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Diezani loses 56 properties worth N2.6bn to FG

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FG makes U-turn, reintroduces post-UTME screening

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The Federal Government on Tuesday made a U-Turn and ordered the reintroduction of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening exercise that was cancelled in the 2015/2016 admission exercise. Continued on page 5

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FG makes U-turn, reintroduces post-UTME screening Continued from page 1 The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who gave the directive, regretted the earlier decision to cancel the postUTME screening exercise as a great mistake, saying that the reversal by government was because of the economic challenges that engulfed the nation and the reality on ground. The minister, who gave the above directive during the policy meeting for the 2017/2018 admission exercise with Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, and Registrars of tertiary institutions at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja, also directed varsities to ensure that the post-UME exercise must be by aptitude test and that students be charged N2,000 as fees. He said: ’The decision to scrap the post-UTME screening exercise last year was a mistake that must not be repeated as students

must be properly screened before securing final admission’’. The Daily Times recalls that the Minister had last year declared post-UTME screening exercise as null and void; threatening that any institution caught still conducting the examination under any guise would be sanctioned. A strongly-worded statement from the Ministry of Education had at that time cancelled the exercise with ‘’immediate effect and no institution should conduct such examinations’’, adding that it was unnecessary to subject students to further examinations when they have been offered examinations by JAMB since they will still have to go through between eight or 12-semester examinations throughout their four to six years study in the institutions. Reacting to the reinstating of Post-UTME, Dr. Ad-

ekunle Idris, immediate past Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, hailed the decision, adding that he was 100 percent in support of the test because “it is the individual university that should determine the suitability of candidates for admission”. He also said that: “The reintroduction of Post-UTME screening is good for the universities to determine the right candidates for admission. However, it is

necessary for the Federal Government to regulate the amount to be charged by universities per candidate so that the right candidates are not shut out and denied access to university education”. Also speaking, Dr. Kehinde Kemabonta of the Department of Zoology, University of Lagos, described the return of PostUTME screening exercise as “the best thing because we don’t know how most of the students got As in their

WAEC. “The same students would come and do Post-UTME screening and score below 40 percent which is the cut-off for UNILAG. There is an anomaly somewhere. It is ridiculous and embarrassing. Government needs to check out what is wrong otherwise we may eventually have the wrong people in the system and the right people shut out of the university system. The genuine people must not be denied access in the system.

It is wrong for the Federal Government in the first place to have scrapped the Post-UTME screening exercise,” he added. He cited the example of a student who had all As in her WAEC but when the admission list of UNILAG came out her name was not there and she came complaining to him. Dr. Kemabonta said upon checking her Post-UTME score, she scored below the Continued on page 6

FAAC: FG, states, LGAs share N467.8bn for July Mathew Dadiya and Nafisa Abubakar

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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Tuesday, shared N467.852billion to the three tiers of government including Value Added Tax (VAT). The total amount shared for the month of July was lower than the N570.584bn distributed for the June allocation in July. Chairman of FAAC and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said that the gross statutory revenue of N387.319bn received for the month, was lower than the N570.584bn received in the previous month by N183.266bn. Giving the breakdown, the Federal Government received N193.048bn VAT inclusive. The states governments got N130.691 billion while the local government areas received N98.014bn. Adeosun, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said that the increase in average price of crude oil from $50.27 to $51.05 per barrel; and a significant increase in export volume by 1.20 million barrels, resulted in increased revenue from export sales for the federation by $62

million. He said that despite the increases, there were issues of leaking flow lines, shut-ins and shut-downs at terminals for maintenance and the force majeure declared at Forcados Terminal since February, 2016, subsisted. There was a drastic fall in revenue from companies income tax due to the expiration of the deadline for filing returns. Oil royalty recorded a reasonable increase but revenue from import and excise duties decreased slightly. The distributable statutory revenue for the month is N387.852bn, while the total revenue distributed for the current month was N467.852bn. The Excess Crude Account as at July 2017, stood at $2.3bn. The oil producing states also received N31.591bn, as 13% derivation of mineral oil and gas revenue. Meanwhile, the Chairman of Finance Commissioners’ Forum, Mr. Mahmood Salim Yunusa, said that some of the state governments have increased their internally generated revenue (IGR), in line with the federal government’s drive for increased revenue generation.

L-R: Vice President, Nigerian Statistical Association (NSA)/Chairman, Local Organising Committee for 2017 NSA International Conference, Mr. Olubusoye Olusanya; member of NSA, Mr. Oladejo Ajayi; Assistant Director, Lagos Bureau of Statistics, Mrs. Elizabeth Akoro; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Abayomi Kadiri and Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke, during the courtesy visit of the NSA delegation to the Lagos State Government at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday.

Police nabs 25 kidnappers along SulejaMinna- Lambata- Bida roads Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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The Nigeria Police on Tuesday paraded 25 suspected kidnappers that were arrested along Suleja– Lambata, Minna and Bida roads after they escaped the onslaught of ‘Operation Absolute Sanity ‘ along the Abuja- Kaduna highway. According to a statement issued by CSP Jimoh Moshood the Force spokesman, five separate notorious gangs were busted between August 14 and 22 along Suleja – Lambata, Minna and Bida roads. The operation followed a directive from the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, which extended the ‘Area of Responsibilities of Operations Absolute Sanity on Abuja - Kaduna Highway to cover Suleja – Lambata, Minna and Bida Roads with effect from August 14, 2017.

The purpose of the extended operation is to tackle the gangs of kidnappers that escaped arrest on Abuja – Kaduna Highway and relocated to some major roads within Niger state. Moshood said that in the ongoing operations “five different vicious and notorious kidnap for ransom gangs were dislodged and busted in their hideouts along Suleja–Lambata-Bida and Minna Roads in Niger State.” “A total number of 26 suspected kidnappers were arrested in the operation. They all confessed to the offence and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime. He said that a number of arms and ammunition and other properties belonging to some of their victims who were rescued from the gang were recovered from them.

Most of the suspects were identified by the victims for being responsible for their kidnap. adding that investigation is being intensified to arrest the other suspects at large. All the suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation. Those arrested were Isah Umar 34 (principal suspect and gang leader); Abubakar Muhammed M 32 (principal suspect); Baje Sari 33 (principal suspect); Sanusi Adamu 34 (principal suspect and driver of the first gang); Nuhu Yahaya 32; (principal suspect and driver of the first gang); and Sanda Sale 29 (principal suspect). Members of the second gang operating in military camouflage are Isiya Tukur ‘M’ 27yrs (Principal Suspect), Abbas Tasus ‘M’ 28yrs (Principal Suspect) While the third gang comprises of Shafiu Mo-

hammed 27 (principal suspect); Ali Ali 22 (principal suspect), Okechukwu Atama 35 (principal suspect), Mohammed Aliyu ‘M’ 26yrs (principal suspect), Sagiru Dahiru ‘M’ 24yrs (Principal Suspect),Abdulahi Bala 50 (principal suspect); Haruna Adamu ‘M’ 28 (principal suspect), Abubakar Aliyu 31 (principal suspect), Haruna Abubakar 37 (principal suspect); Yalli Ibrahim 33 (principal suspect), Yusuf Abdullahi 35 (principal suspect); Deneri Janyo Buba 36 (principal suspect), Sani Abubakar 25 (principal suspect); and Adamu Bello 29 (principal suspect) made up the fourth gang. While four others: Abubaka Iliyasu 26 (principal suspect), Yahaya Alimadu 34 (principal suspect); Abdullahi Abubakar 32 (principal suspect); and Continued on page 6

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Diezani loses 56 properties worth N2.6bn to FG Continued from page 1 quest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1279/17. The application was argued by the lawyer to the EFCC,

Mr. Anselm Ozioko. The EFCC had approached the court through an ex- parte interim forfeiture application, stating that the properties belonging to Diezani and her associates were proceeds of

corruption. The EFCC had also named Mrs. Diezani, Mr. Donald Chidi Amamgbo; Chapel Properties Limited; Blue Nile Estate Limited; Azinga Meadows Limited; and Vistapoints Property

Development Limited as co- respondents in the suit. The properties ordered to be temporary forfeited to the Federal government include: 21 mixed housing units of 8 numbers of four-bedroom penthouse

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (right), presenting wheel chairs to physically challenges, during the Launching/Distribution of Health Facilities, in Kano… on Tuesday.

Police nabs 25 kidnappers along Suleja- Minna- Lambata- Bida roads Continued from page 5 Suleman Mohammed 37 (principal suspect) were members of the fifth gang. Exhibits recovered from the gangs includes three AK 47 Rifles ,four single barrel gun ,two cut to size guns ,one locally made revolver ,one locally made pistol one set of military camouflage uniform, one set military rain coat ,two set of military shoes, charms,

69 round of 7.62X39MM live ammunitions ,28 live cartridges and two expanded cartridges. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police has directed the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in zones and commands across the country to beef up security in their Area of Responsibilities (AOR) and ensure mas-

sive deployment of Armed Police Personnel, Patrol Teams and undercover operatives to black spots, flash points and other vulnerable criminal spots to nip in the bud all forms of crimes and criminality nationwide. He also directed them to ensure that detection of crimes are prompt to serve as effective deterrent to who-will-be criminals add-

ing that the ongoing raids on criminal hideouts must be sustained. The Inspector General of Police expressed gratitude to the communities, towns and villages along Suleja, Lambata, Bida and Minna Road for the supports and assistance being rendered in terms of prompt information and complaints to the Police Personnel deployed in their localities.

FG makes U-turn, reintroduces post-UTME screening Continued from page 5 cut-off point of the university. Meanwhile, in a surprise move, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has slashed the cut-off point for university admissions from 180 to 120, saying the move is to liberalise the admission process like what is obtainable in Ghana and other countries. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during the policy meeting for the 2017/2018 admission exercise with vice chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, and Registrars of tertiary institutions at the National Ju-

dicial Institute, Abuja. He also spoke extensively on the new developmental methods being put in place against the 2017/2018 JAMB, saying that the agency has introduced the central admissions processing system (CAPS) to ensure quality control, transparency and credibility of admission process. He said: “The new policy is expected to make provision for a market place for JAMB portal where institutions can go and request for students in Nigeria who score their cut off points. “With the new system, no candidate can upload a fake o level result as before now,

“he added. The JAMB boss also said that only three universities can request for a candidates once the system is adopted while also saying that there will be no automatic admission for those without the necessary requirements, hence JAMB will contact the institutions to know why they are not admitted yet. Other decisions reached at the policy meeting include the reduction of cut off points for Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Mono-technics to 100,100, and 110 respectively It was also resolved that admissions into Nigerian universities for 2017 aca-

demic session should be concluded by October this year. Reacting, the former Vice Chancellor of Rivers State owned Ignatius Ajuru University, Prof Rosemund Dienye, has rejected the slashing of varsity cut off to 120 by JAMB, saying the development will reduce competition and the quality of the admission exercise. Rosemund, who spoke to The Daily Times on telephone, also maintained that Nigeria is not yet ripe for liberalised admission exercise, since she does not have the needed infrastructure to absorb the expected upsurge in the number of applicants.

apartment; six numbers of three-bedroom apartments; two numbers of three-bedroom apartment and one number of fourbedroom apartment, All Ensuit, located at 7, Thurnburn Street, and 5 Raymond Street, Yaba, valued at N937 million. Other properties are 16-four bedrooms terrace, located at Heritage Court Estate, Omerelu Street, Diobu GRA, Port-Harcourt, River State, valued at N928 million; a 13-three bedrooms with one room housemaid’s quarter, situated at Mabushi Gardens Estate, Plot 1205, Cadastral Zone B06, Mabushi, Abuja, valued at N650 million; and six flats of three-bedroom and one boys quarter, located at Plot 808 (135) Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos valued at N805 million. The EFCC had alleged that the properties were purchased by Diezani and her associates, Mr. Donald Chidi Amamgbo, through four companies; namely; Chapel Properties Limited; Blue Nile Estate Limited; Azinga Meadows Nigeria Limited; and Vistapoint Property Development Limited. In an affidavit attached with the ex-parte application and deposed to by Sambo Muazu Mayana, an investigator with the Agency, the EFCC averred that sometimes in the year 2016, an intelligence report was received against both Diezani and Amamgbo, and that upon analysing the intelligence report, a search warrant was executed at the office and premises of Amamgbo. The agency also averred that among the documents recovered from Amamgbo was an undated report tltled “Highly Confidential Attorney Work ProductAugust Report”. Mayana stated further that in the said ‘highly confidential report contained 18 companies and several properties located in United Kingdom (UK), Nigeria and United States, adding that in the course of interview, Mr. Donald Chidi Amamgbo, he told the EFCC that he registered the 18 companies to assist Diezani in holding title of the temporary forfeited properties. He further stated that investigation into the ownership of the said properties indicates that the FBN Mortgage Limited was the

last owner on the three of the properties The deponent also stated that payment for the properties were received by FBN Mortgage Limited at various times from 2011 to June 16, 2015, adding that First Bank of Nigeria Plc stated in a letter that the source of the monies was from Diezani and that the bank picked up United States Dollars from her house located at 10, Frederick Chiluba Close, off Jose Martins Street, Asokoro, Abuja, and that $3.342,307million was credited into FBN Mortgage Limited account number 2008133531. He further stated that First Bank of Nigeria Plc, in its extra judicial statement made by its Head of Public Sector Group, also confirmed that N840 million, equivalent of $5.540, 318million, transferred to Skye Bank by one Adeyemi Edun, was picked up on May 23, 2011, from Diezani’s house at 10, Fredrick Chiluba Close, off Marti Street, Asokoro, Abuja, and same was transferred on Diezani’s instruction by Skye Bank in favour of Adeyemi Edun on the same day. The deponent therefore urged the court to grant the application in the interest of justice. In his verdict over the matter, Justice Anka ordered that the above listed properties should be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government. The judge also ordered the EFCC to appoint a competent person(s) or firm to manage the temporary forfeited assets/properties. Justice Anka further directed EFCC to notify the respondents in whose possession the assets/properties sought to be forfeited are found to appear before the court and show cause within 14 days why the properties should not be forfeited to the Federal Government. The judge also directed the EFCC to make the publication of the interim forfeiture order in a national newspaper for the respondents and anyone who is interested in the properties to appear before the court to show cause within 14 days why the final forfeiture order of the properties should not be made in favour of the Federal Government.

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PDP to APC: Your change mantra has failed woefully Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

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ic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said that the change mantra of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed woefully, hence its (APC’s) latest decision to back the restructuring of the country as a way to further delude and buy the votes of unsuspecting Nigerians ahead of the 2019 General Elections . The opposition PDP equally accused the APC of copying parts of its constitution which the ruling party is now finding very difficult to understand. The PDP said these in a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, yesterday in Abuja, in response to an earlier statement by the national spokesperson of the APC and former Minister of Sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi. The PDP, in its latest statement, categorically said, “Indeed, ‘restructuring’ is the APC’s new political currency in Nigeria to further delude and buy the

Ï Says governing party using restructure to delude Nigerians for votes

votes of unsuspecting Nigerians ahead of the 2019 General Elections given that its original “Change” mantra has failed woefully. “We wish to emphasize that the APC’s response was another misadventure and inglorious efforts to further misinform Nigerians especially by just quoting a part of the sections of the PDP Constitution that was included in our statement - Preamble 2(b), which of course resonates with the PDP’s endeavor towards economic and socio-political growths; and he referred to it as our misunderstanding of the Word - Restructuring. “It is therefore our understanding that the Manifesto of the APC that has a resemblance of ‘restructuring’ in it was coined from the PDP’s Plans of Action. “No wonder the APC did not quite understand what was copied from the PDP Constitution and Manifesto, hence their initial denial on the Issue and later total display of ignorance”, the PDP statement signed on behalf of Prince Adeyeye

(who is currently out of the country) by the Head of PublicitynDivision of thebparty, Mrs Chinwe Nnorom The PDP reiterated for the umpteenth time that it is not only interested in functional devolution and equitable distribution of powers between the Federal, States and Local Government levels in the Country but we are equally working hard with all our elected representatives across the Country to restructure Nigeria for our common good. The opposition party said that it is important for the APC know that Nigerians cannot be deceived again with their antics. It stressed that a party that cannot stand on its promises and accept responsibilities to deliver dividends of democracy to the people as it promised cannot be entrusted with the Governance of this Country in future. The statement by Adeyeye reads, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is once again constrained to react to a statement made

by the National Publicity Secretary of the Ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi in another failed attempt with the Mischief his Party is known for – manipulation – against Nigerians (this time) into believing that the APC is interested in ‘restructuring’. “Nigerians will recall that in our statement, we were categorical that the leaders of the APC had denied promising restructuring at different times but suddenly jumped at it as “the latest in a series of deceitful ploys designed and being implemented by the party to hoodwink Nigerians ahead of the 2019 General Elections,” PDP said. “We were correct! Mr. Bolaji confirmed our hint of thier ploy on Paragraph 4 of his statement thus, “We understand that PDP needs desperately to return to reckoning; and realizing that restructuring is the new political currency in Nigeria, it is latching on…” “Indeed, ‘restructuring’ is the APC’s “new political currency in Nigeria to

further delude and buy the votes of unsuspecting Nigerians ahead of the 2019 General Elections given that its original ‘Change’ mantra has failed woefully. “We wish to emphasize that the APC’s response was another misadventure and inglorious efforts to further misinform Nigerians especially by just quoting a part of the sections of the PDP Constitution that was included in our statement - Preamble 2(b), which of course resonates with the PDP’s endeavor towards economic and socio-political growths; and he referred to it as our misunderstanding of the Word - Restructuring. “Let Mr. Bolaji recall that we also quoted other sections such as Preamble 2(e) which states, “to devolve powers equitably between the Federal, State and Local Governments in the spirit of federalism”; and 7(2b) which states that, “The Party shall strive to promote federalism and an equitable revenue sharing formula” PDP Constitution (As Amended in 2012). “Mr. Bolaji should be informed that we did justice in our statement by explaining what the Word “Restructuring” means especially in Nigeria context

of governance. “But no, he has to argue and sadly after rolling around in his text, he came on the same page with us by quoting the APC Manifesto - Section 3(1) - on their so called restructuring thus, “We will devolve more revenues and powers,…” “That means, both parties are referring to Nigeria restructuring in the Context of ‘devolution (decentralization)’ of power for equity and functional federalism. “In the light of the above, we make bold to state that Mr. Bolaji is clever by half ! It is therefore important at this point to state that personalities like Bolaji Abdullahi’s disrespect to organization’s norms and ideology contributed largely to the Delayed Restructuring of the Country since 1999, when he and most of his APC leaders where at the Driving Seat of the then Ruling Peoples Democratic Party. “This character trait of lack of comprehension of ideas is equally being exhibited currently in the APC. After all, the Party leaders bluntly denied promising Nigerians restructuring only to re-track when the Euphoria on restructuring refused to wane.

‘Heritage Bank not under investigation’ Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

Coalition of South East youth in solidarity rally to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari from medical vacation in Abuja… on Tuesday.

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ÏÏÏ Contrary to the social media report, the Heritage Bank Plc is not under investigation by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The social media had alleged that the operatives of the commission raided the head office of the bank in Lagos on Tuesday, claiming that an official of the bank was arrested while the commission did not state any reason for its action. But The Daily Times investigation has revealed that it is only one of the accounts in the bank that is subject of enquiry by the operatives of the EFCC. The said account was one of the accounts acquired by the Heritage Bank during its acquisition of Enterprise Bank from AMCON. It is also instructive to

note that the former Enterprise Bank held several accounts of federal government agencies before its acquisition. It was further gathered that the operatives of the commission are seeking certain information on the said account, following a petition over certain issues on the account. The development is what is known in the industry as acquisition/combination issues. The newspaper also gathered that any contentious issues on banks will be handled by the regulatory Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) while the EFCC will deal with issues arising from infraction in banking transactions. When contacted, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, declined to give details on the matter, saying that he is yet to be briefed on the issue.

8 News Masada, Visionscape donate relief items to Sierra Leoneans

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the horrific mudslide and flooding event in the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone on the 14th August 2017, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, a subsidiary ofVisionscape Group, an environmental utility group out of Dubai, UAE with its waste management partner Masada Waste Management Company, Freetown have partnered to donate relief items to the affected victims. Within the first 48 hours of the disaster, the Masada and Visionscape teams diverted resources and were on the ground visiting victims of the majorly affected communities to show support and deliver much needed supplies. The partners distributed food, hygiene products, tents for shelter, bedding, bottles of drinking water and other items to help aid the displaced flood victims as they cope with this tragic loss. The communities headed by their local chiefs, witnessed by the Office of National Security, The Presidential Delivery Team, Members of Parliament of the communities and humanitarian and aid workers from various disaster relief agencies are all working together to assist and rescue victims. Visionscape is a global environmental utility group providing turnkey solutions in areas of sanitation, energy and wastewater treatment. The company aims to reinvent waste management processes, specific to emerging market, utilising a highly-experienced team, cutting-edge technology and tools to address the waste management needs of megacities. Visionscape also offer serviced for commercial, residential, industrial, and healthcare clients. On the other hand, Masada Waste Management Company holds the concession for waste management services in Freetown and is the main implementing partner of Operation Clean Freetown.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Delta uncovers 36 public schools vandalised in one month, raises alarm of frequent act

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No fewer than thirty-six public schools’ facilities were reportedly vandalized in the last one month across the state by suspected hoodlums who are currently operating in the nooks and cranny of the state. Though no arrest has been made, but the state Commissioner for Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie who confirmed the activities of yet unidentified hoodlums to journalists yesterday, called on communities where educational facilities are located in the state to ensure the protection of the facilities against vandalism. Noting with palpable fear of the unknown, the Commissioner said: “the frequent vandalization of public schools’ facilities

is alarming, government is afraid of such activities by yet unidentified hoodlums.” He said it was disheartening to spend lots of money in the renovation of schools, only for the schools to be vandalized after a couple of weeks/ months later adding that “the perpetrators of the crimes were within various communities where the schools are renovated.” The Commissioner called for the support of communities to intensify the level of co-operation that given to the state government educational facilities in their respective communities, disclosing that government was not going to renovate vandalized facilities that was not protected from vandals. He said: “if communities don’t protect schools’

facilities in their respective areas, don’t blame us if we don’t come to do any renovation or intervention in such a school because it has gone beyond the breaking point now” and urged various communities to step up their game in the protection of educational facilities in their areas. Meanwhile, former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Head of Service in the defunct Bendel State, Chief Patrick Onyeobi, has identified poverty, unemployment and frustration as factors responsible for the hate speeches across the country in recent times. Onyeobi said that the entanglement has become increasingly delicate hence, if not appropriately managed; it could degenerate into unimaginable scenarios.

According to him, the hate speeches became even more unnecessary, considering the fact that the current generation of Nigerian are better formally educated and this should understand the implications of their actions. He stressed the need for the Federal Government to give special attention to the unemployment question, which he said is threatening the nation’s corporate existence. “It is a delicate situation because it can develop into situations we do not expect. If people are fully employed and engaged, they cannot make hate speeches. Most of the youths are not happy, hence, they engage in acts that are destabilizing across the country. There is serious problems confronting us,” he said.

Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura (left) and Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, during the Governor’s visit to Police Headquarters in Abuja… on Tuesday.

UNICEF, FG develop safety plan to tackle water contamination in N’Delta

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Worried at the level of water contamination in the Niger Delta region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Federal government through its ministry of Water Resources has developed a water safety plan that will help protect communities from taking contaminated water within the region. This was disclosed yesterday by UNICEF Water and Sanitation Hygiene ((WASH) Spe-

cialist, Mr. Moustapha Niang during a twoday media dialogue held in AkwaIbom state. According to him, the plan, when fully in operation will also help to create awareness to the communities on water quality issues and its relationship with water related diseases in line with the Social Development Goals (SDGs). He noted that despite all efforts made to improve portable water in the region,it is still faced with serious issues of ground water

contamination either through bore holes or channels which must be tackle with a seriousness. “There are cases of facial contamination some months after bore holes are drilled and in use, there are also cases of nitrate contamination due to scapage from nearby later ones and the use of fertilisers and pesticides for general purposes. “ Baylsea state in particular is plagued with iron and manganese contamination and this bring about esthatic issues which

can lead to rejecting of the water” The UNICEF specialist further added, “ the safety plan will further support the communities to carry out risk assessment practice the potential hazards and to mitigate such hazards through the entire water dam to ensure that water reaching the consumer is safe and acceptable, also develop their communities plan of how to protect water source from contamination as well as reinforce capacity of communities members to carry out simple bacterial testing .

First Airways yesterday stated that its air worthiness status was never downgraded as its certificate of airworthiness is but affirmed that its operations have been reduced due to the capacity of its current fleet. The airline in a statement FRN/PR/004/08/17 signed by its corporate communication department stated that its air worthiness was intact and reports of its downgrade were misleading. “It has become necessary to issue the following clarification to correct misconception in some section of the media relating to the status of our current operation. Our Airworthiness status was never downgraded as wrongly reported,”the statement said. “There is a clear distinction between Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A) and Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC).” The statement explained, “Our Air Operators Certificate (AOC) fell due for renewal on July 31st, 2017, this is the third successful renewal that we have achieved working in good faith with Regulatory Authorities. The renewal process entailed subjecting our operations to rigorous and demanding audit processes covering all areas of our activity. “Well before the AOC renewal, we voluntarily reduced our flight frequency to well within the capacity of our current fleet. The AOC was successfully renewed for charter operation and we have contracts for sales distributions. ” “We thus remain committed to the highest level of safety standard in line with Global industry best practises. Firstnation is currently working on a fleet expansion program and we are confident that we will expand to schedule operation during the fourth quarter of 2017.” “We are working with the NCAA with respect to the outcome of our recent appeal. It is imperative, that this is the very first infraction that has been alleged against us. We thus remain bullish about the outlook of this airline.”

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Group calls for full implementation of strategic plan for Niger-delta Akam James, Yenagoa

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L-R: Newly installed Iya Ijo of the African Church of All Saints Parish, Ikirun, Osun State, Eunice Emiola Baderinwa; Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev. Raphael Taiwo Osoniga and Osun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon. Lani Baderinwa, during the installation/thanksgiving service for Eunice and Lani in Ikirun, Osun State… recently.

Presidential broadcast: Zionists debunks Buhari’s comment on Ojukwu Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Biafra Zionists Federation on Tuesday flayed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast particularly the president’s narrative on his meeting and discussion with the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Leader of the Zionists’ Federation, Mr. Benjamin Onwuka, who spoke to journalists in Enugu on Tuesday, said the President’s statement that late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, disowned Biafra was false. Onwuka, who had few weeks back declared himself the President of Biafra challenged Buhari to provide an audio and transcript of the said meeting between him and Ojukwu. He said, “We are speaking today in response to the

broadcast said to have been made by Buhari. We want to let the world know that Buhari is wasting his time; he has been defeated. “He didn’t start failing today; he supported Hillary Clinton during the US election, but they all failed; he knows it. “So, his broadcast is a waste of time; Biafrans challenge him, let him produce the transcript; we saw what they posted on his twitter handle and called it a video. This is very comedic. When has a picture become a video? Where is the voice, where is the motion; where is the transcript? What he has dished out is a far-cry; we are asking for video evidence, with the audio, the transcript of that meeting. Let us see what they agreed on. “Above all, I don’t believe what he is saying; if that is what happened, let him come up with evidence. Odumegwu Ojukwu, I believe

will never compromise on Biafra’s independence. He was the one that led us to war, except that he made mistake of not accepting offer from Russia. That’s what the Zionists have done by seeking support from US. “So, Ojukwu can never betray Biafra. Why didn’t he say this when Ojukwu was alive? He should have told us then. When that meeting held, he should have given us an opportunity, where two of them would have come out and told us, we believe in one Nigeria. “Why now, because the man has died, you are now coming up with allegations against him, because the grave cannot speak? So, whatever he said Ojukwu told him, we don’t buy into it. “Biafra has come to stay with the backing of the United States. Our matter is right now at the desk of the US President. So, Buhari is wasting his time.

“He is even calling us irresponsible because he is benefiting from our oil. Where in the world are people agitating for freedom called irresponsible people? “What will he call Boko Haram members? The only reason is that he is feeding from our oil, allocating oil blocks and all that. Without the oil, there will be no Nigeria. He can say whatever he likes.” On Buhari’s stance on Biafra agitators, Onwuka added: “We also want to let him know that since he said unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable, the restoration of Biafra is also non-negotiable.” When asked to comment on an interim government he claimed to have formed few weeks back, he said, “I’m not claiming to be president on my own; United States under Obama recognized Biafra on Ocober 15, 2014. The Zionists believe in international diplomacy.

2019: Amosun, Osoba disagree over delegate list in Ogun Tom Okpe, Abuja As all preparation kick start towards the 2019 general election, the incumbent governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the former governor of the state, Segun Osoba has gone into political war in the state over delegate list. The aggrieved Osoba faction led by the Chairman, Ogun state Central Senatorial District, Kunle Adesina, took their complaint to the party secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday before the party’s National Working Committee asking for the cancellation of the state congress held to nominate state delegates. In the petition letter ad-

dressed to the party national Chairman titled, ‘Impunity and Imposition in Ogun state Chapter of APC: Demand for cancellation of Congresses,’ Mr. Adesina said, “We are loyal party members that believe in our great party and the rule of law as enshrined in our party constitution and the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”. The group said the continuation of impunity in the affairs of our party in the state which commenced shortly after coming to power in 2015 needs to be checked before it gets out of hand. “We are constrained to write this open letter to further bring to your notice the continuation of impunity

in the affairs of our party in Ogun state which commenced shortly after we came into power in 2015. “The latest in the fragrant violation of our party constitution occurred in the recent congresses held on Saturday, 29th July 2017 across the state which did not follow the party’s constitution guidelines of conducting such crucial exercise. “We got to know of the congress holding through the Ogun State Television (OGTV) few hours before the event, even as the Central Senatorial District Chairman, this is not acceptable”, he said. According to the Chairman, “All our members per-

ceived to be out of tune with governor Amosun’s succession game plan who showed up at the venue of the event were turned out forcefully”. The group said it is on the basis of this impunity and illegal substitution of names of party official delegates that the teeming members across the state on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017 staged a peaceful demonstration in the state, addressing a press conference in Abeokuta, the state capital exposing the impunity of the state governor and his agents in stifling the democratic space and internal democracy that the party is noted for.

An advocacy group, the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress, has urged the federal government to treat issues in the Niger Delta as top priority to ensure continued peace in the region. The group, reportedly mandated by the Coalition of Niger Delta Militants, and youths of the region to negotiate on their behalf, asked the federal government to, as a matter of urgent national interest, begin a full implementation of its strategic plan for the region without delay. It will be recalled that recently, the militant groups such as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers; Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders Council; Niger Delta Supreme Egbesu Fighters; Niger Delta Red Scorpion Fighters, among others, allegedly pulled out of Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum and mandated PNDPC to discuss with government on behalf of the region. The Coordinator, PNDPC, Chief Mike Loyibo, in a statement on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to treat the funding of the Presidential Amnes-

ty Programme as a security issue and that the Ministry of Finance should be directed to release amnesty funds promptly. Loyibo also demanded the upgrade of the Oron Maritime School in Akwa Ibom as well as commencement of the Maritime University in Delta State. He urged the federal government to complete the East-West Road, a major expressway linking the South-South region to other parts of the country as well ensure massive creation of jobs in the region. ‘’The federal government should properly coordinate the various intervention agencies in the region for viability and maximum gains. ‘’President Muhammadu Buhari should not ignore the clamour for the restructuring of the nation. He should bring all Nigerians together to discuss the direction they want the country to go.’’ Loyibo seized the opportunity to welcome the President back to the country after over 100 days of medical attention in the United Kingdom, saying that the President’s return was an indication that prayers of Nigerians had been answered by God.

Rights group canvass women’s right, empowerment in Nigeria Edward Nnachi In an apparent bid to have a violence free society where woman can enjoy socio-cultural, economic and reproductive health and rights, and thus maintain dignity and protection of such rights, Generation Initiative for Women and Youth Network (GIWYN), a not-forprofit organisation in Nigeria has partnered with PATHS, a UK humanitarian development institution to organise workshop for women and youths in the country. The crux of the event was to draw stakeholders’ attention on the need to look into the ‘world’ of women and youths as it concerns reproductive health and maternal security, in order to have the right to highest standard of living, safe reproductive health choices and quality health care through sustainable strategies. According to the Chairperson and founder of GIWYN, Mrs. Sybil Nmezi, “This efforts started some years back when the organisation took up women and youth empowerment

by educating them on their rights and interests to enable them develop their full potentials at every level,” adding that the organisation had also ensured women’s reproductive health which is of critical importance to maintaining a healthy society. At a 2-day workshop, tagged “Using advocacy strategies to improve national guidelines that support healthy markets for misoprostol use for postpartum hemorrhage” funded by PATH, and had in attendance, different NGOs and community health workers from various states in the country such as Imo, Lagos, Edo, Nmezi observed that 25 percent of pregnant women in Nigeria were facing the problem of Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) from uterine agony which occurs after childbirth at the loss of more than 500ml blood flow within the first 24 hours. Unfortunately, this health condition might result in having severe blood flow which could be greater or equal to 1000ml that might result to the death of such patients after two hours if not controlled.

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of the All Progressive congress (APC) in Eti-Osa constituency 1 have kicked against the imposition of candidates for the September 16 by-election in ward E of the consistency by the party leaders. The aggrieved members who staged a protest to express their displeasure against the alleged plan of some party leaders to impose candidates on them yesterday were at the palace of Oba Tijani Akinloye Ojomu to agitate for a free and fair election for contestants in the party without any interference. In July, the Honourable representing Eti-Osa constituency 1, Honourable Kazeem Alimi popularly known as Kadeso was said to have died just two weeks after his 50th birthday and the constutency have decided to replace him with his younger brother, Taofeek Ayinla Alimi for continuity. The Oba however acknowledged their request and support to replace the younger brother of the late Honourable while he expressed disappointment in some party members who had written to his office just three days after the death of Kadeso requesting to replace him. He then urged them to maintain peace while making their request known. The Oba also promised to convey their request to the Eti-Osa leaders and APC party leaders. The protesters also visited the APC Secretariat in Eti-Osa where they met with the party chieftains which include the former Eti-Osa East local government chairman, Issa

Owolabi who has also been alleged to have been paid the sum of N5m from a candidate to be imposed on them. One of the party leaders, Alh Ali who addressed the party members asked them to be calm. “We assured you that justices will be done in selecting the candidate and the process is going to be free and fair.” The protesters also made a stop at APC secretarial at Sagotedo where they met some party leaders like Alh Ali, Akinjagunla and former Eti-Osa East local government chairman, Issa Owolabi and they express their grievances. They also alleged the former chairman, Owolabi of collecting five Million naira bribe from a candidate to be imposed on them. One of the party leaders present, Alh Ali addressed the party members to be calm, assuring then that justices will be done in selecting the candidate and the election is going to be free and fair. One of the party members, Tope Bashir who spoke with our correspondent said they decided to staged the protest when they observed candidates from other wards were also clamoring for the position of the Honorable which has been zoned to Ward E in Eti-Osa. “We are calling on the party leaders and our national leaders particularly Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene by allowing the position to remain in Eti-Osa East ward E and ensure that we had free and fair primary election within the contestants from that ward.’

Buhari assures South East of fair deal in governance Myke Uzendu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the people of South East that his administration will give them their fair share in appointments and allocation of projects.This was disclosed Tuesday at the Presidential villa gate, Abuja when some youths from the South East staged a solidarity rally in support of President Buhari who arrived the country during the weekend after 104 days of medical vacation in London. President Buhari who was represented by his Special Adviser on Media

and Publicity Femi Adesina stated that he would do everything possible to keep the nation together, urging the group to be apostles of unity in the South East. He thanked God for bringing the president back home safely from his medical vacation in London and also expressed his appreciations to all Nigerians for their support. The Leader of the group, Steve Anyata, said they visited to declare support for Buhari’s administration.Recall that several groups had gone on protest in support and against Buhari continued stay in London for medical vacation.

L-R: Wife of awardee, Mrs. Chinyere; awardee, Hon. Sam Ounigbo; President / Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), Prof. Munzahi Jibril and Chairman, South East Zone of NIM (Chartered), Prof. Ogoh Ibeneme, during the presentation of Distinguished Manager Award to Sam Ounigbo by the NIM (Chartered) South East Zone in Abia State... recently.

FGspendsN4bnonprojectsinNorth-East region Ibeneme Ebelechukwu, Abuja

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The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health has spent over 4 billion in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the North – East region of Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole made this statement during the Commemoration of the 2017 World Humanitarian Day in Abuja recently. Prof. Adewole noted that 4 billion naira was used in purchasing relief materials including drugs and medical consumables, hospital equipment, capacity building and deployment of volunteer health workers, adding that a two-pronged approach was adopted solely to provide basic medical

services to the affected population and strengthen the pillars of the health system. He affirmed that the Federal Ministry of Health has responded to the humanitarian situation within Nigeria by strengthening the Special Project Department and appointing a Substantive Director to coordinate health related response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis within the country. He pointed out that the on –going humanitarian crisis was unprecedented and protracted with Borno State as the epicenter ,adding that a broad North – East Health Sector Humanitarian Crisis Response Strategic Plan (NEHSHRSP) was developed with a primary objec-

tive of repositioning the health system within the region. He however added that there was a Rapid Response Team tasked with the responsibility to develop a six month health and nutritional plan in Borno State to address the rapid decline in health and nutritional indices being experienced, adding that the plan was developed, approved, implemented and now been extended by another six months due to the giant strides achieved such as increased access to quality healthcare to communities. He enumerated the achievements of the project which included Diagnosis and treatment of about 15,000 cases of malaria in host communities and IDP camps, Provided about 4,000 women with

family planning commodities in host communities and IDP camps, Provided quality ante-natal care to 14,355 women in host communities and IDP camps and delivered 1,100 babies through skilled birth attendants in host communities and IDP camps. Prof. Adewole thanked all the Humanitarians including the Nigeria Security Agencies out there providing care in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria and the world. He also prayed for the repose of the souls of the humanitarians who lost their lives most especially our own Mr. Mustapha Modu, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Health and our gallant Security Officers who paid the ultimate price of scarifying their lives for our great country.

Envoy to pursue bilateral agreements between Germany, Nigeria Samuel Luka, Bauchi

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The designated Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar have been urged to use his position and wealth of experience to pursue important bilateral agreements between Germany and Nigeria especially in the area of education, technology and skills acquisition to help the Nigerian youths. Senator Ali Wakili stated this yesterday at a dinner organized by the Tuggar’s Political associates and supporters to celebrate his appointment as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany.

“I urge you to use your position to pursue important bilateral agreements between Germany and Nigeria especially in the area of education, technology and skills acquisition to help the Nigerian youths”. The senator said. Senator Wakili who was the Chairman of the occasion said that members of the national assembly from the state as well as all people of Bauchi State are highly delighted over the ambassadorial appointment of Yusuf Tuggar. He reminded the appointee that he will face challenges as Europe particularly Germany grapples with the issues of migrants

out of which Nigeria has a sizeable number of its citizens. Tuggar was accompanied to Bauchi from Abuja by Captain Bala Jibrin and other political associates to a rousing welcome by his supporters at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport Bauchi. Also speaking, an APC chieftain and close associate of Tuggar, Captain Bala Jibrin said that his appointment is timely, looking at his wealth of experience in politics and other endeavours over the years. He assured that Tuggar will use his experience to enable Nigeria benefit from the economic strength of

Germany as the country is the most economically advanced in Europe. A former member of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Baba Suleman said appointments always come with prospects and challenges, but Tuggar as an experienced individual will utilise the opportunity given to him to project and protect the image of Nigeria. In his remarks,Tuggar thanked the people who gathered to express their solidarity with him over his appointment and promised to work towards improving relations between Nigeria and Germany.

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2019: Buhari’s sudden return changes permutation on APC presidential ticket Tony Amokeodo, Mathew Dadiya, Tom Okpe and Francesca Iwambe, Abuja

The sudden arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria on Saturday has changed the permutations on whether he will recontest in 2019 or the acceptable candidate that may fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in 2019 in case he declines to run. The President had left Nigeria on May 7, 2017 for medical treatment in the United Kingdom while he transmitted a letter to the National Assembly, informing the lawmakers that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would act as president, pending his return to the country. But The Daily Times had exclusively reported on Wednesday that Buhari would return before August ending and he would also celebrate the Sallah festival with Muslim faithful in Nigeria. Confirming the newspaper’s story, the President arrived on Saturday after spending 103 days in London just as jubilations erupted in certain cities over his arrival. But permutations and high wire politics have begun within the ruling APC in preparation for the 2019 general elections. A prominent chieftain of the APC, who spoke under condition of anonymity, also confided in The Daily Times that Buhari’s appearance and his carriage have changed the dynamics of the tussle for the 2019 race. The highly connected APC chieftain further said that the sudden arrival of the President has prompted the promoters of certain candidates to go back to the drawing board in order to strategise, as he claimed that the tension in the APC is about 2019 race. He said: “The spontaneous jubilations of supporters who displayed their support for the President within the short notice of his arrival is causing certain unease among some party chieftains who assumed that Buhari is no longer popular. “But with what we saw on Saturday, the President is still enjoying support and we are definitely in for tight race in 2019. “And the matter is not helped by the President’s body language. He has not discussed with anybody that he is running for 2019. Each time we discussed party issues with the President, he is much concerned with three issues- security, economy and war against corruption. He is so passionate about these issues. I can confirm to you that the President is apolitical. “Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, all our leaders are interested in 2019 and I can tell you that so many meetings are ongoing with serious horse trading on who gets what. My

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brother, it is all about interest and the President is keeping his joker to his chest. Maybe he will release some of his thoughts on national issues during his broadcast today (Monday). “Please note that the tension in our party is about whether Buhari is running or who will succeed him from the North. You know the President is entitled to maximum eight years under the 1999 Constitution (as amended). But some of our leaders have claimed that the President’s health status may prevent him from running in 2019. “But that view can no longer be sustained with what happened on Saturday. The President has miraculously recovered and he will definitely do certain things because I know that he is

full of surprises.” On the number of people gunning for Buhari’s position, if the President declines to contest, the source said that some candidates are working at the background as underdogs while alleging that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, are frontrunners for the race. He said: “It is an open secret that Atiku Abubakar is running again for the presidency in 2019. He has begun consultations and his political machinery is on the ground for the matter. “Some of the Northern APC governors are rooting for one of their own, Governor Tambuwal in case Buhari is

not running in 2019. And the campaign is underway in some states. “You will recall that Saraki withdrew for Buhari in 2015. So he is interested in the presidency. You will notice that the Senate president is building bridges and attending important functions. It is an open secret that the Senate president is nursing a presidential ambition.” The APC chieftain also disclosed why the hatred for the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, is so intense, saying that most of the political leaders would not want him to be in-charge as 2019 draws near. According to him, Magu has serious dossiers on all the political leaders and politically exposed persons who are eyeing the coveted seat and other elective posts. He said: “You know that Magu is stubborn when it comes to issue of compromise over the war against corruption. He will never bend and that is the problem. Every politician is afraid of his activities and the fact that he has dossiers on our leaders. That explains why the Senate refused to confirm him. Incidentally, the President and the Vice President appreciate him and they are supporting him. To people like us who are politicians, the fear of Magu is the beginning of wisdom because he can cause certain upset in his disclosures of certain activities as 2019 is around the corner.” According to him, the role of Magu over alleged exposure of politicians and their past records is the reason RMj9Mn&# RM ^ 1& ơƾ

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Northern Leaders to PDP: Stop throwing stones at Buhari, APC Patrick Okohue Prominent Northern leaders on Saturday refuted claims by some politicians in the country who are branding the All Progressives Congress (APC) government as clueless, commending the ruling party for providing the insight and leadership to achieve prosperity in Nigeria. The leaders also praised the ruling party for sanitising the polity, reversing Nigeria’s economic decline and restoring law and order in the country. The leaders who were in Abuja to gauge the temperature of Nigeria and to look back over the past 18 years said Nigeria can only be developed through sacrifice, hard work, dedication and commitment from its people at all levels. The leaders in a communiqué read by the chairman of APC United Front, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa after the meeting commended the ruling party for lifting Nigerians out of destitution and presenting a clear policy to tackle the economic challenges in the country. “The APC government is not clueless. It is on course to creating an inclusive and broad based economy that offers opportunities and jobs to all our people,” the leaders said. “APC remains focused and visionary. Nigeria is moving at multiple levels. There is a concentrated effort to purge corruption in the country,” they added. They also praised the ruling party for

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rescuing Nigeria from the excesses of democracy under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They described the 16 years of PDP government as a political earthquake in Nigeria’s history, “There was poverty, falling living standards of the ordinary people, environmental destruction, trouble in North-East, huge unemployment, broken infrastructure and massive corruption. There was decrepit in health and educational institutions. Nigeria’s economic situation suffered decline. PDP lacks fresh ideas” they said. Specifically, the leaders emphasized how PDP turned the nation into economic mess.

They condemned in strongest terms the egregious display of hatred, narrowmindedness and meanness by Goodluck Jonathan, Ayo Fayose, Willie Obiano, Nyesom Wike, Femi Fani-Kayode, Ebenezer Babatope, Reno Omokri, Timi Frank and Mr. Pharez Okpere. They also commended the National Chairman of APC, Chief Odigie-Oyegun for his vision, which is anchored on unity of purpose and the desire to work together in order to move Nigeria to an era of economic and political transformation. “Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is selfless, disciplined and result oriented. He has become the standard by which political party chairmen are measured in and outside Africa. The APC national chairman is thinking outside the box and consolidating the ruling party.” The leaders while urging members of the civil society, the press and others not to join critics of President Muhammadu Buhari and APC in damaging Nigeria’s name on the world stage said the disagreement among major political actors in some APC states would not affect the electoral fortune of the party. “We are opposed to leadership that focuses on enriching itself. APC is giving effect to the will of the people and will continue in Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Bauchi, Katsina, Benue and Jigawa. It will form the next government in Taraba, Gombe, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi Delta, Bayelsa, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun.”

CNPP welcomes Buhari, calls for better governance Patrick Okohue

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back to the country after 103-day medical leave. The umbrella body of all registered political parties and associations in the country thanked God for answering the prayers of well-meaning Nigerians by healing the President. According to a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the CNPP urged the President to ensure that the expectations of Nigerians on resumption of duty by ensuring that Nigerians get better dividends of democracy. “It is obvious that Nigerians are suffering the pains of recession. As the President is now hale and hearty, we urge his administration to double efforts to reduce the effects of recession on citizens. “We call on all citizens to continue to pray for Mr. President to be able to deliver on his campaign promises of making the lives of citizens better. “We expect the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to speed up activities that ensure early recovery from the economic recession. “Electricity supply is still not what it should be. We urge President Buhari to ensure that metering of citizens is a top priority on his return to ensure that citizens only pay for the power they consume,” the CNPP stated.

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why he is not a favourite of many politicians. The Daily Times recalls that the recent shunning of the monthly consultative meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party and its governors on the platform of “Progressives Governors Forum” (PGF) is a pointer that all is not well with the APC. The meeting scheduled to hold on Wednesday was suspended as the governors failed to turn up. According to a source at the party headquarters, the non-attendance of the governors at the meeting was attributed to in-house crisis rocking the party at all levels. The meeting which was scheduled for 2pm could not hold as only two governors out of the 24 Progressive Governors Forum members were at the party secretariat in Abuja coming in several hours behind schedule as the party leadership were kept waiting. After several hours of waiting, it dawned on the party leaders that the governors were not coming, hence the meeting was called off. The Daily Times gathered that the recent ward congresses held in Kano and Kogi states which ended in controversy were said to have annoyed the governors against the positions taken by the Chief John Oyegun-led NWC.

A source at the party secretariat told our reporter that “this suspension is an indication of in-house crisis rocking the party both at Federal, States and the Local levels as all seems not well with the party especially since the court judgment in favour of the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).” Two governors, including Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and Deputy Governor of Edo State, Hon. Philip Shuaibu, had arrived for the meeting before the meeting was announced to have been cancelled. The meeting would have been the fifth in the series of the monthly meeting of the APC National Working Committee and the governors since inception in April, 2017. At the beginning of the meeting, the party had stated that it was in preparation for 2019 general election and also using the meeting to address issues bothering on financing of the party and its non-elective National Convention. Briefing journalists after the last month meeting, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said “the party had expanded the meeting to include APC principal officers at the National Assembly.” The suspended meeting would have been the first to be attended by the APC

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principal officers of the National Assembly. Giving reasons for the cancellation, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the meeting could not hold because of another meeting scheduled between the governors and the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. It is instructive to note that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu had reportedly stated that the

President is healthy enough to run for the 2019 race. Shehu was further quoted as saying that, “The President is good enough to continue in 2019” but the President’s reelection is not the issue at the moment. “The main issue is for the President to come back home in full health and resume office. It is left for Nigerians to decide. I know the decision is with the people. But President Muhammadu Buhari is good enough to continue.” A chieftain of the APC and former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, also stated in one of the national newspapers on Sunday that the party must avoid imposition of candidates. According to Osoba, the development is capable of thwarting the APC’s chances of winning the 2019 general elections. He said, “I have been preaching among our party leaders that the only way to win an election is not by imposition. Take for example, in Ogun State; the endorsement of a particular candidate is dangerous for us. “Another mistake was, along the line, the party was handed over to the governors. I have no objection to governors being leaders of the party; but any governor who says that ‘I am the alpha and omega’, should know that he has a tenure.”

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Time to revamp Nigeria’s textile industry

ecent news report that the Kaduna Textile Mills, the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC), in partnership with a Turkish firm and in collaboration with the federal government will invest $15 million to reactivate the collapsed Kaduna Textile Company is a welcomed development. The move is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s policy of resuscitating the textile industry, among others, to provide more job opportunities in the country. The textile company was started in 1956 in Kaduna to process the cotton being produced in the northern part of the country. Many other textile companies soon sprang up in Lagos and between Kaduna and Kano axis. By the 1970s and the early 1980s, the Nigerian textile industry had grown to become the third largest in Africa and employed well over 400,000 Nigerians across the country. The oil boom of the 1970s and the early 1980s which increased the purchasing power of the government and the citizens led to the neglect of agriculture and many vital industries, particularly the textile industry, thus crippling other sectors of the economy and putting the economic viability of the country in serious jeopardy. Thereafter, the textile industry suffered neglect and by 2002 the Kaduna Textile Mill closed with more than 7,000 of its workers sent home. Today, the textile industry employs less than 30,000 workers with the factories operating either below capacity or totally closed and most of their plants in operational distress. The first attempt to revive the industry was in 2010 when the Bank of Industry (BoI) approved N10 billion textile revival fund. The fund increased capacity utilisation in the industry from 29.14 per cent to the current 50 per cent. In reviving the industry this time around the government must also focus on the production of cotton, kenaf and other

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Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

President Buhari keeps Nigeria in suspended animation

Willy Bozimo

here is some uncanny mind game playing out with the ailment of President Buhari, who supported by his Oligarchic funders and operators do not want to lose their grip on power again like it happened during the late President Yardua’s era when power slipped from their grip into the waiting hands of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a Southern minority from the oil and gas belt of the Niger Delta. After the first trip he made to the London hospital when he spent some forty days, his presidential assignment was disrupted once again when he left on another trip on May 7, 2017 for an extended trip and for almost over 100 days, and still counting, several delegations of ministers and governors went on a voyage to see their President. On their return from seeing their President, they all came back with varying tales of good and bad news. Some told Nigerians , the President is hale and hearty and recovering fast. Others were more optimistic that the Mr. President would return in two weeks, according to Imo State Governor, Owelle Okorocha . For the APC party chairman it is only the President who can determine when he would return . The narrative is changing by the weeks and months, and it is becoming obvious to all that there must be something the politicians are not telling us about the true status of the ailment or that it is all a part of the grand design to delay his return to the country and enthrench what many observers seem persuaded that the acting President does not

really have the right kind of atmosphere and executive powers to run the country in these uncertain and seemingly volatile times, with many voices calling for republics of every description- from Arewa, through Biafra, Niger Delta, Oduduwa and Middle Belt extractions. Nobody should underrate the politically cunning average Northerner, who had from the beginning of the Independence of the country in October 1st, 1960 political power was entrusted into their hands with Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as the first and only Prime Minister Nigeria ever had until the coup of January 1966 when he was killed along with other prominent politicians like the Sardauna of Sokoto, Premier of the Northern Region, Ahmadu Bello, Festus Okotie Eboh, the colourful and flambouyant Minister of Finance and SL Akintola, Premier of the Western Region amongst others. The scenario is simple. Let us keep a lame duck President Yemi Osibanajo on seat where he may not be able to either dissolve the Federal Executive Council as when he likes and could not come out with the probe the acting President did on the former SGF and the NIA DG over some foreign currencies discovered in a chalet somewhere in Ikoyi. Such damning reports if released could cause or create a credibility deficit in the entire war on corruption by the Buhari administration. It makes sense therefore for the administration to leave all Nigerians in a permanent state of suspended animation, where the country cannot advance forward or backwards but static for self- serving political reasons not to allow power slip into the hands of the Oduduwa son, whose ethnic group is equally routing for a Republic for

his people- the Yorubas. Does this sound Machiavellian by any stretch of our collective imaginations . You can now decipher why President Buhari’s continued medical holiday is taking care of the entire gamut of power play currently driven underground by those who love and know how to corner power by hook or crook and keep it permanently under their control until they are ready to unleash the next game plan for 2019 general elections. Two scenarios are possible in the interim as the President had said he would resign when he is convinced that the illness has become incurable , beyond medical science and spiritual methods via prayers,especially, from the Anglican Bishop of Britain who had paid President Buhari two solidarity and get well visitations in London. Nigeria for all practical purposes has become a political pun in the hands of players in the diaspora, who feel their erstwhile Colonial interests are not unbundled completely. The British and the Oligarchic North have one mind to keep Nigeria as divided as possible and slow down its progressive movement to higher levels in science and technology and the march toward democratic excellence within the African Continent. It is an irony of fate for Nigerians to think along only in the sharing of political power between the North and the South in rotation, and never between the West and the East in self-same power sharing arrangements. The reason is simple. While the Northern region had become so ossified in their mental makeup as one as opposed to the South which had clear dividing lines of two major

blocks – Igbos and the Yorubas, with a sprinkling of minority groups trying hard to find for themselves, subordinate roles as placement for vice presidents or mere coordinators of the polity. The Yemi Osinbajo unreal and bizarre presidency, holding forte for president Buhari is a scam ever designed by Nigerians for the many who believe it is now their turn to keep the Presidency within their fold for the rest of the country. Yemi Osinbajo’s eloquence and pacific tones when dealing with the Niger Delta issues are nothing but a veneer for entrenching Oligrachic ideologies to keep the people down, deprive them of their resources permanently and acting like a soothing balm against the seemingly aggressive militant avengers who have often called for a split of the country into five Republics under the firmament of Nigeria. The idea of five Republics is rather spooky and unclear in practical terms as details had not been worked out. Who will head the republics and what will the leaders be called? Will they have figure head President with power firmly in the hands of Prime Ministers? This seems like a short cut to age long battle crisis for Resource control and fiscal federalism. Which way Nigeria, the late Sunny Okosuns once intoned in a slow Reggae music, in which he lamented many years after indepenedence we have not found our way out of the dark alleys of a true independent country vacillating under the shadows of a former Colonial power in the United Kingdom . Can we truthfully deny the country called Nigeria is in a state of suspended animation, many motions without movement forward or backward .

Is government right to clampdown on hate speeches?

Henry Okelue

erdinand Nahimana was the founder of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, RTLM, a Rwandan radio station that was on air between July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. RTLM played a significant role during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. During Ferdinand’s sentencing by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Navanethem Pillay, a South African member of the tribunal said “without a firearm or any physical weapon, you caused the death of thousands of innocent civilians”. Pillay said this, because Nahimana oversaw the use of radio as the ‘invisible machete’. His medium was used for extensive dissemination of hate speech. Beyond Rwanda, history captured the atrocities carried out that were actively enabled by hate speech. One cannot but remember what happened that led to the holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, and how the mass media played a role. Considering how far radio, television, and indeed newspapers reach, they are a very potent conduit for escalating conflict. Some have argued that there is

nothing like hate speech captured in the law books. Radical Lagos human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa recently said as much. In a recent article, Adegboruwa disagrees with the existence of hate speech and termed it as an “unqualified freedom of speech”. He opines that every citizen should be allowed to speak freely, whether what he says has the potential to lead to the harm of an innocent citizen or not. I beg to disagree with Mr. Adegboruwa. There might not be a term “hate speech” explicitly expressed in the law books, but the law books also assure of the safety of every Nigerian citizen anywhere he lives, and frowns against any act that might lead to incitement. Hate speech falls under this category. What Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa actually fails to realize is that a number of human right treaties, including International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in article 20(2), permits countries to prohibit hate speech. Under international law, a particular type of hate speech, “incitement to genocide”, is recognised as a crime as a crime against humanity. After the Second World War, the Nuremberg Tribunal in

one of its judgments pronounced incitement to genocide as a crime, even if was not explicitly stated in law at the point of committing the crime. What is hate speech? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, hate speech is defined as “speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people”. We can very well see the above in the manner of “free speech” that the various groups agitating for one thing or the other have been pushing out using mass media. The barbaric commentary of Radio Biafra led by Nnamdi Kanu, and the hate filled songs that are reported to be playing on some radio stations in Northern Nigeria come to mind. It frightens me many times the kind of comments I hear on Wazobia FM in Abuja when listeners call in. Sometimes I just imagine that killing of innocent people has already commenced in such neighbourhoods. Any responsible government worth the paper on which its name is written would go the route the Nigerian government has taken. Freedom of speech is not absolute. If your freedom of speech will cause harm to another person, then the authorities are

well within their right to curtail such freedoms. Your own rights must never be used to infringe on another person’s rights. Your own rights are not more sacred than another person’s. It is in everybody’s best interest that agitations and grievances are dealt with using legal channels, any other means is a recipe for chaos and disaster. I am fully in support of government declaring that hate speech will now be viewed as an act of terrorism and the plan to set up special courts to judiciously dispense with such cases. I am also in full support of the measures the National Broadcasting Commission is taking to put media houses in check. It is not gagging the press. It is the protection of the people of Nigeria. We all need to be circumspect with our utterances, lest we tip the country’s piece in the direction that Rwanda’s went in 1994. We might not be as lucky as Rwanda was. Henry Okelue is a fiery social and political commentator. He also writes about music. When he is not writing, he is a photographer and connector. You can following him on Twitter as @4eyedmonk. Henry writes from Abuja, Nigeria.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Sanctity of contracts disrespect: An infrastructural impediment

Guest Columnist ORJI AGWU UKA

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The arbitrary cancellation of infrastructure concession agreements and the persecution of concessionaires in Nigeria are not a recent phenomenon but is as old the quest for public-private partnerships.

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he National Economic Council, Nigeria’s highest economic decision making body, rose from its meeting on September 22, 2016, with a battle plan to salvage the dwindling economic fortunes of the erstwhile biggest economy in Africa. Key among the resolutions reached were the sale of government assets and the adoption of infrastructure concession to tackle the country’s huge infrastructure deficit. The 8th National Assembly (led by Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, the Honourable Yakubu Dogara) also appears to have keyed into the infrastructure concession crusade as demonstrated by the 2017 budget in which they slashed allocations proposed for certain key infrastructure and yet same was signed into law by the Ag. President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN ostensibly to the chagrin of the Honourable Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN. While this writer has absolutely nothing against infrastructure concessions or public-private partnerships [PPP] in general, and in fact believes that private sector participation in infrastructure development is not only desirable but essential, the major concern whether the Government and its officials have learnt from the ills that plagued previous infrastructure concessions in Nigeria. As demonstrated below, a lack of respect for contracts by the government remains a significant factor militating against infrastructural development in Nigeria. Major infrastructure across all sectors of the Nigerian economy require urgent attention. The African Development Bank estimates Nigeria’s core stock of infrastructure at only 20-25% of GDP, compared with 70% for similar middle-income countries, leaving an infrastructure deficit of $300bn. The Nigerian Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission, statutorily empowered to regulate infrastructure concessions in Nigeria, has also been quoted as saying that approximately $16billion is required annually to bridge the country’s infrastructure gap. The situation was exacerbated last

Osinbajo year at the peak of the recession occasioned by the factors of the fall in global oil prices, renewed militancy in the Niger Delta area and the foreign exchange rate crisis. Sadly, the reality is that, rather than create the enabling environment for private sector contribution to infrastructure development, Nigerian governments, across all tiers, routinely breach contracts with relative impunity and despite paying a little more than lip service to the ease of doing business drive, their characteristic disregard for binding agreements, ultimately undermines their investment drive. Heart wrenching examples abound of unconscionable treatments meted out to investors by successive governments. The concession for the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Domestic Terminal II, Lagos (“MMA2”) which is the poster child for public-private partnerships in the West African Sub-Region illustrates this point. The terminal was rebuilt by a private investor after the old terminal was razed by fire. Virtually everyone in the industry knows that but for the resilience and doggedness of the concessionaire, the project would have been strangulated by wanton contractual breaches and disobedience of court judgments by the Federal Government and/or its agencies. Ironically, the government recently launched efforts to concession four additional termi-

nals on the success of the MMA2 concession. The MMA 2 concession success story was not replicated in the concession for the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the busiest and most economically strategic federal highway in Nigeria. After protracted discussions on the project’s design [and execution of a binding contract], the government terminated the contract under circumstances that reeked of malice, without any regard to the investor’s potential liabilities especially to financial institutions and subcontractors. The arbitrary cancellation of infrastructure concession agreements and the persecution of concessionaires in Nigeria are not a recent phenomenon but is as old the quest for public-private partnerships. While their business models cannot be described as PPP strictly so called, the foundation for PPP in Nigeria was laid by the likes of Chief Adeyemi Lawson with Agbara Estate, Chief Adebayo Adeleke with Lagoon Foreshore and Chief Emmanuel Oyedele Ashamu with Igbeti Marble. Today, the liquefied natural gas project in Nigeria – undoubtedly the most successful infrastructure project in Nigeria – is threatened by government’s anticipatory breach of its assurances to investors. We have also seen PPP initiatives adopted by the Lagos State Gov-

ernment regarding two highways in Lagos (i.e. Lekki Corridor- Lekki/Epe Road and Lekki/Osborne/ Bourdillon Road with the Link Bridge). The jury is still out on the success or otherwise of these. There is also the curious case of the concession agreement entered into between Afriland Properties PLC and the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC), acting on behalf of the Lagos State Government under the Fashola administration, for the redesign and redevelopment of the iconic Falomo Shopping Centre in Lagos on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. This agreement was terminated as soon as a new sheriff came into town with the pretext that “the concession terms were grossly detrimental to Lagos State and its residents,” and that the company only paid the sum of N50 million for a 50-year lease of the government-owned land, allegations hotly disputed by the concessionaire. As these illustrations indicate, binding agreements can be revoked in Nigeria by public office holders for reasons ranging from the need to settle political scores to reasons as trifling as simply not liking the face of the private sector participant. The view has even been expressed that government officials take advantage of the country’s notoriously slow paced justice system to breach contracts and pass on the liability to their successors. To restore investors’ confidence and make infrastructure concession a success in Nigeria, there is need for an urgent but holistic reorganisation of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission to enable it properly carry out its responsibilities. This can only be achieved through law reform and falls squarely within the purview of the National Assembly Business Round-Table. There is also the need for continuing reform of the dispute resolution machinery and the overall justice delivery system in Nigeria especially for commercial disputes. The Nigerian government is overdue for a punitive award for contract breaches to deter present and future governments from such impunity and to hold them accountable for assurances and guarantees made to investors. This again raises the need for an efficient, corrupt-free and independent judiciary. It is only after these and more have been tackled, that the National Economic Council, can make progress with their plan to restore Nigeria to the foremost economy in Africa. Orji is a part of the Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Team of Babalakin & Co, one of Nigeria’s foremost law firms.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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TUC urges FG to prioritise ASUU’s demands … As group calls for dialogue to end strike

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by prioritising them. The Chairman of TUC, Enugu State chapter, Mr. Chukwuma Igbokwe, made this appeal while speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Igbokwe urged ASUU to show restraint and accept some of the demands that the Federal Government could cope with in view of the current state of the economy. He implored ASUU, the Federal Government and other education stakeholders to return to the negotiating table once more; as ‘dialogue is the key to resolve all issues amicably’. “Government should address these issues by prioritising them, so that there can be a way forward. If you have a problem in addressing all the issues at a time, why not draw a priority list and take it one by one. “For instance, if we agree that we will do one thing now and do another one in two years’ time, the lecturers

will have it in mind that yes, something will come at a particular time,’’ he said. According to Igbokwe, government is a continuum, even if a new regime comes, whatever agreement the old regime or regimes had with ASUU would still be honoured by the ruling government. “Administration may come and go but government is always a continuum,’’ he added. Recall that ASUU on August 14, 2017 declared a nationwide strike after a consultation to press home its demands. The ASUU demands bordered on the 2009 agreement and 2013 MOU relating to the funding and the revitalisation of public universities and academic allowances of its members. Others include registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO), University staff school among others. Meanwhile, a Nasarawa Statebased non-governmental organisation, Centre for Educational Empowerment and Orientation (CEEO),

Nigeria, has appealed to the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the strike through negotiation. Mr. Oyebisi Davidcrown, the Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akwanga on Tuesday. He said that strike by ASUU, especially a prolonged one, had had adverse consequence on the country’s education sector. According to him, dialogue remains the only solution to the impasse in the dispute between the government and university lectures. “No conflict can be resolved without dialogue, hence, the need for the Federal Government and the ASUU to understand with each other. “There are many implications associated with any strike and industrial action causes more harm than good. It affects the education sector, the lives of people and the socio-economic development of the country negatively.

Union passes vote of confidence on TETfund boss Augustine Okezie Abuja

The Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN) has passed a vote of confidence on the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullah Bichi Baffa, for his commitment to checking process abuse and ensuring judicious utilisation of intervention funds among beneficiary institution. A press statement signed by the Fund’s Director of Corporate and Public Relations, Mr. Ben Ebikwo, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said the National President of the union, Comrade Danladi Ali Msheliza, made the above disclosure when he led members of his executive committee to pay courtesy visit to Dr. Baffa in his office in Abuja recently. Msheliza further disclosed that the vote of confidence was part of the resolution reached after the 24th National Delegates Conference of the Union, held at the College of Education, Mina, Niger State. According to Comrade Msheliza, who made a copy of the communiqué available to the TETFund boss, the union has observed the good works the Executive Secretary has been carrying out to reposition the Fund since his assumption of office. Pledging the union’s support to Dr.

Baffa, Comrade Msheliza also stated that the union can testify to the tremendous works the Fund has been carrying out in the areas of capital projects, Academic Staff Training and Development, Library Development, among others, commending TETfund as the rescuer of public tertiary institutions in the country. He said: “We are here as a union to inform you that at our National Delegates’ Conference which was held in Mina and which gave birth to our election, delegates observed the good works you have been doing ever since you came on board and a vote of confidence was passed on you; and they asked us to come and commend you, to encourage you to do more in what you have already started to do for us.’’ “It is no more news that without TETfund, tertiary educational institutions would have been something else today in this country simply because a visit to our Colleges would tell you that TETfund is maintaining our Colleges these days; and that is why we have come to say thank you for what you are doing for us as a college. “We are an umbrella union for all senior non-teaching staff in Colleges of Education in this country, both state and federal. We have been seeing your interventions in terms of capital projects; interventions in terms of Academic Staff Training and Development and other interventions like the BOT, teaching practice and all that. It is quite commendable.

Don charges LASU students on building sustainable SUG Esther Taiwo

Media and publicity, Okoli Ogechi (right); Project coordinator, Yetunde Bakare; Welfare Coordinator, Toyin Egbeyemi; Account Coordinator, Oby Ejiofor and others during the Poise Graduates Finishing Academy stream 45 reachout to the less privilege and graduating ceremony at Isolo, Lagos… recently…. Photo: EDOKPOLOR OSAYANDE.

Adamu pledges support for 2017 national higher education forum Augustine Okezie Abuja

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has promised to support the proposed National Higher Education Forum scheduled to hold from 14th to 15th November, 2017 in Abuja. The Minister, who made the pledge when he played host to a

delegation of National Higher Education Forum in his office in Abuja recently, also thanked them for coming up with the event, adding that they should come up with solution-driven suggestions that would help government to proffer solutions to challenges of provision higher education in the country. Speaking earlier, the leader of the delegation, Mr. Odinaka Iloh,

said that the purpose of their visit was to seek the Minister’s endorsement for their upcoming event. According to him, National Higher Education Forum is committed to contributing to the growth of higher education in the country through harnessing of brain power and attraction of investment in infrastructure development.

A Professor of Mathematics at the Osun State University, Prof. Anthony Olusanya, has tasked the students of Lagos State University (LASU) to strive to build a sustainable students union as a way of meeting the 21st century demands. The don said this at the Lagos State Students Union (LASUSU) week while delivering lecture on the theme: “The Role of the Nigerian Young Adult,” stressing that there is need to chart a new course for Students’ Body to meet the need of the 21st century. He also urged the students to embrace entrepreneurship by organising empowerment programmes that will enable them meet their needs on campus. “21st century is supposed to be a knowledge driven and magical century, students unions across the world have moved from where we are and the societal expectations of students union is very low”, he said. Prof. Olusanya said in his days as a student union president, students can exchange ideas and engage issues but the youth of today don’t read because the society has degenerated beyond control. He therefore urged them to read even outside their study areas so as to become a different person stressing that reading autobiography of great people will make them great in life.

In his welcome address, the 27th President of LASUSU, Mr. Samuel Kappo, said his administration has achieved a lot for LASU students in organising programes such as Inter-varsity debate, transformation of the LASU transportation system by collaborating with the Lagos State Transportation Management (LAMATA) towards conveying students to the various hostels off campus, as well as Distinguished lecture series that had students in attendance. He said the 21st century Students Union should give room for dialogue with the university management instead of taking their issues to the streets adding that this is responsible for the smooth relationship between students and university management currently in LASU. “The current administration under our Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has done a lot to maintain peace and order on campus despite the fact that some students still believe that there must be Aluta on campus but I have been able to educate them on the importance of dialogue instead of war.”, he said. The SUG President also said during the campaign against indecent dressing on campus, students were manhandled by the campus marshals but his administration came in and dialogued with the management that university students are adults and should not be treated as children.

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UBEC set for National Basic Education sector plan The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that it would have a National Basic Education Sector Plan by October to help in educational planning process. Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, UBEC Executive Secretary, disclosed this at a media chat in Abuja on Monday. “For a long time we have had the under role planning process; the issue that we raised from day one is that as a nation it is very difficult to make progress on this type of planning. “How do we as UBEC, as SUBEBS put our heads together to ensure that we have those kinds of strategic plans that can move the

basic education sector forward. “I am very happy to say that by end of September we are going have a national basic education sector plan that can move the basic education sector forward. “I think this is important for us as nation to be able to put in all those key elements that we need to succeed within the basic education sector. “It was also a bottom –up approach; it was not that we sit in UBEC, or sit in Abuja and determine that is what the states need; it is the states will have to tell us from their own their challenges at the local level. “There are certain foundations

we need to push, if we miss these foundations we will just keep groping in the dark for a long period of time. “The issue of data; go to any agency, please give me up to date figures about what is going on, up to date figures in terms of enrolment in universities, in your basic education schools, tell me about teacher , tell me about all those issues, we start making excuses. “I think it is in this regard that we feel again that data is crucial to having cogent plans. ‘’ He said the commission had received support from the National Bureau of Statistics, National Population Commission and other

partners in driving the process. The executive secretary said the Ministry of Education had approved N3 billion for the commission for the rehabilitation of the basic education sub-sector in the North-East. Bobboyi said the money will be used for the rehabilitation of school infrastructure affected by the insurgency as well as building of vocational and skill acquisition centres for women that left school due to the insurgency. The executive secretary said it would also be used to provide instructional materials and the training of teachers.

Students of Unique Height School, Isheri Magodo, Lagos during their Valedictory service held at the school hall recently.

Be solution to Nigeria’s problems, cleric tells students Esther Taiwo Outgoing students of Unique Height School in Magodo, Lagos have been told to see themselves as solution providers to the crisis rocking the country. Associate Pastor at City of Life Miracle Center, Lagos, Sharon Adeyinka, who was the guest speaker at the school’s valedictory service recently, encouraged the students of the school to see themselves as special gift from God to their family and nation thus the need for them to represent the image of the country in a positive dimension. “You are the lights of the world, do not let the darkness of this present world and immoralities to overshadow your light but stand as unique lights as problem solver, solution provider to problems in the society”, she said. The guest speaker also advised them to be good ambassadors of their family, school and

the nation anywhere they find themselves stressing that a good name is better chosen than great riches as many in the society have wrecked their family names in the course of pursuing riches and wealth. “There will be higher level of freedom for those leaving for higher institution of learning but remember that with freedom comes responsibility and discipline, freedom is not an opportunity to misbehave and live life anyhow. Life does not give you what you deserve but what you demand and only committed runners come out as champions,” she said. To the parents, she urged them to spend time impacting their children positively, adding that the society is the reflection of what is happening in each family thus parents have a lot of roles to play in instilling good values such as hard work, integrity, diligence and the fear of God in their children.

“There is a school in the home where morals and values should be taught, parents should consciously and continuously create time to teach their children at home”, she said. Principal of the school, Mrs. Oluwakemi Onochie, urged the students to fear God in the days of their youth as youthful years are sensitive, energetic and delicate but the fear of God is the guarantee for their preservation thus the need to allow the fear of God to lead and direct their ways and action. She also advised them to have a mental picture of their desired future and let their God given dreams and visions inspire and motivate them daily by being committed, courageous, dedicated and responsible while appreciating teachers and school management for molding the lives of the children and shaping their destinies as destiny leaders.

222 girls get SDGs’ scholarship A total of 222 girls have been offered scholarship to study in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Female Special Scholarship Awards, Federal Ministry of Education has said. The Acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Adamu Hussaini, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, by the ministry’s Press Officer, Mr. Agidike Onu. Hussaini said that 338 candidates participated in the selection process. He said that the award was the effort by the Federal Government towards achieving Goals 4 of the SDGs tagged ” Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women” by the year 2030 and beyond. According to him, the Federal Ministry of Education will continue to build on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000-2015 which made gender equality a top priority. Hussaini also assured that the ministry would not relent in its efforts to end the discrimination against women and girls. He urged states and local governments in the country to key into the programme to afford Nigerian girls the opportunity of quality education. Earlier, the Deputy Director, Nigerian Award, Federal Scholarship Board, Mr. Prinzo Nwanyadimo, said that the awardees were nominated through an Inter-Ministerial Committee in February, 2017.

Satguru Maharaj Ji begs ASUU to discontinue strike The spiritual leader of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has made a passionate appeal to the striking lecturers in all public universities in Nigeria to call off their ongoing industrial action with immediate effect in the in the interest of national progress and peace. He made the appeal while addressing a press conference at the Lagos Council secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists recently. According the “Perfect Master”, though the academic comrades might have their grievances which they feel have warranted the nationwide strike, he insisted that the action of the lecturers is untimely and even bothers on insensitivity. He opined that the dons would have considered the overall negative consequences of the incessant strikes on the academic progress of students, which, according to him, has always caused setback to the already slowmoving development of the country’s technological take-off. He also warned those fanning the embers of war to desist, assuring that the nation will not divide ‘‘come what

may.’’ He said that the time was up against neo-colonialists, tribal leaders, racists and ethnic overlords who, he said, were dividing the nation. The cleric, who condemned the quit notice issued to Igbos to leave the North by Arewa Youths, warned against the damaging consequences of war. “The anti-Igbo quit notice should be ignored,’’ he said. He said that in a war situation, it would be difficult to distinguish ethnic nationalities, adding that such should not be envisaged. The spiritual leader also called on politicians to stop fanning the embers of hate among the various geo-political zones in the country. The cleric said that all regions of the country had a stake in the project Nigeria and the right to the presidency whose autonomy did not belong to any region, group or political class. “I am neither for pro-South nor anti-North. I am for a united, strong and prosperous Nigeria, where the life of every Nigerian is protected and adequately catered for.

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Gani Adams tasks govts on obligations to citizens Patrick Okohue

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National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has challenged governments at all tiers to show more responsibility in meeting its statutory obligations and duties to the people in providing them with basic needs. Adams who is also the founder and Chief Promoter of Gani Adams Foundation gave the charge at the 2017 World Humanitarian Day Commemoration which took place on Saturday 19th August, 2017 in Lagos. The World Humanitarian Day which is global

celebration was the Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly which commenced in 2008. The event took place at the Conference Hall of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry with the theme ‘Protection of Civilians. Speaking further at the event, Adams, who was recently conferred with a chieftaincy title of Agba’kin of Osogboland and was represented at the event by the Senior Programme Manager of the foundation, Deacon Obatungashe Israel Adebayo and Olumide Ojelade, reiterated his commitment and determination to always be

responsive to the plight of the less privileged in the society. He informed the gathering that, the Gani Adams Foundation spent over four million Naira every year on various empowerment programmes towards the total eradication of poverty in the society. A former Commissioner of Health in Ogun State, Dr. Kunle lziaq Salako was the Chairman at the occasion, while The Onifako of Ifako (Obawole l) was the Royal father of the day. Other eminent personalities at the occasion included; Hon. Wasiu Agbaje-Olomu, Legislative Leader, lkorodu West

LCDA; Mr. Bola Olanrewaju, Country representative of African Child Project; Leaders from various Non- governmental organizations. A legal practitioner, Mr Ahmed Dada Abass presented a well researched and thought provoking paper at the event. The high point of the occasion was the presentation of food and gift items worth over two million naira to some Orphanage homes. Among the beneficiaries were; S.O.S Children Village, lsolo; Royal Diamond Home, Ojodu; RedCross, lkeja, etc. Guests were entertained by cultural group of Olokun Festival Foundation.

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); his deputy, Mrs. Titi Laoye-tomori (middle); Speaker House of Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salam (right); Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (2nd left); Chairman, House Committee on Education, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Afeez Adeleke (left), and others, during an interaction between Governor Aregbesola and committees on Education from Oyo on the protracted Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso crisis in Osogbo, Osun State… on Monday.

Public outcry trail 23-yr-old suspected ritual killer’s escape from police custody Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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is palpable public outrage against the Rivers State Police Command over the escape from its custody of a 23 year-old University of Port Harcourt student who was last weekend arrested for the killing of his eight year old niece for money ritual. The suspect, Mr. Ifeanyi Dike, beat all the security personal and apparatuses in the state police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), when he bolted from the custody of police the officer handling his matter, in the presence of the father of the victim, and run into safety.

Ï Ƈ ƏƌƆƏ #ƆƍƑƐƕ dƍƆ ƊƆƏè Ɛ ƆƏ ƈƒƆ ƍ ƋƈƅƆ ƑƋƐƈƌ ƐƑƌ Ɛ ƅ ƍƐƑƏƆ Ɔ ƅ ƍƆƆ Following the shocking escape, individuals and groups have continued to condemned what they alleged to be involvement and laxity on the part of the police in the escape saga. In condemning the incident, a former Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Leyi Kwanee, gave the Rivers state police 48 hours hours to re-arrest the suspected criminal or face serious protest from Rivers people against the police, adding that it was strange to witness such an incident in a highly secured place as

the state CID. The former Deputy Speaker said: “This is a case that has drawn condemnation from well meaning Nigerians and the bereaved family. If the police allow this, it means we are no longer secure. Criminals will suddenly disappear from detention. I do hope that the commissioner of police will be able to get to the root of the matter in the next 48 hours or else, some of us will mobilize forces against the police in Rivers state. “He advised that proper investigation be carried out because the matter, he said, must not be taken lightly,

saying “That suspect must be re-arrested and made to face the law. Another prominent citizen in the state, a public affairs analyst, Mr. Jackson Ojo, criticized the Nigerian police for the escape of the suspected ritualist, alleging that the police were involved in the cover up. He stated: “I weep for Nigeria. I am telling you that this is a total conspiracy between, not particularly the suspect, but somebody or persons who would have been behind this. If that suspect is arrested by the police, definitely he is going to reveal the secret of the sponsors.

Cleric chastise political elites, othes over comment on Buhari’s return Edem Edem, Calabar National Publicity Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop (Dr.) Emma Gospel Isong, has chastised Nigerian governments at all levels, the political elite and other Nigerians over comments and activities (jubilations) made on the arrival of President Mohammed Buhari after spending over 100 days outside Nigeria for medical vacation. Bishop Isong who is the General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International lamented attitude of Nigerians as it concerns the arrival of President Buhari, “the President has simply return back, I don’ know why people are making noise about President’s return, to me, It is very primitive and the man is the President of Nigeria, he is back to his job after his medical leave.” Speaking with our correspondent on phone on Tuesday Bishop Isong said “We shouldn’t spend one minute discussing anything about this man; he is only back to his job. That is not the first time he has gone out for medical leave. My Prayers is, let no International community listen to us, Father, don’t let America, Europe, Germany and

many others listen or watched what we are doing here over the return of President Buhari, in Jesus Name, Amen” he prayed. He said, may they not hear that we beat drums and dance just to welcome our President that come back from London for medical treatment. “If I was to step out of my House for the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital for medical treatment and when I come back, my children and everyone started lining up playing drums to welcome me, no, no no that is not it. “We do not need pomp and pageantry for a man whom we employ in 2015. People should allow Mr President to rest, to focus, there is too much distraction on that man, there is too much political sycophancy, if we don’t have what to do, we should all go out for farm and stop laziness, it is one form of primitiveness and laziness that is affecting us.” According to him, Nigerians should have thank God that he recover but should not be under pomp and pageantry, we should be sober, give thank to God for the return of Mr President, please it has nothing to do with public holiday, “I don’t know what we are making out of our democracy.

Landlord, tenant docked for raping 13-yr-old girl Peter Fowoyo

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Lagos landlord, Ishola Idris and his tenant Linus Okonkwo was yesterday docked before a Lagos Magistrates Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly raping a 13 year-old girl. The 51 year-old landlord was alleged to have deflowered the girl sometime in January, while his tenant Linus followed up by raping her in March. The duo who were arraigned on a two count charge both resides at No. 30 Celestial Road Igando, Lagos. The charges against the defendants reads: “ That you, Ishola Idris sometime in January 2017 at 30, Celestial Road, Igando Lagos in Lagos Magisterial District did unlawfully defiled one 13 years

old girl child (name withheld) by having sexual intercourse with her. “ That you, Linux Okonkwo sometime in March 2017 at 30 Celestial Road, Igando Lagos in Lagos Magisterial District did unlawfully sexually assault one 13 years old by penetrating into her virginal with your penis.” The prosecutor also informed the court that the alleged crime is punishable under section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. When the charge was read to the defendants, they pleaded not guilty to the allegation. Chief Magistrate B.I Osunsanmmi granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties. The matter was thereafter adjourned till October 12, 2017 for trial.

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TRUSTEES 1.WOLE FAJEMISIN 2. ONUH ABU FRIDAY 3. JENNIFER EMIENE OCHEI

TRUSTEES 1. AMBASSADOR ONOJA 2.DANIEL SUNDAY AGADA 3.TANKO ABU ADAEGBA 4. LADI ONYEMOWO ONOJA (AMBASSADOR) 5. SAMSON EDOKA 6. GODWINS ONOJA 7. YAKUBU OPALUWA

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1.TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE SOCIETY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. PEACE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT 2. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT PARTICIPATION.

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

THE MIND READERS CLUB

GIRLS IN CHARGE FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED FOR THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OYAKHILOME ARMSTRONG SUNNY OKHAEIFO - CHAIRMAN. 2. OYAKHILOME VICTORY ONOISEREMEN - SECRETARY.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PROMOTE READING CULTURE.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO CREATE A VOICE FOR GIRLS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, EARLY MARRIAGE, CHILD TRAFFICKING, YOUNG PROSTITUTION AND HARASSMENT.

SIGNED :D. D MUHAMMED ESQ

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

THE MARKS OF CHRIST INT’L CHURCH OF GOD THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH 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. PST. AMB ONOGUERE MICHAEL OKEOGHENE. 2. MRS. EPHIBAYERIN SONIA IGHO. 3. MISS ABOY DORCAS. 4. MR. FAVOUR EJEBENAME. 5. MRS. EDOH BEAUTY. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1.To Preach the Word of God. 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

TAKWALLAH MUSLIM SOCIETY OF NIGERIA

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. RAHMON OLUWAKEMI - Chief Missioner. 2. OLATUNBOSUN MUSAFAU ODUSANWO - Patron. 3. OLadosu Tawakalitu Omolade - Matron. 4. Salu Sulaiman Adewale - Chaiman. 5. AJADI KAMORUDEEN OLUWAFEMI - Amiru. 6. ADEYEMI GANIYAT OLUWASEYI - Amiratu. 7. SANUSI AMINAT OLUWAKEMI - Secretary. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1.To promote the Welfare of Muslim Community in Nigeria. 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

ITHIHIKPEBE EMPOWERMENT CENTRE EMEDE

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Ejeje Onosomowho Andrew. 2. Etene Dennis Uruemuezi. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1.To Promote Love, Unity and Progress Among Members.

x BARIAT OLORUNWA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLAOLUWA BARIAT OLORUNWA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. SANNI BARIAT OLORUNWA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AYODELE ADEBIMPE

TUNJI ADREWS I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JANE NWABUGWU IKEJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JANE TUNJI ADREWS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHARITY CHIMUAGBANWEGHI

x ALAIN HOUANTOME I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GLORY BONIFACE INYANG NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GLORY ALAIN HOUANTOME. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

NNEKA IKEGBUNAM

x AZEEZAT OLABISI I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAJIDE AZEEZAT OLABISI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKOSILE AZEEZAT OLABISI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS TAIWO AYODELE ADEBIMPE. IKEJI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AKINTADE AYODELE ADEBIMPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANOZIE CHARITY CHIMUAGBANWEGHI NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OBIOMA CHARITY CHIMUAGBANWEGHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANGELA NNEKA ANIGBOGU. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANGELA NNEKA IKEGBUNAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ONITSHA SOUTH SHOP OWNERS TRADERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

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

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. UBAKA JUDE ILOMECHINE -FOUNDER/PRESIDENT 2. AIDONMIYI MICHAEL EHINJATOR -NATIONAL SECRETARY 3. AMU FRANCIS IFE -NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR 4. JOSEPH ODE -MEMBER 5. MALIK OHIS AIRENDE -MEMBER 6. PAMELA JAMES -MEMBER 7. ANGELA MICHAEL EGWOYI -MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO ASSIST, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS.

AMENDMENT OF THEIR ENTIRE CONSTITUTION THAT ARTICLE IX AND ARTICLE X BE AMENDED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS AMENDMENT 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. BLACKSHADOW & CO NO 30 OGUTA ROAD, ONITSHA, ANAMBRA STATE 08035488515

FUTURE STAR FAMOUS FRIENDS CLUB OF NIGERIA

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

DIVINE GLORIOUS VOICE FOR GOD MINISTRY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES WELFARE OF MEMBERS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS.

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. BOARD OF TRUSTEES : 1 DIVINE CHEKWUBE U. NWAGBO 2. REUBEN NNAMDI NWAGBO 3. VERONICA EBERE EZE 4.PETER N. MBAKWE 5. CHUKWUJEKWU OKOYE 6.PRINCE OBIAJULU EZEH 7.PATIENCE OBIANUJ ANIEKWU 8. VICTOR AMAECHI OKANNAGHA. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1.TO IMPACT PEOPLE WITH THE ETERNAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S END TIME PURPOSE AND TO HELP MEN UNDERSTAND GOD’S END TIME AGENDA. 2. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 3.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN BIBLE ORIENTED INSTITUTIONS.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: UCHE IGWILO. NIPOST BUILDING,SUITE 36,2ND FLR, OLD MKT.ROAD,ONITSHA.

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 ARE, 1. MR OBAJI EMEKA LINUS, 2.MR ONYECHEGE CASMIR CHINEDU, 3. MR EJIKE NWODO PASCHAR, 4.MR NWAOTOLO EMEKA NWANKWO, 5.OZONWEKE VINTUS NONSO, 6.ALO SUNDAY NWAFOR. 7.IKECHUKWU EGEDE EMMANUEL, 8.CHUKWU ONYEMA. 9.OSITA JUDE OMAKA. 10. EMMANUEL UKAGU.

SEASON OF REIGNING SISTERS FELLOWSHIP LNT’L

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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD WORLD WIDE 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

MOUNTAIN DWELLERS TRANSFORMATION CAMP OF EZIRA ANAMBRA STATE 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. BOARD OF TRUSTEES : 1 GEOFREY ANYACHO 2. EVANGELIST DORATHY UGWUDIKE 3. UCHE DIKE 4.JOSEPH CHIDIEBERE EDEH 5. CHARLES CHUDDY ANYACHO 6. UCHENNA NKIRUKA ANYACHO 7. SIR DAMIAN C.UGWUDIKE. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1.TO IMPACT PEOPLE WITH THE ETERNAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S END TIME PURPOSE AND TO HELP MEN UNDERSTAND GOD’S END TIME AGENDA. 2. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 3.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN BIBLE ORIENTED INSTITUTIONS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420,TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: UCHE IGWILO. NIPOST BUILDING,SUITE 36,2ND FLR, OLD MKT.ROAD,ONITSHA. .

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

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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL HEALTH FOUNDATION

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

xTHE KINGDOM GRACE AND CHRIST ROYALTY MINISTRY The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission [CAC], Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abujawithin 28 days of this publication.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AIYEGBUSI OLUSEGUN AKINDELE - Senior Pastor 2. AIYEGBUSI IBIDUN ADEDOYIN - Treasurer 3. OBE FRANCIS OLUWAGBEMIGA 4. BALOGUN OLUWAYINKA - Secretary 5. ADEKOYA ADEBAYO SAMUEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the gospel of the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ 2. To promote Christian love, fellowship, respect and peaceful co-existence. 3. To preach the word of God, demonstrating His spirit and power. 4. To be of service not just to the church, but to humanity as a whole. 5. To be of impact to the less privileged in the society through charitable works. 6. To teach people how they can be blessed in Christ. 7. To impact and impart an awareness of who we are in Christ vis-à-vis the Davidic Model, that is we are all Kings, Priests, Warriors, representatives of the Most High god, people after His heart. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission [CAC], Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abujawithin 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED:ADEKOYA ADEBAYO SAMUEL & Co

TRUSTEES 1.CHIDI IKEGWUONU 2. CHIDINMA IKEGWUONU 3. KELECHI OKONKWO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO EMPOWER YOUTHS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO RENDER HUMANITARIAN SERVICES TO SOCIETY BY WAY OF CHARITY AND ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY AND LESS PRIVILEGED. 3. TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE PROGRAMS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

MISSION HELP A SISTER STAND

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. TRUSTEES 1.PASTOR IKENNA OKEKE 2. PASTOR CHINEZE OKEKE 3.PASTOR CHRISTOPHER ADIGWU 4. PASTOR FOLAKEMI ADIGWU 5.DEACONESS KEZIA YOUNG AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. To provide support for health care workers (Nurse) in Nigeria

SABBATH ANOINTED ELDERS AND MEN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA The general public is hereby inform that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘’C’’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Decree No. 1 of 1990. TRUSTEE ARE, 1 . ELDER ONWUKAEME ELOCHUKWU ALOYSIUS, 2 SNR. ELDER OKEKE DENNIS {CHAIRMAN } 3 APOSTLE ENUMAH CHINEDU ERIC , 4 APOSTLE ABASILIM DANIEL , 5 ELDER ESOSA JOHN EHIOGHAE , 6 ELDER ONYEAKA SOLOMON IGBOANUGO, 7 ELDER NWANKWO JOEL ANAYO , 8 APOSTLE NWATU EMMANUEL {SECRETARY} 9 ELDER OKAFOR EMEKA JOSEPH 10 ELDER EJIOGU CHUKWUDI PRINCEWILL AIM AND OBJECTIVE To defend the truth about Sabbath by telling the whole world what Sabbath stands for. To bring Sabbath keepers under one umbrella and To win souls for the God of Sabbath. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication SGNED SECRETARY

SIGNED : DAVID DANDA M .ESQ

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FAMUSUDO OLANIKE - CHAIRMAN 2. FAMUSUDO IDOWU OLUKAYODE - SECRETARY 3. ADEKUNLE FLORA TEMILOLA - TREASURER

MISHPACHAH YESOD RESTORATION MINISTRY

This is to inform the general public that the above named Ministry has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990. Trustees are : 1. MRS. OLUWAKEMI OKUWA - PRESIDENT 2. ELDER KAYODE OKUWA - VICE PRESIDENT 3. PASTOR SAMSON ADELANKE - GENERAL SECRETARY 4. MRS. ABIMBOLA ADELOJU - FINANCIAL SECRETARY 5. OYINDAMOLA OKUWA - TREASURER

x THE CHRISTIAN UNITY BAND OF NIGERIA. (REG. NO. 4039) CHANGE OF TRUSTEES This is to inform the general public that the following registered trustees of the above named organization have passed onto glory: 1. PASTOR SOLOMON ADEFOLABI ODUNAIYA 2. CHIEF(MRS.) BISOYE TEJUOSO 3. CHIEF ISRAEL AKIN OLOWU 4. MR. JOSIAH ADEBAYO ODUWOLE 5. MR. ABEL AYINLA ADEYEMO The band at its general meeting held on Saturday, 21st March, 2015 decided to replace them with the following: 1. ELDER EBENEZER OLUWAFEMI AYOPO 2. SURV. CHIEF OLUKUNLE AKINOLA 3. MR. DOHERTY OLADOTUN AKINSANMI 4. CHIEF STEPHEN OLUFEMI OLURINDE 5. MRS. DORCAS OLUFUNLAYO FATUROTI. Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja should please take note. SIGNED: P. A. ADEWUMI - SECRETARY GENERAL

x MODERN TAILORS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, IKIRE This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990.

x RETIRED JUDICIARY STAFF WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990.

Trustees are : 1. AJEBORIOGBON DURO OLABODE 2. ADEREMI NAJEEM OLAYIKANMI 3. ADEBAYO MONSURAT ADEKEMI 4. AMED IBRAHIM ADEBAYO 5. UGRMUKORO CHRISTIANAH

Trustees are : 1. Agboola Peter Oyeyemi 2. Omobola Fausat Ogunwumi 3. Idowu Oyedele Akinade 4. James Lasun Oyedeji 5. Sunday Adetunji

AIMS: To foster unity and peaceful relationship among members.

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

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

AIMS: To cater for the welfare of members. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication .

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

Signed: Trustees

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

AIMS: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

IKEM AUGUSTINA ONYINYECHI

MRS CHINWE JENNIFER YOUNG

ADEOSUN FUNMILAYO JOY

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ONYEBUENYI AUGUSTINA ONYINYECHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS IKEM AUGUSTINA ONYINYECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID, ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERN AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHINWE JENNIFER ONYEGUIRI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHINWE JENNIFER YOUNG.All former documents remain valid.General public take note

I, formerly known and addressed as IWAENI FUNMILAYO JOY now wish to be known and addressed as ADEOSUN FUNMILAYO JOY.All former documents remain valid. General public take note

ADDITION OF NAME

BALOGUN ALIYU ADENIYI

UBEH ROSEMARY CHIDERAH I,formerly known and addressed as UBE ROSEMARY now wish to be known and addressed as UBEH ROSEMARY CHIDERAH.All former documents remain valid.Diamond bank, GTB and General public take note

OLUWASINA GRACE SEUN I, formerly known and addressed as OKEDIJI GRACE SEUN now wish to be known and addressed as OLUWASINA GRACE SEUN.All former documents remain valid. General public take note

BADA OLAYINKA OPEYEMI

I, Formerly known and addressed as OKAFOR EMEKA now wish to be known and addressed as OKAFOR BENJAMIN EMEKA .All former documents remain valid.General public take note

I, formerly known and addressed as BALOGUN ALIU TALIBE now wish to be known and addressed as BALOGUN ALIYU ADENIYI.All former documents remain valid.General public take note

MRS. SOKUNBI MARY EHI

MRS. SUOYO IMOMOTEBEGHA

ADDITION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ONUH MARY EHI, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. SOKUNBI MARY EHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. SUOYO FRED, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. SUOYO IMOMOTEBEGHA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, JIMOH CHRIS INNOCENT, wish to add, INNOCENT, to my name which was formerly, JIMOH CHRIS, in my bank account details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, JIMOH CHRIS INNOCENT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

This is to inform the general public that my name was wrongly written BOLAJI TOYIN IDIAT, That my correct name is LAWAL OLUWATOYIN IDIAT, All former document remain valid general public take note

MISS. TOLI SUOBERE

DEREK ENEYI KAYODE ANTHONY

I, formerly known and addressed as, MRS. TOLI GEORGE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MISS. TOLI SUOBERE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, DEREK ENEYI KAYODE KENTEBE, now wish to be known and addressed as, DEREK ENEYI KAYODE ANTHONY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ADDITION OF NAME I, ADAKOLE THOMPSON OKPE, wish to add, OKPE, to my name which was formerly, ADAKOLE THOMPSON. I now wish to be known and addressed as, ADAKOLE THOMPSON OKPE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as BADA OLAYINKA AFOLABI, now wish to be known and addressed BADA OLAYINKA OPEYEMI .all former document remain valid general public take note

EKEREUWUK FELICIA MONDAY I formerly known called and addressed as MONDAY FELICIA, now wish to be known called and addressed as EKEREUWUK FELICIA MONDAY. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

x WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY NIGERIA This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990. Trustees are : 1. DR. BABALOLA FLORENCE 2. DR. ILECHWUKWU ADEOLA 3. MRS. OWOLABI VERONICA 4. PROF. ADEROUNMU ADESOLA 5. PROF. OSOFISAN ADENIKE 6. SIR. ALADEKOMO DEMOLA AIMS: 1. To encourage more female participation in the IT profession through mentoring, training of members, create awareness on IT related services and products among women and girls in the rural and sub-urban areas in Nigeria and collaborate with other women in other professions in Nigeria and elsewhere. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

JOSHUA OYAKHILOME MINISTRY

This is to inform the general public that the above named Ministry has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C. of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990. The Trustees are: 1. Rev. Joshua Oyakhilome 3 Rev. Gideon O. Oyakhilome. 5. Evangelist (Mrs) Mariam Ehimen. 7 Evangelist (Mrs) Dorcas Isaac.

2. Pastor (Mrs) Chinelo oyakhilome 4. Elder Samuel Oyakhilome 6. Mrs. Glory Omolan 8. Emenike Olisa Mbanugo.

Aims and Objectives: 1 to establish churches, and to coordinate primary, secondary and tertiary schools, television/media houses for the spread of the gospel and to act as Christian missionary support. 2. To particpate and be involved in spreading the gospel to the unreached parts of the world. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Emenike Olisa mbanugo. 39, Isolo way, Ajao Estate Isolo, Lagos. 08023143673, esomchukwnaga@gmail.com

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ADEYIGA WASIU MUYIWA

ADUKE ADIZAT BALOGUN

CORRECTION OF NAME/ DATE OF BIRTH

Formerly known and addressed as JIMOH WASIU MUYIWA, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYIGA WASIU MUYIWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ADEYEMI AJOKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ADUKE ADIZAT BALOGUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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

OGUNSEYE ESTHER

This is to notify the public that my name was wrongly written on my Personal Account and Voters Card as ABDULRASAQ MARY SUCCESS and ABDULRASAQ MARIAM respectively instead of ABDULRASAQ MARIAM TEMITOPE. That my date of birth 09/09/1995. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME/ CORRECTION OF BIRTH DATE Formerly known and addressed as ANUMUDU KELECHI UZOCHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as ANUMUDU KELECHI. That my date of birth is 24 October 1978 and not 24 October 1979. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ABIMBOLA ESTHER, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNSEYE ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKONKWO EFUNSOJI OPEYEMI

ETU OLUWAKEMI AYODEJI

JOY RUTH SIMON

HAASTRUP MUFUTIATU ABEJE

Formerly known and addressed as ERINLE EFUNSOJI OPEYEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OKONKWO EFUNSOJI OPEYEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ADEOLA KEMI AYODEJI, now wish to be known and addressed as ETU OLUWAKEMI AYODEJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as RUTH BEAUTY SIMON, now wish to be known and addressed as JOY RUTH SIMON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

POPOOLA ABIODUN ABDULFATAI Formerly known and addressed as POPOOLA OLAMILEKAN ABDULFATAI, now wish to be known and addressed as POPOOLA ABIODUN ABDULFATAI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ASTRUP MUFUTI ABEJE, now wish to be known and addressed as HAASTRUP MUFUTIATU ABEJE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OGUNBIYI OREOLUWA OLUDUN. Formerly known and addressed as OGUNBIYI OREOLUWA, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNBIYI OREOLUWA OLUDUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

JERRY TAIWO

Formerly known and addressed as FELIX ZANKPO, now wish to be known and addressed as JERRY TAIWO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. ELIJAH CHINYERE CHRISTIANA

AKINTIBUBO GBENGA ALABI Formerly known and addressed as GBENGA OLADIMEJI ALABI, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINTIBUBO GBENGA ALABI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ONWUZURIKE CHINYERE CHRISTIANA, now wish to be known and addressed as ELIJAH CHINYERE CHRISTIANA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF SURNAME I wish to change my surname from IWUAGWU to IWUCHUKWU. Henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as IWUCHUKWU UCHENNA COLLINS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. JENNIFER NYEWUNA JOSEPH GODDY

OKUNUGA RUTH NKECHINYERE Formerly known and addressed as DIAMOND RUTH NKECHINYERE, now wish to be known and addressed as OKUNUGA RUTH NKECHINYERE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly called and addressed as MISS. JENNIFER NYEWUNA WOPARA now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. JENNIFER NYEWUNA JOSEPH GODDY. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

ADDITION OF NAME I formerly known and addressed as NZURUMIKE EKENE, now wish to add PETER to my name. Henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as NZURUMIKE EKENE PETER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BODY OF CHRIST GOSPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH This is to inform the General Public 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. EVANG. BAKINDE JOHN ADEJOLA - GENERAL OVERSEER . 2. EVANG(MRS) BAKINDE MARY TAIWO - ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER. 3. EVANG. BAKINDE MATTHEW ADEKUNLE - GENERAL SECRETARY. 4. ELDER AWOLUYI MARCUS ONI - FINANCIAL SECRETARY. 5. PASTOR ADEBAYO ISAAC - MEM THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ Nationwide and Internationally. (2) To raise a spirit - filled and word based people that will offer a true quality worship unto God in manifold Grace and through Apostolic Revi 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 daysfrom the date of this publication SIGNED BY:TRUSTEES

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that Obike Uche Christiana is the same person as Obike Nwuchechukwu Christiana . All documents bearing these names remain valid and should be treated as one person. Zenith, EcoBank & the general public take note.

MRS SALAMI WURAOLA OLAMOJI

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Akinwonu Wuraola Olamoji now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Salami Wuraola Olamoji. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHIEF. EBENEZER OLANREWAJU ARIYIBI

EZUKANMA ADAEZE JENIFER

Formerly known and addressed as MR. OLANREWAJU ADEBAYO ARIYIBI, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIEF. EBENEZER OLANREWAJU ARIYIBI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ILECHUKWU ADAEZE JENIFER, now wish to be known and addressed as EZUKANMA ADAEZE JENIFER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. ADEBAYO ABOSEDE SARAH Formerly known and addressed as MISS. BADEJO ABOSEDE SARAH, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADEBAYO ABOSEDE SARAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS BUKOLA OLUWATOBI OSHINOWO, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS BUKOLA OLUWATOBI OSHINOWO MUSE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AZEEZ KAFILAT OLOLADE. Formerly known and addressed as AZEEZ KAFILAT OLAJUMOKE , now wish to be known and addressed as AZEEZ KAFILAT OLOLADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

WILDLIFE OF AFRICA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE This is to inform the General Public that the above named initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Felix Olusola Abayomi 2. Akinola Solomon Oluwole 3. Ugwuzor Chinwe Jessica 4. Faremi Bukola Rukayat 5. Shodeko Seyi Mosunmade 6. Onakoya Abimbola Suzan 7. Abayomi Margaret Abimbola 8. Itah Joy Jumbo 9. Afolayan Oluwaseun Olawale 10. Nuhu Elsha THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES IS:To Inspire a compassionate generation towards wildlife and motivate Young people to take positive action on behalf of the wildlife -plant and animal that share our land and sea with us and the environment Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY:TRUSTEES

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

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation have applied for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act CAP C20 LFN 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) Mr. Gideon Esurua - President (2) Mrs. Kate Esurua - Secretary

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

ALLEN OLUFUNMILAYO GRACE. . I, formerly known and addressed as OGUNDEJI OLUFUNMILAYO GRACE, Now wish to be known and addressed as ALLEN OLUFUNMILAYO GRACE. All former documents remain valid. General public and authority concerned take note

I, formerly known and addressed as Makepeace Omosigho Osagie now wish to be known and addressed as Makepeace Omosigho Etakpofe. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

LOVE NEVER FAILS FOUNDATION

AIMS: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I, formerly known and addressed as MUFUTAU OYINKANSOLA FATIMA now wish to be known and addressed as SANUSI OLOLADE FATIMAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS BUKOLA OLUWATOBI OSHINOWO MUSE.

GOD’S CLINIC AGBALA-ALAAFIA CHURCH CENTRE.

Trustees are : 1. ODEWANDE MATTHEW OLUTUNDE 2. ODEWANDE MOSES OPEYEMI

OLAHAN FATIMO FUNLAYO

MAKEPEACE OMOSIGHO ETAKPOFE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that Bolanle Asiata Adeniran is the same person as Adekunle Bola . All documents bearing these names remain valid and should be treated as one person. Banks & the general public take note.

SANUSI OLOLADE FATIMAH

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To create a platform encouraging lovers of God to make Love contagious and transform the world with their stories, music and kind deeds; (2) To help people understand that the greatest attribute and nature of God is Love and that it should be desired and expressed as the nature of mankind; and (3) To provide a forum for social interactions and networking and to increase the potentials for Godly people to undertake in social/welfare work/responsibilities within the community. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

BABATUNDE OLUWAFEMI SAMSON Formerly known and addressed as BABATUNDE ISAAC ADEOLI, now wish to be known and addressed as BABATUNDE OLUWAFEMI SAMSON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AKINNOLA OLUYEMI MODUPE (MRS)

I formerly known called and addressed as ORETADE OLUYEMI MODUPE (MISS), now wish to be known called and addressed as AKINNOLA OLUYEMI MODUPE (MRS). All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as FATIMO OLAHAN YUSUF, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAHAN FATIMO FUNLAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. SUNDAY AGABAA ALI - EDEH FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY AGABAA ALI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY AGABAA ALI - EDEH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. ADDITION OF NAME I, formerly known and addressed as OLADIPO ADARAMOYE, Now wish to add KAYODE. Henceforth wish to be known and addressed as KAYODE OLADIPO ADARAMOYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. MRS AKINYEDE MARY BUKOLA I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AKILAPA MARY BUKOLA, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AKINYEDE MARY BUKOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

HOUSE OF FAITH AND MIRACLE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL 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. TRUSTEES ARE: 1.APOSTLE IFEANYIA CHINWEIKE - PRESIDENT 2.APOSTLE JOHN NADIGWE – VICE PRESIDENT 3.MR ANTHONY ABAKPORD – SECRETARY 4.EVANGELIST CHUKWUDI OKWUOSA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To win souls for Christ 2.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 Abuja within 28days of this publication. SIGNED SECRETARY

ENUGU CENTRAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE This is to inform the General Public that the above named INITIATIVE has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKAFOR HYACINTH EJIKE - Chairman 2. OGBODO RAPH - COLLINS - Secretary 3. NNAJI FIDELIS CHUKWUDIKE 4. EZIOKWU ANEKE AMBROSE 5. OKORONGWU MADUABUCHI JUDE6. ANIOMA IFEANYI MICHAEL 7. AJAH OKOYE DAVID 8. OKAFOR CYPRIAN M. 9. NDUANYA ANAYO VITUS THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.To Promote The Interest of members And Promote Enterpreneurship Among Youths And Unemployed In The Society 2. To Provide Support And Financial Resources To underprivileged in Society Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. SIGNED BY:SECRETARY

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ORBUGH CALEB JOHN I formerly known as Ifan Caleb John wish to be known and addressed as Orbugh Caleb John. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note . EKWUEME SUNDAY ANIAGBOSO

I, formerly known and addressed as UGWOKE SUNDAY ANIAGBOSO, now wish to be known, called and addressed as EKWUEME SUNDAY ANIAGBOSO. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. CORRECTION OF NAME/DATE OF BIRTH

That on my Account Documents, my name/date of birth was wrongly written as OBETEN MICHAEL MBAMG born on the 18th day of September, 1989 instead of TOM EDET born on the 10th day of October, 1985. That my correct names/date of birth are TOM EDET and 10th day of October, 1985 respectively.

EBIE JOY ANNABEL

I formerly known called and addressed as EBE JOY ANNABEN now wish to be known and addressed as EBIE JOY ANNABEL. General public should please take note. ALHAMDU ILIYA

Formerly known and addressed as Iliya Tafida Godwin now wish to be known and addressed as Alhamdu Iliya. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. CHUKWU PETER CHRISTIAN

I formerly known and addressed as CHUKWU PETER CHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWU PETER CHRISTIAN. All documents remain valid. The general public take note. MRS IBEH CHIOMA VERONICA

I formerly known as MISS IGBOKWE CHIOMA VERONICA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IBEH CHIOMA VERONICA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. AGADA VIVIAN OGECHI

I, formerly known and addressed as EKO VIVIAN AGADA, now wish to be known and addressed as AGADA VIVIAN OGECHI. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note. NWOYI MUSTARD CHIMEZIE

I, formerly known and addressed as NWOYI MUSTARD ILOEGBUNAM now wish to be known and addressed as NWOYI MUSTARD CHIMEZIE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to certify and confirm that NGENE SUNNY CHINEYE and NGENE SUNNY EMMANUEL remain one and the same person but now wish to be known and addressed as NGENE SUNDAYEMMANUEL . All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public take note.

IWAYEYE FOLAKEMI COMFORT

I, formerly known and addressed as SOMEFUN FOLAKEMI COMFORT, now wish to be known, called and addressed as IWAYEYE FOLAKEMI COMFORT. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. ONYEBUCHI OCHUBA

I, formerly known and addressed as PAUL UGBAH , now wish to be known, called and addressed as ONYEBUCHI OCHUBA. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. AMUBIEYA OLUWOLE JOHNSON

Formerly known and addressed as OLUWOLE JOHNSON, now wish to be known and addressed as AMUBIEYA OLUWOLE JOHNSON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. OLADEHINDE BASHIR OLAKUNLE

Formerly known and addressed as Oladehinde Basiru Alao now wish to be known and addressed as Oladehinde Bashir Olakunle. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. TOKUNBO FAGBEMI OSHODEHINDE

Formerly known and addressed as Tokunbo Olorunjeda Fagbemi now wish to be known and addressed as Tokunbo Fagbemi Oshodehinde. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. ZWALDE CHRISTOPHER CHANGS

I formerly known and addressed as CHRISTOPHER CHANGBONG MAINA, now wish to be known and addressed as ZWALDE CHRISTOPHER CHANGS. All documents remain valid. Banks and the general public take note. MRS EBERE EDNA OBASEKI

I formerly known as MISS EBERE EDNA OGBOWU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EBERE EDNA OBASEKI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. EGWU MARTIN URO

I, formerly known and addressed as EGWU URO,now wish to be known and addressed as EGWU MARTIN URO. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note. MRS ASADU JACINTA KELECHI

ADDITION OF NAME That I was formerly known and addressed as IBEANU NNAEMEKA but now wish to add ‘PATRICK’ to my names. That I now wish to be known, called and addressed as IBEANU NNAEMEKA PATRICK. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

IBRAHIM ADAM I, formerly known and addressed as ADAMU BABANGIDA IBRAHIM, now wish to be known, called and addressed as IBRAHIM ADAM. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. KASALI ADEOLA OMOLARA

I, formerly and addressed as APANISILE ADEOLA OMOLARA, now wish to be known and addressed as KASALI ADEOLA OMOLARA. All former documents remain valid. General public Please take note. OJO NAOMI PRINCESS Formerly known and addressed as AHIABU NAOMI PRINCESS now wish to be known and addressed as OJO NAOMI PRINCESS. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. OKAFOR CHINEDU VINCENT

Formerly known and addressed as VINCENT CHINEDU FELIX now wish to be known and addressed as OKAFOR CHINEDU VINCENT. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAMES This is to confirm that the names EJIKEUGWU OBIANUJU MAVIS, EJIKEUGWU OBIANUJU TIMIPERE and EJIKEUGWU MAVIS TIMIPERE OBIANUJU refers to one and the same person, now wish to be known and addressed as EJIKEUGWU OBIANUJU MAVIS. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note. MRS. CLEMENT VIVIAN CHINENYE

I, formerly known and addressed as MRS. CHUKWUMAMKPAMCLEMENT VIVIAN CHINENYE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CLEMENT VIVIAN CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. ORJI EMMANUEL CHIBUIKE I, formerly known and addressed as ORJI EMMANUEL IKENNA, now wish to be known and addressed as ORJI EMMANUEL CHIBUIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. OKEKE OGOCHUKWU PATRICIA

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IDAKWO AMEH JOHN I, formerly known and addressed as AMEH JOHN OJODALE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as IDAKWO AMEH JOHN. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. ADETULA FADEKEMI SEKINAT.

I, formerly known and addressed as JOHNSON FADEKEMI SEKINAT, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADETULA FADEKEMI SEKINAT. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MRS NDUBISI CLEMENTINA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OYEWOGA ADEOLA HALIMAT, now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS. UMOREN ADEOLA HALIMAT. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS EZEKWO CLEMENTINA CHIDIEBERE. Now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS NDUBISI CLEMENTINA . All documents bearing my name remain valid general public should please take note

VICTORIA MADUABUGHICHI

OPELOYERU SULAIMAN AFOLABI

Formerly known and addressed as Opeloyeru Suleman now wish to be known and addressed as Opeloyeru Sulaiman Afolabi . All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note.

OLA FLORENCE ADEOLA

Formerly known and addressed as AKINWUNMI FLORENCE ADEOLA now wish to be known and addressed as OLA FLORENCE ADEOLA. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note.

ALEBIOSU ABDULBASIT ISHOLA Formerly known and addressed as ALEBIOSU ABDULBASIT OLOLADE now wish to be known and addressed as ALEBIOSU ABDULBASIT ISHOLA. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note.

NWIBO PAUL NWERI This is to confirm that the names NWIBO PAUL NWERI and NWIBOPAUL NWOFOKE refers to one and the same person, now wish to be known and addressed as NWIBO PAUL NWERI. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note. VICTORIA MOHAMMED GARBA

ABRAHAM ADEYEMI DUROTOYE

Formerly known and addressed as PRINCE ABRAHAM MOSES now wish to be known and addressed as ABRAHAM ADEYEMI DUROTOYE. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. BALOGUN ADAM ADEWALE Formerly known and addressed as BALOGUN ADAM ALIU now wish to be known and addressed as BALOGUN ADAM ADEWALE. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. OMOFAIYE KINGSLEY SEGUN

I, formerly known and addressed as, OMOFAIYE KINGSLEY now wish to be known and addressed as, OMOFAIYE KINGSLEY SEGUN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. MRS OFFOR ESTHER MGBONKWO

I, formerly known and addressed as VICTORIA ADAMU, now wish to be known and addressed as VICTORIA MOHAMMED GARBA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OBU ESTHER MGBONKWO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OFFOR ESTHER MGBONKWO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS UDE IMMACULATE NKEIRUKA

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

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NWOKOLO IMMACULATE NKEIRUKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UDE IMMACULATE NKEIRUKA. All former documents remain valid. General Public should please take note.

EZE EUPHEMIA CHIEGEONU

I, formerly known and addressed as MAAH OGOCHUKWU PATRICIA, now wish to be known and addressed as OKEKE OGOCHUKWU PATRICIA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as EZE EUPHAMIA CHIEGEONU, now wish to be known and addressed as EZE EUPHEMIA CHIEGEONU my correct date of birth is 19/11/1985.All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

EDOJA EMMANUELA CHIEBUKA

UCHENNA LOVINA CHIDINMA I formerly known and addressed as JENNIFER CHIDINMA UCHENNA now wish to be known and addressed as UCHENNA LOVINA CHIDINMA . My date of birth is 16/10/1998 not 24/06/1998. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS FAGBEMI RAMAT TOLANI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ALABI RAMAT TOLANI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MRS ALABI RAMAT TOLANI

ANYABUIKE CAROLINE EBERE

I, formerly known and addressed as OFFOR EBERE CAROLINE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ANYABUIKE CAROLINE EBERE. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MRS. UMOREN ADEOLA HALIMAT

Formerly known and addressed as VICTORIA EMMANUEL now wish to be known and addressed as VICTORIA MADUABUGHICHI . All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UGWU JACINTA KELECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ASADU JACINTA KELECHI. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities concern should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as EDOJA EMMANUELA now wish to be known and addressed as EDOJA EMMANUELA CHIEBUKA .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES That on my Bank Accounts, my names appears as EKERE OKON BASSEY, while on my other documents, it appears as RICHIE OKON BASSEY, and also on others as RICHARD OKON BASSEY. That I now wish to be known and addressed as RICHARD OKON BASSEY. That all the documents bearing these names are mine and remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

NDIOKWERE KEMDI NIELS

OKOLI IFEANYI DANIEL

I formerly known and addressed as IWUOZOR IFEANYI DANIEL PETER. Now wish to be known, called and addressed as Okoli IFEANYI DANIEL . All documents bearing my name remain valid general public should please take note OKORIE JOHNSON EJIKE Formerly known and addressed as OKOLI EJIKE JOHN now wish to be known and addressed as OKORIE JOHNSON EJIKE. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. ADEOYE ADEOLUWA MICHAEL

Formerly known and addressed as SIKIRU WASIU ADEOYE now wish to be known and addressed as ADEOYE ADEOLUWA MICHAEL. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note. ODUMMADU ABUCHUKWU SOLOMON

That ODII SOLOMON MADUABUCHUKWU is my correct name which was wrongly written as ODUMMADU ABUCHUKWU SOLOMON in my Uba account. Former documents bearing ODUMMADU ABUCHUKWU SOLOMON remain valid, general public please take note. MRS OKEKE BLESSING OBIANUJU

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UMEJI BLESSING OBIANUJU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKEKE BLESSING OBIANUJU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

EGBO MARY GIFT I, formerly known and addressed as EGBO MARY GIFT SOCHIMAOBI, now wish to be known and addressed as EGBO MARY GIFT. All former documents remain valid. BANKS ,UBA and General public should please take note.

MRS UZOIGWE CHISOM

I, formerly known and addressed as NDIOKWERE KEMDI, now wish to be known and addressed as NDIOKWERE KEMDI NIELS. All former documents remain valid. GTB PLC and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHISOM OKORIE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UZOIGWE CHISOM. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

AH GODDAY ENEDOMO I formerly known and addressed as ATTAH ENEDOMO SAIDU now wish to be known and addressed as ATTAH GODDAY ENEDOMO . My date of birth is 10/10/1994. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as RISIKAT OLUWAKOREDE SANNI now wish to be known and addressed as OLUWAKOREDE ESTHER OLADIMEJI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

OLUWAKOREDE ESTHER OLADIMEJI

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Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

500 women out of 100,000 dies annually from pregnancy related issues – NGO Samuel Luka, Bauchi

ÏÏÏThe Country Director,

Evidence for Action (E4A) Mr. Tunde Segun, has decried the high number of death of women from pregnancy related problems, as according to him, “as high as 500 women die out of 100,000 births every year from pregnancy re-

lated issues.” Mr. Segun who was represented by the Media Adviser of the NGO, Shokunbi Olaide, stated this during a courtesy visit to the management of Bauchi Radio Corporation (BRC), saying that most of the deaths by women and children are preventable with adequate health facilities such as function-

al blood banks, qualify health personnel, accessible primary health care centers (PHC) and logistics among others. He called for sustainable efforts from all stakeholders to improve Maternal and Newborn Child (MNC) in the state adding that no woman must die while giving birth. “I charge the media

to continue to be in the forefront in their role in holding those in authority accountable particularly in ensuring that issues of women and children are adequately promoted and addressed. We want to particularly thank BRC for the support they have been given to us in our effort to promote MNCH in the state,” he said.

“We expect you to do more because the journey is long and we hope that maternal and infant death will end soon.” He added. The country director also lamented that lack of blood bank in hospitals has contributed to the high maternal mortality rate in the northern part of the country.

In his response, the Acting Managing Director of BRC, Alhaji Idris Sambo commended Mamaye evidence for Action for championing the cause of mothers and infants who were the boosters of the population, assuring of their support on issues of MNCH to enable them achieve their objectives.

Cab operators applaud Gov Ugwuanyi NAPTIP DG sets up rapid response squad (NAPTIP-RRS) Moses Oyediran, Enugu

ÏÏÏOperators of

the Coal City Cab in the state have applauded the safer roads initiatives of the Enugu State government which they said have brought sanity and security for commuters. The Chairman of the association, Mr. Ken Ugwu disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu during a safety workshop organised by the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Transport, Mr. Peter Ajah. Ugwu said that members of the association were appreciative of the various reforms so far implemented in the sector which had seen the employment of no fewer than 200 road traffic enforcers.

ADDITION OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as MUHAMMADU RABIU now I wish to add DAHIRU to my surname henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as MUHAMMADU RABIU DAHIRU .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note. OKEKE ALOYSIUS ONYEKA OKONKWO

He said that the decongestion of the various traffic flashpoints in the state capital which defied solutions over the years was another significant milestone. He said that the cab operators had been some of the greatest beneficiaries of the benevolence of the state administration, adding that they would fully support future aspirations of the governor. “The governor has shown himself to be a good manager of human and material resources. He cares for the needy and is a great supporter of the poor. “We, hereby, appeal to the governor to consider presenting himself for re-election in 2019 as our members and entire families shall support such aspiration,” he said.

CORRECTION OF NAME

In some of my documents mt name was wrongly written as AHMED TAOFEEQ OPEYEMI instead of AHMED TAOFEEK OPEYEMI. .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note. OKUNOYE JOHN GBENGA

I, formerly known and addressed as OKEKE ALOY OKONKWO, now wish to be known and addressed as OKEKE ALOYSIUS ONYEKA OKONKWO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known as OKUNOYE JOHN AMODUMODAWA, now wish to be known and addressed as OKUNOYE JOHN GBENGA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SAMPSON NDUBUISI EMMANUEL

OLASOJU RISIKAT TABITI

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I formerly known as Tabiti Risikat Olaitan wish to be known and addressed as Olasoju Risikat Tabiti . All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

OGUNWOLU OLUWASEUN IBRAHIM

NOIKI MUYIBAT ATOKE I formerly known as AZEEZ MUYIBAT ATOKE wish to be known and addressed as NOIKI MUYIBAT ATOKE. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as OGUNWOLU IBRAHIM OLUWASEUN wish to be known and addressed as OGUNWOLU OLUWASEUN IBRAHIM .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

Ugwu said that the governor had promised to procure 300 commercial vehicles for members of the association and appealed to him to fulfill the promise. Earlier, Ajah said that the aim of the workshop was to equip the cab operators with modern traffic trends in line with international best practices. The personal assistant said that the state government was passionate about the safety of commuters and had previously engaged other stakeholders in the sector. He said that it was gratifying that the cab operators had thrown their weight behind the governor, adding that such was a pointer that Ugwuanyi reckoned with all strata of the society.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES In some of my documents my name appears as JAMES KWUBIRI MBA While in some other ones it appears as ARUA MBA JAMES .The names refer to the same person.Henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as ARUA MBA JAMES. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note. ANAEKWE FRANCIS CHINEDU

I, formerly known and addressed as OBIESIE FRANCIS CHINEDU, now wish to be known and addressed as ANAEKWE FRANCIS CHINEDU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. FRANCISCA MUNONYEDI OKOLO

I formerly known as FRANCISCA MUNONEDI OKOLO wish to be known and addressed as FRANCISCA MUNONYEDI OKOLO. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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the on-going repositioning of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for better service delivery, the Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli has set up a Rapid Response Squad (NAPTIP-RRS). The Squad which is under the direct supervision of the Director-General is to among other things ensure that all high profile and sensitive cases reported to the Agency are given prompt attention and investigated with diligence. This action is in line with her earlier promise on assumption of office to set in motion machineries for diligent operations especially in the areas of Investigation, Victims care and prosecution.

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In her maiden Press Conference, the DirectorGeneral had said,’’ the Agency, during my tenure, shall move with all vigour, techniques, skills and expertise to nab any human trafficker, from the point of conceiving the idea to the point of exploitation. Efforts shall be made to equip operatives of the Agency to detect and proactively burst any human trafficking action from the bud. This simply means that if the traffickers decide to sail across the Ocean, NAPTIP operatives shall be ahead of them. If they fly in the air, we shall await their landing, and on the death prone routes through the hottest deserts, we shall be right at the next point waiting for them. The era of trading on

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our promising youths as commodities is over and all machinery shall be put in place to ensure that our youths have a secure future. We shall increase our surveillance and intelligence around the known endemic communities and villages’’. Part of the terms of reference of the NAPTIPRRS is to carry out in an urgent manner all sensitive assignments and operations as may be directed by the DirectorGeneral. Inaugurating the Rapid Response Squad, Julie Okah-Donli reminded members that the task before them was not an easy one, but promised to give them all necessary support including the provision of modern investigation tools to aid their operations.

KENNETH ALARAPE FOLAYEMI HELEN

I,IKHINE JOY wish to state that in my International Passport my date of birth was wrongly written as 22/04/1988 instead of 22/04/1995.My correct date of birth is 22/04/1995. .All former documents remain valid.General public to please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as AKINJOKUN OLUFUNKE CHRISTIANA now wish to be known, called and addressed as ERHAHON OLUFUNKE CHRISTIANA All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. Banks, Immigrations, Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AYEGBUSI FOLAYEMI HELEN, now wish to be known and addressed as KENNETH ALARAPE FOLAYEMI HELEN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AGUNBIADE FUNMILOLA TOPE

DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE I formerly known and addressed as ADEMUYIWA NOSIMAT ATINUKE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. KASALI NOSIMAT ATINUKE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

I formerly known as AMOSU SHOLA COMFORT wish to be known and addressed as IDUROOLA SHOLA COMFORT. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as BABATUNDE FUNMILOLA TOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as AGUNBIADE FUNMILOLA TOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. KALU ABRAHAM

I formerly known as Kalu Ikwuonwu wish to be known and addressed as Kalu Abraham. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

MRS ORBUGH ADEBUKOLA TAIWO

MUKAILA OLUWASEUN RAJI

I formerly known as Miss Afolayan Adebukola Taiwo wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Orbugh Adebukola Taiwo .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known called and addressed as MUKAILA AYINDE RAJI, now wish to be known called and addressed as MUKAILA OLUWASEUN RAJI. All former documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public, please take note.

CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECTED DATE OF BIRTH

I formerly known as Ajaye Adeola wish to be known and addressed as Ajayi Taiwo Adeola and corrected Date of Birth is 05/05/1985 .All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

IDUROOLA SHOLA COMFORT

KUSIMO OLUWAYEMISI SHERIFAT

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CORRECTION OF NAMES

AJUMONWU IDONGEST EMMANUEL

On my documents, my name was wrongly written as AKINRINOLA ABIOLA OLUWAPELUMI instead of OYEGBAMI ABIOLA OLUWAPELUMI. General public should please take note.

6. I, formerly known as EQUERE IDONGEST EMMANUEL, now wish to be called AJUMONWU IDONGEST EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

FEATURES

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Impunity, law enforcement inadequacies blamed for rising cases of jungle justice Analysis by Kehinde Ogunlana Esther Demshak, the girlfriend of an upcoming comedian, Chinedu Paul (also known as MC Think2ce), who was lynched by members of a vigilante group in Ikorodu in July, tried unsuccessfully to stop the tears as she spoke to a reporter recently. “He was not a cult member. I didn’t even know what Badoo meant until he was killed. I was even asking people who Badoo is,” she said between sobs. Esther explained that Chinedu had gone with two mechanics from Festac to fix his Honda car at Ikorodu because the mechanic they used regularly was doing a shoddy job. “About the time Chinedu was lynched, I called his number to know his whereabouts. His phone was ringing as of that time but someone kept cutting the call. It meant the phone had been collected.” She later rushed to the area where her boyfriend was killed and claimed she saw a member of the vigilante group holding a blood-stained cutlass who told her they just killed three suspected members of Badoo cult because they found a chain and engine oil in the car. It would be recalled that a cult known as Badoo has been terrorising residents of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, for months, killing whole families at night while they slept. Tired of the inability of law enforcement authorities to apprehend the suspected criminals, residents set up vigilante groups to secure their lives and properties. In one instance, a suspect was snatched from the police and lynched in broad daylight. In most of those cases, all the mob needed to start an orgy of immolation of the suspects was the faintest suspicion. In the case of the brutal killings of Chinedu and the two mechanics – Sunday Owolabi and Ishola Afolashade, they were apparently killed for the most ridiculous reason - the mob was angry enough. Though the public-lynching of suspected thieves has remained an intractable problem for a very long time in the country, there has been a spike in reported cases of mob-lynching commonly referred to as “jungle justice”. In the past weeks, no fewer than six people suspected to be criminals have been beaten and then murdered by a mob in broad daylight! Others have barely escaped with their lives. In the Ojokoro-Ijaiye area of

munity. It is those who reside there. They are not faceless, so law enforcement agencies should wake up,” he said.

Ile Zik tunnel

Suspected kidnapper

Lagos, after a street sweeper allegedly claimed she heard the voice of a woman calling for help from a tunnel, a mob swung into action. Two people found in the tunnel were snatched and lynched publicly. One of those killed was snatched from the police before he was roasted alive. The other victim didn’t even stand a chance. He was lynched because the mob thought he wasn’t answering questions thrown at him fast enough. Two days later, another mob went on a rampage at Ile-Zik, near the Oshodi area, burning a suspected hideout of alleged kidnappers. A nearby warehouse and a church were not spared the anger of the mob which vandalised property, including a Range Rover SUV owned by the pastor of the church. At end of the day, two persons suspected to be kidnappers were burnt alive. WEAK

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TICE SYSTEM Lagos-based lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said mob-lynching is extrajudicial murder and those caught perpetrating in it should be prosecuted. He, however, said mob killing will continue if the government does not improve the criminal justice system. Ogunye frowned at the reluctance of state governors to sign the death warrants of condemned criminals. He suggested that people indulge in mob-lynching because they do not trust the criminal justice system to mete out appropriate punishment for criminals. According to Mr. Ogunye, even the police do not trust the criminal justice system, and have been known to carry out extrajudicial killings themselves. “I’m not an abolitionist. I’m a rule-of-law person. Of all the armed robbery suspects that arrested so far, how many armed robbery cases do you think are going on in our courts?

“The police also indulge in extra-judicial killings because they believe if they go to court the suspects will be set free. All the people that are paraded as armed robbery suspects, how many of them do you see are taken to court to face armed robbery charges and are prosecuted? So once police found guns with such people they kill them on their own behind their police station. So it is the people now that are uncivilised,” he added. Similarly, Oluyinka Oyeniji of Human Rights Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, said people participate in jungle justice because they know suspects can get away with murder. “First of all, people don’t have the courage to lynch except they are sure they have government backing. No one can take any action except they are sure they will get away with it; that’s as a result of a lot of unresolved murders that we have in the country today. Many high profile and everyday murders went unresolved. You can get away with killing in Nigeria. So people know when they kill, they can get away with it,” Oyeniji said. LAW ENFORCEMENT INADEQUACY Oyeniji said mob-killings are on the increase because the perpetrators hide under the anonymity of their actions. He said more should be done, so perpetrators of jungle justice and other crimes can be easily identified. “No community goes to hire Area Boys from outside to come and do jungle justice in a com-

COMMUNITY POLICING Proposing community policing as the way out, Barrister Jiti Ogunye said “Part of what we need to do is to break up the police force and restructure it. Let every town and every city have its own police force. That way, things like that will not even occur to warrant people massing up to mete jungle justice on anybody. “If police are localised, it is likely that those who are going to lynch are known by the police working in that area and they will go and arrest them in their homes.” The lawyer suggested that police capacity to fight crime should be improved with gadgets such as CCTVs in communities to help identify criminals. Arrests have been made - Police When asked what the police is doing to stem the rising wave of mob-lynching in the country, spokesperson of the Lagos Police Command, Olarinde Famous-Cole, said the police arrested 33 people involved in the Ile-Zik and other recent lynching incidents and have charged them to court. “We will continue to charge culpable suspects to court. “The law is the law. The law says that anybody that killed another person has committed murder and the person is to be charged to court and be prosecuted.” He denied that the police allows suspected criminals to go free soon after they are handed over to them. “The police force is one of the executive arms of government. After suspects are charged to court, it is left with the judicial system. If there is enough evidence against someone that is found culpable, then the person will be charged to court. But if you say this man has committed murder and you don’t have any evidence there is not enough to get a conviction. So after a couple of months, you see them back to the community. That is why we always tell people to come forward to give us information to testify. “There are some other crimes that are being committed that according to the law the punishment for such crimes is three months, six months, some of them are even sanctioned and sent to do community service. So you can’t blame the police when such things happen,” he said.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

ÏÏÏWhen passion pulls you toward something you cannot resist. If you know nothing about yourself, you can’t tell the difference. Once you gain a modicum of self-knowledge, you can express your passion.... It’s not about jumping through someone else’s hoops. Victor Okoye, a medical doctor by profession, has gained the modicum of self-knowledge and has articulated his passion for film production in the United States of America where he decided to give his best in the movie industry rather than handling stethoscope, sphygmomanometer and surgical forceps in hospital. Okoye, in a chat with The Daily Times on Tuesday, said that right from time, art has been imbued in him. Though, he never really focused on it but his journey through medical school shone light on it. According to him, his knack for psychology and psychotherapy as a medical student helped him discovered the fine line that joins art with science; revealing “It was then, in my fourth year that I knew I had a thing for storytelling.” The medical doctor turned movie director in the US, said,

“I believe art is a tool that goes beyond just entertaining and if done right, could also be a form of panacea. I tell my friends that I didn’t quit medicine, I still practice just not within the walls of a hospital and that if the mind controls the body and art controls the mind, I would have saved you a dime, if I told you a story that could change your mind.” The multi-award winning filmmaker has done a total of about 10 films in the US, he is also part from a Feature Documentary titled “The Perfect Gangster.” He has worked with a few known names in Nollywood and said he’s looking forward to future collaborations. Amongst the 10 movies he produced, Lesley is one of such. “Lesley is a film I wrote and directed for world’s renowned motivational speaker Les Brown. I had the honor of meeting him in person and actually sharing the work with him, He was thrilled on our meeting. Towards the end of Med School, Les brown was a major influence in my life and I yearned to give life to one of his numerous stories, hence the

name Lesley (Lesley brown). It’s a simple tale of resilience, a tale of what one can achieve if they fought hard enough for what they really want,” he said. “As a doctor turned Film maker, I figured out that human beings responds to nature according to their state of minds. Religion, Politics, entertainment is all geared towards that mind control and whoever controls the mind, controls the body, and to a larger extent, controls the state. “In Nigeria, our problem is more mental than physical. More than half us seek for what to believe in and since the government haven’t provided us enough solutions, our only resort is religion (not God)... And in many instances this has proved inadequate to salvage the situation. What can save us? I believe Art is one of the many solutions if not the only one. Yes I said Art and only a specific form of it.unfortunately, other forms of art that we have haven’t given much hope. I’m uncertain if there’s a painter left amongst us. But we still have a solution …Storytelling, in the form of film,” the filmmaker said.

“Think of this, a story plot around a police officer that is different, and actually stands out and at the end reaps the good of his hard work, I’m certain it will make Nigerians see police officers in a different light and I’m so sure it will spur one or two youths to join the academy to become that hero they have seen. This is the same reason why people worship at the altar of Star Wars, Game of Thrones, kids adore Spiderman, Superman and so on…..at the end , people only want things to believe in, and fellow filmmakers. “I have seen more American films praising their soldiers than one actually discussing their bad stuff and somehow I formed the idea that these people are immortals. Same stroke goes for any other aspect of American culture, people worship at the alters of star wars, and literally build their lives around it, when people feel like doing any hard task, once in a while they reference a movie quote and sometimes it works for them. If we imbibe that culture and actually use the power that story telling gives us, we can change minds, change lives and in no distant time change per-

spectives and ultimately form a generation of people who believe in the beauty of potential of this great nation. Speaking on Nollywood, Okoye observed; “We have the tool, whether you are here or back home. I’m worn tired of watching these moralistic, good or bad tales dressed in stupid romance that is unrealistic. We have so many untold stories, let’s tell those that inspire, stories that kids will see and wish to be like the lead character, stories that are true. Hollywood is imploding and we are supposed to be the next big deal, let’s make our time count, this is purely my opinion and We can transform this nation, ONE FILM AT A TIME. “I knew I wanted to make a difference, to stand for something I just knew the walls that enclosed the sick weren’t the place. I guess you can call it a medical art…” The doctor turned filmmaker said. Victor Okoye is an award winning Filmmaker, his recent film “Purpose” has won multiple awards, including best overall film at the 2015 edition of Rode reel film fest. He has also won best director at SoFI awards held in New York.

ÏÏÏAs the world celebrates the In-

months to do learn, that is the power you have, IYF is in 99 countries, our goal is to send Nigerian youngsters to different countries of the world as volunteers to teach them English and even learn other languages because Nigerians have the advantage of learning fast,” Mrs. Oh added. At a symposium organised for the teaming youths who converged on the camp, the Guest Speaker, Pastor Kwang Bo Rhee maintained that until youths in the country had fully developed mindset and consequently have change of heart, they would not be ripe enough to take their place in politics. In the words of Pastor Rhee, who spoke through an interpreter, “we are not in difficulty because of the situation; things can become difficult because of the mindset that we have towards the situation; that is why we need to change the heart of the young people and help them develop strong hearts through mindset education.” The Guest Speaker hinted that in Hong Kong where he came from, youths got into politics from age 18 as he affirmed that it would not be an aberration for Nigerian youths to be involved in governance from now. A youth corps member who participated in the camping, Mr. Onayemi Oluwaseye, said that the programme should further be encouraged to help Nigerian youths ‘think out of the box.’ Mr. Oluwaseye lauded efforts of the National Assembly for considering passing a Bill that will give statutory framework for youths involvement in politics. Another Corps member, Miss Badejo Victoria believed that the programme would open the minds of the nation’s youths to their roles.

Nigerian youths tasked on mindset devt for leadership

Okoye holding his award plaque

Senior lawyer urges Buhari to fulfill campaign promises Edem Edem, Calabar

ÏÏÏSenior lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ntufam Mba Ekpezu Ukweni, has urged President Mohammed Buhari to take charge of his office and complete his campaign promises. Welcoming the President back from his over 100 days out of the country after more than 100 days medical vacation, Ukweni said, “what we want him to do for the people is to complete what he has started and do it more effectively.” Speaking with Daily Times on phone, the head of chamber, Mba Ukweni &Associates, said “we ex-

pect him to take charge of his office; he made campaign promises to Nigerians and has constitutional responsibility to perform for Nigerians that is why he was elected.” On the hate speeches, he said “as much as nobody is comfortable about hate speech, we should also realized the fact that we are operating a democracy and people have right to say what they want to say, there are already law in place to check mate what people should not say. “We have the law of defamation and we also have law that dealt with inciting people, there is no need duplicating our laws as if there was no such law in place, it doesn’t do

well for us, there is law about somebody who said what is not proper.” The SAN however, said he was happy that President Buhari was back to the country: “I am happy that the president is back, it is an incomplete arrangement, the constitution was written to make arrangement for President and the Vice President. Both have their respective role to place, so absent of the President doesn’t mean well for the country.” “The constitution itself knows why it makes provision for both the President and the Vice President. We wish him well and we are happy that he is back,” the SAN stated

ternational Youth Day, youths in Nigeria have been tasked to develop their minds and take advantage of the endless opportunities the nation has to offer. The Chairman, International Youth Fellowship in Nigeria, Mr. William Kim, gave the challenge at the Annual World Youth Camp in Ikorodu, Lagos, as part of activities to mark the day. Mr. Kim said that mind education had become imperative for the nation’s youths, especially in the wake of the ongoing debate about young people taking their place within the political space. The IYF Chairman, who is also a Missionary in Nigeria, stressed the need for youths to be exposed to the teachings of the bible. “If there is sound mindset, they (youths) will be able to live good life, I am a Missionary, I ministered in Kenya for more than five years, I really want to lead people to Jesus based on the bible, the IYF mindset education is going to help us do that,” said Mr. Kim. Speaking in the same vein, the IYF Director of Mind Education Institute in Nigeria, Mrs. Christine Oh, emphasised the need for future leaders to develop great dreams for their future, noting that Nigerian youngsters had great potential powers. “We want to give youngsters in Nigeria the opportunities to realise their dreams; the youths here have great potential powers because of the English speaking advantage, I am from South Korea and we have only one language, we Koreans are handicapped in learning foreign languages, for instance, Korean students need up to one year to learn Spanish, but Nigerian youngsters need only two

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Accra high court dismisses ownership suit by Winners Chapel international Bonny Amadi with Agency report

ÏÏÏThe challenge posed by coun-

try risks in cross border businesses has one again manifested as Winners Chapel international, with headquarters in Nigeria appeared to be losing grip on its Ghana branch as Accra High court ruled Monday. Daily Times gathered that ownership tussle which spans nearly one and half decade, precisely 13 years of legal battle over the ownership of Winners Chapel Ghana, the Accra High Court in its recent judgement, dismissed Winners Chapel International (WCI) suit which sought to evict Winners Chapel Ghana (WCG) from the church premises and claim all properties belonging to the church. According to agency report, the court, presided over by Mr Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, held that WCI, headed by Bishop David Oyedepo, was not duly registered in Ghana, as prescribed by the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) and, and there-

fore, it had no legal basis to operate a church or any other business in Ghana. According to a report by Daily Guide Ghana ,the court concluded, “that all the acts purported to have been done by the plaintiff in breach of sections 27, 196 and 197 are illegal and invalid.” It, however, held that WCG, headed by Bishop George Adjeman, had been registered in accordance with the law and, therefore, had the legal backing to operate. “On the available evidence, I am satisfied the name Winners Chapel Ghana has been duly registered for business in the country,” Mr. Justice Ofori-Atta said. In 2012, Bishop Adjeman, who was a pastor of WCI in Nigeria, was transferred by the church to head its branch in Ghana. According to the documents filed by lawyers for Bishop Adjeman in the case, when he came to Ghana, he realized that the church was not being run properly. The church, he claimed, had no

structures in place to ensure that its books were properly audited and also every aspect of its operations was being done without recourse to the law. He claimed that the church had not appointed an auditor, it had no certificate to commence business and its finances and general administration were being managed badly. Court documents showed that in 2004, the Registrar-General’s Department asked all companies that had registered with it to update their records. Bishop Adjeman, the court document revealed, used the opportunity to “properly register the church” and named it WCG and broke ranks with the mother church in Nigeria based on his assertion of gross mismanagement. The court, however, was of the view that although WCI was not duly registered and, therefore, could not lawfully claim any properties being contested to the acquisition of those properties.

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Gabonese president appoints opposition members in major cabinet reshuffle ÏÏÏThe

Gabonese government has included two key opposition figures, in cabinet reshuffle, as part of the requirements from the postelection National Dialogue set up by the President Ali Bongo to bring peace to the country. The move stressed the government’s commitment to inclusive governance and transparency, as the president in August 2015, surrendered his father’s wealth to Charity. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo pledged to give his share of the inheritance from his father to charity and said his family was also handing over properties including a villa in the capital and two homes in Paris to the state. Bongo has led the central African oil producer since winning a 2009 election that followed the death of his father, longtime President Omar Bongo. Meanwhile, the reshuffle, announced on Monday, saw the August 2016 presidential election candidate PierreClaver Maganga Moussavou of the Social Democratic Party as the newly restored Vice President position.

René N’Demezoo Obiang, the former campaign director of embittered opposition leader Jean Ping and now member of the newly formed Democracy Party was appointed President of the Economic and Social Council. Other opposition appointments include Estelle Ondo as Transport Minister and Patrick Eyogo Edzang as Water and Energy Minister. They are both at odds with their party, the National Union Party. All the appointed opposition members took part in the National Dialogue which was boycotted by the major opposition parties. The heavyweights in the previous government retained their positions including Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet, Communication Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, Minister of Presidential Affairs and National Defense Etienne Massard and Minister of Economy, Régis Immongault. The government is now composed of 38 members from the previous 40. 26 are men and 12 are women. Opposition leader Jean Ping is still contesting the results of 2016 polls which he claimed he won.

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McDonald’s terminates franchise of 169 outlets

Ugandans celebrates twins at annual Kampala Twins Festival

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capital Kampala was gripped by a double feeling of excitement over the weekend as hundreds of twins of all ages trooped to the annual Kampala Twins Festival. Dressed in similar clothing and wearing similar hairstyles, identical and fraternal twins between the ages of 6 months and 86 years old graced the occasion organised by the Vision Group to celebrate the double blessing. Some triplets were also in attendance together with parents and siblings. The participants were treated to a music concert, fun games, feast, fashion show, raffle and a photo opportunity among others. The latter was grasped by Uganda’s oldest twins, 86-year-old Emirina Babirye and Christine Nakato, the organisers said.

Another older twin who was 107 years old spoke to the participants. She had lost her twin.

India has announced it will close 169 McDonald’s outlets in northern and eastern India after the American fast food giant decided to terminate a franchise agreement with its Indian partner. McDonald’s said its partner Connaught Plaza Restaurants violated the terms of the franchise agreement, including reneging on payment of royalties. Connaught Plaza Restaurants, which runs 169 McDonald’s outlets in northern and eastern India, said Tuesday it is considering legal action in the long-drawn legal battle. In June, it shut 43 McDonald’s outlets in the capital, New Delhi, after it failed to renew their licenses. McDonald’s said its Indian partner would have to “cease using the Mc-

Donald’s name, trademarks, designs, branding, operational and marketing practice and policies” within 15 days of the termination notice. The decision to close nearly a third of the 430 McDonald’s outlets in India creates a challenge for the company, disrupting operations in the world’s second most populous country. Vikram Bakshi, the managing director of Connaught Plaza Restaurants, described the McDonald’s decision as “mindless and ill-advised.” “Appropriate legal remedies that are available under law are being explored,” Bakshi said in a statement. McDonald’s said it is looking for a new partner to work with in north India. McDonald’s franchises in southern and western India are run by a separate company.

Wednesdasy, August 23, 2017

EXTRATIME

Frank Jumbo

ction continued yesterday at the maiden Chamberlain Squash Open holding at the prestigious Lagos Country Club Ikeja. The tournament which opened on Sunday with some qualifying matches is the

Winners emerge in Chamberlain Squash Open

brainchild of Mr Chamberlain Usoh who is the sponsor in conjunction with the Nigeria Squash Federation. Top seeded players from the UK and Nigeria are participating including the tournament top seed, Tony Ford (WR 119) and Nigeria’s Number 1,Tunde Agbaje (WR 205). Winner of the men’s category will take

home a cash prize of $1850 (N658, 825) while the female top player will go home with N200,000. Eighty nine (89) players are participating in the tournament. There will also be cash prizes for runners-up, joint third winners and tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP).

In Monday’s qualifying matches, 21-year-old Michael John defeated experienced “Police Machine” Jerry Ogujiofor 3-1 in a thrilling encounter to qualify for the main draws. Auta Rebecca, in the female category dispatched Ogunyemi Idowu 3-0 in a one-

sided match to qualify. On the wide disparity between the male and female cash prizes, officials explained that they (the women) have not been participating in frequent tournaments to enable them to be properly assessed and ranked.

WPG: Victorious Team Nigeria Police returns Andrew Ekejiuba

he victorious Team Nigeria Police to the just concluded World Police Games (WPG) in the United States of America where they won 5gold, 4silver and 2bronze medals are back in the country aboard Lufthansa Airline that touched down at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport at 4.30pm Nigeria time on Monday. Nigeria Police Force Director of Sports DCP Aliyu Abubakar who told Extra Time

that Sergeant Noa Nehikhare who competed in boxing, Corporal Martins Ogierikhi who took part in men’s 110m hurdles in athletics event, Yeiyah Yellow (swimming) and Goodness Thomas who ran in both women’s 100m dash and 200m event gold medal in each of the events to make it two, accounted for the 5gold medals. The silver medals were won by Inspector Martins Ogierikhi (men 400m), Inspector Abraham Onyemelusi (wrestling) and Inspector Oluwatoyin Oladeji who fought in boxing. Inspector Ralph Ubah and Sergeant Selu-

bo Ekundayo were responsible for the two bronze medals. Chairman of the Nigeria Police Sports AIG Sanni Mohammed who is also the leader of delegation said he is indeed excited and overwhelmed by the performance of the team considering the fact that this is the first time the Team Nigeria Police would be competing at such a high global championship. DCP Aliyu Abubakar thanks the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris, for permitting them to go for the championship where they made Nigeria Proud.

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.

Dalung thumbs up resilient D’Tigress, Eagles

Andrew Ekejiuba

he Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung has praised the senior women’s national basketball team, the D’Tigress for their outstanding performance so far at the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2017 currently holding in Bamako, Mali. D’Tigress thrashed their counterparts from Egypt by 106 points to 72 in the third game of their Group B fixture to become the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals. Earlier in their opening game, Nigeria out dunked Mozambique by 80pts to 69 and outclassed Democratic Republic of Congo 84-47. Dalung expressed happiness with the team’s performance so far in the Afrobas-

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ket and urged them to get to the finals and win the trophy. “The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari sends his warm greetings to you as you know he just arrived from medical vacation in London. “On behalf of sports loving Nigerians, I bring you goodwill and best wishes from Nigeria. We have been following your progress in the Afrobasket 2017 which is the equivalent of the Africa Cup of Nations in football and we are highly impressed by the victories recorded in your three consecutive games. “The federal government will stand by you to ensure that you get all the support needed to bring back the Afrobasket trophy.” He urged them to maintain their focus ahead of the last two games in the group stages and seize the opportunity to perfect their plans heading into the quarter finals. The Minister prayed for an incident and injury free Afrobasket campaign while reiterating the need to remain focused and determined in their quest to win their third title. In a related development, the Minister also hailed the Super Eagles Team B who defeated the Squirrels of Benin Republic 2-0 in 2nd leg of the African Nations Championship qualifying match played at the Sani Abacha stadium in Kano on Sunday. Barrister Dalung who was in Kano to cheer the home based Super Eagles to victory said their qualifica-

tion once again confirmed the belief that the Nigeria Professional Football League is fast developing and producing budding talents who can form the backbone of the senior national team soon. The Minister said the victory was sweeter because it ensured they got a place in the 2018 Championship billed for Kenya.

D’Tigress Basketball team

Rwanda bid for 2019 Under-17 World Cup Ben Nwachukwu with Agency Report

wanda’s Football Association (Ferwafa) is preparing to finalise its bid to host the 2019 Under-17 World Cup. The Ferwafa president Vincent Nzamwita insists the country is capable of hosting a tournament of such a stature. “We have already submitted a formal request to Fifa to host the event and they have registered us and sent bid documents,” Nazamwita told reporters. “We have a dateline of August 25 to send the terms and agreement to Fifa and later start preparing the bid.” Nzamwita said hosting a tournament like the World Cup will raise the profile of not only Rwanda but the region and continent as well. Last year Rwanda hosted a successful Africa Nations Championship (CHAN)

which saw a over 200,000 people travel to the country from across the African continent to cheer their teams. The 2017 edition of the Under-17 World

Cup kicks off in India on October 6 and will feature 24 nations, with Africa represented by Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Niger.

Rwanda FA boss Vincent Nzamwita (right) with FIFA boss, Gianni Infantino

Wednesday, August 23. 2017

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Mane more important to Reds than Coutinho - Carragher P hilippe Coutinho is not as important to Liverpool as Sadio Mane according to club icon Jamie Carragher, who says the want away attacker will stay at the club. Liverpool have reportedly rejected three bids from Barcelona for Coutinho, while the Brazilian is said to have handed in a transfer request at Anfield. With Coutinho absent due to a back injury, Mane has started the new Premier League season with two goals in two games as Jurgen Klopp’s men took four points from matches against Watford and Crystal Palace. And Carragher suggested those results indicate Coutinho is not as vital to Liverpool’s system as Mane, although both players scored 13 goals in the Premier League last season. “I’d make an argument for that, especially with the way Jurgen Klopp likes to play. I think he’s massively important,” Carragher told Sky Sports when asked if Mane was more crucial to Liverpool than Coutinho. “You see the goals that he’s got and his goals record for a wide player is phenomenal since he’s come to the club. All the other players on the list

are top strikers in the Premier League. For Mane to be there, it shows his impact. “If you compare him to Coutinho, who is a fantastic player, which is why Barcelona want him, but if he carries on the way he is going, the top clubs around Europe will be looking at him because he has been a revelation since he came in.” Coutinho’s desire to move to Barcelona leaves Liverpool in a difficult position, but after the club

failed to land top transfer targets Naby Keita from RB Leipzig and Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk, Carragher believes the Brazilian will not be allowed to join the Catalan giants.

Cancelo

Barca sue Neymar for breach of contract B Cancelo joins I arcelona have announced they are taking legal action against Neymar after alleging the Brazilian failed to fulfil his contract. Earlier this month, the Catalan giants saw Neymar depart for Paris Saint-Germain, who met the €222million release clause in the player’s contract, smashing the world transfer record in the process. Neymar has made a stunning start to his time in Ligue 1, scoring three times in his first two games, but on Tuesday Barca released a statement confirming they were suing the forward for at least €8.5m. Barca’s complaint relates to Neymar having signed a fresh deal until 2021 in October last year, with the club hoping to recoup his “renewal premium” as well as €8.5m in damages and a further 10 per cent in arrears. The club went on to say that if Neymar is unable to pay, PSG will be expected to cover the costs. “In the lawsuit, the club demands the player return the already paid sum for his contract renewal as he has not completed his contract; 8.5 million euros in damages; and an additional 10 per cent because of delayed payment,” the statement read. “The club also requests Paris Saint-Germain take on responsibility for the payment of these fees if the player cannot do so himself. “FC Barcelona has started these proceedings to protect its interests following Neymar’s decision to buy out his contract just months after he signed an extension until 2021. “This legal defence will be carried out following the established procedures with the competent authorities without entering into any verbal arguments with the player.” Shortly after Neymar completed his move to PSG, Barca announced that the player would not receive a €26m loyalty bonus after they accused him of breaching his contract. It was reported that Neymar’s father also his agent - held up the move to PSG beyond the end of July in order to trigger the payment, which had been inserted as part of his new deal. “There were three conditions [to the bonus]: one, that the player does not negotiate with another club in the last three months before July 31,” Barca said at the time. “Two, that he will express publicly his commitment to fulfil his contract.

nter have confirmed the season-long loan signing of Joao Cancelo from Valencia, with the San Siro side given the option to complete a permanent transfer at the end of the campaign. The full-back had been linked with Chelsea, although earlier this month Valencia CEO Mateu Alemany insisted there had been no offer from the Premier League champions. Cancelo made 91 appearances during his three years with Valencia - the first of which was on loan from Benfica.

Neymar

“Three, the collection was to be made on September 1, to ensure that he did not go to another club.” After scoring twice on his home debut for PSG - a 6-2 thrashing of Toulouse on Sunday - Neymar took aim at the Barcelona board, claiming “there are directors that shouldn’t be there”. “I had four very happy years there, but Barca deserve much better. I have a lot of friends there,” he added. “I hope things get better for Barca and that they go back to being a team that can compete.”

Inter on loan

The 23-year-old made his Portugal debut against Gibraltar in September 2016, scoring in a 5-0 win, and he has an impressive three goals from five caps in his fledgling international career. Cancelo joins the likes of Dalbert, Matias Vecino and Borja Valero in arriving at Inter ahead of 2017-18 as the club look to improve on last season’s seventhplaced finish, which saw them miss out on European qualification. The defender will wear the number seven shirt.

Thiago, Martinez return to Bayern training

hiago Alcantara and Javi Martinez have returned to full training with Bayern Munich, but Jerome Boateng and James Rodriguez are still working alone as they recover from injury. Midfielder Thiago and defender Martinez both sat out Bayern’s first game of the Bundesliga season, a 3-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena on Friday. But the duo could be in line to feature against Werder Bremen on Saturday after they joined in with full training for the first time this season on Tuesday. “Thiago in particular was in a noticeably

enthusiastic mood,” read a piece on Bayern’s official website. “During every break he snatched the ball, showed off some tricks or lifted up one of his team-mates to get to the ball. “The 26-year-old showed the same delight during the individual training games as he distributed the ball in midfield with fine ball control and fast movement.” Manuel Neuer also trained with the group as the Germany goalkeeper recovers from the foot injury that kept him out of the Leverkusen game.

Rojo returns to Man U training

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anchester United defender Marcos Rojo is back in training, four months after suffering a serious knee injury in the Europa League quarter-finals against Anderlecht. Rojo was involved in Tuesday’s session, with Luke Shaw and Ashley Young also taking part as they continue their own recoveries from injury. United manager Jose Mourinho said last month that Argentina international Rojo “has no chance before December”, but he could return earlier than expected. Mourinho’s men are top of the Premier League table after winning their opening fixtures against West Ham and Swansea City by the same 4-0 scoreline. The impending returns of Shaw, Young and Rojo will boost Mourinho’s options on the left flank, with United having so far failed to land a signing in that area. Inter’s Ivan Perisic and Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale had been linked with the club, but Mourinho is now targeting a player who can also feature as a wing-back.

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Opportunities abound for youth corps members in FCT –Bello AT2

Relief at last as Information Minister opens ISEX Interchange Bridge AT4 AMAC APC lauds NASS on tenement rate reversal

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Information Minister. Chief Lai Mohammed (1st from right); FCT Minister, Malam Mohammad Musa Bello (3rd from right); Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr. Umar Gambo Jibrin during the tape lowering at the ISEX Road opening ceremony...recently.

Illegal land allocation: FCTA begins automation of process

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Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) has commenced the automation of workflow of the entire processes, to further improve efficiency and meet up with demands for the production of Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for conveyance to eligible allotees. The Abuja Times recall that the Agency saddled with the responsibility of land allotment system in the FCT has under the present administration battled with plethora of court cases piled up due illegal and double land allotment. This move was also in an effort to ensuring due process which lacked during the last adminis-

tration. The Director of AGIS, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Jalo, made the disclosure in his office while receiving some students who visited AGIS for a study tour last week. He revealed that the project is leveraging on the existing Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure of AGIS, especially the computerised land administration tools user for the purpose. “Other existing infrastructure include the AGIS Land Information System (LIS), the AGIS local Intranet and new technologies available to provide effective speed, monitoring as well as a system of live information and feedback at the click of the button”, the Director added. According to him, the ap-

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plication, which is now fully deployed, will automatically generate list of allottees’ files that are ready for C of O after the 100% payment of premium fees, and then instantly send the list to audit unit for confirmation of payments. Dr. Jalo stated that after audit confirmation, the confirmed lists are sent for production, vetting or customer service according to the updated status of the file as contained in the application. The Director stressed that the cycle continues automatically up to the stage of C of O execution and storage when the customer is notified to come for conveyance or collection. He remarked that the system is designed and implemented as an application system that would import from the LIS-secure list of titles ready for C of O production.

Dr. Jalo remarked that the system is built to reduce access to LIS by other stakeholder units/departments thereby securing the system from outside users, as the application is to automate the C of O production workflow through the intranet within the AGIS network. He noted that the feat was accomplished by the in-house staff of AGIS with the encouragement of the FCT Administration under the Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, and the Change Agenda of the Federal Government. Dr. Jalo assured that AGIS is now well positioned to deliver services to millions of its customers in line with new Executive Order of Government. His words: “This new system has been developed to enhance transparency, increase speed and efficiency in the production of Certificate of Occupancy.”

gress (APC) in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has hailed the decisions of the House of Representative committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the reversal of earlier disbanded tenement rate by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Recall that the issue of tenement rate collection within the municipal has been in a salient issue as the National Assembly earlier before now ordered the Minister of FCT, Mallam Mohammed Bello, to put the process on hold to enable it to formalise and legitimise the process before proper kick-off. House of Representative committee on FCT had sort all relevant policies including the relevant sections of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria before taking a resolution. Briefing the media recently in Abuja, Chairman of All Progressives Congress AMAC chapter, Alhaji Abbas Baba, said that his leadership, having seen the motive and gallantry exhibited by the members at the House of Representatives, that his party chapter would join ranks with AMAC to ensure judicious implementation of the process and also to ensure due process. Abbas said kudos should go to the members of the House of Representatives who ensured that justice prevailed. “We wish to salute the courage of members of the House of Representatives who ensured that the rule of law prevailed and for granting the council approval to commence collection of tenement rates in the city and satellite towns in accordance with the constitution,” he said. The Chairman observed that the process became easier because the Minister of FCT works in line with the programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Change Agenda. Alhaji Abbas Baba assured that his party leadership would throw its weight behind Abdulahi Candido Administration to ensure a judicious use of every kobo collected as revenue to the development of the council.

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FCT Inland Revenue Service to be inaugurated ÏÏÏAgainst

the backdrop of the recent clearance of its newly appointed Chairman/CEO, Abdulahi Ote Attah, by the Senate, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has disclosed that the FCT Inland Revenue Service (FCT IRS) will be inaugurated soon. The Minister made this revelation while addressing members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Abuja Branch during its 4th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja, last Thursday. Bello said the FCT IRS when fully operational will tackle the incidence of multiple taxation in the territory with a view to streamlining all taxes in the FCT. He said: “I’m sure that by next week, we are inaugurating the new FCT Internal Revenue Service. Some taxes in the FCT were collected on our behalf by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, but now we have an Act that clearly stipulates what we are supposed to do and what we need to collect. “I do know that as manufacturers in FCT and all over the country, one of the greatest complaints is that you have been dealing with so many agencies with respect to revenue collection. That has a way of bringing lack of transparency and nuisance value to many of you. Bello while empathising with the manufacturers in the FCT whose businesses face imminent relocation as a result of infrastructural

development, noted that “the main challenge of course is for those of you that are not operating within strictly designated areas meant for manufacturing. We are trying to be proactive to appreciate the fact that most of you set up at a time when you didn’t have the full information and already you are investors, you are employing labour and there obviously will be substantial amount of economic waste if some of you were to be relocated. “You are very important economic partners because of the goods and services that you provide and the labour that you employ and then the taxes that you pay from time to time. “So, we are trying to see those that can be integrated and those that we can make alternatives for. That is why so many of you have not been able to get title documents. But I do hope that in the next few months, we can sort out some of these things,” the Minister assured. Bello however appealed to manufacturers in the FCT to continue to pay their taxes, saying it is only by so doing that government will have enough resources to provide basic infrastructure in the city. The FCT Minister nonetheless promised to improve the relationship between manufacturers and Agencies under the FCT Administration, especially the land department, in line with the Federal Government’s policy of improving the ease of doing business in the country.

Opportunities abound for youth corps members in FCT–Bello

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Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello, has said that corps members posted to the territory have so much to achieve during their one year of national assignment. The Minister, represented by the Acting Permanent Secretary, FCT, Hajia Amina Abubakar, stated this during the closing ceremony of the NYSC FCT 2017 Batch “A” stream II orientation at the camp in Kubwa. Malam Musa Bello urged the corps members to take advantage of the different opportunities made available to them during their Youth Service year, adding that the FCT Administration was resolved to take advantage of the natural endowments, human resources and agricultural potentials of the territory in order to position FCT as a major producer of food for local consumption and even export, which is in line with the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme and

sees no reason why Corps members should not cash on it. He explained that the Agricultural Secretariat of the FCTA has registered about 9000 small holder farmers to participate in the programme, adding, “And as corps members, you can cash into it and other initiatives in this sector that are already yielding dividends, such as the increased average annual yield in rice and cassava farming. “Those that studied agriculture and allied courses can introduce new and improved farming methods and techniques to farmers within their host communities of primary assignment. As educated youth leaders, who other youths look up to, you can provide the necessary mentorship that will ignite their interest in agriculture, providing them with employment while swaying them away from unwholesome vices and also sensitising the youths on the need to acquire the least basic education and their parents to see education as a worthy investment that

must be accorded priority,” Bello added. The Minister applauded the consistent efforts of the NYSC in availing the FCT rural populace access to medical care while reiterating that any Corps member who went beyond the call of duty to carry out outstanding projects that impacts positively on the quality of lives of the people of the FCT would be duly recognised just as the administration had appreciated some previous corps members who distinguished themselves in the course of their service in the FCT thereby earning the NYSC FCT Minister’s Honours Award, assuring that others in this category that were pending were not forgotten, “as soon as it is feasible we shall do the same for them”. Malam Musa Bello also assured the Corps members that the FCT Administration was working round the clock to ensure their safety and that of all other residents while urging them to desist from unnecessary and unauthorised journeys.

3,000 farmers in Abaji get sesame seeds from RMRDC ÏÏÏRaw

Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has presented improved variety of sesame seeds to over 3000 farmers in Abaji, a suburb of the Federal Capita; Territory. The scheme was designed to position the farmers for commercial production of the crop. The council distributed large quantities of the crop, known for its high quality oil content, at the event. In an address presented at the occasion, Director General, RMRDC, Dr. H.D. Ibrahim, remarked that his council had over the years been promoting strategic economic crops, one of which was sesame seed, known as beniseed. Ibrahim said Nigeria remained the second largest producer of the seed and ranks seventh among nations that cultivate the crop. Benue, Niger, Kogi, Kebbi, Bauchi, Plateau, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Yobe, Borno and Cross River States are said to be actively involved in cultivation of the seed in Nigeria. Rated one of the best in the world, Nigeria’s sesame seed, the RMRDC boss said, could be processed into vegetable oil, kuli-kuli or used in preparing local soup. According to Ibrahim, Nigeria produces 120,000 metric tonnes of the crop every year, generating an average of $150,000 million yearly. He revealed that a 10 kilogrammes hydraulic hand-pressing machine has been invented by the National

Cereal Research Institute, Baddegi, to facilitate the processing of the crop. He charged the Abaji farmers to deploy the best of their efforts in growing the seed to meet the raw material needs of Dantata Foods/ Allied Products Limited which, he said, would be collaborating with his council to float a plant in Abaji for the processing of the crop. Dignitaries at the event included Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Hon. Abdulrahman Ajiya, the National president, Sesame Seed Growers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Sheriff Balogun, and the Chairman, Abaji Farmers Association, Mr. Sa’adu Usman. Presenting the crops to the farmers, Hon Ajiya expressed joy over the decision of the organisers to choose Abaji as venue of the event and urged the farmers to employ requisite techniques taught them to cultivate the crop so as to achieve the purpose of the scheme. On his part, Mr. Balogun enjoined the farmers to be committed to the execution of the programme which he said would not only give them succour, but also contribute to the nation’s economic development. Speaking to The Abuja Times, Sa’adu Usman thanked Hon. Ajiya and also the organisers of the programme for packaging “such a lifetouching scheme’’ and promised them of his association’s backing in attainment of the goals.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle) receiving plaque of recognition from National President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Frank U. Jacobs (right) while Dr. Shittu Titilola (2nd left) of the FCT MAN chapter looks on during a courtesy visit to the minister...recently

Bello commiserates with affected family as Abuja witnesses another flood fatalities

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hammad Musa Bello, has directed the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take quick measures to investigate the report of the fatal flood incident that took place in the early hours of Friday, to determine its root cause with a view to preventing future occurrences. Malam Musa Bello gave this marching order when he received report of a flash flood incident in which a man and his two children were swept in the flood when the SUV truck in which they were riding attempted to pass the raging flood in Lokogoma near Apo District of Abuja. The man was reported to be taking

his children – a son and a daughter, to summer classes at about 8 O’clock on the fatal morning. Addressing newsmen later in the day, the Director-General of FEMA, Malam Abbas Idris, said “while the FEMA is working to establish contact with the bereaved families, FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has conveyed that his prayers are with the relatives and loved ones of the victims, especially the mother of the house” whom preliminary report say was not in the vehicle during the incident. It would be recalled that meteorological reports given in the beginning of the rainy season included Abuja among places that are likely to witness severe flooding this year as

a major effect of the climate change. According to the Director-General, Nigeria Meteorological Agency NiMeT, Prof. Sani Mashi, “it means that chances of flood generation will be high; we have alerted that there is going to be risk of flooding especially in areas that there are major rivers. Recently, you recall that it happened in Tafa in Suleja, because it is within the region of River Gurara and that is why it was vulnerable to flooding.” Noting that Abuja is also on the sidelines of the Gurara River, the Administration therefore reiterated its earlier counsel to residents to avoid paths that are likely to be prone to flood especially during the rains.

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Disaster mgt: FEMA seeks more collaboration with stakeholders

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General, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss, has called for more collaboration among stakeholders in the critical sub-sector for effective response to disaster management in the territory. Alhaji Idriss made the call when men and officers of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) paid him a courtesy visit at FEMA headquarters recently. Idriss emphasised the importance of collaboration among emergency subsector managers and stakeholders in achieving one goal which is “to save lives”. He further emphasised that the gear should shift from emergency rescue to disaster prevention and mitigation as, according to him, “disaster management is all about collaboration because FEMA cannot do it alone.” He enjoined stakeholders to acquaint themselves with modern ways of managing disaster in view of emerging disasters from flooding and terrorist activities even as he stressed the importance of information sharing among stakeholders. He revealed FEMA’s plans to integrate divers and swimmers into rescue operations for flood incidents. According to him, “the divers will be trained and handed over to Local Emergency Committees in different Area Councils to work with, to respond promptly whenever flood occurs.” Alhaji Idriss equally revealed plans to establish hazard map for FCT to enable FEMA identify hazard areas in different locations and also guide the agency appropriately on approach of rescue,

thereby reducing response time. The FEMA boss urged residents and subsector managers to always use the three- digit toll free emergency number -112- for quick response to disasters around them, noting that they can call the number even when there is no airtime on their phones. According to Alhaji Idriss, the importance of the 112 emergency number is to reduce response time from five minutes. He urged FCT residents and various stakeholders to embrace the emergency code 112 which he stated is a major achievement in disaster management. Responding, the FCT Commandant, NSCDC, Commandant Patrick E. Ukpan, expressed satisfaction with the warm reception accorded him and his team. He stated that their visit to FEMA was to familiarise the corps with the agency’s activities and look into areas of further collaboration. The commandant stated that the corps is saddled with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and also monitors activities of private guards and recommends them for registration. He therefore urged residents to always consult the corps to provide them with a list and profile of registered private guard companies to avoid recruitment of guards with criminal background. The commandant also noted that the corps also manages critical infrastructure and national assets such as electrical installations, dams, buildings, and pipelines, among others, noting that his men are deployed to various infrastructure that are prone to vandalism for 24-hour surveillance.

FCTA moves to complete road projects to enhance infrastructure

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hammad Musa Bello, has declared that it is the priority of his Administration to ensure the completion of all road projects within its domain as such to address progress of numerous infrastructure on ongoing in the FCT. Such projects, according to the Minister, includes the B6 and B12 Roads otherwise known as Constitution and Independence Avenues respectively leading to the magnificent World Trade Center. The Minister made this disclosure when he paid an unscheduled visit to the project site of these central boulevards on Monday. The roads which traverse the World Trade Centre and the Diplomatic Zones, Malam Bello said, are major infrastructure that hold the key to the economic and social vibrancy of the city. He hoped that completion of the roads will enable allotees develop their plots and bring out the skyline of the city centre. The Minister expressed delight at the partial opening of some segments of the Constitutions road which, he

observed, has already brought some relief on the traffic coming from Airport Road into the heart of the city. The FCT Minister indicated that he was happy that motorists coming from the Airport can now drive straight across the Churchgate building without the detour which made driving clumsy. He expressed satisfaction that the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has justified all payments made to it while reminding them of the need for proper installation of street lights at strategic points. Works on the roads were very skeletal since 2011 because of paltry budgetary provisions. But recently the present Administration, the Director of Engineering revealed, cleared all the backlog of payments owed the company. This has resulted in a massive push to complete the projects in keeping with the Administration’s commitment to completing major infrastructural projects which are key to bolstering the commercial and cultural lives of the city. The completed segments include the bridges near the World Trade Centre, the National Stadium and Magic Land along with their complementary ramps, loops, arterial and tangent roads.

Briefing the Minister, the Acting Director of Engineering, Engr. Shehu Ahmed, said the scope was to complete the outer carriageways and their bridges as the inner ones have been completed earlier. He declared that motorists can now travel in dual mode to Three Arm Zone on the Constitution Road. He disclosed that some major arterials were added to the scope of work by the present Administration, to make the road more functional, in view of the major train station by the World Trade Centre and the anticipated completion of the Rail Mass Transit project by the end of December this year. In his remarks at the occasion, the Divisional Manager of Julius Berger Plc, the contracting firm, Dr. Lars Richter, said that the funding which the company got from the present Administration has facilitated the mobilisation of their personnel and machinery to work and that everything is going well. He declared, “as you can see, we are working in all five nodal areas at the same time and we hope to continue to do so as long as fund is made available.”

FCT Fire Service lauds synergy with Police, other security agencies

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Director of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service Department, Mr. Femi Opetunsin, has emphasised the synergy between FCT Police Command and the Fire Service. He also commended the good relationship between both bodies, urging that such should continue. Opetunsin spoke when he met with police top brass at the FCT Command headquarters recently. The director also spoke on how the police have been helping his department during fire outbreaks or emergencies. According to him, once fire personnel drive into any traffic situation, the police always facilitate their easy passage. Besides, he said, the police help to

protect the property of citizens once there is fire outbreak. He said there is a national fire service code made in 2013, saying the regulation allows Fire Service to seal off any premises that refuses to comply with the Fire Service laws. Opetunsin recalled that the police were always with them anytime a sealing-off of a building is on. Also speaking, FCT Police Commissioner, Musa Kimo, described Fire Service as partners in progress and hoped the relationship heightens for the good of residents of the territory. At the event, there was an exchange of gifts between officials of both bodies.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle) flanked by Grand Khadis of the FCT Sharia Court of Appeal as well as other Directors of the FCTA during a courtesy visit at the Minister’s office in Abuja…recently

Experts meet in Abuja on diabetes, other non-communicable diseases ÏÏÏNo less than 100 delegates will

converge on Abuja today (August 23) and tomorrow to discuss and share ideas on how to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, especially diabetes in Nigeria. A statement by Mrs. Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, in Abuja on Saturday, said the meeting is being organised by the Federal Ministry of Health, Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care in Nigeria and the World Dia-

betes Foundation. Akinola quoted the Dr. Nnenna Ezeigwe, Director, (Non-Communicable Diseases), Federal Ministry of Health, as saying that Diabetes was one of the major public health challenges of the 21st century. She said: “by bringing many key partners together, we hope to foster more cooperation and synergies between the people and projects fighting diabetes and other non-communicable diseases in Nigeria”. She also said that the meeting

would focus more on sharing experiences from the World Diabetes Foundation, which had been funding projects to improve diabetes prevention, awareness and care in Nigeria since 2008. She said the delegates would deliberate on the status of the care of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria, adding that they would also deliberate on strategies for realising the goal of Nigeria’s National Strategic Plan of Action on Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases.

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Pedestrian bridges, a facelift to FCT roads, say Agwaniru, Akinteye ÏÏÏPedestrian

bridges being provided across the FCT metropolis have been described as major facelift to the beautiful road networks and as a safeguard to the lives of residents. This was the consensus in separate interviews by The Abuja Times with the FCT Director, Transportation Department, Engr. Anthony Agwaniru, and Assistant Director (Logistics & Design Unit), Engr. Joseph Akinteye, recently. Engr. Agwaniru noted that “the present FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has shown and indeed demonstrated uncommon commitment to the incorporation of pedestrian bridge infrastructure into the FCT’s overall Transport Master Plan.” The Director, who has worked under a sizeable number of past FCT Ministers, specifically highlighted that there appeared to be what he called “extra-ordinary results-yielding synergy” between the Minister and department in the coordination and facilitation of general pedestrian bridge-works in the territory,” pointing out that “this is really inspiring to the workforce of the Transportation Department and has contributed immensely to the successful execution of most of our projects.” Apparently substantiating Engr. Agwaniru’s claims, Engr. Akinteye, stated that “the FCT Administration is currently sponsoring two ongoing pedestrian bridge projects at Gudu and Setraco junctions.” Akinteye also disclosed that through result-oriented enabling environment and effective partnership, the FCTA equally succeeded

in facilitating the execution of six pedestrian bridges across various parts of the territory under the “sponsorship of World Bank through the Road Sector Development Team.” He said: “The counterpart role the FCTA played here was that it sponsored the design and supervision of the projects variously located at Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Banex, NICON, Wuye and Area One/Federal Secretariat junctions.” In a related development, Engr. Agwaniru has sent a wake-up call to residents of the territory to make effective use of pedestrian bridges as a way of “safeguarding against avoidable accidents on our highways”, pointing out that in spite of FCTA’s verifiable efforts at providing quality pedestrian infrastructure, “there is a discerning apathy among roadusers in using them” as most people have severally been caught in the art of risky road-crossing even in the wake of reckless driving on our thoroughfare. Engr. Akinteye, on his part, called on the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to enforce relevant laws and applicable punitive measures against those who have made themselves ‘’perpetual violators of pedestrian bridge-related regulations. “In an overt demonstration of broad-based knowledge of FRSC regulations (i.e. laws) under reference, the Assistant Director, stated inter alia: “the Act (i.e. Regulation) 173 (Sections 1-11) of the National Road Traffic Regulation, 2012, Section 11 says ‘Offenders shall be penalised upon conviction to three years imprisonment or a fine of N2, 000.’’

AEPB urges FCT residents to engage in proper waste mgt

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tection Board (AEPB) has advised Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents to use waste bins and avoid throwing waste in drainage channels. Head of Department of Solid Waste Management, AEPB, Mr. Omogiade Omoruyi, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. Omoruyi said that the adoption of proper waste management techniques would ensure a clean environment that would safeguard the people’s well-being, particularly during the rainy season. He noted that rainy season could be a challenging period for city management and public health officials because of the speedy putrefaction of organic waste and possibilities of flooding. He advised the residents to procure and use waste bins with fitted covers to protect the stored garbage from the rains, while reducing its pace of putrefaction and emission of offensive odour. Omoruyi said that as the rains had now started, the residents ought to cooperate with AEPB in keeping

their surroundings clean. “The major issue here is that some residents don’t have waste bins that have covers to shield their outstanding garbage from the weather element of rain. “Some residents don’t have waste bins and they don’t even bother to know the importance of having waste bins at homes. “Whenever it rains, there is the tendency for the waste to absorb the rainwater, this makes the waste heavier and it decomposes faster and smells more; that’s why residents should have waste bins and ensure that the bins are always covered. “Residents should make it as a point of duty to ensure that their waste bins are properly covered and protected. “They should also desist from throwing trash from vehicles. When we throw out trash from our cars, it affects the environment and when rains fall, the water pushes all the bottles, pure water sachets into the drains. “We all know that the blockage of drainage channels by debris is the commonest cause of urban flooding,’’ he said.

Relief at last as Information Minister opens ISEX Interchange Bridge Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

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ya-Karu road, it is relief at last as the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has opened the Inner Southern Express Way Bridge bringing to fulfillment the pledge of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, to open the road for motorists within the shortest possible time. The portion of the road which cuts off extended distances between AYA and Apo Roundabout as well as the Murtala Muhammed way and Aso drive, Mohammed said, now makes it easy for motorists to drive straight on to most part of the Central Business District avoiding possible gridlocks. Commending the FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello,

for his massive investments in the development of infrastructure and commitment to completing ongoing projects, the Information minister observed that these roads are bound to have very positive impacts on both the economy and physical development of the Federal Capital Territory. He said the stage of work on the ISEX road as well as the Villa Roundabout have opened up the city more and enhanced its navigability. He said this has become timelier especially when viewed against the foreground of the various international conferences billed for Abuja next year. The Information minister lauded the FCT minster for awarding and delivering the Villa Roundabout Bridge and Interchange project which was a major component of the Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX),

namely the Murtala Mohammed Expressway. Speaking to newsmen during the brief opening ceremony, the FCT Minster, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello said “the interchange and the entire ISEX road project which begins from the AYA major junction across the Central Area to Galadima District fits into the programme of this administration to complete ongoing projects that have the greatest benefits to the greatest number of people.” The FCT Minister was unequivocal that these major FCC arterial roads would breathe a fresh air into the city while expressing optimism that they would bring about a dramatic improvement in the transportation, commercial and cultural lives of the city.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle) with the re-elected Exco of the FCTA Press Corps, shortly after their swearing-in in Abuja…recently

NGO plants 78 trees in Bwari Area Council of FCT

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Non-Governmental Organisation, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (CCMAI), on Monday, said it had planted 78 trees in Bwari Area Council of FCT to improve the atmospheric condition in the area. Its Senior Programme Officer, Mr. Richard Inyamkume, told newsmen in Abuja that ‘‘CCMAI is presently engaged in a tree planting project within Bwari Area Council.” ‘‘At least 78 trees have already been planted in different locations including churches, homes, and public schools from May 2017 to August 2017 and is ongoing,’’ he said. Inyamkume said his organisation was planting the trees to support the Federal Government’s efforts at mitigating effects of climate change on the populace. ‘‘In Nigeria, climate change impact is already interfering with weather conditions, food and livestock production, fresh water supplies, energy generation, health and sanitation, human settlements and

housing, transportation and communication and education. ‘‘The average Nigerian may still be unaware that our climate has changed and may further change if nothing is done to lessen the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. ‘‘The National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action on Climate Change for Nigeria (NASPA CCN) recognises that climate change is already having significant impacts in Nigeria.’’ According to him, these impacts are expected to increase in the future. ‘‘Recent estimates suggest that in the absence of adaptation, climate change may result in the loss of between two per cent and 11 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP by 2020. ‘‘This will rise to between six per cent and 30 per cent by the year 2050 which is equivalent to N15 trillion (US$100 billion) and N69 trillion (US$460 billion). ‘‘That is why many state governments, International Non-Gov-

ernmental Organisations (INGO), CSOs, NGOs, public and other relevant stakeholders have been collaborating with the Federal Government to achieve a low carbon society.’’ Inyamkume said his organisation was working in the areas of advocacy, activism and climate change governance. According to him, the organisation has engaged Nigerian school children through its “Children Safe Climate Forum” and the youth through its “Climate Community Ambassador Programme.” He said CCMAI also engaged women through its “Nigeria Women Will Cook Clean Programme” as well as “Home Green Vegetable Recovery Programme” for rural women. Inyamkume said that the organisation was also carrying out viable advocacy and enlightenment campaigns in primary, secondary and tertiary schools and churches within the FCT which would be extended to some states of the federation.

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Osinbajo tasks ECOWAS on economic diversification, poverty, others

Bonny Amadi, Lagos, Mathew Dadiya and Nafisa Abubakar, Abuja

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has blamed the failure of Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS’) economies on fallen government revenue on account of global commodity price slump, which he said, has led to declining economic growth. He has therefore, tasked the sub-regional body on economic

diversification to break the hold of poverty and inequality in the region. Osinbajo, who spoke at the opening of the 15th Ordinary Annual Meeting of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development(EBID) Board of Governors held in Abuja, said, the sub-region was populated by youth struggling for livelihood; therefore, must evolve policies and interventions that would break the hold of poverty and inequality on their lives. He said, “The economies of

our various countries have failed due to fallen government revenue on account of global commodity price slump, declining economic growth and the challenge of creating jobs at a scale that can cope with our rising population. All of these and more have translated into greater pressure on government to urgently diversify our resource dependent economies.” “The more than three million citizens of our various countries are looking up to us for policies and interventions that will break the hold of poverty and inequal-

ity on their lives. But, of even greater moment is the fact the sub-region, like the continent, is a youthful one; 70 per cent of our population is under-35 with all the implication of surviving, education, and livelihood,” he said. He said, the ECOWAS bank, (EBID), has in its official funding, and it seems to be one of the wisest and most apt decision taken by ECOWAS since its inception in sub regional financial institutions with primary mission of completing the integration and economic development of the 15-

member states by investing in and supporting both private and public sectors. “It is clearly what the sub -region requires then or perhaps more so now’ and the bank must be commended for its catalytic role in many game changing investments in energy, infrastructure and even banking,” he added. The VP said, in energy, the desert connection to link Nigeria, Benin and Togo, which was co-financed by ADB and EBID.

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L-R: President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Plateau State, Hon. Lynda Barau; Executive Governor of Plateau State, His Excellency, Simon Lalong, during a visit to Dangote Head Office, in Lagos... yesterday.

Plateau, Dangote partner to revive ailing industries

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

Plateau State Governor Mr. Simon Lalong, on Monday, said his administration was committed to reviving ailing industries in the state with a view to creating

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jobs and reducing poverty. He said Plateau was desirous to partner Dangote Group towards realising this goal. The governor stated this in Lagos, when he led a team of top government functionaries on an investment visit to the Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote at its Corporate Headquarters in Marble House, Ikoyi. Lalong, who spoke in a statement to journalists through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr.Emmanuel Nanle, said that his meeting with Dangote was intended to woo the billionaire-investor to invest in core areas of agriculture with

emphasis on wheat, rice, tomato and Irish potatoes on large scale production. He said solid mineral exploration and processing; agrobased industries and capital injection on a public private partnership into the revitalization of ailing industries in the state, would be addressed. The statement said that, “The Plateau State Government is willing to do all on her part in terms of policy formulation, tax holidays, provision of land and security of investment in any of the sectors. He said, “Plateau State has secured the Federal Government’s support to guard all mining sites in the state from

the encroachment of illegal artisans, miners; and we also make bold to say that we have concluded arrangement to re-acquire the former BARC Farms, which has a wide expanse of about 5000hectares; and to also open up the Bokkos farm project with its existing 300 hectares for investment in agriculture, this is beside the potential to acquire other arable lands within the state.” Responding, Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote commended the governor for the steady return of peace in Plateau state, saying that the violent conflicts that engulfed the state in the past had hindered investments in

the state. Dangote said with the return of peace, openings surely exist, because of the state’s favourable weather, which promotes large scale cultivation of wheat, rice, vegetables and fruits, adding that his company was interested in exploring the potential. He lauded the governor for keying into the new global trend of employment creation and revenue generation through private sector participation, assuring Lalong and his team of his readiness to send consultants to engage with the government and explore key areas of business interest.

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Osinbajo tasks ECOWAS on economic diversification, poverty, others Continued from page b1 In infrastructure, the bank contributed in the funding of Tinapa in Cross River State of Nigeria. Tinapa remains one of the most visionary projects designed to make Cross River State an international commercial and tourism hub. It also supported a major electric project in Conakry in Guinea and the road linking between Côte d’ Voire and Ghana and guaranteed a CFA10billion bond to finance the port of Dhaka and the creation of an investment bank in Benin. He said, the bank also demonstrated remarkable resourcefulness at the height of the many conflicts in the sub-region to establish a conflict resolution fund. “I must say that the role of the bank today is even more crucial and we all know why. But just to emphasis a point which trend in global and economic development and have had a significant impact on local and regional economies.” In a related development, Osinbajo, in statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Office of the Vice President, Media & Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, made available to The Daily Times Nigeria, said that vice president urged EBID to exploit funding, investment opportunities in agriculture, education, especially in the underserved disciplines such as science, education engineering and mathematics.” Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who emerged the new Chairman of EBID Board of Governors said, the meeting brought drivers of economy in the sub-region together, to discuss important matters that would bring radical economic transformation which according to her, would ensure better life for all citizens in the Community. ”Second, we should prioritise industrialization, especially through labour intensive manufacturing to promote job creation. In addition, conscious emphasis should be placed on agriculture to improve food security and deriving more value from the sea, by boosting the ocean economy. “ Efforts are already underway to radically transform the Nigerian economy in a manner that will shift the age-old emphasis away from oil as the main source of revenue for the country. Diversification and domestic resource mobilization, through improved tax revenue are therefore on-going. Without doubt, the signalling effect coupled with positive externalities that would be generated would have significant impact on our regional economy,” she added.

L-R: Unit Head, Power, Keystone Bank Limited, Ibraheem Allaaya; Director, Global Utilities Management Company, Abu Ejoor; Chairman, Vigeo Group,Victor Gbolade Osibodu; Executive Vice President, International Marketing, Genus, Ramachand Ran Viswanathan and Business Development Manager, Vigeo Group, Tosin Osibodu, during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Lagos... recently.

FG moves to catalyze broadcast growth By Tony Nwakaegho

The Federal Government is to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to efforts aimed at establishing a scientific Audience Measurement System for radio television broadcasting. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who gave this indication, said that the event will hold on October 3rd, 2017. Muhammed said this during the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria’s (BON’s) 3rd International Summit on Digital Broadcasting in Nigeria, held in Lagos, on Tuesday. He said,”It is imperative that we urgently put in place an industry framework that will ensure that Content Producers receive their just due for the value of the Content they create, as well as provide objective guarantees to the Advertising community on their ReturnOn-Investment on media placements .” Mohammed said for the switch over from analogue to digital television to be sustainable for signal distributors, channel owners, TV content producers and advertisers, the scientific Audience Measurement System is critical to articulating the val-

ue of the content to consumers, as well as the value of the audience to advertisers, particularly in the television sector. He said lack of a scientific Audience Measurement System has resulted in under-investment in the sector, adding that, television platforms are subjected to renting out space on their Channels to sustain their businesses; and Content Producers have become increasingly overreliant on sponsorship which, unfortunately, skews the authenticity of their creative output in favour of a few decision makers and not the millions of TV viewers. “Further, the value of Nigeria’s Broadcasting Advertising Market is not proportionate with its population when compared to the Top 3 Markets in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Despite having a population three times more than South Africa, Nigeria’s Television Advertising Revenue in 2016, at US$309m, was behind that of South Africa, at US$1,301m. “By 2020, the gap between South Africa and Nigeria is projected to marginally decline to 72 per cent. Similarly, in the Radio sector, the value of Nigeria’s 2016 Advertising Revenue of US$81m was behind its peers, South Africa and Kenya, both at US$343m. Kenya is projected to overtake South Africa in 2017 as the leading Radio Ad-

vertising market,” he said. The minister stressed that in both South Africa and Kenya, the value and growth rate of the Broadcasting Advertising Revenue is largely influenced by the availability of a scientific Audience Measurement System that provides confidence to Advertisers in measuring their Return-On-Investment. He noted that bringing Nigerian TV advertisement market into line with benchmarks that is 2 to 3 times the current size could result in additional $200-$400m of revenue to the industry, based on current comparisons with other African countries. The Federal Government, he said, had already taken a critical long-term decision to support the Nigeria Creative and Entertainment Industry by ensuring and funding the inclusion of a middle-ware that is capable of scientific Audience Measurement on Set-Top Boxes, hence the need to develop the framework. According to him, “The existing model will never enable the Nigeria’s Creative and Entertainment Industry to reach its full potential. It stunts the quality of the Content that can be created and it also limits the capacity of Television platforms to invest in dynamic offerings that Consumers will be attracted to.”

How we saved economy from collapse - Emefiele Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said that the bank deployed various import-substitution strategies since 2014 in order to save the economy from collapse. Emefiele who made this declaration in a keynote address titled, “The Dilemma of Monetary Policy During a Recession: Potential Options for Nigeria,” at the 57th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday, also expressed satisfaction that the measures are working. Defending the apex bank policy on denial of official forex to some imported items that could be produced locally, Emefiele , took the audience through recent economic history in which some countries, both in the Western hemisphere and Asia), that had to apply similar measures to solve peculiar economic challenges. According to him, countries, such as, South Korea used excessive stiff tariffs, quantitative restrictions and in the case of Taiwan, the government applied some non-tariff barriers to curtail imports into these countries.

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Over 700 BDCs inactive Naira loses at official market, closer to convergence rates in CBN’s FX window More than 700 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators have in recent months been rendered inactive in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) Forex Window. This has put the sustainability of their businesses under serious threat. Confirming the development at the weekend, President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe said the BDC business has been badly affected by uncompetitive rate, as the CBN sells dollars to BDCs at higher rate compared to what the regulator sells to commercial banks, yet both institutions target the same market segment and customers. The BDCs, he said, buy dollar from the CBN at N360/$1 and sell to end users at N362/$1, while the regulator sells to commercial banks at N358/$1 and the banks sell to end users at N360/$1. The CBN’s approved list showed that 3,389 BDC operators have been licensed to carry out the business and are expected to get $40,000 allocations weekly form the CBN Forex Window. The apex bank disburses about $135.5 million to the 3,389 registered BDCs on weekly basis to sell to forex end users. The funds are needed for settling demands for Personal Travel Allowances (PTA), Business Travel Allowances (BTA), medical needs and school fees payment abroad.

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Gwadabe described the buying rate for the BDCs as uncompetitive and a big disincentive for many forex users to patronize the operators. He said the banks and the BDCs operate and service the same market segment, and should get dollars at the same rate to enable both institutions compete favourably. According to the ABCON boss, the banks enjoy large customer base with the customers able to carry out their transactions by having their accounts debited to cover the cost of purchase. He said such convenience plus a lower rate put the banks at advantage position to attract more customers than BDCs. He lamented that BDCs are not only buying at exorbitant rate, but also sell at a rate higher than that of the banks hence, creating low patronage for the operators. Gwadabe advised the CBN to take urgent steps to review the rate at which the dollar is sold to the BDCs as such would boost ongoing recovery of the naira against the dollar. The naira has remained at N368/$1 at the parallel market in the last one week, a major improvement from N520/$1 it exchanged last February.

The Nigerian currency, Naira, which had, on Monday, lost slightly at Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Fixing (NAFEX) window, rebounded on Tuesday to gain 0.11 per cent. But, it dropped further at the official foreign exchange market, while edging closer to the desired convergence rates pursued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and concerned financial stakeholders. The Naira, at the close of yesterday’d trading activities ended at 305.75, against already depreciated rate of 305.70, while compared to 305.60 sold the previous week. Although, it remained steadied at the parallel market, as it was seen hovering between 368 and 370 depending on the buyer bargaining power

and the volume his buying because the rate varies from one parallel market operator to another. The naira, however strengthened against the pound sterling at the unofficial market to exchange at 475compared to 477 sold on Monday, but left unchanged at 431 to the Euro on Tuesday. At NAFEX, the Naira, opened at a declined rate of 362.97 against 361.59, representing 0.38 per cent depreciation, but closed strong at 359.60 compared to 360 traded the preceding day, representing a growth of 0.11 per cent, data obtained from FMDQ OTC has showed. Consequently, the turnover recorded yesterday at the autonomous FX window, slide to$165.29 million, which was weaker than $212.43 million declared on Monday; and $236.97 recorded on Friday.

It would be recalled that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, offered $195m in three segments of the Foreign Exchange Market (Forex) to boost liquidity in the operation. Isaac Okorafor, CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department explained that in the wholesale segment of the inter-bank Foreign Exchange market, the bank auctioned 100 million dollars and also intervened in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with 50 million dollars. He said the bank also offered the invisible segments, with 45 million dollars. He said the bank had kept fate with its resolve to ensure that there was sustained liquidity in the market following pressures on the market from those seeking forex for

school fees and vacations. He stated that the bank would also ensure that genuine requests for FOREX were met, as well as improved liquidity and flexibility in the market. Meanwhile, the nation’s is finally down to what seems likes just two exchange rates; one is the official central bank rate of 305 per dollar, while the other is between 360 to 365 at the interbank and parallel market. Monetary policy officials unified some of their multiple exchange rates as they directed currency dealers to quote naira levels used in actual trades for August. The move, according to Bloomberg, is “to entice back bond investors who fled in 2014 and 2015 as oil prices collapsed and the central bank tightened capital controls.”

L-R: Member, Ojude Oba 2017 Planning Committee, Chief Agboola Alausa; Vice Chairman, Chief Olu Okuboyejo; Coordinator, Corporate Services, Globacom, Mr. Yomi Ogunbamowo and Chairman of the committee, Otunba Wahab Osinusi and Giwa M.A. Odutayo, another member of the committee at the pre-event press conference to announce the celebration of the 2017 Ojude Oba Festival sponsored by Globacom.

Afreximbank narrows Africa’s financing gap with $300m D.Receipt Bonny Amadi Development of Africa’s economy has continued to be the focus of African Export- Import Bank (Afreximbank), following its efforts to mobilize funds for infrastructure development and sustainable business initiatives across the African continent. To further expand the Africa’s growth initiative through better funding opportunities,

the bank is inaugurating a $300 million equity offering, using Depositary Receipts backed by its Class “D” shares. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is the foremost pan-African multilateral financial institution devoted to financing and promoting intraand extra-African trade. The bank was established in October 1993 by African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-

African investors. Meanwhile, as investors, not only in Africa, but across the continent look forward to have a stake into Afreximbank’s success story through enhanced returns on their investments leveraging on the Depository Receipt, as the $300m offer, will open Afreximbank’s shareholding to Nigerian Investors and other investors across the African continent and beyond. Afreximbank said that De-

positary Receipts issuance is aimed at enhancing its capitalization in order to significantly narrow the trade financing gap in Africa, currently estimated at $120 billion annually, and to meet its strategic objective of growing intra-African trade in all regions of the continent, including island economies. The supranational trade finance bank, Afreximbank, an investment grade rated multilateral financial institution,

through the $300m issuance of Depositary Receipts, is opening its shareholding to the investing public. Afreximbank, Dr. Benedict Oramah, on Wednesday August 23rd, 2017, flagged off activities on the Depository receipt in Lagos, where he met stakeholders and held press conference with financial Journalists. He provided answers to questions relating to the offer and developmental initiatives of the bank.

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Equities market rebounds with N130.3bn Afolabi Adesola Equities trading on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rebounded on Tuesday, after a loss of N116 billion recorded on Monday. Investors on the equities market thus recouped previous day’s losses, as market capitalization, which still hovers around the N12trn mark, added N130.3bn to close the day at N12.740trn. The NSE All-Share Index also went up by 1.03 per cent or 378.04 points, following gains recorded in 22 stocks to settle at 36,962.48 points, increasing the year-todate returns to 37.54 per cent. The price movement chart showed Total and Caverton led 22 gainers against 22 losers, led by Conoil. Total and Caverton increased five per cent each to close at N239.51; and N1.05 per share respectively. They were trailed by CI Leasing, which advanced by 4.85 per cent to settle at N1.08 per share, while UAC-Prop and Skye Bank appreciated 4.73 and 4.69 per cent each to close at N2.88 and

67 kobo per share. On the other hand, Conoil dropped 9.74 per cent to close at N30.59 per share, Mobil and Neimeth shed 5 per cent each to settle at N213.81 and76 kobo per share respectively, while UACN and May Baker declined

by 4.85 and 4.84 per cent to close at N15.70 and N2.95 per share respectively. The volume and value of shares exchanged at the market on Tuesday closed lower than on Monday. A total of 244.3 million shares

GTBank, which traded 16.5 million shares worth N670.5m; and UBA, which transacted 15 million units valued at N141.3m. Sterling Bank exchanged 13.5 million shares worth N13.5m, while Dangote Sugar traded 8.5 million shares at N110.9m.

L– R: Mr. Raja Vadlamudi, Deputy General Manager, Technical, Prestige Assurance Plc; Mr. Abayomi O. Odulana, Company Secretary , Prestige Assurance Plc ; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Dr. Balla Swamy, MD/CEO, Prestige Assurance Plc; Sir Muftau O. Oyegunle, Non-Executive Director, Prestige Assurance; Sarbeswar Sahoo, Executive Director (Risk Control), Prestige Assurance Plc and Ade Bajomo, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, NSE at the Closing Gong Ceremony in commemoration of 65th anniversary of Prestige Assurance Plc at the Exchange in Lagos... on Tuesday

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worth N3.7bn were traded in 3,829 deals compared with 368.4 million units valued at N6.3bn traded Monday in 3,729 deals. Livestock emerged the most traded stock, accounting for 101.2 million units sold for N101.12m. It was followed by

integrity and protect investors by providing compliance related Total number of 12 listed information on all listed compacompanies listed on the nies. Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Companies that are listed on are currently facing the chal- The Exchange are required to lenge of meeting free float defi- adhere to high disclosure stanciency. dards which are prescribed in While some companies were the Listing Rules. yet to close the free float gab According to the NSE X-Comon or before the ended period pliance, companies listed on The granted them by the NSE, others Exchange are required to mainhave not demonstrated commit- tain a minimum free float for the ment to comply with regulatory set standards under which they requirement on this, just as the are listed in order to ensure that grace period given them is about there is an orderly and liquid to end. market for their securities. The NSE x-compliance report The NSE prescribes is 15 per as at 22nd August, 2017, showed cent of market capitalization, that 12 companies have deficien- free float requirement for comcy challenge in the number of panies on the Alternative Secushares they released to the NSE, rities Exchange Market (ASEM as it falls below the regulatory Board. Main Board is 20 per provision. cent of market capitalization The NSE’s X-Compliance re- while companies on the Premiport is a transparency initia- um Board is also 20 per cent of tive of The Exchange, which is market capitalization or above designed to maintain market N40 billion on the date The Exchange receives the Issuer’s application to list. Summary of activities on NSE Meanwhile, the companies in schedASI 37,096.60 ule 7 of the NSE XCompliance with DEALS 5,285.00 free float deficiencies have applied VOLUME 391,625,421.00 for waivers from the Quotations VALUE 5,436,356,889.78 Committee of ManCAP 12,786,186,982,538.43 agement, having

provided compliance plans with tentative timelines to support their requests. The affected companies all of which are labelled BELOW Listing Standards (BLS) by the NSE, include Union Bank of Nigeria Plc with 14.94 compliance rate and 5.06 per cent deficiency. Its deadline for compliance according to the x-compliance report on August 22 2017, expired on 30 June 2017. Ccapital Hotel has a free float of 2.62 per cent with deficiency of 17.38 per cent, and has been given 31 October, 2017, as compliance deadline, while Great Nigeria Insurance enjoyed free float of 16.00 per cent, and a deficiency of 4.00 per cent. The company’s compliance deadline expired on 08 July, 2016. Chellerams with free float of 14.87 per cent and deficiency of 5.13 per cent, with extension period that expired on 08 July 2016 A.G. Leventis has a deficit free float of 11.64 per cent, while 31 July 2017, waiver period has expired. Others are, Interlinked Technology, Infinity Trust Mortgage, Transcorp Hotels and Caverton Offshore Support Group. They also include, African Paints, Champion Breweries, which is embarking on restructuring and the Tourist Company of Nigeria.

28 companies get NSE’s hammer over financial statements’ default

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Twenty-Eight listed firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) who failed to file their audited or interim financial statements before the regulatory due date have been fined a total sum of N277.1m by the NSE. The companies to face the sanctions, in accordance with the provisions of section 14 of Appendix iii of the listing rules, filed their Audited and Interim Financial Statements after the regulatory due date. They include A.G. Leventis Nig. Plc, African Alliance Plc, Afromedia Plc, Austin Laz & Co. Plc, Capital Hotel Plc, Capital Oil Plc, Conoil Plc, CWG Plc, Daar Communications Plc, Dangote Flour Mills Plc and Diamond Bank Plc. Also to face sanctions are Equity Assurance Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, Great Nigeria Insurance, Guinea Insurance Plc, Newrest ASL Plc, Niger Insurance Plc, Nigerian Enamelware Plc, PhamaDeko Plc, Premier Paints Plc, Presco Plc, Royal Exchange Plc and Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc. Others are Staco Plc, Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, Thomas Wyatt Plc, Union Diagnostic & Clinical Services Plc, and Unity Bank Plc Listed companies on the Exchange are required to file their quarterly and annual accounts within 30 days and 90 days respectively, after the end of the quarter and end -year respectively, in ac-

cordance with the listing rules of the NSE. Companies that fail or refuse to comply by not submitting their accounts and operational reports risk sanctions and fines that range from N100,000 to more than N100 million. A breakdown of the fines per company showed Thomas Wyatt Plc had the highest fine of N46.8mn for default in 2015 audited accounts. This was followed by Africa Alliance which has a total fine of N46.1m for default in both 2015 and 2016 audited accounts. Great Nigeria Insurance with a total fine of N30.1m for default in filing its 2015 and 2016 audited accounts coupled with its 2017 1st quarter account emerged with the third highest penalty. Guinea Insurance came fourth with a total fine of N22.3m for default in 2015 and 2016 audited accounts as well as defaults in 2016 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter accounts while the 5th highest penalty went to Daar Communication for failing to file its 2015 and 2016 audited accounts and its 2017 first quarter accounts. Afromedia Plc with a financial year end of September has the lowest fine of N200,000 for default in 2017 3rd quarter report. Dangote Flour Mills is to pay a fine of N500,000 for default in 2016 audited accounts, while Unity Bank has been slammed with a fine of N500,000 for failing to submit its audited 2016 report before the regulatory due date and Fidelity Bank also received a fine of N700,000 for default in 2016 audited report.

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Maritime B6 Stories by Babajide Okeowo Worried by the impact on carbon emissions from ships, and the urgent need to arrest it, as well as guide against any similar harmful sources in the maritime sector, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has convened a forum to tackle the issue. Speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ forum on marine pollution annex VI and other emerging issues on climate change, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, stated that stake-

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NIMASA: Carbon emissions from ships worry organization holders were concerned about the carbon footprints of Nigeria; and had the desire to address the problem and improve the condition, as well as, the living standards of the people already threatened by the impact of climate change. He said, “In recognition of the intense focus climate change is receiving within the international maritime organisation,

the Kyoto Protocol designated the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, as the agency to deal with greenhouse gas emissions from ships. He said,“Since the world economy relies on shipping, it is just a simple fact that sustainable development will rely on a sustainable and efficient maritime transportation system.” He added that the IMO

was developing a data collection system for ships’ fuel consumption since carbon emission and fuel efficiency were directly linked. According to Peterside, NIMASA, as part of its responsibilities with regard to greenhouse gas emission from ships and other maritime sources, has, among other strategies, been building capacity on issues of climate

change, collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Environment to create detailed action plan that would assist the nation to effectively address climate change issues as they affect the maritime industry. He said the agency had also held discussions with the Department of Petroleum Resources on the quality of fuel oil supply to vessels in line with the

IMO sulfur content specification of 0.5mm by 2020. Maritime transport emits around 1000 million tonnes of CO2 annually ;and is responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions (3rd IMO GHG study). Shipping emissions are predicted to increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 – depending on future economic and energy developments.

NISA lauds NIMASA’s initiative on Cabotage Act

NPA MD Ms Hadiza Bala usman 4th from Left appearing before the House of Representative Committee chaired by Hon. Kingsley O. Chinda in Abuja recently. The committee is investigating the Auditor-General of the Federation’s reports on the accounts of NPA for the years ended Dec., 2014 & 2015.

Shippers’ Council initiates truck transit parks across busy corridors The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has initiated the location of Truck Transit Parks, TTPs, across the busy corridors in the country to ease traffic congestions. A Truck Transit Park (TTP) is a modern, state of –the- art, common user facility, off the highway, where truck drivers can conveniently park their vehicles get accommodation, fuel, food, drinks,

rest rooms, showers and other basic supply like oil and spare-parts as well as servicing of their vehicles. This is just as the Executive Secretary of the Council; Mr. Hassan Bello has expressed his readiness to work closely with Ogun State Government in ensuring that the Ogere Trailer Park is upgraded to a modern truck transit park. Bello spoke in Abuja during a courtesy visit to

the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi According to him, the trailer park has the size to accommodate TTP’s modern facilities ,particularly mega filling station, restaurant, and hotel, noting that what is currentlyon the ground is not a truck transit park. Also,the council and the Federal Road Safety Corps are planning a centralized database for all trucks across the country.

According to the Agency, the database on the number of trucks and oil tankers in Nigeria will help in tracking and managing the heavy duty vehicles as well as enhance road traffic. Bello also stated that there was a need for Nigeria to establish modern traffic management systems at seaports in order to decongest the massive number of trucks on some roads leading to the ports.

The Nigerian Ship Owners Association (NISA) has commended the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA’s) bid to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003 through the New Cabotage Compliance Strategy (NCCS). Lagos State Coordinator, Captain Taiwo Akinpelumi stated that the association is pleased with NIMASA’ effort aimed at full realization of the Cabotage regime. According to him, “Ship owners are the essence of NIMASA, without ship owners there will be no NIMASA and without NIMASA, there will be no ship owners. So, we have a reason to interact even a lot more than we are doing and that is why we are here.” He stated that the body would always work together with the Agency, adding that,.“NIMASA is there for us and we are there for NIMASA. We are the two wings of the bird because no bird can fly with only one wing.” He also stated that NISA, as a body, shares in the vision of the regulatory body to reposition the maritime sector for greater efficiency and productivity, hence the call for continuous partnership so that as professionals , they can bring to the table their professional expertise in assisting NIMASA to

realise its full mandate. In his response, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside extolled the role of ship owners to the maritime sector, describing them as key players to the sustenance and survival of the Nigerian maritime sector. He further described the NISA delegation as a set of knowledgeable experts whose wealth of experience will be needed in helping the Agency realize its mandates as regards Cabotage implementation as enshrined in the NIMASA Act. Accordingly, the DG stated that the Agency would give the necessary support to the association and would continue to engage in fruitful collaborative meetings, geared towards realizing a virile maritime industry. He also assured the body that aside from Cabotage, the Agency would also look at areas of having exclusivity for Nigerian ship owners such as lighterage and that the Agency is poised to put mechanisms in place to ensure that it works. “We will look at the MoU we had with NISA many years ago and review it and look at the possibility of revisiting it. We are pushing it back to you as a task and we believe that you will come with very useful suggestions on the way forward”, the DG said.

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Kaspersky Lab uncovers how attackers compromise companies’ software Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a backdoor planted in a server management software product used by hundreds of large businesses around the world. When activated, the backdoor allows attackers to download further malicious modules or steal data. However,Kaspersky Lab has alerted NetSarang, the vendor of the affected software; and it has promptly removed the malicious code and released an update for customers. ShadowPad is one of the largest known supply-chain attacks. Had it not been detected and patched so quickly, it could potentially have targeted hundreds of organisations worldwide. In July, 2017 Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis (GReAT) team was approached by one of its partners – a financial institution. The organisation’s security specialists were worried about suspicious DNS (domain name server) requests originating on a system involved in the processing of financial transactions. Further investigation showed that the source of these requests was server management software produced by a legitimate company and used by hundreds of customers in industries like financial services, education, telecoms, manufacturing, en-

ergy, and transportation. The most worrying finding was the fact that the vendor did not mean for the software to make these requests. Further Kaspersky Lab analysis showed that the suspicious requests were actually the result of the activity of a malicious module hidden inside a recent version of the legitimate software. Following the installation of an infected software update, the malicious module would start sending DNS-queries to specific domains (its command and control server) at a frequency of once every eight hours. The request would contain basic information about the victim’s system (user name, domain name, host name). If the attackers considered the system to be “interesting”, the command server would reply and activate a fully-fledged backdoor platform that would silently deploy itself inside the attacked computer. After that, on command from the attackers, the backdoor platform would be able to download and execute further malicious code. Following the discovery, Kaspersky Lab researchers immediately contacted NetSarang. The company reacted fast and released an updated version of the software without the malicious code. So far, according to Kaspersky Lab research, the malicious

L-r: Dr. Isa Pantami, the director general and chief executive officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), presenting certificate of participation to one of the startups, while Dr. Amina Sambo Magaji, acting national coordinator of OIIE, watch.

module has been activated in Hong Kong, but it could be lying dormant on many other systems worldwide, especially if the users have not installed the updated version of the affected software. While analysing the tools techniques and procedures used by the attackers, Kaspersky Lab researchers came to the conclusion that some similarities exist that point to PlugX malware variants used by the Winnti APT, a known Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group. This information, however, is not enough to establish a precise connection to these actors.

Airtel unveils ‘unlimited data’ plans to empower consumers

Airtel Nigeria has officially rolled out the Home Broadband Service, which allows customers to share data with colleagues, friends and family members with a promise that the new package will empower telecoms consumers to have access to unlimited internet service at reasonable cost. Ahmad Mohkles, the chief commercial officer, Airtel Nigeria, said the telco is changing the paradigm, breaking new frontiers and inspiring new behaviour in relation to data sharing and delivering seamless data to improve customer lifestyle and enable them take charge. “Airtel is committed to pioneering innovation, superior data experience and affordability. Our new Unlimited is truly unlimited as we have stretched the threshold to deliver up to 100GB to telecoms consumers so that they can empower more people within their circle of influence,” he said. Mohkles added, “With this new offering, we have initiated and inspired a paradigm shift

that will promote community, deepen friendship bond and eventually lead to a more productive and prosperous society. We are proud of our new unlimited data package and the positive change it will create in the home broadband segment. “The new Airtel Home Broadband delivers superfast broadband service via data terminals such as dongle, MiFi and routers as it comes in various packages and affordable price range to suit the lifestyles of different customer segments. “Customers can get unlimited data on packages such as Unlimited 10, Unlimited 15 and Unlimited 20, which are offered at N10,000, N15,000 and N20,000 respectively and valid for 30 days. To subscribe to the service on smartphones, customers are advised to dial *462*10# for unlimited 10, *462*15# for unlimited 15 and *462*20# for unlimited 20.” Airtel brand ambassador, Gabriel Afolayan who played the role of Bayo in the Unlimited Home Broadband TVC, while speaking at the launch com-

mended Airtel Nigeria for bring affordable data to customers. In his words: “Data is life. And Airtel has just made life better for all customers through Home Broadband. It is a breath of fresh air and I must thank Airtel for making data more affordable and accessible to us all. Now, no more fear of sharing data with family and friends.” Customers who wish to use the service for home broadband and on data terminals are required to get the MIFI / Router / Dongle at the nearest Airtel showroom or a designated Airtel agent. Mohkles while fielding question from journalists on the threshold, explained that “upon activating any of the unlimited plans, customers enjoy superfast data experience until a threshold is reached. After this, the data speed is throttled to a lower speed in line with the Fair Usage Policy. According to this policy, the threshold for Unlimited 10 is 40GB; unlimited 15 come with 65GB while unlimited 20 is 100GB, after which the speed comes to 256kpbs.”

Nigeria closer to producing similar ‘Zuckerberg’ –Pantami The Nigerian startup ecosystem has being alluded as having the capacity of become the strong catalytic force for sustainable economic growth, and even producing the like of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami, made this remark at the Sixth StartUP Nigeria, the brainchild of the Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE), adding that ICT “is not only indispensable for developing new products and services but also for ensuring the survival of any business in the competitive world by providing ample opportunities for growth and profitability.” NITDA, he said has strengthened its processes for proper regulation and development, crucial for supporting the startup and entrepreneurs ecosystem in the country, especially now that revenue from the ‘oil and gas’ industry is on downward trend. The NITDA DG said, StartUPNigeria held in Lagos is a prelude to GITEX 2017, as Agency tends to select the best startups to represent the country, identify with those that need technical, financial supports to push their solutions forward. “We have to move from oil resource to knowledge-based

economy. ICT has the answer to this. The contribution of 12.6 per cent of ICT to GDP is second to oil at the moment, but will soon takeover. India depends on ICT as $143billion annual comes from ICT; Nigeria accounts for 180million with 60 per cent young people who are addicted to ICT. “Today, you can’t do without smart devices or not connected; it’s not worth trying. We as ICT natives are addicted to it. The best way is not importation, but using our intellects to develop. No country will survive depending on ICT importation. We have met with OEMs to see how to reduce the level of importation. We want to have a ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ in Nigeria. Nigeria is closer to having own Zuckerberg and we shall surely support the process that will produce that platform,” he said. Earlier in her remark, Acting National Coordinator of OIIE, Dr. Amina Sambo Magaji, lauded the exemplary leadership of the NITDA DG and the management for giving OIIE platform to meet with startups and solve needs in the ecosystem, turning new ideas and inventions into products and technologies that spur job growth and competitiveness while promoting economic development. She disclosed that over 60 pitches were received online for StartUP Nigeria, while 11 startups made pitched at the event held in Lagos.

Aviation B8 Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Certification of the Nigeria’s aerodromes would reduce insurance premium for the airline operators, President, Airport Council International (ACI), Saleh Dunoma, has said. In an interview with journalists, Dumoma said that insurance premium for operators in Nigeria, which ranked amongst the highest in the world, will most likely be reduced. The ACI boss said it would give the international aviation community the confidence to operate at the airport. The certification of the airport is based on safety; and it is required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to give the required confidence to international airline operators coming in, that given standards have been met. Dunoma said there are over 100 open items that need to be closed, stressing that some of them have to do with procedures. He said : “Those ones

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Airport certification ‘ill reduce insurance premium –FAAN boss are easy to close. Those that have to do with documentations are easy to close. For example, what we publish as FAAN as procedures or processes, when it is found. For instance, if you say you have Category 9 fire service, you must make sure you have it at 9; in terms of equipment, number of people, in terms of your documentation and your processes. “So, if there are gaps in that, you have to make sure you close them. There are so many of them in so many areas. “On the airfield, we have those that have do with the airfield lightings and the runway itself, on personnel, documentation, training, and on maintenance. There are so many covering the entire aspect of airport operations.As we speak, there are only few of them that needed to be closed.” Dunoma, who is also the

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), listed funds constraints as one of the challenges the agency faced in the certification processes. He noted that at the beginning, they thought they might not need much resources, but at the end of the day, after the assessment, they discovered that they had a lot to do. The only thing, he stated that they needed to do was to make provisions in their budget as special fund to address the certification, adding that once they got the assessment and the fund provided, their engineers swung into action. The engineers, he disclosed came with the estimate of how some of the technical issues, some of the documentation and some of the new things they need to provide to make sure that they close the gaps.

Emirates deploys extra hajj flights to Lagos Emirates said it will be operating extra flights to Jeddah to help facilitate travel for thousands of pilgrims this year heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj. The carrier also disclosed that it would be operating Emirates will be operating 45 additional flights to Jeddah and 12 additional flights to Medina from August 17, 2017 until September 11, to help serve the two million pilgrims expected to travel to the Holy City of Mecca during Hajj this year. These services will run parallel with Emirates’ regular scheduled services to Jeddah. The airline will also be operating its A380 to Medina, which will also support the increased demand during this period. The additional services are available to travellers holding a valid Hajj visa. This year, top in-bound destinations, Emirates, is expecting Hajj pilgrims to come from are, Yangon, Manchester, Mauritius, Jakarta, Karachi, Lagos and Nairobi.

There are over 700 bookings for Hajj from Lagos. Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Gulf, Middle East and Iran, Adil Al Ghaith said, “Travelling for Hajj is a unique experience for Muslims around the world, and we expect over 20,000 pilgrims to travel with us this year. “With a sizeable increase in demand for air travel during this period, Emirates is helping to make the journey more seamless for the scores of pilgrims making their way to the Holy City of Mecca. Whether it’s in the air or on the ground, Emirates aims to provide all its customers with the best experience in line with their faith, particularly at this significant time and important journey.” On the ground, Emirates has appointed a dedicated group of airport workers to seamlessly facilitate the passenger ground experience for Hajj. In addition, dedicated check-in counters have been set up for Hajj passengers in Dubai. In the air, several initiatives

have been planned in keeping with the values and traditions that pilgrims uphold when travelling for Hajj. Extra provisions will be made to accommodate Hajj traveller needs, such as performing ablutions, advising passengers about Al Miqat and Ihram (the phase when pilgrims enter a state of sanctity) and other arrangements that would help ease their journey. Emirates’ award-winning ice system will also feature a special Hajj video that covers safety, Hajj formalities and information about performing the Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims will also be able to tune into the Holy Quran channel. On flights from Jeddah, Hajj passengers can bring up to 5 litres of Holy Water (Zamzam), which would be placed in special areas in the cargo hold. As with all Emirates flights, Hajj passengers will enjoy extra generous Emirates’ baggage allowance of up to 35kg in Economy Class, 40kg in Business Class and 50kg.

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Akwaba: Olowo to speak on commercial aviation accident-free year Chairman/CEO, Sabre Network NMC, West Africa, Mr. Gbenga Olowo has confirmed he will speak speak at the second edition of Akwaaba Travel Market Aviation Day scheduled to hold at Eko Hotel and suites Victoria Island, Lagos, from Sept. 10-12, 2017. According to a statement by the organizers of the ATM, Olowo, who is also the President of Aviation Round Table (ART) and the guest speaker at the event, would be speaking on the topic: “2016: Commercial Aviation AccidentFree Year. What Did Africa Do Right”, a topic that is germane to the African aviation sector. Olowo is an economist and business administrator with uninterrupted cognate experience in the aviation sector. According to IATA “Last year some 3.8 billion travelers flew safely on 40.4 million flights. The number of total accidents, fatal accidents and fatalities all declined versus the five-year average, showing that aviation continues to become safer. The good news is that in 2016 Africa had no air crash. This is against the backdrop of decades of problematic safety level in Africa. Olowo will be bringing his versatility in the global aviation industry to bear on the topic at the 2017 Aviation Day. Gabriel’s deep and wide aviation industry experience has made him an acknowledged expert in airlines and aviation business management. He has provided varied consultancy services in these areas ;and he is an author of many aviation in-

dustry related publications. He’s currently the President Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative. He has attended several professional training courses and served on several expert groups, committees, and panels including the Ministerial Committee on Restructuring of Nigeria Airways Limited in September 2001, Ministerial Technical Committee on the Establishment of a new Flag Carrier in August 2003, Chairman of the Agency Investigation Panel (A.I.P) for Western Africa, and Member of ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Implementation of Yamoussoukro Treaty. The event aims to stimulate valuable discuss from renowned industry players that would add impetus to the sector and improve and sustain the safety level in the industry. This year’s Aviation Day event is expected to have aviation professionals from global aviation organisations, like the International Air Transport Association, IATA, African Civil Aviation Commission, AFCAC, African Airlines Association, AFRAA and Chief Executives of airlines in the continent. The 12th edition of the travel and tourism conference with the theme ‘The State of Aviation in Africa Why do Airlines Fail’ which was well attended by travel experts examined the challenges bedevilling African carriers with a view to proffer solutions to the problem inhibiting the growth of airlines in the continent. At the event it was revealed that 37 Airlines collapsed in Africa within a decade.

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Enter the world of top fashion trend setters

The fashion industry is blessed with top movers in the industry ranging from top notch fashion houses, models, photographers to mention but few. 2017 has indeed been going fabulously well especially for fashion trend setters that includes the likes of Meena, Nikki Anyasi, Queen Onyemaechi, and industry mainstay such as Ituen Basi, Maki Oh, Omoyemi Akerele, and others. Life &Times ex-rays few of the top fashion names to look out for in the industry. MODELS Uju Marshall No model has stayed relevant and as in demand as Uju Marshall. With a stellar year behind her, walking 32 shows at the 2015 Fashion and Design Week behind her and several critically received editorial campaigns to her name and many debating that

enough talent to become a major player in 2016 DESIGNERS Adeju Thompson

Seun Logan Current muse for menswear brand Seun Logan was a revelation at the 2015 Lagos Fashion and Design Week. He quickly followed this with editorials for Naatal Media helmed by Nigerian fashion veteran Helen Jennings. 2016 will be quite a

Jaguar Lagos Fashion Awards and two new collections. The only way is up for these sisters. Maxivive

for the Music Meets Runway model search, where a win will catapult him into relevance Ninioma Anosike Ninioma has been quiet since she left Nigeria in 2014, on the heels of her win at the 2013 Elite Model Look Nigeria competition, signed in New York to internationally revered Ford Models, Anosike landed a campaign for MAC, phenomenal considering how rarely the brand fronts campaigns with models of colour. grade model in 2016 Olamide Ogundele More commonly known her instagram avatar, Krusha_Lamar, Ogundele has had a stellar debut year, the dark horse who came out of nowhere to front the coveted editorial campaign for the 2015 Lagos Fashion and Design Week, following the footprints portfolio, Ogundele is poised to turn all the buzz into success. PHOTOGRAPHERS Lakin Ogunbanwo Reclusive photographer Lakin Ogunbanwo came out of hiding to pad his portfolio with shoots for Naatal Media, Maki Oh and the Lagos Fashion and Design Week. As he explores his art and hones his style through private shoots and public exhibitions, 2016 might be the year we see Lakin shed his mystery and embrace the mythos of gifted eccentricity that has grown around him. Babatunde Mason 2012 as part of the three man collective over at Blackfabulousity. com. Come 2015, Tunde Mason has transitioned from enthusiastic amateur to real contender, working with established brands like Grey Projects, Tiffany Amber, Grey Velvet and a cover for Ignite magazine. With his eye for portraits and his unique take on photography, we contend he will get even bigger in 2016 Seye Isikalu Creating his niche in fashion portraiture, Seye Isikalu has created a name for himself, photographing many international celebrites including Rita Ora, A$ap Rocky and Ciara. He has also made his name in Nigerian fashion photography in 2015, working on Blanck Digital homeland issue that featured covers with Zainab Balogun, Tiwa Savage, Bankole Wellington and Tolu Oniru. Ade Okelarin Through his photography studio Ade Asiko, Okelarin has bulldozed through the Nigerian fashion industry, working on covers for Pride Magazine Nigeria, Blanck Digital, Wow Magazine, FAB magazine and New African Woman. With that many covers in 2014- 2015 we know we will see more of him in 2016. Jerrie Rotimi

Lagos Fashion and Design Fashion Focus programme. With his unique aesthetic of marrying contemporary punk and streetwear designs with inspiration from Lagos, his city of residence, he has thrilled with his subsequent collection System Error and was featured in 2014 as the artist in focus at the Stranger Salon. With a number of projects under his sleeve, critical acclaim and small Gozel Green Sylvia and Olivia Enekwe ended the year with a stocking deal with new fashion retail brand Zazaii, a clientele that includes

Fashion and Design Week showcase with his Harmattan before. With a diffusion line MXVV and plans for concessions, the choices Papa makes will be very interesting to watch in 2016. Orange Culture delegation to the 2015 International Fashion Showcase, was invited to show at premier menswear trade show Pitti Uomo under the Ethical Fashion Initiative, released two collections that Paronelli. In late 2015 he announced not one but two diffusion labels, Orange by Orange Culture a sister brand to Orange Culture, and O.C by Orange Culture, a streetwear brand. With that many channels for expression we cannot wait to see where Bayo Oke Lawal takes his brand.

runaway success. Embraced by all demographics of women for religious imagery shattered any doubts that she is rock solid design wise. HIGH STREET BRANDS Zazaii concession deals with Purple Lagos, Things Nigerians Love, Lady Biba, Funke Adepoju, Sanusi Lagos, Nuraniya Studios, Ethnik by Tunde Owolabi, DZYN, Kamokini, Andreah Iyamah, Dapmod and Obsidian Way. Twenty Six Skirt brand, Twenty Six has grown from retailing only knee the launch of their e-commerce site and partnerships with the Nik-Nak store. Twenty Six might be our ethical answer to Nasty Gal. STYLISTS Tokyo James Tokyo James has had a busy year. Consolidating his position including Patoranking and 2face Idibia, Seyi Shay and Waje.

campaign that earned him a Jaguar Lagos Fashion Awards nomination. Bubu Ogisi Super stylist Bubu Ogisi has worked with everyone from Mania magazine and 53 Extra, Nigerian singers Asa and Seyi Shay to the Nigerian delegation to the International Fashion Showcase in campaigns for T.I. Nathan, high street brand ANL by Annie Leash, London. With campaigns like The Rebahia Spring 2015 collection Bellanaija, Sisiano and Tzar Studios. With work for satellite fashion channel Spice TV Africa in his portfolio, Rotimi has

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home remedies for curing heartburn

Heartburn is something that most adults will experience during their lifetime. It is characterized by an uncomfortable burning sensation right behind the breastbone that often times creeps up the throat, and is a symptom more so than the ring of muscle that allows food into your stomach relaxes back up your esophagus, which then causes the sensation of minutes before a meal. but tracking what triggers your heartburn may be what ultimately makes it go away in the end. Instead of going crazy with what you

suffer only from occasional heartburn, lifestyle changes and heartburn home remedies may be the route you want to take.

at bay, keep a little diary of sorts that makes note of what you ate,

Baking soda, as sodium bicarbonate is more commonly because it is a base substance. It has a pH higher than 7.0, and therefore neutralizes stomach acid. Neutralizing the stomach acid means that if/when your LES decides to be lazy

puts extra pressure on your lower esophageal sphincter, which minutes to help ward off heartburn.

Directions Mix either a ½ teaspoon or 1 single teaspoon of baking

of your stomach to back up into your esophagus, along with acid.

it a good stir and drink all of the mixture. You can repeat this

bricks, books, or blocks under the legs at the head of your bed. You

side effects such as swelling or nausea.

a full stomach makes stomach contents press harder against your lower esophageal sphincter.

used to soothe burns, and people often think of using it to help something like sunburn, but it can do more than that. It may

smaller bites and eat slowly, allowing your stomach time to digest

it down. Directions

down puts more pressure on your LES and increases the likelihood of acid sneaking through.

alcohol both work to weaken your LES, making it that much eas ier for stomach contents and acid to splash up into your esopha

ily added pounds will put pressure on your lower esophageal simply weaken. 13. Mustard. Mustard is an alkalizing food that is full of minerals, and end up making your smile. Because of its alkaline properties, it will help neutralize the acid that may come creeping up your throat,

Directions straight.

ducted a study that showed people with symptoms of gastro

esophagus. If you think this may be your case, try drinking some

school of thought could be applied to occasional heartburn as Directions need to eat more, unless of course you want to munch on some almonds trigger heartburn, kind of like how they help tension headache but can trigger migraines. about ½ – 1 hour before you plan on going to sleep can help apple a day. Slice one up and eat it a couple of hours before bedtime night as well. You can use instant chamomile tea, or you can eas ily make your own fresh. tummy and act as an acid buffer.

Slice up 3 quarter sized pieces of gingerroot and simmer gently in

Directions Boil one cup of water in a cooking pot, and then reduce the

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Ingrown toenail and remedies

How to Get Rid of an Ingrown Toenail

How can you be sure you have an ingrown toenail? If you have any of the following symptoms, chances are you do:

Avoid High Heels and Tight Shoes Soak or Wash the Foot

Wash with Castile Soap

Pain

Dental Floss under the Nail

Apple Cider Vinegar Wash