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Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Katsina urged Nigeri-

ans to ignore groups calling for the break-up of the country.

Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabiru Usman, at his palace in Katsina, Katsina state, also urged traditional rulers to

The president, who made the call when he visited the Emir of Katsina,

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Buhari orders probe of donor funds fraud

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We Are Passionate About Touching Lives Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister and arguably one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century has been quoted countless times as saying "Responsibility is the price of greatness". No better truism captures the very essence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability than Churchill's assertion. Perhaps, you could say Mr. Churchill was speaking about personal greatness here.

But then, what are companies if not a group of people? People, who through their own quest to attain that pinnacle of success contribute to making an organisation truly great. At Fidelity Bank Plc, 'Doing Good' is deeply engraved in the very fabric of our existence. We strongly believe that our organisation and the communities in which we do business are in a symbiotic relationship.

Our CSR objectives rest on a tripod: Education, Health/Social Welfare, and talent, time and funds to support social causes in communities where we do business.

Through FHHP, we have initiated, developed and executed a good number of sustainable projects across all geo-political zones of the country, especially healthcare delivery in Nigeria, the Bank completed renovation of hitherto derelict blocks of hostels at the Vesico-Vagina Fistula (VVF) centre in Kwalli and the Shagari Healthcare Centre, Gusau.

This ideology informs the many giant strides we have made in the area of CSR.

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Responsibility is the price of greatness Winston Churchill Legendary British Prime Minister

Unveiling of the Kwalli VVF Centre, Kano by The Executive Governor of Kano State; Alhaji (Dr.) Abdullahi Umar Ganduje alongside Mohammed Balarabe, Ag. MD/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc recently.

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Editorial Proliferation of illegal baby factories

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s Nigeria continues to battle illegal child trafficking, a new phenomenon is gradually replacing the traditional method of human trafficking. This phenomenon has more to do with the proliferation of illegal “baby factories” in many parts of the country. Much to the consternation of Nigerians, these illegal maternities have become places where pregnant young girls are encouraged or forced to become pregnant and give up their newborns for sale. Curiously, some of the girls have admitted going into the obscene business for purely pecuniary motives. In fact, the newborns are mere objects of trade to the highest bidder who either adopts or resale them. Weirdly, these facilities and their proprietors employ the services of virile young men to impregnate the girls.

Unfortunately, many of these illegal clinics have been accused of abduction, stealing of babies and child trafficking, even as they are mostly managed by quacks that claim medical qualifications. Investigations show that the girls are usually quarantined in inhospitable rooms without communication and subjected to all manner of forced labour and servitude. Reports reveal that some of the babies sell for as low as N200, 000 for boy-child and N150, 000 for girl-child. Before now, foster homes were licensed by governments to look after abandoned and unwanted babies where childless couples or those in want of particular sex go to adopt children legally.

As the business thrived, many unscrupulous Nigerians saw an opportunity of making quick money no matter how unconscionable and illicit.

Definitely, no society that values human life would accept the pernicious activity of selling babies like common commodities.

That is why the law enforcement agencies must identify and shut these illegal human incubators in the in-

terest of the victims who are mainly young girls. Nigeria should not allow human life to be so debased as to allow for the existence of baby factories. In the first instance, the babies so mass produced and traded away in the most unholy fashion did not commit any crime, even as they did not consent in any way whatsoever to be born. Child bearing is a thing of joy. More so, human life is sacred and so its protection is what places the human civilisation above those of other lesser creatures.

There is every reason to believe the existence of cabals as masterminds in this devilish enterprise. We say so because the logistics of procuring young girls and intimidating, forcing, cajoling and or luring them to become pregnant, including the efforts put in selling and transporting the new born babies are very complex and mind boggling. The Police and other related bodies must engage in a concerted effort to find out the real brains and financiers of this fraud.

Anyone identified in the establishment of such monstrous outfits must be arrested and prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others. The earlier the country realises the hard and brutal fact that it is fighting organised criminal syndicates, the better for the society and victims.

We believe that government can reduce the establishment of illegal baby factories by elevating and emphasising the institution of adoption. Adoption regulation, processing and other incidental overview conducts regarding adoption should be the exclusive preserve of the government. It should therefore upgrade the adoption laws and regulations, employ, and train more officers to conduct, regulate and supervise the process. It is a shame and a black spot on our collective conscience that young girls are now deliberately impregnated for babies that would be immediately sold as articles of trade.

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Sam Nzeh ÏÏÏThe order by an Abuja High Court on Friday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should pay N10 million damages to an Abuja based security expert, Wolgang Reinl, for his unlawful detention and seizure of his international passport, has again reinforced the need for a rethink of strategy by the commission.

The court held that the detention of Reinl at the EFCC custody in Abuja for over a month was unlawful, unconstitutional and constituted a gross violation of his fundamental right to

dignity as enshrined in Section 34 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution.

The court presided over by Justice Peter Affren also barred the EFCC from arresting, re-arresting, detaining or embarking on further seizure of the international passport of Reinl, who is an Austrian security consultant.

Reinl had through his lawyer, Afam Osigwe, dragged the anti-graft agency before the Abuja High Court to challenge his arrest and detention from December 12, 2015 to February 2, 2016 by the EFCC. In the 27-page judgment, Justice Affen also ordered EFCC to delist the foreign security expert from their watch-list or no-fly list as doing so infringes

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on the fundamental rights of Reinl to freedom of liberty.

In the light of this verdict, it becomes imperative for the anti-graft agency to re-examine its strategy of detaining suspects beyond legally approved period and without trial. Since the 1999 Constitution (as amended) frowns at such, the EFCC should desist from flouting this provision.

Fact is that the antigraft agency can do its work without having to violate the extant provision of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as it relates to detention of suspects. Doing this will go a long way to erase the notion that the anti-graft agency has become a law unto itself. All well-meaning Nigerians should encourage the commission to toe this civilized path.

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“The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.”

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”

“Until you are willing to change your approach, you cannot improve on your results.”

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N2.6b fraud: Court adjourns arraignment of 16 bank chiefs Peter Fowoyo

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arraignment of 16 bank staffs charged with N2.6 billion fraud has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The case, which was fixed for arraignment of the accused was on Monday, adjourned to July 4, following an information from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

The accused are: Nigeria International Bank Ltd, Chief C. S. Sankey, Adekunle Oladosun, Okechi Egwu, Lulu Ndubuka, Oyowole Ariyo. Kabiru Bello, and J.E Eriagbon.

Others are: Samson Ebie, Steve Obodomechine, Mikky Dons Nig. Ltd, Mark Anaele, Peter Harris, Peter Oriade, Olusola Fagbure and Obianwa Chuba.

They were charged on 20 counts bordering on conspiracy, intent to defraud, falsification of document, fraudulent alteration and diversion of over N2. 6 billion belonging to MicMerah International Agency Ltd. On Monday, the first accused represented by its staff, Mr. Ofodile Ojiako, was present in court.

Other accused present were: Mark Anaele representing Mikky dons Ltd, Lulu Ndukuba and Olusola Fagbure.

When the matter came up on Monday, the counsel from the office of the AGF, Mrs. Kehinde Bode-Ayeni, informed the court of AGF’s withdrawal of the fiat given to the former prosecutor, Mr. Gordy Uche (SAN).

She told the court that the AGF was yet to re-issue a fiat to another prosecuting counsel.

Dogara seeks development framework for North East

Henry omunu, Abuja

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The Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, called for the formulation of an urgent framework to facilitate the reconstruction and development of the North East region ravaged by the activities of the Boko Haram sect.

Dogara, who said this at a public hearing organised by the House on the North East Development Commission Bill, added that something concrete must be urgently done to harness the potentials of the North East as the region was presently at a crossroads.

He said that the bill was being proposed to provide a legal framework that would address the overall development challenges facing

the North-East, including issues relating to the status of refugees, emergency management and boundary disputes resolution.

“Our aspirations for the establishment of the commission are not far-fetched. Even though there is poverty across Nigeria, in comparative terms, the North East suffers an exceptional poverty amidst little opportunities to push itself out of the problem.

“Our industries have almost collapsed, schools are dilapidated, destroyed or non-existent in most communities, roads are death traps and largely inaccessible and farming virtually comatose due to insurgency.

“Besides, the region groans under the pangs of desertification, ethno-religious crisis, climatic factors, predatory diseases among others,” he added.

Lekan Shonde, the man who allegedly killed his wife at the Rapid Response Squad office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos… on Monday.

The Speaker further said that the North East region lagged behind in all major indices of human development and had the highest illiteracy rate in Nigeria.

“Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, as at 2008, show that more than 65 per cent of the people living in the North East are absolutely poor with less than one dollar income per day.

“It is important to note that these statistics predate the consequences of insurgency in the last eight years and current economic down turn,” he stated.

Dogara said that out of the estimated 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in various parts of the country, the North East accounts for close to 2 million of the Internally Displaced Persons, declaring “while about eight per cent are spread across 21 camps, 68 per cent are children, with 60,000 births so far recorded in the various camps.

“The implication of this data is that households in the North East are over-stretched with the burden of the IDPs, leading to depletion of the little resources in the hands of our people.

“This is compounded by the fact that farming, which is the main stay of the North East economy, can no longer sustain our people due to insecurity leading to more hardship on the region”.

Chairman of the House Committee on IDPs, Refugees and North East Initiatives, Rep. Sani Zoro, speaking also at the hearing, described the bill as timely and important.

He called on all stakeholders to join hands to bring life back to the North East region.

Present at the public hearing were the wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, who was accompanied by wives of some state governors from the North East region, among other dignitaries.

Rights group drags FG to court over Nimbo massacre

Nkiru Nwagbo, Awka

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non-governmental organisation, Human Rights and Empowerment Projects Ltd, has taken the Federal Government to court over what it called a violation of the rights of those who died at the Nimbo massacre, in Uzo Uwani, Enugu State in the hands of Fulani herdsmen.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney-General of the Federation, and the Inspector

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General of Police were among the respondents in the matter, with suit number FHC/EN/ CS/59/2016, filed before the Federal High Court holden at Enugu.

The suit, which was filed before Hon Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie by Barr. Francis Muoneke, who is counsel to the applicants is expected to be heard on May 16, 2016.

Some of the reliefs sought by the group include: a declaration that the killing of innocent citizens in Nimbo amounted to vio-

lation of the right to life of those involved, and that the failure of the respondents to protect life and property amounted to a direct liability on the part of their part.

The group also called on the respondents to identify all the victims of the attack for purposes of paying adequate compensation to their families.

It further called on the court to compel the respondents to thoroughly investigate the killings with a view to apprehending and

prosecuting the culprits.

The group stated that the failure of government to effectively discharge its duty in protecting life of citizens, made it necessary for all those who were involved to be adequately compensated.

Muoneke told newsmen, on Monday, in Awka, that the right to life of innocent citizens killed by the herdsmen was grossly violated, and that the respondents were liable to pay the sum of N100billion as compensation to the families of the victims.

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Ooni, Ife indigenes celebrate Osara festival Sodiq Adekunle, Osogbo

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The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), has led a multitude of Ife sons and daughters to the ancient shrine of the Osara deity, located at Moore Road, regarded as the ancestral home to the Yoruba for the annual celebration of Osara festival.

The Ooni, who arrived the venue of cultural festival accompanied by his queen, Olori Wuraola Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), was received by the deity’s Chief Priest, Chief Isola Ogunwusi.

Apart from the chief priest, and monarchs, excited crowd were there to witness the just resuscitated festival after a long period of neglect.

During the event, the Ooni acknowledged Osara, the goddess of Lagoon, as a messenger of God, just like Olokun the goddess of Ocean sent by God alongside the other 400 spiritual beings (deities) to form the pre-genesis esoteric world called Ife Oodaye.

Over 5,000 members dump PDP in Niger Pita Chikwem, Minna

ÏÏÏJust one week after the Peo-

ples Democratic Party ( PDP) had its local government congress nation-wide, more than 5,000 members have dumped the party owing to discrepancies in Chanchaga LGA. Speaking on the level of favouritism and godfatherism experienced during the congress, the leader of the group, Dr. Jibrin Datti Balarabe said the process was manipulated by the party leadership to favour candidates of their choice and so the action.

Balarebe disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing in Minna that the recent development in the party particularly master-minded by the LGA outgone Chairman, Shehu Aliyu Paiko, was capable of destroying the party both at local and state levels.

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Buhari orders probe of donor funds fraud Continued from page 1 alleged embezzlement of grants Nigeria received from an international donor agency, Global Funds, between 2010 and 2014.

Daily Times had exclusively reported on Monday the indictment of the management of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for incompetence and mismanagement of grants for the fight against HIV/AIDS, as reported by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in a report it published on Sunday.

Also indicted were officials of the National Malaria

Elimination Programme (NMEP), and the Department of Planning Research, Federal Ministry of Health (DPR-FMOH).

According to the ICIJ report, Global Funds had committed more than $1.4 billion to the fight against HIV/ AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis in Nigeria since 2003.

The ICIJ report quoted Global Funds as saying its investigators found “extensive evidence of systematic embezzlement of program funds, fraudulent practices and collusion by DPRS staff and consultants assigned to the Global Fund-financed program.”

It added: “The OIG found

some form of irregularity or fraud in most vouchers reviewed (from 2010 to 2014).

Seven of the ten staff and three consultants assigned to the program were involved or linked to the misappropriation of funds.”

Confirming the presidential probe order, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, said Buhari gave the order to country’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR gave the directive as part of government’s effort and commitment to fight corruption in the country.

The President has also directed the Secretary to the Government of Federation to review earlier audit reports from the Office of Inspector General (OIG)”, he said.

A statement by the Federal Ministry of Health, signed by the Director Media & Public Relations, Mrs. Boade Akinola, said, following the directive, the SGF has set-up two high-powered investigative panels to review all affected programmes and the financial transactions connected to the appropriation of the funds.

Consequently, the Secretary to the Federal Government has set-up two investigative panels to look into the

Former Spokesman, Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, Fani Kayode (middle) arriving at the EFCC office over 840 million Pounds campaign fund in Abuja... on Monday Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN

affected programmes and the financial transactions.

The first panel, headed by Mr. Adewole, will conduct in-depth review of all programmes while the second panel, chaired by Auditor General of the Federation –Mr Samuel Ukura, will review all financial transactions during the period.

The two committees are expected to submit their reports within four weeks.

“Mr President assured members of the international community that all funds received by Nigeria would be well utilised and accounted for under his watch to avoid national embarrassment,” Mr. Adewole said.

He further said all indicted officials would be given fair hearing and those found guilty would be sanctioned to serve as deterrent to others.

On May 3, Global Funds announced that its Inspector General (OIG) audit of grants in Nigeria identified significant problems in procurement, supply chain, financial and program management.

The announcement said, “The auditors found discrepancies of over US$4 million between drugs ordered and delivered; US$20 million paid to suppliers without confirmation of delivery; stock-outs of eight months for critical medicines; and a total of US $7.65 million in unsupported expenditures.

The Global Fund is review-

ing corrective measures, particularly with regard to risk management, identified by the OIG as the root cause of many of the issues.

“With more than US$1.4 billion invested since 2003, Nigeria represents the Global Fund’s largest portfolio.

Programs to date have contributed to 750,000 people living with HIV/AIDS currently on antiretroviral therapy, 310,000 new smear-positive tuberculosis cases detected and treated and 93.4 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets distributed to prevent the spread of malaria.

“Regarding procurement, the OIG found that Principal Recipients, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS and the National Malaria Elimination Program do not monitor the deliveries to the central medical store in Lagos of drugs arriving through the Global Fund’s Pooled Procurement Mechanism (a system that allows the Global Fund to bulk order health commodities at favorable prices).

“This resulted in discrepancies in antiretroviral drugs deliveries of US$3.7 million from 2013 to September 2015 and US$0.5 million in artemisinin-based combination therapy drugs. The OIG also identified payments amounting to US$20 million made to a procurement agent without confirmation of services rendered or goods delivered.

Ignore groups calling for break-up, Buhari tells Nigerians Continued from page 1 spearhead the campaign for peaceful and harmonious coexistence among the diverse socio-political groups in the country.

He said the call had become imperative in view of the activities of some groups who had been preaching hatred, disunity and divisive tendencies among Nigerians for their selfish motives.

He, therefore, enjoined all Nigerians to always ignore those individuals and groups calling for the break-up of Nigeria.

President Buhari, who narrated the role he played during the civil war in Nigeria, said over two million lives were lost during the

war.

The president, who expressed concern over the prevailing harsh economic realities across the country, called on the traditional rulers to assist in educating their subjects on the need to be patient and to always exercise restraints while commenting on state of the nation.

He also called on community leaders across the country to introduce monthly or quarterly meeting in their respective communities to address issues concerning their welfare.

According to him, such meeting will provide solutions to some challenges facing the people rather than awaiting government intervention to resolve such prob-

lems.

President Buhari enjoined leaders to always be honest and straightforward while dealing with the people in order to ensure good upbringing of the younger ones in the society.

On the current economic hardship being experienced in the country, the president attributed such hardship to dwindling oil revenue occasioned by the unstable global oil price.

He, therefore, called on Nigerians to diversify their means of livelihood by engaging in agricultural activities to alleviate their sufferings.

The president, who reiterated the determination of his administration to recover

Nigeria’s stolen funds, reassured that the ongoing war against corruption was not selective but aimed at ensuring financial and economic discipline in the country.

In his remarks, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabiru Usman, called on the Federal Government to fulfill its promises of completing the dredging of River Niger as well as the Katsina state water and dam projects to boost irrigation farming in the state.

The Emir also called for the federal government’s intervention in reviving teacher training colleges to uplift the quality of education in the country.

He enjoined Nigerians, particularly the elite, to sup-

port and show more understanding to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration by offering special prayers for the success of the government.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has paid similar visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, where he reassured Nigerians that his administration would continue to promote programmes and policies that would ensure unity, stability and development of the country.

According to him, the 2016 Budget of Change, just signed into law, represents a major step in delivering a new opportunity for Nigeria.

He said despite the challenges, his administration

has the will, resourcefulness and commitment to not only secure Nigeria and rebuild the economy but also deliver prosperity to the people.

President Buhari, however, solicited the support of traditional rulers, religious leaders and well-meaning Nigerians to mobilise the citizenry toward serving the interest of the country, at all times.

In his remarks, the Emir commended the president for the steps so far taken by his administration to give a new vista of hope on the future of the country.

Special prayers were offered for the nation and its leaders at the palaces of the two Emirs in Katsina and Daura.

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FG to militants: Dialogue offer not sign of weakness ÎÎÎCoordinator

of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has said that the offer of dialogue extended to militants is not an indication of weakness.

He said democracy allows people to ventilate their grievances, saying the federal government would look into the complaints of the pipeline vandals if they are genuine.

Boroh, who said some persons were trying to exploit the attack on the pipelines to cause tension in the region, revealed that his office was set to commence stakeholder engagements within and outside the region toward addressing the current situation.

“The call for persons with grievances to embrace dialogue is not an indication of weakness

on the part of the government or managers of the amnesty programme.

“Rather, we are in a democracy and people should be allowed to ventilate their grievances without recourse to violence.

If their complaints are genuine and reasonable, they will be looked into” he said.

He expressed confidence in the ability of the military and other security agencies

to apprehend those behind the recent destruction of oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta.

Boroh advised communities to become more vigilant in order to protect, which he described as national assets located in the region.

“Security is everybody’s responsibility because the implications and consequences of insecurity equally affect everyone,”

he said.

“The presidential amnesty programme is a security stabilisation programme and is not responsible for the placement and deployment of security personnel in the oil and gas facilities and assets of the federal government in the Niger Delta.

“Individuals and communities therefore have their role to play to complement government’s ef-

fort to ensure peace and security, which are sine qua non for development of the region” Boroh added.

He implored the various stakeholders in the region to show utmost patriotism at a time President Muhammadu Buhari administration had given a firm commitment to tackle the developmental and environmental challenges of the Niger Delta.

Reps to lower age limits for elections, says Dogara Henry Omunu Abuja

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Stranded commuters at Lugbe Bus-Stop in Abuja… on Monday.

Lagos declares N101.1b in Q1 2016 Benjamin Omoike

ÎÎÎLagos State Commission-

er for Budget and Economic Planning, Akinyemi Ashade, has stated that the State generated a total revenue of N101.69 billion in the first quarter of 2016. He also said a surplus of N4.85 billion was realised as against an expected N29.92 billion deficit.

Speaking on Monday at the ongoing Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, in Alausa, Ikeja, Ashade said the generated revenue was above that of 2015 which stood at N97.28bn in the first quarter, adding that in absolute terms, the revenue performance was N4.4bn more than comparative period of 2015.

He said the remarkable feat was achieved despite the diminishing statutory allocation from the federation account, adding that same was due to Governor Ambode’s purposeful and visionary leadership.

He equally expressed optimism

that with the implementation of multiple revenue collection channels and broadening of the revenue base, the state government would achieve tremendous progress in its revenue drive.

Giving a detailed breakdown of the budget performance, the Commissioner said N76.06bn was the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state in the first quarter, representing 72 percent of the estimate for the quarter and 75 percent of the total revenue, as against the N67.21bn generated in first quarter of 2015, representing 74 percent of the estimate and 69 percent of the total revenue in the corresponding period for last year.

He said the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) revenue for the first quarter of 2016 stood at N67.25bn, representing 90 percent estimate for the quarter and 88 percent of the total IGR and 66.12 percent of the total revenue, compared to N60.58bn (87 percent of the estimate for Q1 Y2015), repre-

senting 90 percent of total IGR and 62 percent of total revenue in 2015.

“This performance was N6.67bn more in absolute terms compared to corresponding period in Y2015 and due largely to more participatory structural and systemic re-engineering.

“Over the course of the first quarter of Y2016, Federal transfers contributed N25.64bn (83 percent of the estimate for the quarter) and accounted for 25.21 percent of total revenue.

Further breakdown showed that statutory allocations contributed N7.48bn while VAT contributed N18.16bn,” he said.

On the performance of capital expenditure for the period under review, the Commissioner explained that in that regard, the government expended N48.88bn on capital projects which represented a 51 percent better performance of N15.08bn (24 percent) as at the first quarter of 2015 He also revealed that as at the end of first quarter of

2016, the ratio of capital expenditures to recurrent expenditures closed at 50:50, better than a ratio of 21:79 recorded for the same period in 2015 but short of the ratio of 58:42 projected for 2016. He, however, expressed optimism that capital expenditure performance would experience significant improvement in the second quarter of 2016 based on the projections and expectations of revenue inflows.

Gov. Ambode

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has declared that the House is considering lowering the age of eligibility for Nigerians seeking election into political offices in order to allow youths participate actively in the political process.

The Speaker made this known during an interactive session he held with students drawn from public and private universities across the country, held at the National Assembly complex.

He, therefore, charged youths to participate more actively in politics by breaking voters’ apathy and electing leaders who will secure their future and interests.

“I am acutely aware that young people often find themselves on the fringes of the political process. We need to develop a structured manner of involving our students and youths in the political process.

“I think it may not be out of place to lower the age

qualification for certain elective offices in the next constitutional amendment exercise,” he said.

Speaking about political apathy among young people, translating to low voters’ turnout, the Speaker said this attitude has to change because young people play an increased central role in democracy movement around the globe.

“Many young people are not involved in voting during elections which threatens the representative nature of our democratic institutions,” he added, asserting that “this country belongs to you but it’s under the stranglehold of men and women of a generation that have overreached itself.

“The truth is that nothing will be ceded or conceded to your generation without a fight. In this endeavour, your voices mean nothing if you don’t have the votes.

Therefore, all students in Nigeria must not only register to vote and cast their votes during elections, they must also ensure that their votes, count” Dogara added.

EFCC quizzes Fani-Kayode over alleged $115m bribe ÎÎÎFormer

Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday, appeared at the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged $115m bribe.

The anti-graft agency tweeted that the former minister arrived at its headquarters at 9: 35am on Monday.

Fani-Kayode is being investigated for allegedly receiving money meant for arms purchase from the Office of the former National

Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

A letter inviting him to the commission for questioning read in part: “This commission is investigating a case of criminal conspiracy, fraud and money laundering involving Joint Trust Dimension Ltd, in which you featured prominently. In view of the above, you’re requested to kindly report for an interview with the undersigned.”

Last Friday, operatives of the EFCC besieged the residence of Fani-Kayode for at least eight hours.

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Constituency Projects breeds culture of legislative corruption – APGA Chieftain Moses Oyediran A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT), of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief David OnuohaBourdex, has called for the removal of constituency projects from subsequent budgets.

He observed that provisions of constituency projects for law makers had remained the major

way previous administrations enthroned a culture of legislative corruption, stressing that the controversial insertions or padding of the 2016 budget could be traced to the quest for constituency projects by the federal lawmakers.

Onuoha-Bourdex, who was also the APGA senatorial candidate for Abia North Senatorial seat in the last election, noted

that removing the special provisions would help the legislators to focus on the business of law making and oversight.

He disclosed that though the provision for constituency projects was meant to assist in redressing the deficit in infrastructure and social amenities in various communities, “record has shown that the laudable innovation had been

hijacked by lawmakers to corruptly enrich themselves at the expense of their constituents.

“You find that there is no checks and balances around the provision of constituency projects because the lawmakers end up nominating their friends, relations or even themselves as contractors to handle such projects,” he pointed out.

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Ouoha-Bordex

EDO:

No longer at ease Jonathan

Blame Jonathan for your plight - APC tells Niger Delta Avengers Tom Okpe, Abuja

Oshiomhole

The sudden change of leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly, has plunged the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) into confusion, writes correspondent, TITUS AKHIGBE, with agency reports.

Ever since Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Egberamwen Odubu indicated interest in contesting the governorship election come September 2016, things

have not been the same between him and his Principal, Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The robust relationship the duo enjoyed has since turned sour.

The reasons are not far-fetched.

The Comrade Governor wants someone else to succeed him and not his deputy. And everything must be done to stop his (Odubu) ambition. On Saturday, April 30, 2016, things came to a head when the deputy governor and his campaign team were attacked at the

secretariat of APC in Auchi by gunmen. When the smoke cleared, eight persons had been injured, including the security details in his convoy. Those injured in the attack are currently at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, (UBTH), receiving treatment.

The following day (Sunday May 1st), the campaign organization of the deputy governor addressed a press conference to tell the world of the assassination CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

The South-East caucus of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to direct their grievances to former President Goodluck Jonathan, for anything to avenge or blame, for he allegedly neglecting the region and the country during his more than five years in office.

The party also called on the NDA to immediately sheathe their swords and give President Muhammadu Buhari more time to look into their demands.

In a statement on Monday in Abuja, spokesman of the party in South-east, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said the appeal became necessary “taking into cognizance of the laudable projects President Buhari has charted and lined up for the Niger Delta region, like Clean-Up of Ogoniland, completion of East-West road and Calabar-Lagos Railways.”

His words: “Were the Niger Delta Avengers in deep slumber when Jonathan for good five

years failed to Clean-Up the Niger Delta, failed to complete EastWest road, failed to review oil blocks, failed to amend the Constitution to their taste, and failed to build the three Greenfield Refineries which he awarded?

“Accordingly, we plead with our brothers, the Niger Delta Avengers for God’s sake, to do a deep re-think and graciously allow peace to reign; for our collective National interest and indeed to save the Niger Delta from ruins.”

“No sane Nigerian will pray for the reoccurrence of the ugly incident of Odi in 1999, Zaki Ibiam in 2000 and Gbaramatu in 2009; unwarranted ugly scenario which the Niger Delta Avengers are consciously simulating.

“It is our candid view that bombing of Forcados pipeline, Bonga Oil field, Chevron trunk lines and other Oil and Gas installations will neither facilitate the implementation of 2014 National Conference Report, funding of the Amnesty Program, nor the Clean-Up of the Niger Delta region”, he stressed.

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APGA chieftain wants constituency projects excluded from budgets ‘‘The APGA chieftain further contended that apart from the fact of shoddiness in the delivery of constituency projects, some lawmakers actually pocket the money meant for the execution of the projects, insisting that lawmakers should face their constitutional role of lawmaking and holding the executive to account for equitable distribution of amenities.’’

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The APGA chieftain further contended that apart from the fact of shoddiness in the delivery of constituency projects, some lawmakers actually pocket the money meant for the execution of the projects, insisting that lawmakers should face their constitutional role of lawmaking and holding the executive to account for equitable distribution of amenities.

Onuoha-Bourdex regretted the removal of the Calabar-Lagos coastal rail line from the 2016 budget, saying that any legislator that involved him/herself in the excision is not a true representative of the people, stressing that the benefits of that rail line to the socio-economic development of Southeast, South/ South and Southwest cannot be

Ouoha-Bordex

over-emphasised. While commending the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government for deeming it fit to include the Calabar- Lagos rail line in the 2016 appropriation, he expressed the hope that the project would not suffer a similar fate as the East-West road that have remained uncompleted even under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

His words: “Even if it is through supplementary appropriation, that project should be recaptured this fiscal year. I think it amounts to legislative folly for lawmakers from Southeast and South/South to oversee the removal of that project from the budget. My earnest prayer is that the rail line does not suffer like its East-West road counterpart.”

Onuoha-Bourdex regretted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government of Jonathan did not do anything to tackle federal roads in Southeast, pointing out that the Arochukwu-Ohafia road deserves urgent attention and new approach to fix it.

His words: “I think Arochukwu-Ohafia demands innovation, the road has gone beyond the usual reinforced concrete; experts in marine engineering should be contracted to do that major road because of the effect of erosion. With gabion baskets and special stones, the road could be made durable,”. He noted that lawmakers from the area have failed to be innovative in thinking out the best way to approach the construction of Arochukwu-Ohafia, adding that most of the time contractors become powerless to do a good job after gratifying lawmakers during oversight.

“All these,” he added, “could be traced to the culture of electoral corruption and impunity introduced by the PDP in the past 16 years through money politics, negotiated elections and impunity.”

LASIEC: Lagos PDP urges new chairman to be fair to all The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday urged Justice Ayotunde Philips recently appointed as the Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) to be proactive in her duties.

The call was made by Mr Olatunji Shelle in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

NAN reports that Philips, the immediate past Chief Judge of Lagos State, was appointed by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on May 3, to replace Justice Fatai Adeyinka, that retired as the commission’s chairman recently.

His words: “I believe as a woman, she is expected to be a role model both to her own children and to the larger society”.

He alleged that what the PDP passed through under the immediate past chairman of LASIEC was better imagined than experience.

Shelle alleged that the former chairman did not show any sign of fairness and equity at elections in the state, saying: “We

‘‘He alleged that what the PDP passed through under the immediate past chairman of LASIEC was better imagined than experience.

Shelle alleged that the former chairman did not show any sign of fairness and equity at elections in the state, saying: “We hope she will not follow the same footsteps.’’ hope she will not follow the same footsteps.

“As a woman, she should be honourable enough to discharge her duties creditably and fairly so as to retain her integrity”, he added.

On the approval of a four-year tenure for local council chairmen and council representatives by Ambode, Shelle said it was a good development.

“It is reasonable enough, two

years is too short for anybody to do anything tangible in the local council.

“In fact the tenure of the local council chairmen in Lagos State should not be different from that of the state executive and the assembly. “It can only be staggered from the time the governorship and the assembly seats’ elections will be conducted so that they will be a period of interval between the two”, he stressed.

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attempt on its principal. Shortly after the press conference, the state government through the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Kassim Afegbua, described the allegation of an attempt on the life of Odubu as laughable.

Ever since, it has been accusation and counter accusation from both sides and the rumour of the

impeding impeachment of the deputy governor thickened. On Tuesday, May 3, there was confusion in the state when the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror and his deputy, Bright Osayande were impeached.

16 out of 24 members signed for their impeachment. Thereafter, Elizabeth Ativie, member representing Uhunwomde constituency was made the speaker, while Justice Okonobor, member rep-

resenting Igueben constituency became the deputy speaker. A member, Osaigbovo Iyoha from the camp of the deposed speaker has since joined the Ativie group, now making it 17 against 7.

However, quite a number of people believe that the leadership change of the State House of Assembly had the blessing of the comrade governor, who is said to be pushing for the impeachment of his deputy.

A popular group in the state, Edo for Good Governance (EGG) alleged that the removal of the leadership of the House is a prelude to the impeachment of the deputy governor. The group in a statement endorsed by its coordinator, Dr. John Ogbeide described the impeachment of Edo Speaker and deputy as a continuation of the plot to eliminate Odubu, who has indicated interest in the governorship ticket of the APC. His words: “It’s an open secret that all efforts to make Dr. Odubu give up resolve to vie for the ticket have failed. For the avoidance of doubt, EGG wishes to put the National leadership of APC on notice as well as alert our democracy loving President Mohammadu Buhari to call Governor Oshiomhole to order to allow democracy and one-man one-vote prevail in Edo as the party prepares for the primaries in the next four weeks”.

Ogbeide said: “Dr. Odubu is not

asking for any special favour but only a level playing field to allow our party members freely choose who to carry the party flag in the September 10 election. We will resist geo-godfatherism, imposition or rigging of any sort”, adding: “we call on President Buhari to call the Edo Governor to order today before he plunges our state into avoidable bloodshed”.

Perhaps to show the governor’s anger over the resilience of Odubu to go ahead with his campaign for the governorship ticket of the ruling APC despite the clear body language of his principal, many political appointees of the governor who were present at the flag off of the deputy governor were relieved of their duties.

One of the victims of Oshiomhole’s alleged high handedness, Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, who was Senior Special Assistant on media to the governor told this reporter that his problem with the governor started when he advised him to soft pedal on showing open support for any of the aspirants seeking for the party’s gubernatorial ticket. Ugbo, a close ally of the deputy governor stated that about a week later, the governor revealed his choice as successor and thereafter started witch hunting those he perceived as not in support of his anointed aspirant.

The House of Assembly crisis worsened Thursday, May 5 when

the Chief Press Secretary, (CPS) of the deposed speaker, Godwin Oriafo granted an interview to a local radio station in the state, claiming that his principal remains the Speaker of the House.

It was reliably gathered that the new leadership of the House had ordered the arrest of Oriafo for claiming that Edoror, his boss remains Speaker. In an exclusive interview with Hon. Ativie, the new Speaker of the House, she told this paper that her emergence has nothing to do with the crisis of confidence between the governor and the deputy. Her words: “Since this problem started, you would have noticed that no member of the House has spoken, adding that there is no impeachment plans against the deputy governor”.

As the battle of wits between the governor and his deputy rages, the question is: who blinks first. Meanwhile, the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP), Edo chapter, said it would support the gubernatorial aspiration of Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Pius Odubu.

The Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Isibor, who made this known in Benin on Monday, while fielding questions from newsmen expressed worry over the intrigues and acrimony that had characterised political activities in the state, especially in the ruling APC.

One year after, Lagosians laud Ambode’s performance “…I will make your taxes work for you. You will surely get a transparent and incorruptible government that will give you good value for your taxes paid.”Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on May 29, 2015.

Almost one year after, Lagosians have been rating him to see how far he has kept to his pledge.

BOLUWATIFE TOLONISEDE went on the street of Lagos to get their views. Her report: To John Ojo, Ambode has done well, citing the recently hosted evening of Jazz music at Agidingbi, Ikeja in commemoration of the International Jazz day being celebrated all over the world. He praised also Ambode’s decision on reinstating the Principal of Eva Adelaja Secondary School, Lagos, Mrs. C.O Coker following a thorough investigation into the alleged case of an assaulted female student by a male teacher.

Besides, He also eulogised Ambode for paying the WAEC fees of students in government schools as well as constructing

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Ambode

and opening of various roads in the state.

In the same vein, Mayowa Komolafe, a public official said that security in Lagos has improved owing to the fact that Ambode gave out money, vehicles, helicopter, gun boats and other necessary facilities to police and RRS (Rapid Response Squad), in order for them to carry out their

duties effectively.

He further added that one of the achievements of Ambode included the BRT buses that ply Ikorodu to Fadeyi and also the street lights around Lagos.

For Grace Oyinlola, a student of Yaba College of Technology, Ambode has achieved a lot of things but was quick to add that the reason why some Lagosians

still criticise him was because they are either ignorant of his governmental activities or never supported him from the onset.

Also, Veronica Tolonisede, a teacher gives kudos to Ambode over his great efforts on the release of the Babington girls that were abducted. She also listed the construction of bridges at Ojota, Anthony and Berger

which she said had at least reduced the rate at which people are hit by vehicles adding that Ambode has made it possible for the disabled and handicapped to be given free ride in BRT buses.

However, Clement Cuhu lamented that the fact that the taxes leveled on Lagosians are enormous but added that Ambode has been carrying out his task effectively.

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EARL OSARO ONAIWU:

Portrait of a Quintessential Provider of Solutions Patrick P. A. Okon EARL OSARO ONAIWU was born on the 23rd of December 1956 in Benin City, Edo State. He hails from the family of Late Pa Samuel Imahiyerobo Onaiwu and Deaconess A. U. Onaiwu of Orovie Village in Ovia North East Local Government Area.

His early childhood training began with primary education at Ogbe Baptist School, Benin City, Baptist High School, Benin City and Ikpomaza Grammar School, Okpella, Edo State for his secondary education. He continued his educational pursuit at Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.

His father was an Education Inspector; the mother, a retired educationalist, and the son, at a point was a teacher, at Baptist High School, Benin City, the same school he graduated years earlier.

He was a keen sport man and represented the state in the 1977 and 1979 National Sports Festival.

A politician, a socialite, a businessman and a family man etc., he cut his political teeth in 1983 when he was appointed Special Assistant on Special Duties to the then Governor of old Bendel State, Dr S.O Ogbemudia under the platform of the NPN. It is no gainsaying the fact that Ogbemudia is the grand architect of many a development monument cum edifice scattered around and about Edo and Delta States.

Serving under the irrepress-

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ible Dr. Ogbemudia, tempered him in the furnace of administrative preparedness and business acumen, and opened and brought him face to face with what unalloyed service to a people means and the role it plays in changing the lives of people for good.

After the overthrow of the civilian regime by the military he

went into business in Lagos and 10 years later in 1993, initiated Dreamline Cellular, then the first and biggest indigenous Cellular hardware retailer in Nigeria.

He then opened Garbage Speed Clearing Limited - a waste/gabage collection company, providing green waste bins for residents in the Ikeja District of Lagos State

as well as operated the first allMercedes Benz Luxury Car Hire Service.

Earl Osaro did not stop there; he proceeded to join politics because it runs in his veins. He was gradually positioned around key political players in the country.

When Nigeria regained democracy in 1999, it was apparent that Onaiwu would be a major player in the corridors of power. And when Gamaliel Onosode decided to run for president in 1998/1999, he was given the tedious assignment of Head of Strategy Team.

Most landmarks events in his life seem to be revolving every decade. Another 10 years down the lane, another illustrious Edo son, this time, the former Vice-President, late Admiral Augustus Aikhomu needed a Special Adviser on Political Strategy & Public Affairs, the governorship hopeful’s record of service in governance, image creation/strategy and business development were tabled, and they became the deciding factors and impetus booster for the late Admiral to trust him with the huge responsibility.

In all of these, Onaiwu gained insight into the inner recesses of power and governance, and in several ways consolidated on those opportunities that cemented his aspiration to lean towards community and national service.

Over the years, he has demonstrated that he is a man of many parts; entrepreneur, socialite, philanthropist, patron of the arts and fundamentally, a vehicle for the formation of the Nigeria Governors Forum.

In the early days when the governors were without a coordinating body to present a common front on issues affecting states, Onaiwu proposed a peer review mechanism to current Senate President Bukola Saraki where states can leverage on their economies of scale for accelerated development. Years on, his vision has lived on leading to his being a pivotal presence in the circle of governors.

Perhaps David Boas, Executive Vice-President of the Cato Institution and author of “The Libertarian Mind,” was referring to Onaiwu when he noted that a leader must have a firm grasp of reality. According to Boaz, good character and a firm grasp of reality are fundamentals for service. In an era where good character is in serious deficit, where the moral quotient of leaders is grossly lacking, Onaiwu comes with a freshness of the untainted”.

It is in this sense therefore that one begins to appreciate the aspiration of Earl Osaro Osaze Onaiwu, the Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, an affirmed colporteur of party discipline and an Apostle of Peace and Unity as the contest to fly the party’s flag as the Edo guber race builds up.

Married with children, Onaiwu is not just any other candidate. He is indeed the PostOgbemudia Solution that Edo people have been yearning. And when his experience and humility struck them, they decided to embrace ‘The Solution’.

Ativie takes oath as first Edo Assembly female Speaker, lifts suspension on Edoror

Ativie

The new Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, was on Monday sworn into office by the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Lawson Ugiagbe just as she announced the lifting of the suspension slammed on her predecessor.

The event, which took place at the assembly’s chamber, followed the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mr Victor Edoror, by 16 members of the House.

Edoror was accused by the lawmakers of high-handedness, dictatorial tendencies and financial recklessness.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new speaker, after assuming duty, also administered the oath of office on her Deputy, Mr Justin Okonobor.

Ativie who promised to run an open door policy, described her

election as historical and a clarion call to restore the glory of the assembly.

“Today, history has been made in the Edo House of Assembly. I have been chosen as the first female Speaker of the House, a position which the entire women of Edo and the world at large are so pleased.

“I am overwhelmed by the implicit confidence that my distinguished colleagues have reposed in me to lead the House at a time like this, so that we can collectively bring back the lost glory.

“I will run a transparent, honest and open door policy to all throughout my tenure”, she added. She promised that the House would continue to collaborate with the executive in order to transform the state.

Meanwhile, Mrs Ativie, an-

nounced the lifting of the suspension on Edoror at plenary.

Following his impeachment, Edoro was suspended for three months for allegedly “invading the hallowed chambers with thugs”, after his impeachment.

But speaking at plenary on Monday, Ativie said: “In the spirit of reconciliation, we hereby lift the suspension placed on the former speaker, Victor Edoror. He is by the announcement welcome back to the house”.

Also at plenary, the house elected members of the Principal Officers Council (POC) which include: Mr. Ogedengbe (APC-Owan East), Majority Leader; Kabiru Adjoto (APC-Akoko- Edo 1), Chief Whip; Henry Okhuorobo (APC-Ikpoba Okha), Deputy House Leader; and Patrick Iluobe (PDP-Esan North East 1), Minority Leader. ((NAN).

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Corruption trial: Badeh gave verbal instructions on expenses, says witness

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Finance and Account of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Aliyu Yishau (rtd), on Monday, insisted that former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (rtd) gave him verbal instructions to carry out all his transactions.

Yishau also told the court

that three of his property are currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

This is even as Justice Ishaq Bello of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Chief Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after complaining of seeing shadows.

At the resumed trial on Monday, Yishau told the court under cross examination that even though he was aware of the Financial Regulation for public service which stipulates that all expenses should be documented, he could not request for documentary authorisation because things operate differently in the military.

He said: “When a request for expenditure is made

through the Chief of Air Staff, it has to be in writing, but if the Chief of Air Staff is making a request for expenditure, he does not put it in writing.

“If the Chief of Air Staff asked me to buy a N50 million car for his friend, he does not need to write, and I will not question his request because he is the Chief accounting officer, that is how we operate on the military.

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“It has been so throughout the period I worked as Director of Finance and Accounts at NAF”.

On whether the account of the NAF was usually audited by the Auditor General of the Federation annually, Yishau told the court that the Chief of Air Staff as the Chief accounting officer does not need to justify his request for funds.

“Yashau made the revelations during cross-examination by lead counsel to Badeh, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN).

However, the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, was forced to adjourn the trial midway after the prosecution counsel requested that the witness be given his statement to go through in order to refresh his memory on the new line of questioning.

The trial was adjourned to today (Tuesday) at the instance of the prosecution to enable them get the certified statement of the witness.

On his three property, Yisahu told the court that they were marked by the EFCC are currently under investigation. Following his

cross-examination by the defense counsel, Samuel Zibiri, the witness said he bought the property using housing loans. The houses marked for investigation include: one currently being occupied by the witness.

The former director who was being cross-examined

by Samuel Zibiri, counsel to Mr. Badeh, however said he bought the property with ‘housing loans’.

He listed his property under investigation by the commission as No 8b Danube Street, Wuse 2, Abuja, a car park which he purchased in 2002 and another one at N0 5c Sultan close, Kaduna, and two uncompleted houses in Kaduna – one at Tafawa Balewa Way, the other one at Ibrahim Biu Road.

Yushau explained that the proceeds from the sale of his office at Wuye District of Abuja was used to buy the two plots of land that he started developing in Kaduna.

He added that at the time he bought the Wuye property in 2010, its value was N45m but that he sold the house for N320m in 2015.

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President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha on Monday shunned a session of the Senate at a Public Hearing on the North East Development Commission Bill (NEDC), while chosing instead to attend the House of Representatives’ session on same subject matter.

Both the Senate and House of Representatives were earlier scheduled to hold a Joint Public Hearing on North East Development Commission Bill (NEDC), whereas by a last minute change of plan, the House of Representatives pulled out and held its separate ses-

sion.

Aisha Buhari along with some Governors’ wives were in attendance when the session by the Representatives kicked off.

Officials saddled with the task of organising the Senate’s joint session with the lower chamber disclosed that as at Friday last week, preparations were concluded for the joint session only for the House to back out on Sunday night.

One of them said, “The last minute withdrawal of the House from the earlier planned joint session on the NEDC Bill, arose from the decision of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara , being an indigene from the North

East, to participate fully at the public hearing and giving it all desired attention”.

The incident may, however, not be unconnected with the stand-off between the Presidency and the Senate, anchored on the on-going trial by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

There have been clamours for Saraki’s removal from office on the basis of his alleged false declaration of assets on which he is being tried by the CCT, as the Presidency was fingered as the mastermind of the ordeals being currently faced

by Saraki.

However, the Director

- General of the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA), Alhaji Sani Sidi disclosed at the Senate Public Hearing that no fewer than 800 repentant Boko Haram militants are currently undergoing vocational skills training in form of amnesty under the supervision of the office of the Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS).

The NEMA DG explained that the Programme under which repentant Boko Haram militants are being rehabilitated tagged: “ Safe Corridor Initiative”, was conceived purposely to provide a leeway for them to turn a new leaf.

“It is not correct that the Federal government does not have a plan for repentant

sect members. The Federal government has set up the safe corridor programme.

I do know that over 800 sect members have been registered in it.

“They have exited the Boko Haram militants through the programme in line with the International best practice. They are currently receiving various skills acquisitions programme, which is being handled by the military. It’s being by the Chief of Defence Staff”, he said.

He posited that restoration of formal education, sustainable agriculture, paternalism, infrastructural reconstruction, environmental protection and remediation for people of the North East should con-

stitute the key focal areas of the North East Development Commission.

In his own submission, Engineer Kaka Kyari Gujbawu stressed the need for the engagement of civilian JTF in government establishment.

“With all the military myth, the help by the civilian JTF assisted in routing the sect. So there is need for government integration,” he said.

In his address at the session, the Senate President Bukola Saraki said for 7 years, the people of North East have suffered untold destruction of both private and public properties worth billions of Naira, necessitating a Development Commission the bill is seeking for.

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S’ East APC appeals to N’ Delta militants to stop pipeline bombings

By Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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The South-East Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to sheathe their swords and give President Muhammadu Buhari more time to look into their demands.

In a press release signed by their spokesman, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, the South East, said the Caucus wasis making the appeal taking into cognisance the laudable projects that Buhari had lined up for the Niger Delta region, like Clean-Up of Ogoniland, completion of EastWest road and Calabar-Lagos

railways.

Secondly, no sane Nigerian would pray for a recurrence of the ugly incident of Odi in 1999, Zaki Ibiam in 2000 and Gbaramatu in 2009; unwarranted ugly scenario which the NDA is consciously simulating.

“It is our candid view that bombing of Forcados pipeline, Bonga Oil field, Chevron trunk lines and other Oil and Gas installations will neither facilitate the implementation of 2014 National Conference Report, funding of the Amnesty Programme, nor the Clean-Up of the Niger Delta region.

“Therefore, escalation of bombings of the Niger Delta

region is an ill-wind which blows no one good; not the least the good people of Niger Delta, whose interest the Avengers claim to be fighting for.

“Otherwise, may we honestly ask the Niger Delta Avengers, where they were, when our dear former president, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, from May 6, 2010 to May 29, 2015 presided over Nigeria?

“In other words, were the Niger Delta Avengers in deep slumber when Jonathan, for good five years, failed to CleanUp the Niger Delta, failed to complete East-West road, failed to review oil blocks, failed to amend the Constitution to their

taste, and failed to build the three Greenfield Refineries which he awarded?

“In actual fact, if there is anything to avenge, or anybody to blame, the barb should be directed at ex-president Jonathan and cohorts, who criminally neglected the Niger Delta and, by extension, Nigeria via unconscionable planlessness and squandermania.

“Accordingly, we plead with our brothers, the Niger Delta Avengers, for God’s sake, to do a deep re-think and graciously allow peace to reign; for our collective national interest and, indeed, to save the Niger Delta from ruins.

Abia PDP wants 2019 Presidency zoned to N’ West Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has said that the zoning of its 2019 presidential candidate to NorthWest was a part of their plans to take back its former glory from the Buhari-led All Progressive Congress (APC) administration in the country.

Speaking in Umuahia, the party’s State Congress Chairman and the out-going State Chairman, Sen. Emma Nwaka, said that although the PDP was not occupying Aso Rock, it was back, stating that Nigerians were disenchanted with APC as it had failed in its bid to fight corruption without convicting anyone.

ÏÏÏJudgment in a case against

Raymond Omatseye, charged with N1.5 billion contract scam, has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The suit, which was originally fixed for judgment on Monday, was adjourned at the instance of the court to May 20.

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, who has been transferred from the Lagos division of the court, is expected to return and deliver the judgment on that date.

Omatseye is a former DirectorGeneral of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

Court jails student for hard drug in Jos

By Chijioke Kingsley, Jos.

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Jos Federal High Court, on Monday, sentenced a secondary school student, aged, 20, to two months imprisonment for unlawful possession of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp).

The convict, Longji Timothy, a resident of Abbatoir, in Jos South Local Government of Plateau State, was arrested in possession of 450 grams of Indian hemp at a drinking spot within the community, on March 17, by officials of the Jos Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Timothy was charged with an offence of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of NDLEA Act Cap N30 LFN 2004 (as amended).

When the case came up before Justice Dorcas Adeshi, Timothy pleaded guilty of the offense and begged for leniency.

Drunk allegedly stabs man to death

ÏÏÏThe National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (right), congratulating the head of the party’s factfinding/reconciliation committee for Edo State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola during the inauguration of the committee at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja… on Monday.

Omatseye’s N1.5b scam: Court fixes May 20 for Judgment Peter Fowoyo

Abdallah, NDLEA boss

He is charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 27count charge bordering on bid rigging and contract splitting.

At the last adjourned date on March 14, counsels representing the prosecution and defence adopted their final written addresses in court.

Counsel to the accused, Mr Edoka Onyeke, in his address urged the court to discountenance the arguments of prosecution and dismiss the charge against his client.

He had argued that the prosecution had not been able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Onyeke said that out of the 27-count charge against the accused, 25 dealt strictly with the issue of approval of contract above the threshold, while the remaining two were on bid rigging.

He noted that the prosecution did not prove that exhibit PD 16, which it relied on in dealing with the issue of threshold, got to NIMASA at the time the contracts were awarded.

He urged the court to discharge his client.

The prosecutor, Mr. Godwin Obla, on the other hand, prodded the court to hold that the case of the prosecution was “as clear as daylight, and had also

been proven beyond reasonable doubt”.

Obla submitted that the facts of the case spoke volumes, and that the accused, in exhibit Pd 1 and 2, clearly articulated his threshold for goods as not exceeding N2.5million and for works as not exceeding N5million.

Obla said that count 25 of the charge, which dwelt on threshold was straightforward, adding that sufficient evidence had been adduced to show that the accused awarded contracts above thresholds.

He had urged the court to so hold, and convict the accused accordingly.

Police Command in Lagos State, on Monday, arraigned a 27-year old drunk, Rashidi Sikiru, over his alleged murder of one Akeem Jimoh.

The accused is standing trial on a charge of murder before an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Maria Dauda, told the court that the accused, while drunk, allegedly stabbed Jimoh on his neck with a broken bottle, which led to Jimoh’s death.

Dauda alleged that the accused committed the offence on April 20, at about 10.00 a.m., at Orisa Junction, Imude, in Ajangbadi, a suburb of Lagos.

She said that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The Magistrate, Miss K.O. Ariyo, refused to take the plea of the accused on the ground that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the case.

Ariyo, however, ordered the police to continue with its investigation into the matter.

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TB Joshua: Moving on despite the storm

E Titilope

Joseph

ver since the time the ugly incident involving the collapsed guest house owned by the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) took place, one thing that has remained up till date without any iota of doubt is what those close to the church describes as the campaign of calumny and bad press.

These and much more have remained a source of reference both within and outside the shores of Nigeria. Before now, a lot of Nigerians had thought that the incident which affected many foreigners especially South Africans, would end up in a possible diplomatic war between Nigeria and South Africa.

But as things are present, the founder of SCOAN, Prophet T.B Joshua, has taken a decision that life must go on.

This became manifest with the assurances the clergy gave to relations of the victims particular to that of those who lost their lives in the disaster that the church is ever ready to be of assistance so as to be able to get over their individual loses.

The clergy did not stop at that; information has it that he (Joshua) has even gone further to give a directive to members of the church to extend a hand of fellowship to the families of those that died in the incident in any manner they deem necessary.

Particularly, the SCOAN founder, who described the deceased victims as martyrs of faith who have only transited to eternal glory equally praised them for what he termed the brave way

in which they transited while seeking the face of their God on a spiritual pilgrimage.

Although those who do not agree with the doctrine of the church has consistently seen the church from a negative perspective, Prophet T.B Joshua has continued to maintain the path of peace and also insisted that it is never necessary to join issues with the world.

Instead of joining issues with anybody, the clergy has chosen to assert a larger part of his time attending to the needs of the less-privileged in the society. More so, thousands of people including those from within and outside Nigeria have also continued to enjoy the clergy’s milk of human kindness.

At the level of the coroner’s inquest that was initiated by the Lagos State Government to ascertain the cause of the death of the victims, it is evident that many witnesses gave different testimonies about their knowledge of the collapsed guest house. But one testimony that remains consistent is the fact that the building symmetrically collapsed which further suggests that the collapse is either induced or controlled.

To be specific, a witness from the police, DSP Agboyi while testifying before the coroner maintained that he suspected sabotage through the use of explosives to bring down the building.

To further confirm this testimony, a weapons expert from Kaduna State, Paul Iguniwei while insisting that the collapsed guest house must have been brought down through the use of an

infrasonic weapon explained that, “Infrasonic weapons can damage a building by attacking and weakening its basic components like the cement and iron rods. It is improbable that the collapse started from the ground because the building did not tilt to any side while collapsing but came vertically down in one swoop to suggest the collapse started from the top”.

To be specific, Prophet T.B Joshua through his Emmanuel TV has impacted positively on millions of lives, nations and including destinies all over the world. In the words of Prophet T.B Joshua, “True love always searches for whom to help whenever and wherever it is in a position to do so.”

In the testimony of a BritishNigerian property developer, Robert Joseph Badagry who paid a visit to the church on September 12th, 2014 notified the court that, “As at the time I got to the scene of the collapsed building on September 13th, 2014, most of the statutory responders especially NEMA and LASEPA were uncoordinated and preferred to talk to the media while persons were trapped under the rubbles of the collapsed building.

“Members of The SCOAN and The Red Cross were the only ones who carried out rescue operations passionately and energetically. I observed that both rescuers from NEMA and LASEMA formed the habit of leaving the scene of the incident at 5:30pm daily, leaving the church members, the Red Cross, the Nigeria Police and the National Security and Civil Defense Corps to work round to clock.”

Badagry equally condemned the lack

of adequate working equipment on the part of NEMA and LASEMA, even as he stressed that the heavy presence on Sunday, 14th September 2014 of the first responders was due to their knowledge that the then Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) was visiting the scene.

While the case continues before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, one fact that has remained in the overt is the massive solidarity being enjoyed by the clergy from various interest groups across Nigeria.

According to a statement issued by The Nigerian Human Rights Community, a coalition of 135 civil right groups, the failure of the government to release the report on investigations suggests a string of cover-ups which strengthens the growing public perception that the collapse of the building was as a result of a bomb attack by yet to be identified people.

In a similar manner, the Oodua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) maintained that the attack on the church might be a product of an international and local conspiracy.

As court hearing on the matter continues, it is hoped by his followers that their father in the Lord is vindicated.

Only time, of course, will tell.

Aside the fact that Prophet T.B Joshua’s prophecies are characterized by accuracies, he remains one Nigerian prophet that has continued to get international patronage. For instance, heads of governments and other world-acclaimed personalities have at one time or the other paid a visit to his church apparently in search of spiritual help.

NYSC: Realities, challenges and way forward

T Suleiman Ahmad Ya’u

here has been a sudden upsurge in the debate over the years as to whether the NYSC scheme which was introduced by the Gen. Yakubu Gowon led military administration in 1973, after the civil war, to help in uniting the nation is still relevant or not. While many are of the view that the scheme had outlived its usefulness and the purpose for which it was introduced had since been defeated and hence called for the total and outright abrogation of the entire scheme, others on the other hand argued that the scheme is still very much relevant? Whatever side of the argument one fact that both side unanimously agree on is that the NYSC of today is not the same as that of 1973 and some of the facts are clear for everyone to see. The idiosyncratic choice of corps members to redeploy to another state is enough to send a message of discontent to the government that the scheme is actually losing touch with theintended goalpromotion of national unity.

The NYSC scheme of today like many other national schemes has

been deeply contaminated with endemic and insidious corruption. It has turned into an avenue through which some few cabals make money through dubious means and inflated contracts.

Many Nigerians have continued to raise concern over the years as to the actual amount being budgeted for each corps member throughout the year mandatory service. The management should expeditiously make the figures available as Nigerians have the right to know. The NYSC Zonal/Local governments inspectors are now are now smiling with the spate of abscondment in the NYSC as they have found a lucrative business through which they extort huge sums of money from those corps members that abscond.

The reason for the abscondment may be due to ill health, insurgency, marriage and even laziness. No matter the reason, what matters to the Zonal/Local government inspectors is just what will go into their pockets.

They chargecorps member an amount ranging from N5, 000 - N11, 000 monthly for clearance while some corps members are even forced to forfeit the entire N19, 800 monthly allowances. That may be

why many new faces appear on day of collection of certificates and one continues to wonder where they have been in the year, who has been signing their monthly clearance form.

Another worrisome factor is the overdependence on the corps members who have no teaching qualifications, aptitude or even any teaching skill by schools especially those in the rural areas. It is worthy of note that the incumbent Director General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olayumi in an interview in March 2015 acknowledge that they had cases where corps members are made acting Vice Principals in some schools/colleges because there are no classroom teachers. This may be reason why some people argue that rather than reduce unemployment, the scheme increases it.

According to them, the employers of labour like schools and have found corps members as source of cheap labour.

This argument may be right, verifiable and substantiated considering how some private schools use corps members to teach their students several subjects only to pay them a paltry amount of as low as N2, 000 monthly.

Despite the the shortcomings of the scheme, we must in the spirit of justice and fairness give it its due. The NYSC has succeeded to some extent in instilling some salient societal norms and values in corps members and has made appreciable impact on the social and cultural spheres of life. It has also succeeded in giving the youths opportunity to know more about other parts of the country. It is now 42 years since the scheme was introduced in 1973.

Question is whether the NYSC scheme has succeeded in bringing about the national unity and integration that it was primarily designed to achieve.

Many corps members circumvent the scheme because they believe they are redundant and not productive in their places of primary assignment (PPA) and they therefore prefer to bribe the officials to abscond only to be fraudulently issued with completion certificate at the end.I wish to call on the Director General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Johnson Bamidele Olayumi to ensure discipline among his staff and anyone found wanting especially among the Zonal/LG inspectors be severely dealt with to serve as deterrence to others.

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Nigeria fined for overcrowding at AFCON qualifier

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he Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 5,000 dollars for overcrowding at its 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Kaduna against Egypt.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fine is one of several sanctions handed out by CAF’s Disciplinary Committee.

An estimated 40,000 fans had

taken over the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna, which was designed to hold just 16,000 spectators, as the Super Eagles drew 1-1 with Egypt.

Nigeria were also warned of further sanctions if similar incidents occur.

Egypt were fined the same amount for the “excessive use of lasers” in the return leg against Nigeria in Cairo four days later.

DR Congo, Sudan, Comoros, The Gambia and Kenya were also

sanctioned.

Kenya were fined 10,000 dollars for “players severely contesting referee decisions, supporters throwing stones and police having to use tear gas to disperse crowd”.

The incidents happened as they lost 0-1 in Nairobi in a Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea Bissau on March 23.

The committee also issued a warning about the “security measures

in CAF matches” and that in the case of similar incidents, the team may have to play on neutral territory.

A few days earlier, when Guinea Bissau beat the visiting Kenyans 1-0, ball boys had invaded the pitch.

The Guinea Bissau federation was consequently given a warning letter to respect the rules and reinforce security.

There was also a warning letter for Comoros after a spectator got onto

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the pitch during their 1-0 win over Botswana in a Nations Cup tie.

A spectator also got onto the pitch as DR Congo beat Angola 2-1 on March 26, and objects were also thrown on the pitch too.

As a result, the Congolese authorities were fined 5,000 dollars.

CAF has however warned that the amount would double if the team is found guilty of similar offences in upcoming matches.

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NPFL match commissioner

Nestle Milo Basketball

L-R: Clinton Onuoha; Lawrence Elumezie; Tunde Popoola; Club Chairman, Yemi Gbadamosi and Club Secretary, Yemi Ladejobi during the 2016 Cooperative Villas Tennis Tournament Sponsored by Etisalat Nigeria in Lagos recently.

FCT, Benue book Central Conference semi-final tickets Adi

ANDREW EKEJIUBA

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ction continued at the Indoor Sports Hall of University of Ilorin, Kwara State, for the Central Conference of Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship.

The Girls from Saint Charles College

Ilorin, Kwara State were a depleted team all through the game and could not live up to the expectations of their home fans when they confronted Government Secondary School Gboko, Benue state in first quarter final game.

The Kwara girls struggled in all departments of the game and could not

keep up with the pace and tenacity of the Benue girls’ power play who won with a convincing 57-06 points.

Coach Aondona Zakaa of the Benue team said after the match that his players played very well to earn their win.

“I am impressed with their performance; this is the kind of commitment I ask from

them on every match day,” Zakaa said.

In the other quarter final match played, Government Secondary School Wuse, Abuja defeated ECWA High School Keffi, Nasarawa State by 18-09 points, while Queen Amina College, Kaduna beat Government Secondary School Gusua, Zamfara State with 13-03.

Pinnick, Akinwunmi, Sanusi off to Mexico for FIFA Congress

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Pinnick

he President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, the 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi and the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi are on their way to Mexico City for the 66th Congress of the world football –governing body, FIFA. Mexico’s picturesque and historical capital city will play host to nearly one thousand very important personalities in world football on Thursday and Friday this week.

NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire said: “Every FA President of the 209

members of FIFA is presently on the way to Mexico City. They are specially invited

by FIFA alongside their Vice President and General Secretary. Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick, Seyi Akinwunmi and Mohammed Sanusi are on their way as we speak.”

The 66th FIFA Congress will start at 9.30am Mexico time on Friday, at the Centro Banamex. The Congress will bring all 209 Member Associations up to speed on governance reforms approved by the Extraordinary Congress of 26th February 2016 and FIFA’s plans to enhance football development.

Friday’s Congress will be the first to be presided over by new FIFA president Gianni Infantino, elected at the Extraordinary Congress of 26th February. It is also the first meeting under the revised FIFA Statutes that came into effect on April 27.

Infantino said: “Following the approval of the revised Statutes, the FIFA Congress is a key milestone in our commitment to put the reforms into action and lead FIFA and football forward. An important part of FIFA’s recovery is to engage with the football world, including former top players.

found dead

in hotel room

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arely 24 hours after he coordinated the logistics of the match between Kano Pillars and Ikorodu United, Tanko Nuru, a commissioner in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), was found dead in his hotel room.

According to Idris Malikawa, media officer of Kano Pillars, the autopsy conducted on Nuru, revealed that he died from hypertension.

“He died a natural death. We took him to the hospital this morning and he was confirmed by the medical doctor in charge,” Malikawa told journalists.

“The doctor said he died of hypertension due to high blood pressure.”

Ikorodu United commiserated with the family of the deceased, expressing shock over the development.

“Our heart goes out to the family of Mr Tanko, match commissioner of @pillarsfc vs @FCIkoroduunited whom was found dead in his hotel room,” the club wrote on Twitter.

“Mr Tanko who was the match commissioner yesterday was found dead in his hotel room this morning in Kano.

“Mr Tanko Made sure everything went well in yesterday’s game. Only for him to be found dead in his hotel room. RIP.”

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Guardiola

Enrique defends

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uis Enrique has defended Pep Guardiola, describing the Bayern Munich head coach as a reference point for those who love attacking football. The Barcelona boss was asked about the criticism his predecessor has received after Bayern lost out in the Champions League semifinals for the third consecutive season, this time against Atletico Madrid. Luis Enrique said he does not think Guardiola’s failure to go all the way with the German champions in Europe affects his standing in the game ahead of his move to Manchester City.

Vazquez

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eal Madrid winger Lucas Vazquez has sustained a sprained knee, possibly ruling him out of their attempts to snatch La Liga from Barcelona and the Champions League final.

Vazquez was withdrawn after playing 75 minutes of Sunday’s 3-2 win over Valencia as Madrid maintained their position one point behind league leaders Barca.

A Madrid statement did not put a timeframe on Vazquez’s recovery, but revealed he “has been diagnosed with a medial collateral sprain in

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Barca target Arfa

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‘Nainggolan,

Pjanic not

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oma president James Pallotta has reiterated that the club’s top stars Miralem Pjanic and Radja Nainggolan will not be sold at the end of the season. The Bosnia and Belgium internationals have developed a fine partnership in Roma’s midfield, helping the capital club secure a Champions League return for next season. Pjanic has been involved in 21 goals this term (10 goals, 11 assists) - more than any other player with the Giallorossi.

Vazquez

Vermaelen ready

Lyon tempt

yon owner Jean-Michel Aulas is hoping to tempt Hatem Ben Arfa to re-join his club despite strong speculation linking the attacker with a move to Barcelona.

The 29-year-old is out of contract at Nice at the end of the season after a campaign that has seen him score 17 goals as Claude Puel’s men make a shock challenge for a Champions League place. Reports on Monday suggested Ben Arfa was due to fly to Spain for talks with Luis Enrique’s side and a visit of Barca’s training centre. Ben Arfa himself has said he will not make a decision on his future until the end of the season.

his left knee”.

Madrid travel to Deportivo La Coruna on the final day needing a win, while hoping Barca do not take all three points at Granada.

They then face a Champions League final against Atletico Madrid, who dropped out of the title race as they lost at Levante.

Vazquez has made 32 appearances in all competitions in his maiden campaign at the Santiago Bernabeu, starting their last two league games as well as the first leg of Madrid’s Champions league semi-final tie with Manchester City.

Vermaelen

arcelona have received some encouraging news on the injury front as Thomas Vermaelen has received the medical all clear after overcoming a calf problem.

The 30-year-old last featured for Barcelona in the 6-0 win over Getafe on March 12 and then picked up a knock in training in early April

that kept him out of action since.

Vermaelen is now ready to return, though, ahead of the Liga decider away against Granada and the Copa del Rey final versus Sevilla.

“Thomas Vermaelen has been given the medical all clear to return to action,” a statement from the club read.

“The Belgian has now recovered from the calf injury that has kept him out since 11 April.”

Vermaelen has made 20 appearances in all competitions this campaign for Barca, scoring once in the process.

He featured just once

Ibrahimovic coy on PSG future Z latan Ibrahimovic failed to commit to Paris Saint-Germain when asked about his future at the Ligue 1 awards night on Sunday.

The PSG striker has been central to the club’s dominance of the domestic scene, but faces an uncertain future with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

Ibrahimovic has been linked with Premier League giants Manchester United as well as a return to his former club AC Milan.

The Sweden international said while he was not actively seeking a return to Milan, he counted them as the biggest club he has played for and admitted he never wanted to

leave them when PSG came calling.

“My playing future depends on others, not just me,” Ibrahimovic said.

“What I want is to play, as for where that is, we will see. Soon you’ll know everything and all this speculation will be over.

“I have a good relationship with Milan. I love Milan and in my view it’s the biggest club I ever played for.

“I didn’t want to leave Milan. My exit from Milan is the past and this is the future. Let’s see what happens.”

Ibrahimovic took out the Ligue 1 player of the year award on the night, the third time he has won the award in four seasons.

The 34-year-old has scored 35 goals in 29 league appearances this season, helping PSG win a fourth successive title.

PSG boss Laurent Blanc won coach of the year, while Steven Mandanda of Marseille was awarded the goalkeeper of the season.

Renne’s Ousmane Dembele won the young player of the year, and Angers midfielder Pierrick Capelle took out the goal of the season for his effort against Guingamp.

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Gerrard

l o o p r e v i L s e ey return

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teven Gerrard says he will return to Liverpool “sooner rather than later” despite enjoying his time at LA Galaxy.

The 35-year-old has started his first full season in California having joined the MLS side halfway through the 2015 campaign on an 18-month

contract.

But Gerrard is already thinking about returning to England and settling back in Liverpool at some stage in the not-too-distant future.

“I will be going home at some point,” the midfielder said at a Galaxy fans’ question and answer

session.

“Sooner rather than later I will return to where I’m comfortable with my people - and that’s Liverpool.

“I miss going to the games.

I spent 35 years in Liverpool.

Liverpool’s my home, it always will be. This is my second home

for a short period of time.

“I miss my friends and my family. I miss a bit of cold weather.

I’m getting on a little bit now so eventually we’ll move back and settle in Liverpool.”

Gerrard, though, has enjoyed being away from the spotlight while playing in the United States.

Matic hints at Terry’s

Chelsea exit W Terry

hile there remains no official confirmation on the future of Chelsea captain John Terry, teammate Nemanja Matic may have let slip that the club great’s future has been decided.

Matic suggested that Terry might have played his last game for Chelsea in a 3-2 loss against Sunderland, in which the captain was sent off late in the game.

The sending off, his second of the season, means Terry will miss Chelsea’s remaining games against Liverpool and newly-crowned champions Leicester City.

Speaking after the Sunderland loss, Matic said he and his team-mates would be sad to see Terry leave the club.

“Of course, he is not happy we lost,” Serbia international Matic said.

“But we know what he has done for this club and what he has won. All of us in the team wish him all the best for the future and of course this is not a good way to finish in a club but we don’t forget what he won and what he has already done.”

Whatever Terry’s future may hold, Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce believes it would not be his last game in the Premier League.

Giroud delighted to end goal drought O

livier Giroud was delighted to end his goal drought in Arsenal’s 2-2 Premier League draw with Manchester City on Sunday and stressed he always kept believing in himself.

The France international had gone 15 league games without a goal after netting twice in the 3-3 draw with Liverpool back in January, but played a key role against City.

Having opened the scoring with a close-range

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header, the striker laid on the second for Alexis Sanchez to earn Arsene Wenger’s side a point.

“The goal meant a lot because it has been a tough time for me on the pitch as I have missed a bit of efficiency, a bit of luck and a lot of things,” Giroud said.

“Things haven’t gone my way to allow me to finish, but I kept the faith and knew that it would come back.

“It is always nice for a striker to score and it was even better to also get an assist for Alexis’ second goal which was important.

“These last few weeks I tried to set up goals.

urgen Klopp hopes Liverpool can continue to build a big-game culture at Anfield when Chelsea visit in the Premier League on Wednesday.

The Reds are eighth, but still harbour hopes of European qualification via the league and will go above sixthplaced Southampton with a victory over the Blues. Liverpool are unbeaten in 12 home games under Klopp, a run that has featured dominant wins over Manchester City, Manchester United and Everton, as well as their enthralling Europa League successes against Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal.

Scholes critical of

Man Utd style

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aul Scholes says Manchester United fans want to see more entertaining football under Louis van Gaal. United could yet enjoy a successful end to the season by qualifying for the Champions League and winning the FA Cup, but some feel Van Gaal’s tenure at Old Trafford has been defined by the prosaic nature of the football in comparison to that played under Sir Alex Ferguson.

Wenger praises

Pellegrini’s

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rsene Wenger believes Manuel Pellegrini has excelled at Manchester City despite their lateseason stumbles in pursuit of a place in the top four.

City were held to a 2-2 draw by Wenger’s Arsenal on Sunday having been beaten 4-2 by Southampton in their previous Premier League clash, opening the door for Manchester United to leapfrog them into fourth place with a win at West Ham on Tuesday.

Pellegrini led City to the semifinals of the Champions League, only to be knocked out by Real Madrid last week in a meek surrender at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Pellegrini

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‘Time running out for Buhari’s govt’ (3) Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, in this exclusive interview with SEGUN ADIO, spoke on a number of issues from the scheduled South-East, South-South Professionals summit and state of the Nigerian nation.

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lso to restart work against inertia, when you try to stifle people’s opinion, there is also a lot of resistance. So. I think that the government needs to be more boardminded; have a global perspective.

The more private sector-driven and directed the better are able to listen to views of people who knows, and lastly the Nigerian government should add some element of speed.

I mean because I cannot really explain why the President would have left the country to go to China without signing the budget.

But he is talking of the fact that he needed to scrutinise it more?

Everything you need to be more: when you want to appoint ministers you needed more time; when you want to do this, you need more time, how much time do you need?

How much time does he have? His days are running out. One year will soon pass and we are still preparing and waiting. I think some elements of urgency is needed. That is my candid advice.

We does not have all the time in the world. Some people are dying; those people that died when you start the programme next year are you going to resurrect them?

If things are not done at the appropriate time it does not have the right impact. You can do a good thing at the wrong time the time is now to do the good things Nigerians are expecting.

The government has such a great goodwill and I wish they could use that goodwill to galvanise Nigerians; show them a vision and motivate and empower everybody to ride along. If this is done, this country will move, but all that hope is almost dying down now. They are saying we are preparing; we are getting ready and all that.

In human psychology, when people are not motivated, they become despondent; even when you do something Good, they will discount it.

So, my free advice is that the government should more active.

Actions that needs to be taken should not be delayed. It is better to take the wrong decision than not to take one at all. That is what I feel.

Some people it is better to wait and take the right decision.

Let us talk about resurgence in the call form self-determination by groups like MASSOB and IPOB and the President’s response during his media chat? What is your take on all of these?

My take is that the matter is a fairly not as complicated as

Ohuabunwa

government is making it to look.

I am the father of my family and one or two of my children begin to protest or begin to make trouble.

As a father of the family I will call them and say ‘what’s your problem’?. Let us talk. Why are you behaving this way’?

They will tell me their grievances and then I will work with them to see how I can sort out their grievances, but if I ignore them or use force or tell them they have no right, there may be no solution.

Every person has right to grumble; every person has a right to complain. It is an enshrined human rights and if you are even talking about wanting to have your own Republic, it is still part of the rights enshrined in the UN. It is your right of self- determination.

That was what led Sudan to have southern and northern states now.

It is nothing new.

So, you can’t say Biafra is dead and buried. It is a lie. If it was dead how did it come up? So, it has resurrected. People must understand human psychology all these triumphant declaration would not take us anywhere.

Some people have complaints: I do not know whether their complaints are genuine or not but I want to listen to them and if am the father of a home I am going to work in a manner to pacify and not to try to fight or kill.

Every single Nigerian including MASSOB is a Nigerian unless you don not want them to be Nigerians. Secondly, equity is important.

Part of what escalated this feeling was the lopsided way the President chose people that were to work for him or were to work with him.

He said those who voted for him

97 percent he would not give them the same thing as those that did not vote for his.

He is right. The question is is it expedient? Will it promote peace and unity? I mean the four way test Rotarians. Will it produce goodwill?

Is it the truth? Is it beneficial to all?

These are the kinds of things I think a political leader or a father of a nation should follow.

So, I believe that IPOB and MASSOB preceded Buhari. They were there. MASSOB started in 1999 and the previous governments had allowed him to go on. There might not have been an escalation of this issue. When the President was asked why he was chose those he chose, he said well he chose the people he knows and can trust. So, it means we are not worthy of your trust.

Whether the President likes it or not some actions were taken which gave the impression that you do not expected to enjoy the same privileges and when you create citizenships in different category, except they are dead, if they are living, they must find a way to express it.

Those of us who are much older, we have seen worse things, so we are managing it, but the younger people said they cannot take this bullshit: if you old ones can take it we cannot; we want to be equal citizens.

That is all. We want to be treated as equal citizens of this country.

That is all they are asking for, rightly or wrongly, it is in your position to argue it. ‘Why are you not treating me equally, No I am treating you equally.’ you give your evidence and the other person gives his own counter evidence and somewhere you reach a compromise and see how the matter can be resolved. It pains me when issues

that can be easily resolve escalate.

There was nobody on the streets campaigning for Biafra; not a single person until government went and arrested Kanu. Let that be known.

All the protests you saw were for the release of Kanu. Until that arrest, there was no single protest on the road and the protest was “release Kanu.” So, I believe that this problem has solution. I have advised government that they should set up a department of homeland unity and get people who are vast understanding of human relationships; who have the right temperament to deal with deviance, to deal with dissent because this is going to continue.

In Nigeria we have seen it: it started from the days of Adaka Boro in the 1960s from the Rivers in the area the Kalabari-Ijaw people. MASSOB and IPOB are non-violent even though there is a recent attempt by DSS to keep them in wrong gap. They only want to achieve their purpose in the right way and the more you repress them the more you give fuel and the more you attract other people.

Nobody will like to see people being discriminated Against or killed or shot and he has a blood in him and would not complain and say, ‘why are you killing my people.’

So, I personally believe in Nigeria; we have fought the war and God did not want separation.

If there is going to be a separation it would happen without fight.

In my book, I said Nigeria-Biafra was a war of independence; it was the war that showed that we needed each other as a nation but we cannot take the unity for granted because there is so much happening that causes disaffection.

I qualify to go to a university, I cannot go because I did not come from a particular place. You do not build a nation. There must be a way to deal with these issues.

I like quota but quota should be something that gives you ability to meet some shortfalls, it should not be an opportunity to repress somebody. Somebody has scored 250 you said such a person cannot go to a university and somebody scored 100 in the same country, and he could go to the same university.

I think quota should be ‘we will take the person that scored 250 person, and because you are from a disadvantaged place and you score 100, we will also take you.

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Protests mar Imo PDP congress Val Okara Owerri

ÎÎÎThousands

of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), supporters from Imo West (Orlu zone), on Monday, staged a peaceful demonstration at party’s secretariat on Okigwe Road, Owerri, alleging massive frauds on the ongoing congress election.

The protesters alleged that congress held only in four local government areas (LGAs) out of 12, and that one Senator Hope Uzodinmma hijacked the electoral materiel through Deputy-Governor of Abia State Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, who was the state congress panel chairman.

Some of the placards displayed by the demonstrators read, “Senator Hope Uzodinmma is destroying PDP, sack him now; he is an APC member.” “No single person will own the party.”

“Orlu PDP says no to Senator Uzodinmma’s impunity”.

“Sheriff leave us alone.” “No congress in eight LGAs in Orlu zone”. “Sheriff is agent

of APC, not interested with PDP.” The leader of the group, Mr. Tony Mbaegbu, appealed to the leadership of party to return power to the grassroots to ensure that it was well positioned for the 2019 polls. He alleged that Uzodinmma hijacked the congresses, and insisted that there was congress in eight LGAs in the zone.

While calling for a cancellation of the entire exercise, Mbaegbu stated that the list of delegates should be published for verification before the state congress and queried where the list of delegates would was from, since no congress was held in a majority of the areas.

Also speaking a member of the protesters, Mr.Damain Opara, alleged that fracas ensued when thugs suspected to have been sent by Uzodinmma attacked descended on the party members.

Receiving their protest letter, the state party Deputy- Chairman, Mr. Martin Ejiogu, acknowledged that the LGA congress held in four

councils in Imo West, assuring them that the appeal panel was addressing the matter. He commanded them of conducting themselves in a peaceful manner and stressed that internal democracy would prevail in the party.

In a petition by the leader of the Coalition of PDP Democrats, Dr. Alex Obi, alleged that elective candidates were short-changed, since one form was produced in most areas.

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NIMASA: How I changed N93m to dollars - Bureau-de-Change operator Peter Fowoyo

ÎÎÎA Lagos High Court, in Igbosere, on Monday, heard how the sum of N93, 394,680 million was allegedly paid into the account of a Bureaude - Change operator, Wakili Daudu, by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) without him bidding for any contract.

Daudu, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Apobolokeme and six others said,

he was contacted by one Mohammed Darlington that his boss, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, wanted to change some money into dollars.

The witness, who was led in evidence by the EFCC’s counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, stated that on October 30, 2014, the sum of N35 , 688,000 was paid into his account by Darlington who claimed to be working for the second defendant.

He further stated that on the same day the sum of N61, 394,680 was also paid into his account.

He said the money was changed into dollars and handed over to Darlington.

Daudu who spoke through an interpreter stated “I don’t know anybody in NIMASA and I have never bided for any contract in NIMASA but millions of naira was paid into my account.”

Akpobolokemi was arraigned alongside Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Goveror Amechee Jun, Vincent Udoye, Captain Adegboyega Sahib Olopoeni ad a compay, Gama Maine Nigeria Limited.

Gombe govt, GOSIEC dragged to court over non-conduct of LG polls ÎÎÎHearing on the suit filed

against Gombe State Government and two others, over the non-conduct of local government elections, would begin today at the State High Court.

Joined in the suit are Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC) and the eleven Caretaker Committee Chairmen recently sworn in by the governor.

Four opposition political parties in the state who filed the suit include, Allied

Congress Party (ACP), African Peoples Alliance (APA), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and Peoples Democratic Change (PDC).

Counsel to the plaintiffs, Aliyu Usman Barde, at the mentioning of the case, last week, said that the processes of the court were served on the defendants early enough and would have loved the court to commence hearing.

He regretted that, “but, unfortunately, they haven’t filed anything in response, despite the fact that they were duly served”.

He said the court, in the interest of justice, therefore, decided to allow the defendants sometime to enable them file their responses.

The defendants had held out for personal services but were countered on the argument that it was the seats, and not their occupants that were involved in the case.

The state government was sued for not conducting local government election, which according to them, was contrary to the constitution.

The state electoral body was joined in the suit for not

making an effort to conduct the election, while the caretaker bosses were sued for illegally parading themselves as chairmen, who were not duly elected into office.

Since the end of the tenure of the chairmen elected over three years ago, Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has sworn in caretaker committee chairmen on three different occasions as against bringing them in via elections.

The presiding Judge, Justice Joseph Awak, has adjourned the case to May 10.

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Obasanjo blames Africa’s underdevelopment on poor leadership Esther Taiwo

ÎÎÎFormer President Oluse-

gun Obasanjo has blamed underdevelopment in African continent on poor leadership, adding that the good aspect of democracy is the power it bestows on the populace to elect and reject their leaders if they do not perform to their expectations.

The former president stated this at the 3rd Covenant University International Conference on African Development Issues (CU-ICADI), held at the University African Leadership Development Centre in Otta, Ogun State.

In his lecture titled “What is Right with Africa”, Obasanjo said cancelling History as a subject in schools is

a great mistake that needs to be corrected as early as possible.

“I was shocked when I was told that History is no longer taught in our schools. History is a memory of one’s life, constitution, country or an institution and when we don’t teach it then it means we have lost our memory and what a tragedy this would be”, he said.

The former president noted further that the best way to develop Nigeria is to think of few things the country has done right and continue to develop such, adding that, that is sustainable development.

“We have got a few things

right in Africa, such as human existence which started here in Africa, Africa therefore became the first exporter of humanity, Africa also started Agriculture but where Africa started getting it wrong was when Slave Trade started”, he said.

Obasanjo said the history of slave trade is an unpleasant one whose stench and pains can never be erased.

He said most of Nigerian leaders don’t like building on the achievement of their predecessors, adding that this is one of the factors affecting development in Africa.

Obasanjo said if Nigerians have not any good thing that the country has done right

in the 56 years of the country’s existence, then, it is not worth being in existence.

He, however, urged Nigerians to have hope in the present administration, saying the person of President Muhammadu Buhari, who served under him during the military regime is a trust worthy person.

Said he: “Buhari is not a very hot person when it comes to economic and foreign affairs but he will do well in matters of military and when it comes to fighting Boko Haram, I believe he will get it right”.

In her keynote address on the theme of the conference titled, “Driving Inclusive and

Sustainable Development in Afr4ica: Models, Methods and Policies” Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Joy Ogwu said the greatest flaw we have in Nigeria is discontinuity as every successor wants to discontinue what his processor started doing right.

According to her, growth without human development is no growth, adding that price instability is a major challenge of economic development.

She urged leaders to train experts on economic growth who will negotiate on behalf of the country at the United Nations.

Plateau LG boss inaugurates 35km feeder roads Chijioke Kingsley Jos

ÎÎÎManagement

Committee Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state, Mr. Luka Makut, on Monday, inaugurated the construction of over 35 km feeder roads across the council.

Our Correspondent observed that the feeder roads includes that of Maiyanga Tanti - Baba road, Tanti Daffo road and Maikatako - Fanjur-Barkin -Ladiborder road.

While inaugurating the construction of over 35 km feeder roads network, Makut said the council embarked on the project so as to provide succour to the citizens. ``We have been disturbed and worried over the suffering and plight of the people of these communities in conveying their farm produce to the markets. ``It was based on these cogent reasons that we took a bold step to construct the roads in spite of our lean resources, `` he said.

Makut expressed the hope that the road projects, when completed, would cushion the suffering of the affected communities.

Okorocha

Okorocha inaugurates panel on Education Trust Fund Val Okara Owerri

ÎÎÎGovernor

Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, on Monday, inaugurated à 13man state Education Trust Fund Committee, saying that the essence of setting up the committee was for the sustainability of the free education programme beyond 2019 when he will be leaving as the governor of the state. He added that there should be need to institutionalise the policy in the overall interest of the state.

He said: “As governor, I am poised to see that the free education programme is sustained in the state beyond 2019. There is no greater gift you can give to a child than education.

Civil servant commits suicide over unpaid salaries in Abia L-R: Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari; wife of the Speaker, Mrs. Gimbiya Dogara and Chairman, House Committee on Internally Displayed Persons (IDPs), Sani Zoro after the public hearing at the National Assembly in Abuja… on Monday.

Gov Udom to set up tank farms in A’ Ibom Emma Ayungbe Uyo

ÎÎÎAkwa Ibom State gov-

ernor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has announced plans to establish Petroleum Tank Farm for the storage of petroleum product in the state to make the product available in the state at all times.

The governor, who made the disclosure at Reigners Bible Church in Uyo, the state capital, said this is to complement the supply of the product from various depot and ease the perennial scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol), Domestic Purpose Kero (Kerosine),

and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) which has affected the consuming public over time.

Governor Emmanuel, who sympathised with the consuming public for the hardship experienced and the racketeering by Petroleum Dealers who hiked prices of fuel thereby generating artificial scarcity through hoarding of the product, said that Gas fuel would be introduced for vehicles that uses gas, explaining that gas is cheaper and economical compared to Petrol and Diesel.

On electricity supply, the state governor said Oron

road and Osongama axis currently experiencing fluctuation, occasioned by decay in the distribution lines which can no longer carry the loads is receiving attention, and that work is going on at a booster station along Edet Akpan Avenue which when completed would ensure steady supply of power to the area.

He added that similar revamping of electricity infrastructure would be carried out with the establishment of a Booster Station at Nung Oku to supply electricity to Ikot Akpan - Abia, Aka Etinan, Aka Road and other parts

of Uyo metropolis.

Governor Emmanuel used the occasion to comment on the high cost of Garri and other staple food, and urged the Chairman, Technical Committee on Agriculture, Professor Edet Udoh, to lead the people back to the farm, hinting that inauguration of the revitalised Hatchery in Uruan Local Government Area would take place May 29.

Preaching on the theme “the prevailing power of blessing”, Apostle Akan Weeks said the blessing of God maketh rich and adds no sorrow.

Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

ÎÎÎAbia State Civil Service

was thrown into mourning last Sunday, as one of their own took his life over unpaid salaries.

Popularly called Dee Nwankwo, 52, a staff of the Ministry of Lands and Survey, was said to have hanged himself in his sitting room while his wife and three children had left for church service in the morning.

His body dangling from the ceiling was said to have been discovered by his family members when they returned from church service in the afternoon.

According to an eye witness, the wife was said to have raised an alarm that attracted neighbours who expressed shock at the ugly development, with some saying that the deceased had taken an extreme decision of taking his own life.

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Buhari, don’t kill Nigerians because of corruption

Magnus

Onyibe ÏÏÏ

So much has already been written about President Muhammadu Buhari’s unwavering focus of energy on the war against corruption which has saved Nigeria – yet to be disclosed – huge amounts of money and won him accolades from all the right quarters, locally and internationally.

Owing to his nomatter-whose-ox is gored approach to combating corruption in Nigeria -of which a new mantra ‘kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria’, has been coined, socioeconomic activities in Africa’s largest economy are gradually grinding to a halt.

The clear tell-tale signs of a country in distress – which Nigeria is now – are not just only manifesting as the dreadfully long queues for fuel on the streets that has been off-and-on for nearly one year, but also the unprecedented shut down of businesses resulting in massive unemployment and the inability of 26 state governments to pay workers’ salaries. This

is leading to double digit inflation that has now gripped the economy, reflected in the spike in prices of basic, but essential commodities.

Empty products display racks in most pharmaceutical shops which are evidence of lack of basic drugs and medications for sale – due to paucity of foreign exchange to import them – is in my view one of the worst fall outs of the capital restriction policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. What this portends is aggravated increase in mortality rate as Nigerians may start dying of ailments that could have been cured with medications as simple as penicillin which are rapidly becoming rare to find as they are out of stock.

The assertion above may appear to be alarmist, but the scenario painted is simply the truth and anyone in doubt should visit the nearest chemist/pharmacy and request for the ordinary medications that were readily available in the past and wait for the response.

Usually, the most vulnerable people to be negatively impacted by dearth of medications, are new born babies, children, women and the elderly, particularly those suffering from cancer or cardiovascular diseases requiring chemotherapy or daily dosage of antihigh blood pressure medications, etc.

Arising from the above, the CBN and those involved in rationing of FX must make haste

President Buhari

to urgently consider intervening in that sector to avoid a looming health catastrophe.

To that end, the health minister, Isaac Adewole should come out of his shell and structure a deal, as Ibe Kachikwu, Petroleum minister of state, did by sourcing FX for fuel import from upstream petroleum sector, which has now eased the fuel crisis.

He needs to convince president Buhari that the health sector needs special intervention in that regard and that’s where the president comes into the picture.

As the saying goes, old soldier never dies.

This wise crack derives from the fact that once a soldier sets his mind on accomplishing an objective, he never flinches or relents until the mission is accomplished.

So Nigerians have no doubt about the capacity and ability of president Buhari to fulfill his avowed promise of

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killing corruption before, corruption kills Nigeria, but at what price?

Like most Nigerians, l applaud our hard fighting president for the courage to want to pull our country out of the economic doldrums that it has sank into, due to maladministration over the years, but l believe that the president who is very sensitive to issues concerning the interest of the masses, wants to rule over the living, not the dead.

What’s more, the current feeling of misery hanging like an albatross over Nigeria, just like the 1933 Great Depression in the USA, is to say the least, not complimentary to the cult personality of PMB that Nigerians voted for as president, on March 28th 2015 to rescue them from the shackles of corruption induced poverty.

Instead of applying 100% energy trying to crush corruption , 30% should be allotted and the balance 70% should

devoted to finding solutions to the myriads of socioeconomic challenges that are standing in the way of progress and development in Nigeria.

As l have mentioned in past articles, China and India which are the world’s fastest growing economies, are cesspit of corruption, yet they are growing, why and how?

In fact, according to World Economic Forum, WEF, India used contracts in the construction industry as political campaign slush funds in the manner that funds for procurement of arms was used by the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, during Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

As the boss of International Monetary Funds, IMF Christine Lagarde recently pointed out, the world losses about one, 1 trillion dollars to corruption annually and about 30% of global GDP is enmeshed in corruption.

What the foregoing statistics suggest is that the world economy thrives pari-pasu with corruption but despite the unfortunate incident of corruption, development of society must go on.

It behoves of every forward looking country to strive to bring corruption to a manageable level to boost integrity internationally and earn respect, as China is currently doing to sustain flow of Foreign Direct Investment, FDI and which Nigeria under PMB’s watch has also done.

The difference between the Chinese and Nigerian approach is that China devotes 30% of her time chasing corruption and the rest is invested in pursuit of progress while Nigeria is devoting her entire effort in fighting corruption.

Clearly, Nigeria has the requisite human capacity and appropriate economic fundamentals to be great again, but all it would take for our country and economy to gain traction, is for govt to tone down the rhetoric of negativity and instead, our dear president should send powerful messages of hope and defined path to growth and strength to both Nigerians and the international community.

By charting and defining govt’s solution to the myriads of challenges bogging down governance, confidence will be reposed in the economy of Nigeria and all the gloomy forecasts by global credit rating agencies – Fitch, Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s – that have crashed Nigeria’s rating and forecast would become bullish again.

It is time to channel the anger against the rot left by previous governments into solutions that would bring the much needed succor to the long suffering masses.

Onyibe, a development strategist, futurologist and former Commissioner in Delta State is an alumnus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts university, Massachusetts, USA.

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Law Æ s

Peter Fowoyo Justice L. Kasali of a Lagos High Court, Igbosere has ordered Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state and three others to maintain status quo in a property demolition suit brought by Mrs. Olubukunola Osomo, pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

Also affected by this order of court are: Attorney-General of Lagos state, Lagos state Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of justice.

In a motion on notice brought pursuant to order 39 rule 1 of High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules 2012, the claimant sought the court for an order of mandatory injunction directing the defendants, including their agents, servants, privies, representatives or anybody whosoever acting on behalf of the defendants to immediately vacate possession of the premises pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

An order of mandatory injunction directing the defendants including their agents, servants, privies, representatives or anybody whomsoever acting on their behalf to restore to the claimant, her agents, tenants, all the persons put into physical possession of the premises by the claimant into actual possession of the said premises pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

The claimant, Mrs. Olubuku-

Ikoyi Property Demolition: Court orders Gov. Ambode, others to maintain status-quo

Ambode

nola Osomo, had through her lawyer, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, approached the court for an order declaring that the claim of the governor, his AttorneyGeneral and LSDPC being par-

ties to suit No:LD/506/LM/2015 between Olukukunola Osomo v. Governor of Lagos state and 2 ors have no right , power or authority to enter into and demolish the property at plot 439

Karimu Giwa street, South West Ikoyi during the pendency of the said suit.

Mrs. Osomo asked the court to declare that the action of the 1st-3rd defendants herein in entering into destroying and demolishing the property at plot 439 Karimu Giwa street, South West Ikoyi during the pendency of this suit at the Lagos High Court is unlawful, illegal and amounts to resorting to self help in respect of a matter already pending before the court of law.

Besides, the claimant asked the court for an order declaring her as the person entitled to the statutory right of occupancy of the property situate at plot 439 Karimu Giwa Street, South West Ikoyi, Lagos and registered in No 69, page 69 Volume 2432 of the Lagos Land Registry.

Specifically, the claimant asked the court for an order that the defendants cannot acquire rights or title over the claimant property lying and situate at 439 Karimu Giwa Street, South West Ikoyi, Lagos by virtue of the Edict of 1976 as contained in the Lagos state Gazette No 19 Vol.9 of 15th April, 1976.

A declaration that the 1st-3rd defendants cannot by legislation

take over title of any land vested in the Federal Government of Nigeria and in particular the claimant’s property at plot 439 Karimu Giwa Street, South West Ikoyi, Lagos and which property covered by Federal Land Certificate LO5575.

The claimant asked the court for an order declaring that her property was not acquired by the defendants by virtue of Federal Government Decree of 1975 and the Lagos state Edict of 1976 as contained in Gazette No 19 vol. 9 of 15th April, 1976.

An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants whether by themselves, their agents, servants assigns, privies, representative, interlocutors or anybody whomsoever acting on their behalf from carrying out further acts of trespass, destruction, demolition, entering into or carrying out any further action whatsoever on the property at plot 439 Karimu Giwa Street, South West Ikoyi, Lagos.

The claimant asked the court for an order awarding the sum of N2billion being general and special damages as against the 1st-3rd defendants for the destruction and demolition of the property.

Land grab: Lagos monarch drags lawyer, others to court Peter Fowoyo The Oloto of Otto and Lagos Mainland, Oba Ganiyu Odesanya has sued his family’s former lawyer and seven others over a disputed 5.708 hectares of land situate at Oke - Alo, along Ilupeju, Gbagada/ Oworonsoki Express Way, Lagos.

The monarch, on his behalf and his family in suit No.ID/8383/14 is asking a Lagos High Court, Ikeja to declare the Oloto Royal Family the owner entitled to a Statutory Right of Occupancy over the land with Survey Plans Nos.FAN/LA/295/2001 and

OY295/37/2002/LA. Sued are Mukaila Olajide Oseni (For himself and on behalf of Adams/Esu Family); Chief Lasisi Arubo (For himself and on behalf of Alase Family); Diya Fatimilehin & Co. and the Lagos State governor.

Others are the state’s Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice; The Commissioner, Ministry of Housing and Rilwan Dawodu Esq. Besides, the claimant sought the court for an order setting aside the terms of settlement dated December 17, 2004 and consent judgment in Suit No.ID/2118/2000 on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation

of facts and forgery.

An order setting aside the terms of settlement and consent judgment of February 7, 2005 entered in Suit No.ID/1116/2004 on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation of facts.

The claimants also asked the court for an order setting aside the purported terms of settlement and consent judgment in Suit No.ID/747/99 on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation of facts as same was never entered into or never in existence as the matter was struck out for lack of diligent prosecution.

An order declaring the Oloto Royal Family the owner

entitled to a Statutory Right of Occupancy over the 5.708 hectares with Survey Plans Nos.FAN/LA/295/2001 and OY295/37/2002/LA at Oke-Alo, along Ilupeju Gbagada/Oworonsoki Express Way, Gbagada.

An order to set aside all sales, assignments, conveyances or transfers made by the defendants pursuant to the Terms of Settlement or Consent Judgment of June 19, 2005 and a perpetual injunction restraining the first to seventh defendants parading themselves as owners of the land.

In an amended statement of claim dated March 3, 2016, and signed by Bolaji Mustapha Esq.

the claimant averred that the 5.708 hectares covered by Survey Plan No. LS/D/LKJ 1876 was excised to it by the Lagos State government from their original plot measuring 54.856 hectares.

He said that he was represented by the seventh defendant, Dawodu, in the negotiations for out-of-court settlement initiated by the fourth, fifth and sixth defendants.

The claimant alleged that Dawodu refused to make the Terms of Settlement available to him on the grounds that it was yet to be signed by the other parties, which was later found to be untrue.

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NJC’s dismissal of erring justices, a step in right direction – Akpedeye Dafe Akpedeye, a Senior Advocate and former Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice read law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Bar over three decades ago. In this interview with PETER FOWOYO, he said though there are bad eggs in the judiciary, the third arm of government must be above board so as to dispense justice without fear or favor. Akpedeye, who served as the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Election Monitoring Group in most of the elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), also proffered solution on how to achieve a violence free election.

What’s your view on the recent suspension of Justices Oluyinka Gbajabiamila and Idris Ekuvi by the National Judicial Council (NJC).

It appears all is not well with the nation’s judiciary.

It is quite disappointing that the foremost institution charged as the custodian of peace, sanctity and tranquility; and that operates as the last stop for justice and transparency, is embroiled in such tales of an unsavory nature.

Notwithstanding, there is without a doubt a need to ensure that this institution lives up to its requirement, in order to safeguard the sanctity of the Nigerian statefrom top to bottom; and especially at the top. That there are bad eggs among the judiciary is not unique or unimaginable- bad eggs tend to sprout in every institution if left unchecked. Just as weeds do if continuous weeding is not done; so the exercise of the NJC’s powers in dismissing the named justices is only one of such weeding exercises that is very much needed, encouraged and should be continued.

It would be an overreach to conclude that all is not well with the nation’s judiciary; I would not say that; I would only be forced to say such if it were that such matters were going unchecked. But as long as there exists checks and balances within the framework of an institution, they must be seen to be working- and the NJC has shown just that. The dismissal of the erring justices is a step in the right direction, and I do very much commend their candor in delivering justice as it should be- without fear or favor.

I will not however give room to those who want to paint the entire judiciary black in a bid to score a point. That in itself is a campaign of calumny that should be withstood at all cost. That there is dirt on the soap, does not render it incapable of being used to wash; oth-

erwise how then will one bathe?

Our solace will forever lie with the judiciary as the final refuge for the common man and the temple where justice is to be found. We commend the efforts of the NJC and ask that it continue.

Recent elections in Rivers and Bayelsa States have been marred by violence and killings. How can a violence free election be achieved?

Firstly, I must express my deep concern for the level of violence that has continually marred the election process in Rivers state in recent times.

Elections all over the world ought to be about institutions, ideologies and principles. However, what we see happen in Nigeria and particularly in Rivers is a situation where individual ego and personality has taken the centre stage, and this has led to an unimaginable level of desperation on the part of the key players.

The way forward is simply to engage in fruitful sensitization of our political elites on the need to abide by the rules of the game at all times and not allow their personal ambition override that of the general public. Again, there is need for the institutions involved to act above board in their various functions. Violence often times arises as a result of obvious threat to the rule of the law, i.e when for instance the people feel that the electoral umpire is unduly acting in favor of a particular party, the resort to violence becomes a way out for them. Hence, INEC must learn to act at all times without fear or favor to any particular interest. Again, our security forces have really not helped the situation. In recent times, we have witnessed where electoral malpractices and thuggery have been aided by the very persons that ought to checkmate it. At best what you see is that a person is arrested for one election offence or the other, and his or her political “godfather”

Akpedeye

“It would be an overreach to conclude that all is not well with the nation’s judiciary; I would not say that; I would only be forced to say such if it were that such matters were going unchecked” intervenes, the culprit is let off the hook. That is not good for our system.

In all, people must begin to understand that election is a process that is governed by rules and not a do or die affair. Losing an election does not in any way amount to a loss of one’s esteem or placement in the society. Hence, we must learn to play calm and act within the bounds of the law for a peaceful process to be achievable.

What are your observations with regards to prosecution of those who violated electoral offences in previous elections?

I actually cannot recall any instance where a person alleged to

have committed an electoral offence has been aptly prosecuted, despite the rich provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 as Amended in this regard. As I noted earlier, what we witness, is a situation where persons are caught in the act and yet let off the hook as a result of interference from the political class or highly placed individuals.

Indeed, if we must make progress in our electoral system, then we must begin to give life to the letters and spirit of the Law. Some persons have canvassed for special courts for electoral offences, but I however hold a different view on that. We actually do not need a special court for every kind of offence before we get it right in this country. If the agencies concerned take their responsibilities serious, I do not see why we should not be having convictions for electoral offences in regular courts.

While noting that the electoral body is in itself over burdened with the responsibility of conducting elections and defending them consequently at the tribunals, the same vigor should also be extended to prosecuting person who violate electoral provisions. Perhaps, rather than create a special court as advocated, a special unit should be created for the investigation and prosecution of offenders.

Do you think the judiciary is prepared for the fight against corruption?

As a senior member of the Bar, I should be careful with issues of this nature so as not to be misrep-

resented or quoted out of context.

That being said, it is my opinion that the judiciary needs to undergo a surgical operation to place it on a pedestal for the needed recovery it needs.

Over the years, there have been stories of corruption stemming from the hallowed chambers. A lot of judges have been dismissed from the bench. A case in point is Justice Thomas Naron of the High Court of Plateau State, who while presiding over an election petition tribunal sitting in Oshogbo, Osun State, was caught engaging in illicit conversations and exchange of text messages with Chief Kaleijaiye (who was later debarred by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC)).

In recent times too, in 2015 to be precise, Justice Lambo Akanbi, then of the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court, was also compulsorily retired by the National Judicial Council for breach of the Code of Conduct expected of judicial officers, having been proven to have granted illicit rulings/orders in favor of a party in a suit against the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).

However, while admitting that our Judges are humans and hence not infallible, we cannot deny that the judiciary is making tremendous progress as an institution under this present dispensation. We might not have gotten it entirely right with the judicial system, but I believe we are certainly on the right track.

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Tech Times Æ s E-susu aims to close gap between community loan groups, traditional banking services Natasha Lomas

Esusu Team

An interesting hack presented recently on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016 is a platform for non-traditional banking services called e-susu, which is the app designed for people who are involved with informal loan groups to help them

better manage the process of lending money within a family or community group, as well as encouraging the saving process via increased transparency.

The platform lets users track how much money is owed within the group, when payments are due and when they have been

paid. Users can also create goals to specify what they are saving for, and a group messaging feature is also included, while the team plans to also integrate the ability to make payments directly into the platform in future.

All sorts of cultures have some form of informal group loans for

centuries to provide alternatives to traditional banking services, notes team member Nikki Puckett, 23, who when not attending tech hackathons works in finance.

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NCC finally bans unsolicited calls, messages Tony Nwakaegho Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally barred mobile network operators from sending out unsolicited text messages to subscribers, according to information obtained from the Legal and Regulatory Services Department of regulatory authority.

Consequently, network operators in the country have up till June 30, 2016 to stop sending unsolicited Short Message Service or calls to subscribers or face a N5 million fine if they failed to comply with the directive.

A further N500, 000 per day also awaits the operators for as long as the contravention persists.

The document, which was obtained by Daily Times, showed that a total of 13 MNOs were issued with the directive. They include: MTN, Airtel, Smile, Etisalat, Globacom and Visafone.

Others are Starcomms, Megatech Engineering Limited, Gicell Wireless Limited, Danjay Telecoms, Gamjitel, Multilinks and Natcom.

They were asked to set up the shortcode of 2442 for subscribers

Danbantta, EVC NCC

to opt-in to the “Do Not Disturb” (DND) database restricting unsolicited marketing messages.

According to the commission, it shall be mandatory for mobile operators to create sufficient awareness to its subscribers on the existence of the DND on their

networks; that they shall also comply with the quarterly and reporting template prescribed by the NCC to ensure feedback and compliance.

NCC warned operators that generated SMS shall comply with the 8am to 8pm stipulation (12

hour period) for sending SMS to subscribers and that the opt-in process shall be free.

It said operated generated SMS is excluded from the DND list in as much as such messages are in conformity with NCC’s directive on timing and regularity and do not constitute a nuisance to subscribers and the subscribers shall have right to partial or full DND implementation.

NCC said the ‘New Direction’ issued pursuant to Section 53 of the Nigerian Communications Act follows the inundation of complaints by subscribers to its office about menace of unsolicited text messages and voice calls from mobile operators which have impacted negatively on consumer quality service in the telecom industry.

NCC said it was aware through its monitoring activities that some operators have set up DND facility on their network but the awareness by subscribers of the facility is very minimal and unsatisfactory.

It will be recalled that the menace of unsolicited texts and calls led NCC a fortnight ago to regulate the Value Added Services (VAS) market with the issuance of draft regulation.

NCS, FIIP to unveil YIEP programme to boost innovative capabilities Tony Nwakaegho Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in partnership with FIIP International Young ICT Group is set to unveil the Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Platform (YIEP) at the NCS 26th National Conference in order to boost the building of innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities of young people.

According to NCS’ statement

on the website, the event is part of activities for the Conference scheduled for Tuesday, July 19 to Thursday, July 21, 2016 at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

The programme, NCS explained, is geared towards harnessing the ideas, energies, freshness and strengths of the youth to change the world; reducing unemployment, poverty, terrorism, hunger, disease, illiteracy and insecurity through youth empowerment and dynamic,

innovative and future oriented approach to enhance security, job creation, health, education and overall prosperity YIEP’s objectives include, building of innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities of young people; developing and equipping youth innovators and entrepreneurs in IT; diversifying the economy away from oil with youth innovation; champion local content development in IT through youth innovation and

entrepreneurship and informing, inspiring and supporting young people in information technology who create wealth, generate jobs and usher in new types and manner of work and jobs.

Others are fostering the culture of tech innovation, entrepreneurship and highlighting opportunities and providing mentoring, engagement and networking, connecting young people in tech to partners, clients, industry experts and mentors.

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CTO scribe tips digital broadcasting to boost Nigeria’s image Tony Nwakaegho Shola Taylor, secretarygeneral of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), has said that digital broadcasting would boost Nigeria’s global image and presence in broadcasting.

Tayor who stated this at the recent pilot launch of Nigeria’s digital terrestrial broadcasting switchover held in Jos, Plateau State, adding that Nigeria stands to benefit even more from a digital terrestrial broadcasting environment once fully deployed.

“I have personally witnessed how successful “Nollywood” films and series are in other corners of the world, such as in the Caribbean and in the Pacific islands where I have often travelled and where I can report here that people eagerly watch Nigerian films, and this change should help increase Nigeria’s presence in the global broadcasting market,” Taylor said.

The CTO Scribe said that this change “must not be underestimated, because there is now an opportunity to produce and broadcast significantly more educational content and more localised content. Specialist television channels for health or education or tourism that were once too difficult or impossible to finance or set up are now possible today, helping ordinary citizens to access practical information more regularly and more readily.”

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Gwandu tasks stakeholders to engage in 5G standards development Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Dr Bashir Gwandu, former acting CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the chairman Commonwealth ITU Group, has tasked all Fifth Generation (5G) systems engineers and standards developers to get engaged fully with key stakeholders around the globe when developing standards for the 5G to succeed and avoid the pitfalls of other technologies such as the Wimax and even the 3G. Gwandu gave the charge in London during his analysis of the 5G development efforts as part of his presentation on “Delivering a sustainable and long-term 5G future” at the recently concluded 2nd International Conference on 5G Hurdle 2016 organized in London by Wireless World Research Forum –a group of leading experts and researchers on 5G networks in association with Forum Europe.

Gwandu highlighted on a number of strategies that the experts need to adopt for 5G to have a sustainable future which include: ensuring sustained research effort; Global stakeholder engagement and collaboration; Innovative regulation and policy development; Technical Standards harmonization and Spectrum availability and early release; Infrastructure design and harmonization; Co-existence

L-R: Dr Bashir Gwandu, chairman, Commonwealth ITU Group and former Acting EVC of the NCC; Dr Bernard Barani, Director, Network Technologies, European Commission; Dr Mike Short (CBE), Vice President, Telefonica Europe and former Chairman of GSMA; Mr Guy Pinto, Group Chief Operations Officer, Inmarsat Plc; Dr Takehiro Nakamura, VP/MD of 5G Laboratory, NTT DOCOMO Inc at the Wireless-World Research Forum 5G Conference held in London, United Kingdom recently.

and network interference minimization; Security, Privacy, Resilience, and Reliability; partnership and funding.

On research effort, Gwandu suggested more focus on latency reduction, resilience, availability for confidence building, Spectral efficiency and Speed, Mobility, and antenna versatility.

He called for timely spectrum release and adequate planning and harmonized slots/channel arrangements.

On innovative policies, he spoke on Technology neutrality, Infrastructure deployment and coverage, Accurate digital and regular update of high-resolution maps and accurate positioning,

Several industry stakeholders including the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), National Information and Development Technology (NITDA), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology have endorsed the ICTEL Expo 2016, a professional trade show that draws attentions to ICT and Telecommunication industry, been organized by the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).

ICTEL 2016 mulled by the premier chamber of commerce in West Africa, with the theme, “Mobility, Technology and the Nigerian Economy”, will be driven by four key sub-themes: ICT for economic growth and poverty reduction; Exploring smart cities opportunities and the internet of everything thing; ICT and organizational efficiency and Using data science to gain unassailable market advantage.

The three days event is slated for 26th to 28th of July, 2016.

Professor Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said the Commission was happy to identify with LCCI on the expo, adding that since 2001, the country’s telecommunication’s industry has witnessed tremendous growth.

Weather and ecological consideration in antenna deployments, etc.

Gwandu harped on the need to carry all key stakeholders and major end-users along in requirement capture for standards development.

He mentioned such stakeholders to include governments, regulators, verticals such as auto-manufacturers, transport and logistics industries, retail and general Fastmoving consumers goods sellers, Health and social care institutions, Business and financial services, and experts from various user groups.

IGP warns vandals to stop illegal sealing of BTS The Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has reiterated that the police was committed to use the relevant provisions of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act CAP C39 L.F.N (2004) and Cyber Crime to deal with individuals involved in the illegal sealing of telecommunications mast/ base transceiver station (BTS).

The IGP stated this at a recent sensitization seminar on Cyber Crime Prohibition, Preventions Act, which was jointly organised by the Police’s Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and IHS Nigeria Limited.

IGP Arase said that there is a need to protect telecom infrastructure, as a result of the critical role telecommunications play in the growth and development of any country.

“It’s important to create public awareness on the danger associated with the vandalizing of telecommunication equipment, as the police will not hesitate to use the relevant laws to prosecute vandals of telecom equipment,” he said.

He revealed that the acts of vandalism were perpetrated by people, who were ignorant of the legal implication of their action, noting that there has been several reported cases of damage/vandalization of Telecommunication BTS/ Masts nationwide caused by miscreants as well as the recurring menace of illegal sealing/shutdown of BTS in the country.

NCC, NITDA, other stakeholders endorse LCCI’s ICTEL Expo 2016

The EVC who was represented by Mr Joseph Atoyebi, the Commission’s deputy director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, NCC, said that with 216 million connected telephone lines as at March 2016, Nigeria stands to gain a lot on leveraging opportunities in the sector to boost the economic fortunes.

The telecoms industry, he said has become a success enabler to other industries with the upsurge in telephone density cutting across the technology platforms including the GSM; Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and fixed wired/wireless.

Danbatta commended LCCI for its technology focus with ICTEL as benchmark to create awareness on opportunities to grow every sector.

On his part, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, director general of NITDA represented by Mr. Bernard Ewah, head, e-Government Unit in the Agency, said that theme for the expo was apt as the platform will encourage conversations and the sharing of opinions on innovations and trends as well as providing an excellent networking opportunity for business decision makers, innovation managers, start-ups, ICT academics,

OEMs, venture capitalists, and other players in the Nigeria ICT sectors.

Olatunji said that the Agency will not relent on leveraging existing relationship with LCCI to achieve the mandate which includes focusing the responsibilities of the Agency on fostering the development and growth of IT in Nigeria.

The NITDA boss lauded ICTEL 2016 which

offers three days of inspiration, innovation and information.

Also, Chris Uwaje, newly appointed Co-Chair for Publicity & Communications for Africa on 2016 IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), expressed delight to associate with the LCCI on the ICT expo, adding that he has been on the vanguard for LCCI to embrace IT/ICT to better the worth of members.

Dr. (Mrs) Nike Akande, President of LCCI (r) flanked by other dignitaries at the unveiling of ICTEL 2016 theme.

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Programos Foundation to showcase mobile apps at World Submit Awards 2016 Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Programos Foundation, the Nigerian facilitator of the United Nations programme that encourages local content participation in ICT, has directed producers and promoters of e-content innovation in mobile apps from both the private and public sectors in Nigeria to submit their products which will be showcased at this year’s edition of the World Summit Awards Mobile competition.

The World Summit Awards is a United Nations’ agenda that recognizes local digital content with high impact on society. It’s a highly diverse and democratic award system that selects and promotes the world’s best digital innovation with high impact on society. It’s also a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive. Competition is free and also open to Nigerians in diaspora.

The United Nations World Summit Awards is looking for participation for solutions that engages the citizens in public administration and also delivers content rich solutions to the public More than 178 countries are actively involved to date, with a daily growing network of thought leaders, innovators,

entrepreneurs, government and business representatives and young founders.

The Award categories include Government & Citizen Engagement, Health & Well Being, Learning & Education, Environment/Green Energy, Culture/Tourism, Smart Settlements & Urbanization, Business/Commerce and Inclusion/Empowerment.

According to Mr. Emmanuel Amos, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Programos Foundation, who is also the chief software architect/ceo of Programos Software Group and the eminent national expert for WSA Nigeria, the World Summit Awards is geared towards acknowledging mobile startups that are making the most impact and effort to change the world.

“We are asking for the submission of relevant e-content innovations from startups that can solve societal challenges.

Be it an app to help the blind using smartphones, or a website reanimating history – the World Summit Awards offer a platform for those, who think beyond the box,” Amos said.

Amos disclosed that for the government and citizen engagement category, the United Nations World Summit Awards is looking for participation for solutions that engages the citizens in public administration and also delivers content rich solutions to the public. Nigerian

Amos

government agencies given this opportunity can showcase their public service solution to citizens to justify their ICT budget expenditure and competitiveness towards offering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He explained that such solution should be able to increase transparency in governmental processes and facilitate participation of citizens and public services to clients.

“Such a solution should be able

to simplify administrations and foster efficiency of information exchange, ensure equal rights to economic resources, access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance and natural resources,” he added.

In the health & well-being category, the chairman board of trustees of the Programos Foundation said the Foundation is interested in mobile innovative content applications that meet healthcare needs of citizens and

patients. “We are looking for content rich solutions that reduce maternal mortality ratio and preventable deaths of new-borns and children. The solution should also prevent and reduce epidemics like AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis or substance abuse,” Amos said.

According to him, request for product submission has started and will close by June 10th 2016.

For this year’s edition, the product must fit in one of the above eight categories as well as be a mobile APP to qualify for the WSA 2016, and would-be product owners and participants from Nigeria can register freely at: http:// register.icnmdb.at/WSA%20 Mobile/2016/Nigeria/ Commenting about the selection process, Programos Foundation’s Company Secretary, Mrs Cinderella Temitope Ochu, said a National pre-selection jury of stake-holding professionals from the ICT industry set up by the Nigerian National Expert for WSA, Mr Amos Emmanuel, and led by an advisory board currently constituted by Mr Chris Uwaje, Immediate Past President, Institute of Software Practitioners Of Nigeria, ISPON as Chairman, and Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, Chair, Consultancy Support Services Ltd as Co-Chair will evaluate every submission and outcomes of jury evaluation using WSA evaluation scoring scheme.

OIIE rejigs to take StartUP Friday to other States National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its agency Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship, [OIIE], have acknowledged that established companies have experienced the challenges startups are facing before they reach the zenith; as such, young entrepreneurs should view their various problems as learning curves.

Declaring open the third edition of the StartUP Friday in Abuja, Dr Vincent Olatunji, acting director general of NITDA, who was represented

by Dr Femi Adeluyi, chief scientific officer, said the current administration is focusing on ICT innovation.

Olatunji, DG NITDA

“The oil prices are not so much in our favour and we want to convert ICT to the cash cow of the economy. So this event is a

very good opportunity for us to make that happen. This year, we are going to establish a number of innovation hubs because the government sees that ICT innovation can help us to create jobs, generate revenue”, he said.

Bunmi Okunowo, national coordinator of OIIE, said that StartUP Friday is an event where nascent companies, irrespective of the sector and solution offering, gather to connect, share and learn from the CEOs of some of the established companies, as well as VCs and other stakeholders.

Okunowo said it is an avenue for “startup founders and intending founders to network and access resources”.

According to him, StartUP Friday offered opportunity

to attendees to connect with successful CEOs, investors and business owners that would be difficult to access ordinarily.

“Leveraging on the convening power of government, we bring these categories of people together within the reach of our startup founders. They are part of the ecosystem, and we want them to share their experience, to network with people and find ways that they can help them.

Give them access to resources,” he said.

In the past editions, StartUP Friday had hosted founders of Jobberman, Printivo and Hotels.ng, and these CEOs have shared the stories of how they established their companies.

They had told the audience about the road they travelled before overcoming their

challenges and how they raised their first big capital.

“If we are all successful then we are doing great. With that success comes a story to tell.

There will be a time when a startup founder sits in front of investors and pitch to make them believe that the business is worth investing in. The best way to learn is to listen, learn and follow the principles of those who have walked that path before”, Okunowo said.

According to him, resources do not only mean money, adding that with StartUP Friday, the office would want to make the conversation stronger, deeper and more impactful as it partners with corporates such as Intel and Microsoft that would bring additional value to the startup firms.

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Glo ranks as dominant operator in new data subscriptions for Q1 2016

E-susu aims to close gap between community loan groups, traditional banking services

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Globacom has in the first quarter of 2016 consolidated its position as Nigeria’s preferred network for new data subscribers.

Industry report spanning the first three months of the year just released by the telecoms regulator, NCC indicated that Globacom recorded an additional 1,448,354 new internet subscribers during the period.

The number consists of 354,178 for January, 248,593 for February and 845,583 for March.

This brought the company’s total internet customers to 26,530,420 as at the end of the quarter.

The network’s figure of 1,448,354 for the three months under review amounted to 80 percent of the total number of 1,820,651 new subscribers who used the internet services of the four key telecom operators in Nigeria in the first quarter of this year.

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While Airtel recorded 319,229 new data subscribers for the three months, Etisalat had an addition of 53,068 new internet users on the

network during the period. The combined figure for the two companies makes up 20 percent of the total figure of 1,820,651 new internet customers for the quarter.

MTN, on the other hand, kicked off the quarter with 39,924,737 data customers, closing with 33,356,595. This situation amounted to a massive loss of over 6.5million internet subscribers in just three months.

When these figures are juxtaposed against the corresponding period of 2015, Glo had 946,202 new internet customers, MTN recorded 1,286,205, Airtel had 2,331,160 while Etisalat had 3,994,810 new data subscribers.

However, Globacom has since then secured firm control of the data segment of the telecom market. January 2016 statistics which showed how the major operators fared over the last 12 months revealed that Glo garnered a total of 7,251,657 new internet users during the period.

Etisalat came second with a total of 5,431,190 new internet customers, while Airtel finished third with 961,548 new data customers in the 12 month period. On the other hand, MTN brought up the rear with a net loss of 1,059,160 data customers during the period.

NCC, NITDA backs DigitalSense forum on IG4D, IPV6

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have expressed support for the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable.

Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, executive director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of the twoday event, informed Daily Times that the forum which is on its 8th edition, would hold at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), former NITEL Training School, Cappa-

Oshodi in Lagos on June 2 and 3, this year.

According to her, Professor Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) of NCC and Acting Director-General of NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji are expected to lead discussions on day 1 and 2 respectively of the event.

She also revealed that the 2016 theme is on Day 1 IG4D is ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2016, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day with the theme ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ on Friday, June 3, 2016.

She said that DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has sustained the tempo since 2009 in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and beckon on other corporate Nigeria to join the queue in enlightening Nigerians on the positive use of the Internet for the good of

all, especially the youth through creation of opportunities.

NCC, she explained is the apex telecom regulator in the country with over-arching role among others to assist communications industry stakeholders and practitioners with a view to the development of the industry, whereas NITDA’s mandate encompasses among other things the establishment of human and infrastructure development within the Information Technology (IT) industry and maximization of these nationwide.

These, opportunities, she said, when well assimilated could be translated into job and wealth creation, noting that the forum also known as Nigeria ICT4D event has been streamlined to act as a rallying point for Nigerian internet stakeholders in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the ICT sector.

“The two-day forum is aimed at encouraging positive usage of the Internet among the youths, women, students and offers product sellers and manufacturers in Nigeria the opportunity to engage, with global contest in mind,” she added.

countries but susu is one example, hence the app being called e-susu.

“Sometimes people can get in trouble for participating in it because if they are at work and they are collecting money that can be seen as something illegal. This takes that risk away and brings it to online platform and puts everything in one spot, all the group knows exactly what’s going on. So we’re trying to create an easily accessible platform,” Puckett said.

“Communities participate in banking services… but a lot of that is non-traditional. So we’re trying to bridge that gap by taking something that’s already done and just making it more visible, making it so that you can point to this and say now I can build credit because look at my history here.”

“This is something which you could go to a bank and say we have participated in a savings program,” she added.

Puckett worked on the core concept and business planning for the team, as well as presenting the e-susu hack on stage.

Another member of the team, Mahdi Hamdi, a 28-year-old full stack developer, reckons that as well as serving groups of people who are excluded from banking credit, the platform could have wider appeal with young people generally — because he argues millennials don’t trust traditional financial institutions.

“I think millennials are shifting and renewing everything. Tourism now, people they don’t want to go to hotels, they want to stay with locals, even with finance — the shocking statistic I heard is that 73 per cent of millennials they prefer going to the dentist to going to a bank.

“We really don’t feel safe with these formal, financial institutions,” he said.

The team disclosed that they plan to continue working on the app – having originally come up with the concept at a prior hackathon. TC Disrupt NY is the pair’s second hackathon.

Telecoms investment in Nigeria to hit $42 billion in 2017 With all the intensive efforts being put in place by the Ministry of Communications and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to have a ubiquitous broadband, investment in the country’s telecom industry may hit $42 billion (N8.5 trillion) by 2017.

This prediction is coming on the heels of the nation’s telecom space that is currently valued at $34 billion (N6.7 trillion), an increase from $32 billion (N63.6 trillion) it was a few years ago.

Engr.

Gbenga Adebayo, President of Association of

Licensed Telephone Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), an umbrella body of all telecom service providers in Nigeria said in Lagos that telecom operators have cumulatively invested over $34 billion in the Nigerian communications industry to

PCI SSC, GM Orfei

build infrastructure that is powering national growth and development across the country, stressing that with an additional $10 billion Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) as predicted

by KPMG, the industry may be valued at $42 billion in 2017.

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Platini’s quits as UEFA boss

...As football ban cut to four years

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ichel Platini is to stand down as UEFA president after his six-year ban from football was reduced to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Platini was initially banned for eight years by a FIFA disciplinary committee over a £1.3m payment given to him by then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.

The pair claimed the money was for work Platini did for Blatter between 1998-2002. His eight-year ban was cut to six by the FIFA appeals committee.

Platini had hoped to be cleared of all charges but the three-man CAS panel in Lausanne backed FIFA’s judgement that the payment was “unfair” and a “conflict of interests”.

However the panel also ruled that the six-year suspension was “too severe” and reduced it to four years.

In a statement Platini said he viewed the ruling as a “profound injustice” and vowed to continue the fight to clear his name through the Swiss legal system.

The former France international will not be able to take any part, formally or informally, in Euro 2016

which takes place in his homeland.

Platini’s lawyers have confirmed he will resign as UEFA president in the next few days.

The court said Platini received the money “more than eight years after the end of his work relations, was not based on any document established at the time of the contractual relations and did not correlate with the alleged unpaid part of his salary.”

And in deciding the ban, the judges said Platini’s attitude in court was a factor in the verdict.

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Iran ready to join OPEC in oil freeze talk

Opeoluwani Akintayo

Following cut in oil production by the United States, Russia and Asia, Iran now says it is ready to join freeze talk to boost price.

Mohsen Qamsari, the director

for international affairs of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), disclosed that Iran has already reached the desirable level of oil output to proceed with freezing of its production.

Qamsari said Iran’s current

production of oil, based on OPEC calculations, stands at around 4.2 million barrels per day (bpd) by considering the daily production of 500,000 bpd of condensate.

“Accordingly, the desirable figure for Oil Minister (Bijan Zan-

geneh) has been reached and we can join the oil freeze plan,” he told Tasnim news agency.

Nevertheless, the official emphasized, the decision to join the plan should be taken by the oil minister himself.

“It is expected that he will

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make a decision over this,” other news agencies have quoted Qamsari as saying.

The oil freeze plan that has been raised by key OPEC and non-OPEC producers requires the global production of oil to

NPA seeks ICRC support on review of port concession agreements

Lagos partitions LFTZ, releases N1.6bn for development To speed up the infrastructural development at the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, the Lagos State government has partitioned the area and also released N1.6 billion.

The money is the state’s counterpart funding for the infrastructural development of the zone.

Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, who disclosed this at a briefing in Lagos, said the move is to encourage investors’ participation in the project.

He explained that the ministry has divided the zone into two parcels and four quadrants, namely South-West, South-East quadrant in parcel A and the North-West as well as the NorthEast quadrant in parcel B for ease of development. He said the Lekki Free Zone Project is a catalyst the government hopes will shoot the state into real global economic reckoning.

According to the commis-

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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (2nd left), receiving a souvenir from the President/Chairman Governing Council, Institute of Directors Nigeria, Mr. Samuel Yemi Akeju during the Institution’s visit to the Senate President in Abuja, yesterday. With them are ex-President of the IOD, Alh. Umar Abba Gana and Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Sen. Isa Galaudu.

FG in alleged secret deregulation of downstream sector Ï^ƄƎƍ Ɖ Ǝ ƄƉƉ ƅ ƍ ƐƄƍ N100 per litre Opeoluwani Akintayo

Fresh reports making the rounds indicate that the Federal Government is into an alleged secret deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry which would take effect any moment from now.

According to information gathered, the deregulation move will swing the official price of Premium Motoring Spirit, PMS known as petrol, to over N100 per litre.

Calculations revealed that

the hike would make a minimum of 27.17 percent increase in fuel price nationwide, the officials who begged anonymity have said.

The deregulation policy, they say, is likely to push the pump price of petrol to about N110 per litre at NNPC-owned filling stations and higher at other independent outlets.

However, they revealed that no formal announcement of the increment would be made by FG for fear of backlashes from the masses.

Industry sources familiar

with the plan said government is at the stage of giving secret permission to petroleum products marketers to gradually adjust their pump prices as early as midweek as a formal take-off of deregulation in the country.

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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has sought the support of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in reviewing concession agreements of ports in Nigeria.

NPA Managing Director, Habib Abdullahi, made the plea recently in Abuja during a meeting with the Director-General of the ICRC, Aminu Dikko.

Abdullahi said that the review of the agreements would help in boosting activities at the ports thereby giving room for better ports operations and more investor participation.

He said that the development of access roads to the Lekki Deep Seaport project would ease business transactions.

Abdullahi also said that NPA intended to liaise with the ICRC and other stakeholders to develop fisheries at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal 2, turning it into a modern fishing terminal.

He also appealed for the dredging and maintenance of water channels at the Calabar and Warri ports via the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach.

The NPA boss noted that agricultural exportation could be achieved with ease through the ports if there were rail lines to help in transporting agricultural produce to the port terminals.

NUPENG condemns militants’ attack on Chevron platform

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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG) has said the recent blow up of Chevron Valve Platform in Abiteye,

Warri North Local Government Area in Delta State by suspected militants was an attack on the ecosystem and the economy.

In a statement by the President, Comrade (Dr.) Igwe Achese NUPENG appealed

to the suspected militants to sheath their sword and stop the destruction of oil installations and pipelines.

It stated that the blow-up will cost the joint venture partners billions of naira as it will affect

crude oil supplies and gas distribution to thermal stations.

The Union urged the militants to stop the dastardly act as it affects the ecosystem through the destruction of aquaculture, farmlands, water, and river pol-

lution arising from the spillage.

The Union called on the militants to desist from the act as it draws the economy back and affects the climate and lives of the citizens of the host community.

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sioner, the state government is engaging the host communities to ensure a sustainable cordial relationship with investors in the zone.

He assured all prospective investors in the zone that the government had overhauled the security network in order to guarantee safety for investment.

Ogunleye noted that the World Bank report listed the Lekki Free Zone as the fastest growing FZ, adding that the products from the zone were compliant with international standards as they go through the standardisation laboratories.

The commissioner maintained that the LFZ project, which has remained the flagship of the state government industrial development initiative, was conceptualised to provide enabling environment for industries to operate as well as attract both local and foreign direct investments into the state.

Ogunleye added that the ministry has remained unrelenting in its efforts to attain and sustain high level of viable and vibrant commercial and industrial activities in the state in line with its mission to promote economic growth and development there.

federal roads across the country to engage direct labour.

The Head of Communication and Public Relations Officer, Mrs Maryam Sanusi made this known to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

She noted that rehabilitation works were done through direct labour, adding that contractors who have yet to complete their jobs were being encouraged to go back to site.

She said that the newly introduced Treasury Single Account (TSA) that is being used at the moment has contributed to delay in the disbursement of funds to states for the execution of works through direct labour.

She stated that FERMA activities were still ongoing along federal highways through direct labour operations and contracts interventions. ``FERMA applies highway

mised. ``Either through its various programmes, supervision, quality control/assurance, monitoring, surveillance systems and periodic staff training for efficiency, productivity and greater output.’’

She explained that due to paucity of funds, the agency had resulted in the use of more direct labour, as no contracts were awarded in 2015. ``The agency has been going through difficult times due to paucity of funds. ``Funds not being released timely for the execution of contracts during clement weather (dry season), also cause lot of difficulties in the execution of projects.’’

Sanusi said that it was the responsibility of the tendering stage, as the assessment of capabilities of the contractors were normally vetted through their profiles.

of 2015.

This is a contrast when compared to the third quarter of 2015, which had 57,704 of aircraft movement. The third quarter aircraft movement however decreased by 1.1 per cent in relative to second quarter of the same year under review.

These data were released recently by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. According to the bureau, the increase in aircraft movement in the fourth quarter was as a result of the festive period; Christmas and New Year celebrations in that period.

However, NBS, hinted that the statistics of both third and fourth quarter of 2015 represented a notable decline relative to the same quarters of the previous year.

The bureau in its statistics emphasised that aircraft movement

clines were both larger than the corresponding year-on-year declines in passenger numbers, indicating that passengers per flight increased over this period.

In contrast with the number of passengers, the year-on-year fall in the number of domestic flights was larger than the fall in the number of international flights.

“In the third and fourth quarters of 2015, there were 11.3 per cent and 14.3 per cent fewer domestic flights than in the same quarter of 2014 respectively, which resulted in a total of 46,157 and 50,686 flights in the third and fourth quarter.”

NBS added that the year-on-year declines in the number of international flights were 3.3 per cent and 10.5 per cent in the third and fourth quarter of 2015 respectively, which resulted in a total of 11,547 international flights in third quarter of 2015 and 11,006 in the fourth.

L- R: Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria; Modupe Thani, Head, Events and Sponsorship, Opeyemi Lawal, Manager, High Value Sponsorship and Events and Elvis Ogiemwanye, Director, Brands and Experience, all of Etisalat Nigeria at the premiere of the Hear Word stage play series sponsored

by Etisalat Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.

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remain at January levels. The plan is meant to boost the prices that have fallen 65 percent since peaking in June 2014 due to oversupply.

Iran rejected plea to freeze its output as unfair and emphasized that it will go ahead with its plans to increase oil production.

Nevertheless, it had made it clear that it is ready to join the plan after its output reaches 4 million barrels per day.

The country had been under multiple years of sanctions that limited its oil exports to 1 million barrels per day and also barred foreign investments in its oil industry.

FG in alleged secret deregulation of downstream sector CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

unions to its side.

Pushing for reaction, Business Times put a call through to the General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Peter Ozo-Eson but he did not respond to calls and text message.

Also, the acting Executive Secretary, PPPRA, Sotonye

Iyoyo, did not respond to calls, and a text message.

NNPC spokesperson, Garbadeen Mohammed, said he was unaware of the planned introduction of deregulation by government.

Deregulation of the oil sector has been clamoured for by the private sector as solution to fuel scarcity in the country. Deregulation allows both the govern-

ment and privates to share the burden of oil production and allow market forces of demand and supply determine the prices of petroleum products.

Until January this year when the price of crude oil at the international market dropped to less than $28 per barrel, government was paying subsidy in multiples of billions of Naira

annually throughout the period of high oil prices.

With the introduction of price modulating mechanism by government, for the first time, marketers had to refund to the PPPRA costs recovered for importing fuel at a landing price lower than government approved price band of N85.50 per litre for NNPC mega stations and N86 for other stations.

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, May 10, 2016

B3 Money Market

Stories by Motolani Oseni As part of its continuous effort in ensuring improved e-payment system in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has taken a step further by issuing new guidelines on operations of electronic payment channels and Transactions Switching in Nigeria.

These new guidelines are targeted to enable the industry achieve an effective and seamless settlement system.

The CBN stated that the latest released guidelines supersede the previous Standards and Guidelines on Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, Operations in Nigeria and Guidelines on Point of Sales, (PoS) card acceptance services, as issued by the CBN. In a latest circular by the apex bank, the regulator said the guidelines are backed by the powers conferred on it by Sections 2 (d) and 47 (2) of the CBN Act, 2007, to promote and facilitate the development of efficient and effective systems for the settlement of transactions, including the development of electronic payment systems.

The guidelines also set out the procedures for the operation of switching services in Nigeria, including the rights and obligations of the parties to the switching contract. It compels the switching companies to meet with minimum standards for switching, as approved by the CBN. For a switching company to operate in Nigeria, it shall ob-

L-R: Corps Marshal / Chief Executive Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi; Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Character of Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator Tijjani kaura; and President National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alh. Najeem Yasin, during a stakeholder forum on Tyres, in Abuja... on Monday Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

CBN moves to ensure improved e-payment system, issues guidelines tain a Switching license from the CBN while parties to transaction switching include, but not limited to Nigeria central switch; switching companies; card issuers and merchant acquirers.

It said acquirers, whose transactions are switched, shall maintain databases that can handle information relating to cardholders, merchants and their

transactions for a minimum period of seven years.

Also, information on usage, volume and value of transactions and other relevant information shall be forwarded to the CBN as and when due and in the format required by the CBN. Each member institution shall settle fees charged for the services provided by the switching

company in relation to the operation of the switching network, in accordance with the agreed tariff while the issuer shall be held liable (where proven) for frauds with the card arising from card skimming or other compromises of the issuer’s security system.

The CBN said an acquirer shall be responsible for ensuring that merchants put in place rea-

sonable processes and systems for confirming payee’s identity and detecting suspicious or unauthorised usage of electronic payment instruments, both where customer/card is physically present at point of sale or in cases where customer/card is not physically present, like in Internet/web and telephone payment systems/portals.

#LR Ǝ ƍ ƄƎ MƟƞƾƂ 01M Ƃ ƕ ƏƃƎƆ Ǝ Ɔ ƑƄƄƈ The Debt Management Office (DMO) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria targets N105 billion through offer for her monthly auction of FGN bonds, which will mature in February 2020, and N50, 000,000 worth of FG Bond, an equivalent 12.50 percent to mature in January, 2026.

DMO says it will be auctioning a total of N105 billion worth of bonds in the primary market this week even as the Federal Government bond prices depreciated while yields increased.

This is according to the latest figure obtained from the FGN Bonds Issuance Calendar for second Quarter, 2016, on the official website of DMO. The statistics shows that N15.0billion, N40.0billion and N50.0billion of the FEB 2020, JAN 2026 and MAR 2036 bonds in the primary market would be sold on Wednesday 11th of May 2016.

It further notes that the re-open-

ings of previously issued bonds, where the coupon is already set, successful bidders will pay a price corresponding to the yield-to-maturity bid that clears the volume being auctioned, plus accrued interest from the original issue date.

While informing the general public about the forthcoming FGN bonds offer, DMO stated, “Please be informed that you can download the offer documents from the website but you must submit the completed form to any of the Primary Dealer / Market Maker nearest to you.”

The debt management office noted that applications must be made only on the official form, warning that any application made on a newspaper cutting or on Photostat copy of the application form will be rejected.

DMO’s circular offer, obtained by our correspondent stated that applications must be for a minimum of N10, 000 and thereafter, in the multiples of N1, 000, add-

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ing that the value(s) of bonds for which applications(s) is/are made and the value of the cheque or Bank draft attached should be entered in the boxes provided “The applicant should insert the caption of the Bond as appropriate for which he is bidding (e.g. 3 rd FGN Bond 2009 Series 1). The bid interest rate being offered by the applicant must be set out in the box provided up to 2 decimal points e.g. 10.08% per annum”, DMO noted.

Some of the dealers said that they expect the bonds for auction to clear at marginal rates of 12.8per cent, 13.2percent and 13.6percent for the FEB 2020, JAN 2026 and MAR 2036 bonds respectively. The upcoming auction, according to them, coupled with a possible hike in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meet-

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ing (going by forward guidance of the CBN Governor), will likely define the dynamics of yields in the bonds market in the coming week,” dealers at Cowry Assets Management Limited stated.

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Labour B4

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NLC urges Cross River to recruit 200 nurses, 100 midwives Stories by Joy Ekeke At least additional 200 nurses and 100 midwives would be required to enhance healthcare services in Cross River state, the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said.

Mr John Ushie, the NLC’s Chairman in the state made the assertion recently.

Ushie said that the recruitment would help bridge the gap in the sector, which was caused by retirement and resignation of seasoned nurses and midwives.

“The NLC in the state is appeal-

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CAEI targets three million direct jobs for women, youths In its fight against unemployment, a non-governmental organisation, Civil Awareness and Empowerment Initiative (CAEI), has said it would create three million direct jobs for youths and women across the country.

The acting chairman of the NGO, Dr Gambo Bala Iggi, disclosed the plan, recently, after the inauguration of a task force/restructuring committee of the NGO in Abuja.

He said the CAEI was established to partner with governments and private organisations in the fight against social ills in the country through youth empowerment.

He said the foundation has fashioned how to empower 5,000 youths and women in the country’s 774 local government areas.

He said since 2011, CAEI had empowered people in vocations comprising tailoring, carpentry, GSM handset technicians, poul-

ing to the state governor to approve the recruitment of at least 200 nurses and midwives for the state and about 100 nurses for the 18 local government areas.

“NLC also appeal for the grant of in-service training to nurses who opt for post basic studies in special and critical areas where

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try and fish farming with kits worth over N300 million.

He called on the committee to liaise with the World Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria and other development finance agencies with a view to getting grants and donations to be used for empowerment of the unemployment youths.

manpower is lacking,” he said.

Ushie said the recruitment would go a long way in improving the quality of healthcare service delivery in the state.

The chairman lauded the state government’s free treatment programme for pregnant women and children under five.

He noted that the programme has made healthcare services very accessible, especially to rural dwellers.

Meanwhile, there are worried by the number of jobs that may be lost due to economic downturn and uncertainties in the country, NLC has therefore, called on the federal government to explore opportunities in the real sector, by reviving ailing industrial firms under its diversification agenda.

According to the NLC, for the government’s diversification agenda to succeed, it must industrialise the country, as dependence on the oil sector is no longer sustainable.

Specifically, the union’ in its May address opined that, the best way out of the lock-jam the country presently finds itself due to the unstable price of crude oil at the international market is for government to massively indus-

trialise the economy.

This, it said will help to cushion the negative effects of oil price on the economy as well as create more jobs for Nigerians.

“Congress believes that a strong response to the fall in the price of crude oil in the international market is for Nigeria to take advantage of this to eventually diversify and industrialize our economy. This will help to create millions of decent jobs and move the people out of poverty.

“We have proven large quantities of raw materials outside oil, like limestone, cotton, diamond, gold, groundnuts, and cocoa among others. With industrial firms, we can transform them into manufactured goods. Industrialization is the key to economic recovery. In the period after independence, the textile sector was a very important sector in terms of production and the volume of jobs that the sector absorbed.

It was employing at the height of the textile boom, over 320,000 workers. Today the sector has struck to employing less than 50,000 workers. We call on the Federal and State governors to work to review the sector,” NLC said.

PFAs hope to enrol 20million contributors by 2025 The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) has said in order to attain it’s target of N60trillion it hopes to enrol over 20 million Nigerians into the contributory pension scheme by 2025.

Official statistics say the number of those who have signed up on the scheme stood at 6.9million nationwide while contributors’ assets have reached N5.3trillion.

Ms Susan Oranye, the executive secretary of PenOp, stated this during the 2016 Workers’ Celebration.

She said: “In 2025, we will be hoping to raise the number of contributors to 20 million. We can say that by 2017 or 2018 we would have doubled the figure.

We are optimistic, and for that to happen, the employment rate really needs to settle.”

She said there has been marginal growth since May 1, 2015, adding that a lot needed to be

done to encourage Nigerians to be part of the contributory pension scheme.

“There is a lot of work to be done because we have 6.9 million people as contributors,” she said.

This is a drop in the ocean when you consider the population of the country. Though

Ms Susan

we have progressed, but we are aware that there is still work to be done, if we need to reach N60trillion mark.”

The PenOp boss said Nigerian workers deserved financial dignity in retirement, adding it was essential to maintain “decent standard of living for your loved ones when you retire.”

While speaking on the issue of maintaining a retirement saving account and joining the contributory pension scheme, Oranye said contributors can regularly update their account to change address, telephone and other key information.

She said “it is mandatory to inform your PFA six months before retirement so that your benefits can be paid on time,” adding that one can “access 25per cent of his or her RSA balance if one is out of job for 4 months while contributors can withdraw up to 50 per cent of their contribution when they retired.

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, May 10, 2016

B5 Energy

America, Asia dare OPEC, cut oil production Like taking the bull by the horn, both America and Asia have gone ahead to cut oil production, leaving OPEC to battle with whether or not to do same.

Drops in oil production are happening so fast that it looks like both continents could resolve the problem of global oversupply.

The 70 percent oil price slide LCOcl CLcl between 2014 and early 2016, has been linked to no other problem that the oversupply of 2 million barrels per day.

But the likes of America, including the United States, Canada and Latin America- and also Asia, are cutting down production, giving the market a glimpse of hope.

“Unplanned oil supply disruptions have been a key element so far this year that has contributed to a tighter oil market than was otherwise expected,” said analyst Guy Baber of Simmons & Co. If the distributions last, there will be limited spare capacity to meet demand, Baber cautioned.

Output from the Americas dropped over 1.5 million bpd last quarter, while producers in Asia and Australia cut 250, 000 bpd, taking away a large percentage of world’s oversupply, government, industry and consultancy data shows.

This comes at a time when members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, have refused to cut output in order to retain market share and

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Sector, Hon. Joseph Akinlaja during a courtesy visit to NIPCO terminal recently.

squeeze out higher-cost competitors.

“The Saudis have achieved what they want in that the market is re-balancing through price,” senior oil analyst Neil Beveridge of Sanford C. Bernstein told Reuters.

“Over the past 12 months Saudi has raised production, putting downward pressure on price to bring back discipline among the producers. This is now playing

out.”

In fact, with so much nonOPEC output now off the market, producers like Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been able to raise supplies and prices for shipments to Asia, the world’s top oil consuming region.

Outages in Canada are also helping speed up the re-balancing, Beveridge added.

A raging wildfire in Fort McMurray, at the heart of Canada’s

oil sands region, has forced more than 690,000 bpd out of production, according to Reuters estimates, with more disruptions possible.

“In the last two years, outages have not been the focus because of the imbalance in the market, but that changes now that the market is tightening,” said Richard Gorry, director of JBC Energy Asia.

U.S. output, down by 410,000 bpd

this year and 800,000 bpd since mid-2015, is expected to down another 800,000 bpd in the next five months, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Latin America’s crude oil production, suffering from underinvestment, fell 4.6 percent in the first quarter to 9.13 million bpd, a loss of 441,000 bpd from the same period a year ago, according to data from individual countries and OPEC.

Sweetcrude Report, NNCDMB urge FG Nigeria’s weekly energy watch Last Week This Week (Avg) on local content policy implementation # (Avg) Sweetcrude Report in collaboration with Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has urged the Federal Government to implement the Local Content policy in the oil and gas sector.

The charge was made at the recently concluded 2016 Nigeria Content Investment Forum in Houston Texas put together

by Sweetcrude Reports in collaboration with Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB. Speaking at the Forum, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, assured local service provider and prospective investors in the oil and gas industry of Federal Government commitment towards implementing the Local

Content policy.

The Minister who stated this at the said in addition to implementing local content policy, government will continue to provide the enabling environment required to nuture businesses and investment towards creating a robust supply chain.

Kachikwu who was represented by the acting Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr. Daziba Patrick Obah said despite falling crude oil price, local content policy will be implemented.

Addressing Nigeria’s Small Medium Enterprises, SMEs and Houston’s Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEMs at the event, the Minister said specific areas of focus for local content development include, infrastructure development, Fiscal incentives, funding, addressing long contracting cycle,

and in-country processing of hydrocarbon resources.

“We will accelerate implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme, NOGaPS, to enable our SMEs focus on production and services while we develop infrastructure and facilities to support domiciliation imperatives.

“We will accelerate approval for gas infrastructure projects to make gas available in specialised oil and gas manufacturing and service hub. The gas infrastructure will assist in meeting the energy and power requirement of businesses supporting the oil and gas industry,” Kachikwu said.

On fiscal incentives, the Minister said government shall extend fiscal incentives to all investors that set up shop close to rural oil producing communities.

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Capital Market B6

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Nigeria Equities sustain previous trading gains, adds 0.49% Stories by Afolabi Adesola Equities trading at the Nigerian Stock Exchange has extended its gaining streak as the NSE All Share Index (ASI) appreciated by 0.49 percent to close at 25,823.30 basis points, compared with the 0.54 percent appreciation recorded in the previous trading session to close at 25,701.60 basis points.

Aggregate market capitalization of all quoted equities also grew from N8.841 trillion, to close at N8.884 trillion indicating an increase of N43.6 billion, following the exchange of 559.95 million shares worth N6.4 billion in 3,655 deals.

The day’s trading had 28 gainers to 20 losers, with the top gainers recorded as Unilever which added N3.3 to close at N35.54 per share, Nigerian

Breweries gained N1.62 to close at N116.7 per share; while Flourmill grew by N1.06 to close at N23.4 per share.

Also recorded on the gainers chart were Zenith Bank and UACN which increased by 60 kobo and 59 kobo respectively to close at N13.75 and N18.6 per share respectively.

Conversely, Total Plc led the days decliners, dropping N5 to close at N152 per share, Glaxo-

smithkline followed with a depreciation of N1.07 to close at N20.36 per share while Cadbury Nigeria Plc depleted by 82 kobo to close at N15.64 per share.

Forte Oil and Berger Paints fell by 66 kobo and 42 kobo each to close at N219.26 and N8.11 per share respectively.

Banking stocks dominated the top traders chart, as Eco Bank Transnational Incorporated Plc. traded the most in terms of vol-

ume accounting for N244.6 million shares worth N4.8 billion; Access Bank, exchanged 161.6 million shares valued at N675.3 million and Transcorp sold 24.7 million shares amounting to N27.1 million.

UBA and FBN Holdings also moved activities on the NSE by trading 18.5 and 16.5 million shares each valued at N62.8 million and N57.1 million respectively.

Why the 2016 Budget may immediately benefit Dangote Cement, Julius Berger

L – R: Alastair MacNaughton, Executive Director, Lubes & Specialties, Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc; Ade Bajomo, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Adetunji Oyebanji, Chairman/Managing Director, Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc and Karl Thorsen, Business Services Manager & Controller, Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc at Closing Gong Ceremony at the Exchange… on Monday.

NSE set to implement Compliance Status Indicator codes on listed companies As part of efforts to further improve market transparency and integrity, provide timely information for investment decisions as well as enhance the protection of investors in the capital market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange will commence the use of enhanced Compliance Status Indicator (CSI) codes on the ticker tape for listed companies effective Monday, May 09, 2016.

In a statement made available to Daily Times, The Exchange has said it will tag all listed companies with a three character code that indicates the compliance status of the listed company at any particular point in time, which will enable investors to make informed decisions whilst ensuring a transparent market guided by timely information.

The newly introduced codes are: BLS which means Below

Listing Standard and is for all deficiencies regarding Continuing Listing Standards. MRF means Missed Regulatory Filing, while DWL stands for Delisting Watchlist to be used for companies that have been served with a delisting notice but the delisting process has been put on hold because they have received a stay of action from The Exchange for a defined period during which they undertake to cure the issues that led to the issuance of the delisting notice. If they fail to cure the issue within the defined period or any extension thereof, the hold on the delisting process will be lifted.

DIP, meaning Delisting in Progress will be stamped on companies that are in the delisting process, mandatory or voluntary.

The delisting process commences with a notice of intention to delist from The Exchange to an issuer

(mandatory) or to The Exchange from an issuer (voluntary).

Companies that are awaiting the approval or no objection of their primary or another government regulator before releasing their audited financial statements will be stamped with AWR depicting Awaiting Regulatory Approval while RST stands for Restructuring for companies that are in the process of restructuring.

BMF means Below Listing Standard and Missed Regulatory Filing while BAA is for companies Below Listing Standard and Awaiting Regulatory Approval.

BRS stands for Below Listing Standard and Restructuring, MRS Missed Regulatory Filing and Restructuring, while companies Below Listing Standard, who have also Missed Regulatory Filing and are Restructuring will carry the code BMR.

“The signing of the budget today will trigger concerted efforts to reflate the Nigerian economy, a key element of which is an immediate injection of N350bn into the economy by way of capital projects. To illustrate our renewed commitment to infrastructural development, the 2016 budget allocates over N200bn to road construction as against a paltry N18bn allocated for same purpose in the 2015 budget.” This was one of the key statements made by Nigeria’s President Buhari Last Friday May 6, 2016 as he signed the 2016 Federal Budget after a protracted period of budget padding, accusation, and counter accusations, negotiations and frustrations.

Also, The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, had stated on Sunday in Abuja through his Special Adviser (Communications), Mr Hakeem Bello that ``We plan to phase 206 roads over three years to ensure completion or substantial progress of existing roads with heaviest traffic and strategic economic significance in each of the six geo-political zones.’’

These statement leads investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange to be optimistic on how much this immediate capital injection could impact on companies poised to deliver “infrastructural development.” Two of such companies are Dangote Cement Plc, Africa’s Largest Cement manufacturer and Julius Berger Plc. Nigeria’s foremost construction company.

Where Dangote Cement stands to further strengthen its turnover base through the increased

demand of its lead product, Nairametrics analysts are of the opinion that Julius Berger, who has been grappling with declining revenue is poised to benefit immensely from this budget after a disappointing 2015 that saw revenues drop by 32% to N133.8 billion.

“Road construction projects which the company classes under Civil Works segment reported a 30.6 percent drop in revenues to N79.8 billion. In its 2015 Q1 results, it reported that revenue from Civil Works dropped by 34% to N16.3 billion (2015 Q1: N24.7 billion).

The company is basically hanging on a thread and will look forward to the implementation of the budget to help boost toppling revenue growth.

Julius Berger’s share price has closed flat at N43 for the last one month and still carried a high price to earnings ratio of 23x. It is a tightly held stock with a free float of about 464.4 million out of its issued ordinary shares of about 1.32 billion. 4 entities control about 52% of the stock suggesting this could be the reason why the share price hasn’t dipped even further.”

Julius Berger hit a peak of about N72 in 2014 when the company was still posting annual revenues of about N200 billion.

Revenues once jumped 19 percent to N201.2 billion in 2012 from N168 billion in 2011 during the first year of the newly elected President Goodluck Jonathan. A repeat of the goodwill and business extended to the company by the Buhari administration could attract a similar spike.

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3,655.00

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559,955,457.00

VALUE

6,441,006,740.56

CAP

8,884,454,462,515.60

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NSE DAILY ACTIVITY SUMMARY ( EQUITIES) 09-05-2016

Features B8

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, May 10, 2016

How close are Nigerian workers to getting their N56,000 minimum wage demand?

The demand for a new minimum wage of N56, 000 by Nigerian workers was finally presented to the government few days to the last May 1st Workers’ Day celebration. Now the whole world is waiting to see if their expectations will be dashed or if their prayers would be answered? JOY EKEKE writes.

Raising the national minimum wage is indeed necessary if Nigeria can afford it, because while rising inflation has made nonsense of workers’ current pay, government’s earnings has also dwindled drastically.

Today, Nigerians who are fortunate to have jobs are finding it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to survive on their monthly pay. The major reason for this is that the pay of the Nigerian worker is not only one of the lowest in the world; it has also not improved as it should in the face of changes in market conditions. Workers in the public sector are particularly worse off.

The situation is made worse by the fact that those who work also have to support family members who form part of the huge army of unemployed and dependent Nigerians.

History of wage increase demand This is not the first time that workers would be asking for a general upward review of wages and an increase in the National Minimum Wage. Between 1945 when workers staged the famous 45 days general strike for a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) and 2007, when the demand by workers for a 25% general wage through the Ernest Shonekan Wage Consolidation Committee was arbitrarily cut down to 15% by Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, workers have struggled at 15 different periods to have wages improved and a national minimum wage legislated upon.

But while the struggles produced notable victories for workers and the NLC, it was usually the case that the National Minimum Wage was always set below the minimum wage needed by workers to survive. Because of the inadequacy of the wage, some state governments elected on their own to pay more. Even then, there were also some state governments that paid less than the stipulated national minimum wage. The result was that workers always could not cope.

The wage reviews were largely unstructured; sometimes negotiated wages were changed by government through circulars; at other times, government effected unilateral wage increases.

Agreements reached with government were sometimes distorted at implementation or not implemented at all by government. For example, the 2000 Wage Review Agreement provided for a further 25per cent wage increase for workers with effect from May 1, 2001, and 15 per cent wage increase with effect from May 1, 2002. This was not implemented. Following industrial dispute over this a 121/2 percent increase rather than the 35 per cent agreement in 2000, was signed in 2003. But in the end, only an increase of between 4 and12 1/2 per cent was implemented by the Federal Government. Although the Shonekan Committee was set up against this background and recommended a 25% increase in salaries; Obasanjo unilaterally implemented a 15% increase in 2007.

Government also failed to abide by the timeframes set out for subsequent negotiations with workers.

Experts propose that minimum wages should be adjusted regularly to maintain the purchasing power of affected workers in the face of price increases and to avoid large occasional shocks to the economy.

According to them the adjustment of the nominal minimum wage in the context of increasing prices is thus as important as the setting of the initial rate for a minimum wage.

President of NLC, Mr Ayuba Wabba, while pushing for the new raise said “We all know that it is a reality that N18,000 can no longer take the workers home and cannot sustain any family. Many countries are reviewing their minimum wage upwards to meet the current realities. In Nigeria, there is even greater need to increase the minimum wage because our currency had been devalued; inflation keeps rising among others.

“What is the relation of the Nigerian currency to the Dollar or what is value of the N18,000 to the Dollar?”

Affirming the submission of the new wage demand Wabba said, “I can say now authoritatively that we’ve made a formal proposal to the Federal Government of N56, 000 to be the new minimum wage.

“The demand has been submitted officially to government and we hope that the tripartite system

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“But while the struggles produced notable victories for workers and the NLC, it was usually the case that the National Minimum Wage was always set below the minimum wage needed by workers to survive” will actually be set up to look at it.

“Our argument is that, yes, it is true that the economy is not doing well, but the law stated that wages for workers must be reviewed after every five years.

“So, the issue must be looked into by the Federal Government and workers should not be seen as sleeping on their rights, ”he said.

He said it was imperative that the government should set up the

tripartite committee for the review of the new minimum wage.

Mr. Wabba said this was the only way the representatives of unions and government would fashion out the negotiation process at a roundtable.

According to him, the logic behind the new minimum wage is to ensure that no worker earns below what can sustain him or her for a period of 30 days.

“You also know that when we negotiated the N18, 000 minimum wage, the value in terms of exchange rate at that time was almost at N110 to the dollar.

“But as at today, the value of the naira to the dollar has been reduced; and there are the issues of inflation and purchasing power, among others to contend with.

“So, it also about the law of the review of the wage, the law envisaged that within a circle of five years, there must be a review,” Mr. Wabba said.

FG not party to 5yr review deal Interestingly the Federal Government has denied signing any agreement with organised labour for a review of the National Mini-

mum Wage every five years.

The Executive Chairman, National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, Dr. Richard Egbule, said the issue of the five-year period for the review of the national minimum wage was part of recommendations made by a committee which were not included in the commission’s Act. Egbule made this disclosure while speaking on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily.

According to him, the last review of the minimum wage was an amendment of the Act and changing of figures.

He added that there was even no law in the country which stipulates the review of the minimum wage every 10 years.

Egbule added, “The first time it (review of minimum wage) was done was in 1980. It was again done in 1990. It was again done in 2000 and lastly 2011. Of course, it was ready by 2010. So in between, there has been a period of 10 years for the review of the past ones although recently, in the last one, there were quite a number of recommendations.

“One of them was the issue that instead of a 10-year arrangement, it should be every five years, but that recommendation was not taken up and enacted into law.

“The only thing that was done was the issue of picking the figures and changing them. There are quite a number of very important recommendations in that report that were not taken.

“Even as I speak, the issue of reviewing it every 10 years was rather coincidental. There is no such law anywhere that guarantees that it should be done every 10 years.

What the last recommendation did was to say that it was too long.

The 10-year interval was too long; so, there was a recommendation that it should be five years, but the recommendation, which affected so many other things, was never enacted into law.

“So if anybody says, like labour is saying, that it is in the law, every five years, they have to do it, it is not correct. Probably, they are confusing this with a provision for a review of the pension every five years, whenever there is a review of salaries of workers. This is a separate issue; it is not about minimum wage.”

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I look out for honesty when casting actors for roles -Akin Omotosho

Akin Omotosho is a Nigerian South African-based movie producer and director who recently won the Best Director Award in the 2016 edition of the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards, which held in Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. According to the director, he came into filmmaking by reading up books about movie making and shooting shorts alongside his classmates. Currently living and working in South Africa with his family, Akin in this interview with MUTIAT ALLI, talks about what is currently on the front burner and his future plans.

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Congratulations on winning Best Director at the 2016 AMVCA. How has the journey so far been?

The journey has been amazing. I am truly grateful. I entered the industry after Drama School in 1997 and to still be able to be in the industry and given an opportunity to contribute is a true blessing. The journey isn’t over yet, mine is an ever-growing quest. In 1995, I made a decision at drama school to become a filmmaker. I taught myself about filmmaking by shooting shorts at drama school using my classmates (I owe them big time), reading everything I could find about films and watching as many films as I could. After graduation, I got cast in a TV series and I used the money from that television series to fund my first professional short film called THE KISS OF MILK. That short film became my calling card when I moved to Johannesburg. That short film got me opportunity to make two short films: THE NIGHTWALKERS and THE CARETAKER (which was made as part of a programme that was looking for new directors).

With three short films under my belt, myself and a group of friends co-funded my first feature film GOD IS AFRICAN which was shot in 2001.

Since that time I have directed a lot of episodic television, two more shorts, two documentaries, produced six feature films and directed three more feature films. Where there moments of doubt? Most definitely. The challenge is to not let the doubt cripple the creative process. I have been truly blessed to still be making films.

When I think back to that young man on campus dreaming of telling stories – I thank him.

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Why did you decide to make this movie, ‘Tell me sweet something’?

As a student, I watched Love Jones and was really inspired by that film and wanted to make a film like that. I also love love songs so Tell Me Sweet Something was born out of both those inspirations.

As a director, what extra mile do you have to go to bring a movie to life?

I heard an old filmmaker say once: “Film making is a marathon.” He was right! That statement defines everything around what a director goes through in bringing the vision to life. If you can imagine what goes into the preparation for a marathon (the stamina, the patience, the exhaustion), then you can imagine what the filmmaking team has to do in order to take something that started in someone’s creative mind, to be written on paper, to be funded (which takes years), to be cast, shot, edited, marketed and presented.

You have to be ready to commit five years or more of your life to a project. That’s the extra mile.

How do you juggle working in Nigeria and South Africa?

It’s all story dependent. The team approaches each story and we have been fortunate to be able to tell stories in both countries.

Did it cost so much to do this movie?

Every film is has a cost and the challenge is to be able to make it (it requires a lot of people) and make your investors happy. The film was funded by a team of crowd funders, The National Film and Video Foundation, The Gauteng Film Commission, Mvest Media, Ladies And Gentlemen, Pana TV and the South African Department of Trade And Industry.

Tell us about the challenges you face when shooting a movie Every film has its challenges. In our case, there were two moments where we weren’t sure if we were going to get the film made. To have overcome that is amazing. I mentioned the crowd funders above. There was a moment in prepping the film where the two major funders dropped out within months of each other and it really seemed like the film wasn’t going to be made. Fortunately, this is a team effort and along with the team we were able to recalibrate our process and we held

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a crowd funding evening to raise the additional funds. That crowd funders got us close to our goal and on that evening we met Mathew of Mvest Media (who had been invited to that evening by a friend) and his company ended up investing in the film. To have overcome that and not be crippled by the challenge was incredible.

Why did you decide to move to South Africa and work there? Did you encounter any particular challenge in Nigeria that informed your decision?

My father got a job at the University of the Western Cape and we moved to South Africa in 1992. I was 17 years old at the time and in high school.

How can you compare the Nigerian and South African movie industries?

I think both industries are exciting and both have a lot to learn to from each other and it’s great to see more collaborations between the two countries.

Do you have piracy issues in South Africa as much as we have here in Nigeria?

Yes indeed. It’s a big challenge.

Piracy is a problem worldwide. I try to get people to understand that it is theft. I support all initiatives to end piracy.

What do you look out for when casting actors for roles?

Honesty.

What are you currently working on?

I am in post production on two films. Watch this space.

Do you think it is time for the AMVCA’s to

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migrate to a full jury-based system or retain its current format?

I think the current format is perfect.

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Peace Mbuko Do you stay cool under pressure? Listen to your team, know when to trust your intuition and never let your emotions get the best of you? Then chances are that you have the highest degree of emotional intelligence.

Emotional quotient (EQ) or Emotional Intelligence (EI) is highly needed in the workplace as they help you relate and communicate well with others and be at ease with yourself. This write up will not only give in-depth knowledge as to how to develop your EI skills, but will shed light on the imperative of EI to both your personal and professional life, how best to manage your emotions to becoming a better version of yourself, and also how to help you relate effectively with those around you.

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to recognise your emotions, understand what they are telling you and see how they affect other people around you – it involves your perception of oth-

Developing your emotional intelligence skills

ers when you understand how they feel, and how to manage relationships better to avoid potential conflicts.

Just as Intelligence quotient (IQ) helps to enhance our mental ability, EI on the other hand helps you relate well with others and achieving goals. Intelligence is very vital to life, but EI deals with the awareness of your actions and how they affect those around you – it entails that you value others, listen to their wants and need and enables you empathize or identify with them on many different levels. people with high EI are usually successful in most things they do, because are the ones that make people feel good, they go through life much more easily than people who are easily angered or upset.

Five characteristics of Emotional Intelligence Self-Awareness: People with high EI are usually very self-aware, they understand their emotions enough not to let it rule them. They are confident because they trust their intuition and do not let their emotions get out of control. They take an honest look at themselves, they know their strength and weakness and they consciously work on these areas to perform better.

Self-Regulation: This helps you know how to control your emotions and actions; it can be achieved by living out your values and holding yourself accountable when you make mistakes. People who regulate typically do not allow themselves to become too angry and jealous. They don’t make impulsive, careless decisions – they think before they act, comfortable with change and have the ability

to say NO. Motivation: Highly motivated people defer short term reward for long-term success – it means you’re highly productive, love challenges and you’re very effective in whatever you do.

Empathy: This helps you identify with and understand the wants, needs, and viewpoints of those around you. People with empathy are good at recognizing the feelings of others even when those feelings may not be obvious.

Empathetic people are usually excellent at managing relationships, listening and relating well with others.

Social Skills: Having good social skills is critically important – it helps you work positively with others and manage conflict effectively. Those with strong social skills are typically team players. Rather than focus on their own success first, they help others develop and shine. They are good at managing disputes, excellent in communication and are masters at building and maintaining relationships.

How to develop your Emotional Intelligence skills Aside having good knowledge of the characteristics of EI, it will also be good to know how you can learn and develop your EI skills. Here are six key areas to focus on in order to become Emotionally Intelligent.

Be observant of your reactions to people: Being observant of the way you react to people will help put your emotions in a right balance. It can also help you put yourself in the shoes of others, be more open and accept their view and needs. Don’t be hasty to judge, condemn and criticize.

Stay humble: Humility can be a wonderful quality; it makes you give others chance to shine and not seeking attention for your accomplishments. Putting the focus on others makes you worry less about getting praises for yourself.

Carry out self-appraisal check: It helps you take an honest look at yourself to figure out your strength and shortcomings. Ask yourself these questions, what are my shortcomings?

Am I willing to accept that am not perfect and ready to work on some areas to make myself a better person? This

EI quiz can make you a changed person only if you answer them honestly.

Check out your reactions to stress: Do you become upset every time there’s delay or something does not happen the way you want it? Do you blame others or become angry at them, even if it’s not their fault? The ability to stay clear and under control in any dicey situations is highly valued.

Always keep your emotions under control when things go wrong within and outside the business world.

Take responsibility: Be responsible for your actions, being defensive never helps you feel any better, apologize when you hurt someone’s feelings – never try to ignore or avoid the person.

This will give you a peace of mind when you honestly make an attempt to get things right.

Be thoughtful of the implications of your actions on others: Always have this in mind, what effects will my action or decisions have on others? Put yourself in their place – how will they feel if you do this? Would you like that kind of experience? If you must take that action, how can you help others deal with the effects?

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Top Trends of the fall 2016 -2017 season

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Furbearer - The fashion runway is getting chilly, with statement fur coats – both real and faux – taking center stage. ‘Go bright or go home’ was the message that was heard loud and clear from designers Prabal Gurung, J.Crew, Michael Kors and Libertine at New York Fashion Week. Pick the boldest colours and prints to be bang on trend. Fur wasn’t only reserved for coats but also for scarves as demonstrated by British label Topshop Unique, for bags at Simone Rocha’s catwalk show in London and for coat collars as seen at Alexander McQueen, who traded their hometown London for Paris, after showing their collections in the French capital for over a decade.

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A nod to classic British tailoring and fabrics - Tailoring is all the rage this coming Fall and designers at London Fashion Week couldn’t get enough of it. Plaid coats at Victoria Beckham and Burberry, while Paul Smith sent women down the runway wearing grey double-breasted trouser suits.

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Borrowing from the guys - Trouser suits have been confirmed as a staple for women’s wardrobes for Autumn-Winter 2016-2017.

However, women are encouraged to steer clear from choosing professional-esque muted colors and prints and encouraged to choose bold, bright colors. Take cues from New York with banana republic’s all-red sophisticated trouser suit or dare to rock prints like the models on J Crew’s runway.

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Soft as velvet – Brit label Top shop Unique made velvet the go-to fabric this Fall season for both day and evening wear. Velvet bows featured on blouses in Roksanda Ilincic’s sophisticated collection, while velvet dresses and velvet trimmings, such as bias binding and bows, made regular appearances at Erdem’s catwalk show.

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at New York Fashion Week confirmed the colour of the Fall season – the different shades of beige, from sandy to tan to camel.

Michael Kors and 3.1 Phillip Lim used this colour in excess throughout their collections.

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Gold and silver dust – Shiny and glitzy colours gold and silver are no longer reserved for evening wear, according to fall 2016-2017 New York and London Fashion Week. Take a style lesson from designers Hanley, Rachel Zoe, Jenny Packham, Baja East and Zandra Rhodes on how to wear golds and silvers

for day wear and perfect your gold/silver nighttime ensemble with the stylish dresses shown at Julien Macdonald’s catwalk show.

Metallics are still reserved for evening and dominated Brit label Erdem’s Fall collection, featured on dresses, capes and skirts.

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Off-the-shoulder – Whether you’re looking for a sexy after-dark outfit or playful day wear, Fall 2016-2017 New York and London runway shows encourage you to bare your shoulders. Hellessy, Milly and Rebecca Minkoff are just some of the many designers

who show you just how to rock this look.

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Ruffle up your style - Tiered ruffles and lace are part of Alexander McQueen’s house style codes, and it looks like this Fall season the fashion world is following their lead. See Alexander McQueen, Erdem, Emilio De La Morena and Temperley’s Fall 2016-2017 collections to get inspiration on how to wear this style.

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Gru, the world’s most lovable villian, and his minions are back in this Oscar-nominated adventure.

This time Gru is recruited to help bring down a bad guy. Benjamin Bratt, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand, Steve Carell. (2013) Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud.

Andrew Garfield returns for a second round of web-slinging action. Dangerous new enemies and family secrets weigh heavily on young Peter Parker as he struggles with his destiny. Jamie Foxx, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.(2014) Marc Webb

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23:30 Chicago PD 00:30 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta 01:30 The Longest Week 03:00 Other Plans 04:25 Away And Back 06:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:00 MasterChef Australia 08:00 The Big Bang Theory 08:30 The Last Ship 09:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:30 Begin Again 12:30 The Middle 13:00 MasterChef Australia 14:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:00 Code Black 16:00 Blue Bloods 17:00 Made In Hollywood 18:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:00 Mom 19:30 MasterChef Australia 20:30 Chicago Med 21:30 Chicago Fire 22:30 Chicago PD

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