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Body for recovered loots underway –Sagay Ï Profits from assets to be returned to cleared suspects Ï Special court for corruption also coming Ï 160 lawyers trained on effective prosecution Ï Committee to monitor ongoing corruption cases established

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President Mohammadu Buhari will, in the next few weeks, send a bill to the National Assembly seeking to create an agen-

cy that will mange assets seized from corrupt Nigerians, who are standing trial before the courts.

Making the disclosure in an exclusive interview Continued on page 6

Financial expert advocates sale of national assets, 12 extensive borrowing

Rivers PDP queries withdrawal of Wike’s security 12 details

Power shortfalls to hit N3trn by end of 2016 12 Customs impound N1.07bn contraband goods 12

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Editorial Time to pass PIB and end gas flaring

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ecently, the Director of Health of the Mother Earth Foundation, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, expressed misgivings on the Federal Government’s reported commitment to end gas flaring by 2020. According to him, successive governments have been shifting the deadline for ending gas flaring from year to year, even as debates on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which have been going on for more than a decade have said nothing on when gas flaring would end. We are, also, alarmed at the continuing gas flaring in Nigeria, with the attendant health hazards. Figure shows that Nigeria exceeds over 40 percent of the gas flared annually across Africa, which amounts to about $7billion in waste.

Aside the economic waste, flared gas is also known to contain toxic substances which cause respiratory diseases and air pollution, leading to depletion of the ozone layer, ultimately having an adverse effect on weather and climate. In addition, the release of oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur into the atmosphere is responsible for the formation of acid rain, which destroys vegetation and damages structures and buildings while reducing visibility.

Whilst many countries have been re-injecting gas into the fields and converting same into liquefied natural gas, domestic cooking gas, plastic production and other uses, the problem of gas flaring has remained unresolved in Nigeria many decades after.

We recall that the first regulatory framework at stopping gas flaring was the Associated Gas Reinjection Act, 1979. It required every oil and gas producing company to submit to the minister for petroleum, detailed

programmes in relation to the re-injection of produced associated gas. It is doubtful whether the Federal Government is enforcing this policy.

It is a fact that the government’s main interest is to maximise its monetary profits from oil production.

Therefore, the oil companies find it more economically expedient to flare the natural gas and pay the insignificant fine than to re-inject the gas back into the oil wells. Moreover, since there is an insufficient energy market especially in rural areas, these companies do not see an economic incentive to collect the gas.

Therefore, the environment and human health consideration is seen as secondary for oil companies and the Nigerian government. We believe the Federal Government can impress upon the oil companies to stop gas flaring if there is the political will.

First, there should be firm commitment from the government to encourage gas utilisation and flaring reduction with petroleum companies through introduction of fiscal incentives.

The World Bank’s proposal urging oil and gas producers to stop gas flaring by 2030 is achievable and to achieve this, there should be a wellco-ordinated alliance between the government and various energy subsectors to ensure compliance with protocols on gas flaring.It bears repeating that gas flaring should be brought to an end because of the monumental waste of resources especially in a country like Nigeria where energy demand surpasses supply and where over 70 percent of the population still lives in abject poverty. In addition, the extent of environmental degradation that gas-flaring causes are enormous and therefore stopping the practice will reduce the environmental and health effects.

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Minister honoured, says discipline bedrock of success Tom Okpe, Abuja Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been honored by his alma mater, urging Nigerians to imbibe the culture of discipline, which he described as a key factor for success.

The Minister, who made the call in Abuja on Saturday at an Award Night organised by the Old Boys Association of the Government College, Keffi, his alma mater, said the great emphasis placed on discipline by the College played a significant role in shaping the lives of the students

who passed through the institution, including himself.

“Keffi taught me one thing, which is discipline; there is nothing you cannot achieve. Those who came out to be good citizens in Keffi were not necessarily the most brilliant, but were the most disciplined.

“What Nigeria needs to do is to rebuild the minds of its citizens. It is because Keffi inculcated discipline and other high moral values that we turned out to be what we are today. This is what this government has embarked upon through its ‘Change Begins with Me’

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“The campaign is nothing but a return to the old values of honesty, integrity, punctuality and industry, which were very cardinal in Keffi. So what we are asking Nigerians to do is to go back and emulate what Keffi stood for”, he s Alhaji Mohammed recounted the good old days in Keffi, when the son of a Prime Minister and those of peasants cohabited in the same class without any bias or preferential treatment, even though the children of the rich paid higher tuition fees than those of the poor.

Timi Frank to Anenih: Stop looking for cheap popularity Tom Okpe, Abuja Embattled deputy Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has challenged the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, to tell Nigerians one good thing he will be remembered for, or be retired from political stage quietly.

Chief Anenih, who served as the Minister of Works and Housing between 1999 and 2002, had said in his book, titled ‘My Life and Nigerian Politics,’ which was presented in Abuja, at weekend, that Atiku became too ambitious during the buildup to the 2003 presidential election in which Obasanjo

was seeking a second term.

Frank said Chief Anenih lied on his 2003 account, adding that more than 22 PDP governors were strongly behind Atiku to contest the presidency but the Turaki Adamawa stepped down for his boss because of his loyalty.

In a statement signed on Sunday in Abuja, Comrade Frank said Chief Anenih at this stage should be apologizing to Nigerians for the damage he and others did to Nigeria and even to his own political party, PDP, as it is obvious today.

The statement said it was out of place for Chief Anenih to describe the former Vice-president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as an ambitious politician when himself (Anenih) was more

desperate than Atiku, who had opportunity to become president in the past but remained loyal to his boss.

He said: “It is high time Chief Anenih tell Nigerians and the world the kind of legacy he is leaving behind in all his years in politics.

“Baba Anenih’s desperation to remain in the corridor of power made him to force former Goodluck Jonathan to run again in 2015 when he knew he (Jonathan) couldn’t win.

“Chief Tony Anenih has lost the moral right to talk about former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar or any other Nigerian, seeing that he is one of the reasons Nigeria and especially the Niger Delta region is where they are today.

Court restrains Ambode, others from installing Oba Tom Okpe, Abuja Peter Fowoyo Justice W. Animahun of Lagos High Court, Igbosere has restrained the Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, from installing Murisiku Fasinro as the Oloto off Oto pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice brought before the court.

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rule 1 and order 39 rule 3 of the High Court of Lagos state (Civil Procedure) Rules 2012 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the court, the claimants lawyer, Mr. Adenrele Adegborioye from Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN chambers sought the court for an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants either by themselves or through their privies, agents, servants, representatives or any per-

sons whomsoever acting for them or on their behalf from appointing, electing, selecting, nominating, presenting, approving and or installing Murisiku Fasinro i.e. !st defendant herein or any other person whosoever except the 3rd claimant as the Oba elect or the Oloto of Oto pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction filed in this suit.

JED to install 100,000 smart meters Chijioke Kingsley, Jos The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED), with franchise in Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe and Benue states, has rolled out a total of 180,000 smart meters as part of its metering scheme and to Install about 100,000 in its franchise states by January 2017.

Speaking with newsmen in Jos, at the flag off of the installation exercise, the Managing Director, JED, Mohammed Gidado Modibbo, said that the smart meters will help consumers to remotely monitor the level of their consumption unlike the prepaid meter.

His words: “We have rolled out 180,000 meters this year sometimes in

April this year as part of our metering plan and we have received the first barge; between now and January 2017 it is expected that we should have installed at least close to 100,000 smart meters.

“The meters will be installed on the pools to guarantee its safety and supply of energy and also to ensure that consumers pay for what they consume.

“Smart meters will enable us to remotely monitor consumers consumption and to enable us to also remotely disconnect or connect electricity without coming to go up the pool.

“The smart meter enables database integration easier for an effective and efficient service delivery even for the benefit of our

customers because its more dependable and reliable”.

Modibbo also said that the smart meter will save the company a lot of cost in sending manpower to the streets to check and fix problems in terms of turn around maintenance even without the customer complaining because the smart meter device will automatically notify the company.

The JED boss also said that before the end of 2017, the company would have install 250,000 smart meters across its franchise states.

However, a customer who is already enjoying the smart meter, told journalists that the smart meter device is more efficient than the prepaid meter because of its slow billing system.

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Agency for recovered loots underway –Sagay Continued from page 1 with The Daily Times, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, SAN, said the agency, when established, will have the responsibility of taking all frozen assets presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies and mange them on behalf of the government to avoid depreciation in value.

Sagay, who said the idea of the agency is part of the recommendations of his committee to the Presidency, which has been approved, added, “We have made

proposals, which the government has accepted, for establishing an authority to manage frozen assets, take them away from EFCC and ICPC and manage them effectively, so that they do not lose value at the end of the case, so that they can be made productive.

“For instance, if a house is frozen, it doesn’t stay there, let it out and earn money within that period, so that at the end, if the case is lost, the money it has earned is handed over to the subject of the action and he also recovers his house. Cars now will be sold, and the money kept in the bank so that at the end of the day, if the person is held not to be

guilty, the money is handed over to him and he can buy a new car.

We have a new organisation that is going to handle that,” he said.

The former law teacher, who also spoke extensively about the work of his committee in the fight against corruption, added that a lot has been done in training and retraining of judicial officers, including judges from Magistrate to Supreme Court, adding that plans have also been concluded to send a bill to the National Assembly to create a special criminal court for corruption cases and some allied cases to ensure a more speedy trial and specialization.

“We have trained judges at

every level - magistrates, high courts in Lagos, Abuja and in all the six zones of the country, Courts of Appeal, Supreme Court.

“For the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, we brought people from abroad, Judges and prosecutors, who have handled corruption cases to talk to our judiciary about how such cases are handled, to make sure that we deal with them efficiently, speedily and effectively.

“We have proposals, which the government has accepted for recovery of stolen funds abroad, which are being implemented,” he said, “Quite a lot of things are go-

ing on based on the work of this committee. We are also training prosecutors in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. So far, 160 prosecutors have been trained on how to draft charges and to prosecute effectively.

“There is a monitoring team that has been established between us and the Ministry of Justice to monitor all corruption cases going on, to ensure that corruption cases are managed in accordance with the administration of criminal justice acts, so that the judges do their jobs effectively and do not commit lapses, which will allow people escape justice,” Sagay said. Ï See interview on page 10

Akeredolu wins Ondo governorship election Continued from page 1

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose during the flag-off of rehabilitation of the Efon-Aramoko-Igede-Ado Road, Ekiti… at the weekend.

Buhari’s regime worst ever, says Balarabe Musa Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

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Second Republic Governor of old Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, tagging his (Buhari’s) regime as the worst in the nation’s political history.

Alhaji Musa gave the verdict on the regime of Buhari in an exclusive interview with the Daily Times at his residence in Kaduna.

The former Governor, who was a one-time national leader of the Conference of Nigerian

Political Parties (CNPP), equally submitted that Nigeria has since 1999 till date not been practicing democracy.

Instead, the chieftain of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) pointed out that what the nation has been practicing is a democratic rule, which he described as slightly better than a military regime.

In his words: “This regime is the worst in the political history of Nigeria. I repeat: it is the worst. Nothing is working.

Nigerians are going through a lot of pains, a lot of hardships and a lot of suffering.

“To get one square meal daily is almost becoming impossible.

The level of unemployment is unprecedentedly high”, he stated.

Asked of his assessment of the nation’s democracy so far, Musa fired back, “which democracy?

Do we have democracy? There is nothing to assess because there is no democracy in Nigeria. How do you assess something that is not in existence?

“We don’t have democracy in Nigeria. What we have had since 1999 up till date is civilian rule and not democracy”, he said.

that the turnout of voters for the Saturday’s election was impressive, most especially in the northern and central senatorial areas of the state, which have the largest concentration of residence.

Mr. Akeredolu polled a total vote of 244, 842 to defeat the trio of Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and Olu Agunloye of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Mr. Jegede of PDP polled 150, 380 votes while Mr. Oke of AD scored 126, 889 votes and Olu Agunloye of the SDP polled a total 10,147 votes during the election.

The difference in the total votes won between Mr. Akeredolu and his main challenger in the race, Mr. Jegede, was 94,492 votes.

The returning officer, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, declared that Mr. Akeredolu won the governorship contest, having scored the highest valid votes in the Saturday’s poll.

Prof. Ambali said there were 1, 647, 973 registered voters, while 584, 997of the registered voters were accredited with 580, 887 voters casting their votes in the election.

He said out of the 551, 272 of the votes cast recorded as valid votes 296, 615 votes were rejected in the results.

“That Rotimi Akeredolu of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” declared.

The governorship election was held in the 3009 polling units of the 18 local government areas of

Ondo state with presence of police officers at the polling booths visited.

Twenty seven political parties participated in the weekend election, which recorded minor violence, mostly in the southern senatorial area of the state. it was reported that thugs snatched ballot boxes and card readers in Ifira Akoko area in Akoko South East, while armed thugs also held hostage some INEC staff members traveling with election materials to Ese Odo Local Government Area of the state.

Dr. Olayiwola Fasoranti, the collation officer for Ese Odo Local Government Area of the state, who disclosed this at the INEC office, also stated that a boat conveying electoral officers from the area, capsized.

Meanwhile, the APC in Ondo State has described the just-concluded election as unprecedentedly peaceful, free and fair in the history of the state.

A statement signed by the party’s publicity secretary, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, commended INEC for the prompt arrival and delivery of electoral materials to the 3,009 polling units across the state.

He also applauded the simultaneous accreditation and voting system adopted by INEC as landmark, saying it was largely responsible for the absence of electoral malpractices and violence.

Adesanya praised the electorate and the people of Ondo State for their peaceful conduct before, during and after the election, even in the face of provocations, intimidations, harassments and the clamour for the repeat of the 1983 violence in the State, where scores of people were killed.

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NIMASA DG lauds anti-corruption war ÏÏÏThe

Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has described the Federal Government’s anti-corruption fight as a step in the right direction.

In a lecture at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus at the weekend, Peterside called on Nigerians to appreciate the unusual courage displayed by President Muhammadu Buhari to fight the cankerworm.

He said that countries with impressive records of development had stringent anti-corruption regimes to detect and punish corrupt practices.

In the lecture titled Connected Vision: Building blocks for a new Nigeria, the directorgeneral said that the country stood to gain from strong institutions rather than strong leaders, saying that it must rely on the integrity of its institutions to survive.

On the country’s economy, Peterside said that past leaders failed to diversify into other potential lucrative areas, leading to the consequences being experienced now.

“Ordinarily, Nigeria’s originating economic policy framework should have from the mid

‘2, 000 persons displaced by cattle rustlers in Niger’ ÏÏÏNo

fewer than 2,000 persons have been displaced by the activities of cattle rustlers in Niger state within the past three weeks, an emergency official said on Sunday.

Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, made the disclosure while distributing relief materials to some of the displaced persons in Pandogari.

He said that the displaced persons were also sheltering in neighbouring communities in Shiroro and Rafi Local government areas.

The director general said that victims were displaced following continuous attacks by rustlers from nieghbouring states of Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna and Sokoto.

Inga said already, a Joint Task Force and the police were in Kukoki and Gbada to ensure security to lives and property and urged residents to return to home.

1960s included the element of diversification from oil by retaining the initial pride of place which agriculture enjoyed in our immediate post-colonial period.

“Even in the context of the so-called oil boom, the process of diversification into other lucrative areas like tourism, solid minerals and human capital de-

velopment should have begun actively from 1970,’’ he said.

Peterside described education the time-tested mechanism for galvanising the latent power of a nation to transform its environment and develop its economy.

“Natural resource based economies like ours remain vulnerable because we calculate

our national survival in barrels of oil and cubic metres of gas.

“On the contrary, human resourced based economies depend more on the power of the human mind to create an alternative economy that is largely independent of the vagaries in the international prices of natural resources and extractive produce.’’

A cross-section of beneficiaries of a 5-day programme on Promoting Women and Girls Access to ICT by the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) in Abuja… at the weekend.

Panic grips Delta community over expiry date for land regularization Nosa Akenzuwa, Asaba

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Palpable panic has griped landowners of core area 2 in Okpanam Community in Delta State following December 31st 2016 expiration date for their regularization of documents relating to their land under the State Government new law on land regularization.

The state government had few months ago through its taskforce on the regularization of lands in core area 2 in Okpanam insisted on the need to have their land documents regularized or have their houses demolished.

The taskforce chairman, Chief Frank Omare, while answering questions from Journalists explained that land owners in the population of 2,940 which have landed property were issued demand notices, requesting them to as a matter of urgency to visit the State Ministry of Lands and Survey to regularize all documents relating to ownership and development of lands in the State, especially the core area 2 Okpanam Community near Asaba.

He said that the state government would not take the delight in demolishing houses if the owners did the

need full to regularize their documents as Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) approval Survey Plan as well as building plan in the recently reviewed cost of N850,000. His words, “at the expiration of 90 days (ultimatum which had long started counting), government must be take its stands on defaulters because we cannot allow people to keep taking laws into their hands, but if not cleared, all the houses will be demolished”.

But investigation revealed that land speculators/fraudsters who were responsible for the sale of most of the lands in core area 2 Okpanam Community are now on the run as the State Government had also vowed to expose their shady deals as well as sending them to jail for fraudulent act.

Since the commencement of the recovery exercise on lost government lands, land owners who allegedly purchased lands in dubious means, have continued to wonder on the issue and wander around what it portents for a giant and richly blessed state like Delta State who do to them or take their property from them. Expectedly, over 2,940 land buyers were reported to have successfully acquired their various

parcels of land without having any positive reason to consider the genuineness of whoever sold out such portions of land to them.

Further investigation revealed that out of the 2, 940 persons who purchased land with default documents only 200 persons have regularized their documents while others have allegedly resorted to litigation with the state government. One of them who did not want his name in the print said “what do government mean by regularization, I think it is extortion, we will go to court and exercise our rights”.

Sources said in the light of the festering economic slump, the state government had widened measures to generate more revenue, especially in its efforts to reclaim its lost property that have been in the wrong hands.

Speaking further, the Taskforce Chairman, Chief Frank Omare told our reporter “A whopping 95 percent of all the 2, 940 land lords are entrapped in the core area 2 of Okpanam, on the top most surface of this alarming matter, it is admissible that having a considerable large number of non-indigenous in an area simply reflects that Delta state is hospitable, and it should not be taken for granted.”

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Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the freedom of the press, and restoration of Nigeria’s fortunes within the shortest possible time, presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, has said.

This is contained in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director, Information at the Presidential Villa.

Adesina gave the assurance when the out-going Chairman and the Chairman-elect of the State House Press Corps, Kehinde Amodu and Ubale Musa jointly visited him in his office.

Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said it was noteworthy that the election of officers into the Corps was done in a transparent manner.

According to him, this is in tandem with the stance of the current administration to allow elections hols devoid of any form of interference.

He reiterated the belief of President Buhari that Nigeria would only be great again, if Nigerians shun all forms of corruption, greed and selfishness in their actions.

The presidential spokesman noted that “the election of Ubale Musa is very instructive, given that the same Musa was “rusticated” from the State House Press Corps by the previous administration.

“It is this administration that restored his accreditation.”

He said the gesture was a clear demonstration of the belief of the Buhari administration in the freedom of the press.

Adesina, therefore, called on the chairman-elect to continue to lead his colleagues in an inclusive manner, having enjoyed an overwhelming support in his electoral victory.

In his remarks, the outgoing chairman, Amodu, said the best candidate won the election.

He assured that given the maturity and level headedness of Musa, there would be no form of acrimony or friction between the Corps and government officials in the Presidential Villa.

The Chairman-elect, said he was happy to have come up at this time in the life of the administration and asked for the cooperation of the presidential spokesmen to make his job easy.

He assured the presidency of support in the implementation of its change agenda.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amodu and Musa also paid similar visits to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.

Ubale Musa is a correspondent of Deutsche Welle.

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Four arrested for alleged fraud in Lagos Joy Anyim

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Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos state Police Command, have arrested four suspects for allegedly swindling members of the public of various sums of money.

They were picked up separately by the operatives in three incidents of fraud in Maryland, Ojodu Berger and Ajegunle between Tuesday and Thursday last week.

The suspects, Kenneth Umukoro, 36; Uba Utokcha, 41; Joseph Onuoha, 40; and Ikechukwu Okeke, 25, individually confessed to the crime to officers during interrogation.

One of the victims, who identified herself as Ibeh Chiwenu, said she was going to Ojodu

Berger from Ojota when Kenneth Umukoro, driving an ash coloured Toyota Camry 1997 model with the registration number SMK 886 DK stopped at the bus stop to pick her.

“As he drove along, he picked another passenger on Kudirat Abiola Way. We were still on Kudirat Abiola Way when the new passenger started a conversation in something like French language with the driver “At this point, the driver pleaded that he wanted to take the new passenger to Customs Office on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, where his goods were seized. It was here that their story changed and I became the subject of their manipulation in connivance with a custom agent and a pastor”.

Sex education: Lagos to train 1,500 pupils in 16 days Benjamin Omoike

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The Lagos state government through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) is partnering with Access Bank to commemorate 16 days of activism to end all forms of violence against women and children.

DSVRT Coordinator, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement on Sunday, said the team, in partnership with the Financial Control and Strategy Group of Access Bank, would be embarking on series of events aimed at educating and equipping the public with necessary information to increase people’s awareness on sexual and gender based violence crimes as well as practi-

Don warns Nigerians against use of sex-enhancing drugs Nosa Akenzuwa, Asaba

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A professor of medicine and Pharmacology, Delta State University, (DELSU), Abraka, Prof.

John Ohaju-Obodo, has warned Nigerians to desist from using sex enhancing drugs, popularly called aphrodisiac, and engaging in self-medication as such practices would lead to untimely deaths.

While saying that over five million Nigerian men live on sex enhancing drugs, Professor OhajuObodo said using sex performance enhancing drugs was harmful to the health because it has some toxins that are detrimental to the health, adding that even though they appear to serve the purpose for which they were taken, there was usually serious after effects of their consumption.

The don, who made the call in Abraka at the weekend while presenting the 54th inaugural lectures of the Delta State University, Abraka, titled, ‘This Same Medicine

(Drug): Efficacy Versus Untoward Effects’, warned that every drug was a potential poison, hence in taking any drug, a user must bear in mind that it may be beneficial or detrimental to him or her.

“For some drugs that have narrow therapeutics index, in fact the dosage that is required to produce the good effect that you desire is not different from the one that will cause some harmful effects. We must be conscious in this regard to avoid the harsh negative effect that accompanies the usage of drugs.

“It should be noted that the adverse effect of some drugs may even be worse than the diseases.

For instance, a person may complain of a little pain in the ankle and instead of trying to deal with it by taking paracetamol or something. You give that person a strong inflammatory drug and it results in some gastrol intestinal bleeding, what you have caused is actually worse than the disease you are trying to treat.”

cal steps to rid the society of the menace.

As part of the enlightenment programs, Vivour-Adeniyi said there would be a workshop with the theme: ‘Safeguarding the Rights for a Child’, while a Symposium tagged ‘It’s On You And I To End Violence Against Women And Children’, would also take place.

She said the workshop would majorly focus on children within the region of primary three and six, saying this became imperative in view of the recent statistics which revealed that children within this age range were most vulnerable as regards falling prey to sex predators.

To that extent, Vivour-Adeniyi said over 1,500 children

ÏÏÏ The Minister of

Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbe has urge seed companies to come up with more innovative ways of distribution of improved seedlings to farmers at the right time.

Speaking at the 2016 annual seed fair organized by the National Agricultural Seeds Councils (NASC) at Sheda Abuja last week, the Minister said, “this year’s Fair is coming at the period when farmers are preparing for the 2016 dry

season which creates timely opportunity for the farmers to be exposed to the array of quality seed varieties from both the public and private sectors.

“With the increase in the number of Nigerians going into the Agricultural sector, I implore the seed companies to come up with more innovative ways of distribution of the improved seeds to farmers at the appropriate time.”

This year’s event was organized in conjunction with the Seed Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (SEEDAN), CORAF and MAAN, an annual

Against Women And Children,” would be held at Access Bank Head Office, Victoria Island, adding that the event expected to witness the gathering of relevant stakeholders such as traditional rulers, religious clerics, students, counsellors, legal practitioners, Civil Society Organisations, Non-Governmental organisations, Health Practitioners, Academicians, School Administrators, social workers, police officers, and private sector stakeholders.

“The aim of attracting such a richly diverse group of participants is to ensure that there is a benefit of a variety of perspectives and solutions being brought to the table as regards addressing this menace in our society.

Chairman, Board of Directors, Institute of Human Virology, Prof. Emeritus Umaru Shehu (4th right) and other officials at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Institute’s International Research Centre of Excellence in Abuja… at the weekend.

FG tasks firms on improved seedlings to farmers Tom Okpe, Abuja

drawn from both public and private schools in Mainland, Eti- Osa and Apapa axis of the State would receive age appropriate sex education, tips on being sensitive about their body parts, and also a critical education on how to detect and avoid the process of grooming which is a process most predators adopt.

“It is our utmost desire that after the program, children would be better informed on their rights, red flags to look out for, and relevant self defence tips. They would also receive relevant materials and contact numbers to call to report any child abuse case,” the DSVRT Coordinator said.

She also disclosed that the Symposium tagged “It’s On You And I To End Violence

event to create awareness on the improved seeds by farmers also to showcase improved crop varieties produced and packaged by seed companies.

Chief Ogbeh, represented by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, reiterated the use of improved high quality seeds which play a major role in enhancing farmers’ productivity as seeds set the upper limit for the efficacy of other farm inputs.

“The attainment of national food self-sufficiency and becoming a net exporter of food

will remain a mirage if production and distribution of improved seeds are not given required attention; every crop value chain starts with an efficient seed program that will ensure diversification of our economy, stimulate economic growth and serve as panacea for the present economic recession we are facing”, he said.

He further pointed that the National Agricultural Seed Council has over the years worked to ensure that farmers have access to improved quality seeds at the right price and time saying,

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Ondo elections: From polling booths to verbal war

Patrick Okohue

The battle for the control of Alagbaka House, the Ondo State governors office for the next four years has been won and lost, with many lessons to learn by political leaders, politicians and political commentators.

While the winners are screaming to high heavens in celebrations of their victory, the losers are leaking their wounds, with many looking for whom to blame for their loss, a character that is common with the Nigerian political elites.

While the winner, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN is grinning from ear to ear about his good fortunes and his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) talking about how they worked hard for their victory, his closest rival, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, and his party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are crying foul and blue murder.

According to the PDP which rejected the elections, the exercise was rigged before it was conducted.

The Publicity Director of the party in the state, Ayodele Fadaka, who reacted to the results yesterday, said INEC connived with some powerful persons in the country to rig election.

According to Fadaka who was state party agent at the collation centre, “In spite of the national orientation of the Federal Government, buying voters is the highest form of corruption that this government portends to be fighting day in day out and we see that corruption is getting entrenched by the day more and more.

“The PDP failed this election simply because INEC and some other interest groups decided it will fail.”

He alleged that the processes that led to the election amounted to rigging, saying INEC needed not hold the election when it knew that the name of the PDP candidate was unjustifiably removed from the list of candidates.

According to him, INEC had up till January to hold the election, and should have postponed it, but chose to go ahead with it because it planned to ensure the PDP failed in the election.

But, the APC will not have any of that; to them the election was free, fair and credible.

Speaking on behalf of the APC, the party’s Publicity Secretary in the state Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, said in a statement in Akure yesterday that there was prompt arrival and delivery of electoral materials to the 3,009 polling units across the state.

He applauded the simultaneous accreditation and voting system adopted by INEC as landmark, saying it was largely responsible for the absence of electoral malpractice and violence. Adesanya said that the election was unprecedentedly peaceful, free and fair in the history of the state.

The publicity secretary, therefore, commended the people of Ondo State for their peaceful conduct before, during and after the election.

Governor-elect Rotimi Akeredolu

According to him, the electorate remained calm in the face of provocations, intimidation, harassment and the clamour for the repeat of the 1983 violence in the state, where scores of people were killed.

Adesanya assured the people of the state that “the government of Ondo State under the leadership of the governor-elect would be a regime of a new dawn where indices and traces of dictatorship, tyranny and corruption shall have no breathing space.”

Also commending the conduct of the election and giving assurances of betters days ahead, the APC party agent at the collation centre, Dr Benson Enikuomehin said Akeredolu will not only give a judicious account of himself in office he will also give judicial account. Positing that INEC gave a good account of themselves in the conduct of the election, by conducting an election that will stand the test of time.

Also congratulating the winner for a victory he said was well deserved, the Imo State governor and chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, noted that the outcome of the Ondo governorship election was a sign of the acceptance which the APC enjoys in the South West geopolitical zone.

The governor who stated this in a statement in Owerri on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodor, pointed out that the people of Ondo State “voted wisely.”

Okorocha, while congratulating Akeredolu for his victory, said, “the people of Ondo State have spoken with their votes and they spoke well. Their decision to be part of the APC government at the centre is commendable.”

He reasoned that, “With their votes, they have passed vote of confidence on APC and President Mohammadu Buhari. They will never be disappointed in the APC government

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in the state.”

The statement added that the manner in which the Ondo electorate voted “indicated how highly intelligent they are in interpreting political development and how richly they are endowed with wisdom.”

Okorocha however charged other candidates in the election to waste no time in congratulating the winner.

Commending the people for the confidence reposed on him, Akeredolu said he was humbled by the victory and the confidence of the people.

Akeredolu, in a tweet message said the people of Ondo have decided and “ I am humbled that my people chose me. Our time to Think Anew and Act Anew has come. Thank You Ondo State.”

Also in statement on his website, the governor –elect said: “I thank the people of my dear state for their steadfastness. I have heard their messages throughout the campaign to all the nooks and crannies of the state. Today, you have spoken with one voice. You have walked your talk. You have voted for me as your Governor for the next four years.

“Today, Change has come. I hereby make a solemn pledge that this collective mandate shall address all issues with keen determination. The welfare of our people alone shall be the directive policy of the government.”

“I appeal to everyone to embrace peace.

The safety of lives and property of the people should be of paramount importance to all.

However, one interesting twist to the whole process was the decision of the man who many believe cost the PDP the victory in the election, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, who took it upon himself to frustrate Jegede, by going to court to claim the ticket which INEC promptly handed over to him and was only retrived few days to the

election, due to the intervention of the Supreme Court, through the Appeal Court.

Jimoh decided to pitch tent with Akeredolu, confirming what many had suspected beforehand that he was doing the spoilers’ job to assist the APC to have an upper hand.

Jimoh in a statement even before INEC had declared Akeredolu winner, after winning 14 of the 17 local government councils said, “My dear egbon. Congratulations. I have computed the results sent to me from 2907 wards by my party agents across Ondo State. It shows you are leading with unrecoverable margin. I congratulate you as governor-elect of our lovely state. I will advise you quickly maintain distance from Mimiko if you want to succeed.

Jimoh did not stop there, as he took to twitter to continue the unfinished fight between him and the former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode over the Ondo election.

After congratulating Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu for polling the highest number of votes in the election in a tweet, he accompanied it with another one lashing out at the former minister.

He said in the twit, “I had no doubt that Jegede would lose as Femi Fani-Kayode was supporting him. If you want to win any election, pay Femi not to support you,” he said.

But, Fani-Kayode will not have any of that, in response he accused Jimoh of being the biggest Judas in Nigerian politics, “The biggest Judas in Nigerian politics today is Jimoh Ibrahim. He sold his party for money. He lives like Judas and he will end like Judas.”

While the drama following the victory continues, people are hoping that the governorelect will live up to his promise and serve the people with the best of his ability and not behave like the typical Nigerian politician who will always short change the people for personal gains.

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Buhari’s government, worst in Nigeria’s history -Balarabe Musa

Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa is one politician who bares his mind, any time, without minding whose ox is gored. Musa is a former governor of old Kaduna State during the Second Republic and chieftain of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). He is also a former national chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), the umbrella body for the nation’s registered political parties. When our Group Political Editor, LATEEF IBRAHIM met the 80-year old politician at his Kaduna residence, he spoke on a wide range of national issues. Balarabe Musa, during the no-hold barred interview, categorically described President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst in the political history of the nation. He also said that Nigeria has not witnessed democracy since 1999, pointing out that what the country has been experiencing is civilian rule.

What is your assessment of the nation’s democracy since 1999 till date?

Assessment of democracy? Which democracy? Do we have democracy? There is nothing to assess because there is no democracy in Nigeria. How do you assess something that is not in existence? We don’t have democracy in Nigeria. What we have had since 1999 up till date is civilian rule and not democracy. Since 1999 when Obasanjo was the President up till this time that Muhammadu Buhari is the President, we have not had democracy. We have just been deceiving ourselves to say we are practicing democracy. In the real sense of it, what we have been practicing is civilian rule.

What is the difference between a democratic government and a civilian rule?

Democratic government is a true reflection of the wishes and aspirations of the vast majority of the electorate and it is anchored on the principle of fairness, openness, popular participation and representation, while civilian rule is the government in between military regime and a democratic regime. Civilian rule is just slightly better than a military government. In a democracy, the masses are happy and life is made comfortable, affordable and bearable for them. There is accountability and probity. There is rule of law and everybody is treated on the basis

of equality. Those in office are accountable to the people who elected them, knowing that if they do not perform well and up to expectation, they would be voted out of office in the subsequent election. Presently, what do you have in the country? You have government which does not care about the masses. You have hunger and deprivation all over the land. You have very high rate of inflation. You have an unprecedentedly high level of unemployment. You have an intolerably high level of corruption. Corruption has permeated virtually all the facets of the nation. Formerly in this country, you dare not venture near corruption or steal the nation’s money. When I was a young boy working in the Ministry, every employee was always very careful and afraid to touch money that did not belong to him or her because if you do, you will be fished out, investigated and be dealt with appropriately. But now, what do you have? People steal government money and go scot free. Some of them who are caught and investigated are made to part with a small amount of what they stole, in the name of plea bargaining, and are left off the hook to go and enjoy what they have stolen. Is that how to fight corruption?

Many of the former office holders in the country, especially past governors, are known to have stolen their states blind and using same money to help install people into government. We know all these. When this present government talks about in-

flation and puts its rate at 18 percent, it baffles me. I always wonder how they arrive at that figure. I wonder whether they are talking about rate of inflation in this Nigeria that we are living in or another country. How did they arrive at this figure of 18 percent? Is this figure based on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, periodical or annual assessment? Is the figure being touted from the National Bureau of Statistics or where? By my own assessment,

This regime is the worst in the political history of Nigeria. I repeat: it is the worst. Nothing is working.

Nigerians are going through a lot of pains, a lot of hardships and a lot of suffering. To get one square meal daily is almost becoming impossible. The level of unemployment is unprecedentedly high. For example, in this my house, there are over ten jobless graduates including Masters Degrees and PhD holders

the current rate of inflation in Nigeria is between 250 and 300 percent. If anybody says it is 18 percent, such a person is just being economical with the truth. Go to the various markets in the country to find out prices of various items, especially food items. You will see for yourself. Prices of goods keep rising every day. The purchasing power of the ordinary man, on the other hand, is dwindling every day. If you bought a bag of rice last week and you also go to find out the price of same this week, you will be shocked and then you will know that the 18 percent figure they have been talking about is a complete lie. It is not based on reality. It is a figment of their imagination. This is where you in the media have a lot of work to do. You need to ask critical questions and not just be satisfied with what they tell you.

In view of what you have said so far, how would you rate the present administration of President Buhari?

This regime is the worst in the political history of Nigeria. I repeat: it is the worst.

Nothing is working. Nigerians are going through a lot of pains, a lot of hardships and a lot of suffering. To get one square meal daily is almost becoming impossible.

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ers. They have finished from the Universities and they can’t find work to do. Many parents are now withdrawing their children from schools as they could no longer afford to pay their school fees. For instance, few days ago, I asked my boys to go to a nearby school to make arrangement for how we could get some pupils who are orphans enrolled there. When they returned, they told me something that was really shocking. They narrated to me how they met a soldier in the school who came to withdraw his child from the school just because he could not afford to pay the N7, 000 (seven thousand naira) being charged as school fees. The soldier, they said, told the school management that he prefers to spend that money to buy whatever little food items he could, to feed his family, to using it to pay the school fees of just one child. If a soldier, whose salary cannot be less than N60, 000 monthly can say that, then you can understand how bad the situation in the country has gone. Don’t forget that some workers are still earning the monthly minimum wage of N18, 000 in this country. Those in this category are expected, from this minimum wage, to pay house rents, children school fees, buy food stuffs and pay transport fare to their work places. This is practically impossible. This category of people, without any doubt, will be forced to look for other illegal means to survive. So, this government, rather than fighting corruption, is unknowingly promoting corruption through its policies that are making things more and more difficult on daily basis. Look at the price of petroleum in the country now. How many people can drive to fuel stations to buy more than ten litres any more? Again, since this administration started recovering looted money from the people who stole them under the immediate past regime, why have they found it difficult to announce how much they have collected and from who? They should tell Nigerians how much they have recovered and from who were they recovered. We have it on good authority that they have recovered not less than 30 billion US dollars, which they are keeping for elections. Again, I believe strongly that President Buhari does not need the latest loan of 30billion US dollars, which he has sent to the National Assembly for approval. What does he need it for? Look at the issue of the various sums of money disbursed to the office of the then National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki to buy weapons to fight insurgency in the Northern part of the country, but was later disbursed for some other purposes like election, for which Dasuki is currently being detained and tried. Why has Buhari found it difficult to invite the then President Goodluck Jonathan, who gave approval for the release of the money, to come and account for it? Dasuki, who merely carried out the instructions of the then President Jonathan, is the one being held for doing his job. Is Buhari afraid to invite Jonathan for questioning? We know that a lot of money has been recovered by this administration.

We in the PRP (Peoples Redemption Party) supported Buhari in 2003, 2007 and 2011 in his aspiration to become the President of this country then. We rallied

Obasanjo

round him and gave him all the needed backing. But in 2015, we decided not to support him again because of the kind of person he is. We decided to stay away from him. I know Buhari so well. Don’t forget that we were from the same state (old Kaduna state) before the creation of Katsina state. During the 2015 election, it was not as if he (Buhari) was the best for the country. But from the available options then, he appeared to be the most credible one.

When the desirable is not available, the available becomes the desirable.

Have you and your party (PRP) as well as other past political leaders, at any point in time, ever offered advice to President Buhari on how the nation could be moved forward?

No, we have not. We don’t have any advice for him. Don’t forget I told you earlier that I know him so well. We have never offered any advice to him on the state of the nation and we do not have any plan to

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do so. We in the PRP did offer advice and suggestions to former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan on two separate occasions. But it was only Obasanjo that replied to the various issues we raised, point by point. He replied to the memo that we sent to him and disagreed with everything that we put forward to him. Jonathan, on his part, did not respond to our suggestions.

There is a school of thought which believes that number of the members of the National Assembly needs to be pruned down as a way of reducing cost. Do you share in this belief ?

No, no, no. I don’t share in that belief.

The problem is not with the size of the members of the National Assembly.

What is the population of Nigeria? Nigeria currently has a population of about 170million. What is the population of the members of the National Assembly? 109 Senators and 360 members of the House

I am of the strong opinion that the people of the South Eastern part of the country have not been fairly treated in the scheme of things in this nation. That is not good.

It is wrong. These are people who willingly surrendered to the federal troops during the civil war. They were not defeated, they surrendered.

They ought to have been treated on that basis, not on the basis of prisoners of war. Unfortunately, the trend had continued like that even after the end of the civil war

of Representatives, all together, make it 469 members. This number is certainly not too much for a country with a population of about 170 million people. The problem is also not with their salaries and allowances. The problem is with the various conduit pipes and leakages in the National Assembly. If these conduit pipes and leakages are blocked within the system in the National Assembly, there will not be any problem.

What’s your take on the agitation for Biafra Republic by some of the people in South Eastern part of the country?

Ordinarily, you won’t expect me to support the agitation for the Biafran Republic or any other Republic outside the Federal Republic of Nigeria. To that extent, am not in support of that agitation.

In as much as I may not be in support of that agitation, I still believe that the various issues causing the agitation should be looked into and be treated dispassionately. The government should look at the demands of those involved in the agitation and see how those demands could be addressed. I am of the strong opinion that the people of the South Eastern part of the country have not been fairly treated in the scheme of things in this nation. That is not good. It is wrong. These are people who willingly surrendered to the federal troops during the civil war. They were not defeated, they surrendered. They ought to have been treated on that basis, not on the basis of prisoners of war. Unfortunately, the trend had continued like that even after the end of the civil war. For instance, in the recent time, during the presidential campaign of the incumbent President Buhari, I looked at the list of members of the campaign team and could not find any politician of note from the South East on that team. So, in essence, what I am saying is that the grievances of these people should be listened to with a view to addressing them appropriately.

We will all fair better under a united Nigeria than a dismembered one. The agitators too should sheath their swords and make room for a conducive atmosphere for their demands, their grievances to be looked into and addressed.

What’s your comment on the spat between former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and the serving governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai which they recently made a public thing?

I personally believe that they don’t need that. It is clearly unnecessary, needless. That is not what they need now. The two of them have come over a long way.

Their relationship did not just start today.

They can therefore not afford to sacrifice that long term relationship on the altar of politics. There is no dispute about the fact that the former Vice-President has assisted the governor in the past. Also, the governor too has contributed to the political development of the former Vice President.

Do you think that Buhari should recontest in 2019?

Well, I can’t stop him. He is free to do so if he wishes. The constitution allows him to.

Will you support him in such aspiration?

Certainly not. I will not support him.

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Rivers PDP queries withdrawal of Wike’s security details Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

ÏÏÏ Despite the indifference by the Rivers state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, over the withdrawal of some of his security details by the state Police Command, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed concern over the development.

Last Friday, Governor Nyesom Wike announced, during the flagging off of the reconstruction of Igbo-Etche road, near Port Harcourt the state capital, that most of his police security details

have been withdrawn by the state Commissioner of Police and said that he would not lose sleep over it.

But reacting to the withdrawal, the Chairman of the state PDP, Chief Felix Obuah, on Sunday condemned the action of the State Police Command and said the development was a source of concern to Rivers people and that it clearly showed the desperation of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to rig the December 10 rerun election in the state.

The Chairman said in a statement signed by his Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jerry Needam, that

the party became more worried by the alleged confession made by the APC candidate in the 2015 governorship election, and now the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMSA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside that he (Peterside) had had discussions with security chiefs and officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding the re-run polls.

Chief Obuah said that the alleged confession which he claimed was openly made by Dr. Dakuku Peterside in a radio programme in Port Harcourt on

Saturday, confirmed the fears of Rivers people that powers from Abuja were desperate to foist the APC on them at all costs.

“The unguarded remarks of Mr. Dakuku Adol Peterside who boasted that he had already concluded discussions with security chiefs and officers of INEC on the December 10 Re-run Election coming few hours after the withdrawal of majority of policemen attached to Governor Wike may not be a coincidence,” the PDP Chairman stated, adding that the party would not allow “the revelation by Mr. Dakuku Peterside to be swept under the carpet.”

Financial expert advocates sale of national assets,extensive borrowing Moses Oyediran, Enugu

ÏÏÏ A professor of banking and finance, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Josephat Onwumere, has stated that for Nigeria’s economy to be reflated, a lot of surgical operations would have to be carried out, which among them is to sell some of the national assets and equally borrow, extensively.

Onwumere stated this as the 115th inaugural lecturer of the university. The lecture, which was titled, “Financing Nigeria for Economic Development: Cornucopia/Pandorax Box?” said Nigeria must rise from the colonial fever to be truly independent and take its destiny in its hands.

The professor suggested in the alternative of outright sale of the national assets, adding that such assets could be concessioned for a period of time and the proceeds used to finance the economy.

He also said that Nigeria must borrow extensively like the N29.9 billion the federal government planned to borrow, which is now a subject of debate, pointing out that once the purpose for borrowing is made clear and how it is to be repaid, there was nothing wrong with borrowing.

Onwumere stressed that there must be increase in return to investment and lamented that borrowing from banks is a herculean task while interests they give to depositors are poor.

He pointed out that to finance the economy for economic growth, workers’ salaries must be reviewed to reflect the changing times so that the workers, because of poor remuneration, do not put their hands into vices that would give room to corruption, which could endanger the economy.

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Customs impound N1.07bn contraband goods ÏÏÏ The Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Federal Operations Unit in Owerri, has impounded various contrabands worth N1.07 billion in the last one month.

The Area Controller in the zone, Mr. Mohammed Garba, said while displaying the seized items before newsmen in Owerri, that 16 suspects were arrested in connection with the items.

“Our job is not to frustrate members of the public or the community, but rather to facilitate legitimate trade”, he said.

Garba said the seized items included 2,522 bags of rice, 16,115 cartons of frozen poultry products, 720 cartons of vegetable oil, 1,618 cartons and 1,466 pieces of furniture.

Others were 39 pieces of used fridge compressors, nine used vehicles, 29 bales of second hand clothes, 480 pairs of used shoes, 268 pieces of used tyres, and 1, 964 pieces of car spare-parts.

The official called for the tightening of the nation’s borders to prevent smuggling, and safegaurd national interest.

“Beyond the above statistics, these seizures represent protection of the economy and wellbeing of our people.

“Among the seizures are imported frozen poultry products which are unhealthy and also dangerous for human consumption due to the chemical substances used in preserving the products which is carcinogenic”, he said.

The unit also reportedly destroyed a trailer load of frozen poultry product.

Power shortfalls to hit N3trn by end of 2016 Opeoluwani Akintayo

ÏÏÏ Acting Chairman /Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Anthony Akah, has said that if care is not taken, the shortfall in the power sector will hit N3 trillion by the end of this year.

Akah revealed this in a statement over the weekend.

“This is like a doom’s day scenario because if care is not taken, shortfall in power sector will hit N3 trillion by end of 2016. The reason is lack of revenue attributed to the services provided but don’t get paid for”, he said.

In October, Nigeria Electricity Hub, an initiative of Nextier Power, said that the Nigerian electricity supply market will record an estimated N1 trillion shortfall

by December 2016, which could lead to systemic bankruptcy and

a risk of nationwide blackout if left unresolved.

The CEO of Niger Delta Power Holding (NDPHC), Chiedu Ugbo, also stated that since the establishment of the company’s first power plant in 2011, estimated energy invoiced by the eight power plants currently amounted to N235.4 billion.

Of this estimate, about 55.3 percent, he explained, has been paid while the remaining 44.7 percent is still outstanding and owed by the Discos, and as of August 2016, debts owed the company by the market stood at N105 billion.

“The implication is far reaching: capacity utilisation, low productivity, inability to meet obligations, asset replacement issues and finally it challenges them as a going concern,” the NDPHC boss said.

While speaking, Akah described the huge shortfall as a

“doom’s day scenario”, saying it came about as a result of services rendered by the different strata of the sector yet-to-be paid for by consumers.

He mentioned power theft, metre by-pass, unpaid bills as some of the causes for the shortfall.

He then explained that power loses are usually estimated and added to the bills/tarrifs of those customers with metres.

The Chief Execusive Officer, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Azu Obiaya, had earlier assessed the liquidity challenge from the perspective of the Discos.

Discos are experiencing a revenue shortfall of N38 billion monthly and that the government alone, through its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), currently owes the Discos about N58 billion, he said.

This, the ANED CEO said,

could amount to N309 billion by the end of the year, and that the Discos’ books no longer reflect cash flows that were necessary for lenders to accept funding their ongoing projects.

He also noted that as of December 2015, the Discos were experiencing a revenue shortfall of N298 billion due to the non-cost reflectivity of MYTO.0, a tariff plan then in force in the power sector in Nigeria.

As a result of this, the NERC approved electricity tariff increases to raise liquidity for the sector but its implementation was suspended for about six months, resulting in losses of about N13 billion for the Discos.

Apart from these, other losses are coming through inflation of the naira and its weakness against major international currencies as well as from pipeline vandalism.

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Till Debt Do Us Apart

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Jideofor Adibe

he recent request from President Buhari for legislative authorisation for an external borrowing of almost $30bn is a sharp reminder that history truly moves in circles and that human memories are short. It should be recalled that Africa’s debt overhang was partly blamed for why the1980s and the 1990s were regarded as lost decades for the continent. The argument was that due to Africa’s high level of indebtedness resources that could have been used to develop the continent were being used to service debts. At that time it was estimated that the continent’s total external debt was $230bn – about 13 per cent of what the country now wants to borrow in one fell swoop.

There were several studies on how the continent’s debt burden was impacting on ordinary people. Some of the very impactful of such studies included Susan George’s A Fate Worse Than Debt (1988) and Katama G.C. Mkangi’s The African Debt Crisis: A Radical Human Perspective (1993). These studies articulated very powerfully the social costs of the debt crisis. Basically they argued that debt-induced economic austerity was destroying the lives of countless people in the so-called Third World countries, especially in Africa. They also showed that those bearing the brunt of the debt burden were people who did not benefit from the loans. It was argued that high level of debt servicing meant that repayments to Western creditors were prioritised over the lives of ordinary people. It was also argued that people’s access to education and employment was restricted by a chunk of the national resources being diverted to servicing debts.

Based on studies and polemics like the above, scholars and activists began calling for debt relief, arguing that in the highly indebted poor countries (HIPCs), the scale of unmet social needs are simply too vast and the rate of progress on human development too slow that it should not leave anyone in doubt about the need for something to be done about the debt burden.

The concern about Africa’s debt burden moved quickly from being an academic concern to something that was to engage activists. Campaigns flourished globally, especially in the Western world – all challenging international creditors to cancel the debts of the world’s poorest countries. One of the most impactful of these civil society groups was Jubilee 2000, which was set up in London in 1994 and which campaigned vociferously for international creditors to cancel the unpayable debts of the world’s poorest countries by the end of the year 2000.

Owing to pressures from cam-

paigners, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank set up the $7-10bn Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative in 1996 to provide relief to some of the world’s poorest countries. Meanwhile, Jubilee 2000 was becoming more influential, having won the support of churches and key NGOs. For instance at the G8 Summit in Birmingham, England, in 1998, the group mobilized over 70,000 supporters to form a human chain around the building where the annual G8 meeting was to be held. The same day it presented 1,500,000 signatures from over 50 countries to Clare Short, the UK’s International Development Secretary at the time. Just a few hours later, the leaders of the G8 announced that it would cancel $50bn of the debts of the world’s poorest countries.

The above is very important in understanding the context in which Obasanjo in 2005 negotiated for the cancellation of $18bn of the country’s debt by agreeing to pay off, in instalments, $12bn for its $30bn loan to the Paris Club. It is also important in situating the current conversation on whether the National Assembly should approve the President’s request for $30bn external loan or not. The conversation about the President’s loan request cannot

be very meaningful if it is divorced from the context of Africa’s debt crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. I also feel it will be wrong to ossify this important conversation into a simplistic binary of those supporting or opposing President Buhari and his initiatives. In this unhelpful binary, those who oppose the loans are automatically opponents of the President and his agenda while those who support it are loyalists or supporters of the President.

There are several issues that demand clarification: One, the immediate thing that comes to mind, is a legitimate concern on whether the country is deliberately putting its finger on a trigger called ‘self-destruct’. What will the activists who campaigned for Africa’s debt forgiveness and debt relief in the 1980s and 1990s be thinking of us if we go for this heavy loan?

It should be recalled that one of the arguments of those who opposed debt relief to African countries in the 1980s and 1990s was that forgiving the debts would not guarantee that the affected countries would not accumulate fresh debts. By going for this loan are we not proving the Afro-pessimists right? It is especially saddening that this new round of debt accumulation is coming after a period of Afro-optimism in which

seven out of the ten fastest growing economies in the world were in Africa. Nigeria itself was listed as one of the likely breakout economies in the world: in 2005, it was listed as a member of the Next Eleven (also known as the N-11). The N-11 are eleven countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam – identified by the British economist Jim O’Neill in a research paper on December 12 2005 as having a high potential of becoming, along with the BRICs, the world’s largest economies in the 21st century. It was also included in the MINT emerging economies in 2014.

MINT is a neologism referring to the economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. The term was originally coined by the Boston-based asset management firm Fidelity and popularized by Jim O’Neil, a former Goldman Sachs analyst, who had in 2011, coined the acronym BRIC to refer to the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. BRIC was later turned to BRICS when South Africa was bracketed into the group. So with the desire to take such a huge loan, one would be tempted to ask: How are the mighty fallen?

Two, while I sympathise with the government’s desire to spend its way out of recession, question should be posed about how this money should be repaid. For instance latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics showed that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrunk by 2.24 per cent in the third quarter of 2016. It had shrunk by 0.36 per cent in the first quarter and by 2.06 in the second quarter – the country’s worst economic outlook since 1991. Given this scenario, does the country really have the capacity to repay? The idea that the loan will be used to improve the country’s infrastructures and that this in turn would spur industrial growth that will give us the ability to repay, is too theoretical.

Three, how can the government be asking for loans when some of the root causes of the current economic crisis have not been adequately addressed? By this I mean not just the resolution of the Niger Delta problem that has led to a drastic drop in oil production but also some policies that clearly hurt the economy such as the current mode of fighting corruption, which as well intentioned as it may be, actually has the unintended effect of discouraging investment.

Four, since the beginning of this recession, we have been regaled with promises that the country was about to turn the corner. Unfortunately with a third consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth, I think we may be better off thinking out of the box. Loan money is cheap money.

It is devil’s excrement in the same manner as oil money is. It is very unlikely to be very judiciously used.

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Reno: Between Hagiography and History

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‘Niyi Akinsiju

eno Omokiri, has, apparently become desperately enamoured in making his former boss, Dr Goodluck Jonathan look good in the eye of the Nigerian public. Well, perhaps, we should submit from observed inclination of his writings which tend more to hagiography, that he’s still active in the employ of Jonathan. No one begrudges him his employment status, what with the hardship associated with our contrived recession and, of course, a certain bitterness arising from his parting ways with the privileges of office.

Now, even as we desperately try to forget the impunities, greed and brazenness that characterised the administration between 2010 and 2015, the likes of Omokiri won’t spare us a breather as he constantly takes us back to that period when Nigeria made more money that could have guaranteed a prosperous existence for each of us. Unfolding revelations of official stealing tells of the new historical benchmark that administration established in corruption and mismanagement.

Yet, Omokiri, like other major beneficiaries of that administration, would want us believe that Jonathan and some of his min-

isters were the best things to have happened to Nigeria. Omokiri asserts that current Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun can’t possibly match up to her predecessor in office, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala because the former holds a degree from Reading University, an institution he considers second class compared to the Harvard trained later with a PhD and work experience at the very top cadre of the World Bank.

However, Omokiri expeditiously avoid highlighting the achievements of the PhD holder: How the Federal Government started borrowing money to pay its workers at the first sign of reduced earnings in the first quarter of 2015 when price of crude oil per barrel went south. Thankfully, Adeosun has shown over the last 16 months that we do not need to go borrowing to pay staff salaries.

Through Adeosun, even states government have been brought within the orbit of accountability even as they are compelled to align with strict fiscal control and audit as benchmarked by the Federal Government. We have also seen how the BVN can be creatively deployed to identify ghost workers on the Federal Government payroll. What about the huge savings effected through the Federal Government Efficiency Unit stated at more than N30billion at the last count?

I still wonder at the troubling huge

debt burden bequeathed to the current administration by the OkonjoIweala managed economy despite the historical high revenue generated from high crude oil price. The very important Joint Venture Cash Call at more than $6billion were not paid, local contractors were abandoned to their fate, the last time any form of payment was made was in the dying days of 2013. Road construction contractors had no choice but to abandon work in protest. Now, at a time of lean resources, the contractors are going back to site in droves after being paid part of their outstanding debt.

Under Adeosun, we are sure recovered loots won’t be re-looted as was dominant under the Harvard trained PhD holder. We find comfort in the fact that with Adeosun’s superintending the Finance Ministry we shall not witness the horrible trilemma of high national revenue earnings merely resulting in lesser jobs availability. Things were this unfortunate back then.

Of course, we expect to advance away from the constriction of this self-inflicted recession with Adeosun managing our finances, we only need Omokiri and co to change their ways from deceptive patriotism to the higher ground of nationalism by helping talk to his brothers and affiliates in the Niger Delta to stop bombing national oil assets. Omokiri

knows that this is the major reason we are in recession today; and nothing to do with Adeosun’s degree or exposure.

Same with the person of Chief Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development that Omokiri derisively dismissed as a French graduate. French graduate or not, for the first time in the history of agriculture management at the level of MDAs in this country, policies are being deployed and generating maximum impact. The Anchor Borrowers Programme and the targeting of small holding farmers has led to a huge harvest that now attract the whole of Africa from the Sahel to Central Africa to Nigeria.

The sure indication of how great our agriculture sector is responding to policy deployment reflects in the 28 percent to Gross Domestic Product it recorded in the third quarter of this year. Under this French graduate, Nigeria, at least officially, has stopped the disgracefully importation of food item which usually bills $29billion annually.

Yet, we must enlighten Omokiri the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated farmer, he was one time President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria.

Chief ‘Niyi Akinsiju writes from Abuja

Nigerian Navy: Attaining self-reliance in shipbuilding, maintenance

I Olutunde Oladimeji

n a few days time, President Muhammadu Buhari, will commission NNS UNITY, the newly acquired Offshore Patrol Craft (OPV) from China.

This is the second China-built OPV to join its sister OPV, NNS CENTENARY earlier commissioned. Both of are expected to join the fight against all forms of illegalities in the national offshore oil and gas installations.

The remarkable thing about the commissioning is that, along with the China-built OPV, the President will also commission several homedesigned-and-built ships, boats and other crafts by the Naval Dockyard d in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

In my forthcoming book ‘Wisdom of the Admirals’, there is abundant evidence of how the prescient thoughts and proposals by the founding admirals could make the nation self-reliant in ship building and other maritime arts.

That the Nigerian Navy can now build some class of ships for protecting the nation’s territorial waters did not happened by accident. The founding admirals and their friends foresaw the need to be able to build, maintain, repair and refit ships in this dockyard.

In the 60 years since the inception of the Nigerian Navy, we have acquired ships from many ship-building nations. The early ships were by transfer from the United Kingdom.

In the 70s, Nigeria started acquiring ships for the National Shipping Lines. The period also coincided with the Festac 77 fever when Nigeria hosted the Black World.

The Nigerian National Shipping Lines which started operations with four second-hand vessels in 1959 had increased its fleet to 15 vessels by 1971.

Additional 19 Combo vessels were ordered, with the first of the new ships delivered in 1976/77.

This was a time when Nigeria was moving to be a military sea power and maritime power in international trade. The Nigerian Navy bought many capital ships, a missile-capable frigate, corvettes, fast attack craft, mine-countermeasure vessels (MCMVs), and landing ships, among others. These ships were from the UK, Germany, France, Italy and other foreign shipyards. But something was out of sync.

By the time these ships were delivered, there were logistics problems, especially in the maintenance, repairs and refit facilities. This was what founding admirals, saw way back in 1964.

Today, the Nigerian Navy has found an ingenious way to minimise the negative impact of the current recession by looking inwards.

And in doing so, the Navy hopes to serve the needs of the nation and reach out to West and Central African navies, maritime organisations,

including oil and gas industries with the products of research and development at its Naval Dockyards in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

The story of the NN vision to design and build home-grown ships and crafts started many years ago. When the founding admirals acquired the Naval Dockyard over 50 years ago as a strategic asset from Elder Dempster Shipping Lines, they were guided by five strategic considerations: 1) That a well-equipped, wellfunded and well-managed dockyard is one of the essential ingredients of an effective navy.

2) That the Navy needs to build large numbers of small patrol craft and boats to protect our maritime assets.

3) That the Navy and country should work towards self-reliance in shipbuilding in view of disappointments from Nigeria’s traditional suppliers in times of critical needs; 4) That in times of cash-crunch, the Navy will be spared the problems of availability, affordability and maintainability by having home-built platforms; 5) That the growing cooperation among African navies, necessitated by the need to fight common enemies like sea pirates, poachers, crude oil thieves require standard patrol craft now being built by the Naval Dockyard; To realise the five strategic

objectives, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Defence, embarked on a massive development of the Naval Dockyard at Wilmot Point, Victoria Island, Lagos and Port Harcourt.

The result is that from 1990s, the Dockyard and Shipyard in Port Harcourt started to do for ships with defects what hospitals do for sick people.

Today, the Naval Dockyard Limited has advanced from ship maintenance to ship building. The first of its homegrown technology, a Seaward Defence Boat (SDB), NNS ANDONI, was commissioned in 2012.

A sister ship of ANDONI class, already named NNS KARADUWA is expected to be commissioned this month by President Buhari.

Also to be commissioned is the ocean-going tug, NNS CDR E UGWU built by the Naval Shipyard, Port Harcourt. The Naval Shipyard Limited had earlier built a ferry NNS SAOKA LAFIA. While we celebrate these modest achievements, the government should remember that in spite of the many security challenges on land, the sea will continue to be Nigeria’s centre of gravity for a very long time to come.

The government should devote more resources to meet the short and long term needs of the Navy.

Olutunde Oladimeji, is a retired Commodore of the Nigerian Navy

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Buhari’s war against corrupt judges is just beginning —Sagay Prof Itse Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), former law teacher is a professor of law and a human rights activist. He is also the chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, a committee saddled with the responsibility of guiding the present government in achieving success in its war against corruption in the country. In this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE, Sagay speaks about his passion in wiping out corruption from the Nigerian body polity and why the President Muhammadu Buhari government will not relent in its efforts in flushing out all corrupt judges from the system.

Prof. Sagay

Since the coming of this administration, one thing that has been at the top of its agenda is the war against corruption, which many believe has been the bane of Nigeria’s development, how will you assess this war? Will you say it is achieving its aim?

Certainly, all the weapons for the war against corruption have been put in place by this government, including establishing this committee, which is doing the work of a think tank in the fight and at the same time also coordinating the work of the anticorruption agencies. Since this new government took office and since we started operating, quite a lot of things have happened, which may not bring immediate result that you can see, but laying a foundation for a more solid stronghold and helping in establishing an anti-corruption national institutions that will stand the test of time.

If I may mention some of the things we are doing, we have provided a manual on prosecution of corruption cases because

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a lot of complaints in those days involved people saying that cases in court were not moving well, or were not successful and that there were inadequate planning and so on. So we prepared a manual, which is an A-Z of the process of prosecuting corruption cases and the major thing we have introduced to the system is that any corruption case that is being investigated must be done through team work, not by individuals and that team will have the Police investigator, that is, the person who is going to do the interrogation and detective work, it must have a lawyer and then somebody relatively high in the administration of the agency, either EFCC or any other.

Previously, what happened is this, the person investigating, if he was not a lawyer, would be doing so relatively blindly because in crime, you have that ingredient that you will have to establish to prove a crime and they may be four. If you can establish three and you miss one, you have lost the case, so what the lawyer in the team

does is to point to the investigator what the ingredients are that he should be looking for to establish a case, which the committee is going to consider and no case is filed now until that committee is satisfied that it has significant evidence that can be used in court. So, that is what that manual has done. We have one on sentencing, so that the court will know what sort of sentence to impose. So, you do not say there has been plea bargaining, somebody has returned a fraction of the money therefore he can go free, that will not happen. We have laid it down in details, stating what sort of sanction each person will get even if plea bargaining is involved. It is very detailed so that a judge once they have gone through all the processes he will look for exactly where it is in that programme and give the appropriate sentence.

If there is plea bargaining is there provision again for another punishment and what could it be?

Yes, there are all sorts of punishment now, under the Criminal Justice Act. We have alternative punishment, not just imprisonment. There is provision for providing service to the community. You can become a road worker, you can go to the farm.

It’s a provision that has no limit, a judge will decide what sorts of punishment fits this crime. If he sees that going to prison will not serve its purpose, he may be a very senior person in society who may be throwing his weight around, now he will be seen doing manual work all over the place. If it’s a person of high intellectual caliber, he can be sent to teach in a school, which may even be below his intellectual capacity, that is one of it, so, we have provisions for alternative punishment, not just imprisonment.

Some people see this anti corruption war as possibly a way of witch-hunting opposition. They believe those in the ruling party are being shielded from prosecution, while the anti-corruption agencies go after those in opposition, which explains why people frown at the recent defection of a former governor being prosecuted to the APC. What is you committee doing to give the people a clearer picture of what the government is really doing?

What you do in this type of case is that you watch, if the charges are withdrawn because he has crossed over to the APC. Then, you can now say that there is selectivity and that the process is not fair, that is what you look out for. When people say all these things about being a selective

process, its one-sided and so on, at times I forget my position and I feel very upset and want to lash out, because it gives the impression that our elites, who complain like that are either unintelligent or are corrupt themselves and are fighting back against the war against corruption.

Who else do you expect to be brought forward in this situation? Is it not a party that has been in government for 10 years, handling resources? How do you expect that people who have not been in power to be the focus of investigation and prosecution? What are we investigating if the man has no access?

So it is natural that the people who are being brought in are the people who controlled our resources, who were in government, who dipped their hands into our treasury, who had the opportunity to loot and indeed looted. It is as simple as that. So for someone to expect that some other group of people will be the subject of investigation and interrogation is stupidity, it is very stupid of any one to expect any other person, because I have never been in government what are you going to charge me for? Is it for breathing oxygen, it doesn’t make sense, so there is no argument there; there is absolutely no arguments there.

But, you raised a point, Mr. Kalu has joined the APC. Now, if the charges against him are dropped by EFCC, then they will have a point, so let’s watch and see.

But people argue that charges against former Bayelsa state governor, Timipreye Sylva was dropped not so long ago.

Yes, I have heard that and I don’t think that is what happened. But you know we are not an anti-corruption agency but a think tank. Really, it is the EFCC that handles such cases, but if you had asked me this prior to now, I would have checked, at least to call them. But my impression is that the charges have not been dropped, but that the case will go but not before the court in which the matter was withdrawn, that is my impression, but I can confirm that. On principle, no charges are going to be withdrawn because of party, that is out of the question and if you know the head of this government you will know that is not possible, you can’t commit a crime, jump into a party and say oh! I am now safe, that will never happen.

Part of what you said is that your committee is helping to lay a foundation and put in place frame work to institutionalise the process and prevent those who will be tempted to be corrupt from doing so. What are you putting in place to prevent those exposed to opportunities for corruption from doing so?

That is national anti-corruption plan, which is going on already. If you notice,

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‘Buhari’s war against corrupt judges is just beginning’ Continued from page 17 we have this jingles going on now in all the television and radio stations to say ‘Not In My Country,’ that is part of the programme.

Those are the things we recommended to government, which they are now doing and more are coming out. We are going to involve religious bodies, we are already talking to them, the Muslims, Christians, how they can penetrate their congregation from the highest level to the lowest level to let them know that corruption is against the religion that they are practicing. We are already working with them, we have had meetings with religious groups. We have had meetings with association of professions, that professionals like Accountants, Doctors, Lawyers etc, we have had meetings with them about how they can strengthen their disciplinary processes and discourage corruption within members of their profession. So we are looking at a very wide range of areas.

We have trained judges at every level magistrates, high courts in Lagos, Abuja and in all the six zones of the country, Courts of Appeal, Supreme Court.

For the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal we brought people from abroad, Judges and prosecutors who have handled corruption cases to talk to our judiciary about how such cases are handled, to make sure that we deal with them efficiently, speedily and effectively. So we have done a lot of work in that area. We have presently prepared some bills, tI ba sent to the National Assembly. One is to establish a special criminal court for corruption cases and some allied cases, that is on. We have also made proposals, which the government has accepted, for establishing an authority to manage frozen assets, take them away from EFCC and ICPC and manage them effectively, so that they do not lose value at the end of the case, so that they can be made productive.

For instance if a house is frozen it doesn’t stay there, let it out and earn money within that period, so that at the end of the case, if the case is lost the money it has earned is handed over to the subject of the action and he also recovers his house. Cars now will be sold, and the money kept in the bank so that at the end of the day, if the person is held not to be guilty the money is handed over to him and he can buy a new car, so we have a new organisation that is going to handle that.

We have proposals, which the government has accepted for recovery of stolen funds abroad, which are being implemented.

So quite a lot of things are going on based on the work of this committee. We are also training prosecutors in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. So far, 160 prosecutors have been trained on how to draft charges and to prosecute effectively.

There is a monitoring team that has been established between us and the Ministry of Justice to monitor all corruption cases going on, to ensure that corruption cases are managed in accordance with the administration of criminal justice acts, so that the judges do their jobs effectively and do not commit lapses, which will allow people escape justice.

There is the argument in some quarters that before the war on corruption can really be taken seriously, anti-corrup-

Prof. Sagay

“They are destroying this country and we can’t just lie passive and allow them do it because of filthy lucre.

A few of them become over rich while the rest of the country is destroyed.

You have been trained as a lawyer, you have been appointed a judge based on your integrity and you have been raised to that high position where you can determine life and death of Nigerians and of Nigeria” tion and security agencies like the DSS, EFCC, ICPC and even the Police must be removed from the control of any arm of government and made to be independent as seen in some developed climes, do you agree with that?

Well, I don’t really know the degree of freedom, which you really think they deserve, because as far as I know, neither the EFCC or the ICPC is being controlled by anybody. They are the ones who determine what cases to follow, they are the ones who determine what cases to investigate, who to interrogate, who to prosecute. They have the freedom to do that. The minister of justice at one time wanted to control them and if you notice, the NBA was making a suggestion that the independent capacity of the EFCC and the ICPC to prosecute should be removed and this was vehemently opposed.

So, they are independent. The only degree of interest is that the chairman is recommended by the President to the Senate for approval, that is all and once that hap-

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pens they are on their own. That doesn’t mean they are impervious to suggestions.

We make suggestions to them, but they are not bound to accept it, but in good spirit they are bound to consider whatever we suggest. So I don’t really know the level of independence that you are talking about.

For instance the DSS is under the Presidency and we know the criticisms that followed that during the last administration and the actions the present government took against the agency because of that.

Yes, but the DSS cannot really be independent to that extent, it is closer to the government and we are dealing with security here. It will be definitely tightly controlled because at the end of the day, the bulk stops at the President’s table, it is government really that is at risk of security lapses. That is a different organisation, it is not an anti corruption organisation per say. The fact that it was involved in the judges case in my view is because some of the things some of those justices were doing had an impact on security. Let’s put it this way, the ultimate arbiter on the issue of corruption is the judiciary, after all investigations have been done and this can be tedious and time consuming, resource consuming and after all that has been done for six months or one year, you now bring a case to the court, if that judge has been bought, the whole time and resources have been wasted and the person accused will walk away with the resources of this country. So if you now have a consistent pattern establishing that some judges have been bought by the corrupt community, then what you are really saying is that at the end of the day, don’t go to court, use strong arms tactics. Anybody who is offended or has case should take a gun and resort to jungle justice. The citizens of Nigeria will be upset, all their resources are being carted away without any response from government and the ability to recover them and punish them, there will be an uprising, which can end up negatively, affect-

ing the government in power not to talk of the innocent elite who are seen driving cars, they will say he is one of them.

So, it got to a stage when the corruption of these judges was beginning to affect the security of this country, that is how the DSS came into the show, otherwise they are not a normal anti-corruption agency. The EFCC and ICPC and the CCB, those are the ones that essentially carry on anti-corruption work.

Is that to say that you are comfortable with the method used in picking up some of these judges?

Definitely! I was not uncomfortable, you see, no law was broken. Not only that, if you have a god that you are worshiping, because we always regard the justices as some sort of god.. after the real God in heaven, our next god is the judiciary and if you go to the court, you will see their seats. They are high above, everybody is down, you bow before them and you say my lord, we have raised them to the status of semi-god. Now, if they decide to climb down and join the rest of us and wallow in the mud like the rest of us they will be treated as ordinary people and that is what happened to those judges. Nobody should complain about that.

Does that mean you will not hesitate to recommend similar treatment to any other one that treads that part?

Anyone that treads that part should have a more drastic treatment allocated to him because it is destroying the country. They are destroying this country and we can’t just lie passive and allow them do it because of filthy lucre. A few of them become over rich while the rest of the country is destroyed. You have been trained as a lawyer, you have been appointed a judge based on your integrity and you have been raised to that high position where you can determine life and death of Nigerians and of Nigeria and you now sell that position to thieves, looters, robbers! There is no punishment that is too much for people like that.

The fight against corruption at the centre seems to be revolving more or less around the $2 billion Dasuki arms case while people believe that other areas are not getting the desired attention when, indeed, there were some other humongous amounts that went under during the period. Don’t you think the focus on that is rather too much?

I don’t think so, no I don’t agree with you.

The focus is not just on that $2 billion. There are many other cases going on that are not related at all, like the case of Amosu, the former head of the Airforce, it is not related to that. The case of the former Chief of Defence Staff who was collecting N548 million every month from his organisation, it is not related to that. It is true that the Dasuki case has offshoots all over the place, which has to be followed up.

But there are so many other cases, which did not come from that and they are also being effectively pursued by the EFCC. They cannot ignore the others. I agree that quite a number of cases arose from there, they have to be followed, but cases happening now are not limited to that. Even as I speak, the revelation about budget padding is being investigated and at the end of investigation, some actions are going to be taken and that is not related. But whilst the Dasuki’s case has had a lot of off springs, there are many other cases that are not related and all are being followed up.

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Abia cancels monthly clean-up as refuse heaps mount

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The November edition of the Abia state monthly sanitation exercise, weekend failed as the usual restriction of movement of people was lifted by the state government at the last minute.

In a state-wide radio announcement, the state government had urged security agencies not to restrict movement of people. However, no reason was given for this development. This provided youths a good opportunity to play football on the streets during the 9 – 11am period of the exercise.

The trucks that usually drive in within the period to cart away refuse generated during the period, were absent, while transport owners resorted to loading passengers within the period.

At Isi Gate axis of Umuahia metropolis, all gutters which are usually cleared by traders and park owners were filled to the brim with refuse, while those who tried to clean their environment had the refuse they generated abandoned by the road side.

Even with the enormous campaign and sensitization mounted by the state Ministry of Environment, no officials of the ministry showed face, except for the Permanent Secretary who arrived at the Umuahia

LGA headquarters after the period.

The usual mobile court that try sanitation offenders was absent in Umuahia, and no court officials were present, except the Umuahia North Local Government Area Transition Committee Chairman, Okezie Ezeigbo, who said he had been going round the council communities to sensitize the people on the importance of the exercise, and expressed his happiness that in the areas he visited, the exercise went on well.

Also speaking, a former deputy Transition Committee Chairman of the council, Deacon Joel Nwosu, said the exercise went on well as people cleaned their environment, stating that what the government did was

only to remove the restriction on the movement of the people.

According to Deacon Nwosu, the state governor is sensitive to the plight of the people, hence the removal of the restriction to afford people free movement while the sanitation was on.

He commended the state governor over the decision, stating, “It will give the people sense of belonging”.

However, some traders interview, and who spoke to Daily Times on the condition of anonymity described the removal of the restriction as an indirect way of stopping the exercise for the month, expressing their fear that it might continue this way.

According to them, Umuahia, once known to be the cleanest city in Nige-

ria, has nothing clean to show, even as a state capital, pointing out that attention of the state government seems to have shifted away from the city to elsewhere.

According to a motorist who identified himself simply as Akobundu lamented that it looks as deliberate to have allowed the Isi Gate market to return to Umuahia as a way of making nonsense of the Urban Ultra- modern market built by Sen. T. A. Orji when he was the governor of the state.

The return of the traders to the city centre, generates tons of refuse which has overwhelmed ASEPA due to ill-equipment of the agency to perform their duties of keeping the state clean, especially in Umuahia.

Doctors move to make surgery and anesthetists affordable Chijioke Kingsley, Jos

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Special Task Force Commander (STF), Maj-Gen Rogers Nicholas (left), with the rescued kidnapped teenagers at the STF headquarters in Jos… at the weekend.

Lagos unveils Epe Master Plan, aims to transform city Benjamin Omoike

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The Lagos state government, at the weekend, unveiled the Epe Master Plan with a promise to turn the ancient town to another Dubai in Nigeria.

The Government appealed to residents to comply with the master plan, stating that the new plan, which is robust, captures farming and tourist sites, an airport as well as other multi-billion naira projects which would be implemented in the nearest future.

Speaking at the stakeholders’ interactive session with residents, held at Recreation Centre, Epe, the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Wasiu Anifowoshe, called for the understanding of residents for speedy implementation of the plan.

He assured that those whose houses were affected by the ongoing urban

renewal projects would be adequately compensated, adding that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was doing everything possible to ensure the property owners were not left out of the proposed project.

According to him, “Compensation of the affected owners of affected houses will be done very soon. The Computation of the compensation is ongoing.

I have said it before, nobody will be left out, once your property was affected.”

The Commissioner, who appealed to the residents to commend Governor Ambode for the magnitude and quality of projects being executed in the ancient town, said if not for his intervention in the infrastructural development, the people would have remained neglected for years.

“If the Governor doesn’t do this now, before we can have another Governor from Epe, all of us in this gathering

must have died. Let’s tell ourselves the home truth,” he said.

Also speaking, the General Manager, Lagos state Physical Planning Permit Authority, LASPPPA, Remi Oni-Orisan said the purpose of the gathering was to deepen the peoples’ understanding of the reform of the planning system which, he said, would go a long way in making planning play a better role in guiding the sustainable urbanisation of the area.

Oni-Orisan said: “A major fall out of the enforcement is that it does not only lead to huge losses, it also creates bad blood between the government and the governed and may probably result in suspicion and rebellion on the part of the populace. Demolition of properties could also aggravate psychological and medical breakdown of those concerned, which in most cases results in untimely deaths.”

Some Nigeria medical doctors, under the aegis of Nigerian Society of Anesthetists, took deliberate steps aimed at providing solutions to make surgery and anaesthesia affordable, available, timely and safe.

This was stated at society’s 24th Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference, held in Jos, the Plateau state capital.

The 5-day conference, which brought specialist doctors in anesthesia in the country and beyond, converged to proffer solutions on surgical and anaesthesia care when needed.

In her welcome address, the President of the association, Dr. Bisola Onajin-Obembe, of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers state, said that “a key finding of Lancet Commission on Global Surgery published in 2015 is that 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable, surgical and

anesthesia care when needed.

“Most of these people reside in the poorest regions of the world; 93% of the population in sub-Sahara Africa and 97% of the population in South Asia, do not have access to safe and affordable surgery and anesthesia compared with 3.6% of the population who do not have access in high income countries”, she said.

Also speaking with our correspondent is an Anesthetists with the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Dr. Adanu Gabriel, he posited that the scope of anesthesia goes beyond the administration of the drug to patients in surgical room but also includes the entire management of patients like offering critical care in an emergency room and intensive care unit; so it extends to humanitarian service, he said.

Gabriel call for government support in equipping hospitals across the county, as he decried the level of rot and lack of infrastructure in health care delivery and hospitals in Nigeria.

Buhari, Buratai have restored army’s dignity - Tambuwal

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enjoyed by the Nigerian Army but eroded due to negligence in the recent past has been restored by the administration of Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Yusuf Tukur Buratai, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said.

Speaking in Sokoto on Sunday when he received Buratai at the Government, Tambuwal commended the military authorities for their giant strides in restoring peace to parts of the country suffering from insecurity.

He said the most visible impact made by the present leadership can be seen in the area of manpower development and provision of necessary equipment to the Army.

The Governor acknowledged the cordial working relationship between

the people and government of Sokoto with the Nigerian Army’s 1st Mechanized Brigade resident in Sokoto, saying such efforts has made the state one of the most peaceful in the federation.

“The Army and other security agencies in the state are doing much to maintain peace and security in the state. We will do our best to maintain it,” he said.

Tambuwal also appreciated the effort of Nigerian Amy to establish command secondary schools in the state, saying that government has already provided two secondary schools to army for take-off of academic activities.

In his remarks, Buratai said due to the increasing needs of professionalism in the Army and the need to enhance security in the zone, a new Division will be established in Sokoto.

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CHRISTIAN ROBSON ETANG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The General Public is hereby notified that the above named FOUNDATION has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:(1) Peace Bamidele.

(2) Ubong Etang (3) Ibikunle Olukemi Olanrewaju (4) Olaleye Busola (5) Chukwuka Chinyere Stella

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HOPE FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTER ACTS NO 1 OF 1990.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADELODUN SUKURAT ADENIKE 2. ADELODUN SADAT ALAKE 3. LELOH OLUWAFEMI FINITIE

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF THE GIRL CHILD 2. TO TRAIN GIRLS ON ICT, CODING AND DIGITAL SKILLS 3. TO EQUIP THE GIRL CHILD WITH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 4. TO ORGANIZE VOCATIONAL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING FOR RURAL WOMEN 5. TO ENSURE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY 6. ORGANIZING HEALTH TALKS AND PROGRAM WHERE WOMEN HEALTH RELATED ISSUES WILL BE DISCUSSED Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the registrar -general, corporate affairs commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED BY SECRETARY

Signed by Bar. K. O Salman

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To Provide training and mentoring for pupils and students in public schools.

AUCTION SALES

LOSS OF ORIGINAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS

SAVIOURS GOSPEL CHRISTIAN CENTRE INT’L.

THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTOR VEHICLES, SCRAP MOTORCYCLES, SCRAP TRICYCLES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, THE NIGERIA POLICE, OGINIGBA-TRANS AMADI DIVISION, RIVERS STATE. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

I, ANDREW IJEGBAI, a native of Afuze in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State and adult male citizen of Nigeria, now residing at No 1 Apa Lobu Rumuomoi Port Harcourt, Rivers State, wish to inform the general public÷

The general public is hereby inform that the above named Church has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

1. That I am the deponent herein and make this publication in good faith.

2. That I am the bonafide owner of a landed property situated at CKC Extension Layout Gwagwalada and Cadastral Zone 08-06 within AMVE Apo Layout FCT Abuja with plot No 8256C, plot No 8258C and plot No 368A respectively.

3. That the property with plot No 368A was originally allotted to AJAYI AJIJOLA. 4. That the original documents of the said property got lost on the 18/8/2016 at Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

5. That all efforts made to recover the said lost original property documents proved abortive, hence this publication.

6. That This publication is required for record/official purposes and for the attention of the Nigeria police, Gwagwalada Area Council, A.G.I.S, ACCSCRIS, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), all relevant agencies and the general public.

7. If found, please contact the nearest police station or call 08061305928.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EKECHUKWU, BLESSING NDUDI 2. JIAKPONNAH, UCHENNA EMMANUEL 3. JIAKPONNAH, EZENWOKE FRANKLIN

1.ONE SCRAP NISSAN SUNNY CAR REG. NO. AL 922 AFM. 2. ONE VANDALIZED ASH COLOUR TOYOTA CARINA 11 REG. NO. AJ 291 KSF. 3. ONE SCRAP TRICYCLE “KEKE” REG. NO. -----4. ONE SCRAP BLACK QLINK M/C RED REG. NO. BRS 128 QH. 5. ONE SCRAP BLACK QLINK M/C REG. NO. ---6. ONE SCRAP DAY LONG M/C REG. NO. ---7. ONE SCRAP TRICYCLE “KEKE” REG. NO. ---8. SCRAP PHONES 9. ONE SCRAP SUMEC FIREMAN GENERATOR SPG3000E2, ONE TIGER GENERATOR. 10. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU AUCTIONEER

AUCTION SALES! AUCTION SALES!!

THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTOR VEHICLES, SCRAP MOTORCYCLES, SCRAP TRICYCLES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, THE NIGERIA POLICE, NKPOLU-OROWORUKWO MILE 3 DIVISION, RIVERS STATE. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. 1. SCRAP NISSAN PATHFINDER JEEP ASH COLOUR REG. NO. ER 467 BEN 2. SCRAP TOYOTA COROLLA METALLIC COLOUR REG. NO. CE 745 PHC. 3. SCRAP MITSUBISHI GALLANT REG. NO. MK 981 AM. 4. SCRAP TOYOTA CAMRY GREEN COLOUR REG. NO. GW 136 EKY. 5. SCRAP TOYOTA COROLLA NAVY BLUE COLOUR REG. NO. ABC 327 XA. 6. SCRAP AUDI WAGON GREEN COLOUR WITHOUT REG. NO. 7. SCRAP TOYOTA SIENNA LIGHT GREEN COLOUR REG. NO. 131 AAA. 8. SCRAP JETTA DARK BLUE COLOUR REG. NO. EW 113 PHC. 9. SCRAP GALLANT MITSUBISHI RED COLOUR REG. NO. SKN 281 DC. 10. SCRAP MAZDA BLACK COLOUR WITHOUT REG. NO. 11. SCRAP CARGO TRICYCLE BLUE COLOUR WITHOUT REG. NO. 12. SCRAP MOTORCYCLE RED COLOUR WITHOUT REG. NO. 13. SCRAP CRANKSHAFT, SCRAP SUMO PUMP, SCRAP GENERATOR. 14. DAMAGED 14” INCHES SHARP TELEVISION/SAMSUNG DVD. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU --- AUCTIONEER

ECHARA PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION

LIKE MINDS EDUCATORS INITIATIVE This is to inform the general public that above named has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part ‘‘C’’ of the companies Allied Matters Act 1990.

Board of Trustees: 1.

Anjorin Saheed Alabi 2.

Olalere Musa Adeola 3.

Olatunji Joshua Olusegun 4.

Yaqub Moruf Ayinde 5.

Balogun Suheed Alade 6.

Balogun Abiodun Olushina 7.

Jimoh Afeez Akanni

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To impact the nature of Saviours into mankind.

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

Signed: PRESIDENT.

PROLIFIC ELITES CLUB OF LAGOS This is to inform the general public that above named Club has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part ‘‘C’’ of the companies Allied Matters Act 1990.

Aims and Objectives: 1.

To create awareness of the Essence for having knowledge 2.

To promote Unity & understanding among members Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Mataima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

The Boards of Trustees 1.

Olorunnimbe Ismail Olaitan 2.

Olajide Kolawole Azeez 3.

Taleeb Azeez Babatunde 4.

Yusuf Segun Adam Aims and Objectives: 1.

To promote Love, Peace, Unity, Brotherhood among member 2.

To create and sustain brotherly love and harmony among club members.

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Mataima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary.

Signed: Secretary.

The General public is hereby notified that the above named organization has applied for registration with the corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied matter Act 1990.

SERENE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PRINCIPALS OF ANAMBRA

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Registration Under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Nnabugwu Nwonu Sunday ---- Chairman 2. Onwe Sunday ----- Vice Chairman 3. Nwode Sunday Orogwu ------ Secretary 4. Egwu Kingsley Nnaemeka ------ Assistant Secretary 5. Abana Augustine ------ Financial Secretary 6. Nwali Nelson ------ Treasurer Aims and Objectives.

1. To Promote the Cultural, Social, Economic and Educational Progress of our People and country.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) NGOZI UCHENNA EZE 2) LEO CHIMA EZE 3) OONA UZOMA EBENEZAR 4) DONALD CHUKWUMA ANI

This is to inform the general public that the above named ASSOCIATION has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters act of 1990.

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

GREAT NWANNEKA INTERNATIONAL CLUB.

This is to Notify The General public that the above named club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters act of 1990.

TRUSTEES 1, AKUNNA JOSEPH NWAFOR = PRESIDENT 2, VINCENT NWANKWO OTIE =SECRETARY 3,OKWUEGO CLEMENT CHUKWUEMEKA 4,IDEH GABRIEL CHINEDU 5,UCHENEGBU GREGORY NWANKWO 6,SYLVESTER NWEKE.

PRINCIPAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) The research, application and publication of integrative and cross cultural healing therapies and modalities from within Nigeria and around the world.

2) The promotion of health and wellness education, products and services, etc.

3) Researches on different forms of “beauty”, on “noise” and other forms of “pollution/aberrant” and their effects on the human energy system and psyche.

4) The research and application of integrative therapies such as open spaces, landscaping, gardening, art, sound and energy medicine for healing, wholesomeness, productivity and wealth creation.

5) The publication and dissemination of research materials and foundation activities.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: P. S. NWAJAGU SOLICITOR TO THE TRUSTEES.

GOSPEL APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. (DR.) AKAMU JOHNSON AGBOOLA - Chairman 2. PASTOR AWOLOLA PETER OLUFEMI - Secretary 3. REV. AKINWANDE MATHEW OLADEJO 4. REV. OLALERE JOEL KOFOWOROLA 5. PASTOR OYEWUSI OLADIMEJI ADEBOWALE 6. EVANG. ADEGBOYEGA OLUNIYI SUNDAY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Unity and Progress of members.

Any objection should be forwarded to Registrar General corporate Affairs commission abuja within 28 days of this publication.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To proclaim the gospel of Jesus to all nations.

2. To organize crusades, seminars, workshops, revival for expansion of the gospel of Christ.

3. To improve the living standard of helpless youths/widows, orphans in the 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, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

Signed: President

SIGNED: PASTOR AWOLOLA PETER OLUFEMI (Secretary)

TRUSTEES 1, VEN. EKEMEKA CORNELIUS NNOLI. 2, UDEGBUNAM ELIZABETH NONYELUM (MRS) 3,OBIAKO CHARITY CHINYELU 4,OBI NORBERT ONYEDUM 5,NZEMEKA EMMANUEL OLISAH 6,EKPE DORA CHINELO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Unity and Progress of members.

Any objection should be forwarded to Registrar General corporate Affairs commission abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed VEN, EKEMEKA CORNELIUS NNOLI.

CHRIST LIVING FAITH REVIVAL CHURCH

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

TRUSTEES: I. REV. DR. OKORIE OKPOTO NWACHUKWU TINE IMADE OBHIOSA 3. PASTOR DR JAMES MAUTIN 4. ELDER EKEKENTA NNAH 5. ELDER HON. CALISTUS OJIEABU 6. ELDER SUNDAY ONWUSOANYA

2. PASTOR AUGUS-

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: I. To preach the gospel of Jesus christ.

2. To teach the gospel of peace.

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

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AFRICA CENTRE FOR YOUTH SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT

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

ASSOCIATION OF ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA

Trustees (1) OLAYINKA SULEIMAN (2) PAUL UGBEDE (3) VITALIS LANSHIMA

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Farida Tahir 2. Aisha Shu’aib Yolah 3. Yusuf Ali (SAN) 4. Jamil Hassan 5. Sekoni Babatunde Tajudeen 6. Azeez, Asif Olatubosun

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. For the development of youths and sport in the 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, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To ensure effective operations of Islamic Microfinance Banks in Nigeria.

2. To promote, foster and develop the application of Islamic principles, law and tradition to the transactions of financial, banking and related business affairs.

3. To educate and enlighten Nigerian citizens on the need to offer contemporary financial services in conformity with islamic principles.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: Secretary

Signed: Nasir Sa’idu

SABINAH OMONIKE OMOLADE FOUNDATION

GRASS ROOT AWARENESS TOWARDS PEACEFUL AND CORRUPTION FREE SOCIETY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEYANJU ABIODUN GODWIN 2. ADENIYI FUNMILAYO SEKINA 3. ADESINA ODUNAYO OLATUNDE 4. ADEYANJU TEMITOPE OLAMIDE 5. OLAOYE RAPHEAL AKINWALE 6. AKINWUMI OLUSOLA GBENGA THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PROJECTING AND EMBARKING ON AWARENESS/ENLIGHTENMENT ACTIVITIES ON ISSUES AND POLICIES BOTHERING ON HUMAN INTEREST 2. ADVOCACY ON CHANGE OF ATTITUDE AND EMBRACE HONESTY FOR A MORE PEACEFUL AND CORRUPTION FREE SOCIETY Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

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

JESUS AID FOR ALL CHARITY INITIATIVE

NEWAGE REDEEMED ASSEMBLY

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABISOLA EFFIONG 2. OLUFUNMILAYO ADENOLA 3. OLUDOTUN OMOLADE 4. OLAWALE OMOLADE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To help the less privileged Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SANNI SANDRA OMOKOSE - CHAIRMAN 2. ADEBAYO OLORUNJO - SECRETARY 3. ESHALEKU DANLAMI MOSES 4. SANNI JEMILAT 5. AJUNWA CHUKS HENRY 6. ORUKOTA LONIKOLA JOHN 7. VEE LAWAL THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

Signed: F.S. Abah

SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHRIST RESURRECTION CHURCH OF GOD CAC/RC/NO - 70221 The general public is hereby notified that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) TAIWO BROWN --RETAINED (2) AFORDU M. EKHATOR --RESIGNED THE NEW TRUSTEE IS (1) RUKAYAT BUKY BROWN---APPOINTED SIGNED.. BARR. VERA LESLIE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

BADAGRY INTEGRITY CLASS OF THE 90’S CLUB OF NIGERIA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Apostle Ohadorodiegwu Mgbada Daniels 2. Pastor Stella Mgbada 3. Mr excellence Wisdom Enyinnaya 4. Bro. Chukwuemeka Ukwa 5. Moses Nwaebonyi 6. Mgbada Confidence Daberechi 7. Mgbada Praise Oluebube 8. Mgbada Juanita Chisimdiri THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel 2. To bring souls to Christ Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication Signed: Secretary

NASARA WOMEN FARMERS ASSOCIATION

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MESI DOHETO GEORGE 2. MR. SOLOMON DUOKE UMORU 3. ABOGUN NEWTON OMOTAYO 4. SONAYON JOHNSON OLAKUNLE 5. HON. POT-BALOGUN SENIDONU 6. MR. KUPONU ODUNLAMI WHENUPO 7. SULAIMAN KEHINDE RAHEEM 8. AKINYANMI SEMAWON AHISU 9. SIR (ARC) FASINU MIYISE SURULERE RICHARD 10. OKE OLATUNDE LAWRENCE.

Trustees are 1.Abdullahi Lawal Adaraye.

2.Aminu Magaji Iyatawa.

3.Saleh Ardo Usman.

4.Dr Bello Ahmed Kumo.

5.Muhammed Aminu Muhammed.

6.Hadiza Abdullahi.

7.Hauwa Talatu Magaji.

8.Hauwa Zakari.

9.Habiba Mahmoud.

10. Amina Usman.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To integrate and stand in the gap for aged long friends separated by distance.

2. To foster goodwill, brotherly love, mutual understanding, unity, peace and progress amongst members.

3. To be a strong socio-political voice in Badagry and it’s environs and the country at large.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: ABUBAKAR ALIYU

Signed: Secretary

HIGH HILLS AND VALLEYS INITIATIVE

Aims and Objectives 1. To Promote Farming Among Women Any objection this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Mariana, Abuja within 28days of this publication.

BOBBY ARINZE FOUNDATION

EXCLUSIVE PROGRESSIVE FITNESS CLUB OF NIGERIA

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

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR. JORGE NKWOH 2. MR. IYKE DIKE 3. DR. HENRY IWUNZE 4. PHARM. AYODELE OJULOGE 5. OGE ENEBELI NKWO

Trustees 1) Chijioke Ndubisi 2) Onyebuchi Nwatarali 3) Ifeoma Arinze 4) Abisola Olayinka 5) Edith Amaka Arinze

Trustees 1.Chief Godwin Ezeonu. - (BOT member;) 2. Chief Chima Davis Ukwandu, -(Secretary BOT,) 3. Chief Michael Onuoha. - (Chairman BOT) 4. Chief Valentine Okechukwu Obasi. -(BOT Member;) 5. Chief Uchenna Rochas Nwogu.- (BOT Member)

AIMS: 1) To provide sponsorship programs for at least one secondary school student with the necessary textbooks, uniforms and school supplies per year in honour of the Late Bobby Arinze.

2) To encourage and promote academic excellence.

Any objection to the above 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 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To foster unity, peace and progress amongst the Club’s members.

To encourage mutual help, unity, progress and general welfare of members.

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

Signed: Secretary

Signed Secretary

1. To cater for women and children in the society 2. Caring for the less privileged Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: Oge Enebeli Nkwo LAND OF SOLUTION HOLY GHOST OUTREACH.

GREATER WORKS PROPHETIC AND DELIVERANCE

The general public is hereby informed 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 general public is hereby informed 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.

BLESSED TRUST AND HOPE ORGANISATION The general public is hereby informed that the above named ORGANISATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

Trustees 1. MR NWAEBICHI AWELE ANDREW. - GENERAL OVEREER 2. MRS NWAEBICHI ENYIOMA ANN. ASSIST GEN OVERSEER.

Trustees 1. ABIA EBELE ROSELINE. - CHAIRMAN 2. OTI OBIOHA. - SECRETARY 3. ORJI AMA UKA. - MEMBER 4. ABIA PATRICK. - MEMBER

Any objection to the above 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 objectives 1. To preach the gospel of christ in all parts of the word 2. To establish and maintain church and mission in nigeria and foreign lands 3. To organize christian crusadas and meetings Any objection to the above 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 cater for the less privileged.

2.To cater for the welfare of the members Any objection to the above 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.

SIGN: Barr, Josiah Kingsley. 08038823363,

Signed by MR NWAEBICHI AWELE ANDREW.

TRUSTEES; (1) Ehiabhi David Ozegbe - (President) (2) Ehiorobo Osas Susan.

(3) Egharevba Maris (4) Ogbebor Mike - (Secretary) AIM and objective 1 : To preach the word of God.

Signed Barr IKECHUKWU ODOH, PINE SOLICITORS. SUITE 318 ANBEEZ PLAZA , ZONE 5 ABUJA

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QUEEN ECSTASY EDOGHOGHO QUEEN ECSTASY EDOGHOGHO. I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS QUEEN E. CHARLES NOW WISH TO BE ADDRESS AS QUEEN ECSTASY EDOGHOGHO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING THE ABOVE NAMES REMAINS VALID.GENERAL PUBLIC ,ALL OTHER AUTHORITY CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. AROH LAWRENCE NWACHUKWU

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FAMAKINWA MAJARO OMOLOLA

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OLUFEMI WELLINGTON ALABI

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OLUFEMI MONDAY OLANREWAJU

NKECHI PATRICIA AKASIOBI

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FELIX CHARITY ANITA

CHIDERA. NGOZI EZIOMA.

AMAO TEMITOPE ELIZABETH

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I. Formely known and addressed as. Amao. Funlola Elizabeth. Now wish to be addressed as. Amao Temitope Elizabeth. All Former documents remain valid general public should take note.

JOEL ETILA

OGUNBONA JAMIU JIMOH I formerly known and addressed as Abdul. Waheed.

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KARIM BISI RALIAT

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OKUNTOLA OMOWUNMI KUDIRAT

MUHAMMED IYABO FUNMILAYO

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MICHAEL ANNABEL HEZEKIAH

AFUWAH KATE NNEKA

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I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OKOH KATE NNEKA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. AFUWAH KATE NNEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formaly known and addressed as KAZEEM IYABO .A. Now wish to be known and addressed as MUHAMMED IYABO FUNMILAYO. All formal document remains validneral public should take note.

UMORU ESEOGHENE PODESTA

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ESEADA WISDOM

AZUBUIKE IHUAKU PRINCESS

OBAYI, FAITH OMOYE.

I, formerly known and addressed as, WINNER ONOS WISDOM, now wish to be known and addressed as, ESEADA WISDOM. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. AJUZIE IHUAKU PRINCESS, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. AZUBUIKE IHUAKU PRINCESS. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ATOBE, FAITH OMOYE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. OBAYI, FAITH OMOYE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

IGHO EKOKOTA DANIEL OCHUKO IGBEN

DESTINY NWAKA.

OGEBUNA OKONKWO

HILLARY EZENWOKE NWAKANMA.

I formerly known as Ezenwoke Chisom Nwakanma wish to be known and addressed as Hillary Ezenwoke Nwakanma. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

GEORGINA IFEOMA IGWEBUIKE

MUFULIATU ADUNNI AYEMORISAN

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I, formerly known as Olufemi Monday Daniel wish to be known and addressed as Olufemi Monday Olanrewaju.

All former document remain valid, general public please take note

I, Georgina Ifeoma IGWEBUIKE, formerly known and addressed as Georgina Ifeoma EZEANI, now wish to be known and addressed as Georgina Ifeoma IGWEBUIKE, All documents remain valid. University of Nigeria Nsukka and Pharmacists council of Nigeria take note. All other relevant bodies/ organizations and the general public take note.

I, formerly known as Chukwuemeka Ignatius Udalla wish to be known and addressed as Offiachi Chukwuemeka Ignatius. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

PHILIPS ADEYINKA ALICE.

I, formerly known as DICKSON ADEYINKA ALICE wish to be known and addressed as PHILIPS ADEYINKA ALICE. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

I, formerly known as Jonathan Charity Sandra wish to be known and addressed as Felix Charity Anita. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

I, formerly known as Famakinwa Shakirat Omolola wish to be known and addressed as Famakinwa Majaro Omolola. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

I. Formely known and addressed as. Friday.

Etila. Now wish to be addressed as Joel Etila.

All Former documents remain valid general public should take note

OFFIACHI CHUKWUEMEKA IGNATIUS

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as, IGHO EKOKOTA DANIEL, now wish to be known and addressed as, IGHO EKOKOTA DANIEL OCHUKO IGBEN. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note

I, formerly known and addressed as, DESTINY AKARAKA NWAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as, DESTINY NWAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

This is to confirm that I EMMANUEL ODIMEYA GOODLUCK, ODIMEYA GOODLUCKand EMMANUEL GOODLUCK GODSTIME refers to one and same person. Now wish to be known and addressed as, EMMANUEL ODIMEYA GOODLOCK. All former documents remain valid.

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AMARACHI LOVETH OKONKWO. I, AMARACHI LOVETH OKONKWO, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, LOVETH OKONKWO, instead of, AMARACHI LOVETH OKONKWO. I now wish to be known and addressed as, AMARACHI LOVETH OKONKWO. All former documents remain valid.

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NWARU TERRY SYLVESTER I, NWARU TERRY SYLVESTER, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, ANOZIE SYLVESTER TERRY, instead of, NWARU TERRY SYLVESTER, in my BVN details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, , NWARU TERRY SYLVESTER. All former documents remain valid.

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IFEABUNIKE ANNESTECIA OBIANUJU

PAMELA NNENNIA IROANYA

ROBERT AHMED-USMAN ENEOJOH

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EGBO NKECHI CYNTHIA

AHMED: I, formerly known and addressed as AHMED USMAN, now wish to be known and addressed as ROBERT AHMED-USMAN ENEOJOH . All former documents remain valid.

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OBIANI: I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OBIANI NKECHI CYNTHIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EGBO NKECHI CYNTHIA . All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, IFEABUNIKE ANNESTECIA OBIANUJU, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, CYNTHIA U. IFEABUNIKE, instead of, IFEABUNIKE ANNESTECIA OBIANUJU, in my BVN details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, IFEABUNIKE ANNESTECIA OBIANUJU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known as Ogebuna Okonkwo Perpetual wish to be known and addressed as Ogebuna Okonkwo. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

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OLADIPUPO SAHEED HADI

I, formerly known as AKEWUGBADE RIDWAN OLANREWAJU wish to be known and addressed as OLADIPUPO SAHEED HADI. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

ADAMU YAHUZA SULAIMAN

I, formerly known as Yahuza Sulaiman wish to be known and addressed as Adamu Yahuza Sulaiman.

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

ADEWALE TOLULOPE

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IFEOMA MERCY MEGWAI

ADEOSUN OLUWAFUNMILAYO MATHILDA

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General public take note

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Formerly know Balogun Nimota Oluwaseun but Now Shomoye Nimota Balogun. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

OBI BENEDITH EKPERECHI

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

OLAJIRE AHMED SAMUEL

Formerly known and addressed as OLAJIRE AHMED now wich to be known and addressed as OLAJIRE AHMED SAMUEL .all former documents remain valid,and general public note MARGARET NNEYI ENOBUN I, formerly known and addressed as, ENOBUN DEBORAH MARGARET, now wish to be known and addressed as, MARGARET NNEYI ENOBUN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

TANGBAN PAULINE EKOM.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. PAULINE NDIFON OBIM, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. TANGBAN PAULINE EKOM. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AMADI JOSEPH BLESSING

I, AMADI JOSEPH NGOZI, AMADI JOSEPH BLESSING, AND AMADI JOSEPH, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, AMADI JOSEPH BLESSING. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

OSEFO AUGUSTINA NKECHI. OBIDIMMA: i formerly known and addressed as Obidimma AUGUSTINA NKECHI now wish to be known and addressed as OSEFO AUGUSTINA NKECHI. All formal documents remain valid general public should pls take note MBAH LYDIA CHIDIEBERE .

MBAH: I, formerly known and addressed as MBAH EBERECHI LYDIA now wish to be known and addressed as MBAH LYDIA CHIDIEBERE .

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NJEKWE: I formerly known and addressed as MRS NJEKWE BENEDITH now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OBI BENEDITH EKPERECHI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public should please take note.

AMAKA CHUKWUKERE

I, formerly known and addressed as, KATE AMAKA CHUKWUKERE, now wish to be known and addressed as, AMAKA CHUKWUKERE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

JUDITH WILLIAMS OGONO

SHOMOYE NIMOTA BALOGUN

GOODLUCK ENOCH EKWUEME

I, formerly known and addressed as, JOSEPH ENOCH, now wish to be known and addressed as, GOODLUCK ENOCH EKWUEME. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ABONYI MARTINS CALEB CHUKWUEMEKA

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I, formerly known and addressed as, ABONYI MARTINS CHUKS, now wish to be known and addressed as, ABONYI MARTINS CALEB CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

NATHANIEL CHIDINMA FIDELIA

ZORBILADE NEENE AUNTY.

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LILY NMAGWU NWANKWO

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ONWUKWE ONYINYE JULIET.

ENEH: I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ENEH ONYINYE JULIET, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ONWUKWE ONYINYE JULIET. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, NEENE AUNTY Z, AND ZORBILADE NEENE AUNTY, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, ZORBILADE NEENE AUNTY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

IGBO CHINEDU RAPHEAL

ANI: I, formerly known and addressed as ANI SUNDAY RAPHEAL, now wish to be known and addressed as IGBO CHINEDU RAPHEAL. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

NDUBUISI FELICIA EKPERECHUKWU

NDUBUISI: I, formerly known and addressed as NDUBUISI FELICIA THERESA, now wish to be known and addressed as NDUBUISI FELICIA EKPERECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid.

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EHEALTH FOR EVERYONE FOUNDATION This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission Under Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990.

1. IME EFFIONG ASANGANSI - (chairman) 2. ONAKOYA OLUWASEUN 3. PASCAL OKORO. 4. OBI CHIMEZIE NNAMDI. - (secretary).

Aim andObjective: 1. Promote, advocate, and support the design, development, implementation and use of electronic health systems for improved healthcare.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. Signed. Secretary.

ULTIMATE MERCY GLOBAL ASSEMBLY The general public is hereby informed that the above has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1.REV ADESIYAN BABATUNDE JOHNSON 2.PASTOR (Mrs) ADESIYAN ADEKEMI OLUSOLA 3.MR IDOWU CLEMENT OLUWASEUN 4.MRS ADISA AJOKE OLABISI Aims & Objectives: ( 1.) To propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ 2.) To instill in Christians the virtues of Christ (3) To proclaim the unmerited mercy of God unto mankind (4) To spread the love of God Any objection to the above 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

ESAN LIGHT PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under the Part C of Companies and Allied Matters Act 1, of 1990.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1. MR OFEMU JOSEPH IGHNMOSA CHAIRMAN 2. MR EBHODAGHE SYLVESTER. VICE CHAIRMAN 3. MR IBHAZOBE STEPHEN EKUJIAR TREASURER 4. MR INEYE AUGUSTINE EHINOME SECRETARY 5. ASUELIMHEN PAUL AKHERE FINANCIAL SECRETARY 6. MOMODU BABATUNDE PROVOST 7. MR OWEDE ENDURANCE WISDOM PRO 8. MR ASUELIMHEN OJIE FRIDAY. SPEAKER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To promote interpersonal, integration and socialization among members 2. To create the spirit of oneness among members 3. To foster peace, unity and progress among members 4. To campaign against crisis and develop leadership qualities among members 5. To consolidate our achievements since the inception of the Association.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded in writing to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Ndola Square, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi - Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: MR AUGUSTINE INEYE

BADAGRY AMBASSADORS CLUB OF NIGERIA

LOSS OF SHOPS DOCUMENT

Loss of Alaba International Market Shop No CA-41 with allocation No AO5677 and Shop No A-124D with allocation No AO5674 belonging to Mr Christian Oguike. If found, pls return to Ojurongbe Chambers, 84 Lewis st, Lagos Island, Lagos.

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: TO FOSTER GOOD RELATIONSHIP AMONG OURSELVES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE SOCIETY. Signed: secretary.

AUCTION SALES.

THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTOR VEHICLES, SCRAP MOTORCYCLES, SCRAP TRICYCLES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, THE NIGERIA POLICE, ELEKAHIA DIVISION, RIVERS STATE. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED ; PASTOR ATEKE AGBEI.

SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU -- AUCTIONEER

SKILLFUL,EXCELLENT AND EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION.

OLUSEGUN AKINTAYO COMMUNITY AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

This is to inform the general public that the above named “FOUNDATION” has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named Foundation has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, under part C of the Company and Allied Matters Acts 1990.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE 1. BROWN OLUWATOBI JOHNSON 2. YUSUF OLAWALE IDRIS 3. AKPERI EYEBIRA SUNNY 4. ABORISADE AKINBOBOLA OLADAYO 5. AKPERI STELLAMARIS EMADO

The Trustees are: 1. Akintayo John Oluwole 2. Adetunji Adeyinka Kola 3. Akintayo James Olusegun.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES..

A. TO PROMOTE QUALITY EDUCATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES B. TO PROMOTE TALENTS , AND EXCELLENT/SKILLFULL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SOCIETIES FOR PROPER EDUCATION Any Objection(s) to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, PMB 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Aim & objectives.

1.

To participate in community development programmes and activities aimed at improving the society.

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

Signed by TRUSTEES.

Signed: Trustees

LEGAL MAGNATES INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEMOLA OLADIMEJI OKEOWO 2. OYEDEJI OLUWAJIMI OYELADE 3. BABAJIMI SOSAMI 4. OLADAYO OLAIYA AKINWANDE 5. OMOBOLANLE EZEKIEL ODUNTAN 6. ADESEEWO JOHN AGUNBIADE 7. YETUNDE ODUSOTE 8. FAROUK AYORINSOLA OBISANYA THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ORGANISE LEGAL LECTURES AND SEMINARS AND TO HELP INDIGENT LAW STUDENTS. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

TRUSTEES: (1)IKECHUKWU NKORO--Chairman (2)AUSTINE OJUKWU--Secretary (3)ONYEKACHI CHARLES (4)CHISOM OBISIKE (5)AMAECHI ONWUCHEKWA

Signed Secretary

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus christ .

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. PASTOR ATEKE AGBEI. 2. ELDER DORATHY JUSHUA. 3. SISTER IGONIKON RENTON MACAULAY. 4. SISTER IKPILAVI AMAKIEVI ATEKE.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Patinthode Babatunde Francis (Chief) 2. Salako Jimoh Suru 3. Ogunfowora Sunday Sewanu 4. Otegbola Solomon Kehinde 5. Oladapo Adebowale Peter.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To promote the unity of, progress and development of Badagry and it’s environs.

2. To promote good governance and welfare of all indigenes of Badagry local government.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1)ONUNYEREOFOR CHUKWUDUBEM SAMSON (CHAIRMAN) 2)EZIKA SUNDAY (SECRETARY) 3)UMEBUANI GIFT UZONDU (MEMBER) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1)TO PROMOTE PEACE, UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDLINESS AMONG MEMBERS 2)TO GIVE FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT TO MEMBERS SIGNED MANAGEMENT Any objection to the above 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.

1. ONE SCRAP TOYOTA CAMRY CAR REG. NO. EE 162 PHC. 2. ONE SCRAP VOLKSWAGEN GOLF REG. NO. BG 431 APP. 3. ONE ACCIDENTED MAZDA 62 E CAR REG. NO. AG 73 FFN 4. ONE SCRAP TOYOTA COROLLA CAR REG. NO. EM 576 PHC. 5. ONE SCRAP VOLKSWAGEN GOLF REG. NO. ABU 627 DJ. 6. ONE SCRAP MITSUBISHI LANCER CAR REG. NO. NK 972 KJA. 7. ONE SCRAP MAZDA CAR REG. NO. DH 233 PHC. 8. ONE ACCIDENTED M/BENZ LORRY REG. NO. XB 297 BNY. 9. ONE SCRAP VOLKSWAGEN JETTA CAR REG. NO. EQ 696 PHC. 10. ONE SCRAP HONDA CRV REG. NO. AHD 27 AA. 11. ONE SCRAP DAYLONG M/C REG. NO. AB 3258 KB. 12. ONE SCRAP QLINK M/C REG. NO. RV 3014 DX. 13. ONE ACCIDENTED KEKE NAPEP WITHOUT REG. NO. 14. SCRAP WATER PUMP GENERATOR, SCRAP WELDING MACHINE, ROD AND SAWON BLADE, SMALL TIGER GENERATOR, FIRMAN GENERATOR, DELL LAPTOP COMPUTER, ASUS LAPTOP COMPUTER, CAR RADIO, HP LAPTOP AND CHARGER WITH PANEL, SOME SCRAP PHONES. 15. THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPORTS BICYCLES, 16. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.

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

ADVANCED PEACE BROTHER ASSOCIATION

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

THE VICTORY ON THE CROSS ASSEMBLY.

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

Signed: Secretary

EKWUEME GREAT AMBASSADOR CLUB OF NIGERIA

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Community closes schools, market over clashes Edem Edem, Calabar

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Eburutu Council of Chiefs and Elders in Odukpani local government area of Cross River state has imposed sanctions on their neighbors, the Okpor people and their children in the community.

The children, according to our investigations, were banned from attending primary and secondary schools in Ukwa Eburutu.

The Okpor people were also banned from selling and buying at Ukwa market amongst others restrictions. The ban, our investigations revealed, was imposed on October 27, 2016 and enforcement are being carried out on daily basis by over 100 young and energetic men of the area, many of whom are indigenes of Obukwo Esa. The young men who embarked on this enforcement, we were informed, were instructed by the purported policy makers with authority to enforce the sanctions.

The Okpor children were driven out from community school in Ukwa Ibom. One of them, Timothy Friday Eke-Ita an SS1 Student from Okpor village was dragged out from classroom.

He was beaten up and his school uniform torn by Ekpenyong Udowong Edim and indigene of Obukwa Esa, “Though this wild action against innocent school children was reported to the school authority, no action was taken. Rather the Principal of the school, Mr Nkobi Akpan Akpan who is a relation of Obukwa Esa village also took part in driving out Okpor children from the secondary school” the Secretary, Okpor village Council A. B. Asuquo told our correspondent.

He further said since October 27 till date, Okpor children have been deprived of their rights to education by the said group of people who always block the road leading to secondary school from Okpor while the principal ensures that no Okpor student enters the classroom.

“They do this because the secondary school and market are located in their area where you have to pass through Etikhe Ukim clan (Where Obukwa Esa belongs) before you get to the secondary school or Ukwa Market”, Asukwo narrated.

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PTAD deletes names of 900 pensioners over unverifiable data Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

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Names of about 900 pensioners have been deleted from the nation’s pension list as their biometric details/records could neither be verified nor ascertained, the Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Ms Sharon Ikeazor has revealed.

Ms Ikeazor, who made the revelation at the weekend in Abuja while answering questions from Journalists, explained that all efforts to verify the necessary details of the affected pensioners proved abortive.

The affected persons, according to her, would no longer be entitled to collection of pension.

She explained that the nation is now presently left with a list of 220,000 pensioners after the removal of the 900 names.

The Executive Secretary listed some of the challenges facing PTAD to include; poor pensioner records management, several verification exercises with no credible database, slow manual procedures and poor service delivery as well as negative public perception.

Ms Ikeazor made it very clear that PTAD, during her tenure, would have zero tolerance for corruption, unlike in the past

when the sector was bedeviled with lots of sharp practices and other forms of vices.

While pledging to fight hard to protect the rights of the pensioners, the Executive Secretary assured that necessary decency will also be brought into the administration of pension in the country.

According to her, “my mission is to give pensioners back their dignity by protecting their funds, ensuring promptness of their payments and serving them with empathy and compassion even when we cannot immediately resolve their issues.

“We will also build a strong agency of government that is well structured and complies

with regulations. This forms the platform upon which we can sustain optimal pensioner satisfaction. We will ensure prudent and efficient financial resource management.

“We will work towards a proactive stakeholder buy-in and collaborations to improve the welfare of pensioners and the industry”, she concretely assured.

The Executive Secretary identified the focus of PTAD in the year 2017 as; completion of the civil service verification exercise, implementation of the parastatals verification, digitalization of PTAD and security data base and strengthening the operations of its state offices.

Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Nuhu Gidado (left), presenting a souvenir to the team leader, Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, Brig.-Gen. Habila Maitanama (rtd), during a courtesy visit on Gidado in Government House, Bauchi… recently.

God wants to use recession to bring Nigerians back to Him –Cleric Titus Eleweke

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The founder and presiding Pastor of the Christ Asset Church (CAC) Lagos, Dr. David Olu Sodeke, has urged Nigerians not blame the present economic woes bedeviling country on anybody, saying it was God’s designed way to bring back the people closer to Himself.

He said that God just wants to use the recession to teach us something so that we can return to him in prayers.

He also assured Nigerians that the country would be great again, just as he urged everybody to be deep in prayers so that the nation can regain its lost glory.

He made the revelation recently at his church premises in Iba, Lagos, while hosting se-

lected Journalists on the activities lined up to mark the 30th anniversary of his church, which started as a ministry.

The cleric disclosed that 15 years ago, he had predicted that Nigeria would be having serious economic challenges this time and many did not take him serious, saying that God’s words cannot be changed even when every other thing changed.

According to the pastor, who broke away from Christ Apostolic Church as ministry, those who are blaming people for the present economic situation are not being sincere with themselves and the nation, reiterating that nobody can be singly be blamed for the pains and economic crisis Nigerians are experiencing.

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Arik, Air Peace, Azman to begin flight operations in Niger Republic Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

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Four Nigerian carriers, Overland Air, Arik Air, Air Peace and Azman Air services have been slated to start flight operations from Nigeria to Niger Republic.

The new development was disclosed during a meeting between Technical Committee from the Ministry of Transportation and the concerned airlines held on wednesday 23rd of November,2016 at the Aviation House, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Headquarters in Lagos.

According to an official statement signed by the General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye which was made available to Daily Times at the weekend, the Committee and the Nigerian Civil Aviation have agreed to curb the voluminous road transportation between the two countries prior to commencement of flight operations.

Before now, Nigeria and Niger had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2015 to promote a seamless transit between the two neighbors.

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Event centres: The fading glory of money-spinning venture

Events’ centres, which hitherto were attractive venues for ceremonies, like weddings, meetings, among other needs, are facing hard times, in this report by GANIYU FEMI.

Signs of poor business can be gleaned from the quiet atmosphere that pervaded the vicinity of this Palm Rug Event Centre (Not real name).

Inside the expansive hall, were neatly parked tables and chairs, some upturned, while a security officer attached to the hall, dozed off, and was only woken up by my persistent knocks on the locked main gate.

Upon enquiry, the security officer, who attended to this reporter, casually requested to know my mission, to which I replied that I wanted to rent the hall for an important ceremony.

Later, the manager, who gave his name simply as Sanya Chris, strolled out from a room located close to the main gate of the hall.

It was time for business, as our correspondent was given the price list for renting the hall by the manager, who again took me round the hall for a panoramic view. The price list showed various costs, ranging from N250,000.00-N3000.000.00 per day, depending on a client’s taste.

However, the entire vicinity was quiet, in fact, desolate. Electric lights, ceiling fans, air conditioner, all were off. No gaily dressed people, drummers, praise singers and hangers-on. Just an Strikingly, unlike before now, when at weekends, scores of gaily dressed people thronged the venues, accompanied with dancers and drummers, ushers and other categories of people, the opposite

was the case.

No such features were noticeable, rather, quietness pervaded the place, as the hall, changing rooms for bride and groom, other people, were empty, begging for use.

The above scenario demonstrates the current state of the events centres that are mushrooming across the country.

Visits to some events centres in Ikoyi, Ikeja, Ijaiye-Ojokoro,Agege, Festac, Ikorodu and Mushin, indicated low patronage ,and therefore, poor returns on investments for their owners.

In retrospect, events centres, where ceremonies like wedding reception, meetings and other social/entertainment activities usually take place, started becoming common features on the Nigerian business landscape a few years ago, similar to those found in Europe and United States of America. It is also a direct response to the growing urbanisation needs, following population growth and business sophistication in the Nigerian cities, like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Enugu.

Over the years, the business has witnessed phenomenal growth, with the operators smiling to their banks and meeting their individual needs, in addition to creating direct and indirect jobs for themselves and other categories of people.

A typical events centre usually attracts other categories of busi-

Investigations showed that people now resort to using side corners, church/mosque premises, open spaces and other pocket-friendly areas for ceremonies, nesses like, caterers, who bake wedding cakes/snacks; ushers, hawkers, drummers, praise singers, interior decorators, masters of ceremony; food vendors ,security officers, including police rentals, etc; each of whom, on a good day, go home with substantial amount of money.

It was learnt that, some wellto-do-Nigerians spend millions of Naira to organise weddings for their children, while groups or individuals, including, faithbased organisations, also spend fortunes to organise functions/ ceremonies for their members, especially during the festive periods.

A player in the sector, who gave his name simply as Jerry, said that the price of his own centre ranges between N150,000.00N200,000.00per day, adding that he provides standby generators,

conveniences, changing rooms, rental services. He said these days, the business has nose-dived much to his discomfort, Jerry appealed to the banks to assist them with soft loans, so as to enable them to break even.

Investigations revealed that, entrepreneurs, depending on the location, type and scale of operations, usually invest on lands; construct buildings, and equip them with good infrastructure, like air conditioner, fans, boreholes, chairs, personnel and vehicles.

According to Mr. Kenny Abrahams, a business planning executive, “there are basic business plans that must be followed before investing in events’ centre”.

He said, depending on the location and type, huge funds, infrastructure like, vehicle, lands, chairs, tables, electrical gadgets, etc, are critical needs that must be in place when embarking on such a business.

He described the business as very lucrative, if it is well managed.

Across Lagos for example, before the state government placed a ban of the use of schools’ premises for organising events, earlier this year, the expansive premises, including football fields were readily used, at lower costs of between N5000- 15000, for such occasions.

Indeed, players in the sector say the bubble has burst. According to Mr. Chuks John, whose service

costs range between N250,000.00300,000.00 per day, making an average of N 1,500,000.00 per month, the situation has become bad now, as he hardly makes N500,000.00 in a month. He attributed the poor sales to recession in the country.

According to him, “Most customers complain of lack of money; that’s why it is difficult for them to use our facilities for ceremonies, especially wedding reception.”

Investigations showed that people now resort to using side corners, church/mosque premises, open spaces and other pocketfriendly areas for ceremonies, so as to beat cost, given the current hash economic situation in the country.

A management expert, Mr. Ahmed Aziz, said that those who use tarpaulin as events centres may, in the long, run be the greatest losers. He said some operators spent as much as N20,000,000.00 to erect the structure, in addition to the cost of buying land, which he said, could cost the entrepreneur as much as N100,000.000.00, yet, it is difficult to fix electrical installations, fans, cables on the wall, unlike those made of concrete blocks, which, he said, last longer.

Analysts are of the view that given the current recession in the country and the reluctance of deposit money banks to fund such businesses, the situation may be worse for the operators of the business, unless the economy improves.

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The many hazards of Igando dumpsite

Igando refuse dumpsite is not only an eye-sore, but has constituted serious environmental challenges for residents, in this report by our reporter, LADESOPE LADEOKUN That the Igando refuse dump site is an eyesore, does not tell the whole story of the site. It is simply a place where the bad and the urgly co-habit.

They say you don’t know what you have until you lose it. Like health until you are bedridden. Freedom until you are caged.

This narrative is what a first-time visitor at Oko filling area of Igando in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, who has been used to fresh air can connect with.

Right from Oko filling bus stop, stench from the waste disposal site in the neighbourhood suffuse the air, sacking completely whatever represents fresh air.

Interestingly, just a stone’s throw to the disposal site that oozes disgustingly choking smell, is the Alimosho General Hospital.

But, taking a walk to the waste disposal site near Oko filling bus stop at Igando, opens another book of revelation. It is a waste disposal site like no other. Hundreds of Nigerians do all manner of brisk businesses on the dumpsite. Food vendors, second-hand wares dealers,scavengers,etc. are not in short supply--all on the dumpsite that gives offensive smell.

Speaking with The Daily Times, Okechukwu Ozoegbunam, a car dealer, who resides in Igando, he had made frantic efforts to get the attention of the state government to come to the rescue of Igando residents but his efforts hit a brickwall. Okechukwu lamented the hardship residents of the area pass through during rainy season. ‘‘Having that waste disposal site here constitutes environmental pollution. During rainy season, our condition here gets worse. Here, we can’t breathe properly. Our water is polluted. we can’t drink our water. We can’t cook with it. We can’t even bathe with it because it gives skin infections. The borehole here is infected. We travel as far as 7km to get the water we use. And we pay as much as N70 for a 25L Keg,’’he said Okechukwu added:”Our children are always sick. Many have died as a result of locating that waste disposal site there.A huge portion of what we earn is spent on treatment and medical check ups. I have made a lot of efforts to get across to the Lagos State Government to come to our rescue, but we have not seen results.’’

On the matter of the location of Alimosho General Hospital near Oko filling waste disposal site, Okechukwu said that, ”I wonder how babies ,the sick and accident victims in the hospital cope with the smell. We wonder if we are still part of Lagos State.’’

Corroborating Okechukwu’s position,another resident, Mrs. Niniola Ajanaku, says the harm caused by the waste disposal site has sent many to their early graves.’’Many people have died because of the location of this waste disposal site. We were here before they started dumping refuse here. So, when they started dumping refuse here, we could not go anywhere.’’

A medical practitioner, Dr. Mustapha Musa,bares his mind on the management of solid waste and the danger it portends when poorly managed .Dr Musa said:’’Poor solid waste management is highly hazard-

ous to human health. This is so because solid or liquid waste generated by human activities is a good breeding ground for a host of pathogens that cause disease .Water and solid wastes put together allow for fermentation and decomposition of biological waste. This in turn generates obnoxious gases which could be injurious to health.’’

He added: ‘‘Waste disposal sites attract flies, which in turn are conduits through which some communicable diseases can

be transmitted. Also, worthy of note is the contamination of water sources.’’

Meanwhile, efforts to get the Head, Public Affairs and Research in the State’s Ministry of the Environment, Mr Mukaila Sanusi , to speak on the matter proved abortive. But a press release obtained from his office, with the title ‘‘Adejare Takes Environment Advocacy To Market Leaders’’,reads in part: ‘‘The commissioner disclosed that plans were underway to rejuvenate and reform

waste management. The new dimension will involve the use of the closure of landfill sites, creation of transfer loading station in Local Government Area, deployment of over one million ultra-modern waste bins with censors to monitor their movement against theft. A new era in waste management in Lagos will also include the purchase of over 600 compactors and the engagement of street sweepers in all wards in the state.’’

Foreign 28 Dozens killed in DR Congo’s ethnic violence

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At least 30 civilians were killed Sunday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo village of Luhanga.

Most of those slain were Hutus, and local officials said an ethnic Nande militia was behind the killings, which are the latest in a year-long cycle of violence between the two ethnic communities DRC’s North Kivu province.

Joy Bokele, a territorial administrator in North Kivu, said militants first attacked a DRC military post before the assault on Luhangabegan.

“They started by attacking the FARDC position.

While they were attacking the FARDC, another group was executing the population with bladed weapons or bullets,” Bokele told AFP. Ethnic rivalries, foreign invasions and competition for mineral-rich land have stoked persistent conflict among eastern Congo’s dozens of rebel groups over the last two decades, costing millions of lives.

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Fierce fighting between security forces and a separatist militia believed to be loyal to a tribal king in Uganda’s Rwenzori western region left at least 54 people dead, authorities said Sunday.

Police spokesman Felix Kaweesi said 13 police officers and 41 militants had died Saturday in clashes in the town of Kasese, when the militia attacked patrolling security forces. Four police officials and four soldiers were wounded, Kaweesi said.

The killings are an escalation of a long-running conflict between Ugandan security forces and rebels linked to a tribal king, Charles Wesley Mumbere, a critic of the country’s long-time president.

Gunfire rang out outside the king’s palace Sunday as Ugandan security forces tried to break into the premises and disarm his guards, after the rebels had killed four police officers.

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Castro: Cuba begins one week mourning ÎÎÎ

Cubans are mourning Fidel Castro, the country’s revolutionary leader whose death was announced Saturday.

Flags are flying at half-mast across the country, as Cuba enters a week filled with memorials to mark his passing.

The socialist revolutionary, who had long been ill, died late Friday at the age of 90. A cause of death has not been announced.

A series of memorials begins Monday, when Cubans gather in Havana’s iconic Revolution Square, where Castro often addressed adoring crowds.

Castro’s remains will then go on a four-day tour across the island nation, before being buried December 4 in Santiago.

The socialist leader grew up near Santiago, and launched his first failed attempt at revolution in 1953 from the eastern city.

Castro would go on to mount a successful revolt against the

R-L: Fidel Castro, raises his brother’s hand, Cuba’s President Raul Castro, as they sing the anthem of international socialism during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba.

U.S.-backed government of Fulgencio Bautista starting in 1959.

He eventually set up a oneparty socialist government, which constantly defied Washington and allied itself with the former Soviet Union.

Castro handed power to his brother, Raul Castro, in

2006, although he still exercised some power behind the scenes until recent years A polarizing figure throughout his life, Castro also prompted a mixed reaction in his death.

In Cuba, many mourned the loss of a man who domi-

nated the country’s politics for over 50 years and helped foster a sense of independence and patriotism.

In nearby Miami, however, large crowds of Cuban Americans danced in the streets, celebrating the passing of a man they saw as a dictator.

India’s gay rights activists march in annual New Delhi parade

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of gay rights activists marched in a parade in New Delhi on Sunday, highlighting the continuing discrimination India’s LGBT community faces and demanding the repeal of a law criminalizing homosexual acts.

As they marched to the beat of drums, some participants in the annual gay pride parade said much has changed in recent years, with people starting to accept them. But others said India’s right-wing government is against the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Activists had cheered in 2009 when the New Delhi High Court declared as unconstitutional Section 377 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes homosexual acts. But the judgment was overturned four years later when India’s Supreme Court decided that amending or repealing Section 377 should be left to Parliament, not the judiciary.

The law makes gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison. “There has been a lot of change, and we have gone back also,” said Saurav Jain, a 33-year-old architect who attended the parade.

Rituparna Borah, an activ-

Donald Trump has called efforts by the Green Party to force recounts in three swing states a

U.S President-elect Donald Trump.

“scam,” as his former Democratic rival’s campaign joined the recount efforts in the Midwestern swing state of Wisconsin.

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The Syrian Army says it has recaptured a second rebelheld district in eastern Aleppo.

Military officials said they have taken full control of the Jabal Badro district. It is the second residential area in eastern Aleppo to fall under government control in the past two days.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo are reported to have fled rebel-held areas to districts that are now under government control.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors and reports on the country’s nearly six-year civil war, said at least 400 refugees escaped to the Masakan Hanano district after government forces recaptured the neighborhood.

“It is the first exodus of this kind from east Aleppo since 2012,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.

Syria said its Russia-backed army gained “full control” of Masakan Hanano, a key rebelheld district in Aleppo, after 13 days of heavy combat.

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Indian gay rights activists and their supporters march during New Delhi s gay pride parade in New Delhi on Sunday. ist, was not very hopeful, saying that the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not supportive of gay rights. “We have yet to have an inclusive society,” she said.

Trump calls vote recount efforts a ‘scam’ as Clinton team joins Wisconsin moves

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Syria govt forces recapture second rebelheld district

“This is a scam by the Green Party for an election that has already been conceded, and the results of this election should be respected instead of being challenged and abused, which is exactly what [Green Party leader] Jill Stein is doing,” Trump said in a statement about the recount.

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign has announced it will participate in the vote recount initiated by the Green Party in the Midwestern state of Wisconsin.

Clinton election campaign

lawyer Marc Elias said Saturday in a post on Medium. com that the decision to join the Wisconsin recount came after the Clinton campaign received hundreds of requests to do so. Elias acknowledged that the requests prompted the campaign to quietly start investigating whether there was any “outside interference” in the November 8 election results.

Elias said the campaign would also take part in recounts in the states of Michigan and Pennsylvania if those recounts were arranged.

Khajijan Farqin, a freelance reporter working for the Voice of America’s Kurdish service, has been detained by Turkish authorities in Diyarbakir.

Details of her arrest Saturday were relayed by a family friend, who said the reasons for Farqin’s detention remain unclear. Her family has said that because of a state of emergency declared in the area, even her attorney cannot contact her for five days.

Farqin, who also freelanced for the BBC, was taken into custody in Turkey’s Siirt province at a police checkpoint while on her way to report on a landslide at a copper mine, turkishminute.com reported.

Earlier this month, Olivier Bertrand, who works for the French news website lesjours. fr, was detained while reporting in Gaziantep, north of Turkey’s border with Syria. He was subsequently deported.

Tuekey detainee Khajijan Farqin

Victor Moses enjoying life at Chelsea

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ictor Moses has said he is enjoying life at Chelsea after his match-winning goal and man of the match award against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

“This is my club. The manager gave me the opportunity to express myself and I’m pleased

with how I’m doing,” Victor Moses declared after the 2-1 win over Spurs.

He said he is enjoying his new role as a right wingback.His goal against Spurs on Saturday was his third and all three goals have come at Stamford Bridge.

He was man of the match as Chelsea beat

Middlesbrough last weekend and he was also picked as the top performer against Spurs.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has already said he is shocked that despite his talent, the Nigeria star has been shipped out several times on loan by ‘The Blues’.

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Onyekuru scores in 6-goal thriller

Rivers United embark on Spain

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ivers United are set to depart for Madrid, Spain, next Sunday on a training tour, officials have

disclosed.

The Port Harcourt club, who will represent Nigeria in next year’s CAF Champions League,

expect to be granted their entry visas to Spain this week.A contingent of 28 players and 13 officials will spend 10 days in Spain, where the team will play a number of test games.

The Nigeria league runners-up have been training in Abuja ahead of the new season.

They have won all three pre-season games in Abuja.

They are due in Kaduna on Monday for an invitational Shehu Dikko Tournament and are due back in Abuja on Saturday before their departure to Spain the following day.

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igerian youngster Henry Onyekuru was among the goals as his Belgian top-flight team Eupen drew 3-3 at home with Westerlo.He has now scored seven goals in 16 league games.

Eupen are 11th on the league table with 11 points from 11 games.

The 19-year-old Nigerian scored in the 47th minute to give his team a 3-2 lead.

Onyekuru was cautioned by the referee in the 66th minute of the game.

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eaten 2016 Federation Cup finalists Nasarawa United are set to lose the majority of their first team ahead of the coming season.

Sources have revealed that besides Ifeanyi Nweke and Esosa Igbinoba who

have pitched tent with Rivers United, former youth international goalkeeper Dami Paul has moved to promoted Katsina United.

Midfielder Lordson Ichul and defender Samson Gbadebo are headed to Enyimba, while the likes of goal poacher Tayo Fabiyi, Bature Yaro, Philip Azango and Philip Auta are

close to joining new clubs this coming week.

One of the players said: “Most of us are on loan to Nasarawa United so nobody can stop of us from playing for club of our choice.

“Most of us have played for as long as three seasons for Nasarawa United. We need to try out luck elsewhere.”

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proposed friendly between Egypt and Nigeria in January may longer be played as the AFCON-bound Egyptians are not willing to bear all the expenses for the game and have even gone ahead to fix another game with Tunisia about the same time.

The friendly between Egypt and Nigeria was billed to be played on January 9 in Dubai to prepare the Pharaohs for the AFCON in Gabon.

Egypt have since announced they will play against another AFCON-bound team, Tunisia, on January 8.

It has now been revealed that the Egypt vs Nigeria clash may have fallen through because

the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are demanding their Egyptian counterparts bear their entire expenses and also because the Super Eagles will not be at full strength for this match.

“It has not yet been officially confirmed but it is looking very likely that the friendly against Egypt in Dubai in January will no longer hold,” a top official informed.

“Egypt are not ready it seems to foot all the bills for this game.

“And also, they would rather test their readiness for the AFCON against the main Super Eagles than a team of home-based players and untested Europe-based stars.”

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by Nigeria on the latest FIFA rankings has shown that the Super Eagles are on course to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Nigeria are now 50th ranked team in the world after they climbed 10 places from last month.

Eagles assistant coach Imama has now said the rankings have reflected the team’s recent winning run.

“We are happy we have moved up in FIFA ranking,

it is good for the country. It is a clear picture of the three straight wins we have achieved recently,” he said.

“It is our responsibility to qualify Nigeria for the World Cup and that has been our goal right from the day we took over as the technical crew of the super Eagle.

“We hope to do more in order to again be the best in Africa and try to build a Super

Eagles Nigerians can boast of.”

Imama led Rangers to be crowned Nigeria champions last season and he again expressed confidence they could retain their championship in the new season.

“We can win the league again by redoubling our efforts and forget about the past success,” he said.

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igeria coach Gernot Rohr has admitted that a problem at rightback could derail the Super Eagles’ quest for a place at the 2018 World Cup finals.The Super Eagles have made an impressive start to their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.

But it has become apparent that the German coach faces a major headache at right fullback.

Nigeria has struggled to find a competent rightback since the departure of Chidi Odiah in 2010.

Rohr has tried four different players in three matches as he seeks to keep the West Africans at the top of Group B. The Super Eagles boss said: “We have been trying to find the right balance but the struggle in the rightback position is something we hope to sort out.

“Musa Muhammed played in that position against Tanzania and he was good, but he’s not playing at his club in Turkey İstanbul Bașakșehir.

“We have also played [Wilfred] Ndidi, [Kenneth] Omeruo and Shehu [Abdullahi] but there is no permanent man.

“This is something we have to fix.”

Yisa Sofoluwe and Austin Eguavoen are both famous for providing strong cover in the rightback spot in the 1980s and 1990s before Nduka Ugbade, Mobi Oparaku, Joseph Yobo and Chidi Odiah stepped in.

Nigeria have since tried Efe Ambrose, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Ogenyi Onazi, Kenneth Omeruo, Leon Balogun, Musa Muhammed and Sheu Abdullahi without much success.

Dutch-born defender Tyronne Ebuehi, 20, was seen as the man to plug the hole but the youngster rejected the chance to play against Algeria in a World Cup qualifier earlier this month, saying he prefers to focus on establishing himself at his Dutch club ADO Den Haag instead.

Nigeria’s 3-1 over the Desert Foxes on 12 November coupled with an away victory in Zambia last month propelled them to the top of Group B. The three-time African champions host Cameroon in back-to-back fixtures on 28 August 2017 and 2 September 2017

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uper Falcons and Medkila IL goalkeeper, Tochukwu Oluehi has described the side’s emphatic win against Harambee Starlets of Kenya at the 10th Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Cameroon as good.

The Falcons defeated the east Africans 4-0 in Saturday’s group B final match at Stade Limbe, Cameroon.

Goals from the quartet, Ngozi Okobi, Faith Ikidi, Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie proved adequate to hand the title holders three points against the hapless Kenyans.

Oluehi said that despite the good performance shown so far in the championship, the Falcons still need to work harder to be able to claim a record eighth AWCON title in Cameroon.

“Falcons are trying their very best so far in the championship, maintaining the summit position at the end of group’s campaign.

“I pray they keep the momentum as they head to the knock-out stage of the competition against South Africa.

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Sanchez brace and a Walcott header was all arsenal needed to see off Bournemouth in a tense premiership game. This is Arsenals first clear victory in the month of November and it has helped them remain in the top four.

The match was however marred by poor officiating.

Bournemounth had a better game and would have done better if referee Mike Jones had not ruled questionably against them. He clearly denied them two penalties.The Gunners defeated Bournemouth 3-1, but their defensive clumsiness is nevertheless likely to concern boss Arsene Wenger as they look to mount a sustained title challenge.

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tletico Madrid attacker Antoine Griezmann believes he has little chance of winning the Ballon d’Or so long as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are around.

The Barcelona star and his Real Madrid counterpart have won the past eight editions of the prestigious individual award - Messi lifting the trophy five times and Ronaldo on three occasions.

Griezmann is expected to challenge for the honour this year after guiding Atletico to the Champions League final and spearheading France’s frontline at Euro 2016 – where they were beaten

by Ronaldo’s Portugal in the final.But he fears it will be tough to end the duo’s hegemony given their ongoing successes with club and country.

“The Ballon d’Or is one of my objectives, but it will be complicated so long as Ronaldo and Messi are around,” Griezmann told reporters.

“Cristiano Ronaldo will be a legend of the game in 10 years’ time or so. It is up to me to keep working hard to reach that level. I work hard every day to “But there is always Messi to take into account. He is present every year when it comes to the Ballon d’Or.”

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outhampton boss Claude Puel was unsurprised to see Tottenham crash out of the Champions League and thinks English clubs have a tough task competing on the continent.

Puel spent his whole playing career with Monaco, had seven years working under Arsene Wenger in the principality and later became manager himself.

He was therefore thrilled to see

the Ligue 1 side dump Spurs out of the Champions League, but feels the toughness of the Premier League drains top-flight squads for their European endeavours.

Southampton also suffered a midweek defeat, losing 1-0 at Sparta Prague in the Europa League ahead of Sunday’s home match against Everton – although their hopes of reaching the knockout stages are not yet over.

“I was happy for the result of Monaco because Monaco was my club during 25 years - all my career was in Monaco,” Puel said.

“I saw the game against Tottenham, I saw Tottenham tired, without energy.

“I think it is very difficult to play Premier League and to play a European game also.

“Monaco has good players, good level. They’re technical, physical - the Puel result was normal for me.

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ranck Ribery has signed a one-year contract extension with Bayern Munich, tying him to the club until 2018.The 33-year-old’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of the current season, but the agreement – announced by the club on Sunday – lengthens his stay.

Ribery joined Bayern from Marseille in 2007, winning six Bundesliga titles and the Champions League among a total of 18 winners’ medals he has accumulated.

“I’m very happy to play for FC Bayern for another year,” the winger told the club’s official website.

“This great club and the city have become my home, both in terms of sport and in private.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was overjoyed to strike a deal with the club icon.

He said: “Six German championship titles, five cup triumphs, the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Supercup: FC Bayern’s biggest triumphs in the last few years are closely linked with Franck Ribery.

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L-R: Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher; Captain of Asegun Comprehensive High School U-15 School Team, Ajibade Kehinde; President, Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF), Mallam Ibrahim Muhammad and the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Adewunmi Ogunsanya with the Champions Trophy won by the school at the Etisalat U-15 School Cup Final held at the Campos Mini-Stadium, Lagos on Saturday.

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saze Odemwengie faces a lengthy ban after he was sent off for an elbow against a Leeds defender in an English Championship game on Saturday.He was to later apologise, but he still faces a hefty sanction for that rush of blood to the head.

Osaze elbowed Liam Cooper in the face and was deservedly dismissed.

He tweeted an apology and after the game saluted the effort of his teammates in the second half.

Rotherham United lost 2-1 to Leeds to remain stuck at the bottom of the English Championship.Osaze was signed as a free agent after he was released by Stoke City.

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he soccer team of Asegun Comprehensive High School, Ibadan, Oyo State, has emerged champions of the Etisalat U-15 School Cup concluded at the weekend at Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos.

The team defeated Fosla Academy of FCT, Abuja, by 3-2 on penalties after a pulsating 2-2 draw at regulation time.

The match was watched by a mammoth crowd of soccer fans who thronged the arena to catch a glimpse of the players in action. And Extra Time gathered that the fans were not disappointed as they were thrilled by the scintillating soccer skills from the young lads.

Rasheed Qudus and Rauf Jubril scored for Oyo State team during the regulation time of the explosive encounter, while Adejoh Gabriel and Prosper Ojukwu had their names on the score sheet for Fosla Academy.

After the excruciating and energy sapping encounter, Oyo goalkeeper, Abraham Femi won the Golden gloves award. He conceded just 2 goals all through the tournament.

Also Prosper Ojukwu of Fosla Academy emerged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) as well as the highest goals scorer with 20 goals to his credit from the regional play-off to the national finals.

In the third place match played earlier in the day, Kwara State defeated Enugu State by 3-1.

The national champion, Asegun Comprehensive High School, Ibadan, Oyo State, received the Champions Trophy and a cash prize of N2 million educational award while its players went home with N50,000 each.

However, the second-placed team, Fosla Academy of FCT, Abuja, went home with N1 million with their players pocketing extra N30,000 each, while the third-place winner, Kwara State, received the sum of N750,000.00 for their efforts with its players receiving N20,000.00 each.

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The traditional ruler of Enugwu Aguleri, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, former Chairman of Anambra East Local Government Area, Hon. Osita Chinwuba and Chief Ifeanyi Abala, patron of Omabala Indigenous Youth Foundation (OIYF) have all agreed that they would throw their support to Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, for second tenure.

Eze Eri, who spoke during his 2016 Ofala festival, said:

“He has been able to drag criminals out of the state with the help of the military and other security operatives in the state. We can now sleep with both eyes closed and investors are coming into the state to invest and not only that the state is not owing salaries of workers unlike what is obtainable in other states. Security is paramount in every economy and without it you cannot progress. The Governor has also focused on agriculture and many other lifesaving ventures which made us not to feel the impact of the

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economic recession”.

On his own, Chairman of Anambra East Local Government Area, Hon. Osita Chinwuba, expressed satisfaction with the Governor’s interest in security, adding that it has earned him another tenure in office and stated, “You can’t change a winning team”.

Earlier, Chief Ifeanyi Abala, patron of OIYF, while commending Governor Obiano on the efforts at ensuring security in the state, said the governor “should intervene in the Aguleri and Kogi land dispute by finding a lasting solution to it. We are brothers and we don’t like two brothers fighting over land issue. Kogi is from Aguleri, so we are blood relations and inter marry”.

On the annual Idu festival, Abala said it was a time to re-

member that Igbos have their origin and they come from Enugwu Aguleri, saying that the Eze (monarch) celebrated its 34th year on the throne.

The treasurer of the Eze cabinet, Prince Tochukeu Obijiaku Isimili, recalled that the ancestral father of the Igbos was Eri. He said: “Biblically Eli was the fifth child of Gad, and Gad was the seventh child of Jacob (Israel). So it is clear from the history and religion that the Igbos originated from here, Enugwu Aguleri, and spread to other areas”.

On those claiming to be traditional rulers outside their communities in the South East zone, he described it as an abomination and urged them to stop that to avoid the wrath of God descending upon them.

in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, said on Friday that Anambra and Cross River officials would visit South Africa in January 2017 to seal a partnership deal on agriculture.

Ajulu-Okeke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the visit was part of the Federal Government`s intervention programme on agriculture.

She said that the NorthWest Province of South Africa had already accepted to train the officials and share experience on how to boost food production.

“The Premier of the NorthWest Province has indicated willingness and desire to form a tripartite partnership between the province, the organised farming conglomerate and the governments of Anambra and Cross River states.

“The Premier has invited the states to come in January 2017 for a technical session with the commercial farmers.

“The session will determine the modalities for the implementation of the engagement,” she said.

She said that the partnership would assist in driving the Federal Government`s agricultural intervention fund programme.

“We are very happy with this engagement because the province is willing to work with Nigeria.

“They will partner with the states to ensure the success of the Federal Government`s agricultural intervention fund.

“The partnership will benefit Nigeria because it will assist us boost food production, create jobs and boost our economy,’’ Ajulu-Okeke said.

Ajulu-Okeke added that she had visited a special school in the province that provides training for tourists and chefs as well as those interested in hotel management.

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L-R: Wife of Anambra State Governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano and the Deputy Governor’s wife, Mrs. Oby Okeke, presenting Delivery Kit to Mrs. Happiness Arize, one of the beneficiary pregnant women during a tour of PHC at Enugwu-Agidi Primary Healthcare centre, Njikoka Local Government, Anambra State...recently

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The wife of Anambra State Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano, has decried the high mortality rate in the country, calling for support and provision of basic delivery kits to women in rural communities across the country as a solution to the scourge.

Mrs. Obiano spoke during her tour of Primary Healthcare centres and distribution of maternal delivery kits to pregnant women in Otuocha, and Enugwu-Agidi in Anambra East and Njikoka Local Government Areas respectively recently.

The Governor’s wife told the women who turned out en mass at Otuocha Health and EnugwuAgidi centre that no woman is supposed to die in pregnancy or child birth when opportunities were available in this modern time to pregnant women to avoid life threatening complications during pregnancy, child birth or six weeks thereafter.

She warned on the dangers of patronising quacks and called for regular antenatal visits to Health centres as the safest and best option for all pregnant women.

Mrs. Obiano told the women that the Gov. Willie Obiano treats the welfare of women as priority and does not want to hear that any woman could not deliver safely in any part of the state, saying that is why he embarked on the renovation and rehabilitation of sixty-three Primary Healthcare centres across

Anambra State.

She said: “I have come to support the effort of our governor, Chief Willie Obiano, at promoting the health and safe delivery of pregnant mothers with donation of delivery kits otherwise known as Mama Kit to some of you adjudged regulars at antennal clinics. The package I have is complete for safe child delivery; each pack contains all the tools needed by the midwives and health personnel and diaper, wrapper and mosquito net to protect mother and child from bites. I am also glad to note that the maternal death ratio of our state is improving consistently at 200 deaths per 100,000 deliveries which are below the national average which stand at 540 deaths per 100,000 deliveries.”

She called on the women to work hard to escape poverty by engaging in productive ventures that would assist their husbands and help sustain their families, urging them to take advantage of the opportunities available under the programmes of her NGO, “Caring Family Enhancement Initiative” (CAFÉ), which adds value to the lives of women Mrs. Obiano said some of the projects of CAFÉ which provides succour and empowerment to indigent women and widows are the Housing for indigent widows in each Senatorial zone, the building of toilets in rural markets across Anambra State, as well as skills acquisition and empowerment training for over 2,500 women in various skills including tailoring and

fashion design, soap making, Bakery and confectionery, Hair dressing and Beauty therapy, and Interior decoration amongst other programmes.

The wife of Anambra State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oby Okeke, in her speech, assured Mrs. Obiano that the women were excited at the opportunity to interact and discuss their health needs and thanked her for visiting to promote antenatal attendance and safe delivery of pregnant women in Otuocha as well as Njikoka, her local government area and Anambra State in general.

Earlier, the Reproductive Health Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Anambra State, Mrs. Ebele Anaeme, praised the intervention of the wife of the governor in support of safe delivery for pregnant mothers in the state through regular donation of Mama Kits.

“We are very grateful for the free distribution of forty packs of kits to pregnant mothers today and assure you that it will go a long way in ensuring safe delivery in our Primary Healthcare centres,” she said.

The Heads of Local Government Administration in Otuocha, Mr. Simeon Okeke and Njikoka Local Government, Mrs. Chinyere Nkaneme, in their respective speeches, thanked the wife of the Governor and expressed their appreciation for her remembering the pregnant mothers in the area. They asked her to convey their gratitude to the governor whom they agreed was doing well.

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Okaula, has assured that the State Police Command will do everything within its power to give maximum security to the people of the state.

Okaula spoke weekend at Osumenyi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, when he commissioned a Police Post built by a businessman man from the town, Chief Okey Ojimba.

The Commissioner of Police declared that Anambra State was the safest in the country, urging the people to keep up that standard by cooperating with the Police to fight crime.

Expressing his delight at the speed with which the Post was completed, Okaula said he came to the site some few months ago when it was forest and could not see the possibility of the edifice that is now Police Post.

“But when I saw this when I came, I was taken aback. It is heartwarming. It is indicative of the fact of people who abhor crime. This is

the second commissioning since I came to this state. The first was at Uli in Ihiala built by another prominent businessman of the area.

Since you have given us much, we will do our best to give you security,” the Police Commissioner said.

On behalf of the Inspector General of Police (IG), Okaula thanked the community, promising that the Police will use the building for the purpose it was built.

He also assured that the Police Post will quickly attract the attention of Police Force Headquarters to upgrade it to a full-fledged Police Station.

Okuala said security was the collective responsibility of all and urged the people to always give the Police vital information that can help them track down criminals.

“Criminals are not spirit. They are flesh and blood. Help us to identify these criminals, so that we can yank them off from the society.

They live among you. We will maximally utilize the building from now, so that you will sleep with your two eyes closed. Cooperate with us and we will continue to cooperate with you,” he said.

Igbo must hold firm to their strengths – Mbazulike Amaechi Philip Balepo Onitsha

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First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has called on Ndigbo to hold firm to their strengths, cautioning that even “if political powers at the centre may elude them, that South Easterners must hold onto their economic and technological powers”.

Chief Amaechi, spoke at the weekend, during a rally organised by the Movement for Greater Anambra State (MOFGAS) in Awka, the state capital.

Amaechi, who was the chairman of the occasion, stressed the importance for Ndigbo holding onto their strengths, affirming that this is why Igbo states like “Anambra must create enabling environment to ensure the Igbo man thrives in his God-given talents. That Anambrarians must ensure that successive governments do not deviate from people-oriented policies that would enable the mantra, Aku luo uno thrive”.

He recalled the great Ikemba’s call to Ndi Nnewi that has transformed the town to today’s Japan of Africa.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, Honourable Chinedu Obidigwe, who represented Gov. Obiano at the rally, reeled out reasons why the governor should stay in office beyond 2018.

The SA said: “Security remains the most important sector for any

government to tackle; kidnapping that was a daily affair in the state before the coming of our governor has successfully been subdued.

It takes just 48 hours of notice of any such occurrence and any victim would be successfully rescued without harm. Ndi Anambra no longer perform ceremonies like Igba nkwu in Lagos as was the norm before Akpokue Dike’s arrival”.

Obidigwe also delved into payment of salaries, and gave a pass mark for the governor.

However, Dr. Sylvester Igwilo, the State Chairman of United Peoples Party (UPP), who led all his state executives to the event, bared out his mind after the likes of Chief Chris Eluemuno, the chairman, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Anambra State Chapter, Dr. Alex Obiogbolu, a governorship contestant, Dr. Chinedu Idigo and Dr. Edward Ezenwafor, who represented Dr. Godwin Ezeemo, also a prospective governorship candidate.

Dr. Igwilo commended the government’s efforts on security but warned “that hunger is a far deadlier ailment than being kidnapped”.

He went on to say that “the original intent to chant the appropriate political course for the Igbo man based on his strengths, needs and advancement that gave rise to APGA has been jettisoned; hence this new movement anchored on UPP is to bring back that desire and avoid repeating same mistakes, rather we should improve on the Igbo man’s ideals.”

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L-R: Member International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria (ICCN), Mr Segun Fagboyegun; Chairman ICCN Board, Mr. Babatunde Savage; Treasurer, Mrs. Dorothy Ufot San; Vice Chairman, Chief Raymond Ihyembe and Member, Mr. Dele Belgore, during the Annual Dinner and Dance to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Incoterms in Lagos...at the weekend.

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Nigeria remains largest mobile market in Africa – Ovum Nigeria has retained the position of the largest mobile market in Africa in terms of subscriptions, with 150.22 million mobile subscriptions at end-2Q 2016, up from 147.94 million a year earlier followed by Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, and Morocco, according to the Ovum Africa Market Outlook.

Though coming down from a peak of 62.81 million at end-2Q15, largely as a result of disconnections made to comply with SIM registration requirements, MTN Nigeria is the largest operator both in Nigeria and on the continent with 58.98 million subscriptions at end-2Q16.

The mobile network operator is followed by Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom (45.99m), Vodafone Egypt (39.04m) and Vodacom South Africa (37.63m). Others are Globacom Nigeria, Orange Egypt and Airtel Nigeria.

The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa is expected to reach 1.02 billion at the end of 2016, despite slow growth in the continent’s mobile market.

Research put the current number of mobile subscriptions as at end-2Q 2016 at 962.29 million, based on a slow increase of 9.91 percent over the year to end-

Airline Collapse: Operators should be careful – Tukur

Bonny Amadi The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that irrespective of lack of subvention from the federal government, the commission’s income from the market is meager and 70 -80 percent of such is spent internally, just like other government organisations.

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weekend during a post third quarter Capital market Committee Meeting (CMC), press briefing in Logos, the commission said that though it has not been

able to remit funds into the FG coffers in the past two years, it has made substantial payments in the recent past and due to the down turn in the economy, earn-

ings dropped significantly.

The Director General SEC, Mallam Mounir Gwarzo also revealed that the unclaimed dividends portal was generating huge

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Power shortfalls to hit N3trn by end of 2016 Opeoluwani Akintayo

Acting Chairman / Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Anthony Akah , has said that if care is not taken, shortfalls in the power sector will hit N3 trillion by the end of this year.

Akah revealed this in a statement over the weekend stated that, “This is like a doom’s Day scenario because if care is not taken, shortfalls in power sector will hit N3 trillion by end of 2016, adding, “The reason is lack of revenue attributed to the services provided but don’t get paid for.”

success as N29.3 billion of the funds has been paid out in the past one year from November 20th 2015 to November 20th 2016.

In October, Nigeria Electricity Hub, an initiative of Nextier Power, said that the Nigerian electricity supply market will record an estimated N1 trillion shortfall by December 2016, which could lead to systemic bankruptcy and a risk of nationwide blackout if left unresolved.

Chiedu Ugbo, who is the CEO of Niger Delta Power Holding (NDPHC), in his opening speech, stated that since the establishment of the company’s first power plant in 2011, estimated energy invoiced by the 8 power plants currently amounted to N235.4 billion.

Of this estimate, about 55.3

percent, he explained, has been paid while the remaining 44.7 percent is still outstanding and owed by the Discos, and as of August 2016, debts owed the company by the market stood at N105 billion.

“The implication is far reaching: capacity utilisation, low productivity, inability to meet obligations, asset replacement issues and finally it challenges them as a going concern,” the NDPHC boss said.

While speaking, Akah described the huge shortfall as a “doom’s day scenario”, saying it came about as a result of services rendered by the different strata of the sector yet-to-be

paid for by consumers.

He mentioned power theft, metre by-pass, unpaid bills as some of the causes for the shortfall.

Afeximbank urges enabling environment to improve competitiveness Gover nments should create enabling environments for factoring in Africa in order to improve the competitiveness of African businesses, Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), said today in Port Louis.

In an address read on his behalf by Kanayo Awani,

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L-R: Member International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria (ICCN), Mr Segun Fagboyegun; Chairman ICCN Board, Mr. Babatunde Savage; Treasurer, Mrs. Dorothy Ufot San; Vice Chairman, Chief Raymond Ihyembe and Member, Mr. Dele Belgore, during the Annual Dinner and Dance to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Incoterms in Lagos...at the Weekend.

Joy Ekeke The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has urged the Federal and state governments to sustain the growth tempo of the Small, Medium Enterprises (SME) sector by formulating more business- friendly policies and incentives.

Dr. Chuma Ezedinma,the Officer in Charge, UNIDO Regional Office, Nigeria, made the call during the UNIDO HP LIFE Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja.

Participants included representatives of federal and state Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government, private sector, non-profit organisations and the academia.

Ezedinma noted that entrepreneurship and industrialisation were two important ingredients for tackling poverty and unemployment, adding that UNIDO would

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UNIDO advocates more SME-friendly policies continue to support and partner the government and private sector to promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) in the country.

He said: “Entrepreneurship and industrialisation are two important ingredients for stimulating economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction in both developed economies and economies in transition including Nigeria. In fact, successful small businesses are the primary engines for job creation, income growth, and poverty reduction. Small businesses broaden the base of participation in society, create jobs, decentralise economic power, and give people a stake in the future.”

Ezedinma said the government’s support for entrepreneurship and industrial development was crucial for economic development.

“The government needs to encourage entrepreneurship and small businesses through its tax policy (corporate tax rate reductions, tax credits for investment and tax holidays), regulatory policy (simpler regulatory processes and reducing the cost of compliance with government regulations), access to capital (here the proposed development commercial banks can be of assistance), and the legal protection of property rights,” he said.

The Entrepreneurship Expert

and Team Leader, UNIDO HP LIFE Project, UNIDO Regional Office, Nigeria, Mr. Francis Ukoh, said the project was in line with the government’s strategy to combat high youth and women unemployment .

and enhance the growth and competitiveness of Nigeria’s private sector.

Nigeria remains largest mobile market in Africa – Ovum

Saudi Arabia may skip oil producers talks today

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He said that Registrars of companies in the Nigerian capital market effected the N29.3 billion payment to investors who hitherto were not able to claim their dividend.

Though the SEC could not reveal the total outstanding unclaimed dividend or data on the payment of the N29.3 billion, he assured that data of such payment could be obtained from deductions from the current list of companies’ unclaimed dividend from the previous ones.

Gwarzo explained that the total payment of N29.274,739.64 was made between November last year till date, pointing out that the commission was able to achieve this milestone through the advocacy work of all the stakeholders

in the market, that was taken to all the nooks and crannies of the country.

He said: “This is the best the industry has done,” and commended the contributions of the banking sector and the registrars for their support in ensuring the success of the platform.

He noted that the e-dividend platform was for the good of retail investors and the industry operators in general, assuring that the commission is poised to end the story of unclaimed dividend in the capital market.

The DG added that incentives and time extension that was put in place to encourage investors in embracing the e-dividend scheme will continue until the market achieved 100 percent e-dividend transition.

Opeoluwani Akintayo Saudi Arabia sent panic attacks down the spines of oil stakeholders after saying it may not attend the cut meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries scheduled to hold today in Vienna .

Instead, Saudi Arabia wants OPEC members to agree on a deal before meeting with nonOPEC producers.

This move by SA has signaled that the details of any non-OPEC support, if any is to be had at all, will not be straightened out until after the meeting on 30 November.

It also may mean that Saudi Arabia finds any non-OPEC talks pointless without having their own issues sorted out.

The oil market is already reacting to Saudis shun, sending price crashing further. Brent fell 3.6 percent to $47.24 a barrel in Lon-

Managing Director of Afreximbank’s Intra-African Trade Initiative, during the opening of a factoring workshop organized by the Bank in the Mauritian capital, Dr. Oramah said that, given that it used open account methods, rather than the more expensive letters of credit, factoring improved the competitiveness of businesses.

Afreximbank was working hard to support businesses to seize the opportunities that beckoned in the factoring market, he said, adding that the Bank would support factoring companies in lobbying their governments towards creating enabling environments for factoring to thrive.

The President said that because factoring was a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)-focused product offering and because SMEs, which were “the engines of growth in our economies”, had limited policyinfluencing capacities, it was up to multilateral institutions like Afreximbank to help make governments aware of the value and impact of factoring on their economies.

don on Friday. In New York, West Texas Intermediate fell to $46.06 a barrel.

Already, Russia is getting cold feet. Russia in the past had agreed to cut production if OPEC first agreed on a deal amongst themselves. Now Russia says it will only freeze production at present level and not cut.

Without Saudi Arabia in attendance, OPEC and non-OPEC nations are scheduled to meet today, November 28, just two days before the OPEC ministerial meeting on November 30. Many are hoping that this meeting will finalise the production cuts plan to boost crude oil prices.

“Since OPEC has not reached agreement there is no need to have a meeting with non-OPEC. If these problems are still ongoing what is the point of meeting?” the Financial Times reported on Friday, quoting a person familiar with the Saudi oil policy.

2014 and by 7.63 percent over the year to end-2015.

The slow growth is attributed to macroeconomic difficulties and regulatory issues such as SIM registration drives in a number of countries that held back growth in the market in the first half of 2016.

The research adds that by the end of 2021, mobile subscriptions on the continent would have reached the 1.33 billion mark of which 3G connections will account for 64.9 percent and LTE for 11.8 percent.

This will create a total mobile revenue rise from US$55.55bn in 2015 to US$69.67bn in 2021 at a CAGR of 3.8 percent, though mobile voice revenue on the continent will decline from US$43.26bn in 2015 to US$36.37bn in 2021.

Non-SMS mobile data revenue is expected to grow strongly from US$6.40bn in 2015 to US$27.56bn in 2021, at a CAGR of 27.6 percent driven by the rollout of 3G and 4G networks, the increasing affordability of smartphones, and changing customer behavior.

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B3 Money Market

Union Bank, FCMB target N57.5b additional capital in December Stories by Motolani Oseni Union Bank and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) may both raise additional capital of N57.5 billion ($183.7 million), with Skye Bank also considering divestment of its subsidiaries to enhance its own capital.

The Daily Times checks revealed that this new development was necessitated due to pressure on regulatory Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), which has prompted some of the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) considering raising capital between and and early next year.

Come Wednesday week, Union Bank will be asking shareholders to approve a rights issue of N50 billion and increase its authorized share capital from N9.5 billion to N17.5 billion.

FCMB, over the weekend, disclosed plans to raise N7.5 billion in Tier-II supplementary debt by year-end to strengthen its capital base.

FCMB recently released its third quarter financial report with a rise in pre-tax profits to N14.18 billion in the first nine months of the year, up from N2.56 billion in the same period last year.

The bank intends to be cau-

Ï dƊƕƆ Ɗ ƆƐ Ɛ ƗƈƒƆ Ɛ ƑƄ ƈƗƈ ƏƈƆ tious on increasing its lending and would focus on smaller ticket loans to farmers and small businesses, management said in a presentation to analysts.

The lender had said in August it will raise between N10 to N15 billions of Tier II capital, targeting retail investors for the offering.

Also, there are strong indications that Skye Bank may sell some or all of its local and foreign subsidiaries as part of a review aimed at streamlining operations and boosting its capital adequacy, its chief financial officer said recently.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had supported Skye Bank in July with over N100 billion capital injection, after sacking its top management for failing to meet minimum capital requirements.

It then appointed a new management team.

The bank’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Pius Olaoye, was earlier quoted by Reuters as saying the bank would sell subsidiaries if the pricing was right and had appointed advisers to help find buyers.

David-Borha optimistic on Nigerian economy The chief executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Sola DavidBorha, says the Nigeria economy can still move in the right direction through right policies in spite of its present difficulties.

David-Borha said this in Ibadan over the weekend on “The Nigerian Economy: Creating a Part to Sustainable Growth” at the 2016 Alumni lecture held at the University of Ibadan International Conference Centre.

According to her, moving in the right direction on the economy will entail the utilization of its greater asset which is not oil but the people of Nigeria.

She said that the key to creating a path to sustainable growth was to have a clear and consistent economic policies or development programme founded on sound market principles.

“We have to execute these plans in a coordinated manner with both monetary and fiscal policies aligned,’’ she said.

She said that the country had all the resources it needed to achieve double digit growth while “its most important resources is the people’’.

According to her, the people should be creative, educated and resilient, without being restrained by restrictive polices while given the opportunities by which they can monetize their talents.

She said that at the macro level, GDP growth rate for Q3 in 2016, was 2.24 per cent.

According to her, the inflation is at 18.3 while the national external reserve has steadily dropped from 28.9billion dollars in January to 23.94billion dollars at the end of Oct.

According to Olaoye, “We are looking at the various outlets that we have and some of those foreign subsidiaries are part of it. If we get good offers we will consider

selling them off.

“If we get good offers then we’ll go ahead and spin off all of them, if not it will be selective,” he said.

He explained that the sale of

subsidiaries will boost the bank’s capital adequacy, which stood at 10.4 percent last year, compared with an industry average of 16 percent. He said the new management was focused on growing the bank’s retail business, cutting costs and improving asset quality.

L-R: Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman; Managing Director/CEO, FMDQ, Mr. Bola Onadele Koko and Partner, Constant Capital Partners Limited, Mr. Niyi Omojola, during the listing of Sterling SPV bond on FMDQ in Lagos…Friday.

Interbank rates to drop on maturities Money market rates will remain low this week, despite N71.3 billion treasury bills maturities and N420 billion October Federation Accounts Allo cation Committee (FAAC) disbursements.

According to dealers at Cowry Assets Management, treasury bills worth N71.3 billion will mature via primary market in the week.

The maturities are 182-day bills worth N18 billion and 364-day bills valued at N53.326

billion. These, they say, will be more than offset by treasury bills auctions worth N117.176 billion in the primary market, including 91-day bills of N45.85billion, 182-day bills of N18 billion and 364-day bills of N53.326 billion.

However, the assets managers “anticipate improvement in financial system liquidity, and resultant decline in interbank rates as a result of the N420 billion October FAAC disbursements, to the

three tiers of government.’

One trader said half of the amount distributed, which belongs to states and local governments, is expected to pass through the banking system, adding that “this week, we expect bargain hunting activity at the OTC (over-the counter) bond market, and resultant decline in yields, on anticipated boost in financial system liquidity.”

Some dealers have there-

fore recommended that investors go long on risk free bond instruments, stressing that the bonds market will likely stay calm on the back of T-bills auction scheduled for next Wednesday.

“We are anticipating that as soon as the budget allocation hits the system, the central bank will issue open market operations (OMO) bills to mop-up part of the cash from the system,” one dealer said.

Sterling Bank boss, star actress lead National Cleaning Exercise The Managing Director and Chief Executive of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Yemi Adeola and star actress, Funke Akindele will thisSaturday December 3, take part in the Bank’s Quarterly National Cleaning exercise.

They will be joined by members of the Executive Management and other staff of the Bank to clean Oyingbo market as part of its nationwide environmen-

tal cleaning exercise under the “Sterling Environmental Makeover” (STEM) series.

The purpose of the exercise according to a statement from the bank is to promote clean environment and good health among Nigerians.

The exercise which is in partnership will hold simultaneously in Lagos, Oyo, Delta, Enugu, Rivers, Ekiti, Kaduna, Abia, Ogun, Osun, Sokoto, Kano, Kwara and Plateau states in collabora-

tion with the relevant local regulatory agencies on environmental management.

The bank’s Executive Director, Finance & Strategy, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, in a statement in Lagos said the exercise is part of its contribution to the promotion of healthy environment. According to him, Sterling Bank would continually engage in initiatives that will protect the environment especially those

that are connected to the protection of lives through its renowned partnership with relevant government agencies.

His words: “What we are doing this weekend in Lagos and 14 other states in the country is all about making impact that positively alters our environment for good. We want to keep on doing the small things while we plan the big audacious ones.

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FCMB grows profit 600 percent in Q3

L – R Ope Wemi-Jones, Head, Inclusive Banking, Access Bank Plc; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, 1st Price Winner, 2016 NSE Essay Competition and Ms. Chinelo AnohuAmazu, Director General, National Pension Commission (PENCOM)at the 2016 NSE Essay Competition Awards Ceremony, at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos today.

Equities market ends week with marginal loss Stories by Afolabi Adesola

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) and Market Capitalization for the sixth week in a row declined to close the week at 25,333.39 and N8.721 trillion respectively after a depreciation of 0.80 percent.

Sector indices also finished lower last week with the exception of the Banking and the Consumer Goods Indices that appreciated by 0.02 percent and 0.42 percent respectively while the ASeM Index closed flat.

In the week, a turnover of 639.439 million shares worth N6.455 billion in 11,799 deals were traded by investors in contrast to a total of 823.547 million shares valued at N5.444 billion that exchanged hands in the previous week in 11,634 deals.

Top three traded equities last week were Access Bank, Diamond Bank, and TransCorp, accounting for 210.407 million shares worth N527.918 million in 1,316 deals, and contributing 32.91 percent and 8.18 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.

Twenty-seven equities led by Flourmills appreciated in price during the week, higher than 10 equities of the previous week.

Twenty-six equities led by Forte Oil, for the second week running, depreciated in price, lower than 48 equities of the previous week, while 128 equities remained unchanged compared with 123 equities recorded in the preceding week.

The Financial Services Industry, measured by volume led the activity chart with 491.758 million shares valued at N2.211 billion

traded in 6,241 deals; thus contributing 76.90 percent and 34.25 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.

The Conglomerates Industry followed with 64.507 million shares worth N58.500 million in 681 deals.

The third place was occupied by the Consumer Goods Industry with a turnover of 54.901 million shares worth N3.307 billion in 2,386 deals.

Also traded during the week were 25 units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N235.15 executed in five deals, compared with a total of 60 units valued at N537.00 transacted previous week in 11 deals. A total of 2,100 units of Federal Government Bonds valued at N1.838 million were traded in two deals compared to a total of 6,871 valued at N5.990 million transacted previous week in eight deals.

FCMB Group has reported a profit after tax (PAT) of N12.98 billion for the nine month period ended 30 September 2016, representing an increase of 596 percent from N1.87 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015.

The group which comprises First City Monument Bank (FCMB), FCMB Capital Markets, CSL Stockbrokers and CSL Trustees, attributed the impressive results partially to its sound ratios, steady buffers against the subsisting adverse operating environment, and sustained revenue momentum combined with cost optimization programme.

Other details of the group’s unaudited Results announced on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the weekend, showed revenue was N34.1 billion for the nine-month period, from N7.7 billion recorded for the same period of the prior year.

The group also recorded Net-interest income of N53.2 billion which is an increase of 9 percent from N48.7 billion for the same period prior year.

The group reduced total expenses by 2.3 percent from N50.5 billion to N49.3 billion and recorded a profit before tax of N14.2 billion an in-

crease of 453 percent from N2.6 billion recorded in the comparative period of 2015.

According to a statement from the banking group, the group also recorded non-interest income of N44.8 billion which, an increase of 128 percent Year-on-Year from N19.6 billion for the same period prior year.

“This increase has been predicated on a 612 percent year-onyear increase in foreign exchange income, from N5.0 billion for the nine-months ended September 2015, to N35.3 billion for the ninemonths ended September 2016.”

The Managing Director of FCMB Group, Mr. Peter Obaseki, commenting said, “The audited nine months results for the period ended September 2016, reflects our focus on key soundness ratios and the need to maintain buffers against a sustained adverse operating environment. Accordingly, capital adequacy and liquidity ratios have held up at 17.6 percent and 36.8 percent, respectively.

Overall, profit before tax came in at N14.2bn, a 453 percent growth, translating to an EPS of 87 kobo, up 30.6 percent, YoY, Underlying revenue momentum remains strong.

Summary of trading activities on NSE ASI

25,333.39

DEALS

2,459.00

VOLUME

144,161,680.00

VALUE

2,143,903,291.40

CAP

8,720,796,723,854.69

E-dividend scheme reduces unclaimed dividend by 33 percent - SEC The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, has said registrars have been able to pay out N29.3 billion of the N90 billion of unclaimed dividends recorded at the beginning of the year, through the e-dividend scheme.

The SEC DG’s claims was corroborated by Head, Vertical Markets Group, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), Samuel Oluyemi, who said precisely N29,277,739,604 has been paid out to investors, representing a decline of 32.6 percent in unclaimed dividend as at October 2016.

Approximately one year ago,

the SEC launched the e-Dividend Mandate Management System (e-DMMS) in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and all Deposit Money Bank as a means of reducing the level of unclaimed dividends in the capital market, ease the direct cash settlement initiative and generally boost capital market processes that will enable investors get their returns with ease.

According to Oluyemi, the eDMMS portal utilizes NIBSS’s robust document management system to which the e-dividend mandate forms filled by the investor can be uploaded,” he explained.

The e-dividend form, which can be obtained and filled at bank branches or in the office of a registrar or stock broking firms, helps the registrars trace, combine and seamlessly enroll shareholders investments/ portfolio, leveraging the robust know-your-customer feature of the Bank Verification Number system to ensure the payment of dividends directly into shareholders’ bank accounts.

Gwarzo, speaking with financial journalists at the post-Capital Market Committee in Lagos on Friday, commended the registrars for this achievement.

He added the SEC achieved this milestone through the nation-

wide advocacy of all the stakeholders in the market.

“E-dividend is in the interest of the retail investors, our focus is to bring back the confidence of the retail investors to the market,” the DG said He added that incentives and time extension that was put in place to encourage investors in embracing the e-dividend scheme will continue until the market achieved 100 percent edividend transition.

He further emphasized that by end of June 30, 2017, registrars of companies will stop issuing physical dividend warrants to shareholders.

Speaking on the circular concerning the establishment of Nigerian Capital Market Development Fund (NCMDF) set up to address the issue of all unclaimed dividends that is above 12 years, the DG noted that a committee has been set up to work out the modalities for the trust fund. He said that the committee members comprising of the relevant market stakeholders are reviewing the Investments and Securities Act and the Companies and Allied Matters to decide if it’s appropriate to allow investors to forfeit their dividend once it’s above 12 years or leave it to a time without end.

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Lack of skilled workers responsible for housing deficits - Experts ÏLASG to train 5000 workers in five years The Project Director, Construction Skills Training and Empowerment Project, (CSTEmp), Anthony Aboki Okwa has revealed that for Nigeria to bridge its enormous shortfall in the housing sector, not less than five to 10 million skilled workers would be needed to meet the housing needs of Nigerians in next 20 years.

Speaking on the theme of the Conference: Festac 2016,”Vocational Training: Bedrock for Nigerian Housing and Infrastructural Development”, Okwa said those to be trained include; those in masonry, carpentry, steel fabrication, electrical, plumbing, tiling among others.

According to him, these categories of workers are considered critical to any nation’s infrastructural

Minister of Housng, Babatunde Fashola

development and housing delivery must therefore be encouraged to developed interest in technical and vocational education which would stimulate patronage of indigenous manpower for the growth and development.

Okwa also lamented that many construction workers were retiring and the rate of retirement looks set to increase as about 22 per cent of the workforce are over 50 years while about 15 per cent of them are already in their 60s.

Okwa therefore, urged professional builders, to key into the adoption of the National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF), a framework approved by the Federal government for recognition and certification of skills and vocations outside the school system which, thus, enables placement in the scheme of service, both in the public and private sectors.

The National President of NIOB, Tijani Shuaib represented by Kunle Awobodu, stated that skill acquisition and vocational training in the built industry was a crucial criterion for self-development amongst professionals adding that it was in line with the agenda of the Federal Government towards job creation for the youths.

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Stakeholders decry government’s handling of housing deficit Stories by Babajide Okeowo Stakeholders in the real estate sector have blamed the huge 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria on poor handling of the sector by successive governments.

This is even as the experts said houses have become too expensive to provide because government has placed a huge premium on land.

According to Managing Director, KnightStone Properties Limited, Mr. Adeniyi Adams, “Land should not be made a premium because it makes cost of housing higher; it is not meant for government to place a

high premium on since it was freely given by God. Housing scheme is meant to be a social contract between the government and the people,” he explained.

Adams noted that the 17 million housing deficit would not have been a headache for developers if the government did the right things.

One of these is the provision of infrastructure that will make housing delivery easier.

“It is not the delivery of housing that is a problem, but the infrastructure. If the government can take away the aspect of infrastructure from developers, then housing will come in easier. The social contract has been broken and unless something is done, we will continue to

live in slums. The statistics is that about one-quarter of Nigerians are living in inappropriate houses,” he explained.

Speaking in the same vein, The Group Managing Director, HFP Engineering Limited, Mr. Dele Martins noted that though the issue of affordable housing had remained on the front burners in the country, its implementation was shrouded in extreme hypocrisy by the main stakeholders.

Martins, represented by HFP’s Executive Director, Human Resources, Mr. Layi Omojola, regretted that while the country needs to build about 700,000 housing units yearly if there is to be an impact on the deficit, only a paltry 100,000 units

are being built.

He listed the factors mitigating against housing delivery to include the lack of provision by the government of the primary infrastructure required to support the development of affordable estates, including roads, access to water and electricity, unfavourable government policies, unavailability and difficulty of accessing affordable mortgages for the purchase of houses by individuals, unstable investment environment, difficulties and lack of transparency in acquiring affordable land for the development of affordable housing, and bureaucracy in obtaining title documents to acquired or transferred land.

CIBN L-R: CIBN President/ Chairman of Council, Joseph Olusegun Ajibola and Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode during a courtesy visit to the governor at the weekend.

Nigeria’s property market transactions down by 70 per cent - FDC A recent report released by the Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), has revealed that real estate businesses have nosedived and what was once considered as a viable sector last year is facing a glut, leaving both corporate and individual clients either renegotiating fresh terms or relocating to more affordable areas.

Specifically, the resultant effect can be felt in all nooks and crannies as several completed buildings are left unoccupied

both in high end and the lowend areas. For instance, the market has witnessed 70 per cent drop in transactions showing an increase in the number of vacant properties in the upper class real estate neighbourhoods of Lekki, Victoria Island and Ikoyi.

According to The FDC’s Vacancy Factor Index (VFIX) for second quarter June 2016, the increase was by 72 percent over the last 18 months.

The report, which is based on the housing stock as at January

2015 attributed the rise in the number of vacant property to a combination of rising inflation, GDP contraction, falling consumer confidence and increasing unemployment rates contrived to lower demand for housing.

“Our urban real estate vacancy factor index increased for the second consecutive quarter as aggregate demand and supply forces remain in disequilibrium – a dynamic that continues to persist in the real estate market. The VFIX

indicates a paradoxical phenomenon where supply continues to trend upwards but effective rents remain stubbornly high,” the company stated.

Specifically, the report stated that there was a 6.6 percent increase in vacant residential properties in the second quarter. “The residential VFIX has increased by 6.6 percent from 177 in March to 189 in June 2016.

Another estate surveyor, Sam Eboigbe said economic downturns is another factor re-

sponsible for the lull “Right now a lot of companies are no longer employing, no more accommodation for staff as companies are no longer paying. Before companies used to pay for accommodation for staff but right now such gestures have been monetised because the resources are not there anymore, individuals now collect the money and move to very cheaper locations to rent buildings hence, you have a lot of to-let buildings everywhere,” he said.

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Registered Insurance Agents slam operators over exclusion from rebranding project The Association of Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria (ARIAN) has bemoaned its exclusion from the N300 million insurance rebranding project to tackle key issues that cause apathy for insurance by the public.

ARIAN president, Olamerun Gbadebo, in Lagos recently expressed misgivings over exclusion of the association in the project, but urged drivers of the initiative to first rebrand internal mechanism of insurance practice, before embarking on the proposed project.

He feared efforts made by the drivers of the project would amount to futility if issues like the internal structure of the agency system, remuneration of agents, and review of brand strategy of agency marketing are not properly addressed.

Countering the view that the conduct of agents in the past contributed to poor image of the industry, Gbadebo said this should make drivers of the project to engage Insurance Agents in remaking the image presently.

He stressed that since agents are field workers, they should be brought in as change ambassadors in the new concept.

He, however, urged underwriters to critically examine the remuneration package of agents, stressing that on a weekly basis, underwriters put up advertorials for positions of marketing executives, but never get people to recruit, irrespective of the high rate of unemployment in the country.

He maintained that when underwriters interview 100 applicants for marketing job placement, only about five of them take the job, while 95 reject the job due to poor remuneration.

NIA quick move to stop PenCom Similarly, the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) had dragged the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to the National Assembly; Secretary of the Federal Government; Minister of Finance and other government agencies in a quick move to stop PenCom over transfer of annuity assets.

The Director-General of the Association, Sunday Thomas, who confirmed the move to our reporter, noted that in line with the law, PenCom lacks legal grounds to call for transfer of annuity assets which is different from pension contributions, stressing his optimism that the circular would be withdrawn by the pension regulator.

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Custody of annuity: NAICOM, PenCom feud continues as regulators fail to meet Stories by Kayode Adelowokan A meeting between the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the National Pension Commission (PenCom) scheduled to end the feud between the regulators over the mandate given to life insurers to transfer annuity assets in their kitty to Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs) failed to hold last week.

The Daily Times gathered that the meeting initiated by NAICOM for the regulators to resolve the issue that had raised tension amongst

life insurance and pension operators was postponed by the insurance regulator to another date to be fixed.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), the umbrella body of insurance underwriters who are directly involved in the argument, were left out of the scheduled meeting.

Sunday Thomas, Director-General of the association, during a chat with our reporter said, “We have not been invited to the meeting, but we are waiting for the outcome of their meeting.”

The Daily Times had early this month reported that the PenCom mandated life insurers to stop annuity business for three months and within the period transfer their annuity assets to PFCs. This dismayed NAICOM and insurers who were not comfortable with the directive.

According to PenCom, the decision to move annuity assets from life insurers to PFCs is to ensure consistency with the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 and strengthen the processing of administration of retirement benefits.

A circular entitled: Strengthening the Administration of Retirement Benefits under the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014, with reference number PENCOM/INSP/CIR/ TECH/16/17, issued on November 3, 2016, to pension fund administrators and Custodians and signed by its Head, Surveillance Department, Muhammad Umar, the pension regulator noted that in line with the PRA 2014, it resolved that the custody of retiree life annuity shall henceforth, be domiciled with PFCs as provided for in Section 56 of the pension act.

L – R: Deputy President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mr. Shola Tinubu; former Minister of State for Finance, Mr Remi Babalola, and NCRIB President, Mr Kayode Okunoren, discussing at the 2016 National Insurance Brokers Conference and Exhibitions held in Abuja, recently.

Insurers seek to end rate-cutting, releases industry rate template, market-conduct guideline Against the unguarded practices of pricing coupled with desperation for big risks, a rate template for insurance companies and brokers to work with is underway, according to the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA).

Eddie Efekoha, Chairman, NIA, told journalists during an interview at the 2016 Brokers’ conference of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) in Abuja that the brokers and insurers were all involved in inappropriate pricing of risks.

According to Efekoha, “It takes two to tango. Whatever wrongs, whatever malpractices that may be perceived, believe me, all parts and segments of the market are involved. “… I’ll rather think that we will take on them one after another. At the moment, we know that we have

not been much disciplined when it comes to pricing our products or services.”

The NIA Chairman described rate-cutting as inappropriate pricing of risks.

“Government has not imposed a rate. It only advised that underwriters should come up with rates, and that is still being collated.

When that is done, underwriters will come up with a position.

“I prefer to call it appropriate pricing, because the issue is that if you have been insuring with me for 10years, and you have not made a claim, there is no reason why I should not lower my premium and give you some generous discounts. But; if you have been making claims, there is no reason why I should charge you the same as somebody who has not made any claim at all.

“So, what we need to do right now is to strategize how to bring back that practice. So, that is why the joint committee, made up of NCRIB members and the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), came up with a business procurement guideline.

“And because we want some enforcement behind it, we want the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to approve of it before the implementation can commence.

“That is, basically, why we are waiting. Otherwise, there is a template to correct the issue of rating so that people who did not get involved in products of risks at the beginning, cannot smuggle themselves in only at the time of placement,” he said.

Citing an example of how the industry can adequately price risks,

the NIA chairman stated: “To do that, a broker will obtain quotes from insurance companies. And if the quotes are good enough, they are sent to a prospective client. Again, if the client says ‘I am okay with it,’ he or she will then empower the broker to place the business.”

He went on to say that, “Once the broker gets that mandate; he goes back to those insurance companies that provided the quotes in the first instance to do the necessary placements. And we are saying that if you have not participated in that process, you cannot wake up to participate in the placement.

“With that, everybody will quote and quote rightly. That way, we will know the exact loss experience of a given policy and not quote blindly, because what we do most time is blind quoting.”

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Airline Collapse: Operators should be careful – Tukur A former director of operations, Chanchangi Airlines, Mohammed Tukur is opines that day-to-day interference in management by owners is responsible for the collapse of airlines. Tukur in this interview with, CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO, also called on the federal government to commence the construction of a second runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja second to avoid disaster. Excerpts What is responsible for the collapse of domestic airlines in the country? You managed Chanchangi Airlines for so many years and as soon as you left the airline, it went under. How do you think the airlines should be rescued?

Managing an airline does not mean an airline does not make money. One of the airlines recently went down and if you look at management team of that airline, the salary of the managing director was about N4 biilion. I was recently approached by somebody who wanted to float an airline, I advised him on the type of aircraft to be used. A managing director who ought to be paid $10,000 US dollars but at this time with the type of economy N500,000 is enough for a managing director to run affairs of the company.

Most of the airlines over-stretch themselves from the beginning.

Before they acquire the AOC (Air Operating Certificate), they start paying salaries for workers, and people believe that there is money then later the kind of life will start to haunt them. Most airlines take money out of the system. And put it in another business. In aviation, the moment you move money out of operation then you are killing the operation completely because the airlines are individually owned and somebody will just take the money without accountability. Some airline owners will ask how much was generated from ticket sales and order that the money should be given to him. In operations of an airline, the moment you take out N1 million from the system in Abuja or Lagos and you have not paid for fuel, landing and passenger service charges, and you start sharing the money, you cannot make it and you cannot pay salaries. That is why some airlines are owing so much. During my time I did not owe. The owner of the airline cannot spend a single kobo and every kobo he will spend is his own money. Unless when we remove all the charges whatever goes to his account is what he will spend. When we ran Chanchangi Airlines then, we had what we called returning investment. Everyday, we pay certain amount of money into his account. By the time I left the airline, I left N1.7 billion in his account

and they didn’t know what to do with the money but within a short period of time everything disappeared. People couldn’t manage the airline properly. If you take, for example, Arik, they are using big aircraft for this environment.

These aircraft are supposed to be flying long hauls like South Africa but they fly to even Jos and Abuja.

So, there is a lot of things that we should do. Airlines should be very careful with aircraft type to be used. There is need for airlines to change their aircraft types, they should get JET aircraft and not these B737 and light aircraft. If they have these less fuel consumption aircraft, it will reduce their burdens.

What is your take on the call for a national carrier by the government?

What they need to have is a flag carrier, and not national carrier.

Where is the money to float a national carrier by the government, can they afford $200 billion? If you want to have a national carrier like Air France and other airlines, you need a virgin land for the terminal building like Heathrow airport. After that you lease the aircraft, and who will fly these leased aircraft and who will do the checks? So, all the money to be generated will go back to the European countries because you don’t have an aircraft but you should allow people who are business-oriented to join hands and put up an airline as their own contribution, I don’t expect government to take out money to invest in an airline.

Some foreign airlines pulled out of the country recently and what should government do to ensure that their departure is not felt by travelers?

It’s difficult with the level of the economic situation in the country right now, because most of those airlines have already changed the type of aircraft they were using before now. Airlines that are leaving are leaving not because they cannot get aircraft, like Iberia airlines, because they go with few passengers out up to 100 seats.

They are having what they called interlining. Their passengers go with Air France to France and from France to Spain, which is not up to 40 minutes flight. Because of the inter-lining they are doing, they can’t continue burning their

Tukur fuel. Just like Nigeria, if you want to operate and you have about five aircraft, you are competing with other airlines with same number of aircraft, definitely, you are not going to make money. Airlines that are pulling out have no passengers out of Nigeria and people need to adjust because the foreign carriers are right now interlining and not losing money.

In Nigeria, the problem we have is we are not IOSA compliant. The situation is getting bad and the only way out is to reposition the airport. Are we going to continue using the only runway in Abuja until we kill people. For safety, can’t government bring money and order that the second runway should be constructed in Abuja before something happens.

We have a lot to do and things are not working very fine everywhere especially in the parastatals. Hadi Sirika (Minister of State for Aviation) has a lot to do.

The issue of concession has generated a lot of controversy, especially among unions and workers in the aviation sector, and the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sarika, said there is no going back. What is your take on the planned concession of four major airports?

I don’t know how they want to do it, but there has been a lot of contributions, and suggestions on

how it will go. After the concessioning of the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services, we are looking at how the minister will come out with acceptable road map if people will buy- in with him. For example, if you are concessioning the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) and after the four major airports, the rest will come. I don’t think it’s a very good idea, if you are giving Lagos airport to be concessioned for example, you have to look at other small airports by bringing them under Lagos airport, e.g Ilorin, Ibadan and Akure and must take the responsibility of these airports that will be developed along with the Lagos airport. If you give Kano airport to another concessionaire, make sure other smaller airports around Kano will be taken over by the concessionaire. Concession should be done in all airports not taking the viable ones alone but all should be concessioned at once because it is unacceptable to do the viable once and leave the non-viable ones. The government must go back and address some other issues like the Chinese terminals under construction across the country, what is the agreement, what is the arrangement, will they be given part of revenue where they will recoup their mon-

ey and what will happen to the MMA2. You have not solved these problems. I thought the first thing Sirika should do is to solve the problem of MMA2 and make sure everything is settled between him and the management of MMA2 in order to move forward after solving the problem. There are so many people who have concession at the airport and they have gone to court, like MAEVIS. These issues must be addressed, and if not addressed there will be litigations after concession.

We are not talking about hotels, and those concessionaires inside the MMA who are paying their money. There is a hotel at the 3rd floor of the MMIA, who are the concessionaires and how is the issue going to be resolved. What do they do with the car park? It is a very big problem and if somebody sits and pretend that everything is okay, it is not okay. I believe the minister ought to have so many agenda not only the agenda of concession and national carrier.

The second issue is this: when you concession the airports, what will happen to the workers of FAAN (Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria). If I were him, all I need to do is to discuss with the unions and assure them of job security because any concessionaire taking over the airport can not take care of the workforce in FAAN. So you have to get money available, if any staff of FAAN is going during the process, because most of them will go. The concessionaire can retain the experienced ones that are ready to stay. Let’s tell ourselves the truth, he must address all these issues. If not, nothing is going to happen and it is already late. I don’t know the magic he wants to perform by the current administration. It is very late for this government at this time to be thinking of all these. By 2017, we will be talking of registration of parties and preparing for 2019 but at the middle of 2017, they will start moving around politicking and talking about elections.

So which time do they have. The first time they came in, I expected them to hit the ground running but somebody spent two years and travelling all over the world. We are going to look at these issue and tell him the truth.

Is concessioning of the airports the only way out of the present problems across the airports in the country?

That is what is happening across the world. I don’t want anybody to look at London or any where else and say, this is the way it works, no. But in Nigeria here, not every system works. The system abroad is so perfect that everything works, but nothing works in Nigeria. Even the people in the system like FAAN are not helping matters. If you visit the issue of MMA2, you discover what happened during the agreement and they have been accusing themselves of drafting the agreement.

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TJ Sax returns with Amen

Drops ‘Emergency’ Video

...Celebrates with children living with cancer Saxophonist TJ Emore, better known as TJ Sax, is out with a brand new song Amen, an original ditty about thanksgiving and trusting in God for blessings yet to come.

Produced by frequent collaborator, Mystro, Amen is a mid-tempo aural delight, one that makes use of traditional drums, soothing vocals saxophone melodies to send its message home.

As part of activities celebrating his 15th birthday, TJ Emore will on November 26th, visit the oncology ward of the Paediatric department of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in the company of his family and friends, to celebrate with and encourage the children living with cancer.

His passion for working with kids living with cancer was sparked four some brave little souls and he has participated in various early detection campaigns and walkathons to help create awareness for the condition.

TJ Emore hit the limelight with covers of songs by Wizkid (Holla at your boy) and Asa (Bibanke), after training under the mentorship of superstar instrumentalist Yemi Sax. He has performed both within and outside the country alongside artistes like M.I, 2baba, Sound Sultan and Mode 9.

His prodigious talents have been displayed on a 2011 album, Sax Vibes,

Me amongst others.

Shot in Lagos, the video was directed by Avalon Okpe and it explores the simple pleasures of seeing a beautiful lady as well as the story of two young lovers who enjoyed beautiful moments together until something happened.

Solidstar, also, had a nice message for everyone at the end of the video, which says, “What is your emergency? Is it worth dying for? Speed Kills!

is a tuneful song that tells the story of love in a satirical manner; using a Timaya, Flavour and Tekno. and has since topped charts and amass reviews from critics. The album is praised for the artistic approach the singer exerted to perfect the album and his boldness to experiment new sounds with an eclectic list of features.

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BON Award 2016: Just not married gets nine nominations …As Iretiola Doyle, Mercy Aigbe, others pick nominations As the 2016 leg of the yearly Best of Nollywood Award draws nearer, organizers of of the edition having gone through screening of over 120 entries.

President of BON awards jury, Niran defying the current harsh economic realities to sustain their creative activities. be hosted by the executive governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.

Holding it down this year with nine

nominations is, Just not married movie, which clinched nominations in Best lead actor, Best lead actress, Best comedy, Best editing, Best director, Best screenplay, Best cinematography, Best supporting actor and Most promising actor.

Talented Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo, will slug with Adeniyi Johnson, Lateef Adedimeji, Yomi Fabiyi and Muyiwa Ademola in the best actor in lead role (Yoruba) while Omotu Bissong, Judith Audu, Ebube Nwagbo, Belinda Effah, Omoni Oboli and Iretiola Doyle will battle in the best actress in lead role (English) amongst others.

Awilo Longomba set for Merrybet Celebrity fans challenge Congolese music legend, Awilo Longomba, is set to storm Lagos, Nigeria for the biggest football party in Africa- Merrybet Celebrity Fans Challenge. He joins Olamide, Falz TheBahdGuy, Tuface Idibia, Mr.P of PSquare, Burna Boy, Orezi, Banky W, Akpororo, Mayorkun, Humble Smith, Seyi Law, Timi Dakolo and many other celebrities as they lock horns on the 3rd of December in support of their favourite football clubs.

Awilo, who is a Barcelona fan, will perform some of his hit songs and also engage in football activities to thrill fans at the event. He is however expected to arrive Lagos on the 1st of December, in time for the event.

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Bez unveils album art work

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celebrities engaging in some football challenges to prove to the audience and their fans that the team that they support is the best.

It promises to be an exciting avenue for lovers of football to see their favorite artistes showcase their soccer skills.

Greatness is around the corner! A few months ago, hints of the release of the sophomore album of internationally acclaimed singer made the rounds.

Although no dates were announced, many lovers of Bez music anticipated the release, some excitedly predicting dates. We can say categorically that the wait is over as the singer just unveiled the album cover and track list of the album titled Gbagyi Child.

We said greatness because the aextraordinary attention to details and dedication to music. The same skill which propelled his 2011 Super Sun debut album to international recommendation and relevance even in most recent times has also been infused in this music project but with the passion, sweat, tears and joys of five years!

Along with the track list comes a booklet which details the inspiration

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songstresses, Yemi Alade and Simi and is set to be released on the 28th of November, barely a week to go! In the words of the singer “ the sounds that make up the Gbagyi Child album were all the pieces woven together intricately with an intent to create magic. This magic is my sophomore

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Nutrition L3

Joseph Daniels

Health wonders of Zobo drink The Hibiscus drink popularly known as Zobo is a super drink which is slightly thick, colourful, pleasant and tasty. The Hibiscus leaf is used in many parts of the world to make both cold and hot drinks. It contains a high concentration of waterof Vitamin C. Zobo is served cold in Nigeria and Senegal while it is served warm in Egypt. Here are some of its health wonders: 1. Reduction in blood pressure: Hibiscus is an anti-oxidant. It has properties that prevents the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins; a substance in our blood that if increased beyond normal quantities may cause high blood pressure.

2. Aids weight loss: The body produces an enzyme known as Amylase which functions to break down complex sugar and starch molecules in food. When a person consumes too much carbohydrate rich food (full of sugar and starch) that individual is most likely going to gain weight.

Hibiscus contains a substance that can inhibit the production of amylase. A person regularly drinking hibiscus tea can thus prevent too much absorption of carbohydrates and consequently not gain excess weight.

3. Treats cough and cold: Fresh hibiscus a form of Vitamin c which is one of the more essential nutrients needed by the body. It is also bacterial properties. Hibiscus tea is often used as a supplement to help treat coughs and colds, because of its cooling effect, it is especially effective in reducing the discomfort of fevers that may accompany such ailments.

4. Satiate thirst: Hibiscus tea can be drunk hot or cold. As iced tea, the infusion is known to satiate thirst quite effectively to avoid further temptation of intake of carbonated or other types of drink. It is often recommended as an alternative

are marketed to physically active individuals.

5. It can serve as food supplement because of the other contents like calcium, iron, phosphorous,

INGREDIENTS 1. 1 cup of dried Hibiscus sepal (Zobo leaves)

depending on the number of people being prepared for.

2. 4 cups of boiling water 3. Juice of one lemon 4. Ginger (optional) 5. Sugar in small quantity Direction . Briskly wash the leaves to ensure the dust and sand are washed off. . Set the leaves in a large bowl, dice some ginger into tiny pieces or grate and pour it in the bowl as well, cover with boiled water. Set aside for 2-4 hours to allow the drink to steep. . Pour the drink through a sieve leaves. . Add some ice, lemon juice and sugar to taste. Combine and enjoy.

Note: The drink can be served cold or hot. Also the amount of water used is based on preference. Also, experiment vanilla and berries for some diversity. Also note that the drink stains easily, so be mindful when handling it.

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