robbing one Chibueze Okocha 40 years old of Idumuje-Unor.

Accordingly, one of the suspects, Nnamdi Mohanye of 3, Onye Street, off NYSC Camp road Issele-Uku, reported at Issele-Uku Divisional Police Headquarters, that the Manager of his Filing Station, Bukian-More Petrol Filing Station along Benin/Asaba Expressway, Issele-Uku, one Chibueze Okocha, 40 years old was found dead behind the filling station, and that the only guard on duty was one Friday Miri who absconded with his belongings overnight to far away lang tang in Plateau State, adding that two of the suspects have made confessional statements admitting that they committed the crime, and are presently under investigation.

FRSC set to hasten application of driver’s licence Uchenna Ani

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The federal road safety commission (FRSC) Lagos sector commander Mr. Hyginus Omeje has released a set of numbers for the general public and citizens of the country for making enquires and complaints regarding the issues and challenges of the

national driver licence.

The numbers are 08150654567, 08058298826 According to Omeje this is in a bid to better serve the Nigerian Public and in proper execution of its statutory mandate to design and produce Nigeria drivers’ license.

He further reassured the public that the FRSC remains committed to serving the

motoring public in line with global best practices.

Over the years, it has been complains and confusions created in the minds of the public concerning the procurement of the national driver’s license.

Some of the complaints includes waiting for a long period before the release of the applied drivers license can be made possible, costly applica-

tion fee etc .

Sometimes, it is not everyone that is able to afford such high fees and that is why most drivers feel reluctant applying for their national drivers license. And also people complain about not been able to communicate and to clear their views or complaints to the authorities.

Senate has mandated it committee on labour, employment and productivity, to, as a matter of urgency ensure that companies and organisations who have proscribed unionism are appropriately sanctioned.

The Senate’s resolution was a response to a motion sponsored by Senator Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central) on the need to sanction private companies and institutions that disallow workers’ unionism in their companies.

The lawmaker while moving the motion, expressed worries that intolerance of unionism has

become increasingly rife among private companies and institutions in Nigerian, that ought to be corrected.

Supporting the Motion as moved by Senator Sani, other lawmakers who added their voices to the debate on the matter lamented that the practice by companies that places ban on uninoism, has effectively silenced and weakened the voice of workers , which leaves them vulnerable to super exploitation and work place victimisation.

The upper chamber however, directed the committee to draw up measures of ensuring compliance with labour unionism in work places.

Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) resumes sitting in Enugu Charles Onyekwere

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Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) yesterday resumed sitting in Enugu, revealing that it would not entertained frivolous applications aimed at delaying justice and unnecessarily overstretching of matters.

This it said would stick to the three months deadline for the adjudication of any case, saying that it was the only way in which the 54 cases inherited by the new panel constituted last month could deliver the matters on time.

Siaka Idoko- Akor, Chairman of the 10-members tribunal, who stated this in Enugu, shortly after their maiden sitting, stressed the for lawyers and parties to cases to adhere strictly to rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the tribunal, warning that attitude of counsels have always hindered quick delivering of cases.

He said: “Having realized the fact that the tribunal had not sat for a long time and that there are many pending cases, the new tribunal has swung into action starting from Abuja, Lagos and we are now in Enugu in continuation of the sitting to dispose of the pending cases and attend to new ones.

“On the whole, we met about 54 cases that were either partly tried or freshly filed and going by the legal principle that there has to be fair hearing in all cases, we have to start hearing them de’novo (afresh), so as to afford us the opportunity of giving parties fair hearing so as to arrive at justice-

able decision. The 54 cases spread across Enugu, Kano, Abuja, Lagos and others.

Akor added: “ I think it is true that the previous tribunal did not deliver any judgment in the cases handled before they were dissolved, but I think that the government that dissolved them has her reason for doing so.

Now there is a fresh panel in place; it means they (government) want a change in the way and manner the previous tribunal was conducting its affairs. As far as we are concerned, we are here to look at the rules.

“The law setting up the tribunal says so. The act setting up the tribunal prescribed a minimum of three months in which a case that has gone into hearing to end and judgment delivered. The target of this tribunal is to ensure that a case that goes into hearing could end in less than three months. To enable us achieve this, we have come up with certain practices and that is, to do away with frivolous and ambiguous practices from counsels or parties that occasion delay because justice delayed is justice denied”.

Meanwhile, the Tribunal yesterday ruled that it would commence afresh cases involving Dr Okam Kalu Ugwu and Securities and Exchange Commission as well as George Nnona and Guaranty Trust Bank and slated November 6 and 7 for their definite hearings respectively.

It also ordered parties involved in the cases to retrieve documents and exhibits already filed during the earlier trial of the matters and prepare for the new trial date.

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EEDC urges institutions to verify, confirm authenticity of electricity bills Charles Onyekwere

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Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has cautioned banks and related institutions where its electricity bills are used as proof of address to ensure that they confirm these documents with the company.

The Head, Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement issued and signed by him yesterday in Enugu.

Ezeh said that the electricity company was concerned about the increasing report of some fraudulent individuals forging its electricity bill for account opening purpose.

According to him, EEDC will therefore not be liable if any criminal or fraudulent activity is perpetrated with any forged electricity bill.

He said that there had been situations where staff of EEDC (marketers) whose names and phone numbers appear on EEDC electricity bills for ease of customer engagement, are embarrassed and detained MRS AMEEN JUMOKE KEHINDE

I was formerly known and addressed as Miss Ogunsakin Jumoke kehinde and now wish to be know and addressed as mrs Ameen Jumoke kehinde .all former document remain valid general public take note.

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by police during investigation on fraud cases over a forged bill. ``We just recorded three such cases in Aba, and there is every possibility that this is also happening unnoticed at other locations within our franchise area. ``To check this growing negative trend, we appeal to banks to be cautious and ensure they carry out extensive check and verification of any EEDC electricity bill tendered for account opening purpose as proof of address,’’ he said.

It would be recalled that as part of initiatives geared towards ensuring enjoyable customer experience, EEDC recently modified its electricity bill to wear a new look from September.

The additional features in the A5 sized electricity bill include a summary of previous balance; last payment made by the customer and a barcode which is a security feature.

Other features are: details of feeder and transformer serving the customer; name and phone number of the marketer in-charge as well as pictorial representation of customer’s meter reading.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

I, formerly known, called and addressed as CHARLES OVIE AWANOVWE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AKPOVIRE OVIE AWANOVWE. All former documents remain valid. For record purposes, general public and Authorities concerned take note.

I hereby confirm that I am the person bearing OGBONNA ONUYEGBULE ONYIN. That documents bearing these names remain valid.

For record and official purposes and to confirm that I am the one bearing these mentioned names, general public and authorities concerned please take note.

ADEBIYI IFEOMA NNAMANI I formerly known and addressed as SANDRA IFEOMA NNAMANI now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBIYI IFEOMA NNAMANI .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

ADEBAYO MOBOLAJI TEMILADE I formerly known and addressed as IBISANYA MOBOLAJI TEMILADE and DOSUNMU MOBOLAJI TEMILADE now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO MOBOLAJI TEMILADE .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

ALISON MERCY I formerly known and addressed as ALAEJI MERCY EBERE now wish to be known and addressed as ALISON MERCY .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

MISS ABOSEDE AYOMIDE ABIODUN

I formerly known and addressed as MISS SHONEYE AYOMIDE KANYINSOLA now wish to be known and addressed as MISS ABOSEDE AYOMIDE ABIODUN .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

L-R: Brazilian Minister of External Relations, AloysioNunes Ferreira; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief AuduOgbeh and Minister of State for Agricultureand Rural Development, Sen.HeneikenLokpobiri, during a Bilateral meeting in Abuja… recently.

Baru claims 2bn liters of petrol stocked for festivities’ hitch-free movements vealed this during his investiture as Honourary Special Marshal by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, assured that adequate measures were in place to ensure that motorists have unimpeded access to fuel ahead of the forthcoming end-of-year festivities.

Dr. Baru said provision of adequate petroleum products would not only ease transportation but would also make our roads safer for motorists, just as other consumers too would have no need to hoard highly inflammable products in

jerry cans, among others, which may pose as safety challenge to them.

“As we speak, NNPC has over two billion litres of petrol and we want to sustain this level from now on till the end of the year and beyond. This volume would give the country product sufficiency of about 60 days, well above the standard 30 days sufficiency threshold,’’ Baru said.

Describing his investiture as an eloquent testament of the Corporation’s long standing commitment to road safety and support for the FRSC, the GMD said NNPC would remain unwavering in its back-

ing of the FRSC towards achieving its mandate of making our roads safer for motorists and other road users.

In her remarks, Deputy Corps Marshal in charge of Operations, Ojeme Ewhrudjakpor, who presided over the ceremony, thanked the Corporation for its commitment to road safety.

Ewhrudjakpor stated that road safety was the responsibility of everyone from motorists to regular road safety officers including special marshals, adding that all have a duty to ensure that the safety target which involves limiting the number of casualties on our road is achieved.

CHAKVEN LOUISA NANRING

EBITEA GODWIN ADIMABUA

DURU CYNTHIA CHELOTARA

Formerly BAMIDELE LOUISA NANRING Now to be addressed as CHAKVEN LOUISA NANRING. Former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly Ebitea Godwin Adimabua Nwaeke Now to be addressed as Ebitea Godwin Adimabua . General public should take note.

Formerly LYDWYNA IFEOMA PATRICK Now DURU CYNTHIA CHELOTARA. Former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

JIMOH SHAKIRAT TEMILOLA ABDULAZEEZ FORMERLY ABDULAZEEZ SHAKIRAT TEMILOLA NOW JIMOH SHAKIRAT TEMILOLA ABDULAZEEZ . Former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

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ÏÏÏTo ensure no panic buying of petroleum products across Nigeria towards the end of the year festivities, The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) claims it has stock of over 2 billion liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to ensure a hitch-free end-of-year movement of motorists, a period hitherto sometimes characterized by supply and demand disequilibrium.

According to a release signed by the general manager public affairs Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, The NNPC GMD re-

I, formerly known and addressed as SERIFAT ADENIKE AYILARA, now wish to be known and addressed as ADENIKE SHERIFAT AKINADE, and my correct Date Of Birth is 03/06/1967. all former documents remains valid. General public, please take note.

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I, formerly known and addressed as THOMPSON SAMSON STAID, Now wish to be known and addressed as UDOH THOMPSON SAMSON. All former documents remain valid. General public/ authorities concerned should take note.

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TITILOLA BAILEY

I formerly known and addressed as TITILOLA OGUN and TITILOLA OKUPE now wish to be known and addressed as TITILOLA BAILEY .All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF NAME

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By Andrew Ekejiuba hana has indicated her willingness to attend the forthcoming 2017 edition of the Lagos International Taekwondo Classics holding from November 23rd -25th, 2017 at the Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Multipurpose Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos which is the fourth in

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Ghana, others for Lagos Taekwondo Classics the series.

Other countries whose entries have also been received include Senegal, Mali and Seychelles among others.

Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee, Jimmy Ogunowo, made this known in Lagos while explaining the level of preparations

made so far as regards the championship, even as he disclosed that more entries are expected to roll in before the November 15, 2017 closing date for entries.

Ogonowo who is also the chairman of the Lagos State Taekwondo Association said preparations towards hosting a successful Cham-

NFF AGA set to hold in Jos

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resident of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has assured that the football –governing body is fully committed to bringing innovations and improved packages to the organization of the AITEO Cup competition, following Sunday’s show –stopper at the Agege Stadium.

The football may not have enraptured, but the organization and the general razzmatazz did, leading to CAF President Ahmad describing the experience as ‘exciting.’

Pinnick told Extra Time on Tuesday: “What we did on Sunday is the beginning of the new level to which we want to take this important competition. When we announced Agege Stadium, several people went public with condemnation of the idea.

But we knew what we wanted to achieve and we went for it.

“People berated Agege and the environment and said it would not work. But we set out on an objective and we achieved our goal. We looked at the noted deficiencies and we worked on them.

“The message is that there is nothing that cannot be fixed if there is genuine intention and focus, and with dedication and hard work.”

Dalung makes case for sports in 2018 budget Ben Nwachukwu, Abuja

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Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, will declare the General Assembly open.

He further informed that the Taekwondo Classic is being sponsored by the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Sports Commission in line with the State Government policy on Sports development, Tourism and Entertainment.

Pinnick assures on football development

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he 2017 Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Nigeria Football Federation will take place at the Crest Hotel, Jos, capital of Plateau State on Thursday.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, confirmed to Extra Time on Tuesday that all arrangements have been concluded for a hitch –free and memorable day for all members of the NFF Congress, invited dignitaries and other stakeholders.

The General Assembly of Nigerian Football brings together the kernel of Nigeria’s football family, including Chairmen and Secretaries of the Football Associations of all 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, Chairmen and Secretaries of the various Leagues, Referees Association, Coaches Association and the Players’ Union, the members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management, and stakeholders of the game invited for the purpose.

Items on the agenda for Thursday’s session include presentation of the Consolidated and Revised Balance Sheet and Profit-and-Loss Statement, presentation of the Financial Statement for approval, presentation of the 2018 Budget for approval, votes on proposals for amendments to the Statutes, the regulations governing the application of the Statutes and the standing orders of the General Assembly, as well as discussion of any further items proposed by the Members or by the Executive Committee.

Plateau State Governor, Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, will declare the General Assembly open, and Youth and Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has also been invited to the opening ceremony.

During the business of the assembly, NFF President Amaju Pinnick will present his address, encapsulating activities within the football sector since the last assembly and the Federation’s plans for the year 2018, while General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi will also present the activity report.

pionship is on-going as his MOC has already made all the needed contacts and equipment needed for the championship including consultations with the Korean Embassy in Nigeria through the Korean Cultural Center for their usual technical support.

orne out of the determination to make a statement at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has appealed to the National Assembly to appropriate sufficient funds for sports in the 2018 budget.

The Minister reasoned that for any meaningful success to be recorded by Nigerian athletes at the world stage in a busy 2018 calendar headlined by the Commonwealth Games, the FIFA World Cup and the FIBA World Cup for women in Spain, there must be adequate funding.

“We all know that the recent success of the Super Eagles who recently booked a 2018 Russia World Cup ticket was as a result of direct support from President Mohammadu Buhari who had to personally intervene at critical times during the qualification campaigns.”

Barrister Dalung said that the process of running to the President at every slightest opportunity for financial intervention for sports may be difficult to sustain at the long run considering the numerous international sporting events lined up for 2018.

In proffering solutions, the Minister announced that a fundraising dinner will soon be held.

“A stakeholders dinner which will also include the National Assembly, state governments and all other concerned sports stakeholders will be orga-

nized soon to chart a new course of action for our participation at the World Cup,” he said.

With many stakeholders calling for early World Cup preparations for the mundial, Dalung said that it may be an impossible task if something urgent is not done to raise the needed funds. “In fact, let’s not be deceived.

There was no budgetary allocation for the Super Eagles preparation for the 2018 World Cup in the 2017 budget.”

He tasked the House Committee to key into the vision of the Ministry of seeing a well prepared Super Eagles take on the world as a major player in Africa and world football.

“We are not going as mere participants but as contenders with a new vision, culture and tradition of modern soccer and a determination to make an impact at the World Cup. “With sports being a tool for effective service delivery which is capital intensive, it is imperative to have sufficient funds available to support every stage of the preparation in other to make a successful impact in Russia.

“By this token, I’m passionately appealing to NASS to support our participation by appropriating sufficient funds to sports in the budget next year and thereafter.”

Speaking further, the Minister said that without sufficient funding, all efforts to make an impact at the global stage in 2018 may be a mission impossible.

For the first time in history, the leadership of African football was present right there at the finale of Nigeria’s oldest and most glamorous competition, and in their numbers too. CAF President Ahmad, CAF Vice Presidents Kwesi Nyantakyi and Omari Selemani, CAF Emergency Committee member Souleiman Waberi were enthralled, alongside Governors Ambode (Lagos), Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Bello (Niger), as well as Pinnick himself, NFF Vice Presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko, a representative of the Youth and Sports Minister (Nansel Nimyel), the top echelon of sponsors AITEO group, NFF Executive Committee members, members of NFF Management and members of the Lagos State Executive Council.

Fire shoots from the ground heralded the players of Niger Tornadoes and Akwa United onto the pitch of Agege Stadium for the final and elaborate fireworks brought a captivating night to a close on mainland Lagos.

Despite the compact nature of the arena, a large VIP tent, conveniences for men and women and adequate security put dignitaries and spectators alike at ease, and though both teams failed to put enough spark into things under floodlight, no one missed the comic relief of a yo-yo penalty shoot –out.

Minister of Youth and Sports, Dalung.

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atrick Roberts could come face to face with one of his heroes when Celtic travel to the Allianz Arena to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the Manchester City loanee having modelled his game on Arjen Robben.

Celtic go to Germany with the knowledge that a victory over the Bundesliga champions would see them leapfrog Robben’s team and move into second place in Group B. Roberts has been in fine form once again for Brendan Rodgers’ side and was on the scoresheet in their previous European outing, a 3-0 victory away to Anderlecht.

The 20-year-old forward has set his sights high and hopes to emulate the former PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea and Real Madrid winger.

“Players like that put the hard work in training throughout the years and that is why they are on the biggest stage in world football,” he said.

“Hopefully one day that can be me but I need to keep practising my technique.”

Robben retired from international football after Netherlands’ 2-0 victory over Sweden, a game in which he scored both goals, but which was not enough to earn a World Cup qualifying play-off spot.

The decorated winger ended his international career with 96 caps and 37 goals – his final strike a trademark left-footed rocket into the far corner of the net, a technique that has earned the long-term admiration of Roberts.

Morata ready to battle Roma—Conte

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assimiliano Allegri insists Juventus “are not in any kind of crisis” despite their rare home Serie A defeat at the hands of Lazio.

Juve face Sporting CP, who sit ahead of them on goal difference in Champions League Group D, in a crucial contest in Turin today.

The Italian champions go into the game after a shock 2-1 reverse to Lazio, a result which ended an astonishing 57-match unbeaten run in front of their own fans.

That result was preceded by an away draw against Atalanta, meaning Juve are already five points behind early Serie A leaders Napoli.

Allegri, though, remains calm, even though he has urged his side to improve their focus, starting against Sporting.

“We are not in any kind of crisis,” Allegri said at his pre-match media conference. “We are working towards being in a strong position on all fronts come the spring.

“Against Lazio, we were playing well, but paid for a couple of mistakes at the start of the second half.

“We are working to put right our mistakes. We need to improve our game management and concentration.

“We need to continue to move the ball around quickly and with clarity of mind, whatever happens in matches.”

With Barcelona three points clear at the top of Group D, Juve cannot afford a slip-up against Sporting.

Cleverley: Watford can beat Chelsea!

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lvaro Morata could return from injury when Chelsea face Roma today in the Champions League, Antonio Conte has revealed. The club’s record signing picked up a hamstring strain in the first half of a 1-0 defeat at home to Manchester City before the international break.

And the striker was not involved as the Premier League title-holders suffered a shock 2-1 loss at bottom side Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Conte, though, has confirmed the 24-yearold is available to face Roma in the Group C clash at Stamford Bridge today.

“Alvaro is in contention for today’s game,” the manager told a news conference.

“He has trained with us and is in contention for today.”

N’Golo Kante, Danny Drinkwater and Victor Moses have also picked up recent injuries and Conte feels a lack of depth in his squad is to blame for the mounting list of absentees.

Juve not in crisis, says Allegri

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atford can follow up their last-gasp heroics against Arsenal last weekend with a win over Chelsea on Saturday.

That is according to midfielder Tom Cleverley.

The former Manchester United midfielder scored in injury-time, after Troy Deeney had cancelled out a Per Mertesacker header, to condemn the Gunners to another away defeat and lift the Hornets to fourth in the Premier League table as they continue their promising start under new manager Marco Silva.

Chelsea fell to a shock defeat to Crystal Palace at the weekend and Cleverley is hoping to add to their misery, “I really feel we are building something here,” he told reporters. “Why not go and beat Chelsea? We go there with confidence.”

Watford have only suffered one defeat this campaign so far, a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Manchester City, but have beaten Southampton away and played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at home to Liverpool on the opening day of the season.

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Recalled staff: I’m not under political pressure, AMAC boss tells critics

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FCT Police boss lauds minister for upgrading facilities

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FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle), in a group photograph with a delegation from the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT chapter, led by the Chairman, Dr. Tayo Haastrop, (4th left) in Abuja…recently.

FCTA vows to eradicate infrastructure vandalism

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to the spate of public property vandalism across the nation’s capital city, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promised to get to the root of the activities of vandals especially by fishing out who their sponsors are and seriously deal with them.

Speaking to the media while touring the FCT facilities after his appointment, the Coordinator of Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), T. Umar Shuaibu, disclosed that the FCT Minister, Malam Muhamad Musa Bello, will do all he can to ensure that the city is sanitised of all vandals of public infrastructure such as streetlights, manholes, bridge tails (kerbs) among others and are brought to book.

He assured residents of upper-

most continuous security and that the city will always glow at night with bright lights.

The Coordinator further stated that it is very embarrassing that the administration struggles hard as well as spends huge sums of money to ensure that the streetlights are replaced daily on major streets within the city from Life Camp – JT Useni Street, Abubakar Koko Street, Sabo Ago Street up to the longest street in Abuja – Ahmadu Bello Way past Assembly Quarters to Apo Gudu Axis, while some nonentities and hooligans are busy struggling to run down the government as they vandalise the electrical cables and other accessories, thus running the Administration down by making the major streets dark at night which has often caused so much embarrassment to visitors arriving the city at night, thereby blaming the FCT Administration for not doing anything and

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also increasing rate of insecurity.

Shuaibu pleaded with the unemployed or low income earners in the city to shun activities of the bourgeoisies but get involved in only truthful and meaningful ventures to earn money.

He however said that residents should avoid patronising such stolen goods and urged everyone to report suspected individuals to the security agencies.

Meanwhile, the FCT Police Command, has said that fulfillment of its commitment is to strengthen security around critical infrastructure and safeguard them from being vandalised, also to ensure that suspected cables thieves or vandals are arrested and made to face the law.

The command said this while briefing the press on the recent arrest of vandals in the FCT. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri J. Manzah, disclosed that following a tipoff, police operatives attached to Kubwa Division on patrol intercepted and arrested Sunday Etiese (35 years) and Joseph Thomas (24 years) of Mpape while attempting to vandalise street light cables along Outer Northern

Expressway Kubwa (ONEX).

In an interview with the suspects, they confessed to have committed the crime.

According to them, they have vandalised cables in the area on two separate occasions and were paid N14,000 each by their master (now at large) for every operation.

Meanwhile, the suspects have been transferred to the Command Criminal Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

In another development, the Police have arrested three suspects who specialise in vandalising NITEL cables. The suspects were arrested around Power House Junction Asokoro while burning some of the vandalised cables. However, efforts have been intensified to arrest their cohorts and receiver.

The suspects and exhibits will soon be transferred to the Command Criminal Investigation Intelligence Department too for further discreet investigation.

The suspects revealed that after burning the cables, they sell 1 kilo of the melted wire for N900 each which is further recycled by the buyers for other uses.

ember months leading to end of the year festivities, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sadiq Bello, has lauded the support of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, in boosting the operational capacity of the Command especially FCT Administration’s recent reconstruction of its Communication Mast for effective communication.

This, according to the Commissioner, has boosted the radio coverage of the Federal Capital Territory.

The Commissioner of Police made this disclosure when he received the FCT Minister, when the latter paid a working visit to the Command recently.

According to him, “there can be no police without communication.”

The FCT Minister, at the occasion, conveyed the readiness of his Administration to work very closely with the FCT Police Command to improve the security situation in the territory, especially these ember months.

The Minister, who was accompanied on the visit by the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr. Christian Ohaa and other top officials of the Administration, urged the officers and men of the FCT Police Command to redouble their efforts towards ridding FCT of criminals and criminal activities.

Malam Bello recalled that the Administration refurbished 30 Police patrol vans last year while expressing readiness to further refurbish another set of police patrol vehicles to improve security surveillance and patrol in the territory.

He said the administration will also appreciate the introduction of more police stations in strategic areas of the FCT in view of the territory’s rapidly expanding population.

The FCT Minister said: “My coming here with my team is to encourage you and your men to continue to do your best, just as you have been doing in the past and to assure you that the FCT Administration will continue to give you the needed support as we are entering the ember months, where statistics has shown that crimes and criminality tend to increase.”

He advised the FCT Police Command to establish a motor vehicle repair workshop so that vehicle maintenance and repairs could be done in-house to improve their longevity, reduce cost and enhance security.

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FCT minister tasked on protection of traffic lights ÏÏÏThe

Director of Traffic lights installations in the Transportation Secretariat of the FCT Administration, Engineer Vincent Igberaese, has raised the alarm on the increased vandalisation of traffic lights across the city, thereby beckoning on the office of the Minister, Mallam Muhammad Bello, to ensure an increased security network to bring the perpetrators to book and to possibly end the menace.

Engineer Igberaese said this in an exclusive interview with The Abuja Times in Abuja recently. He stressed that the plea has become necessary due to the unwarranted attacks hoodlums has meted on the traffic lights installation across the 77 interceptions across the FCT. According to him, the department is presently encountering numerous problems despite effort to ensuring stable traffic light for easy vehicle flow.

Among the problems, he said, includes under staffing of the department with just 27 staff that contend with numerous challenges of traffic lights installations.

He disclosed also that despite huge challenges waiting the 27 staff, the department was able to save the FCT administration huge amount of money from its former contractors.

He said: “Initially, the FCT made use of contractors for the installation and maintenance of the traffic lights but we felt that the administration was spending so much and placed some technicians to under study the contractors secretly and that has just paid off as we no longer need the services of such companies. We now make use of casual staff who are mostly youth corps members because we saw that it could be easier to train in-house staff to minimise cost”.

Engineer Igberaese further revealed that the inclusion of additional hands would ensure that the depart-

ment functions optimally.

“We all know that due to the ban on employment, the Administration is not employing but be that as it may, there is an urgent need for it now and we want the administration to see the need. We call on the FCT administration to add more hands by staffing the youth corps members who have learnt how to install the traffic lights. The fact remains that most of us, out of the 27 staff are no longer at the point of going to the field because some of us are now directors and Deputy directors whose jobs are basically policy formulation and that gives room for energetic and youthful ones to step in,” he added.

Further speaking on the need for the Government to bring the vandals to book, Igberaese submitted that his target is to see the hoodlums apprehended and to allow Government infrastructure serve the purpose with which they were installed which is serving the citizens.

“You and I know that Government spends lots of money to put these things in place but they keep disappearing despite all efforts by the security agencies track them down. We have approached them at different levels, we have also gone by ourselves but of no avail but we have discovered a new measure which we think may not be easy for the hoodlums to gain easy access to the solar batteries”.

On the way forward, Engineer Igberaese revealed that his leadership has upgraded from the old system of electricity powered traffic light to the modern wireless solar energy powered ones at the 77 junctions signalised with the latest technology.

He said that the department will be counting a number of 78 intercessions being handled by the department across the FCT when another intercession is signalised in no distant time. He is also hopeful that more of intercessions are to be signalised as Abuja expands in development.

Human right abuse: FCTA, FG to pay suspected prostitutes as ECOWAS Court orders compensations ÏÏÏContrary to the environmental

protection war in the FCT targeted at creating conducive atmosphere for the residents, the ECOWAS Court on in Abuja has delivered judgment in the case between Dorothy Njemanze and three others versus the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The case centered on the violent, cruel, inhuman, degrading and discriminatory treatment the plaintiffs suffered at the hands of law enforcement agents in Abuja, Nigeria.

The women by name Dorothy Njemanze, Edu Okoro, Justina Etim and Amarachi Jessyforth were abducted and assaulted sexually, physically, verbally and unlawfully detained at different times between January 2011 and March 2013 in the hands of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) and other government agencies, such as the police and the military.

They were arrested and accused of being prostitutes simply on the grounds that they were found on the streets at night.

In its judgment, the court held that the arrest of the plaintiffs was unlawful and violated the right to freedom of liberty, as the Defendant State had submitted no proof that these women

were indeed prostitutes.

The court also found that branding the women prostitutes constituted verbal abuse, which violated the right of these women to dignity.

Further, the court held that the arrest violated the right of these women to be free from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; and also constituted gender-based discrimination.

The court found that there were multiple violations of articles 1, 2, 3 and 18 (3) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 25 of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol); articles 2, 3, 5 (a) and 15(1) of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); articles 2(1), 3, 7 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); articles 10, 12, 13 and 16 of the Convention against Torture (CAT); and articles 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The 1st, 3rd and 4th Plaintiffs were each awarded damages in the sum of N6 million. However, the claim of the 2nd Plaintiff was dismissed for being statute barred under the Protocol creating the court.

NIPR commends FCT minister over security, infrastructural dev’t

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Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT chapter, Dr. Tayo Haastrop, has commended the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, over the accelerated infrastructural development in the territory as well as the overall improvement in the security situation in the capital city.

The NIPR boss made these remarks when he led a strong delegation from the Institute to pay a courtesy visit on the FCT Minister in his office recently.

He said: “Abuja has witnessed tremendous changes both in security, opening of the roads, completion of infrastructure projects, sanitising land administration processes in the FCT among others. Abuja has been

developing at such exciting and unprecedented speed.

“Before now, to go to Karu, you will spend hours. But when I was coming back, I drove down the bridge and I found myself in Area 11. This is a very great achievement.

“Many of the satellite districts of Abuja, especially in Lokogoma used to be known for robbery incidents, but because of your good collaboration with the Inspector General of Police, now we have policemen everywhere and we can sleep well in the area and other districts of Abuja, thanks to the prompt action of the Minister. Also, we are beginning to see some improvements on street lightings recently.”

The NIPR boss stated that the purpose of the courtesy visit basically was to strengthen the existing relationship between the Institute and

the FCT Administration in lieu of the positive impact the institute has witnessed in the FCT. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, in his response to the address by the NIPR chairman, expressed appreciation of the contribution of the members of the institute in promoting the positive image of the country.

The Minister espoused the necessity for giving quality service in the country and sued for the partnership of the institute in promoting attitudinal change in the country, especially the anti-corruption campaign of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Malam Bello assured the delegation of FCT Administration’s support towards the successful hosting of the NIPR’s forthcoming AGM conference.

R-L: FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello; FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. Christian Ohaa; the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Abubakar Bello, and others when the FCT Minister visited the FCT Police Command in Abuja...recently

Recalled staff: I’m not under political pressure, AMAC boss tells critics

ÏÏÏContrary to popular insinuation,

the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, says he was never under intense political pressure to recall sacked political appointees just three days after their sack.

The AMAC chairman stated this in a statement by his Media aide, Mr. Dayo Lawal, adding that the power to hire and fire lies with the executive chairman of the council.

The Abuja Times recalls that the seven politically appointed councilors to oversee different sectors in the AMAC were relieved of their duties but were reappointed three days back into their various designations.

According to political pundits, the decision to recall sacked workers three days after issuance of sack letters exposes the confidence of the Chairman as political pressures from different quarters had forced the AMAC Chairman to recall the exact number of councilors sacked three days earlier.

Analysts had predicted a wrong

move by the AMAC chairman, who wanted to change a cabinet, thereby falling a victim of destroying a political structure formed to topple the PDP in grabbing the FCT senatorial sit occupied by Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda.

The AMAC chairman earlier vowed to work for the APC to reclaim the only senatorial slot for the FCT back to the ruling party, the APC. The position being held by Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda of PDP is already under threat with the decamping of Honourable Lukeman Zaphania Jizalo, who recently cross-carpeted from the opposition party, the PDP, to the ruling party, APC, ahead of the 2019 general election.

The Minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, also on the recent decamping of Honourable Jizalo, celebrated the pre-election of 2019 for the FCT, which many has seen as possible realigning of APC political strategy to win the senatorial sit.

Meanwhile, the Chief Press Secretary to the AMAC chairman, Dayo

Lawal, has said that what happened is not far from usual cabinet shake-up, adding that their replacements was to be announced later only for the same councilors to hurriedly returned, with some of them redeployed to different fields.

Lawal however brushed aside claims of his boss being under pressure, saying: “He can hire and fire. It is a cabinet reshuffle and that is all.

Some of them did not go back to their previous posts; only two went back to their former positions.

Furthermore, he said: “No, that is permutation, or insinuation that does not exist. Oga (Candido) doesn’t work under pressure. He did it to strengthen his administration for better service.

“As a good administrator, from time to time, you appraise your governance, performance, then you energise, re-energise and reposition.

Where you think that someone can work better, you take him there. The whole idea is to render improved services to the people”.

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NGO urges FCTA to introduce new waste collection system for households

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Non-Governmental Organisation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (CCMAI), has urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to introduce a waste sorting arrangement for households in the territory.

The Executive Director of CCMAI, Mr. Dennis Ugwuja, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the proposed policy involved separate collection systems for three kinds of waste.

He said that each household should be directed to sort its waste into paper and paper products; bottles and other breakable materials; as well as general refuse.

He said that the introduction of the refuse collection system which entailed three different waste bins for the three categories of garbage would promote effective waste management in the territory.

“There must be a stringent policy and legislation by the FCTA, compelling every household in all communities within its jurisdiction, especially satellite towns like Karu and Nyanya, among others, to install the three-pronged waste collection system.

“Each of the waste bin will specifically be labelled paper collection, bottles and breakables as well as general garbage; and the exercise must be properly monitored by a task force constituted by the FCTA,’’ he said.

Ugwuja stressed that if waste was properly collected and managed, it could generate revenue for the FCTA and be a veritable source of generating electricity.

“In developed economies, wastes are gathered in three folds. The garbage of every household is sorted

into paper, glass bottles and other breakables and general waste,’’ he said.

Besides, Ugwuja described the Karu waste collection centre, which served several communities in the neighbourhood, as inadequate, adding that this had encouraged residents to dump their waste arbitrarily, thereby tainting the environment.

“The Karu waste collection point is certainly inadequate for the use of large communities such as Karu, Nyanya and other neighbouring communities.

“One collection point serving many communities would be totally ineffective and it would rather encourage improper dumping of waste across the area,’’ he said.

Ugwuja urged the FCTA to adopt the use of modern equipment for the collection, disposal and recycling of waste.

He also called on the FCTA to strengthen its strategies, policies and regulations for effective waste management in the territory.

“Due to its constraints in the areas of finance and technical expertise, the FCTA should look into ways of privatising its waste management concerns, as part of efforts to ensure effective management of waste in the FCT. “On this note, local and international investors could be encouraged to invest in biomass and biogas production, as well as recycling of paper and bottles.

“Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), public and private institutions should be made to install wastepaper collection points and recycling machines in their offices,’’ he said.

No confirmed Monkey pox in Abuja says FCTA ÏÏÏContrary to the rumour of the

outbreak of monkey pox in some hospitals in the FCT, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through its Health and Human Services secretariat has dismissed rumour of suspected outbreak of the dreaded disease in Abuja.

The secretariat also announced that its public health workers are on ground to police any outbreak subsequently, as public health workers are at every community in readiness to any occurrence.

However, the Administration revealed that seven suspected cases have been recorded in four FCT Hospitals with samples of six victims taken and sent to Senegal for test and confirmation.

This was disclosed by Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS), Amanda Pam, while briefing newsmen in Abuja.

According to her, “three suspected cases were recorded in National Hospital, two in Gwarinpa Hospital, one each in University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada

and Nyanya General Hospital.”

Barrister Pam said the recorded cases were that of chicken pox, which shares similar appearance to monkey pox.

It would be recalled that recently there was rumored two cases of monkey pox diseases at Gwarinpa General Hospital, Abuja.

“Though we have some suspected cases but samples were collected and sent to the lab in Gaduwa, where it was confirmed that it was chicken pox but we have sent the sample again Senegal for a confirmation test. So we are waiting for the results but from all indications, it is not monkey pox.

“But I think I like the suspicion because it’s better to suspect than to ignore it and it later turns out to be positive.

“The truth now is that there is no confirmed case of monkey pox disease in FCT”, she stressed.

Explaining further, Acting Director, Public Health FCT, Humphrey Okoroukwu, disclosed that he had already visited the said hospital, reaffirming that no case of the virus was found.

Utako market row: Traders protest AMAC demolition move Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

ÏÏÏTraders at the Utako Market

in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have stage protest against the planned demolition of the market by the council.

The traders, who marched to the office of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Musa Bello, located at Area 11, Garki, also demanded for his intervention.

Some of the protesters, who spoke to The Abuja Times lamented negligence by the council even when the traders are up to date with levies.

Speaking to journalists at the market premises, the secretary to the Board of Trustees, Utako Market, Mr. Emeka Okah, said that the traders were not against government taking over the market, but

the properties should be valued and the traders settled for their investment.

Okah revealed that the market was built in partnership with the traders and that the traders have not reneged on their part of the agreement.

He disclosed that the traders pay ground rent of over N20, 000 to N30, 000 without any commiserate provision of basic social amenities in the market.

He explained that the traders have once taken the government to court over illegal demolition in which the court awarded N4.9 billion in favour of the traders, adding that the council has appealed the judgment.

Also speaking, a former chairman of traders at the Utako Market, Mr. Felix Nwaeze, stated that the traders can renovate the market if

need be and called on the council to bring its intention to the table.

Reacting to the incident, the project coordinator of Utako Ultramodern Market and the divisional head, Works Department, AMAC, Gaza Andrew, said the demonstration has been put under control.

Andrew said that all the shop owners were aware that the market would be remodeled.

“All the stakeholders have been engaged and we are still meeting.

We have approval from development control for the remodeling and we have told them that everybody will be carried along,” he said.

He said it is a government policy that has been implemented with almost all markets within the area council, adding that the traders have no cause for alarm since nobody would be displaced by the remodeling.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello (2nd left) and other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) receiving Honourable Zephaniah Bitrus Jisalo (middle) into the APC fold, shortly after he defected to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja…recently.

World Food Day: FCTA urges residents to embrace farming ÏÏÏAs

Nigeria join the global community to mark this year’s World Food Day, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through its Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS), has urged residents to be actively engaged in agricultural activity to boost food security.

Making this point, the ARDS Secretary, Mr. Stanley Ifeanyichukwu Nzekwe, while briefing newsmen in his office, said it will help cushion the effect of food insufficiency.

The 2017 World Food Day has the theme “Change the future of migration: Invest in food security and rural development.”

The ARDS boss noted that the whole essence of life is food and shelter.

He said: “This year’s World Food Day we are anchoring it on Mr. President’s promise to Nigeri-

ans about self-sufficiency in food production. Nigerians are trying to feed themselves.

“So I’m urging all our residents in the FCT and indeed the entire Nigerians to know that whatever you do in life is geared towards feeding your stomach.

“Therefore, this year with gearing up to little dry season farming, every man, and every family must plant something.

“This can be done even if you don’t own a farmland, you can do so around your house.

“Let’s have a system where we have the zeal to produce ourselves; and the commercial farmers can produce to feed themselves and take some to the market,” he stressed.

He explained that the FCT has put tremendous effort towards the food production.

“We have several areas mapped

out for various Agricultural activities. At Paiko Kore, we have over 10,000 hectares of land for both animal grazing and other crop production in the area.

“And over 5,000 hectares of land are under plantation with giant elephant grass, which can enhance cattle production and eliminate clash between herdsmen and farmers in FCT. “There is also the value added chain on ensuring that what we produce is not wasted by effectively processing Agricultural products,” he said.

“CBN’s Anchor borrower’s programme has given real impetus to Agricultural productivity in FCT and nationwide because 100 hectares of land has been provided for cluster farming across the six Area Councils of the FCT,” he added.

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FCT CP seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to enhance community policing

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Police Commissioner in the FCT, Mr. Sadiq Bello, has urged private companies and individuals to collaborate with the police on effective community policing.

Bello made the call at the inauguration of a police out-post in Shape area of Wasa district of the territory last Thursday.

The project was donated by Gilmore Engineering Nigeria Limited as part of its social responsibility.

Bello was represented by DCP Ishola Babaita, head of administration in the command at the event.

The commissioner reiterated the command’s readiness to collaborate with the community for effective community policing.

He said that security was every body’s responsibility, adding that the project would ease the work of the police to provide security to residents of the community.

Bello advised members of the

community to always avail the police useful information to enhance their operations.

Earlier, Coordinator, Satelite Town Development Agency, Mr. Ishaku Tanko, urged members of the public to complement the efforts of the security agencies, saying that they cannot do it alone.

“Security is everybody’s business as all hands must be on deck by way of collective contributions in ensuring a peaceful environment for the benefits of all,” he said.

He commended the donor company for the good working relationship with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and urged others to emulate Gilmor and intervene in other areas.

Head of Shape area of Wasa, Mr. Yakubu Kuruzhin, who appreciated the company for the project, promised to work with the police for effective security in the community.

Agency refutes speculation of polio outbreak in Abuja ÏÏÏThe

Acting Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Mathew Ashikeni, has refuted speculation of polio outbreak in the territory.

Ashikeni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that there was a reported case of polio compatible in Abuja not polio virus.

He explained that the reported case was recorded at Rugan Baraje village in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. According to him, the polio compatible has same symptoms of polio virus but the one reported was not.

He disclosed that a team of experts were deployed to the area and there were series of tests that confirmed no result indicated polio virus.

The acting scribe said that in spite that his board had carried out a mop up immunisation to vaccinate all the

FCT are expected to take part in the 2017 Principals’ Cup tournament, scheduled to kick off from November 8 to November 28, 2017.

The Vice-Chairman of the FCT Football Association, Patrick Ngwaogu, who made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, said that this year’s edition would feature girls.

“The idea to include girls in this year’s edition is to ensure that they have a sense of belonging just like the boys.

“Since we are developing and discovering the boys, the organisers in their wisdom thought it wise to do same for the girls.”

Ngwaogu said that the grassroots competition, now in its third edition had recorded tremendous success, ranging from increase in the number of participating schools to discovery of talents.

“The tournament started in 2015 with 32 schools taking part, while the number increased to 44 schools

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ÏÏÏMinister of

the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, has invited investors to take advantage of business opportunities that would be offered by the completion of the FCT Light Rail Mass Transit System.

Bello said on Sunday in Abuja during a tour of ongoing light railway project in Abuja that “the entire rail transit corridor offered an array of business opportunities for restaurant operators and shopping malls, among others.

According to him, the large swathe of space on the rail line corridors contains 12 stations, including the central metro station near the World Trade Centre in the Central Business District, Abuja.

He hoped that the network would substantially increase economic activities in the territory.

The minister explained that the abuse of land processes in the past which resulted in incidences of land

use mismatch made him not to delve into any land allocation since he assumed office.

He noted that almost all the phases within the Federal Capital City had been allocated except for Phase 5.

He added that “FCT Administration needs over N80 billion to provide infrastructure in the already allocated districts.

“We are grappling with a situation where plots are allocated in a manner that outstripped the capacity of the Administration to provide infrastructure.

“Most beneficiaries commenced development under the pressure for accommodation and today, we have houses built on spaces earmarked for roads, natural water ways, and public utility lines and so on.”

The minister, who noted that land was a finite object, added that “a time comes when land finishes.’’

He, therefore, appealed to FCT residents to be patient with the Administration, saying “Abuja is a consciously planned and

executed city in tandem with a masterplan.”

On street lighting, the minister explained that the FCT was contending with the spate of vandalism of public utilities by criminals.

He stated that FCT had 300 km of streetlights, and given the rate of one pole per 10 meters distance, the Administration had more than over 3,000 poles which required massive amount of resources to power and to protect.

He disclosed that the Administration achieved a milestone when it resolved the issue of flawed billing system which resulted in huge liability.

Bello announced that the FCTA had paid all confirmed bills it inherited and ensured that power consumed by the Administration was metered to ensure appropriate billing.

Accordingly, the minister said the Administration was making arrangements for off-grid solution to the perennial challenge of street lighting in the FCT and was looking the way of solar panels and generators as back-up for power during off-grid times.

children in the area.

The Secretary, FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, Ms Amanda Bam, had earlier told NAN that the polio compatible affected a 10-year-old girl in Kwali.

Bam explained that the record showed that the girl had received immunisation in the past in the area.

She said that the incident occurred in the last two weeks and the department of public health had taken the affected child to Gwagwalada teaching hospital to undergo physiotherapy.

According to her, what seems like polio affected only one leg of the victim.

The scribe therefore advised parents to ensure routine immunisation of their children or wards to prevent polio virus and other infectious diseases.

57 FCT schools for Principals’ Cup tourney –Official ÏÏÏNo fewer than 57 schools in the

Bello invites investors to FCT light rail transit system

in 2016 with Fosla Academy winning the first two editions.

“Our intention was just to return the game back to the schools, which is where the genuine grassroots players are domiciled.

“Our champion in 2015 represented FCT in the All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Tournament (NNPC /Shell Cup) in 2016 and went all the way to the finals.

“In 2017 edition of the tournament, they played up to the zonal finals, despite all the odds against the team.

“Two players from the school, Dauda Jibril and Achu Gabriel also made the starting lineup of the Golden Eaglets team that lost to Niger Republic last year in the qualifiers of the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup. “While the goalkeeper of the school, Moses Aluko kept for the country’s U-15 national team in a friendly match against Morocco in Rabat last August,” Ngwaogu said.

The vice-chairman said that this year’s edition was promising to be more exciting, noting that some schools had already commenced training, ahead of the tournament.

Suspected cable vandals in FCT arrested recently by the police.

FG committed to ending poverty, says FCT minister

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Territory (FCT), Minister Malam Muhammad Bello, says that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to putting an end to poverty in the country.

Bello stated this at a charity football match tagged: `Kick –Out Poverty’ organised to mark 2017 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Sunday in Abuja.

According to him, one of the greatest challenges confronting humanity in the 21st Century is chronic and excruciating poverty that is unsparing of race and creed or even nationality.

“Combating this obstacle to good quality living has been global issue for as long as the existence of humanity.

“The present administration through its social safety and economic programmes consisting of the N-Power scheme, the school feeding programme as well as the conditional cash transfer scheme

are all geared towards ending poverty.

“The dispensation is moving towards ending the phenomenon circle in which many Nigerians have unfortunately found themselves,’’ he said.

The minister said the FCT is keying into all the programmes while embarking on several others of its own.

“We are, however, all aware that the economic downturn has made it quite clear that government alone cannot meet all its obligations in this regard.

“That is why when non-governmental organisations such as Elizabeth Foundation come with laudable programmes such as this football match today to partner with us in this anti-poverty fight, we welcome them with open arms.

“The aim of this football match is to create public awareness on the problems posed by grinding poverty and what we all can do as individu-

als or group to combat it,’’ he added.

Bello urged both the spectators and players to leave the match venue with a clear determination to do all that is possible to end the poverty vicious circle.

He appealed to the legislative arm of government, who happened to be part of the participants of the match to enact laws that will provide succour for the needy.

“And the celebrities should use their fame to draw attention to the dangers poverty poses to the society,’’ he said.

Speaking earlier, Mrs. Angel Adelami, Founder of Elizabeth Foundation said the foundation is vision of like-minded persons who believe that poverty is neither normal nor acceptable.

“We are concern with the plight of widows suffering cultural malpractices, children orphaned or displaced by conflicts and products of broken homes.

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Banking Awards: UBA emerges best bank in support of real sector Motolani Oseni

L-R: Head, Wealth Management, United Capital Plc; Adetola Fadeyi, Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, presenting the best bank in support of the real sector trophy to the , Head, Strategic Business Unit, Lagos, Usman Isiaka, at the BusinessDay Banking Awards, 2017 at the weekend... in Lagos.

Oko-Oba Abattoir: Stakeholders charged on sanitation, security Ganiyu Obaaro

Chairman, Harmony Abattoir Services Limited, Alhaji Musiliu Smith has urged other stakeholders at the Oko-Oba Abattoir’s multi-billion naira complex and lairage, Oko-Oba, Agege, Lagos State, South west Nigeria, to work in harmony with one another for the overall development of the multi-faceted business community.

Some business operators at the complex, apart from Harmony Abattoir Services, include, butchers, traders, transporters and banks.

The complex draws millions of people from far and wide, including

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West African countries of Benin Republic, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Mali and Chad, who come there for businesses.

Smith, a former Inspector General of Police, while addressing the stakeholders, who included traders and butchers, among others, at the complex, yesterday, said sanitation was critical to the development of the complex and its operators.

According to him, his visit to the complex was to acquaint him with issues about the development of the Abattoir, such as sanitation, road, security, sanitation/hygiene, as well as the overall welfare of his management team, workers and other operators at the complex, which his company has been managing for over ten years now.

He said, he would continually partner with the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture to give the complex a new face, through roads’ rehabilitation, sanitation, pointing out that opportunities would be given to people at the complex to enhance their businesses and welfare.

While urging them to have a ro-

bust data base of the people who operate at the complex with a view to drastically reducing illegal occupants/operators, he said his firm would continue to partner the security agencies, such as the Police, to rid the area of anti-social vices, like criminals, prostitutes and hard drug peddlers/smokers.

Smith, who was in company with his management team, including the Managing Director, Mr. M. Bello, Alhaji Adeleke A. Azeez; Mr. Adedeji, O. Paul and Mr. Sanusi Sherriff, urged cow dealers at the complex to be more proactive and raise their business bars.

While responding to various issues raised by some stakeholders, such as empowerment for the operators, ‘undue interference’ by the state’s ministry of agriculture, he said, “I will discuss them with the ministry, but, I want you to think of the future by establishing ranches.

If you start them here in Lagos, they would grow, instead of importing cows from neighbouring countries like Niger and Chad, develop them here.”

He said the management team should continue to enforce the ban on motorcycle, popularly called Okada within the precinct of the complex; as well restrict movement, so as to enhance security of the area.

It would be recalled that Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, which oversees the complex, had, last August, made moves to enhance hygiene at the complex; and in all other Abattoirs and slaughter slabs across the state.

According to the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Lagos State, Mr. Suarau Isiaka Oluwatoyin, who issued the release, transporting wholesome red meat in an unhygienic way was no longer going to be tolerated.

He said, “In line with the red meat value chain and meat hygiene law of the Lagos State Government, on the 8th of August, 2017, banned the use of old air cool meat vans and all unauthorized means of carrying/ conveying meat within and outside all abattoirs.”

Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, at the weekend, was recognised for its extraordinary support of the real sector, as it won best bank in the category, ahead of its peers.

The award, the organisers said was in recognition of UBA’s leadership role as in expanding access to funds for the support of the real sector in Nigeria and the rest of Africa where it operates.

According to a statement by the bank, “This feat has brought about unprecedented growth to the sector and by extension, the nation’s economy and that of Africa.

Speaking while receiving the prestigious award on behalf of the bank, Head Strategic Business Group, Mr. Usman Isiaka expressed appreciation to Businessday for recognising the distinctive role UBA is playing in Nigeria, as well as the African continent in driving financial inclusion coupled with its role in supporting the growth of critical sectors.

“The Real sector is pivotal to economic development in Nigeria and all of Africa as it forms the main driving force of any economy and its development.

We are pleased with the acknowledgement of our support to the sector. It is worthy to note that our expansion to Africa has not only helped diversify our earnings base, it has provided us with the opportunity to grow economies and partake in the development of Africa.

We are grateful to all stakeholders for their support and are stimulated to do even more” he said.

Frank Aigbogun Publisher, BusinessDay, Nigeria’s leading business newspaper emphasised that the BusinessDay Banking Awards is the product of a rigorous process

by BusinessDay’s Research and Intelligence Unit, designed to feed the editorial and also drive commercial research.

“We are motivated by philosophy that, Great institutions and leaders deserve to be recognised so as to boost healthy competition in their sector” that is why we make it a point of duty to celebrate those who make the conscious effort to stand out”, Aigbogun noted.

UBA was incorporated in Nigeria as a limited liability company after taking over the assets of the British and French Bank Limited who had been operating in Nigeria since 1949.

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Nigeria seeks $2.9 trn investment before 2050

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo To join big players across the world, Nigeria needs a target investment requirement of approximately $2.9 trillion over the next 30 years.

Chief Executive Officer of RTC Advisory Services Ltd, Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje, who made this disclosure yesterday in Lagos at the NigeriaTravelsmart Colloquium 2017 also stated that, to close current infrastructure gap and reach desired optimal investment, Nigeria must aggressively increase core infrastructure stock from 3540% of GDP in 2012 to 70% by 2043.

Making estimates of the country’s financing potentials from 2014 to 2018 at the colloquium titled: “Vision 2050: How To Fast Track Nigeria Aviation,” Agbaje said the public sector is to contribute 52% of the total infrastructure investment during the first five years, which would amount to about $66 billion.

While noting that private sector currently accounts for about 46% of the infrastructure investment in Nigeria, Agbaje said it is envisaged to increase to 48% by 2018, due to increased private sector participation, both through PPPs & privatization.

In his presentation titled: “Raising Capital To Finance a Vision 2050 Plan”, Agbaje however, proffered four primary options available for this investment which include: Public current account – about $36 billion; Public debt – about $29bn; Other public sources (SWF & Pensions) – $8 million and $5m respectively and PPPs – $1020bn.

NBET may return $350m Eurobond to DMO over Afam’s project Simon Ugwu The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) might give back to the Debt Management Office (DMO) the $350 million Eurobond proceed it got from the Federal Government in 2013, as part of its capitalisation funds following increasing pressure on its management to sign off a part of it to fund the 240 megawatts (MW) Afam emergency power project the ministry of power is building.

Reliable sources, who are conversant with the development, said that the ministries of power and finance have continued to pile pressure on the agency to sign off the release of the fund by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), but it remained reluctant to do so because of the possible future implications.

To avoid the controversies that this may generate, the management of the NBET, it was learnt, may have rather opted to officially return the money to the DMO, and from which the ministries could take it.

According to reports, Afam fast power was procured by the power ministry with no known budgetary facility or statutory funding in place.

Even at that, the ministry has also not publicly disclosed the total cost of the project.

L-R: Former. Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke; Co-founder, Transparency International, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika; Founder/CEO, Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi; Managing Partner, Brandzone Consulting LLC and conference convener, Chizor Malize and conference moderator/Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc., Abubakar Suleiman, at the Brand Innovation Conference 2017, held in Lagos…on Tuesday.

Atiku, Ambode, to attend Chiejina’s Merchant Bank, book launch on pensions FBN NESG collaborate on

A former Director-General of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) and a Lawyer, Mr. Ezekiel Chiejina, is set to launch his new book titled ‘Pensions in Nigeria’ next week Tuesday at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos.

The book, a compendium of contemporary information on pension matters, discussed exhaustively the characteristics, intricacies, and implications of the various pension reforms and payment schemes in Nigeria. Former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who also doubles as the keynote speaker will unveil the book. Other expected dignitaries are Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, former Director General of of National Pension Commission and Chairman, Skye Bank Plc, Alhaji Mohammad Ahmad and Professor Pat Utomi, among others.

Chiejina who is a renowned pensions and life insurance specialist, tutor and consultant, stated in a statement made avalaible to journalists that the book is a definitive treatise on the evolution of pension schemes in Nigeria, the various

pension reforms and their benefits and shortfalls as well as the roles and responsibilities of the various key stakeholders in the pension matrix.

In the Preface to the book, the author said the book was inspired by “pension reform initiatives and eventual enactment of Pension Reform statues” as well as his resolve to document for posterity his three and a half decades’ engagement in pension and life insurance in Nigeria as manager of pension schemes for private and public sector companies, lecturer and trainer of pension desk officers and chief executive of insurance companies.

Mr. Chiejina began his Insurance carrier with National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) in 1974 and pursued his professional studies/examinations the same year. He qualified as an Associate of Chartered Insurance of London (ACII) in 1976 and qualified as a Fellow of the Institute by examination in 1979. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL. B.) of the University of London in 1986, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1987.

In 1990, Mr. Chiejina rose to the position of Senior Manager (Life and Pension) in NICON, and between 1991 and 2000, he worked as CEO of two composite insurance companies. He also worked with Industrial And General Insurance Company Limited as Head of Life Insurance and Pensions operations from 2000 to 2002. He was appointed as Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) a position he held for six years, and retired in 2010.

Chiejina was a Council Member of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), and headed some committees as Chairman; Council Member, NIA: Advisory capacity in life insurance and law; Member, Legal Committee and Nigerian Insurance Law Association.

Between 2003 and 2010, he served as Member of Board of Trustees.

Cargo Defense Fund; Council Member, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA); and Member, Governing Council, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).

Food production: Rivers to empower 20,000 youths with loans Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that his administration would encourage youths to embrace agriculture through the provision of necessary loan facilities.

Speaking during the celebration of this year’s World Food Day in Port Harcourt, on Monday, Wike said that his administration was partnering with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that 10,000 youths between the ages of 18 and 35 access

the agriculture loans.

Represented by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Sir Kenneth Kobani, the governor noted that another 10,000 youths would be empowered through a partnership arrangement with Siat Nigeria Limited.

He said: “As a government, we will continue to encourage our people to go into agriculture and exploit the opportunities of agriculture.

“We will continue to support ventures and give facilities to our youths for agricultural purposes.

This is to ensure that farming is

made profitable across the state “.

The governor said that the more Rivers people were able to reap the benefits of agriculture, the better for the state.

“Agriculture alone can employ more people than any other business. The oil industry is nowhere near the agricultural sector. Agriculture has the capacity to employ millions.

What we are doing is to reduce the dependency on oil for the sustenance of our economy. The potential of agriculture in Rivers State are infinite”, Wike said.

improved industrial development

Afolabi Adesola To enhance growth and development in the banking industry, FBN Merchant Bank, the merchant banking subsidiary of the FBN Holdings Plc, which was a part and sponsor of the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit, is partnering the Nigerian Economic Summit Group to develop the economy.

The summit, which held in Abuja, from Tuesday, October 10th to Thursday, 12th October, 2017, brought together national policy makers, regulators, government officials and industry experts to facilitate discussions around private sector led investments approach; and how this is key to providing sector opportunities in a manner that becomes a holistic national strategy for growth and development with measurable outcomes.

According to a statement by the Deputy Managing Director, FBN Merchant Bank, Mr. Taiwo Okeowo, “FBN Merchant Bank is committed to enhancing growth and development in the industry, by supporting platforms that offer opportunities for interchange of ideas, knowledge and capacity building in order to create jobs and improve productivity in all sectors of the Nigerian economy.”

Okeowo, who commended the NESG for creating a platform that gave the opportunity for close interactions between the public and private sector players, further emphasized that FBN would continue to play a significant role in the development of the Nigerian economy.

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African economy: Elumelu urges leaders on enabling environment êÏ n ƕƍƆƐƄ ƍ ƑƎ ƑƆƎ Ɔ ƐƄ ƎƊƄ Ǝ Ɔ ƎƄƃ Ɖ Ɠ As part of effort in achieving poverty free continent, the Chairman Heirs Holding Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu has called on African leaders to develop the continent through provision of enabling business environment, so as to unlock embedded potentials of entrepreneurship and Small Business Enterprises (SMEs) across the 54 countries in Africa.

This is even as the Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA); CEO Anglophone, UBA, Mr. Oliver Alawuba; CEO, Francophone and Executive Director, UBA, Mr. Yinka Adedeji, explained the lender’s determination to further grow across Africa with investment in technology to enable its customers transact and enjoy financial services at the comfort of their homes.

Speaking with journalists from across African countries in Lagos, Elumelu, said that Africa leaders need not to necessarily provide job for everyone but to provide enabling business environment for SMEs and entrepreneurs to succeed.

This was because, entrepreneurship is regarded as a bottom-up solution to economic growth and development, however, Elumelu believed focusing on empowering the individual, who in turns creates hope and opportunity in his or her community, was critical.

“Everywhere I go on our continent, I meet young Africans, who are leveraging technology to create innovative solutions to address both local and global problems, in sector as diverse as agriculture, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing”, he explained.

He however, pointed out that Africa as a whole need more investment, more capital, and agents, financial agents and intermediaries that helps in developing the economies across the continent.

Speaking on UBA activities in the continent, he said: “As a group, we say that, we are Africans, born in Africa, brought up in Africa, do business in Africa and we do well in Africa and so we need to touch Africa in ways that is most impactful and that is to help Africa to develop through investments.”

“Our young ones who have great idea, but unfortunately don’t have the source to translate this ideas to action that can help to develop our country, and that is why we have the Elumelu foundation, helping to propagate, helping to spread prosperity, helping to alleviate poverty, helping to put jobs on the market for our people and helping to address intractable challenges that we face in our community, solutions that can help fashion those who face these problems”, he said.

On his part, Group Managing Director/CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, said: “UBA is almost 70 year in operation; and when we talk about 70 year uninterrupted operation for a truly African bank, and that is why for us in UBA, we are very proud because as we can go from North to West to South to East, everywhere across Africa, you will find a lot of successful companies but the question is how many of them have continued to be successful.”

L-R: Research and Development Manager, Personal Care, Unilever Nigeria, Gideon Opitoke; Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos Chapter, Comrade Olurotimi Awojide; Category Manager, Skin Care, Unilever Nigeria, Adetoun Adegbite and representative of the Medical Director, Amuwo-Odofin Maternal and Child Centre, Dr. Taiwo Adeiyi at the relaunch of Pears baby range of care products in Lagos on...Tuesday.

External reserves hit $33.1bn ...as Naira steadies against major currencies Stories by Motolani Oseni

Despite continuous interventions in the foreign exchange market by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria latest external reserves have touched almost highest in three years to stand at $33.11 billion.

This is also as the nation’s currency, Naira, on Tuesday, remained steadied against the three major foreign currencies, US Dollar, Pound sterling and Euro, statistics obtained from CBN and FMDQ OTC have showed.

The latest reserves balance represented the same level last seen since December 2014, but began its rebounded journey few months ago, The Daily Times check has revealed.

Earlier this month, precisely October 3, 2017, the foreign reserves stood at$32.740 billion against the balance of $32.046bn on September 19, representing total growth of $693.704m in just11 working day.

Considering the appreciating level in the first week, our correspondent observed that the reserves recorded just $274.873m, while comparing $32.321bn on 26, 2017 with $32.046bn a week earlier before extending the gains by $418.831m in the second week to have less than $700m appreciation.

In the recent time the apex bank has continued its sustained liquidity injection to the foreign exchange market, just yesterday, the CBN, continued to maintain liquidity in the Foreign Exchange (FOREX)

market by injecting $195m in the Nigerian inter-bank foreign exchange market.

Figures released by the bank show that it offered a total sum of $100m to the wholesale segment, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment received the sum of $50m.

While the invisible segment, comprising tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others received $45m.

Meanwhile, the local currency on Tuesday, sustained depreciated rate of 305.55 to the US Dollar, the same rate it traded on Monday, but lower than 305.50 sold on Friday at the official forex market.

The Naira, also, remained unchanged at the parallel market, to close at 364 to the dollar

which was lower by a point at 363, compared to closing rate over the weekend and also sustained the previous day closing rate against the two other major foreign currencies, Pound and Euro at 475 and 425, respectively.

However, recorded slight changes at the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) window, with depreciated opening figure of 360.17 to the Dollar against 359.95 on Monday, but closed at an appreciable rate of 360.42 to the dollar compared to 360.75 traded on Monday and 360.43 sold on Friday.

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, has said that the apex bank would continue to increase liquidity, aimed at meeting genuine demand in the market to enhance forex stability.

MSMEs: Ecobank CEO advocates credit schemes to boost lending The Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Ade Ayeyemi, is calling for the Nigerian Government to introduce Credit Guarantee Schemes for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as a measure to hedge their risk.

Reiterating that MSME’s are a fundamental part of the economic fabric in Nigeria and the wider continent and therefore play a crucial role in furthering growth, innovation and prosperity, Ayeyemi suggested that shouldering some of the risk would encourage greater confidence amongst

banks to lend to the sector.

“Currently, many banks would rather invest in treasury bills than give credits to individuals which may later result in non-performing loans,” said Ayeyemi. “If the government were to take out part of the risk by saying, ‘we will guarantee’, then I would become indifferent whether I put the moment in a treasury bill or an MSME.” However the CEO of Africa’s leading pan-African bank insisted that such a guarantee would only work if entrepreneurs repaid this show of faith by paying it back on time. “If the MSME’s don’t pay, they are

reducing the abilities of the banks to be able to fulfill their role in society in being able to lend,” he said.

Ayeyemi’s comments came following his guest appearance on the ‘Access to Capital’ panel at the 23rd Nigeria Economic Summit, held in Abuja, Nigeria, between 10th-12th October, 2017. The event brought government and business leaders together to actualise change and stimulate growth.

In a rousing address, Ayeyemi drew attention to why new businesses fail so quickly.

“Part of that failure is not due to the person but also due to the circumstances in the en-

vironment,” he said. “If you don’t have power, if there is no water and you need $5,000 to set up a barbing salon today; if you are in Nigeria you spend more than half of that money on a generator, diesel and water.”

He suggested that a key component of the bank achieving its dual objectives of commercial viability and socio-economic development, would be driven by combined activities with strategic partners such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Bank of Industry (BOI) in Nigeria, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and Afreximbank.

Capital Market B4 Expert charges students on financial discipline, investment Students have been charged to embrace personal finance management and effective budgeting, become more entrepreneurialminded and do away with unsustainable lifestyles, as failure to do so could lead to living a life of penury.

This was the thrust of a presentation made by the Group Head, Asset Management, Growth and Development Asset Management Limited (GDL), Mr. Henry Ogbuaku, at the Town and Gown seminar of the Department of Banking and Finance, Covenant University.

Speaking on the topic, ‘Personal Finance Notes for Millennials’, Mr. Ogbuaku advised the students that when income increases it is not a period to embark on unnecessary travels, shopping, and indebtedness, but extra income should be channeled towards savings and investments.

Mr. Ogbuaku posited that to see dreams become reality, there is need to plan in advance and make your money work for you. According to him, “Wealth is not built by making more money, but by spending less. If you cannot fund your current lifestyle, you need to change your lifestyle”. He said that the development of the Asian Tiger countries was as a result of the entrepreneurial spirit of the people.

While encouraging the students to develop a savings’ culture to secure the future they desire, the Guest Speaker noted that poverty, to the current generation, is due to their tendencies to spend and not save.

“Failure to save at least 10% of your income or allowance every month so you never have to be cash strapped during rainy days,” he emphasized.

The renowned risk and asset manager averred that debt easily leads to financial ruin and to avoid it, millennials must avoid borrowing to fund lavish lifestyle, clear off existing debt especially those with high interest rates, and ensure that indebtedness should only be entertained when the risk adjusted investment return is significantly higher than the cost of borrowing.

On starting a virile investment portfolio, Ogbuaku said that students must become conscious that investing is not about predicting, but securing the future, investing in only assets that they understand, researching well before investing and getting help from reliable investment advisers.

He concluded by stating that risk in all forms should be managed, not avoided, adding that the fear of risk should not impede anyone from investing, rather it should increase one’s cautiousness when choosing investments. He stressed that investing is risky and the stock market is volatile, yet the Nigerian stock market has grown at an average of 40% in the last 20 years, with Treasury Bills offering 19% yield today and 10year bonds offering 16.5% returns.

In his welcome remarks, the Head, Department of Banking and Finance, Dr. Kehinde Adetiloye, said that the essence of the Town and Gown initiative is being in constant touch with the reality of industry expectations and what it will take graduates of the programme to succeed in the larger society.

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NSE: All-Share Index posts 0.81% decline Ï 0ƈƗƆƋƈƐƕè Ɔ ƈƐ è 1j ƋƆ Ɨ ƈ ƆƏ Stories by Afolabi Adesola Equities transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on a negative note on Tuesday, with the All-Share Index (ASI) declining by 0.81 per cent.

This was in contrast to a 0.33 per cent growth posted in the previous trading session.

The ASI dropped by 301.66 points or 0.81 per cent to close at 36, 669.61 from 36,971.27 posted on Monday.

The market capitalization re-

duced N104 billion to close at N12.622 trillion against an appreciation of N43bn recorded in the previous session to close at N12.726trn.

Redstar Express recorded the highest depreciation of 9.16 per cent to close at N4.96 per share.

It was followed by Neimeth Pharmaceuticals that dropped 8.82 per cent to close at 62 kobo per share and Champion breweries fell 5.19 per cent to close at N2.56 per share.

Mobil trailed with a loss of 4.91 per cent to close at N157.85,

while May Baker declined by 4.71 per cent to close at N2.83 per share.

Conversely, International breweries recorded the highest price gain to lead the gainers’ table, with an appreciation of 5.78 per cent to close at N44.31 per share.

Jaiz Bank followed with a gain of 4.62 per cent to close at 68 kobo, while NEM garnered 4.51 per cent to close at N1.39 per share.

First Aluminum appreciated by 4 per cent to close at 52 kobo, while AIICO added 3.57 per cent to close at 58 kobo per share.

The volume of shares traded

in 3,890 deals closed lower as 211.9 million shares valued at N4.742bn exchanged hands on Tuesday as against 214.96 million shares valued at N2.73bn transacted in 4,262 deals on Monday. Fidelity Bank emerged the most traded equity, trading 24.8 million shares valued at N36.9m.

Zenith Bank followed with 22 million shares worth N580.9m, while Guaranty Trust Bank traded 20.1 million shares valued at N841.9m.

Access Bank’s 19.9 million shares worth N193.7m, while UBA traded 14.6 million shares worth N134.9m.

L-R: Deputy Whip, House of Representatives, Hon. Parley Iriase, Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Water Resource, Hon. Aliyu Ahmed Pategi, during a two-day public hearing on a Bill for an Act to establish a regulatory framework for the water resources sector in Nigeria at the National Assembly in Abuja... yesterday. Photo: Temitope Balogun.

Analysts forecast 45% EPS’ growth 2017-19 for DSR

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has notified the investing public that it has lifted the suspension earlier placed on the Trading of Thomas Wyatt and African Alliance’s Shares.

A report from the local bourse confirmed the development at the weekend, noting that Thomas Wyatt Nigeria Plc, which was one of the companies suspended for non-submission of results has now submitted its audited accounts for the period ended 31 March, 2017 on 06 October, 2017.

“In view of the submission of the relevant accounts and our satisfaction that the accounts

complied with our applicable rules, The Exchange has lifted the suspension of trading in the shares of Thomas Wyatt Nigeria Plc.” The suspension of trading in the shares of Thomas Wyatt Nigeria Plc was lifted on 09 October, 2017.

Meanwhile, African Alliance was also one of 17 companies suspended in July for failing to file their relevant accounts within the stipulated period.

According to the report from The NSE, African Alliance Insurance Plc submitted its audited accounts for the period ended 31 December, 2016 on 17 July, 2017.

“The Public is hereby notified which the public and the SEC that pursuant to Rule 3.3, Rules was initially notified of the susfor Filing of Accounts and pension, that the suspension Treatment of Default Filing, has been lifted”.

Rulebook of The Exchange (IsThe suspension of trading in suers’ Rules), which states that; the shares of African Alliance “The suspension of trading in Insurance Plc was lifted 10 Octhe issuer’s securities shall be tober, 2017. lifted upon submission of the relevant Summary of activities on NSE accounts provided The Exchange is ASI 36,776.60 satisfied that the accounts comply with DEALS 4,201.00 all applicable rules VOLUME 353,194,709.00 of The Exchange.

The Exchange shall thereafter also VALUE 3,255,306,418.87 announce through the medium

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L-R: Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services, Mr. Gambo Ahmed, Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr. Kwame Owusu, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Dakuku Peterside, Executive Director, Administration and Finance, NIMASA, Mr. Bashir Jamoh and the Executive Director, Operations, Engr. Rotimi Fashakin at the signing of MoU between the agencies representing Nigeria and Ghana at the NIMASA Resource Centre, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos…recently.

Nigeria, Ghana sign MoU on maritime operations

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In line with its vision to enhance regional integration to develop capacity, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghanaian Maritime Authority, GMA. The highlight of the renewable MoU, which has a lifespan of four years, include Knowledge Transfer and Sharing Initiative between both agencies; Joint Capacity Building Initiative; Cabotage Enforcement Joint Study Initiative; Joint Comparative Research Initiative and Joint Efforts to combat Piracy and Terrorism Initiative.

At the official signing of the MoU at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre in Lagos, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr.

Dakuku Peterside noted that intra-African collaboration is a vital requirement for Africans to effectively harness the natural potentials that the Blue economy represent for the continent.

In his words, “African countries must cooperate to solve challenges peculiar to the continent. All maritime nations on the African continent have acomparative advantage in different areas, and only collaboration will ensure that we complement each other, thus ensuring that the maritime sector contributes effectively to the growth of the continent”.

Peterside noted that Nigeria and Ghana have a historical link in the maritime sector, adding that the African maritime sector is richly endowed to the extent that coastal and aquatic ecosystems within the continent are treasures that provide diverse and vibrant natural resources.

The NIMASA DG, who is also the chairman of the Association of Heads of African Maritime Administrations commended the Management of Ghana Maritime Authority for seeking the collaboration and noted that the move will go a long way to strengthen efforts in the areas of promotion of scientific and technical cooperation; trade and movement facilitation; Exchange of information, data, knowledge, and experience.

“The importance of bilateral cooperation to solve maritime environmental challenges that transcend international boundaries in our coastal and aquatic ecosystem cannot be ove-remphasised.

We are ready and will give our supports to tackle all associated maritime challenges that have over time impede and slow the region’s maritime sectoral progress. “ We are ready to work with Ghana on all fronts within our

defined and enabling capacities. NIMASA will not relent or derelict its duties and responsibilities within the contemplation of this MoU”, the DG said.

Also speaking at the event, the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority Mr. Kwama Owusu commended NIMASA and its management for the role of championing the growth of the maritime sector in the sub-region and in Africa in general.

Mr. Kwame thanked NIMASA leadership noting that the MoU would bring about constructive and healthy competition within the West African sub-region, as Ghana would continue to cross-fertilise ideas with Nigeria in the needed areas and at the same time learn from NIMASA as regards critical functional areas of maritime operations as encapsulated in the MoU.

Blue Economy: NIMASA urges investments in sector

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged Nigerians to key into the opportunities afforded by the Blue economy stating that it is the fastest growing sector in the world with enormous business potentials.

The DG, who made this known recently at the 23rd Nigerian Economic summit

themed “Opportunities, Productivity and Employment: Actualizing the Economy Recovery and Growth Plan” said that with the length of the nation’s coastline and the attendant volume of maritime trade, Nigeria is at an advantage of developing the blue economy and stakeholders must actively participate to reap the benefits of the sector.

According to Peterside, “developing the blue economy is

paramount across the globe now, and the public and private sector have to collaborate to sustainably harness the potentials of our maritime sector for the benefit of the Nigerian economy especially as the Federal Government continues the economic diversification drive.”

The NIMASA DG also stated that it was high time Nigerians began to tap into the opportunities embedded in our

maritime sector adding that economies of the likes of Singapore, Ukraine, and South Korea thrive on the activities of their maritime sector.

He further suggested that with improved maintenance culture, adequate data management and statistics, as well as articulated actions from stakeholders, backed up with political will, Nigeria will be a leading light in the comity of maritime nations.

Port access Road: Stakeholders canvass tax holiday for terminal operators In a bid at find a lasting solution to the perennial traffic situation occasioned by the deplorable nature of the roads in the nation’s port cities of Apapa, stakeholders in the Maritime sector have called onthe Federal Government (FG) to act by granting terminal operators opportunity to repair the roads.

According to them, granting them two to three years’ tax holiday as away of compensating them for the cost will go a long way in helping tostabilize the sector as the economic hub of the country.

Leading this call is the Corporate Affairs Manager ,SIFAX Group, Mr. Muyiwa Akande, who emphasized that the deplorable state of the Apapa andTin Can Island road has frustrated efforts of terminal operators onthe Ease of Doing Business initiative of the government.

He said, “issues of the port access road have become a nightmare,because of the comatose road and traffic gridlock experienced to andfrom the environment.And this has made theeffort of the terminal operators on the ease of doing business initiative difficult because at times it takes weeksfor thetruck to get to the port and weeks to get out.

“In fact, many trucks owner doesn’t wish to come to the port any longerbecause of the state of the road, except if they don’t have any otherbusiness to do that is when you see them in the port, this is bad forthe economy looking at how much government earns from the port,” hesaid.

Similarly, the national spokesman for the National Association of Government Approved FreightForwarders (NAGAFF) Mr. Stanley Ezenga said that granting terminaloperator’s tax holiday as arebate for road construction will help insolving the menace and debt incurred by business owners in the vicinity.

“The concessionaire agreement did not favour the terminal operators,looking at the deplorable state of the road. But since thegovernment hasfailed in that regard, of course, let them give an incentive forterminal operators to fix the road and then grant them atax holiday sothat we will not be waiting for government, to do everything for us.

“This is because the government will continue to shift blame, thestate government will say it’s a federal road while the FederalGovernment will say it is not captured in the year’s budget leavingthe commuters and business owners to suffer and bear the loss.

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Seven local original equipment manufacturers exist in Nigeria

L-r: Mr. Jide Awe, Chairman, Conferences, Committee, Nigerian Computer Society, Gbolahon Awonuga, Executive Secretary of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, Managing Director of Global Accelerex, Mr. Tunde Ogungbade, Ms. Ifeoma Onibuje, Divisional Head of Electronic banking at Fidelity Bank Plc, NITRA Chairman, Mr. Emma Okonji, Founder, CWG Plc, Mr. Austin Okere, President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Olorogun James Emadoye, Rev Sunday Afolayan, President Nigeria Internet Registration Association at the 3rd Quarterly Summit of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos recently.

Experts decry fallen trend in digital payment platforms Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Experts in the financial sector have decried the dropping trend in the usage and application of digital payment platforms by average Nigerians in the last few years. They say many people who shy away from gaining access to them are not aware of the advantages in running their daily businesses on such platforms.

The Managing Director of Global Accelerex, Mr. Tunde Ogungbade made this known in his lead presentation and keynote speech at the 3rd Quarterly Forum of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos,

recently.

He adding that segments of the Nigerian population, which include low-income families; unemployed; the elderly; those living in rural or remote areas; immigrants; illiterates / low literacy level; and those with physical challenges; those who distrust banks and other financial institutions or feel that they are outside the system were apparently left behind in Financial Technology (FinTech) inclusion.

The Global Accelerex boss recounted that the World Bank had in earlier days of technology revolution, stated that financial inclusion means that individuals and businesses have access to

useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs and delivered in a responsible and sustainable way using modern technology.

He noted that percentage of adult Nigerians that do not have access to financial services has evolved from 46.3 per cent in 2010 and 39.7 per cent in 2012 to 20 per cent in 2020, projecting that well over 70 per cent of adult Nigerian’s should have access to payment services in 2020.

The regulators, operators and the media, he said have major roles to play in driving awareness that will make those distancing themselves from the digital services to understand the true benefits.

On his part, the Founder, CWG Plc and Entrepreneur in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York, Austin Okere opined that banking will wear a new face in much the same way that retail did with the advent of e-commerce, adding that Fintechs will command about 40 per cent of the global Financial Services market in the next 10 years.

“Banks will still be a major force because of centuries long investments & huge customer base branch network, solid reputations, and risk controls; banks need to radically change the ‘we win when you lose’ mindset; banks need to partner Fintechs to improve the value

chain and enhance customer experience,” he pointed out.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Chairman of NITRA, Mr. Emma Okonji said “The introduction of cashless policy by the CBN in 2012, helped to further drive financially inclusive Nigeria’s vision to the level we are today.

“Going by the global technology advancement, especially in the digital payment space, Nigeria cannot afford to miss out in today’s knowledge revolution, having missed out in the previous industrial revolutions.

“Nigeria must therefore key into the current global technology trend, where digital transaction is the order of the day.”

Director General, National Information T e c h n o l o g y Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami, has disclosed that Nigeria currently have seven local Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), but they can only meet about 20 per cent of the local demand for computer hardware.

Pantami dropped the hint when he spoke to partnerships and potential investors at Africa Investment Forum as part of activities at the just concluded GITEX 2017, Dubai World Trade Centre; and invited them to tap into Nigeria’s great potentials in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

He said the Agency will be eager to facilitate the establishment of world class Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) factories in Nigeria to guarantee quality components assembly locally.

“We also have a good investment opportunity in the hardware sector.

The computer hardware industry has seen a lot of investment from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

The Ikeja Computer Village is the largest technology market cluster in West Africa; and is estimated to contribute about $2bn to Nigeria’s economy annually,” he said.

He said, “Nigerians are very hospitable people.

Our President recently established the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PBEC) to further improve the investment climate in the country and we are implementing an Executive Order.”

NCC: Ericsson drums support for NIPOST to introduce banking Nigerian telecom industry services soon

Prof. Umar Danbatta EVC/CEO of NCC

Shitlesi Makkhofane, Head, Government and Industry Relations of Ericsson Group has said that Nigerian Telecom market has not yet been harnessed to its full potential.

Makkhofane made this remark when he led top management WORKERS of Ericsson Nigeria on a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Communications Commission recently.

He added that, “Ericsson had studied the Nigerian telecom market and had speculated that the vast potentials of the market was yet to be fully harnessed and expressed interest in the deployment of Broadband to unserved and underserved areas in Nigeria.”

Ericsson Nigeria, Makkhofane said is going to deploy the latest innovative technology to this end based on the leading item of NCC Management’s 8-Point Agenda, which tripod are availability, accessibility and affordability of broadband.

The team, he said, would also seek clarifications on licensing requirements for a couple of businesses including type approval procedure for certain equipment because of its interest in exploring

the realities of the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G networks; huge data management; as well as providing cybersecurity solutions to enable network interoperability and traceability to check the use of cloned devices that pose threat to security.

Executive Commissioner Stakeholder Management, Mr.Sunday Dare, who received the team on behalf of the Management of NCC, commended the team for the visit as well as their interest in the Nigerian telecom ecosystem.

He assured the Ericsson team that the issues raised will be conveyed to the EVC/CEO of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta for Management’s consideration and necessary action.

The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) will soon introduce agency banking services in its operation that would enable Nigerians to send money across the country and beyond, thereby complimenting its courier services, according to NIPOST’s District Manager, Ilorin, Mr Godwill Magulike. Magulike revealed that the agency had earlier introduced products such as money order, electronic stamps and address verification, among others, aimed at reviving the postal system, serving the people better and increasing patronage.

“We have come to an era in NIPOST where we have to re-examine the activities of postal service in line with modern technologies.

“We also try to showcase our new

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products in the market apart from our core posting responsibility.”

He added that, “For instance, with the introduction of agency banking, people can easily send money to their loved ones, across the country.

“We target bringing out new potentials of the service to meet the present demands in the country.

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Alhaji Muneer Bankole, MD/CEO, Medview Airline PLC (m) flanked from left Captain Jika Keghtor; Captain Olatunbosun Buraimoh; First Officer Oguare Eziegbe and Captain Ayub Kambinda, all newly decorated Pilots of Med-View Airline during the decoration ceremony in Lagos

How ploy to halt Medview airline’s Dubai operations failed Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

The Nigerian government has rejected plans by the United Arab Emirates not to allow Medview airline, which has been scheduled to begin Lagos-Dubai flight by end of the year to Dubai terminal one but to Sharjah.

The airline was restricted by the UAE authorities who restricted the operations of Medview to a remote and less viable airport in the country, which was flatly rejected by the carrier and Nigerian government.

After Medview had filed applications to the UAE, backed by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the former

wrote back to say they could only allow the Nigerian flag carrier to operate into Sharjah.

Speaking at an occasion to unveil its new routes, which include Baltimore, Washington, Houston Texas, Abidjan, Conakry, other routes and upgrading of four First Officers to captains Saturday in Lagos, the Managing Director of Medview Airline Plc, Muneer Bankole said some countries tried very had to put impediments on their path to frustrate the carrier from operating outside the shores of Nigeria because of competition.

He described protectionism in airline business, especially for foreign carriers who have unfettered access to Nigerian market

as very unfair.

His words, “The Dubai authorities said they had no space for us in Terminal 1 and instructed that we move to another airport in Sharjah. We wrote to the Federal Government. The government wrote a strongly worded letter to them to allow for reciprocity.”

Government said since they did not stop Emirates Airlines from operating to Nigeria, there was no reason why they should not allow Medview to reciprocate flight rights.

He disclosed that the Dubai authority eventually listened and yielded to government’s request that the airline operate to Dubai Airport Terminal One. “We want to commend the gov-

ernment and the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika for helping to protect the interest of our airlines. The speed at which they rose to the occasion was highly commendable.

I am very proud of the government that we have for taking this up with UAE.” Bankole also disclosed that the ‘big boys’, which can be interpreted to be mega carrier on the lucrative London route are posing great challenge to the operations of the airline to London, but noted that the carrier has come to stay on the route which is about the most lucrative for the airline aside the West Coast route.

Ethiopian aviation academy graduates 262 professionals Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest and the most modern aviation academy in Africa, a full International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) TRAINAIR Plus Member and IATA Authorized/Accredited Training Center, has graduated 262 aviation professionals at a graduation ceremony held at the academy’s Commercial and Cabin Crew Training.

The academy graduated 50 pilots, 66 aviation maintenance technicians, 120 cabin crew and 26 Equipment and Facility Maintenance technicians; 10 majoring in Industrial Mechanics and 16

in Industrial Electricity.

This round of graduates includes a total of 34 Cameroonian, Rwandese, Equatorial Guinean, Togolese, and Congolese nationals, which testifies Ethiopian Pan African stance and key role in the development of African aviation.

Commenting on the achievement, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines Group, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, congratulated and welcomed the new graduates to the airline’s dedicated workforce, gave out diplomas to all the graduates, flight wings to graduating pilots and cabin crew and achievement award to graduates

Aviation engineers at work

with outstanding academic performance.

“Education is the greatest equalizer in our world today and Human Resource Development (HRD) is one of the Four Pillars of our Vision 2025 Strategic Growth Plan. In line with this belief we have invested adequately in capacity building in the Ethiopian Aviation Academy, which is the largest and most modern in the continent of Africa.

“The Academy has been training and graduating the required Aviation Professionals both for Ethiopian Airlines’ Group and other partner airline around the region. It has the capacity to support our vision 2025 growth plan with adequate aviation professionals and to contribute its share towards the development of Aviation in Africa

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has been commended for its excellence in delivering expeditious air navigation services within the nation’s airspace.

In a letter of commendation addressed to the Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, the Airport Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, Justin Bell said the airline appreciates NAMA’s efficiency in ensuring seamless, smooth and timely movement of aircraft across the Nigerian airspace, adding that the flight control team in the United Kingdom also appreciated the agency for its excellence in air navigation service provision.

In a related development, the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has given kudos to NAMA for its “diligence and astuteness” in the discharge of its duties.

Also, in a letter signed by the Asst.

Director of Air Transport, Richard Pheelangwah on behalf of the Minister, Sirika advised the agency to “keep up” the good job it is doing in ensuring safety of air travel in the country.

Lufthansa trains 200 UNILAG students Lufthansa airline has said that it will be bringing its internationally acclaimed Corporate Social Responsibility project to Nigeria this week. ‘Impact Week 2017’, the airline said, will hold at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) campus in Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, from October 24th to 26th.

Impact Week is a one-week program aimed at training participants to develop sustainable business models using different innovation techniques like the innovative ‘Design Thinking’.

“We are excited to have a team of UNILAG professionals, Lufthansa international staff and other experts come together with around 200 students to develop their skills, broaden and take on the tasks of thinking about solutions for socioeconomic challenges right here”, says Robin Sohdi, Lufthansa General Manager Nigeria.

Speaking on the development, Dr. Sunday Adebisi, Director Entrepreneurship Centre, UNILAG, said: ‘’It is exciting to have the Impact Week in Nigeria and more importantly in University of Lagos to support a life changing experience for our teachers and students by Lufthansa Germany Airlines.

The Impact Week is aimed at coaches and students who generally have great untapped ideas, creative energy and an eagerness to learn and improve things. This six-day event will help participants find, test and develop business ideas with great innovation. It will further prepare and motivate students to engage in entrepreneurship and give them platform to start their own business and find their role in the society.

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I like acting multiple roles –Linda Ejiofor

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I like acting multiple roles –Linda Ejiofor Linda Ejiofor, one of the promising Nollywood stars, is famed for her role in the popular TV soap, Tinsel. Since her debut movie role

the world of acting, her dream roles amongst other interesting issues. his full support and I have made him proud.

How did you come to play Bimpe in Tinsel?

What was growing up like for you? it was the best childhood ever, I mean I had fun and am happy that my parents gave birth to more

and everything about her because she was just dumb. When I read my script and saw all the stupid things she had to do and the stupid questions she asked, I just concluded that she was dumb and sarcastic. She was supposed to know the answers to the questions, but she never got it. So, I was always complaining to the director. But the writer kept telling me to enjoy the character. He would say the only way to love the character is to enjoy the character; and before I knew it, I started enjoying the character. So, I had to go and watch a lot of dumb movies like Legally Blonde. At a point, I had to go and watch Devil Wears Prada because I had to be like these people.

playing with brothers and sisters.

What memories of your childhood days do you love the most? could talk to and play with, I also had my father who tells us folk tale at night, you know all those things at night when you are sleeping or you are about to go to bed and there is no light and you just surround your father. My father told us stories, he said this is what we usually get when we were in the village with our parents and children will surround us, we gather around and tell us stories. My father told us stories and we learnt a lot from the tortoise and the lion and monkeys and

I pray that my father sees his grandchildren because I will so love him to say those stories to them because I could not remember how to sing those song but I will love for him to sing those songs to them.

disorder. In other words, I will like act two

because I think being good is overrated. Too many people are playing good roles; so, I want to do something else.

Would you say at this point in your career you have arrived? yet and am still learning, its d same way they say life is a learning process, am still learning,

The industry then before you joined Nollywood and what the industry is playing now, would you say there are changes? changes and actors are being recognized now and people are looking at actors differently, we are coming for premiers for crying out loud, we go to the cinema, we watch d movies, we do meet and greet, we

know, if God has a plan for you, His plan will always set the motion. So, here I am as an actress again with

kind of thing is happening and am thankful to the older pioneers and older actors who made it easy for us to come this far.

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How did your journey into acting start?

Before I entered the University of Port-Harcourt, River State to study Sociology, I had done a diploma course in Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. I think I was at the University of Ibadan for about three months. However, when I was getting into the groove and enjoying it, my father pulled me out.

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Ladies World

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Spice your look with tulip wrap

From the runways to the owambe parties, the revolutionizedIro and Buba is always a delightful sight. The traditional Iro and Buba is no longer regarded as a style reserved for the older folks.

It is currently a trendy red carpet look in Nigeria.

Young ladies rock this style in silk, chiffon and velvet materials. The way the Iro and Buba is worn has been modernized. No longer is it wound around the waist in a boring style. Iro is now worn as a tulip style wrap, tied in front or at the back.

Hold both ends of the Iro (wrapper) in each hand, Move the ends to opposing sides such that they are made to overlap each other, do a twist from one end to the other, repeat the twist and then, tie in a knot at the back,tuck in loose ends.

So, rock your Iro and buba and be the trendiest chic on the block! Have fun tweaking your buba into fabulous styles – V-neck, round neck, short sleeves, sleeveless‌ the list is endless!

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Rock your high heels elegantly When it comes to looking stylish, nothing beats a gorgeous pair of high heels. Heels make your legs look longer, your body Unfortunately, for many women, they also make your feet hurt toes, spindly heels, and narrow silhouettes for your aching post-heel feet. You should get rid of any shoes that cause any discomfort, why you need strategies to help you make your high heels work for you, not against you.Below are tips on wearing your high heels comfortably (or at least more comfort).

Tailor your width Cushion up. of your leg. as it will make your ankles look wider and draw attention. Go for a pump or sling back instead. This will draw attention away from your ankles and make your legs look longer.

If your legs are short, avoid t-strap shoes because they shorten your legs and can make your feet look wider than normal. Similarly, or nude high heels - they make your legs look long and lean.

If you want your legs to look longer, pointy-toed shoes will give you the illusion of extra height. A warning, though: pointy-toed case, save them for the special occasions only! No point in being If you have wide feet, round-toed shoes have a cute vintage look, and can be the most comfortable option for those of us with wider feet. As a bonus, they can make your feet look smaller too.

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Best ways to match your shirts, ties When it comes to putting together a shirt and tie combination, some gents seem to be born with an uncanny ability to just put together great ensembles of colors, patterns and texture. Many other men however often fall into one of two camps: 1) the “I will wear the same exact combinations and hope no one notices” camp and 2) the “I will point my spin around 5 times to see what the day has in store for me” camp. These poor chaps are intimidated by the mere thought of having to think about their wardrobe, relegating their choices into a safe play of recurring solids or the plausible deniability of random selection.

Looking for a shortcut to great combinations? The concepts below will help you understand how to put together your own shirt and tie combinations with laying it up for the occasional luck better game plan. And you sir, are reading this because you are a student of the game. So in this article, I am going to provide you with a few basics tips to picking out some winning shirt and be a pattern-matching veteran in no time.

Combination 1: Solid-on-Solid touch on a classic, low-risk combo: the

solid tie and solid shirt combo. For the most part, doing this is nearly fail safe,

vampire movie. Why color with just one

better. Here are two ways to approach solid on solid matching: Use contrasting color combinations.

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got 95 other colors in the box?

a foundation shirt like a solid white or a solid light blue or pink, you can pretty much wear any color solid tie you like. with a bit more color.

Use analogous color combinations.

This is a very classy, sleek look that many overlook. Wearing a solid light blue shirt? Try it with a solid dark blue tie. Pink shirt? Go with a red, maroon or

same “pop” as a contrasting color comsymbolizes a certain level of sartorial sophistication.

Like all aspects of style, gaining an eye for color is simply a matter of for you. Experiment with online color hues and analogous colors for your tie or shirt color. And one thing to avoid?

Wearing a color combination where the color in your respective shirt and tie combo are too close – e.g., avoid wearing a light solid shirt with a light solid tie. Furthermore, never wear a tie that is the same exact color as your shirt

Combination 2: Solid-on-Pattern / Pattern-on-Solid Going with a solid-on-pattern requires a bit more thought than just matching solids, but rest assured a

swimming in the kiddy pool. In fact, a solid tie on a patterned shirt is one of the easiest ways to work patterns into tip to pulling this off: match the color of your solid tie to the color family of one or more of the colors in your shirt pattern. In the above image, the dark blue in our Solid Blue Tie works perfectly with the blue checks in the shirt.

The reverse, a patterned tie on a solid shirt operates on the same principle. Just match one or more of the colors within the pattern of the tie to the color family of the solid shirt. Wax on, wax off and go practice these basic combinations!

Combination 3: Pattern-on-Pattern ble from our hand, on to something

few examples of patterned ties with patterned shirts that actutips to make successful pattern-on-pattern combos as easy as the alphabets.

Vary pattern type. Avoid having the same pattern appear in both your shirt and your tie. If your shirt has polka dots, Vary pattern size/scale. In general, the patterns on your tie should be larger and bolder than the patterns on your shirt.

For example, a thick, wide-striped tie would work with a thinstriped shirt, but not a thick, wide-striped shirt. A big check would mix well with a smaller check. Having patterns of the Match a detail in the tie with the dominant color of the shirt.

Determine the dominant color in your shirt and look for a tie with some of that color within the pattern. For example, white

tie with bold blue stripes.

Here are some visual examples of patterned tie with patterned shirt combinations: Here you see an example of using a dotted pattern on the tie and complementing it with a gingham pattern in the shirt. while the light blue of the gingham shirt ties in nicely with the navy in the tie.

shirt. The smaller grid pattern of the shirt works well in creating a more muted canvas for the louder stripes of the tie while shirt.

Lastly, here you see a plaid tie with a striped shirt. The shirt plaid pattern of the tie. The fact that the lines of the shirt go vertically while the plaid lines move diagonally also add to the visual balance and prevent your co-workers from seeking out optical illusions in your shirts.